Wasn't it obvious what Yuan Yuchuan was up to? Didn't he just want to use Qier to restrain him?
Jing Xunche was in meditation when Mu Nan rushed in, his face showing a panic he had never had before.
"Master, something's wrong," Mu Nan said to Jing Xunche in a flurry.
"What's the matter?" Jing Xunche stood up, quickly put on his battle robe, and immediately followed Mu Nan out.
"Just now when I went to find General Zhang, I passed by the place where the wounded were kept. The military doctor quietly told me that among the wounded..." Mu Nan glanced at Jing Xunche, closed his eyes, and said, "There's an epidemic."
"What did you say?!" Jing Xunche looked at Mu Nan with a grim face. How could this happen?
"An epidemic has broken out among the wounded, and it's spreading extremely fast. Please make a decision as soon as possible, Master!" Mu Nan repeated what he had just said.
Jing Xunche's face darkened, but he quickly made a decision. "Immediately seal off this place, and then send a message by carrier pigeon to... to the Assistant Regent. Tell him everything that has happened here in detail."
Fortunately, they were in the mountains where there were few people, so there wouldn't be a large - scale infection.
"I'll go right away," Mu Nan said.
For a moment, everyone in the military camp was in a panic. An epidemic! Who wasn't afraid? Moreover, their food supplies were almost exhausted. They couldn't hold on for many days. Were they going to die here?
They weren't afraid of death, but they couldn't accept such a cowardly way of dying. They would rather die on the battlefield than die of illness here.
"General, I'm willing to go deep into the enemy camp with this illness," a brave soldier knelt down three meters away from Jing Xunche and asked for permission.
The purpose of this was nothing more than to let those bandits die in this epidemic.
"I understand your feelings, but I can't agree!" Jing Xunche looked at the soldier and said.
"General!" He already knew that he was beyond salvation. Staying here was also a death. It would be better to die meaningfully.
"Have you ever thought that if you go to Wupian Mountain and the people there go out of the mountain and come into contact with the common people, you won't be a hero but a sinner for all ages!" Jing Xunche's words made the soldier completely calm down.
He had thought too simply. Although they had been staying in the mountains and never gone out, the people in Wupian Mountain were different. They had been here for so many years, and there must be many ways to get out. By then, it wouldn't be as simple as sacrificing ten thousand people.
"Everyone! I know you're not convinced and feel aggrieved in your hearts! But no matter how irritated you are, you have to endure it. Think about your families. Do you also want them to be infected?"
Jing Xunche glanced at the soldiers around him and continued, "I've already sent someone to the capital to deliver a message. There will be news soon. I believe the court won't abandon us!"
Jing Xunche's words calmed all the soldiers down. They were deeply touched. Even if not for anything else, for the sake of their own families, they couldn't go out.
But there was always one person who didn't fit in and insisted on standing out at this time.
"I don't care about all that. There's no one left in my family. I only know that if I don't go out to find a doctor, I'll die! I don't want to die!" As he said, General Zhang took off his battle robe and walked angrily towards the camp gate.
"Stop him for this Marquis!" Jing Xunche looked at General Zhang sharply. What a stubborn and selfish person!
"Now no one is allowed to enter or leave. Those who violate the order will be executed on the spot. No matter who you are, this Marquis will still kill you!" Endless killing intent spread. Some lonely people who had been persuaded by General Zhang completely gave up the idea of going out.
Waiting here might still give them a glimmer of hope, but if they went out, they might really be beheaded by Marquis Zhongning.
"Marquis Zhongning, what do you mean? Do you not only not want to live yourself but also not let us all go out to find a way out?" General Zhang looked at Jing Xunche with a sinister expression.
"This Marquis will do what he says and will never go back on his word!" After saying that, Jing Xunche ignored General Zhang and directly returned to the main camp.
General Zhang gritted his teeth as he watched Jing Xunche's back leaving. Then he turned around and said to the soldiers behind him, "I know you all want to live. Don't be afraid of Marquis Zhongning. If we all resist together, he won't do anything to us. Will he really kill all of us?"
General Zhang said loudly, thinking that even if not all the people would respond, at least half of them would. But after he finished speaking, no one paid any attention to him. They all lowered their heads, seemingly deep in thought.
General Zhang stood there awkwardly, so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out. "What are you thinking? Don't you want to go out? Don't you want to live?"
At this time, a soldier spoke up. "General Zhang, we all have families. Even those who don't have families still have a conscience. We won't let our great country fall into panic. So we won't go out."
"Yes! We will never be the sinners for all ages!" The guards behind him echoed one after another.
General Zhang looked at them with a livid face, wishing he could chop off their heads. What a bunch of useless people! They were about to die, so why should they care about others?
In the end, General Zhang didn't go out either because Jing Xunche had specially sent someone to watch him.
"Master, it's done. The infected people have all been isolated. Now we're just waiting for the Assistant Regent's reply," Mu Nan quickly separated the infected from the uninfected.
"I see. Now all we need to do is wait. And you go and find out how this infection started. I think this matter is abnormal," Jing Xunche frowned and said.
How could there be an epidemic in the military camp out of the blue?
On this side, after Yuan Yuhan received the letter, he was completely shocked. How could it be so serious? An epidemic! And Jing Xunche had directly sent the letter to him, avoiding the people in the palace.
Yuan Yuhan's gaze was deep. It seemed that someone in the palace was starting to get restless.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Zhongning has sent a letter saying that the soldiers are almost out of rations. Please provide support," Yuan Yuhan asked Hong Yi to imitate Jing Xunche's handwriting and wrote a letter, then presented it to the emperor.
"It's been so long, and Jing Xunche still hasn't achieved any results. I want to know if this matter can be accomplished?" Yuan Yuchuan sat on the dragon throne and looked at Yuan Yuhan.
Yuan Yuhan glanced at the chattering ministers behind him and sneered sarcastically.