Chapter 32: Wancheng

Two days later, as soon as the supplies were ready, Ye Xingcan left Liu Qingrang to take care of the old man and children who had been rescued a few days ago, and set off with the Imperial Forest Guard, Duanxue Iron Cavalry, and the palace guards to enter Wancheng.

For this arrangement, Liu Qingrang was naturally unwilling, but the situation in Wancheng was unknown, it was better to bring more soldiers, Huo Yue was a personal guard, and the spiritual incense could detoxify, no matter how you looked at it, he was the most useless one.

Before leaving, Liu Qingrang went to buy back a few women's winter clothes and thick quilts, only saying that the epidemic in Wancheng was not short, and he didn't know if all the materials in the city could be used, or it was better to take them.

Ye Xingcan looked at the winter clothes and quilts, his heart was warm, and he didn't say much, so he put a set of winter clothes on his body, and there was also a burning stove in his hand, and Lingxiang also put a few more in the carriage. It's just that even though the surrounding furniture is warm and the stove on her side is melting, she is still shivering with cold, and her lips have turned white as the convoy marches towards Wancheng.

Along the way, Zhou Tan took Duanxue Tieqi to change into ordinary military uniforms, fell for more than ten miles, and followed the carriage far behind. This time into Wancheng, is to set up a "brand" for the Yongning Palace, so he ordered to erect the "Ning" word Wang flag, two hundred sergeants are changed into snow riding uniforms, white clothes and white armor with white horses, and then the silver spear is polished.

Ye Xingcan slowly opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at Duan Xue Tieqi who was following closely behind the carriage, and felt at ease, as if his brother was by his side.

Lingxiang saw that Miss's health was getting worse and worse, thinking that it would be better to find a topic to distract her, so she thought about it for a long time, and asked bluntly, "Miss, why is this snow rider called Duanxue?" ”

Ye Xingcan was cold, and she heard the fragrance of Lingxiang, regardless of whether she was really curious or asked casually, she talked seriously.

"In the eighth year of Jingning, my brother succeeded to the throne of Yongning, but since the wind rode back to the northwest, the number of cavalry troops was far from enough, and the combat power was uneven, so the snow cavalry army was established on the basis of the Yang family army that followed the old prince General Yang Su from the Yongtang border."

When Lingxiang heard the Yongtang border, her mind hadn't turned around, but she had already opened her mouth to ask, "Miss, isn't the Yongtang border garrison the Wuling Army?" After that, I was also stunned, and I wanted to slap myself with a big mouth, why did I mention something that shouldn't be mentioned.

Ye Xingcan didn't have a special reaction, and continued, "The Yongtang border garrison is not fixed, it will turn around in a few decades, it should be the Yang family army who came to the Yongning Palace with the old prince, and the Wuling army went to the border." ”

Lingxiang was glad that the stubble of the Wuling Army had passed like this, and he also nodded, only saying, how is it like our palace, the northwest border of Yongzhen.

Ye Xingcan seemed to think of the war in the northwest, as well as the blood flowing in the Yongning palace for two hundred years, and now the scars on Ye Yao's body are distressed, and he only hopes that one day, the general will not need the horse leather shroud, the people will be safe and the country will be safe, and there will be no more war in Beilu.

Seeing that the topic diverged, Ye Xingcan continued, "The northwest is bitterly cold, and the coldest ones are the wax moon, the first month, and February. Duanyue is the most cold, it is the strongest military strength of Duanxue Iron Cavalry, led by his brother himself, although the number is only 10,000, it is only half of the Laxue Iron Cavalry and Xingxue Iron Cavalry, but this 10,000 troops have a chance of winning against 50,000 soldiers on the upper hand. ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, his face was full of arrogance, "Lingxiang, I still got the name of the snow horse, my brother was sixteen years old that year, I was only eleven years old, everyone said that 50,000 snow horses were set by a little girl to set the military flag is nonsense, but my brother said that I got it well, so I used it." ”

Lingxiang heard it, and only felt that the prince and the young lady were exquisite and cute, even if they just listened to it, they could feel the pampering of the prince. Then he turned his head and looked at the two hundred snow soldiers behind the car, and when he heard the horses' hooves, he felt that the west wind was fierce, and there was the sound of war drums, and he thought that if one day he could see 10,000 snow and iron cavalry charging on the battlefield, what kind of grandeur it would be.

When he arrived ten miles away from the city, Wang Shaoyuan dismounted and went straight to the outermost barricade, only to see the Iron Eagle Army holding a sword in front of the fence, leveling the ground and raising a platform, with archers assisting it.

Wang Shaoyuan showed the royal forest order, only saying that the eldest princess had a cure for the plague, and brought medicine to Wancheng, deliberately avoiding Hui Zhi's intention not to talk about it.

The guards of the Iron Eagle Army have also heard of the court dispute, and know that this Fengwan City was mentioned by Wang Zaicheng, and the person who came is not only the right commander of the Royal Forest Army, but also the son of Zaicheng, so there is no reason to stop it again.

When I heard that the eldest princess had a way to cure the plague in Wancheng, I only felt that the guilt that had been pressing on my heart for nearly a month was finally relieved, and I only hoped that the princess would enter the city soon and save a few more people.

The group passed through the three checkpoints unimpeded, and walked outside the gate of Wancheng, and the iron eagle military equipment behind them was all standing solemnly, watching this line, especially the Yongning Wangfu Duanxue Iron Horse, who had only heard of its name but had never seen it. The army is neat, heroic and brave, and the white cavalry is attacking, and there is a tendency to overwhelm the mountains and seas.

The king's flag is based on the snow top of Tianyan Mountain, and the bright red word "Ning" is written in the flag, which seems to be written in blood, and the people who stab it in the sun dare not look directly.

The Iron Eagle Army is also regarded as the strongest army in Dayong's combat power, but compared with the Duanxue Iron Cavalry composed of a hundred warriors, the momentum alone has been weakened, and it is a head lower. Looking at the back of Duanxue Iron Cavalry, I can only think of the poem of Saibei: The snow cavalry military horse has no battle, and it has exhausted the several columns of the year.

All the sergeants masked their faces with medicine towels and entered Wancheng, but there was no one on the road, revealing an indescribable dead silence.

Ye Xingcan's heart was shocked, and he ordered Huo Yue to go up to the city tower to take a look, Huo Yue climbed up the city tower and overlooked the whole city, but there was no one who raised fire and smoke, could it be that the people in the city were already ...... He's dead?

Huo Yue returned to the city and reported what he had seen, and the hearts of the group were instantly heavy.

Ye Xingcan ordered to search for the living separately, and at the same time ordered the guards to find an inn that could still stay, and escorted the doctor and medicinal materials he brought.

Before, outside the city, her eyelashes had begun to frost, and since she entered Wancheng, the cold that had penetrated into her bones had inexplicably eased a lot, and she secretly wondered if it was really a resentful spirit leading her to come.

Wang Shaoyuan took the royal forest guard in front, and he was really afraid of something. He had just walked a little way when he saw the soldier at the front suddenly stop and raise his hand to signal everyone to stop.

Wang Shaoyuan kept advancing, and walked two steps to the soldier's place, as far as the eye could see, there was a row of corpses on the corner of the street, and a heart was beating like a drum, making people's hearts furious.

Wang Shaoyuan wanted to stop the princess, but he was a step too slow, looking at the tragic situation in front of him, Ye Xingcan was also taken aback, and the whole person was a little stunned, so he asked Wang Shaoyuan to take people to Linpei Mountain, and he and Zhou Tan took a few guards along the main street and went straight to the county mansion to see if there was anyone in charge.

Walking along the main street to the inner city, the more you walk, the worse the stench becomes, fortunately, there is a medicine towel to cover your face, and it can also alleviate one or two, Lingxiang hurriedly took out the ginger bag made in advance, and let Ye Xingcan hold it in his hand, so he couldn't stand it and sniffed it twice.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard a human voice, and I actually arrived at a medicine hall, and saw more than a dozen people surrounded by a doctor in his thirties and forties.

Everyone in the hospital hall was shocked when they saw someone entering the city, and they saw a group of people dressed luxuriously, but the woman in the center was wearing a hat but a winter coat, which was strange no matter how you looked at it.

The healer saw the person who came, and looked at Zhou Tan's clothes, although he didn't know where the general was, but he was majestic, thinking that the saint had sent someone, so he knelt down and shouted, "Long live my emperor, the emperor's grace is mighty."

When the people around him saw him kneeling, they all knelt on the ground with him.

Zhou Tan listened to the emperor's grace and said loudly, "The emperor has long ignored you, it is the princess, Princess Yongning took us to save you with the snow iron horse." ”

When the doctor heard it, it was someone from the Yongning Palace, and then he looked at the white clothes and white armor, which was the same as the rumors. Thinking of the fact that Princess Xingyao, the daughter of Huizong and Daozong, that is, the future Princess Yongning, was the eldest princess of Min a few days ago, he bowed to Ye Xingcan, "The doctor of the Imperial Medical Department is Qiao Qianli has seen Princess Min Chang. ”

The people didn't understand the difference between this princess and the saint, anyway, someone came to save them, and they were happy.

Ye Xingcan thought that Qiao Qianli should be one of the two imperial doctors sent by Huizong, so he asked the other person, Qiao Qianli was indifferent for a long time, and said, I have gone a few days ago. Then he dismissed the people and talked about the current situation in Wancheng.

"Princess, except for the area of Linpei Mountain in the south of the city, there is almost no life, and the epidemic situation in other places in this city is better than what we wanted before, but there is a shortage of medicine and medicine in the city, and people who have not been infected with the epidemic do not know how to avoid prevention, so people continue to fall ill and some people die, so it is worrying to go on in Wancheng."

Ye Xingcan asked again, is there anyone else in charge in the city?

Qiao Qianli just shook his head, the officials who could leave fled before the arrival of the Iron Eagle Army, and most of the good officials who were left behind were busy on the streets every day, looking for ways to prevent the epidemic, and they went faster than ordinary people.

There were thirteen original medical centers in Wancheng, and now, there are only two doctors left, and the rest have passed away. Now, I'm the only one in charge of the city. ”

Ye Xingcan couldn't help but close his eyes when he heard this, and tears were dripping under the hood. After a long time, I asked if there was a clean inn or restaurant here, and this time I entered the city, bringing 20 doctors and more than 300 troops, all of which were available.

In addition, it is imperative that the area be allocated to separate the severely infected from the others, and that those who are mild and asymptomatic should not be mixed all the time, and those who are infected are unharmed.

Qiao Qianli nodded and said, "I know where it can be used, everything is arranged by the princess." ”

The plan is established, and everyone has their own responsibilities and acts in a dispersed manner.

The people of Wancheng abandoned the city from the county, and after the Iron Eagle Army closed the city, the dragons had no leader, and the people were panicked and had nothing to rely on, and they had been praying that God would come to save them, and they saw that there was a princess, as well as the soldiers of the Yongning Royal Mansion and the royal forest guard, and they heard that they had brought herbs and doctors, so they cheered, and they did not wait for Zhou Tan to erect the king flag and wave his arms, and the city was already full of followers, and there were more children who were attracted by the two hundred snow-white war horses, running around the snow horse. Many years later, the king of Yongning pointed to Yongning, the capital of Emperor Dayong, and half of the soldiers in the forward army came from Wancheng.

Listening to the princess's arrangement, how can you not be happy? The young and strong laborers even came to Qiao Qianli Pharmacy spontaneously, received a medicine towel, covered their mouths and noses, and competed for orders, and the progress was extraordinarily smooth.