Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 68 We will definitely return to the capital again!
It was the third day when Li Zicheng left Beijing to attack Wu Sangui.

Li Laiheng went to the Yamen of the Chief Epidemic Control Office in Gyeonggi to check in, ready to listen to Li Yan's orders.

When he arrived, he found that the people in the yamen were panicked, and Li Yan could not be seen inside or outside.

He casually grabbed a small official with a knife and pen and asked, "Where is Li Junshi?"

The little official Daobi was a little scared, and said with a bitter face: "I heard that many people in the Red Lady's camp were infected with the plague, and even the Red Lady was sick. Mr. Li didn't care about business, so he came in the morning to give a few orders, and then went to the Red Lady. The lady is in camp."

"What?" Li Laiheng turned pale when he heard this, and then questioned, "The plague control in the capital has been quite effective, how could there be many people infected with the disease in the Red Lady camp?"

"Hey," the little official with knife and pen sighed, "The Red Lady Camp was the main force in the fight against the plague before, and they had a lot of contact with those plague patients, so if you calculate the date, it is the time when many people should be sick.

By the way, when Li Junshi was leaving, he also ordered that if General Li came, he would inform General Li to check the sick people in the baby camp again as soon as possible, and take protective and isolation measures to prevent the epidemic from spreading to other people. Wreaks havoc again. "

After hearing this, Li Laiheng lost his mind for a while, and loosened the collar of the knife and pen officer, but couldn't help muttering: "How could this be? How could this be?"

After regaining his senses, Li Laiheng immediately returned to the Hai'er camp, recruited officers at all levels, and ordered all the people in the Hai'er camp to return to the camp to check for those infected.

It was also ordered that triple quarantine be carried out in accordance with the usual practice.

Firstly isolate the plague patients, secondly isolate those who have had contact with the plague patients, and then isolate the entire children's camp!
After ordering these things down, Li Laiheng was still restless, so he went to the Red Lady camp to learn about the development of the epidemic in the Red Lady camp, and asked Li Yan how to deal with the current situation.

When he arrived at the Red Lady's camp, Li Laiheng saw that the security outside was several times stricter than usual.

There were dozens of steps away from the gate of the camp, and the guards on the watchtower shouted: "Stop coming!"

Li Laiheng paused, and said in a loud voice, "It's Li Laiheng from Hai'erying, see Li Junshi for important matters!"

Walking out of the gate with a flag in hand, he shouted to Li Laiheng from a distance: "Many people in the camp have been infected with the plague and have been quarantined. They are allowed to enter and not allowed to leave. General Li, please go back."

Li Laiheng said: "Isn't it okay to ask Li Junshi to come out and meet?"

"General Li, wait a moment, I'll go ask."

In desperation, Li Laiheng had no choice but to wait dozens of paces away from the gate with a team of bodyguard cavalry.

Before waiting for a reply, I saw someone pushing a wheelbarrow out from inside.

The carts were obviously filled with soldiers who died of the disease, and most of the people pushing the carts had coughs and bumps on their bodies.

In front of Li Laiheng and others, more than a dozen wheelbarrows pushed the corpses of dozens of sick soldiers into a large pit not far from the camp, and set fire to them with firewood and coal prepared nearby.

Seeing this, the young cavalry, who was a few years older than Li Laiheng, couldn't help but said: "Chief, looking at the epidemic situation in the Red Lady Battalion, I'm afraid it is more serious than you think. You should pay attention when you meet Li Junshi later." , don’t get infected.”

Li Laiheng frowned and nodded, "I know."

Finally, Li Yan came out, but his face was pale, his lips were chapped, and he looked haggard.

He went out of the gate, stopped a dozen steps away from Li Laiheng and the others, cupped his hands and said, "What does General Li want to see me for?"

Li Laiheng immediately asked: "Mr. Li, how many people in the Red Lady's camp are infected?"

Hearing this, Li Yan's expression became even uglier.

He sighed: "At present, there are only more than a thousand people who have been infected, and it is still uncertain whether the rest have been infected.

By the way, in order to prevent the spread of the disease in the camp, I have imposed martial law on the entire camp, allowing entry and no exit.

It's just that there is not enough supplies in the camp. In the next few days, General Li will have to send someone to send the supplies needed by the Red Lady camp outside the camp. "

After hearing Li Yan's words, the cavalry behind Li Laiheng turned pale.

More than a thousand people get sick?
Can this be described in words?

There are only more than 8000 people in the Hongniangzi camp, not those big camp leaders who take in everyone and have tens of thousands of people.

Li Laiheng frowned even more, with a worried expression on his face, he asked, "Is there anything else in the camp that needs my help?"

Li Yan hesitated and said: "General Li should know that plague patients are not guaranteed to die, if they can eat and drink better and take good care of them, they may still get better.

Most of the Red Lady Battalion consisted of elite soldiers who had traveled to various provinces with His Majesty for several years. It would be a pity to lose one more. Therefore, I hope General Li can try to raise more food, grass and medicinal materials so that the Red Lady Battalion can survive more soldiers. "

After finishing speaking, Li Yan solemnly bowed to Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng had a lot of contact with Li Yan, so he quickly admired, and even admired Li Yan's character.

Seeing this, he hurriedly got off his horse and paid homage, and said solemnly: "Mr. Li, please rest assured, I must find a way to prepare more food, grass, and medicinal materials to send over."

"Nayan and Niangzi will thank General Li first."

Bye bye.

Li Laiheng paid homage again, took a deep look at the camp of the red lady, and then left with his personal guards on horseback.

Li Yan waited for Li Laiheng's back to disappear before he sighed and turned back to the camp.

In fact, he didn't want to deceive Li Laiheng, but he had to.

Therefore, the two prostrations he made just now were not only to thank Li Laiheng for agreeing to help raise food and grass, but also to apologize for cheating.

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Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Li Laiheng sent food and grass for the first time, which was indeed half more than what the Red Lady Camp deserved.

Bringing the soldiers back to the camp, Red Lady's personal guards called the four commanders, Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and other people who were ordered by Chongzhen to the main tent.

Zhu Yu, Hong Niangzi, and Li Yan are already waiting here.

Although this is Hong Niangzi's military tent, at this time it is Zhu Yu who is sitting on the position of the chief general, while Li Yan and Hong Niangzi are standing on both sides below.

When the time was up, Zhu Wei nodded, and Li Yan said: "Everyone, according to the itinerary, King Chuang has led his army to the outside of Shanhaiguan today, and if there is no accident, he may have a decisive battle with Wu Sangui and the Qing army tomorrow.

Regardless of whether King Chuang wins or loses this battle, we should leave Beijing.

Therefore, the four captains are asked to go back and lead the soldiers under their command to prepare, and we will leave the camp tonight. "

"Respect!"

The four captains of the Red Lady Battalion agreed and left separately.

About leaving the capital for Sichuan, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi passed the gas earlier than the four of them, and they also knew how to prepare.

Li Yan said to the rest of the people: "Everyone, in order to keep the Crowd Army secret for a few more days, we still need to make some arrangements inside and outside the camp."

Then, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi unceremoniously ordered everyone except Auntie Zhu to come.

Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and others had a preliminary understanding of Li Yan and Hong Niangzi's abilities and behaviors in the past few days, so they all cooperated quite well.

But speaking of it, they don't need much help in setting up the camp. Most of the things are done by the people from the Red Lady camp.

Soon it was midnight.

During the epidemic control period, they were transferred from the outer city to the Hongniangzi camp outside the city. Soldiers, chariots and horses came out of the camp like a tide, and only made some unavoidable slight noises.

At the beginning, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi chose a place more than one mile away from the outer city on the grounds of avoiding plague infection.

Therefore, at this time, no one noticed the departure of thousands of people from the Red Lady Battalion.

After people left the camp, they could still see many torches and braziers emitting dim lights in the camp.

Under the background of this dim light, no matter on the gate tower, the archery tower, or the watchtower, you can see figures in the costumes of the Red Detachment of Women standing motionless.

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"Okay, now we're five or six miles away from Beijing, let's turn on the lights. Otherwise, it will be too slow for everyone to walk only with those who don't have night blindness leading the way."

After five or six miles away from Beijing, Hong Niangzi said so, and ordered the guards to order the teams to turn on the lights.

In order to facilitate the night march of the Red Lady Camp, Aimee Zhu brought more than 20 portable lamps.

Based on the number of matchmaker battalions, basically there can be more than 400 people.

With the addition of some torches and the care of people without night blindness, the speed of the team immediately increased significantly, catching up with the speed of marching in the daytime.

Fang Zhenghua, Liu Xiaolian and others rode behind Aimee Zhu, and turned around to look back.

Seeing the bright lights like the eyes of the legendary candle dragon piercing the night and shining forward, I felt extremely spectacular, and my heart was inexplicably excited and excited.

"We will definitely return to the capital again!"

"In the future, this great Ming country will surely shine brightly as if illuminated by a magic lamp!"

(End of this chapter)