Summer is here again, and this season is supposed to be the busiest season on the grasslands, because many ponies, calves, and lambs will be born in this season, and they must grow up quickly in the summer and autumn, otherwise they will not be able to survive the harsh winter. But this summer was very different from previous years, and from the discovery of the first sick cow, the plague swept through the grasslands like a tornado, until it progressed to the point where people were also infected with the plague.

The plague came without warning, and it was swift and widespread. The land to which the Sirius Khanate belonged was not exempted, and even the capital of the Sirius Khanate, the Great Khan King City, transported out of the city every day with no less than 100 corpses. The grasslands were littered with the corpses of dead cows, sheep and people, and since no one had relented, it would not take long for them to rot under the scorching sun, which further aggravated the spread of the plague.

This ferocious plague was a catastrophe for the young Celestial Wolf Khanate. The first thing Sumedo and her courtiers said when they opened their eyes every day was to ask how many people had died today.

Mullen danced the sacrificial dance again on the altar at the top of Mount Wendur, and the white horse and the white ox and a beautiful priestess were once again sacrificed to the god of the wolf. But all this can't change the spread of the plague, for example, today the Wolf Khanate can no longer confront the Flying Tiger Legion, and can only continue to shrink the defensive line. Instead of taking the opportunity to move the Line of Actual Control forward, the Flying Tigers dug a trench on the Line of Actual Control and sprinkled oil in the trench and set it on fire. Later, a minefield was laid behind the trench, and all military operations against the grassland were temporarily cancelled, and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion strictly guarded the side of the trench, not to mention those who came from the grassland, even a rat would be shot on the spot and burned to ashes.

The same is true of Manggul, located in the west, which has become a forbidden area within ten miles outside the city of Anxi, and as long as people dressed as Rong come from the grassland, as long as they approach this area, they will be violently bombarded, and it is a fierce bombardment mixed with fire oil. The grass near the city of Anxi ten miles was full of charred corpses of the Rong tribesmen who had fled here to escape the plague.

Such a tragedy was staged almost every day, and the people of Anxi City did not want to go to the section of the city wall facing the grassland to see it, but no one pleaded for the Rong tribe, because no one wanted himself and his family to become like them.

The Celestial Wolf Khanate also has its own Langzhong, but the living conditions on the steppe are too simple, not to mention those mosquitoes flying all over the sky, which are enough to kill people. The conditions of several big cities are better, but they are far from the level of Dayan, let alone Youzhou.

Su Meiduo fought hard and discussed with the ministers and the khans of various ministries whether to ask for help from Dayan, but at this moment, there was a fire in the granary, an explosion occurred in the Ordnance Division, and the ordnance manufacturing craftsmen suffered heavy casualties, and all the Ordnance Drawings of Dayan, which was being studied and imitated, were burned. This is the case with the Great Khan King City, Dingyuan is like this, the Sky Wolf City is like this, and the same is true of Yuancheng, the capital of the Far East. For the first time, Su Meiduo felt so incompetent and helpless, and she couldn't help but hold her face and cry.

The Great Khan is like this, how can any of the Khans of all tribes not cry sadly, and the loss of their own tribe is not small. Mu Lun walked up to Su Meiduo and comforted her softly: "My child, don't be sad, this is the test of the Sirius God for us, just survive this hurdle." ”

Su Meiduo raised her head to wipe away her tears, and said firmly to Mu Lun: "I have decided to marry Long Xingrong, but before that he can help us and teach us how to control the plague. ”

"Great Khan, have you thought about it?"

"I've thought about it, please send the minister to Da Yan, as long as Long Xingrong can help us through the crisis, I will agree to any conditions he proposes."

Ten days later, Mu Lun, the minister of the Celestial Wolf Khanate, led a delegation of envoys to Yanmen Pass. Mu Lun explained his intention to the Yanmen guard, and the Yanmen guard ordered them to stay outside the gate for half a month before they could enter the gate. Mullen knew that this was not an insult, it was to prevent the spread of the plague. Fifteen days, if it is a person infected with the plague, it should also have an attack. Thankfully, none of Mulun's envoys contracted the plague, and they were only allowed to enter Yanmen Pass after they had scrubbed their bodies with spirits of liquor, steamed their clothes with boiling water, and washed them inside and out, under the guidance of the medical officer sent by Dayan. And everything that the Great Yan Medical Officer did was recorded by Mu Lun's entourage one by one.

On the road from Yanmen Pass to Mukden, the envoys of the Heavenly Wolf Khanate, under the supervision of 10,000 Dayan cavalry, were never allowed to enter the state capital to stay, and could only live in the pavilion post or camp in the wilderness. When they arrived in Mukden, a large newly built camp outside the city of Mukden became their temporary station. The 20,000 soldiers of the Forbidden Army surrounded the garrison like iron buckets, and the medical officers of the Imperial Physician's Department had to urge people to spread lime and spray water on the garrison every day, and this practice was also recorded by Mullen.

As the capital of Dayan, the place where the center is located, and there are many residents, any danger should be avoided as much as possible. Therefore, the talks between Mullen and Dayan could only begin at the temporary station.

Li Ke became the negotiator on Dayan's side, and when Long Xingrong learned that Su Meiduo had promised to marry him, he couldn't believe his ears. However, now Long Xingrong has calmed down a lot, and he ordered Li Ke to be sure to find out the true purpose of Su Meiduo and the conditions proposed.

Thus the talks between Dayan and the Celestial Wolf Khanate officially began.

"Prime Minister Mulun, since the Great Khan of Sumeduo has promised to marry His Majesty the Emperor, then from now on your two countries will be the country of in-laws, and the Celestial Wolf Khanate will not hesitate to open his mouth."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Emperor Dayan, and thank you Li Xiang. Now that plague is rife in the steppes, and the tribes are struggling on the brink of death, the Great Khan weeps bitterly whenever he sees the misery of his people. Li Xiang, you haven't seen the tragic situation on the grassland, the beautiful grassland in the past is now about to become hell on earth. Lee Sang, help us. ”

Li Ke looked at the old tearful Mullen, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"So how does Da Yan need us to help you?"

"Li Xiang, we hope that Dayan can send medical officers to help us control the plague, and how to prevent the people from contracting the plague. This year, the livestock on the steppe have suffered heavy losses, and we still need grain, a lot of grain. Our Great Khan said that as long as Dayan helps us tide over the difficulties, and when the grassland plague passes and the livelihood of the people is guaranteed, our Great Khan will marry His Majesty the Great Yan Emperor. We will never break our promises, and if we break our will, we will be punished by the Celestial Wolf God. ”

"Okay, don't worry. I can temporarily transfer some grain to the grassland, or I can send some medical officers to help you first, and at the same time, please choose some smart people to learn from our medical officers, so that the plague can be controlled faster. According to what we know about the plague, as long as we survive the autumn, the plague will fade when the cold winter comes. ”

"That's great, thank you Li Xiang, thank you to His Majesty Emperor Dayan."

Li Ke returned to the palace and told Long Xingrong the results of the preliminary talks, and Long Xingrong was very satisfied when he saw that there was no lion in the Heavenly Wolf Khanate this time. So he approved Li Ke's request, and prepared to send a large number of medical officers and send food to aid the Sirius Khanate.

But now there is not much grain in the treasury of Dayan, and half of the warehouses are empty. Even if nothing is left to the Celestial Wolf Khanate, it is far from enough. So Long Xingrong once again ordered to buy grain from the people, and Long Xingrong even used internal money, that is, his own small treasury to buy grain. Long Xingrong's intentions were good, and he didn't want to burden the people, but he forgot what kind of goods his men had, so they put the money in their pockets and forcibly looted food from the people's homes to replenish the amount. All these small actions are clear to everyone from top to bottom, only hiding from Long Xingrong alone, Long Xingrong scattered a lot of money just to fatten his subordinates, but he hurt the people under his rule.

Truckloads of life-saving food were sent to the Celestial Wolf Khanate, while the people under Long Xingrong's rule were starving.

Thanks to Long Xingrong's help, the plague raging on the grassland was gradually brought under control, and those medical officers from Dayan became the gods in the hearts of the people of the grassland. And several medical officers who died of illness in the process of controlling the plague were solemnly funeral. In this way, when the cold winter came, the terrible plague finally disappeared. The subordinates of the Heavenly Wolf Khanate, relying on Long Xingrong's help, were able to survive the harsh winter and wait until spring came. However, many of the people under Long Xingrong's rule starved to death, and most of them did not even have enough grain to sow in the following spring. Many people have wondered why we are starving even though we have not been affected by the disaster. Aren't the Rong captives our enemies? Why should we give them food that we grow, and why should our medical officers help the prisoners fight the plague? When there was a plague in our Dayan, why didn't Rong Lu help us?

The people's ideas are the most practical, they don't understand those big truths, they only know that the person they want to help must be a friend worthy of help. And the help is mutual, when you are in trouble, the people you have helped should also help you. But will the Ronglu do? Apparently not. The people knew what they thought and no one cared, so in order not to starve to death, they left their hometowns and fled to various places under the rule of Youzhou. As a result, the 10 states of Gyeonggi, which were once densely populated and the most prosperous in the world, became depopulated, the countryside was barren, and many state and county officials abandoned their posts and fled.

After Yan Hui knew about this situation, he just said coldly: "Self-inflicted, you can't live." It's a pity that Dayan's 500-year-old country was lost in the hands of this father and son. Pathetic, lamentable. ”

The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion under Youzhou are waiting for the arrival of next spring, when they can compete with the wolf cubs. Yan Hui took his family and prepared to go to the south, and it was time for Jiangnan to reorganize. Besides, Murong Feng is about to come back from Hongyi Country, according to previous intelligence, Hongyi Country really intends to compete with Yan Hui for Nanyi, which Yan Hui will never allow, so he must personally go to Jiangnan to make a detailed deployment. By the way, it also makes the family scattered. (To be continued.) )