Pang He, who returned to Huaiyin City, first wrote a letter to Fang La, and the content in his heart was roughly written that because he wanted to save his senior brother, he took Song Jiang's life as an exchange condition, so he let Song Jiang go, and failed to annihilate Gao Yu in one fell swoop.

Soon after returning to the city, the news of Gao Yu's return to Beijing came over, and Yan Qing also left Huaiyin City soon after, when Pang He asked where Yan Qing was going, Yan Qing said that he wanted to go to the capital to see and see the prosperous capital.

A few days later, Fang La saw Pang He's letter and replied to Pang He, in which he wrote: In the battle of Huaiyin City, you have defeated the army of the imperial court, which means that you have won, since you have won, how can you blame it? Everyone has selfish intentions, only by handling their own affairs well, can they do great things well, for your senior brother's affairs, I express my understanding, for this time not to be able to annihilate all the imperial army, there are some regrets. But there will be more opportunities in the future, as long as you are in Huaiyin City, I believe that these people will die at your hands sooner or later. After this war, you should also take good care of your body, your importance is the same as the importance of Huaiyin City, I wish you treasure!

After Pang He received the letter, he read it again, although the letter was short, he was also very relieved to see Fang La understand him so well.

For a period of time after the withdrawal of troops from Gao Yu, everything went very smoothly in Huaiyin City, and many people moved into Huaiyin City one after another, and Huangfu Yinghua also placed fields for them.

However, a very strange thing suddenly happened in the city, that is, the people did not know what was going on, and there was vomiting and weakness, and the doctors in Huaiyin City had no way to treat it, and what was even more strange was that this phenomenon continued to spread.

Pang He immediately sent someone to investigate, judging from the situation, it should be a plague, in the case of Huaiyin City's doctors are helpless, Pang He sent people to invite famous doctors from other county towns, but there is no way.

This made Pang He feel even more strange, because none of the doctors could tell what it was, and their symptoms were never seen before, except for vomiting and weakness, they all seemed to have a black bruise on their foreheads, and some red spots on their arms. Looking at the water quality and food, I couldn't find anything abnormal. What should I do, Pang He has no way for a while, from the people to the army, what Pang He is very worried about is also happening day by day.

Zhu Wu and Mr. Huangfu also raised doubts about this, and Zhu Wu's opinion was that it was not a simple plague, or that it was not a plague, because if it was a plague, then there should be a source, such as water, food, or other animal diseases. But the problem is that the governance of Huaiyin City is very good, there are no health problems, since there are no health problems, then the possibility of plague is very small. And through all aspects of investigation, almost all the situations have been ruled out, but there is still no result, which shows that this should not be a plague.

Huangfu Yinghua's opinion was that the strangeness of this condition was strange because he was not dead, but vomited and weakened, and judging from the pulse, it only indicated some weakness, and there were no other symptoms at all. Nor does it spread like the plague, which appears without warning, and even if it is not touched and isolated, it still does not prevent and alleviate the appearance of this disease. This shows that he is not spreading because of people or anything else, because he doesn't have any rules. Another strange thing is that none of the nearby towns have this situation, and only Huaiyin City has this situation, which makes people very suspicious.

For Zhu Wu and Huangfu Yinghua's two views, Pang He felt that it was reasonable, but the situation must be resolved, and in the long run, the combat effectiveness of the Huaiyin City army will be reduced little by little, until there is no combat effectiveness.

Soon after, Pang He received an army of 300,000 led by Cai Jing, Gao Yu, and Tong Guan towards Huaiyin City, and Song Jiang also took his Liangshan men and horses to set out, which seemed to be determined to win Huaiyin.

This made Pang He a little suspicious, judging from the last time Gao Yu could use the people as an umbrella, they did have a reason to do so. It's just that in the current situation, if you want to face the 300,000 army of the imperial court and the nearly 100,000 army of Song Jiang, Huaiyin City is really difficult to resist, and with the current situation, Pang He is really helpless.

For the 300,000 army of the imperial court, Cai Jing and Gao Yu almost left the frontier alone, and they also wanted to put themselves to death, this kind of villain's approach, it is no wonder that the Great Song Dynasty is in danger.

But no matter what, Pang He always has to face, Huaiyin City, as the first city they want to break, the pressure they face can be imagined, if they can't drag most of the troops, then the entire Jiangnan will also be attacked. Therefore, Pang He wanted to use all his forces to drag and consume the 400,000 army. But this time, unlike the last two times, a total of about 400,000 troops, it is absolutely impossible to prevent the people from being implicated. In this regard, Pang He's decision was to make the news public so that the people of the whole city would know about the situation. What moved Pang He was that the people of Huaiyin City said that the city was in the people, and the city was dead, and they were willing to defend it with Pang He to the end, even if the city was broken, they were willing to fight to the end.

For the people's participation in the war, Pang He was somewhat unbearable, although it was said that this could greatly improve the battle, but for the people, it was too cruel. If the people are involved, then the casualties of the people will be very large, and the entire Huaiyin City may become a dead city.

Huangfu Yinghua knew that Pang He couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "I know that you are worried about the consequences of these people resisting the imperial army with us, but did you not think that just last time, they had already let the people as hostages against us. If they had been sincere in their dealings with the people and treated them as part of a country, they would not have done so, and the Church Leader would not have revolted. This is the same as Chen Shi Wu Guang's uprising, the same death, maybe under the resistance, will live better?"

Pang He said: "What you mean, I understand. I just can't bear to see innocent people being implicated in this!"

Huangfu Yinghua said: "Of course I know your concerns, if we can, how can we let these people fight with us? What you have to do now is not how to let the people avoid suffering and being injured, but how to make Huaiyin City defend it, understand?"

Pang He nodded: "I understand, Huaiyin City, not only you and me, but also the people of Huaiyin City, at this time, we can only find a way to defend it together to explain to the people, but also to the sect leader." ”