It turned out that since Xian Jingyue and his party went to Jiayuguan, because of the lack of the two medicinal materials of "Hanging Golden Lantern" and "Chaotianzi", Sui Junlang couldn't control the condition of the plague patients, and hundreds of people died one after another. Seeing that there was no way out, the remaining plague patients actually broke out of the blockade and wreaked havoc in the barracks, finally causing the plague to spread widely, but in just a few days, the number of infected people increased from more than 2,000 to about 10,000.

Moreover, the military salary in the autumn of Yumen Pass has not been delivered, and it all depends on the military salary given by the imperial court is distributed according to the establishment of 60,000 people, so there is still a surplus of military salary in summer, plus the prey hoarded before winter and the forage for feeding horses, the garrison of Yumen Pass can be struggling to support until now. Seeing that the plague had begun to fully infect, the morale of the army was completely weakened, and more and more sergeants fled to the mountains to the north, intending to bypass the Yumen Pass to find a way to survive, not to mention half of the men.

As a result, even General Lu could not control the situation at Yumen Pass, so he had to lead all the soldiers who were not sick to retreat to the wall of Yumen Pass, and ordered the soldiers to be closely guarded at the stone stairs on the city wall, prohibiting anyone from stepping on the city wall, so as to completely draw a line with the soldiers infected with the plague.

Therefore, now General Lu is hiding on the wall of Yumen Pass with more than 2,000 uninfected soldiers, and under the city wall, in addition to the six or seven hundred sick soldiers in front of him, there are more than 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers left, all of whom are staying in their respective barracks these days and waiting for death. And the so-called Yumen Pass, the head of the three defense lines in the northwest, is actually self-defeating and exists in name only.

After Jingyue first asked about the situation at the Qingyu Gate, more than 30 sergeants and Prince Geshu and others who were traveling behind him also stepped forward one after another. The sergeants under the city wall saw that the person who came was actually a comrade who had been sent to Jiayuguan to ask for help, as if they saw a glimmer of light in the darkness, and hurriedly gathered around to ask, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Xian Jingyue saw that many of the sergeants present were staring at the two women, Li Liu and Ayi, with their eyes intended, but they were afraid that they would die and give birth to lust; At that moment, he did not care about the sergeants who were with him, and hurriedly beckoned a few people to go up the city wall, and when the five of them were halfway up the stone stairs, there were more than twenty sergeants on the top to block the way, and stretched out their bows and arrows to everyone from afar. After the first Jingyue explained his intentions, the sergeants went to the city wall to pass the ceremony, and it didn't take long for the sergeants to come and lead the way, saying that General Lu invited everyone to go up.

When they went up to the city wall, they saw that there was a fire burning on the wall every ten paces, and the soldiers sat on both sides of the wall, although they had not yet been infected by the plague, but they were all depressed and listless. Everyone walked along the city wall to the north with the sergeant who led the way, and after walking more than a mile, they heard the voice of General Lu in front of them, and asked in surprise: "Is the first general office back?"

As soon as the words fell, General Lu and Master Lu had already strode towards everyone. Xian Jingyue saw that his whole person had lost a lot of weight, and his eyes were deeply sunken, showing that he had worked extremely hard these days, so he hurriedly stepped forward with Li Liu, and asked Li Liu to briefly tell General Lu about everyone's trip to Jiayuguan. When General Lu heard that Prince Geshu's people had sent food and medicinal materials, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to give a military salute to Prince Geshu, and said respectfully: "Although the last general is resident in Yumen Pass, the name of Prince Geshu in Lanzhou City has been admired for a long time. I didn't expect Your Excellency to have such a good style, and at this critical juncture, you will take action to rescue Yumen from danger. Regardless of the fate of Yumen Pass, this kindness will be remembered in my heart, and I thank you in advance!"

Prince Na Geshu returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's easy to say! General Lu doesn't have to be polite, Xiao Wang is just a businessman, and he has to rely on the help of his friends to buy and sell." Now that he can take this opportunity to make friends with General Lu, the commander of Yumen Pass, Xiao Wang has also benefited a lot, so why does General Lu need to say thank you? As long as General Lu takes care of Xiao Wang's business a little in the future, it will already be a reinvention of Entong. General Lu hurriedly smiled: "Of course!"

The two of them were polite again, and General Lu had just heard Xian Jingyue say that the reason why Prince Geshu was willing to send food and medicinal materials was that he had the conditions to come and talk to him. At this time, the two sides were already familiar with each other, and General Lu asked sideways: "As the so-called cannibalistic mouth is short, and the hand-to-hand is short, the last general, as the commander of this Yumen Pass, can't ask for these materials from Your Excellency in vain." Dare to ask Prince Geshu who has been walking on the rivers and lakes all the year round, I don't know if there is a place where the last general can serve? As long as it is within the scope of the last general's ability, the last general will definitely do his best to handle it for you. ”

Prince Geshu smiled slightly and said, "This old Mr. Mu under Xiao Wang has been practicing medicine for many years, and he happened to know that the plague in Yumen Pass today is the 'Belmore disease' that originated from the Western Regions. Although this disease is not difficult to treat, if it drags on for too long, it will inevitably kill people. Please forgive Xiao Wang for bluntly saying that, judging from the current situation at Yumen Pass, I am afraid that it is important to save people; even if Xiao Wang still has some personal matters to ask General Lu for help, it is not as important as the lives of the soldiers. What's more, Xiao Wang has just arrived, and he hasn't done an inch, so how can he be embarrassed to open his mouth to General Lu?" After saying that, he glanced at Mr. Mu behind him, and Mr. Mu took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his cloak and handed it to General Lu, saying, "This is the cure for 'Belmore's disease." ”

General Lu saw that this Prince Geshu still refused to prescribe his own conditions, and he couldn't find out the depth of this person, so he immediately had to take Mr. Mu's prescription and let Master Lu beside him summon the Suijun Langzhong to see, but in a few moments, seven Suijun Langzhong came from the southern city wall.

It is said that although these soldiers in Yumen Pass do not know this disease, they can try the right prescription sooner or later according to the patient's symptoms, but who knows that they are missing the two most important medicinal materials, "hanging golden lamp" and "Chaotianzi"; if not, maybe the plague in Yumen Pass has been eliminated. At this time, the seven military attendants read Mr. Mu's prescription in turn, and although they all had their own opinions, they all thought that this prescription should be feasible.

General Lu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly smiled at Prince Geshu: "Actually, there is no need to call these quack doctors to test, Your Excellency has traveled thousands of miles to treat our army, and Lu Yuanpo has made up your mind as a friend! Since we are friends, how can the last general not believe Your Excellency? Besides, all the sergeants who first commanded the office and went to Jiayuguan were all cured by this old gentleman, which shows that old Mr. Mu's methods, of course, there will be no mistakes in the prescription. ”

Prince Geshu smiled and said: "General Lu's words are wrong, it is true that Mr. Mu has treated Prince Jingyue and all the sergeants, but the medicine he dispenses may not be the current prescription, so it is better to be cautious." Besides, Xiao Wang is a Turkic Hu after all, and he is naturally sloppy when he comes to diagnose and treat the soldiers at Yumen Pass, and if he is not nine out of ten, how can he use medicine indiscriminately?"

Everyone was a little confused for a while, and they didn't know what this Prince Geshu was going around, what he wanted. I only heard Prince Geshu continue: "The most important thing for businessmen is the word 'integrity', and in the final analysis, it is the word 'genuine', and Xiao Wang is naturally no exception. I came to make friends with General Lu today, in order to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums, I can't skip the link of 'inspection'. He also asked all the Lang Zhong under General Lu to decoct the medicine according to this prescription, and then find the sergeant infected with the plague to take it, and see if Mr. Mu's prescription is correct. ”