After reading the report in detail, the two cavalry battalion commanders and lieutenants jointly wrote the report, Ma Shuo couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

The military fortress was taken, and it did not cost a single soldier, and it also collected nearly seven or eight thousand prisoners by the way.

However, these captives now seem to be a liability.

I don't know why, a plague appeared among the barbarians in the military village for some reason, except for a few who were particularly strong or lucky, everyone else was recruited.

Two or three thousand people died of disease. The rest of them did not have any combat effectiveness at all in a short period of time, and they were sick and half-dead.

It is precisely for this reason that when the two cavalry battalions arrived at the military village, the military village did not even have a single defender, let alone resist.

But before the people of the cavalry battalion could be happy, the plague, which had not yet completely disappeared, made them fall into a state of joy and sorrow.

Some soldiers of the cavalry battalion were accidentally infected.

In this state, the two commanders and lieutenants of the cavalry battalion had no choice but to take decisive measures to isolate the infected soldiers and arrange for someone to take care of them separately.

Other people who are still healthy have set up camps and stationed near the military village far away.

As for the barbarians, they were all trapped in the military fortress and were not allowed to leave the military fortress even a single step.

In order to prevent the spread of the plague and avoid bringing the plague to other soldiers of the Ma Family's army, the two cavalry commanders quickly agreed to temporarily garrison there with men and horses.

However, for fear that Ma Shuo would be worried, they still cautiously sent someone to send a report.

The reporter was indeed very careful, he did not enter the camp here, but used a bow and arrow to shoot the report letter from a distance.

And he also loudly reminded the soldier who accepted the letter to be disinfected with alcohol.

The awareness of using alcohol to disinfect has been widely promoted in Ma Shuo's Ma Jiajun. It can be said that hygiene awareness is one of the compulsory contents of every soldier of Ma Jiajun.

It is precisely because of this that the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun rarely have diarrhea because they have eaten bad things, and there are very few non-combat attrition.

Of course, the process of cultivating this habit was not easy, and many soldiers were beaten because they could not adapt to it at the beginning.

Plague is a very terrible thing in this era. Even Ma Shuo didn't have a good way to treat him quickly for a while.

But one thing is still certain, that is, the approach of the two cavalry commanders and captains must be very correct.

It's just that a very real problem is in front of Ma Shuo, and the next attack on Qilian County will have to rely on the tens of thousands of horses on his side now.

Because according to this posture, with the cavalry battalion and the past fire battalion, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back for a while.

Although the reports of the two cavalry battalion commanders and lieutenants did not mention the matter of the Huozi Battalion, Ma Shuo estimated that once the Huozi Battalion got the news, they would also act cautiously.

As Ma Shuo expected, the Huozi Battalion set off after the cavalry battalion, and the speed was much slower than the cavalry, so they arrived near the military village almost three days later than the cavalry battalion.

Of course, they were not really able to get close to the military village, because the two cavalry battalion commanders sent people to stop them in advance.

After learning of what was happening in front of him, the commander of the Huozi Battalion also made a decisive decision to camp in place and not look for the main force for the time being.

I have to say that these generals under Ma Shuo's command are still very good in terms of the overall situation.

It's just that, in this way, Ma Shuo's side is really challenging.

With 40,000, against 40,000, if it is a field battle, Ma Shuo is not afraid of the other party, because his weapon advantage is very obvious. However, now it is a siege battle, a siege battle, and when the two sides are evenly matched, the besieging side is very at a loss.

As the saying goes, the east is not bright, but the west is bright, when Ma Shuo was fighting for ideas because of the number of people, an unexpected group of people suddenly appeared near Qilian County, and took the initiative to find Ma Shuo.

A rebel army of more than 5,000 people, led by a leader named Lao Ding, took the initiative to find Ma Shuo and asked to participate in the siege of Qilian County. Lao Ding only made one request, that is, after the siege was successful, he could hand over the city lord's family in Qilian County to him for disposal.

The city lord of Qilian County has now surrendered to the barbarians, and has been temporarily appointed by the barbarians as the city lord of Qilian County. In other words, this city lord of Qilian County has become a genuine Qin traitor. As for this old man, he must have a grudge against the other party. Although he didn't explain it, Ma Shuo could still guess this to some extent.

"Old Ding Chief, although I don't know why you did this. However, I promise you conditions! I don't know what the leader of Lao Ding can teach me about the siege! Ma Shuo agreed to Lao Ding's request very decisively. Since that guy can surrender to the barbarian and be a traitor to Qin, it will not be unjust to kill him at that time.

"General Ma is really happy, my old Ding counts when he speaks, and he will do his best to help the general attack the city. How to attack the city, Lao Ding didn't dare to boast, but I, Lao Ding, did have a secret that I could still help the general. Lao Ding said very confidently, looking confident. Obviously, this guy has some kind of hole card in his hand.

"Oh-" Ma Shuo was shocked.

"Don't hide it from the general, in fact, Lao Ding's ancestors were the main participants in the construction of this Qilian county, and the designs of many places were from the hands of the ancestors. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that for this Qilian County, I am afraid that no one is more familiar with it than my Lao Ding. ”

Lao Ding's words really made Ma Shuo overjoyed, which was simply great. Since Lao Ding mentioned the construction of the county seat, it means that there must be some secrets that outsiders don't know, and this kind of secret must be of great help to the siege of the city, otherwise Lao Ding would not have taken this matter out.

"Look, General, this is the original drawing. In this place, and in this place, there is actually a hidden secret door. Originally, the purpose of building these two secret passages was actually to prevent flooding in the city, once the water in the city was serious, the underground passages in the city could be opened to drain the water, so the two secret gates were originally designed to outlets. It is precisely because of this that if we enter through the door of the dark passage and follow the secret passage, we can quietly enter the city! ”

As soon as Lao Ding explained this, Ma Shuo immediately understood. And he can be sure that these two dark path gates will not be small, otherwise Lao Ding would not dare to say that people can enter.

Under Lao Ding's personal leadership, Ma Shuo soon saw one of the secret gates with his own eyes.

When he saw this secret gate for the first time, Ma Shuo was also taken aback.

What an accident within an accident!