"Sir, open the door quickly...there is a monster!"
"We are from the Qiu family, and we are familiar with Mr. Futai. Please make it convenient for us!"
Outside the city gate, there were all kinds of shouts, which put great pressure on Magistrate Li.
Open the door...but who knows whether those outside are infected.
But don't open the door... The dignitaries around him are pleading for mercy at this moment.
There was a lot of noise all over the city wall at the moment, making Magistrate Li want to find a place to hide, so that his ears would be clearer.
When the crowd was excited, Mr. Zhang, who was the governor of the Yamen, stayed away, leaving Magistrate Li without anyone to discuss the matter.
It's neither on nor off. Magistrate Li is going crazy at this moment.
Sighing, Magistrate Li said with great helplessness: "Open the door...let people go, only for a quarter of an hour!"
After hearing this, Mr. Zhang also sighed, which made the dignitaries extremely happy.
Immediately afterwards, the city gate was slowly opened, and many people gathered outside ran inside.
A large number of people ran to the city, but there were also many people who ran out of the city. The latter were all country people who came to the city.
For a time, there was a chaos inside and outside the city gate, and the sound of shouting could not be heard.
It was said that it had only been open for a quarter of an hour, but people from outside the city kept coming, making it impossible to close the city gate.
"Master Li, close the door quickly...or else a disaster is coming!"
Knowing that just persuading Magistrate Li was not enough, Mr. Zhang glanced at the dignitaries present and said: "Everyone, a great epidemic is coming. If we let people in again and let the city be infected with the epidemic, I'm afraid you and I will not be immune!"
"It's a matter of life and fortune, you can't be confused!"
At this time, the dignitaries present already knew what the epidemic was like from the people who fled.
If, as Lord Zhang said, we keep letting people in and letting the disease in, we will be in big trouble.
Everyone discussed in private, and then someone said to Magistrate Li: "For the safety of the people in the city, please close the city gate!"
Seeing these people enlightened, Magistrate Li breathed a sigh of relief.
After ordering the city gate to be closed, Magistrate Li continued: "There are so many people entering the city now. Who knows if there are any infected people among them? The Yamen is short of manpower. I'm afraid I have to trouble you to help screen!"
Everyone nodded, this was a very important matter, and they didn't dare to shirk it if they wanted to live.
Immediately afterwards, the dignitaries dispersed one after another. Their combined energy was indeed much stronger than that of the government.
Besides, at the city gate, the guards spent a lot of effort to close the city gate.
Basically, more than a dozen lives were lost outside the city gate, all of them trying to prevent the city from closing.
"Open the door... open the door quickly..."
"Fuck... you bastards, you want our lives..."
"If you don't enter the city, you will die..."
Outside the city gate, hoarse shouts could be heard, and more and more people gathered.
Of course, some people saw that the city gate was not open and fled further south for their lives.
But overall, more and more people are gathering outside the city, and they tend to become violent.
"Look at the north, it seems like...an army..." Mr. Yang exclaimed.
Looking to the north, it is true that the army is coming, but as the distance gets closer, it can be seen that it is a remnant army.
Obviously, these people were defeated in the north and fled like the people outside the city.
Even the army fled, and they were still in such a mess. The two officials on the Beirang City Tower had a clearer understanding of this "big epidemic".
Sure enough, what the imperial edict said is true. Such a terrible epidemic may indeed destroy the world.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."
As the army approached, these people, wielding swords and spears, began to drive away the people approaching the city gate.
After killing several people in succession, the people leaning outside quickly dispersed and gave way to these officers and soldiers.
"Hurry up and open the city gate..."
"Open the city gate..."
A Qianhu came to the front and urged Jean to open the city gate.
"Open the door immediately, or we will come in and kill you all!"
The two officials on the city wall were discussing whether to open the door, but when they heard the last sentence, they were both stunned.
It was obvious that these troops were so unruly that they could not be restrained when they were released into the city, and would even threaten their lives.
"Open the door...If you don't open the door, I will call in!"
"Immediately send a message and tell all the major families that if you don't want to die, send people to stop the remaining soldiers!" Magistrate Li said.
There are only a few hundred people available to the government office. Against hundreds of remnant soldiers, there is not much chance of winning.
"Everyone, Dusi's reinforcements are coming soon, you can't retreat!" Master Zhang said.
He used Dusi to suppress these people and told the snowman not to be too arrogant, otherwise the "reinforcements" would destroy them.
"Reinforcements? Even if the reinforcements arrive, they will die. Hurry up and open the door for me!" Qianhu cursed angrily.
The fear of death made him ignore everything and only wanted to take refuge in the city.
"Damn...if you don't open the door, I'm going to call in!" Qianhu made the final threat.
"Prepare your men immediately and attack the city!"
These thousands of households were indeed decisive. They didn't want to waste any time at this moment, so they directly ordered an attack on the city.
After he gave the order, the soldiers immediately got busy preparing the equipment needed to attack the city.
Seeing that a fight was about to break out, the people near the city gate wanted to escape, but most of them were controlled by the soldiers, who planned to use them to lead the battle.
There were endless cries outside the city, and officers, soldiers and civilians were killing each other, which was a prelude to the collapse of order.
As a parent official, although Magistrate Li was not considered an honest official, he was not completely unscrupulous.
Looking at the chaotic situation below, he shouted loudly from the tower and threatened the "soldiers" who were causing trouble below, but it was of no use at all.
Of course, the city is also busy at the moment.
Knowing that the rebels and mobs were about to attack the city, the dignitaries tried their best to save their lives and property and organized manpower to assist the government in the defense.
Fortunately, the fleeing guardsmen were bad enough. Otherwise, with their organizational level, it would be difficult for them to fight against the regular army.
Half an hour later, although there were thousands of young men on the city, almost everyone was trembling with fear and worry.
When the army outside the city prepared to attack the city, the tension on the city walls reached its peak.
"Here it comes, here it comes again..."
Upon hearing this, the defeated soldiers who were ready to attack the city immediately retreated like a tide.
"What's coming?"
Everyone on the city wall was at a loss, but the people outside the city wall just felt lucky at this moment, at least they didn't have to be used as cannon fodder to attack the city.
Then everyone noticed that there were many people running wildly in the north of Fucheng, accompanied by shrill roars.
"Is it human?"
"It's still some kind of monster..."
Soon, the group of "people" arriving from a distance let the people on the city wall know what the zombie attack was like.
"Don't bite me..."
"Go away..."
"ah……"
Under the city wall, it was already a tragic scene, and the zombies running towards them began to bite the crowd.
"This...is this the so-called pandemic?" Magistrate Li couldn't believe it.
"I guess so!" Mr. Zhang said solemnly.
It was miserable outside the city, but Magistrate Li had no time to lament because he still had to arrange defense.
While he was busy, someone came to Magistrate Li. This person was Secretary Zhang who was entering the city.
"Futai, we need to screen the people who just entered the city to make sure no one is infected with the disease!"
"Exactly, exactly!" Magistrate Li patted his thigh.
At this moment, Mr. Zhang gathered around and asked about the situation in the county below.