Shen Lian listened to the movement outside, frowned, looked at Sun Tong, and said:

"Lord Sun, if it is really the Euro people calling, I am afraid that it will take less than two hours to capture Jizhou City, and then you said that all the affairs of Jizhou City are decided by you.

Then please tell me now, are we going to retreat west with the people, or are we going to mobilize the people, lead the firewood knives, climb the city wall, and follow up the guilty Euros to fight to the death?"

"This ......"

Sun Tong obviously didn't expect the Euro people's attack to come so quickly, and he was still a little confused at the moment, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Shen Lian showed a look of disdain on his face.

Immediately, his face was firm and he said very resolutely: "If Lord Sun can't make up his mind for a while, then listen to the words of this official, and Lord Sun will take the old and young women and children in the city to retreat west, and this official will stay, with a thousand city defenders in the city and the strong men who have been sent and left behind, to fight for the lives of the Euro people, although it is very likely that it will not be able to stop the footsteps of the Euro people, but at least it can delay some time for the evacuation of the people in the city."

When Sun Tong heard this, he was slightly stunned, and looked at Shen Lian with a little surprised expression.

"You...... Do you know what happens when you stay at this time?"

Shen Lian's face was light, and he said, "Ten deaths and no life."

Sun Tong glanced at him up and down, and said, "Then you are still staying, why doesn't this official remember that you are so heroic?"

Shen Lian said lightly: "The dying person is guilty of meritorious service, I only hope that when Lord Sun evacuates with the people in the city, he can take more care of his official's wife and children, so that it should be for the sake of you and me being officials in the same dynasty, and give them a way to live."

When Sun Tong heard this, he instantly understood what Shen Lian meant.

He was already determined to die in Jizhou City.

I hope that Sun Tong can open up the net and no longer pursue the crimes he has committed that are enough to be beheaded.

And as he had said, he reported it to the court.

In this way, his wife and children still have a way to live.

"This ......"

As an imperial historian, Sun Tong was actually unwilling to accept such a result.

However, he knew in his heart that such a result was acceptable to Shen Lian, the court, the people, and even himself.

Even, Shen Lian resolutely led his troops to stay, and the matter of making meritorious contributions and delaying time would become a good talk and an example for other officials.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The deafening sound was getting closer.

Shen Lian looked anxious and said loudly, "Lord Sun, there is no time, if you delay any longer, none of the people in the city will be able to leave!" Make a decision quickly!"

When Sun Tong heard this, he gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind and said, "Okay! Just do as you say!"

After speaking, he looked out the door and said, "Where are the officials of the government! Come here!"

"Your Excellency!"

More than a dozen servants immediately gathered together and bowed.

Sun Tong looked at them and said with a solemn face: "Pass on the order of the Qin Mission, dispatch two hundred people from the city defense army to escort the old and young women and children in the city to retreat westward, and all the young and strong laborers are left behind to wait for the dispatch of the Shen Governor's Mansion!"

When more than a dozen servants heard this, they were slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian said loudly, "Lord Sun is a messenger sent by the imperial court, and what he said is the order of the imperial court!"

When a dozen or so officers heard this, they no longer hesitated and saluted in unison: "Yes, my lord!"

Immediately, he left the government in a hurry.

Seeing this, Sun Tong turned his head to look at Shen Lian beside him, and stopped talking for a while before he spoke: "I remember what you just said, don't worry, as long as I am alive, your wife and children will be fine."

When Shen Lian received such a promise, his originally restless heart instantly calmed down, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "With Lord Sun's words, Shen will die immediately, and he will not be afraid."

At this moment.

Shen Lian, the prefect of Jizhou, who was originally timid and greedy, actually had a little courage to die calmly.

Seeing this, Sun Tong was silent for a few seconds.

Without further ado, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Shen, take care!"

Then, he walked out of the palace.

Shen Lian watched Sun Tong's back gradually fade away, looked at the officials of the government on the side, and ordered: "Gather all the young and strong laborers in the city, open the arsenal, and distribute all the weapons and armor that can be used as long as they can be used, and in addition, collect the firewood knives and other weapons in the city and distribute them together."

When several officials heard this, their faces showed hesitation, and they looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Obviously, they didn't want to stay and die.

When Shen Lian saw this scene, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Until now, you still don't understand? This is an opportunity for us, a chance not to harm your family, you don't want to stay, you want to run away with Sun Tong.

What about after you escape? Even if you survive, you can only live for half a month at most, abandon the city and flee, the crime will be added to the first degree, and you can't escape from the beheading!

If you stay, only one person will die, and if you leave, your family will be harmed, whether you go or stay, you choose for yourself, and the official will not force you to stay!"

As soon as this remark came out.

The expressions of several officials all changed, they looked at each other for a while, and said in unison, "My lord, the lower officials choose to stay!"

"Then go and do something!"

Shen Lian raised his voice and said.

"Yes! Your Excellency!"

Several officials left with their hands.

Half an hour later.

On the city wall of Jizhou.

More than 1,000 city defense troops, plus thousands of young and strong laborers with all kinds of weapons in their hands, stood in place, nervously waiting.

Shen Lian stood next to the city gate, looking into the distance, also a little nervous.

The enthusiasm just now, the impassioned enthusiasm just now, when it was really time to fight to the death, they all dissipated a lot.

Even so, he clearly knew that there was no way back.

Since you have chosen to stay and delay time, you must go all the way to the end, even if you can only delay the time of a stick of incense, you must insist!

The prosperity of Jizhou City can be ranked in the eastern part of the entire Yan Kingdom, and it can be regarded as a big city.

But because it is close to the sea, it is almost impossible to be attacked, so there are very few soldiers stationed, and these soldiers are scattered in various places outside Jizhou City, about four or five thousand people.

The city of Jizhou is garrisoned by the city defense army, and the total number of people is less than 2,000.

Although the city defense army has less than 2,000 people, it can be considered elite.

It is precisely because of their existence that the young and strong laborers who were temporarily pulled over did not collapse.

Now.

The commander of the city defense army stood beside Shen Lian, his brows furrowed, and said, "Governor Shen, listen to the voice, the enemy is only less than twenty miles away from Jizhou City."

"Hmm."

When Shen Lian heard this, his heart became more and more nervous, but in front of the commander of the city defense army, he was still pretending to be indifferent.

Seeing this, the commander of the city defense army opened his mouth to say something.

After thinking for a few seconds, he felt that it was not necessary, so he remained silent.

The purpose of their stay was not to defend Jizhou City.

With only a few thousand of them, they don't have enough weapons, no experience in defending the city, and no outside support, so it is impossible to stop the Euros with artillery.

After all, as the commander of the city defense army, he had already heard of the artillery of the Qianguo people, which was a proper siege weapon.

Blasting through the low city wall of Jizhou, it is estimated that it doesn't take much effort.

Thinking so, the commander of the city defense army saw a puff of smoke and dust not far away.

Immediately afterwards, some of the soldiers who fled ran in the direction of the city gate, and the armor on their bodies had long been lost.

"Hurry up and open the gates! Let us in!"

When several defeated soldiers saw the capital city of Jizhou, it was as if they saw hope,

Ran to the city gate and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Shen Lian took a deep breath and said, "Leave them alone."

"Yes!"

The commander of the city defense army had actually made a decision a long time ago and responded.

The routs fled all the way, and they had long lost their strength, and when they saw that the people on the city tower did not open the door, they could no longer shout and collapsed on the ground.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Soon.

As far as the eye can see, even more smoke and dust are raised.

The terrifying sound of the trumpet.

The soldiers in armor walked neatly, and gradually revealed their true faces in the smoke and dust.

Meanwhile.

A statue of artillery, mounted on a cart, appeared in front.

"Sure enough, it's the Euros!"

Shen Lian saw the incoming enemy clearly, and his eyes showed a sense of indignation.

He also did business with the merchants of Europe.

Who would have thought that these guys would have such wolf ambitions!

First the plague, then the artillery!

It's just disgusting!

That's it.

The fire in Shen Lian's heart burned again, and he shouted loudly:

"Your wives and children, as well as the wives and children of this official, are all behind the capital city of Jizhou!

Whether they can reach the next city alive depends on when the capital city of Jizhou is lost!

So, for the sake of our wives and children, we fought with the Euros!"

These words can still resonate a lot with the people around them!

The voice fell.

Someone immediately responded, "Fight with the Euros!"

Immediately afterward, thousands of people shouted, "Fight the Euros!"

At this moment.

Not to mention Shen Lian and those young and strong laborers.

Even the commander of the city defense army and the city defense soldiers were set on fire and roared loudly.

Right now.

The Euros outside the walls had already taken their positions.

Pull the lead of the artillery.

I saw huge projectiles rushing into the air, drawing a fairly graceful curve, and landing accurately on the city wall.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A deafening loud bang.

The shouts of "fight with the Euros" disappeared in an instant.

All that's left is noise.

............

Outside the city of Chang'an.

Myeongshu Medical College.

The dean of the medical school, Bian Shi, had already received Fang Xiu's order.

"Send people to Yan Country to investigate and study whether the plague spreading in Yan Country is smallpox...... It's going to be fatal, and who wants to go."

Bian Shi frowned, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He is the dean, and it is definitely unrealistic to let him go out in person.

Let the students of the academy go to Yan Kingdom, he couldn't bear it.

After all, most of these students are still children in his eyes.

Let a bunch of kids do something like this.

He had a troubled conscience.

However, since Fang Xiang gave such an order.

It must indicate that the situation is urgent.

Someone has to do it.

Who should be sent?

For a while, Bian Shi couldn't make up his mind.

Right now.

Li Si, who was appointed by Fang Xiu and was mainly responsible for researching smallpox vaccines, came to Bian Shi.

"Dean, it's been more than half a month since Fang Xiang's order, and there is still no news about the cowpox recorded in the book, and the student feels that if he continues to look like this, he still doesn't know when he will have to find it......

At this moment, Bian Shizheng was distraught, and when he heard this, before he could finish speaking, he said, "This

If you can't find it, you can't find it, and it's useless to be in a hurry."

"The dean's teachings also made the students understand in their hearts that they were thinking that there might be another way to make a smallpox vaccine besides cowpox," Li said.

When Bian Shi heard this, he was slightly stunned and asked, "What else is the way?"

The book on basic immunology, he also browsed it during this time.

Especially about the diseases and insects that cause smallpox, he has studied carefully for a long time.

It was found that the best way to stop the spread of smallpox was to vaccinate against cowpox.

In addition, what else is there, it is not recorded in the book, how can Li Si know?

"The students carefully studied the content of the vaccine and found that as long as the smallpox pests and diseases are killed at high temperature, or soaked in some kind of liquid, and then further purified, the smallpox vaccine can be obtained, which may have the same effect as cowpox."

Li Si said with a serious face.

Bian Shi didn't understand what he was talking about, thought for a few seconds, frowned, and said, "Although the old man doesn't understand what you mean, he also knows that if you want to do this, you must have smallpox pests and diseases, and smallpox pests and diseases may cause smallpox to spread in my dry land, which is too risky, and you and I can't afford the consequences."

"So the students plan to go to Yan Guo and come into contact with smallpox pests and diseases, otherwise staying in the medical school will be just talk on paper and will never make progress.

Besides, whether the plague in the Yan Kingdom was smallpox or not was just Fang Xiang's speculation, and it had not yet been determined.

If it wasn't smallpox at all, even if we found cowpox, it wouldn't have any effect."

When Bian Shi heard this, he was stunned at first, then frowned, and said coldly, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Li Si said, "The students know."

Bian Shi said: "You go to Yan Kingdom, and you have to personally contact the diseases and insects of smallpox, the old man can assert that you will definitely be infected with smallpox, and the news from Yan Country that among the ten patients, there will be two or three people who will not survive, how do you know that you are not those two or three people?"

When Li Si heard this, he fell silent.

After a while, he raised his eyes to look at Bian, his eyes were extremely firm, and he said seriously: "Students enter medical school and learn new medicine to treat diseases and save people, as long as they can save thousands of people, students will die without regrets!"

"If you're two or three of the ten, you're going to die!" Can't save anyone!"

Bian Shi said sharply.

Li Si said in a deep voice: "If you don't give it a try, how will the students know if they are the two or three?"

"You!"

Bian Shi stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Si, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

This time.

Li Si's eyes were full of tears, and he said in a trembling voice: "The student knows that the dean is worried about the safety of the student, but the student is also worried about the safety of countless people.

Students are not for fame and fortune, nor for Fang Xiang's orders, but for thousands of people!

The dean will allow the students to go to Yan Kingdom!"

(End of chapter)