At Youshi, the atmosphere in Lanzhou City Government Office was very solemn.
Cheng Yaojin, who had taken off his armor, sat on the main seat with a golden sword, glanced at the people in the hall, and said:
"You all tell me, what is the purpose of these abnormal actions of the enemy today?"
Niu Jinda, who was sitting at the bottom, frowned slightly and spoke first.
"According to common sense, since the enemy knows this, we will go out of the city to fight for the sake of the people. They should do the same thing and continue to consume our troops. However, they were uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and remained stationary throughout the afternoon."
"And in the afternoon, I have already sent people to ask about the people who entered the city. Many of their relatives are in the hands of the party members."
"In this case, there is only one possibility, and that is that the party members' goal has been achieved."
As soon as Niu Jinda finished speaking, everyone in the hall could not help but frown and lowered their heads in deep thought.
At this moment, Zhonglang took Su Dingfang forward and said:
"There are two other strange things. One is that the five hundred cavalry sent by the enemy in the morning were ridiculously poorly equipped and were simply here to die."
"Secondly, at the end of the afternoon, the general discovered a strange thing. They were the corpses of the barbarians outside the city. No one had gone to collect them all day. It was as if the enemy had intentionally dumped the corpses there."
Everyone frowned even more when they heard this.
Cheng Yaojin rubbed his eyebrows and murmured:
"What are these barbarians doing? Is it just to send those people in?"
"Is it possible that there are some secret agents among them? Or is there something fishy in it?"
At this moment, there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside the door, and then the sound of an announcement from the personal guard was heard outside the door.
"Report to the Chief Superintendent, Lieutenant Liu, please see me."
Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and said:
"Let him in."
A few moments,
Liu Ergou quickly walked into the center of the hall, knelt on one knee, cupped his hands and said:
"Reporting to the general manager, the enemy troops outside the city suddenly sent tens of thousands of light cavalry to surround Lanzhou City in four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest."
"Before the end of the world, they have set up a camp outside the city. It seems that they are preparing to prevent us from sneaking out of the city."
Cheng Yaojin frowned even more when he heard this.
[What on earth do they want to do? ]
At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps sounded again outside the hall. Everyone couldn't help but follow the sound, and saw Cheng Chumo, who was wearing bright light armor, running into the main hall in a panic, shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Aye, something bad is going on."
Cheng Yaojin was furious when he heard this. He slapped the table, stood up suddenly, and said through gritted teeth:
"You're such a jerk, you're so flustered, what are you like?"
Cheng Chumo seemed unaware of Cheng Yaojin's scolding, and said in a trembling voice:
"Some soldiers came to report that a quarter of an hour ago, when the medical doctors in the army were treating the people who entered the city this morning, they suddenly discovered that they were Tyuhun people, and they..."
Cheng Yaojin's heart tightened when he heard this, he put his hands on the document, stretched his neck, and said eagerly:
"What happened to them?"
Cheng Chu swallowed silently and said with an ashen face:
"They had smallpox."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.
Cheng Yaojin swayed and was silent for a long time. He suddenly raised his head, his eyes were red and seemed to bleed.
Cheng Yaojin pointed outside the house, with endless hatred in his voice.
"Tuoba Hong, Cheng here swears that in this lifetime, your Dangxiang clan will be destroyed, and you will be reduced to ashes when the time comes!"
All the generals in the room had already figured out what was going on.
At this time, Su Dingfang, the commander-in-chief, took a step forward, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said:
"General Manager, I have fought countless battles in my life and do not want to die on my sickbed. Please be kind to General Manager and allow me to lead today's brothers out of the city."
"The final general is willing to shed his last drop of blood for the Tang Dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, it was like a drop of water dropped into a boiling oil pan, and the whole hall exploded instantly.
One by one, they quickly walked to the center of the hall and knelt down on one knee.
Even the captains and captains, whose calves began to tremble after hearing about smallpox, knelt down next to Su Dingfang as if they had found their backbone, and said loudly:
"The general is willing to go with me, please be kind to the manager."
"At the end of the day, I would like to be wrapped in horse leather and serve the imperial court. Please be kind to the manager."
"The last general..."
Cheng Yaojin raised his head, blinked, then slammed the table, pointed at everyone in the hall with red eyes, and cursed:
"Shut up, everyone."
"I worked so hard to bring you bunch of bitches out, I didn't just let you come out and die."
"Everyone of you, please listen to me. No one of you can die until you fulfill your oath for me."
At this time, Niu Jinda, who had been silent and mature, echoed:
"What the manager said is true. I also know that smallpox is scary, but just because it is scary, we can't just mess up."
"The most important thing now is to control the epidemic and never let it spread in the city."
After saying this, Niu Jinda carefully observed the expressions of everyone present and saw that their faces were full of sadness.
Niu Jinda knows that reasoning alone cannot inspire people.
At this time, they need hope, hope that they can survive this disaster.
So he rolled his eyes and continued:
"Do any of you still remember that tens of thousands of refugees poured into Chang'an City last winter?"
Zuo Lang raised Lawyer Pei's head and asked with red eyes:
"Of course I remember. Why did Manager Niu mention this? Is there any relationship between the two?"
Niu Jinda shook his head, smiled proudly, and said:
"Of course it does matter. Aren't you surprised that so many refugees poured into Chang'an without causing any disease?"
All the generals couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they heard this.
On the contrary, Cheng Yaojin and his son's eyes lit up. They had realized what Niu Jinda was going to say next.
Lawyer Pei frowned slightly and murmured:
"Don't mention it. In the past, every time refugees poured into Chang'an, they would bring about various diseases, but there was no such thing last year. Could it be that something happened in the meantime that we don't know about?"
Seeing that Niu Jinda had successfully attracted everyone's attention, he felt reassured and extremely lucky. When he first bought a stake in the brewing workshop, out of curiosity, he asked Qin Ming about the functions and uses of alcohol while eating.
At that time, Qin Ming took the epidemic prevention in Chang'an City as an example and described in detail the various ways of using alcohol.
[This time it comes in handy. ]
Thinking this way, Niu Jinda stroked his long beard and smiled as he recounted some of the strategies used by the court to prevent epidemics when resettling the refugees last year.
After everyone heard this, they were amazed.
At this time, Cheng Chumo on the side suddenly said:
"Didn't Brother Ming say in his letter yesterday that he came to Lanzhou with Master Miaoying?"
"Can we send scouts out of the city to send out the news here? Let's see if Brother Ming and Master Miaoying have any ideas to contain the epidemic?"
When everyone in the room heard Master Miaoying's name, their eyes gleamed.
Cheng Yaojin, who had completely calmed down at this time, coughed dryly and said:
"Now that the Dangxiang cavalry has surrounded Lanzhou City, it may not be easy to send the message out."
"The most important thing at the moment is to isolate all those who came into contact with those people this morning, as well as those of us who have been out of the city."
"And all the places where the common people, as well as us, have been, must be sealed off."
Everyone present was shocked when they heard this.
Su Dingfang frowned and asked:
"General manager, we have never had contact with those people, why do we need to be quarantined?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed and said:
"Let's not talk about us and the people who passed through the city gate one after another. Let's just talk about the corpses that are still outside the city. Who can guarantee that none of them got smallpox!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place fell into silence again.
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