A carrier pigeon fluttered and landed on the pigeon tower in the inner city, and someone ran forward, carefully took the letter on the pigeon's leg, and then galloped away.

There are still a long queue of more than a dozen sign-ups in front of Suzaku Gate, from morning to now, they have recruited more than 60,000 new soldiers, and the hired new army soldiers will immediately receive a leather armor helmet, a spear and a war knife, which is the 80,000 sets of old armor that the Ordnance Supervision has accumulated for many years, and now it is coming in handy again.

Dozens of soldiers stood in front of a house about a few dozen steps away from the Suzaku Gate, which was originally a point of the tax office next to the Suzaku Gate, but now became Li Yanqing's temporary official office.

At this time, in the hall of the official office, Li Yanqing was discussing with Cao Sheng and Mo Jun about the forbidden army in front of the palace, there were still 45,000 regular troops in the inner city, in addition to the 25,000 New Taipei Army withdrawn from the outer city, there were also 20,000 forbidden troops in front of the palace stationed in the inner city, how to pull the 20,000 troops over is the key, Pan Yue, who is currently stationed in the east city, is already their person, and there is Zhou Liang in the west city and Wang Daoqi, the lord of the north city.

"I have talked to Lao Zhou before, he said that he would consider giving me an answer in two days, and today he gave me an answer, he is willing to obey the command of Dutong, but he has a small condition that he hopes Dutong can meet."

Cao Sheng and the Xicheng guard Zhou Liang have a very good personal relationship, if Dongcheng Pan Yue took refuge in them to repay Li Yanqing for saving his life, then whether he can persuade Xicheng Zhou Liang to surrender depends on Cao Sheng's face.

Li Yanqing asked, "What conditions did he put forward?" ”

"He hopes to get 50 acres of land by the West Lake in Hangzhou."

"That's it?" Li Yanqing confirmed with a smile.

Cao Sheng nodded, "I didn't expect him to mention this condition." ”

Mo Jun next to him smiled, "This is a smart person, he is allegiance to Dutong in disguise!" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned at first, but then understood that his father Li Daqi was the largest landlord in the West Lake area, and he put forward this condition, obviously knowing his background very well, not only following himself in officialdom, but also in business.

"What's the background of this scale?"

"His father is the great proprietor of the Thousand Treasure Pavilion."

Qianbaoge is a famous jewelry store in the capital, although it is not the largest, but it can also enter the top five, Li Yanqing laughed, he thought for a while and said to Cao Sheng: "I promised him his conditions, not only that, I will make Qianbaoge the largest jewelry store in Hangzhou, anyone who follows me, I will not let him suffer, but also let him remember that if he has a different heart, not only will he disappear, but Qianbaoge will no longer exist." ”

Cao Sheng sighed in his heart, Li Yanqing's soft and hard methods became more sophisticated, and he hurriedly got up, "I know, I'll go to him now." ”

Cao Sheng hurriedly went, and Li Yanqing turned around and asked Mo Jun, "How is Wang Daoqi's side?" ”

Mo Jun shook his head, "He said he was very busy and didn't have time to meet with Dutong!" ”

Li Yanqing showed a sneer on his face, this is a clear refusal of his intention to cooperate, in fact, this is also in his expectation, when he married Cao Yun as his wife, he had already formed an incomprehensible personal grudge with Wang Daoqi, but he couldn't imagine that at this critical moment, Wang Daoqi couldn't let go of his past grudges, no matter what, since he didn't eat the toast, then eat the penalty bar!

Mo Jun saw Li Yanqing's face, and he hurriedly asked, "How does Du Tong plan to move him?" ”

"Wait a minute, it's not time yet, but you'd better do something for me."

Li Yanqing wrote a name on the paper, "You find him, what does he want, just mention it!" ”

Mo Jun nodded silently, "I know!" ”

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "Qi Yu is all unified, there is an urgent pigeon letter delivered!" ”

"Bring it on!"

A personal soldier walked in quickly, handed a tube of red thin bamboo letterhead to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing unscrewed the stopper, poured out a roll of fine silk from it, and slowly spread it out, Li Yanqing's face gradually showed a smile.

"It's Yan Qing, they're it!"

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "They have already found the source of the disease and started to act." ”

Mo Jun sighed softly, "The murderer commits suicide, the way of heaven is bad, and the ancients will not deceive me!" ”

At this time, a soldier reported at the door: "Qiyu Dutong, someone outside is looking for it, saying that it is an old friend of Dutong in Jiayu County." ”

'Jiayu County? Li Yanqing was slightly stunned, who could this be?

He walked out of the military office quickly, only to see more than a dozen sturdy men standing outside, the leader of the man was dark-skinned, tall and burly, he looked back at Li Yanqing, and a sharp gaze flashed in his eyes.

"It's you!" Li Yanqing immediately recognized it, it turned out to be Zhang Shun, who had been silent for a long time.

Zhang Shun stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "Xiaomin Zhang Shun, meet Li Dutong!" ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed and hurriedly helped him up, "I haven't seen him for many years, Brother Zhang is okay?" ”

Zhang Shun scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm okay to mix, I can feed a group of brothers." ”

"Come in! Let's go in and talk. ”

Li Yanqing enthusiastically pulled Zhang Shun into the door, and personally arranged for Zhang Shun's men to eat.

"Why is Brother Zhang in the capital?"

"Xiaomin really can't afford it, so the capital will call me Goro, I just withdrew from the outer city last night."

Li Yanqing is not hypocritical, Zhang Shun and his identity are indeed too far apart, and they can't talk about a deep friendship, calling 'Brother Zhang' is just polite, if it is really a brother, it is disrespectful to his subordinates.

"Gorou has been in the capital?"

"No, I have been begging for food on the Yellow River for the past few years, and recently I heard that the price of silver in the capital has exploded, so I brought a few thousand taels of silver to the capital to exchange money, but it happened that the gold soldiers attacked, and I fell into the city for a while."

"Huh! Does Gorou want me to let you out of town? ”

Zhang Shun shook his head, a look of hatred shot out of his eyes, "My brothers have followed me for many years, they are like brothers, this time the Jin soldiers attacked, I killed five old brothers, I can't swallow this breath, I want to join the Song army and avenge the dead brothers." ”

Li Yanqing knew that the reason why Zhang Shun did not sign up for the militia, but came directly to him, was also to use his relationship to get an official position, this is human nature, and it is understandable, and Zhang Shun is also a capable person, so it is indeed a bit condescending to let him be a militiaman.

Li Yanqing smiled happily: "Then follow me as a general, and when you make a contribution, I will appoint you as a partial general!" ”

Zhang Shun was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "Zhang Shun is willing to serve the dogs and horses for the capital!" ”

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After the Jin soldiers carried out a massacre against the Song army in the east and south of Zhongmu County, because the Jin soldiers did not have the habit of cleaning the battlefield, and the battlefield was too bloody, it took a long time for Zhongmu County to organize people to burn the corpses, but during this time, the plague began to appear in Zhongmu County, and it was ferocious, and within three days after the infection, it vomited and diarrhea and died, and thousands of people were infected and died in just a few days.

This plague is actually cholera, after the war is not cleaned up in time, there will inevitably be a plague outbreak, the contagion is extremely violent, in this era there is no cure, but if you protect yourself or isolate well, you can still prevent it,

Zhongmu suddenly panicked, the people began to flee the city, and the people infected with the plague were left in the county seat, and soon died, and in just one day, Zhongmu County became an empty city.

At night, an ox cart came out of the county town, and on the ox cart was a wooden box that was tightly wrapped in cloth, and all the soldiers were wrapped tightly, and only a pair of eyes were shown on their faces.

At this time, Yan Qing rode up and asked, "How is the situation inside?" ”

The leading soldier shook his head, "It's simply a city of death, indescribable!" ”

"What about the oil?"

"It's all spilled out, just near the East Gate."

Yan Qing immediately ordered: "Shoot the rocket and ignite!" ”

More than 100 cavalrymen rushed forward, lit rockets and fired arrows into the city, and soon ignited the oil and the county began to burn.

"Retreat!"

More than 100 cavalrymen left quickly with donkey carts, and soon disappeared into the black, but the fire in Zhongmu County burned bigger and bigger, and at the third watch, the fire completely engulfed the entire county.

Wang Gui led 30,000 Jingzhao troops to Hebei, leaving Yanqing 300 cavalry to carry out the special task of Li Yanqing, this task is the plague, the source of the disease has been obtained, the next step is to spread, this is a big problem, the best way is to throw the corpse into the Jin soldier camp, but this is obviously impossible, the Jin soldiers are very well guarded, if the corpse can be thrown in, it is better to throw a fireball directly into the camp.

But this matter was not difficult for Yan Qing, at night, he led three hundred cavalry to hide in a hill thirty miles away from the camp of Jinying, and built a wooden house in a hidden place, and soon, a group of cavalry rushed to the scene, escorting five Jurchen soldiers who were bound and sturdy, they were peripheral sentinels, but they were captured by Yan Qing's men during the patrol.

"Did you tell them?"

"I've already said it, give the information, and let them go back after another meal."

Yan Qing nodded, "Then take them to the wooden house, give them a little information, and let them go!" ”

"Obey!"

The cavalry took a few captured golden soldiers and ran in the direction of the cabin, Yan Qing looked at the cabin, which was the devil's lair, after these golden soldiers entered, they could take the devil to the golden camp for themselves, Yan Qing showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, he believed that the information he had 'unintentionally' leaked was enough for these outposts to hurry back to the camp to report, and there were 30,000 Song army cavalry hidden on the periphery.

But what if these golden soldiers are sent out again after reporting? The stay in the Golden Camp was too short.

Yan Qing thought for a while, and then said to the soldiers beside him: "Go and tell Zhang Dutou, leave some marks for these golden soldiers, start a little heavier, and let them go to the military doctor to bandage and recuperate for a few days." ”

"Ignorance, understood!" The soldiers galloped away.

At this time, dozens of cavalry rushed into the woods, and it was another cavalry that had returned, and they had also brought back three golden detectives.

"Chief, we're over!"

Yan Qing nodded, "Go find Zhang Dutou and leave the rest to him!" ”

"Obey!"

Several cavalrymen grabbed the unconscious Jin soldiers and walked in the direction of the wooden house.

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