Chapter 271 Sanping County is in Crisis
An Peilin was speechless!
He was hurt by the smiles of those who were about to go to the battlefield to die, and he slipped and fell to the ground!
He couldn't imagine that Wang Lun had such a vicious heart!
This world is so cruel!
They didn't know that most of the people in Jinzhou Prefecture had been vaccinated against cowpox. In order to survive, they even used their own flesh and blood as bait, just to earn a way to survive for their families!
They are pitiful!
They are even more hateful!
How innocent are the people of Jinzhou Prefecture?! Just because they live well, they are coveted, robbed, and even destroyed?
no!
These are all enemies!
He couldn't sympathize with them!
These people contracted the plague themselves, yet they were still thinking of infecting the people of Jinzhou Prefecture. Their crimes are simply heinous!
But An Peilin had to admit that although Wang Lun's move was vicious and cruel, it could stop the believers from escaping as soon as possible, and even prevent the smallpox from being brought to the base camp of King Zhoushan in the west of Gongzhou!
Not only that, Wang Lun can also gather the confidence of the believers in a short period of time.
The smallpox vaccine in Jinzhou Prefecture is just ahead!
The gongs and drums are beating, and the horn of war has been blown. The selected vanguard is about to charge into battle.
Because of their illness, they couldn't even wear armor. In the cold winter weather, they only wore a single piece of clothing to fight.
An Peilin and the others were completely clueless. Seeing that the 5,000 men had already assembled, they didn't even have a decent weapon. The damn Wang Lun knew that these people would most likely never come back, so he only had them equipped with sharpened branches.
This group of people went there with the purpose of spreading smallpox!
Before setting off, Wang Lun offered encouragement: "Vanguards, we're unfortunate. We've lived like pigs and dogs in this life, and we've even contracted smallpox. On this journey, all you need to do is interact with the soldiers of Jinzhou Prefecture as much as possible. If you can infect as many as you can, it's best to significantly weaken their strength. Then we'll take our brothers and sisters south! Jinzhou Prefecture has vaccines, cotton-padded clothes, and plenty of food. If you die, we'll perform a ritual for you. I'll ask Taoist Bai Lian to perform a prayer for your soul-stirring life, so that you can be reborn into a good family in your next life, free from suffering! Go on your journey with peace of mind. From now on, your loved ones will become ours! We will always remember your sacrifice!"
Suddenly, the sound of "Kill! Kill! Kill!" rang out in the square!
The sound was like waves, surrounding An Peilin.
Some people in the team were crying, some were saying goodbye, and some were shouting.
He just felt his mind was empty.
He seemed to be wrapped in pain, unbearable, unwilling and angry emotions, and his whole body seemed to be in the Avici Hell, and he could only watch a massacre about to begin.
No, everything in Jinzhou Prefecture was hard-earned. It was a paradise created by the city lord with his painstaking efforts day and night. It must not be destroyed in the hands of these lunatics!
This group of people is crazy! Wang Lun is crazy! This world is crazy too!
However, as soon as Wang Lun finished speaking, An Peilin below immediately raised his hand and even walked quickly to Wang Lun's side.
The dozen or so people below all looked at him in astonishment.
What is An Peilin going to do?
I didn’t discuss it with them beforehand!
An Peilin walked forward calmly, but was stopped by Wang Lun's guards. An Peilin smiled slightly and bowed to him: "Master, I know a shortcut that can bypass the guards of Sanping County and reach Jinzhou Prefecture directly!"
Wang Lun frowned, "Really?"
"Yes, my father took me there when he went hunting in the mountains! I remember it clearly!"
Wang Lun waved his hand doubtfully, motioning him to come forward. "Okay, tell me now!"
An Peilin took a deep breath, then walked forward slowly, looking at the crowd of civilians below who were about to go to the battlefield and die.
He was so confused that he didn't even know whether what he was doing was right or wrong.
He also didn't know what the consequences would be of the choice he made at the risk of his life.
But he... couldn't bear to watch so many flesh-and-blood creatures die in such a confused manner on the battlefield!
Even enemies.
Just as the city lord said, all the people in the world will be her subjects, and she will never give up on saving any innocent life!
Whether this is right or wrong can only be verified in the future.
The dozen or so soldiers who followed him all quietly clenched their weapons in their arms!
Their eyes were almost motionless as they stared at the figure!
An Peilin found a book from somewhere, rolled it into a tube, and pointed it at the numb faces below.
He raised his arms and shouted, his voice resounding through the sky.
"Everyone, I know a way to save all of you!" An Peilin's voice trembled. "Jinzhou Prefecture has the cowpox vaccine. All you need to do is gently melt a wound and apply the vaccine, and you will never get smallpox again! Jinzhou Prefecture also has cotton-padded clothes, which are very light and thin, and you won't feel cold at all when you wear them! Jinzhou Prefecture also has sweet potatoes, which can produce over 2,000 kilograms per acre. No one there has ever gone hungry!"
"In fact, the king of Jinzhou Prefecture has long wanted to attack Gongzhou! Some of you may ask why, because the king is a kind-hearted person, she can't bear to see anyone in this world suffer! As long as you become her people, there will be endless food to eat! Endless cotton clothes to wear! Children can learn to read and write for free! The elderly will also receive food every month! You don't have to attack Jinzhou Prefecture at all!"
Having said this, Wang Lun's expression changed slightly, and he almost drew his sword immediately!
An Peilin seemed to be prepared. With a flash of cold light, he jumped into the crowd!
As he pushed through the crowd, he shouted, his voice almost hoarse, yet with a thrilling power: "You killed Wang Lun and his men, and took their heads to Sanping County to surrender, and openly become the citizens of Jinzhou Prefecture! I am a subordinate of Xu Zhenying, the city lord of Jinzhou Prefecture. I am here to pick you up and lead you to a good life! The city lord said that as long as you chop off Wang Lun's head, the gates of Sanping County will be opened to you immediately! The doctors over there are ready and can vaccinate you with the cowpox vaccine at any time! The medicine is also in place, so don't be afraid if you have smallpox, we have plenty of medicine!"
Wang Lun then realized that he had been teased and immediately flew into a rage: "Come here, kill him, kill him!!!"
Wang Lun's guards immediately rushed out and began to capture An Peilin from the crowd.
But An Peilin roared at the top of his lungs, "You don't have to listen to Wang Lun. He's a beast. He's going to get you killed! Don't believe their lies! You're not guilty of any sins in this life that need to be atoneed! It's the sins of this world! You live your life with integrity and do your work honestly. Why do you have to suffer so hard in this life? Why do you have to count on the next life? If you can't even live well in this life, how can you expect to live well in the next? Instead of believing in those unrealistic things, why not pick up a knife and chop Wang Lun down now? We'll chop him down today, and tomorrow we'll go to Jinzhou Prefecture to live upright lives!"
Everyone was stunned by the farce before them, and seemed unable to react!
Sun Ping and his companions were mixed in the crowd, anxious as ants on a hot pot. Fortunately, a soldier was smart and pushed the person standing in front of him hard.
There were already many people in the square, and when he pushed, the people in front fell down, creating panic in an instant!
Sun Ping took advantage of Wang Lun's men not reacting and kicked out the knife from the man's waist with a beautiful sweeping kick. He raised the knife and shouted, "He's right! We are here on the orders of the city lord. Kill Wang Lun! Eradicate smallpox! Distribute land and food! Live like upright men!"
Another person immediately shouted, "Wang Lun wants you to die, but the city lord wants you to live! Do you want to live or die?! Those who want to live, follow us immediately. We will chop off their heads now and follow us to Sanping County!"
At this point, there is no other way, the soldiers of Jinzhou Prefecture can only reveal their identities!
"I'm Wang Rufeng from the First Brigade of Jinzhou Prefecture! I'm here on the orders of the City Lord to take you all home! If you want to live, kill Wang Lun! Now follow me, we'll take you home!"
go home!
These two words, like a heavy drum, struck everyone's heart hard!
There seemed to be a little light in those numb eyes!
But Wang Lun was still shouting, "Don't believe them! They are spies from Jinzhou Prefecture, and they want to kill us! Quick, quick, kill them!"
An Peilin dodged their pursuit, shouting, "God will judge right from wrong. I swear, I, An Peilin, will never abandon any of you! Fifteen of us brothers will personally take you to Sanping County! If they refuse to open the door, you can chop off my head!"
"Damn it! Kill him!" Gu Xiaonan suddenly jumped up, snatched the soldier's sword and stabbed the man, his eyes bloodshot. "This kid is a good man, I believe him! We're going to die anyway, so it's better to trust this kid than Wang Lun. At least he's willing to risk his life for us!"
"That's right! If he really wanted to kill us, why would he have jumped out to oppose the leader just now?"
"Boy, you said you would take us to Sanping County! Do you mean what you said?!"
An Peilin roared, "If you can't get into Sanping County, you'll cut off my head!"
"Okay, that's enough! I'll believe you this time! Brothers, keep an eye on this kid, or we'll kill someone and he'll get away!"
He never expected that the person who spoke this time was the old woman who had troubled him so many times last time!
Wang Lun's face changed drastically this time, and he subconsciously dodged backwards. "Grandma Yinhua, are you...are you going to violate the teachings? If you kill me...they will kill you too!"
The old woman smiled coldly, "I'm sorry, my son and daughter died of smallpox, but I still have a pair of grandchildren. Instead of waiting for you to spend days attacking, why not surrender now? Maybe I can get the cowpox vaccine tomorrow, and I can also save a little of my bloodline!"
"Crazy, you're all crazy!"
"Yeah, in this world, who wouldn't go crazy just to survive?"
Just as he finished speaking, Wang Lun was suddenly stabbed from behind.
It turned out that Sun Ping took advantage of the chaos to get behind Wang Lun and shot him directly.
Wang Lun stared in disbelief and was about to turn around when he was stabbed in the back again.
Everything is neat and tidy.
The old woman was also obviously shocked.
"The villain talks too much nonsense, just kill him and be done with it!" Sun Ping glared at the silver-flowered grandmother fiercely. "Old aunt, although you are a traitor under the command of King Zhoushan, I will remember your merit for preventing the suffering of the people today! I will plead with the city lord when I get back, and you will have a good life in the future!"
Grandma Yinhua's lips trembled. Although she was shocked, she quickly accepted the reality.
It’s already been done, so what are you afraid of?
If Wang Lun felt wronged, he could just go to the underworld and claim her life!
"Alright, since you said that, I'll trust you for once! Wang Lun has seven other leaders under his command. If we capture them, the others will be scattered! I'll lead you there!"
On An Peilin's side, the fighting was already going on fiercely.
Although Wang Lun and others had not been operating in Gongzhou for long, they still had loyal people under their command. Except for Gu Xiaonan and others who jumped out first, most people were confused.
An Peilin had no choice but to fight with the enemy while constantly shouting at the top of his lungs, "Everyone, pick up your knives and kill them. Let's go to Jinzhou Prefecture now! We don't ask for a better life in the next life, as living a good life in this one is more important than anything else! Jinzhou Prefecture is just over a hundred kilometers away from us. Children there can go to school and change their families, and women there can go out to work and support themselves. There, both men and women are given land and grain. The people there never act like dogs, they all live uprightly!"
An Peilin shouted until his throat was hoarse. Seeing that they were still somewhat indifferent, he simply rushed out with his knife and jumped on his horse. "If you want the special medicine for smallpox, follow me now! I will take you to Jinzhou Prefecture to get the medicine to save your life!"
The horse neighed loudly and was the first to break out of the encirclement.
With Wang Lun suddenly killed and Granny Yinhua instigating rebellion, the excited crowd was obviously frightened, especially those who were not infected with smallpox at the beginning and were gathered outside. They only heard the commotion coming from the square but had no idea what was going on.
Some curious people approached, but were immediately stopped by the people around them: "Don't go! There's a plague over there!"
"No, there seems to be a commotion over there!"
"Huh? What's going on?"
"Listen, there seems to be the sound of horse hooves!"
An Peilin had already sped past on horseback, one hand holding the reins, the other tightly gripping a megaphone made of books. He circled the area, repeatedly shouting, "There's a cure for smallpox in Jinzhou! The leader has pity on us believers and is sending us to Jinzhou to surrender! This way, no one will die! Hurry up, there's not much smallpox left, and whoever gets there first will get it first!"
boom--
The people outside were in an uproar!
They knew Jinzhou Prefecture had a special medicine for treating smallpox. Wasn't the leader going to see off the vanguard today? Why did he suddenly stop fighting? Was he surrendering instead?
Someone boldly asked, "Didn't the leader say he was going to attack Sanping County? Why did he change his mind and surrender?"
Immediately, disguised Jinzhou soldiers rode up on horseback, shouting, "What are you standing there for?! Don't you see the people behind you rushing over? Why don't you hurry up and move?! Sanping County is impregnable, how can it be easily captured? They're just courting death! The leader can't bear your suffering, so he's decided not to fight anymore and surrender! Hurry, hurry, if you don't believe me, we'll leave first!"
True and false news began to fly all over the place.
Some people say that Wang Lun was killed!
Some people said that they would go to Jinzhou Prefecture to ask the king for a special medicine to treat smallpox.
Some people followed the large group and ran out without caring about anything.
Some people even took advantage of the chaos to leave the camp and, like the people who had escaped before, went into the mountains and forests and were never seen again.
Wang Lun’s Gongzhou camp was in chaos in an instant!
It’s too late!
When they saw Gu Xiaonan, Grandma Yinhua and others rushing out on horseback, they knew that surrendering to Jinzhou Prefecture in exchange for smallpox medicine was almost a certainty, and they could no longer sit still!
If he had no face covering, he would tear off his clothes and cover his head with them.
If you don’t have any medicine, just rush to the pharmacy and grab something before hitting the road!
Wang Lun's body was accidentally pushed down, and then countless people walked over his body, and in the end his face could not be distinguished at all.
Wang Lun's men could not hold on at all. They only resisted for an incense stick of time. They were either trampled to death, knocked away by horses, or drowned in the fleeing crowd.
Using a few hundred people to resist a force of tens of thousands of people is like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm!
In short, someone shouted the slogan "Go to Jinzhou Prefecture to ask for smallpox medicine", and more and more people followed. No matter whether they were sick or not, they just ran to where there were many people. Within half an hour, most of the people in Gongzhou camp had run away!
Someone collapsed on the road due to illness, and no one paid any attention to him.
The frenzied crowd stepped directly over the corpses of their companions and continued to advance—
They brought their families with them, with only one thought in their minds.
Once we get to Sanping County, everything will be saved!
There are medicines, cotton clothes and food there, so they can live a normal life!
It's snowing lightly.
The snow was not heavy, like light catkins floating between heaven and earth.
They seemed to be unable to feel the cold and vastness, and only used their two legs to keep running forward -
The cries of children, the wails of the elderly, the screams of companions, and the whistling sound of the wind between heaven and earth seemed to have all disappeared.
There was only the sound of horse hooves and footsteps.
No one dared to stop for a moment, as if if they stopped, they would be abandoned by the world and fall silently on the roadside like those sick people, becoming food for wild dogs.
All doctrines, ethics, and morals have been thrown aside!
They had only one thought.
Survive——
Survive——
Go to the Golden State——
An Peilin rushed in the front, and the positions in front, behind, left and right of him were occupied by Grandma Yinhua's people. They sandwiched him in the middle to prevent him from escaping.
An Peilin's heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to burst out of his throat!
He was covered in blood.
When he broke out of the encirclement just now, he didn't know how many people he killed!
This is his first time killing someone!
It's not like I didn't do some related training back in the camp, but it was all fake! Everything now is real!
The thick, sticky blood is real, the sickening wind is real, and those pairs of eyes longing for madness are real—
His hands, which were holding the reins, were shaking.
At this moment, he knew clearly how much trouble he had caused Lu Fei in Sanping County!
If not handled properly, this group of excited believers will become crazy, and Sanping County will be in crisis!
For a moment, he even thought about death.
Should we take this group of people to Sanping County?
An Peilin thought about it again and again.
If they weren't taken with them, they would become a mobile source of infection, and millions of people in the west would be in danger of life and death! But if they were taken back, how could Sanping County handle so many people?
An Peilin always thought of that tough and thin figure in his mind.
City Lord, if it were you, what would you choose?
Will An Peilin become the sinner of the entire Jinzhou Prefecture?
He doesn't know, he doesn't know.
His mind was in a mess and he could only rush forward based on instinct!
They finally arrived at the territory of Sanping County. They were the first group to rush out on horseback, so they were the fastest.
Most people are still behind.
They relied on their legs to follow their footsteps.
From afar, you can see the city wall of Sanping County, with the flag of Jinzhou Prefecture flying on it, fluttering in the wind.
A few kilometers away from the city wall, Granny Yinhua ordered An Peilin and Sun Ping to dismount, and then more than a dozen people rushed up and pinned the two men down.
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