Seeing Master Zhou say this, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and raised his voice to the wall of Jiayuguan: "In the past, when Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, Geng Gong, the captain of the Western Regions, was besieged by the 20,000 troops of the Xiongnu at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, so he sent people to the imperial court for help. However, eight months had passed since Geng Gong's distress letter was delivered to the imperial court, and the ministers of the court and the central government were all opposed, saying that Geng Gong's team must have been wiped out long ago, and even if he was still resisting, it was not worth sending a large army to risk a mere captain. However, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, who was only eighteen years old, overrode public opinion and insisted on sending troops to rescue him, because if the Han people did not even save their own people, they would only be looked down upon by the Xiongnu even more, and they would be more and more unscrupulous if they believed that the Han people were easy to bully. So Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty issued an imperial order, and 7,000 iron horsemen set off from this Jiayu Pass, smashed the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains thousands of miles away, defeated the Xiongnu army in one fell swoop, and successfully rescued the captain Geng Gong, who had been fighting hard for nearly ten months. There were only 13 sergeants left under Geng Gong's command at that time, and under the protection of the Jiayuguan army, all of them were able to enter Yumen Pass. This move not only shocked the world, but also spread for centuries, to this day, it still makes all ethnic groups in the Western Regions feel uneasy, and they dare not offend the territory of the Han people, what they are afraid of is the unity of our Han people, and what they are afraid of is the concerted efforts of our Han people!"

As he spoke, his tone suddenly changed, and he shouted in a deep voice: "And now that the same Han people are in power, and it is also in front of this Jiayu Pass, General Lu does not expect the garrison of Jiayu Pass to send troops to rescue him, but only to ask for some food and medicinal materials, and at the same time to take in these people who have withdrawn from Yumen Pass, but you are pushing back and making things difficult in every way, are you just watching your Han compatriots starve to death and die of disease? Dare to ask the brothers on the city wall, where is the character of the Han people? Where is the conscience of the Han people? Where is the blood of the Han people? Could it be that as those foreign races of the previous dynasty said, there will be no China after Yashan?"

After listening to Master Zhou's impassioned remarks, the sergeants and civilians under the city wall stood up one after another, and for a time they could be said to be angry, while there was a dead silence on the city wall of Jiayuguan, and the soldiers defending the city were silent. When Master Zhou said what he was excited about, he couldn't help waving his arms and shouting loudly: "I, Zhou Quande, came here today on the orders of General Lu, but for three things. One is the grain, the military salary in the autumn of Yumen Pass was detained by you for many days, although some were given afterwards, but it was not even half of the due amount, and it was robbed by bandits, so that the garrison of Yumen Pass could only feed the horses with fodder to satisfy their hunger at the moment. Therefore, I hope that General Gong of Jiayuguan will open the net and return the remaining half of the grain to Yumen Pass. The second is medicine, Yumen Pass was poisoned by bad people, and now the plague is raging, and it is in urgent need of the two flavors of medicinal materials such as "hanging golden lamps" and "Chaotianzi" to cure diseases. As long as General Gong can prepare 100 catties of each of these two medicinal materials for us, he will be able to save the lives of tens of thousands of Han soldiers, and bring all the soldiers of Yumen Pass back to life and resist the invasion of foreign enemies desperately. The third is the people, the disaster of Yumen Pass was set up by the gangsters to murder, and they deliberately fabricated the ghost story of 'zombies', just to sow discord and disturb the morale of our Han army. Now General Lu has made up his mind to fight to the end and vows to live and die together with Yumen Pass, but the people of Yumen Pass should not be implicated, so I implore General Gong to take in these people for the sake of the same Han people, and all the soldiers of Yumen Pass should remember it in their hearts and never forget the general's great kindness until they die!"

When he said this, the sergeants and people behind him were already praising in unison, and they all applauded: "Well said!" Master Zhou scolded sharply: "What a fart! I, Zhou Quande, am entrusted by General Lu, and I want to do these three things well no matter what, but at the moment, I haven't even done a single thing, so what's good?"

After saying that, Master Zhou suddenly shouted, and shouted to the guards on the city wall again: "All the brothers in Jiayuguan listen! As the so-called soldier dies for his confidant, General Lu's kindness and kindness can not be repaid, and today I can only use my blood to paint the cold city wall of Jiayuguan!" As soon as the words fell, he rushed up and slammed his head on the city wall, blood and brains splashed everywhere.

This scene was so unexpected that it was too late to stop it for a while. Even Xian Jingyue was caught off guard, who expected that this week, the master would die if he said that he would die, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug him back. saw that one of Master Zhou's heads was like a cracked watermelon, and he was already dead on the spot.

The crowd was silent for a while, and then it exploded completely, shouting and scolding the garrison of Jiayuguan, and many of the sergeants stepped forward and pushed the closed gate on the city wall, but the sergeants at the head of the city did not move, and no longer fired arrows to warn as before. After a while, three buckets slowly hung down from the city wall, and when they got closer, they saw that each bucket contained a dozen flatbreads and a jar of water.

Seeing this, the sergeants and the people under the city wall were all slightly stunned, and they stopped their movements one after another, and then came to their senses at the same time, and rushed up to grab the flatbread and water in the bucket. During the scramble, a bucket was turned over on the spot, and all the flatbread inside was sprinkled on the ground, just falling into the pool of blood left by Master Zhou.

Xian Jingyue was sad and indignant, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he was even more angry, and immediately untied the glaive knife behind his back, stepped forward and grabbed the rope tied to the bucket, and climbed towards the city with his strength. Who knew that he had only climbed to the height of Zhang Xu, only to feel that his hands were empty, and the whole person suddenly fell, but it was the defending sergeant on the city wall who cut the rope in time. Then a sergeant's voice came from the top of the city, shouting: "Do you eat or not, if anyone dares to climb the rope, there will be nothing to eat!"

You must know that there are still about 100 sergeants and civilians present at this moment, and they are all dizzy with hunger, where are the 30 or so flatbreads in the bucket enough? Hearing this, everyone immediately threw angry eyes at Xian Jingyue, telling him not to cause trouble again, and even the general Wang also persuaded: "It is all up to Master Zhou to give up his life and give advice to each other, so that the garrison of Jiayuguan can be touched and these rations are sent to us." If the first general office annoys them, wouldn't it be a disappointing part of Master Zhou's hard work?"

Xian Jingyue was silent, and his anger turned into nothing, replaced by desolation and helplessness, so he had to move Master Zhou's body aside and bow respectfully to him three times. The soldiers on the city wall also talked about it, and soon a few more hanging buckets hung down, and there were still water and flatbread in them. This time, Li Liu finally squeezed into the crowd, and finally grabbed a flatbread, and hurriedly took it over and let Xian Jingyue eat it first.

Seeing that there were a few traces of blood faintly stained on the big cake, Xian Jingyue only felt that sorrow came from it, where could he eat? Seeing that he didn't eat it, Li Liu refused to eat it himself, so he opened his mouth and persuaded: "The deceased is gone, and I ask my lord to mourn." Since Master Zhou is gone, these sergeants and people will have to rely on adults to take care of them in the future, if you don't eat......" As soon as she said this, she suddenly felt dull in her chest, almost out of breath, and couldn't help coughing loudly.

For a while, the faces of Xian Jingyue and Li Liu changed slightly, and it was obvious that even Li Liu was infected with the plague, but I don't know if it was because he was taking care of those plague patients along the way or because he had been infected in Yumen Pass. Xian Jingyue couldn't help but ask, "...... you You ......" and I don't know how to speak.

Li Liu's eyes were hot, and the big cake in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground, and said sadly: "Humble duty is just a cheap life, even if you want to die here, it is fate, it's nothing." It's just that...... Ahem...... It's just that I can't live with my lord, if I had known that I was also infected with this damn plague, I wouldn't have disturbed my lord's rest if I said anything that night, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid ......"

She didn't finish her words, Xian Jingyue already understood what she meant. Since Li Liu also has the plague on his body, then on the night of repelling the bandits, Li Liu had a personal affection with him, and nine times out of ten he was also infected.

It is said that when Xian Jingyue worshiped the Sword King to learn the arts, the master warned him many times, saying that people who practice martial arts wander the rivers and lakes, and live a life of licking blood with a knife, and in the end, few people can die well. Therefore, for Xian Jingyue, he has already taken life and death lightly, as Li Liu said, if he is destined to die in the plague of Yumen Pass, it is also fate, and he can't complain about others. He was afraid that Li Liu would feel guilty in his heart, so he hurriedly turned his head, looked at these soldiers and people under the wall of Jiayuguan, and said lightly: "It has nothing to do with you." From this point of view, it is also wise for the garrison at Jiayuguan to refuse to let us enter the pass. Those of us who came back from the Yumen Pass, I'm afraid none of us will survive. ”