Chapter 127 The fate of Liba Kingdom is in Qin Yu's hands
Two days later.
The eastern suburbs of Jinling City.
A group of seven people, Qin Yu, Shen Binglan, Xiao Nan, Chu Weiwei, Su Fu, Di Shun and Gu Louyao, were escorted by a group of Yulin guards and headed northeast.
This time they will pass through Jingzhou and Hebei and go straight to the Liba border.
Due to the emergency, everyone had to travel under the stars and under the moon.
Fortunately, although Su Fu is not young, his body is extremely strong, and he has a foundation in martial arts, so he can withstand the bumps along the way.
The deeper you go into the junction of Hebei and Liba, the more checkpoints you encounter on the road.
Moreover, there were more cavalry patrolling along the way, and the pass between Liba and Hebei had long been cut off.
No one coming from the direction of Liba is allowed to enter Hebei.
There is no way, smallpox in this era is synonymous with chaos and death, and it can easily cause panic.
That's it, if the imperial court hadn't taken action in time.
Chaos had long broken out in the counties adjacent to Liba in Hebei Province.
The whole journey was silent.
Qin Yu and his party only had the word "hurry" in their eyes.
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At night, the moon and stars are few and far between.
Hebei.
Funing County.
This is the county seat at the junction of Hebei and Liba Kingdom.
As soon as they arrived in Funing County, Qin Yu and his party already felt the tense atmosphere caused by the smallpox plague.
The entire county felt like it was facing a powerful enemy.
If it weren't for the military protection, I don't know how many people would have fled.
At this time, Qin Yu and his party were only less than a hundred miles away from Liba Kingdom.
The horse can no longer run.
They were forced to stop and rest.
Beside the campfire, Qin Yu and his party were very tired and not in the mood to joke, so they each ate dry food.
Dishun sat next to Qin Yu with a sad look on his face.
"Little prince, regardless of whether we can succeed this time, I, Dishun, on behalf of the people of Liba, would like to thank you for your great kindness."
Dishun suddenly turned his head and looked at Qin Yu, his words sincere.
Qin Yu paused and smiled calmly, "You're welcome. Since Liba is already a vassal state of the Wei Dynasty, we are our own people, and we are very friendly to our own master Ben Ben."
Di Shungang was about to continue.
Gu Louyao walked over with a gloomy expression, "Your Highness, half of the city in Liba has fallen, more and more people are fleeing, and the army cannot change the overall situation."
"Now, Heping Prefecture in Liaodong has issued a massacre order. Anyone who comes close to the Liba people in Heping Prefecture in Liaodong will be killed without mercy. Moreover, they are sending troops to the border for fear that those who come will be evil."
"Damn it!"
Di Shun's eyes were scarlet and he said in a deep voice: "These people really have no morals at all. When they asked me, Liba, for an alliance, they only wanted one of their own. Now that Liba is in trouble, they are taking advantage of others' danger!"
Qin Yu listened with a calm expression.
The law of the jungle is the law of the world. There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
It would be true or false if the King of Qi and Liaodong did not have any thoughts about the weak Li Ba.
But the people of Liba were lucky enough to meet Qin Yu.
Otherwise, this time it would really be a disaster.
Smallpox is a lot of fun.
There was a pause.
Dishun lamented: "Now that things have happened, we have no other options. We are counting on the young prince for everything."
After saying that, he looked up at Qin Yu again.
He never expected that the fate of Liba Country would be in Qin Yu's hands.
This was something Di Shun had never thought about before coming to Wei Dynasty. It seemed like a dream.
After dinner.
Everyone got into the tent to rest.
The next day.
It's just dawn.
Qin Yu and his party rode their horses towards Yijiang Pass in the eastern border of Funing County.
After passing Yijiang Pass, you will reach the boundary of Liba Kingdom.
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Yijiang Pass.
pass.
There is no longer the hustle and bustle of the trade between Liba and Wei Dynasty in the past.
What replaced it was depression and a clank of iron armor as far as the eye could see.
In order to prevent the smallpox plague from invading the Wei Dynasty, Yijiang Pass also built a defense line.
I learned that Xiao Nan and Qin Yu were coming.
Xu Man, the general guarding Yijiang Pass, personally went out of the city to greet him.
"At the end of the day, I will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Young Prince Qin."
Xu Man led the generals in the pass and came forward to bow.
Qin Yu turned over and dismounted, slightly cupping his hands, "General Xu, there is no need to be polite. How is the situation outside the customs?"
Xu Man frowned and said in a deep voice: "The situation is very bad. The number of people crowded outside the pass in the past few days has exceeded 10,000, and there are also a large number of Liba people coming to the pass, including many businessmen from the Wei Dynasty."
"But the smallpox plague is too terrible. His Majesty will eventually order that no one be allowed to enter the country. However, we mainly used dissuasion and deterrence, and the lives of the people in Liba were not harmed."
Qin Yu nodded, "General Xu, please let us out. We have invited Mr. Su here. He has a way to cure smallpox."
Now Qin Yu was too lazy to explain, so he had to move Su Fu out.
Xu Man was stunned, bowed and said: "Yes, the general has received the order to let the young prince and his entourage out of the customs. My young prince, your highness the prince, have a safe trip."
He really admired the courage of Qin Yu and Xiao Nan.
That was the smallpox plague.
They were also the first people to take the initiative to ask for leave since the plague broke out in Liba.
Qin Yu slightly cupped his hands, then got on his horse.
moment.
Close the door and open it wide.
Qin Yu led a group of people and rushed outside the pass.
This is true.
Dishun and Gu Louyao respected Qin Yu from the bottom of their hearts.
Faced with the smallpox plague, he dared to rush out of the prison without even frowning.
Dishun was also very anxious.
There is not much time left for Liba.
Not long after.
Everyone rushed out and closed the door.
Outside Yijiang Pass.
Rows of defense lines surrounded Yijiang Pass.
At this critical moment, the crossbows and slings were shining coldly.
Qin Yu and his party did not stop, passed through four lines of defense, and finally reached the last checkpoint.
At the last level, the defense is even tighter.
There are three rows of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears, and two rows of crossbowmen holding hard bows.
There is also a row of crossbows standing at the front.
Passing through this line of defense is an isolation zone built with Juma. There is an arrow tower standing in the Juma.
There are five crossbowmen on each arrow tower.
Behind the three-level barrier is Liba's territory.
These five impregnable and heavily guarded blockades are enough to prove how terrifying the smallpox plague was.
Even if you face the enemy, that's probably it, right?
Qin Yu and his party passed through three lines of defense, and finally saw the people of Liba all over the mountains and plains, dragging their families with their families, sleeping on the ground, eating and sleeping in the open. As far as they could see, it was full of messes.
Compared with the other side of Yijiang Pass.
How desolate and miserable it is here.
No one dared to approach within two thousand steps of Juma.
The crossbow arrows crisscrossing the field fully proved the reason why they did not dare to approach.
Plop...
Di Shun looked at the helpless and panic-stricken Liba people all over the mountains and plains, and knelt down, tears slowly flowing down his cheeks, "People! It is your incompetence and the incompetence of the imperial court that have led to your downfall."
That’s it!”
Qin Yu looked down at Di Shun and frowned.
He didn't expect that Dishun actually loved the people like a son.