April 20.

"Tianxiong Kingdom" sent "Golden Cavalry" 80,000, bypassing the first pass in the world "Tianmen Pass", directly taking the "Tangzhou" border defense, "Tangzhou" was in an emergency, the emperor ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the iron coat to gallop to help, and at the same time ordered Lu Jue to send people to help, Lu Jue immediately sent Yu Qibai to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to support, "Chestnut Valley" and "Dongshankou" changed commanders, the rebels saw the opportunity to break through, Lu Jue "angrily" beheaded the new commander of the "Dongshankou" general Ma Shang, and then handed over the chapter, asking the emperor to surrender, the emperor had no choice but to appease Lu Jue with anger, and pursued the rebels.

The third day of the fifth month.

Xiang Tieyi arrived at 'Tangzhou' to assist in defending the city.

The seventh day of the fifth month.

Yu Qibai led an army of 20,000, known as 50,000, and arrived in 'Tangzhou'.

On May 13th, the "Golden Cavalry" could not be attacked for a long time, but came with 50 cannons, Zhao Lei, the son of Zhao Wenhuai, the original "Right Island", personally supervised the bombardment, the Great Wall was broken, the "Golden Cavalry" took the opportunity to attack, Yu Qibai and Xiang Tieyi led the troops to fight to the death and did not retreat, the "Golden Cavalry" was mostly cavalry, the elite was extraordinary, Yu Qibai's subordinates were mostly temporarily recruited soldiers, and the combat power was very different, in the "Tangzhou" guard, Yu Qibai, and Xiang Tieyi three soldiers and horses combined forces with the "Golden Cavalry" for several days, and the "Golden Cavalry" was difficult to advance even if it had the upper hand.

May 20, night.

'Golden Cavalry' night attack on Yu Qibai's camp tent, Yu Qibai has already set up an ambush, just timed, suddenly there are more than a dozen black-clothed people and more than 30 first-class masters take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the barracks, Yu Qibai died in a dead battle, Xiang Tieyi, 'Tangzhou' guards rushed to hear the news, attacked halfway, the damage was not calculated, Xiang Tieyi was defeated, with the remnants of the headquarters of 3,000 along the way and fought and retreated to the capital on the other side of the Feishu message back to Beijing. The emperor wanted to negotiate peace with the 'Tianxiong Kingdom' first, and then deal with it after the rebellion was quelled, but the hundred officials refused to allow it, and the tiger was forced to prepare for battle.

May 25.

Eight hundred remnants of the iron collar returned to Beijing, the 'Golden Cavalry' chased to the capital, the tiger suddenly attacked, killing the enemy's three generals in one fell swoop, and when the 'Golden Cavalry' retreated, Chang Xuechen led the people to block the attack with new firearms, the 'Golden Cavalry' was defeated, the tiger took the opportunity to chase and kill, Chang Xuechen responded from the side,' Golden Cavalry's defeat and returned, the tiger led a thousand light cavalry to pursue the opponent's main general, about to succeed when the rainbow appeared, more than 30 first-class masters appeared in a block, the tiger and the other party fought a number of times to know that it was difficult to bargain for a cheap retreat, the other party took the opportunity to kill, Chang Xuechen broke off the thunder, the new system of 'throwing spring thunder' galloped out, killed and injured more than 1,000 people, 'Golden Cavalry' retreated in horror.

May 28.

The emperor was furious, knowing that the defense of Gyeonggi was empty, he did not dare to send tigers and iron clothes to pursue, and he knew that the rebels fled for fear of endless disasters and did not dare to send Lu Jue to attack, so he had to give up.

The first day of June.

Lu Jue asked for salary again, the emperor raised another 150,000 taels of silver, and asked about the rebellion, Lu Jue claimed that the other party was cunning and difficult to find, and it would take time, and mentioned the matter of 'God Redemption', the emperor sent a team of 'Golden Guards' to investigate, and at the same time ordered Zhuang Zejing to secretly assist.

The second day of June.

In a few days, the capital and its surroundings and the displaced people from other places rushed to join the army, and selected 5,000 strong soldiers to join the team, and planned to practice and act for the purpose of defending the city.

The third day of June.

The hundred officials wrote again and impeached' Jin Yiwei's work is not good, the capture of Gai Motian has been fruitless for a long time, the emperor is quite angry, the country is in danger, the situation is changing several times a day, these people only hold on to one person's mistakes, completely ignoring the overall situation, ask a few words, the civil official actually quoted the scriptures to refute the emperor, the emperor could not bear it, the battle was the first ten people, the result was a big disaster, hundreds of officials rose up and attacked, and the emperor scolded a bloody dog, the matter was entangled for three days, and finally the emperor was silent, but the matter is still the thing, Gai Motian was neither arrested, the rebels were not pacified, the trouble of foreign enemies was still not solved, and even the treasury did not have an extra silver or two, the arrears of military salaries still have to be repaid by the emperor by selling the palace utensils and groceries in the inner money.

The matter has not yet settled, another wave of offensive among the hundred officials has risen again, this time it is someone who sees the emperor only cares about the military salary, regardless of the courtiers and speaks, the courtiers have been in arrears for a long time, and some have not even been in arrears for three years, so the heart is uneven, and the hundred officials are difficult to support their families, can not do their best, delay the court affairs, high-sounding, this is not the first time that the hundred officials made trouble, but this time the person who made the trouble made the emperor almost angry, because it was the abbot, that is, his father-in-law of Mount Tai, the emperor was very angry, and quarreled with the queen for this, the queen silently wept, wrote to her father to intercede for the emperor, and the monarch and ministers were confused and fought for half a month, until something even more terrifying happened.

The sixth day of the sixth month of June.

The 'Golden Cavalry' knocked on the side, and Shen Gong, the guard of the 'Tianmen Pass', led the only remaining 3,000 'Iron Armored Fire Cavalry' to repel 5,000 'Golden Cavalry' in the field battle, beheading 500 Qiqi, and the emperor was overjoyed.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, in the middle of the volt. The weather was extremely hot, the air trembled, the whole capital was like a steamer without water, people would be dizzy after standing in the sun for a while, many soldiers began to faint, the heat reached the capital has never been terrible, this kind of weather will not last even in the ambush day, there will always be more or less room for maneuver, but this time it lasted too long and too long - a month, a whole month.

On June 14, on the walls of the 'capital'.

Standing in the wind to the iron clothes, looking at the vitality of some greenery outside the city but still not recovered, I felt uncontrollable in my heart, this iron-like man who was still silent under the broken arm and poisoning was suddenly a little homesick, the 'Yang Dao League' was his home, Heng Wushu was half his master, but now all this does not exist, Heng Wushu is dead, Shao Mingqian is dead, the 'Yang Dao League' is gone, he is just a lonely person, his comrades-in-arms are not bad, but it's a pity that he is in' The situation here is too big, so big that he can't control it, so big that his efforts are useless, so big that he doesn't know where to start, he can only defend the city, he can only defend the city, this is the task given to him by the emperor, and it is also the responsibility assigned to him by the alliance leader.

The city wall is hot like a scorching, a few mice under the city wall are running around, perhaps because the weather is too hot and the mice are also invaded by the heat, although the rats are running around, but there is no vigilance in the past, and there is no flexibility in the past, they don't know the direction at all, running around at the feet of the soldiers, the soldiers guarding the city gate took advantage of the inattention of people to squat down and catch a hidden in the sleeve just to be roasted and eaten after the shift, and several other soldiers followed suit, and several mice were gone in an instant.

In a corner of the city wall, the tiger is napping listlessly, this guy is sleeping or about to sleep as long as he is fine, defending the city is an extremely boring thing, and the surprisingly sleepy tiger who was too lazy to be sleepy is even more difficult to contain sleepiness, his sleep makes the soldiers envious, and makes Xiang Tieyi a little hated - this is defending the city, and he, the supreme commander, simply takes the city as a child's play. However, Xiang Tieyi knew that the tiger's practice was relatively special, and he could only continue to improve by constantly sleeping, but the soldiers would not think so, they would not understand, and would only imitate this lazy approach.

Sure enough, when Xiang Tieyi inspected the city wall for a week, he found that several soldiers were curled up and napping at the battlements of the city wall, one of these soldiers was recruited by him a few days ago, and he didn't think that he was lazy when he just joined the army.

Three steps to Tieyi and two steps past, first picked up the tiger, the tiger yawned, before he understood what was going on, he was dragged by Tieyi to a few napping soldiers, walked to the front to Tieyi called several soldiers, angrily screamed a few times, several people were so frightened that they immediately admitted their mistakes, and each of them hit twenty sticks at Tieyi, and then stopped.

This matter is a very small thing, and similar things happen almost every once in a while, because soldiers are recruited and used, lack of training, lack of discipline, and others will get better for a long time after each punishment of a few, Xiang Tieyi originally thought that this time the master would not be an exception, but the next day, the number of people who were openly napping by the city wall increased to more than ten people as far as the eye could see, this is only the southern city, the northern city, the west city, and the east city will not be much better.

June 15.

After Xiang Tieyi scolded more than ten people, it came to an end again at this time.

June 16.

Under the battlement, there are forty or fifty people began to nap listlessly, these people are fearless and hot city walls are really amazing, and among these people there are people who were punished and beaten two days ago, angry with Tieyi, ask these people why, these people can't say why, only say that the weather is hot and sleepy, Xiang Tieyi did not punish this time, only asked people to break some branches and leaves to shade, drought for many years, this year just a little bit of green scenery was originally sparse branches and leaves in half a day, half of the leaves helped everyone to reduce the heat, but soon, the leaves have dried out and not looked good。

June 17.

The number of people who were napping had reached as many as 100, and there were forty or fifty people trembling holding the hot buttress that could burn the skin, and Xiang Tieyi gradually felt that something was wrong, and discussed with the tiger, and the two quickly sent someone to see the emperor, and the emperor immediately responded, ordering the hospital to send a doctor to check, and the results of the examination - heat invasion of the body, suspected of typhoid fever.

The hospital reported, the emperor immediately issued an order, ordered the 'golden guard' to carry out an investigation in the city, this investigation knew that many people in the city were also invaded by the heat, two or three people had died, hundreds of people were sick, so the emperor ordered overnight, posted a notice everywhere from now on, Huimin Pharmacy 12 o'clock in turn Lang Zhong to see a doctor, all the people who are sick can go by themselves, all medical expenses are borne by the imperial court from the old example, and at the same time order the hospital to send more doctors to quickly send people to treat soldiers.

The imperial doctors prepared a recipe for typhoid fever overnight, and the soldiers who were invaded by the heat were resting in the camp tents, and the imperial doctors sent people to decoct the medicine and send it to be taken overnight.

June 18.

The soldiers at the gate of the city were all leaning against the city gate with their heads hanging listlessly, their faces were extremely ugly, even more ugly than those soldiers on the city wall two days ago, Xiang Tieyi was immediately alerted, and ordered these soldiers to be sent back to the barracks.

June 18, afternoon.

"Tangzhou", "Xijiang" came to the news, recently many places of the military and civilians suspected of the summer invasion of the body, has died many people, the emperor helpless, with the current financial resources of the imperial court, the capital can still manage, other places are too big, but may not be able to manage, but can not be managed, but can not be managed, the moment sent a few ministers to check in various places, the poor ministers brought a total of 13,000 taels of silver and medicinal materials.

Something happened in the army, something happened in the capital, although it doesn't seem to be big at the moment, but the courtiers have felt scared, no longer holding the emperor, but making mats, wearing straw hats, rushing to buy medicinal materials to cool off the heat, and no longer care about making trouble with the emperor, in fact, although some of these people have not gotten Yulu for three years, they are still very rich, they don't need to go to the Huimin pharmacy, they go directly to the largest pharmacy, buy the most expensive and best summer medicine (they think the most expensive must be the best).

June 20.

The soldiers who took the medicine did not improve at all, but their faces became more and more ugly, like uncooked sweet potatoes. And among the soldiers defending the city, a thousand were attacked by the heat.

June 25.

The first soldier died of the heat, and the number of soldiers who were infected by the heat has exceeded 2,000, and 5,000 or 6,000 people have been affected by the heat.

The first day of the seventh month.

Eleven soldiers died, and twenty-four civilians died. The emperor asked the Tai Hospital and Huimin Pharmacy, and the two sides insisted that the soldiers and civilians lacked water and food all year round, and that the heat was too heavy this year, and death and injury were inevitable, and most people would gradually get better. The Emperor listened to them with suspicion, but the Emperor never expected that the majority would mean so miserable.

The eighth day of July.

Eighty-seven soldiers died and more than 360 civilians died. Three doctors from Tai Hospital were invaded by the heat, and four people from Huimin Pharmacy were also recruited. The emperor faintly felt that something was wrong, and sent the 'Golden Guard' to post the emperor's list everywhere and summon Langzhong, who was skilled in folk medicine.

July 15, Midyear Festival, Halloween Day, Yin.

On this day, the weather was still cool, and there was no heat, but the soldiers were still invaded by the heat, and thousands of people died at once, and more than 5,000 people died. The emperor was furious and scolded the Tai Hospital, Huimin Pharmacy was some quacks, and after scolding, he ordered these quacks to reformulate the prescription, and the Tai Doctors and the Lang Zhong of Huimin Pharmacy also seemed to be aware of it, as if this time the problem seemed to be typhoid fever but not typhoid fever. Three doctors from Tai Hospital died, and four doctors from Huimin Pharmacy died.

July 18.

Since July 15, more than 1,000 soldiers have died, thousands of civilians have died every day, and the number of new cases has increased day by day.

July 22.

A total of 8,000 soldiers died, more than 40,000 civilians, and several of the 100 officials were infected.

On July 25, the two Lang Zhong surnamed Ye unveiled the emperor's list, and the emperor quickly summoned them, and the two claimed to be from 'Gumengzhou', and the symptoms along the way from 'Gumengzhou' to Beijing were all without exception, all like typhoid fever and not typhoid. The emperor asked about the two, and they said that this was the prevalence of the 'warthy qi' in heaven and earth, and it was a plague, and the disease was usually contracted by breathing, so the sick should be isolated, and it was best to cover the face of the disease-free person with a clean cloth.

July 26.

Regardless of the dissuasion of everyone, the emperor personally visited the soldiers guarding the city, and at the same time appointed Wu Ye's second doctor to temporarily lead the Tai Hospital and Huimin Pharmacy, and ordered the plague to be curbed within three days and the plague to be lifted within one month.

The first day of August.

Wu Ye Second Doctor tried the medicine hundreds of times and finally figured out the clue.

The fifth day of the eighth month.

The first patient was cured, but slowly. So far, more than 50,000 soldiers have died, and more than 400,000 people have died, and the cure has been made, but the two of the herbs Bupleurum and Ginger are produced in 'Tangzhou', 'Xijiang' and other places for several years, so the medicinal materials are scarce, not only the capital is scarce, but also scarce everywhere, the emperor sent people to buy and collect everywhere, but it is not as fast as the plague raging.

Except for Zhuang Zejing and a few 'golden guards', none of the Qin messengers sent out came back, some escaped, some died of illness, and some died in ambush.

August 20.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Yang Yiyou and Li Dingtian, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared again, and they were stronger in the past, and their strength increased greatly in just a few months, Lu Jue met the battle, defeated and retreated, and the rebels were likely to attack the capital. When the emperor learned the news, he quickly sent people to the 'Tianmen Pass', and ordered Shen Gong to lead his troops back to the capital, but Shen Gong asked for 300,000 grains, and now the capital is ten rooms and nine empty, even if the emperor wants to sell the palace, there is nothing to sell, where did he get such a big silver?

Leap August, the first day of the new year.

The plague of 'Tangzhou' and 'Weizhou' is rampant, the casualties are incalculable, only one city in the capital has more than 800,000 dead and injured residents, the capital guards can fight less than 10,000 people, the rest are either sick or the plague has not yet healed the weak people, the 'Golden Guard' is also more than fifty percent of the infected people, Wang Xiu's 'Inner Governor's Mansion' also died three or four percent, the palace maids, eunuchs, and concubines have all died a lot, and the courtiers have died about thirty percent, and the panic in the hearts of the people for a time is beyond measure.

Leap August, the second day of the first month.

Tiger and Xiang Tieyi stood side by side at the head of the city, looking at the countless barren mounds in the distance outside the city, they couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, this time the plague and the two of them have also been infected, but with the skills of the two of them, they have carried it hard, but now the capital is like an empty city.

The two of them were smiling bitterly to themselves, when suddenly dust flew in the distance, and a black line appeared in their sight, and then the two saw countless heads and horses.

"When an enemy is coming, everyone is on alert. The tiger shouted, and in an instant the dust flew closer, and countless heads galloped quickly, and under those heads were horses, which turned out to be cavalry, and they were uniform, well-trained cavalry, how could this be?