When Yuchi Gong heard that Xiao Jian was back, he immediately waved to his soldiers and said eagerly:
"Let him in."
After finishing speaking, Yuchi Gong did not forget to explain Xiao Jian's identity to everyone, as well as the achievements Xiao Jian had made in these days.
After Li Jing and others learned that Xiao Jian was Yuchi Gong's most valued scout, their eyes lit up and they all looked towards the door.
Not long after,
A figure in ragged clothes and a gray face ran in in a hurry.
When Yuchi Gong saw Xiao Jian come in, a smile spread across his face, but was immediately shattered by the first words Xiao Jian said.
"Report to the Chief Manager, Lanzhou City is over."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole hall fell into dead silence.
Qin Ming's eyes were glazed over, looking in disbelief.
After all, Cheng Yaojin in history was a veteran of three dynasties.
[How could he die in Lanzhou! ]
Li Jing swayed when he heard this and almost lost his balance.
He walked quickly to Xiao Jian and said in a trembling voice:
"Lanzhou City has been captured by barbarians?"
Xiao Jian shook his head first, then raised his head, revealing his dusty face.
"Lanzhou City has not been breached, but the people in Lanzhou City may not survive."
When he said this, his originally resolute face turned pale, and his voice was even more difficult and painful.
Yuchi Gong, whose eyes were already red, took a step forward and picked up Xiao Jian.
"What do you mean by this? Why can't the people in Lanzhou survive?"
Li Jing frowned when he saw this, and did not scold Yuchi Gong. Instead, he stared at Xiao Jian with both eyes.
Xiao Jian smiled miserably and said:
"General, I saw with my own eyes yesterday that the Dangxiang clan surrounded Lanzhou City with 20,000 light cavalry. And from time to time, they threw corpses into Lanzhou City."
"At first, the general didn't pay attention, thinking that the enemy wanted to use this method to disgust the defenders in the city. But this morning, the general happened to overhear the conversation between two party generals!"
"According to what they said, among the people who entered Lanzhou City the day before yesterday, there were two people suffering from smallpox!"
"Therefore, my subordinates suspect that those corpses may be mixed with people suffering from smallpox."
When Yuchi Gong heard this, his body softened and he collapsed to the ground.
The reason why Yuchi Gong had such a big reaction was because a few years ago, when he was the governor of Tongzhou, smallpox broke out in Ephedra County under his jurisdiction.
Although the magistrate of Ephedra County at the time reported the news in time and sealed off the town where the plague broke out as quickly as possible.
However, the plague still spread to more than ten nearby towns and villages.
To this day, Yuchi Gong still clearly remembers what he saw when he went to inspect Mahuang County after the plague.
The sunshine that day was very dazzling, and the small town with ten rooms and nine empty houses was even more silent.
The air was filled with a burning, pungent smell that made it difficult to breathe.
There were only a few pedestrians on the street at that time, and everyone was wearing a hat.
After they saw Yuchi Gong and his party, they did not come forward to greet them happily as before. Instead, they all ran away like crazy as if they had seen a ghost.
Maybe it was because he ran too fast.
Several people's bamboo hats were accidentally blown off by the wind.
At that time, I didn’t know who among the people accompanying me yelled.
"Ghost!"
Then, Yuchi Gong saw a scene he would never forget in his life.
After someone shouted that ghost with a fearful voice.
The two women, who had just picked up their hats and had pitted faces, froze suddenly. Then the two women screamed and jumped into the well to commit suicide in front of Yu Chigong and others.
...
Xiao Jian's words were like a bowl of water poured into a frying pan, causing an explosion in the main room.
"How dare they?"
"A bunch of beasts! Damn it!"
"It's absolutely heartbreaking and inhumane."
"I swear that I will destroy the Dangxiang clan in this life."
"..."
Qin Ming, who was sitting in the corner, never expected that the Dangxiang people would be so cruel.
That's smallpox!
It is easy to create smallpox, a hell on earth!
Party members, are you losing your mind and going crazy? If he dared to attack the city with plague, wouldn't he be afraid of getting burned and burned?
...
At this time, Li Jing, who was standing in the center of the hall, looked extremely ugly.
He shouted with a cold face:
"Shut up, everyone!"
After hearing this, all the generals silenced their voices, but the anger and hatred on their faces did not diminish at all.
Li Jing took a deep breath, stared at Xiao Jian, and asked:
"Are you sure that the only people besieging Lanzhou City now are the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Dangxiang clan?"
Xiao Jian nodded firmly when he heard this and said:
"General, everything you said is true. I hope the general manager will learn from it."
When Li Jing heard this, his brows instantly twisted into the Chinese character "Sichuan".
"Then, have you found out where the enemy's main force is?"
Xiao Jian nodded, shook his head again, bowed and said:
"General, after inspecting the situation in Lanzhou City this morning, we did not dare to delay at all and rushed back along the mountain road as soon as possible."
"However, because of this, the general found a lot of horse feces in the Shifogou area in the south of Lanzhou City."
"With the help of my clairvoyance, my subordinates discovered that there are many barbarians in the mountains and forests, burying pots for cooking."
"General, considering that the most important thing at the moment is to report the Lanzhou incident back as soon as possible. Therefore, we did not carefully check whether Tuyuhun's army was ambushing in that area."
"In addition, on the way back, the general also encountered several groups of barbarian scouts in the mountains and forests."
"The general was worried about arousing the enemy, so he did not kill them."
Li Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he pulled Xiao Jian to the sand table, handed him a bamboo pole, and said urgently:
"Hurry up and point out the approximate location where the barbarian buried the pot for cooking and encountered the scouts."
After speaking, Li Jing shouted to a personal guard:
"Li Daniu, you are responsible for marking."
"Here."
"Here."
After Li Jing finished explaining this, he turned around and said to the generals:
"All captains, listen. I am ordering you to return to the camp immediately and summon all the best scouts in your respective armies."
Upon hearing this, all the captains bowed in response and hurried out of the main hall one by one.
Immediately, Li Jing turned around, walked to Qin Ming, and asked with a serious face:
"Qin Canjun, how many clairvoyance and auspicious suits do you have on hand?"
Qin Ming, who was sitting in the corner, was completely immersed in his own thoughts at this time.
He was preoccupied with thinking about how to resolve the crisis in Lanzhou or minimize the casualties in Lanzhou City.
Seeing Qin Ming in a daze, Li Jing thought that Qin Ming was frightened by the plague, so he couldn't help coughing dryly, gently pushed Qin Ming's shoulder, and said:
"Good nephew?"
Qin Ming came to his senses immediately after being pushed by Li Jing.
He quickly stood up, bowed and said:
"General Manager, are you looking for me?"
Li Jing nodded slightly and repeated what he just said.
"Qin Canjun, how many clairvoyance and auspicious suits do you have on hand?"
Qin Ming thought for a while and said:
"When I went out this time, I didn't bring many clairvoyants with me. Now, I only have a dozen or so clairvoyants left in the hands of Xu Gou."
"As for the ghillie suits, there are dozens more."
Li Jing nodded again and said in a consultative tone:
"The enemy's movements are unknown now. See if you can take some of it and distribute it to the scouts."
"Don't worry, I won't take these things for free."
"Wait until everything is settled. I and other soldiers will jointly submit a letter to explain to the saint the achievements you have made for the army."
Qin Ming shook his head and said:
"General Manager, I'm serious."
"As a recorder, I join the army and should contribute my share to the court."
Li Jing nodded slightly.
He reached out and patted Qin Ming's shoulder, sighing:
"Well done, you are indeed someone that the manager values."
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