Chapter 1031: The Soldier May Have a Fraud

Chapter 1031: The Soldier May Have a Fraud

Sizhen didn't learn how to draw talismans in the end.

After all, Lv Song and Qing Mu did not dare to teach Buddhist disciples carelessly. The eldest sister did not nod either.

After Si Zhen said that hastily, he felt guilty towards the Buddha and ran to Yin Yunting's bedside to recite scriptures.

Buddha, he just wants to help, just wants to do good, he doesn't want to leave Buddhism, Amitabha.

My little junior brother, now I understand how you felt, both happy and fearful, when you saw Benefactor Lu before.

However, General Qiu returned to the camp and immediately selected a group of elite soldiers to rush to Yulan Pass.

However, along the way, they also encountered scattered victims who came from Yulan Pass.

General Qiu stopped several disaster victims and questioned them.

These disaster victims were very panicked and told him that there were always refugees outside Yulan Pass who wanted to enter the pass in recent days. They said that they could not survive and wanted to settle down inside the pass.

But the people inside Yulan Pass couldn't even survive.

The land and environment in Yulan Pass are poor. They used to have to buy food from Subei, and could only grow some cold-resistant vegetables. But recently the vegetables have all frozen to death, and they haven't bought food for a while. It can be said that every household has been living with an empty stove for more than a month.

Now they also have to rush to Subei City.

The common people naturally didn't know what secret soldiers were, but they just said that it was difficult for the soldiers guarding the pass.

"General, when I left Yulan Pass, I heard that many soldiers fell ill. Didn't you send rice, cotton clothes and medicine to the generals in the pass?"

These disaster victims are simple-minded. Even though they can barely make ends meet, they still care about the hundreds of soldiers guarding the pass.

General Qiu suddenly looked at the deputy general next to him.

How could he not deliver supplies to the checkpoint?

Even if something happened to the military rations in their camp and they hadn't been transported here yet, they still squeezed out a portion of them and sent them to the checkpoint.

He waited until the victims left before asking the deputy general, "Have the food and clothes been delivered?"

The deputy general didn't even think about answering, "Yes, General, we sent a batch half a month ago, and some medicines were also sent, although not much."

"Hurry!"

General Qiu also knew that asking this would not yield any results for the time being, so he still had to go to Guancheng to ask what the situation was.

Fortunately, they arrived at Guancheng quickly.

When I arrived, I saw a panic in the city. More people were packing up their things and preparing to leave.

Although it is not far from Subei City, Yulan Pass City is really a desolate scene.

The house is low and dilapidated, and the ground is bumpy. There is snow now, and after the snow melts, it may be muddy everywhere.

There is very little green in Guancheng, and the few poor trees now are bare, looking depressing and lifeless.

It was already dark when they arrived here, but the torches on the city wall were not lit. The city wall looked dark, which made people feel a little uneasy.

General Qiu immediately led his men to the city wall.

He dismounted from his horse and quickly climbed up to the city wall.

When we got here, there was not a single soldier coming over. The city wall was a little quiet, which formed a sharp contrast with the people in the city who were anxious to leave.

General Qiu rushed up to the city wall with a gloomy face.

"General?"

As soon as I went up, a voice finally sounded.

An old soldier with a weather-beaten face walked over with a lantern in his hand, limping.

"Lao Yu?"

General Qiu naturally knew this old soldier. He had been guarding Yulan Pass for more than ten years. In fact, he was only forty years old, but he looked very weathered, like he was in his fifties or sixties.

It was at this time that General Qiu discovered that behind the parapet of the city wall, many soldiers were sitting on the ground. They were crowded together and leaning on the people next to them. Were they asleep?

Old Yu came to General Qiu and breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, you are finally here!"

"what happened?"

"The night before, last night, at around three or four o'clock in the morning, on that hillside outside the pass," Old Yu pointed to a hillside far outside the pass, "many torches suddenly lit up, arranged neatly."

"Some soldiers also said that they heard a signal-like sound. We thought someone was going to attack the city, so we gathered together and prepared to fight the enemy. However, there was no movement all night, and the torches went out after half an hour."

"It was still the same last night, but the torches were moved closer to the city gate. The soldiers were on guard all night again."

"Lieutenant General Li suspected that this was a trick of the enemy, to create confusion, so he asked the soldiers to prepare on the tower tonight. However, after two nights, the soldiers were really sleepy, so they thought of sleeping here before the second watch."

When General Qiu heard this, he glanced at the soldiers sleeping behind the battlements and shouted, "This is simply nonsense!"

"It's so cold, sleeping here, are you afraid you won't freeze to death?!"

He shouted, "Get up!"

He had a loud voice, and his shout woke up all the generals.

However, General Qiu found that although they were awakened, they had lost their vigilance and agility. After waking up, they were all confused and did not get up in time, looking around to see what the sound was.

"Look at how lifeless you are!"

General Qiu was furious. He strode over and kicked their feet. He kicked several people along the way and finally woke up these soldiers.

They all climbed up.

"General?"

"Where is Li Xiang?" General Qiu asked.

Li Xiang is the general of Yulan Pass City, and he used to seem very reliable.

"General," said Old Yu, "Lieutenant General Li is ill."

General Qiu thought of what the victims on the road had said, that many soldiers here were sick.

"Go back and sleep for half an hour!" He waved his hand and gave the order.

So many people are sick, and the remaining ones are still sleeping here? Are they trying to wipe out the whole army?

"Yes." The soldiers quickly went down the city wall.

General Qiu waved his hand and asked the soldiers he brought to take over the city wall and guard it.

He hurried downstairs to see Li Xiang and the patients.

Subei City.

Lord Zong got two talismans.

"Sir, this is something our prince asked me to bring to you. Please keep it with you and don't drop it."

Qing Xiao repeated the prince's words and turned away.

Master Zong looked at the talisman in his hand, thought about it, put it in his arms, and then thought of the prince's words, and immediately ordered, "Everyone, make sure to cover your mouth and nose, and don't touch the sick victims. Also, let the doctor diagnose quickly."

An old doctor walked over slowly, and Lord Zong immediately took a step back.

After hearing what King Jin said, he is now a little nervous.

Who knows if the King of Jin knows what disease these victims have? What if it can be transmitted to humans?

The old doctor was wearing a grey cotton-padded coat and had a small bamboo medicine basket hanging around his waist. His hair was half grey and tied up in a high bun, with a plain hairpin carved from an unknown material. He was thin, but looked strangely elegant.