A carrier pigeon flew over and landed on the pigeon tower in the inner city. Someone had already run forward and carefully took the message tube on the pigeon's legs, and then ran away.

There were still a long dozen registration teams in front of Zhuque Gate. From the morning to now, they have recruited more than 60,000 new troops. The recruited new soldiers will immediately receive a leather armor helmet, a spear and a battle knife. This is the 80,000 sets of old soldiers that the military weapon supervisor has accumulated for many years, and now it is back in handy.

There were dozens of soldiers standing in front of a house about dozens of steps away from Zhuque Gate. This house was originally a point located next to Zhuque Gate by the Taxation Bureau, but now it has become Li Yanqing's temporary office.

At this time, in the lobby of the government office, Li Yanqing was discussing the matter of the imperial guards in front of the hall with Cao Sheng and Mo Jun. There were 45,000 regular troops in the inner city. In addition to the 25,000 New Taipei Army who withdrew from the outer city, there were 20,000 imperial guards in front of the palace stationed in the inner city. The key was how to pull 20,000 troops over. Pan Yue, who is currently stationed in the east city, is theirs, Zhou Lin from the west city and Wang Daoqi, the lord general in the north city.

"I have talked to Lao Zhou before. He said he would consider giving me a reply for two days. Today he gave me a reply. He is willing to obey the command of the governor, but he has a small condition and hopes that the governor can meet it."

Cao Sheng and the Xicheng garrison Zhou Lin have a very good personal relationship. If Pan Yue from Dongcheng defected to them to repay Li Yanqing's life-saving grace, then whether he could convince Xicheng Zhou Lin to take effect depends on Cao Sheng's face.

Li Yanqing asked: "What conditions did he put forward?"

"He hopes to get fifty acres of land beside West Lake in Hangzhou."

"That's the condition?" Li Yanqing confirmed with a smile.

Cao Sheng nodded, "I didn't expect him to propose this condition."

Mo Jun smiled beside him, "This is a smart man. He is serving his loyalty to the governor in disguise!"

Li Yanqing was stunned at first, and then he realized that his father Li Daqi was the largest landlord in the West Lake area. He proposed this condition and obviously understood his background very well. He not only followed him in the officialdom, but also in business.

"What is the background of this Zhou Lin?"

"His father is the main owner of Qianbao Pavilion."

Qianbao Pavilion is a famous jewelry store in Beijing. Although it is not the largest, it can also enter the top five. Li Yanqing laughed. He thought about it and said to Cao Sheng: "I promise him his conditions. Not only that, I will make Qianbao Pavilion the largest jewelry store in Hangzhou. Anyone who follows me will not let him suffer a loss, but he must also remember that if he has a strange intention, not only will he disappear, but Qianbao Pavilion will not exist again."

Cao Sheng sighed in his heart, Li Yanqing's use of both soft and hard methods became more mature, and he quickly stood up, "I understand, I'll go find him now."

Cao Sheng hurried away, and Li Yanqing turned around and asked Mo Jun, "How is Wang Daoqi?"

Mo Jun shook his head, "He said he was very busy and had no time to meet with the governor!"

Li Yanqing showed a sneer on his face. This was to clearly reject his intention to cooperate. In fact, this was also expected by him. When he married Cao Yun as his wife, he had already formed a personal grudge with Wang Daoqi that he could not understand. But he didn't expect that at this critical moment, Wang Daoqi could not let go of his past grudges. Well, since he didn't eat toast, he would be punished!

Mo Jun saw Li Yanqing's face and asked quickly: "How did the governor plan to touch him?"

"Wait a minute, the time is not yet, but you'd better do one thing for me."

Li Yanqing wrote a name on the paper, "If you find him, he will ask for anything he has, just ask!"

Mo Jun nodded silently, "I understand!"

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "Report to the governor, an emergency pigeon letter has been delivered!"

“Support it!”

A personal soldier walked in quickly and handed Li Yanqing a red thin bamboo message tube. Li Yanqing unscrewed the plug, poured out a roll of thin silk from it, and slowly spread it out. Li Yanqing's face gradually showed a smile.

"It's Yan Qing and the others!"

Li Yanqing nodded with a smile, "They have found the source of the disease and started to act."

Mo Jun sighed softly, "Those who kill people will commit suicide, the way of heaven will be destroyed, and the ancients will never deceive me!"

At this time, a soldier reported at the door: "You reported to the governor, someone outside looked for him, saying that he was an old friend of the governor in Jiayu County."

‘Jiayu County?’ Li Yanqing was slightly stunned. Who could this be?

He quickly walked out of the military yamen and saw more than a dozen strong men standing outside. The leader was dark-skinned and tall and burly. He turned around and looked at Li Yanqing, with a sharp look in his eyes.

"It's you!" Li Yanqing immediately recognized it. It turned out to be Zhang Shun, who had been silent for a long time.

Zhang Shun quickly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and said, "Xiaomin Zhang Shun, pay homage to Dutong Li!"

Li Yanqing was overjoyed and hurriedly helped him up, "I haven't seen you for many years, Brother Zhang is fine?"

Zhang Shun scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "I'm doing pretty well and can support a group of brothers."

"Please come in quickly! Let's go in and talk."

Li Yanqing enthusiastically pulled Zhang Shun into the door, and his personal soldiers arranged for Zhang Shun's men to have dinner.

"How come Brother Zhang is in the capital?"

"I really can't afford to be a good person. The governor just called me Goro. I just evacuated from the outer city last night."

Li Yanqing is not pretentious either. Zhang Shun and him are indeed far from each other, and there is no deep friendship. He just calls him "Brother Zhang" and is just polite. If he really calls him brother, he will disrespect his subordinates.

"Goro has been in the capital?"

"No, I have been asking for food on the Yellow River in recent years. Recently I heard that the price of silver in Beijing has soared, so I brought thousands of taels of silver to Beijing to exchange money. Unexpectedly, the Jin soldiers attacked and were trapped in the city for a while."

"Haha! Do Goro want me to let you out of the city?"

Zhang Shun shook his head, and hatred ejaculated in his eyes, "My brothers have followed me for many years, and they are like brothers. This time, the Jin soldiers attacked, and I died five old brothers. I can't swallow this tone. I want to join the Song army and avenge the dead brothers."

Li Yanqing knew that Zhang Shun did not sign up for the militia, but came to him directly, and wanted to use his relationship to get a job. This is human nature and it is understandable. Besides, Zhang Shun is also a capable person, so it is indeed a bit in a difficult position to make him a militia.

Li Yanqing smiled happily and said, "Then follow me as a deputy general. When you make contributions, I will appoint you as a partial general!"

Zhang Shun was overjoyed and quickly knelt down on one knee and said, "Zhang Shun is willing to serve the generals!"

After the Jin soldiers carried out a massacre against the Song army to the east and south of Zhongmu County, the Jin soldiers did not have the habit of cleaning the battlefield and the battlefield was too bloody. It took a long time for Zhongmu County to organize civilians to burn the bodies. However, during this period, the plague began to appear in Zhongmu County, and it was fierce. Within three days of infection, he died of vomiting and diarrhea. In just a few days, thousands of people were infected and hundreds of people died.

This kind of plague is actually cholera. If the battlefield is not cleared in time after the war, there will inevitably be a plague outbreak. It is extremely contagious and has no cure in this era. However, if you protect yourself or isolate yourself well, you can still prevent it.

Panic suddenly occurred in Zhongmu, and the people began to flee the city. All the people infected with the plague were left in the county and died soon. In just one day, Zhongmu County became an empty city.

At night, a ox cart came out of the county town. There was a wooden box wrapped in cloth on the ox cart. All the soldiers were wrapped tightly, with only a pair of eyes on their faces. After they came out, they immediately took off their clothes and disinfected them with quicklime. Then they changed their clothes. The ox cart was also replaced, and the big box was replaced on another donkey cart.

At this time, Yan Qing rode his horse and asked, "What's the situation inside?"

The soldier in charge shook his head, "It's simply a city of death, undescribable!"

"Where is the tincture oil?"

"It's all splashed out, right near the East City Gate."

Yan Qing immediately ordered: "Shoot the rocket and ignite the fire!"

More than a hundred cavalry rushed forward, ignited rockets and shot arrows into the city. Soon, the tincture oil began to burn in the county.

"retreat!"

More than a hundred cavalrymen quickly left with donkey carts and soon disappeared into the black. However, the fire in Zhongmu County became bigger and bigger. At the third o'clock in the morning, the fire completely swallowed up the entire county town.

Wang Gui led 30,000 Jingzhao troops to Hebei, leaving Yan Qing's three hundred cavalrymen to carry out the special task of the commander Li Yanqing. This task is a plague. The source of the disease has been achieved. The next step is to spread. This is a big problem. The best way is to throw the corpse into the Jin soldiers' camp, but this is obviously impossible. The Jin soldiers are very well prepared. If the corpse can be thrown in, it would be better to throw a fireball directly into the camp.

But this matter was not a problem for Yan Qing. At night, he led 300 cavalrymen to hide in a hill thirty miles away from the Jinying Camp and built a wooden house in a hidden place. Soon, a team of cavalry rushed over and escorted five strong Jurchen soldiers. They were looking for a post on the periphery, but were captured by Yan Qing's men during patrol.

"Have you told them?"

"I've already said that, explain the information and let them go back after having another meal."

Yan Qing nodded, "Then take them to the wooden house, give them some information, and then let them go!"

"Abide by the order!"

The cavalry led a few captured Jin soldiers to the direction of the wooden house. Yan Qing looked at the wooden house. There was a devil's nest. After these Jin soldiers entered, they could take the devil to the Jin camp for him. Yan Qing showed a sneer on his lips. He believed that the information leaked in his "inadvertent" was enough to make these sentries hurry back to the camp to report, and there were 30,000 Song army cavalry hidden outside.

But what should I do if these Jin soldiers were sent out after reporting the report? The stay in the Jin camp was too short.

Yan Qing thought for a while and said to the soldiers beside him: "Go and tell Zhang Dutou, leave some marks for these Jin soldiers, and do more heavily, so that they must go to the military doctor to bandage and recuperate for a few days."

"I understand!" The soldier rushed away.

At this time, dozens of cavalry rushed into the woods. Another cavalry was back, and they also brought back three golden men to explore the whistle.

"Chief, we're over!"

Yan Qing nodded, "Go and find Zhang Dutou, and leave the rest to him!"

"Abide by the order!"

Several cavalrymen grabbed the unconscious Jin soldiers and walked towards the wooden house.
Chapter completed!