Six members of the Dou and Gong families who rushed to Hongnong County disappeared.
Hongnong County encountered a horde of monsters.
The two vassal kings' armies suffered heavy casualties, and all their men were trapped in the city, like turtles in a jar.
It took two days for Huayin County and Lu's County to receive the news.
When the two families heard the bad news, it was like a bolt from the blue, and they sat in the hall with pale faces.
Someone is missing?
How could it be...
The three county towns are adjacent to each other and the distance between them is not long.
The six Dou and Gong clansmen had all traveled by carriage, and because they were in a hurry, they had very few guards with them. If they had seen a monster, they should have had enough time to escape.
There is also the situation in Hongnong County.
The county gates were reinforced in the summer, but it is not known whether they can withstand the impact of monsters. You know, the monsters in the daytime are already scary enough, not to mention they will become stronger at night.
How many days can the city gate hold out?
Hongnong County, as the seat of Hongnong County, has four city gates. I am afraid that the people inside will choose to break out by force after they are prepared.
Where will they escape to after breaking out?
In winter, the temperature is extremely low and it is difficult to survive outside.
The nearby Huayin County and Lu's County are definitely the first choice!
"Get ready for battle." An old voice sounded.
The person who spoke was Dou Zheng, the patriarch of the Dou family.
He was old and had been recuperating after catching a cold in the winter. When he heard the bad news, he ignored his illness and walked out with the help of others.
“Chief!”
"Mr. Dou!" Everyone below, including the Gong family members who stayed in Huayin County, bowed respectfully.
Dou Zheng nodded, slowly moved to the front of the couch and sat down. He coughed twice and said slowly, "I know very well that the six young masters of the family are missing, and you must be very anxious."
"But the enemy is clearly coming towards us. We should make pre-war deployments and be ready to support Hongnong County at any time." If we go out to look for people in a high-profile manner at this time, we might fall into the enemy's trap.
We must put the overall situation first.
The old patriarch said earnestly, "I hope you all understand the principle of the lips and teeth being cold."
Everyone below remained silent after hearing this.
Although the children of aristocratic families are from collateral branches, how many of them are truly stupid?
Once Hongnong County falls, if they only care about their own safety, the enemy will take advantage of this opportunity to defeat them one by one.
Let’s forget about the daily quarrels. Our common goal is those monsters. We can discuss the rest of the matters after we have eliminated those monsters.
Whether it is to save people or find those enemies, tens of thousands of monsters are like a knife hanging over your head, and they must be eliminated.
"Yes! The younger generation and others know."
The two Dou family members stood up and said respectfully, "Nephews will go down and make arrangements right away."
The three great families' decision to each garrison a city and swear to advance and retreat together now seems to have been extremely prescient.
Not putting all the eggs in one basket also leaves Hongnong County with two options for retreat.
As long as people escape and flee to Huayin and Lu's respectively, the pressure will be dispersed. In addition, with two armies there, everyone will be able to fight, and things may not be as bad as imagined.
Those who hide behind it and do bad things will be found out sooner or later.
However, the eyes of several members of the Gong family flickered, and some of them looked at each other quietly. Some of them had complicated expressions and turned their heads away awkwardly.
It was not as easy as the Dou family thought.
The Gong family of Qichuan is different from the other two families. The family is not united. Everyone does not seem to be a clan member, but rather seems to have some deep hatred.
This is indeed the case.
In the past, the relationship between the direct lineages was delicate, and the collateral lineages had even had people die in internal strife. The county was also divided into two, and no one could predict what the situation would be like in Lu's County once the escapees arrived.
I just hope that no one will do anything stupid at this critical moment.
A few more days passed.
Because six sons of the two major families disappeared, the gates of Huayin County were closed, and people were sent to patrol the city walls non-stop. They did not dare to take the risk of sending anyone out, and contact with the neighboring Lu's County was also cut off.
The zombie army outside Hongnong County was still frantically banging on the city gate, and no news came from inside the city.
Just when Huayin County was on high alert.
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Wei Xiyin also led the team to walk arduously on the Youzhou official road.
The snow on the official road was above the calves, making it very difficult to walk.
After entering the twelfth lunar month, the temperature gets lower and lower.
The snow boots they wore were very long, but broken snow still got into the soles of their shoes. After a while, their feet were frozen and numb.
Strangely enough, there weren't many zombies along the way.
The scouts exploring the way ahead dug through the thick snow and found the zombie corpses lying on the ground, which had turned into ice sculptures.
The further we walked, the more corpses we saw along the way.
The heads of these corpses had been destroyed with knives. The knives already available to the imperial court were all very similar, so it was difficult to tell what they were.
"So, has anyone walked this way?"
Wei Xiyin was slightly surprised when she heard the scout's report. She spoke with difficulty in the snow and wind, "Then where is the destination? Is it Kyoto?"
Gong Chun replied calmly, "It could also be a local survivor."
Unfortunately, all traces along the way were buried by snow.
Unable to identify.
However, there are some differences in the appearance of zombies in summer and winter. After careful comparison by Chang Ying, those zombies should have been killed by someone stabbing them in the head with a knife when winter came.
Wei Xiyin said to herself, "There are many prefectures and counties in Youzhou that need to pass through, such as Xuzhou and Qingzhou next door. They all have to take this road to get to Kyoto. Of course, it is not ruled out that the local people did it."
Whoever it is, it's a good thing.
The Qinghe Wei clan is not the only one holding official positions in Kyoto. There are also people from noble families all over the country in the capital. She secretly hopes that other clans will come to the capital to rescue people. Then, if they meet them, they can form an alliance and search for people together.
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