It was a very popular name, and although there may be many names for this disease, the only thing people fear is this simple two words, epidemic.

A few years ago, in the northern mountains and forests, the spread of a wide range of epidemics caused countless deaths and injuries to the people, ordinary people even only need to have the slightest physical contact with the sick, will not accidentally contract this incurable disease, if the corpses of countless sick people were burned in those years, I am afraid that the epidemic will sweep the entire Qin Dynasty. But Rao is like this, the number of people who died back then is still an uncountable number, and the Qin Dynasty covers it up and forbids it, and everyone who knows about it is also silent.

They are afraid, they are also afraid, what will happen if the epidemic falls on their heads, whether they will be isolated in a dark room and never see the day, or they will be directly arrested by the officers and soldiers and stabbed to death on the spot, and then the corpses will be thrown into the earth pit and cremated, this terrible outcome is unbearable for the people and even the officials. No one is not afraid of the plague, but the shadow of the plague is like a shadow as high as a thousand feet, as if looking for an opportunity to devour people.

The northern mountains and forests are only a general regional name, but in fact, from the north of the Jiaozhi Plain to the east, including the broken wall of Wohua Mountain as the dividing line, to the other side of the wide and tall Jinhui City of the Great Wall of the Barbarian Great Wall, the mountains and forests in the middle of more than 800 miles belong to this area, which is distributed with hundreds of villages, and is not divided into any county towns, the reason is that the Qin Dynasty believes that the northern mountains and forests are cursed by the gods, and can only be used as a strategic position, but can not be divided into county seats; 。

In this way of life, the residents in the northern mountains and forests live a life of indifference, but the same source of the epidemic in the northern mountain forest Cloud Falcon Mountain is slowly spreading to the surrounding areas because no one wants to control it. This cycle is extremely slow, but once someone triggers that lightning point, the epidemic will spread to all cities at an unpredictable rate, and even to the entire Qin Dynasty.

Jiang Ming and Lin Han tried their best to persuade the woman who had the epidemic to live in the camp tent temporarily, and sent henchmen to supervise it, strictly ordering that no one was allowed to investigate, and even all the soldiers who had come into contact with the woman were examined by doctors, although they could not prevent the spread of the epidemic 100%, but at least they could greatly control the direction of the epidemic at the source.

This sudden event shook Liang Jin and several people again, even though only one woman was infected now, but everyone still unanimously decided to check the soldiers of the whole battalion, as for the reason for the examination, it was a review of the fever that broke out a few days ago, in order not to cause panic in the whole battalion, this is the most appropriate way to deal with it.

"Have you sent someone to check it? What is the current situation in the northern mountains and forests?"

"Tell the commander, the people sent to hurry up, but there is no news yet, but there is news from Wohua Mountain, and the three commanders have also found a lot of refugees suffering from the epidemic near Jinhui City, and there is no effective way to deal with it at present. ”

"Can anyone in the barracks find anything abnormal? Let the adjutant generals of each battalion make a solemn preach, as long as they find any abnormalities in their bodies, they must report it as soon as possible, and when necessary, they can adopt intimidation methods to forcibly curb the spread of the epidemic. Also, what happened to the soldier who came into contact with the woman the night before?"

"The soldiers have temporarily withdrawn the corresponding affairs and placed them in independent tents, waiting for further examination and conditioning by the doctor, but Du Heng and the general are a little uneasy now, although they are banned, they have been clamoring to see the second commander. ”

"Let him be quiet for a while, although there is nothing wrong with Du Henghe in this matter, but after all, the woman was brought in by his order, and the procedure that should be taken is still to be left, and I will go to see him when things are free." Also, send people out to investigate whether the Daming Cave forces in the mountains and forests have been affected, and the situation in Jiaozhi City is also clear, although it is a time of war, but the spread of the epidemic must be controlled to a minimum. ”

"Yes!"

All the deputy generals of today's leadership meeting also participated, among which Liang Jin made the main deployment, Lin Han, Meng Lang, and Luohu made corresponding supplements, Jiang Ming simply closed his mouth because he didn't understand these affairs very well, and Chu Hong followed everyone's opinions as before. Mu Ya remained silent, frowning deeply in the silence, and slowly withdrew from the scene.

Back in the tent, Yin Wan was sitting in the light and mending her clothes, but it was the somewhat faded dark blue Confucian robe that Mu Ya often wore. Mu Ya approached softly, slowly hugged Yin Wan from behind, a warm smile lifted from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Wan'er, this Confucian robe has been sewn many times, I originally planned to make a new one, why did you find it again?"

Yin Wan rolled her eyes, she looked quite lively, and the front in her hand did not stop, but she felt extremely happy about Mu Ya's gentleness, pretending to be angry, and said: "Although we accepted Jiang Gongzi's money, we don't have to be as poor as before, but we can't squander it, Brother Mu doesn't care about these often, but I have to pay attention to it, and everything is simple, but it is easier to be happier." ”

Mu Ya was slightly stunned, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he reached out to stroke a strand of Yin Wan's hair, as if he enjoyed this smooth feeling very much, and said: "These are all up to you, our husband and wife can finally settle down, naturally we have to make a long-term plan, with you, I am very relieved." ”

Yin Wan stopped the movements in her hand, turned around slowly, her cheeks were full of tenderness, she raised her hands to wrap her arms around Mu Ya, and her light smile was filled with a sense of satisfaction, which she couldn't understand in the past, her red lips opened slightly, and said: "Brother Mu, only when I have eyes, I know how greedy I am for this world." But I know that this is not true, I know that I am only greedy for you, if it weren't for you, I would have given up on life early, and I would not have had the opportunity to feel the beauty of life, and my world would be you. ”

Mu Ya breathed a heavy sigh of relief, as if he spit out all his tiredness, only in this place called home, only in front of this person who can be called family, he can be so relaxed, the home he cares about is just a place with her. In the past, he couldn't make up for it completely, so he simply had God's favor, and Yin Wan was also liberated after eight years of blindness, which was what he was most fortunate about.

He buried his face in Yin Wan's hair, revealing an extremely rare and comfortable look, at this time he could not think about anything, let the time be quiet, the white clouds were leisurely, he thought that he was also intoxicated.

In such a speechless voice, a long time has passed, Yin Wan left Mu Ya's arms, Yin Wan is an ordinary woman after all, he still felt the tiredness of his husband, looked at Mu Ya with worried eyes, and asked affectionately: "Brother Mu, you haven't been in the camp for a long time these days, these shouldn't be the tasks sent by the commander of Wohua Mountain, right?"

Mu Ya nodded, as if he was afraid that his wife would worry, so he took her slender hand, squatted at her level, and said: "Now they are almost unlikely to send tasks to me, but I still have to do what I have to do, after all, Jiang Ming will stay in this military camp for a long time, if you don't help him deal with those troublesome things properly, I am afraid that some unpredictable situations will inevitably occur in the future, after all, Jiang Ming is the only person I have met in my life who is important to you." ”

Hearing this, Yin Wan's eyes were a little confused, and her emotions were a little excited, and she said: "Brother Mu, I naturally support what you do, but these people in Wohua Mountain will not accept your affection, why don't you persuade Jiang Gongzi to go with us, there will inevitably be many crises on the battlefield." You've been lonely for me for so many years, and it's hard to find a friend who can talk, but you can't let him continue to go further and further down this road, war always hurts others and hurts yourself. ”

Mu Ya straightened his face, he didn't expect Yin Wan to say this, and said with a slight smile: "These things are very complicated to say, Jiang Ming is a very thoughtful person, naturally he will not change his path because of a few words, I should have said it a long time ago, although war is cruel, but it will be of great benefit to him." He knew when he should leave, this barracks didn't belong to me or him, the only difference between us was the time of departure. What I'm doing now is nothing more than doing my best to pave the way for him to go next, and I don't have much to know which side will be cheaper in the end. ”

Yin Wan said: "But if Jiang Gongzi doesn't understand you in the future, what should I do?" Ran Wen

Mu Ya slowly raised his head, looked around, his deep eyes seemed to be able to read through the curtain to read the scenery outside the mountains and forests, his heart also became extraordinarily broad, he smiled: "He will understand." If you can't understand it, that's okay, because by then, we're already gone. ”

The horror of the war is not only how many people die, and how many people cannot survive because of the war, but more importantly, the progress of this war will affect the pattern of a country or even several countries, all the knowledgeable literati have put forward an order to stop the war, but if the emperor of the Qin Dynasty knew, there would not be such a chaos within the dynasty.

On this day, the news of the fall of Sihai City came to the capital of the Qin Dynasty, the Daming Cave bandits led by the poisonous dragon son took advantage of the new death of the city lord, and led a thousand bandits to control all the passes of Sihai City, and the soldiers defending the city of Sihai City were all slaughtered, including the children of the Luo family and the Bian family who had been trained outside.

When the Qin Emperor was still spending Wushan with Concubine Dan Mi, the hundred officials in the court had already written a hundred edicts, most of which suggested attacking the Sihai City to subdue the lost land and clear the Daming Cave Mountain bandits, but the Qin Emperor did not go to the court, even if the officials urged the great eunuchs of the Regency Dynasty many times, but still did not achieve a substantive effect, which made the officials of the Bian family and the Luo family even more worried. But in fact, they knew that even if Emperor Qin came to the court, he still couldn't come up with a better idea, all they had to do was to persuade the hundred officials to suggest that Emperor Qin attack Sihai City, which was the secret order of the Seven Princes, and the Bian family should follow.

As the governor of the emperor's personal order to suppress the bandit army, Pang Lu has an inescapable responsibility for the loss of Sihai City, if it weren't for the fact that there is no commander available in the court now, otherwise he would have been transferred back to the court.

At the residence of Pang Lu in Jiaozhi City, the generals fell to their knees, and even the deputy governor and vanguard Although Lu Chu was beheaded by Lin Han, what Pang Lu was annoyed by was only the loss of Sihai City.

"What a fool, I sent out three seventh-rank martial artists, but they were all killed by those bastards in Daming Cave, don't you know how to escape if you can't beat them?"

"The poisonous dragon is not a good thing, his IQ is so low, and he doesn't look at when this is, he has been lurking for so long, and he actually chose to take action when the city lord of the four seas was assassinated, aren't you afraid of becoming the target of everyone?"

"Those mediocre people in the court are only afraid that they will have to subdue Sihai City again, this doesn't look like an ordinary situation, if someone has already set up a situation waiting for me to jump in. ”

Zhu Gai raised his head, frowned, and arched his hand: "Governor, could it be that Wohua Mountain and Daming Grottoes have joined forces to invade the southwest of the dynasty, Sihai City is very likely to be the bureau of those mountain bandits, if we send troops, we will inevitably encounter many unknown dangers." ”

Pang Lu suppressed his anger, sighed heavily, and said: "This is originally a conspiracy, and when the edict from the court comes down, even if I am unwilling to go to Sihai City to clear out the Daming Cave mountain bandits, but I can't help but choose to send troops, and the arranger has already set his sights on the entire Qin Dynasty, how can I not be controlled?" What makes me feel frightened is who can persuade the poisonous dragon to be willing to assassinate the city lord of the four seas at this time and occupy the city on a large scale, Daming Grottoes have been low-key over the years, and have not fought with us, but last year they fought with Wohua Mountain, and it can be seen from all kinds of battles that Poison Longzi is actually a very ambitious person, and he can naturally realize the situation of Daming Grottoes after occupying Sihai City, but he chose to do so, which makes me a little confused. ”

Jin Lin stepped forward at this time and said: "Governor, a few years ago, I have been guarding the city in the northern mountains and forests, and I know some of the inside story of the Daming Grottoes, they established their power very early, but they have been suppressing since the rise of Wohua Mountain, so Wohua Mountain and Daming Grottoes have been in a state of hostility, although we can be regarded as the common enemy of the two of them, but they will never ally attack the city of my pro-dynasty, this is what I can affirm." If Sihai City is lost, it must be the means of one of the parties, the soldiers and horses of Wohua Mountain have been under our monitoring, and they are naturally impossible to participate, perhaps this is the precursor of Daming Grotto's intention to take advantage of the chaos. ”

Pang Lu stretched out his hand and stroked the beard on his chin, pondered for a long time, and said: "I naturally believe what you say, but the forces of the world converge because of interests, as long as they can achieve the same benefits, even if it is Wohua Mountain and Daming Grottoes, which were incompatible in the past, I am afraid that they will fight hand in hand." As far as I know, there is a team of extremely capable spies in Wohua Mountain, and almost no one knows where they are, and we have not monitored the movement of Wohua Mountain, and it is possible that they have made a move. In short, when we attack the Daming Caves, we can't help but guard against Wohua Mountain, our main purpose is also to clear out the bandits in Wohua Mountain, but since the Daming Caves are coming, we naturally also escaped and took out troops to deal with it. ”

At this time, Lu Xingyang took a secret letter and handed it directly to Pang Lu without going through anyone. Pang Lu saw that Lu Xingyang's eyes were blank, so he didn't have much doubt, and when he picked up the secret letter and read it, his face gradually became solemn.

Pang Lu looked at Lu Xingyang and said, "Are these news true?"

Lu Xingyang said coldly: "I don't know. ”

Pang Lu took the secret letter, and immediately lit the candle on the side, which was burned to ashes in an instant, Zhu Gai and the generals were suspicious and silent, but seeing that Pang Lu's expression became more and more strange, Pang Lu said secretly: "Your Highness, since you have found out the news for me, why don't you give these generals a way out?"

After being silent for a long time, Pang Lu came to his senses, as if he was in a lot of mental malaise, and when Zhu Gai and Jin Lin were about to make their eyes secretly reprimand Lu Xingyang, Pang Lu said: "Listen, immediately prepare troops and horses, and attack Sihai City two days later, with Kou Xiuyong, Sun Huan, and Mu Yucheng as generals, leading 10,000 troops, and vigorously clearing out the Daming Cave mountain bandits." There are complete siege equipment in Jiaozhi City, and it just so happens that the walls of Sihai City are not too high, and those weapons are enough to deal with it. Jin Lin and Zhu Gai are still on the expedition with me, and I will also attack the Wohua Mountain military camp, this time, I must not give Wohua Mountain any opportunity to take advantage of, and vow to open the Jiaozhi Mountain Range in one fell swoop. ”

Luo Yaohua stood up and said: "Governor, the last general hopes to send me to the battlefield of Sihai City, there is a brother of my clan in Sihai City who was killed by the Daming Cave Mountain bandits, even if there is no news from the clan, but I also hope to be able to personally behead the bandit leader and avenge the clan, and I hope that the governor will agree." ”

"You ......" Pang Lu sighed lightly and said: "Yes, then you can replace Sun Huan, the loyal ministers of the Luo family Manchu are all people who really do things for the dynasty in the court, if I refute your request here, I am afraid that it will also cause you to be dissatisfied." Since you have to go to Sihai City, then be careful in everything. ”

Luo Yaohua was worried, and it should be a long time.

"Governor, I don't think this law is appropriate. Jin Lin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, even though he knew that this move had angered Pang Lu, he still stepped forward and admonished: "I don't think the battlefield should be expanded at this time, Daming Cave is the second ranked mountain bandit organization in the Qin Dynasty, and it has a strong combat power that is not inferior to Wohua Mountain, only send three generals to go, I am afraid that there will be a mistake, why don't you collect troops first and attack Sihai City with all your might......"

Pang Lu waved his hand to stop, glanced at Jin Lin meaningfully, and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, Wohua Mountain has been newly consumed by barbarians, and the generals have used a large number of troops to give a group of mountain bandits a major blow before, and now it is the weakest thing for their troops, if they give up the offensive now, when the time for the Four Seas City is over, they have already lost the best fighter." ”

Jin Lin still wanted to argue, but was stopped by Pang Lu's eyes, and at this time, a sentry knelt in front of the hall and said, "Governor, the person suspected of having an epidemic disease in the military camp of Wohua Mountain has appeared. ”