Gong Liulang half closed his eyes and said no more after hearing this.
Zhang Yuanyan hurriedly helped him into the house to apply medicine. It was called a house, but in fact it was a vacated warehouse that had been cleaned up and divided into small separate living rooms.
When applying the medicine, he discovered that although Gong Liulang's injuries looked serious, his muscles and bones were not injured. He would be able to recover after some time of rest.
This made Zhang Yuanyan feel relieved.
He was a little puzzled and couldn't help asking, "How did Liu Lang fall into the hands of those bandits?"
Gong Liulang lowered his eyelids slightly and replied calmly, "I was traveling and happened to pass by Gaoyi."
The disaster had not yet broken out at that time. As Tian San and his companions became bandits for a long time, they became more and more daring.
At first, they only dared to rob some passing caravans and wealthy businessmen. Later, after successfully hijacking several teams, they no longer asked about their identities and even dared to rob the caravans of wealthy families.
At that time, Tian San was afraid of being retaliated by the Gong family afterwards, so he wanted to kill Gong Liulang directly and destroy the body.
Who would have thought that someone in the team would mutate and a series of unexpected events would occur.
"I lured them to the granary and took this opportunity to escape." Gong Liulang did not hide it from him.
Zhang Yuanyan was at a loss for words when he heard this.
Those bandits are extremely daring. Once we contact the governor, we will send troops to wipe them out and avenge Liu Langjun.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanyan hurriedly said, "We sent scouts to Guangping a few days ago to ask Governor Gong for reinforcements. I believe the Governor will send someone over after receiving the news."
At that time, Liu Langjun can follow the people to Guangping. It will be safer to stay with Governor Gong.
Gong Liulang raised his hand and replied calmly: "There will be no reinforcements."
Zhang Yuanyan was stunned. "Why?"
Gong Liulang's next words were like a bolt from the blue, hitting him directly on the head.
"The imperial city has fallen, and the court... is gone."
The imperial court is gone? What does that mean?
Zhang Yuanyan's face turned pale, and he asked again with trembling lips, "What do you mean by that, Liu Langjun?"
"Don't you understand? The epidemic has also broken out in Kyoto, and Yizhou is isolated and helpless." Gong Liulang stood up and looked out at the flying snow, his eyes dark. "Even if my third uncle were still alive, I'm afraid he would be too busy to take care of this small granary."
Yizhou governed nine counties and kingdoms, and one hundred counties, with its seat in Guangping County.
Tian San's gang of bandits also benefited from Gaoyi County's geographical location, but even at such a close distance, many of them died when they came here.
Guangping County and Qinghe County are separated by hundreds of miles. In these chaotic times, it is almost impossible to reach the granary over this distance.
As the governor of Yizhou, Gong Changjun would never risk targeting the granary hundreds of miles away even if he was short of food, unless they had enough troops and transportation tools to ignore casualties and ensure that they could reach the granary and transport the food back.
"The Yizhou granary is in danger. Once the truth is known, I'm afraid the survivors in the surrounding counties will all set their sights on the granary."
"With less than a hundred of you, you can't defend this place at all."
Gong Liulang suddenly paused when he said this. He thought of the group of people who claimed to be bandits from Crow Mountain. He wondered if they, like him, had received news that the court was not there, so they dared to set their sights on the granary.
Zhang Yuanyan also understood. After figuring out the pros and cons, his heart sank.
The imperial court is gone!
Liu Langjun was right. Once the nearby counties began to run out of food and learned that the imperial court had disappeared, they would probably set their sights on the granary.
They are isolated and helpless and cannot defend this place at all.
But...how did Liu Langjun get the news?
According to Liu Langjun, he was kidnapped by that group of bandits before the disaster happened, so how could he know the situation in Kyoto?
Zhang Yuanyan was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask. As Gong Changjun's confidant, he knew a lot of information, for example, the Gong family was not as united as outsiders seemed.
"Then according to Liu Lang, what should we do now?" Zhang Yuanyan asked.
Gong Liulang did not answer immediately.
He lowered his eyes, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "Your Excellency may wish to ask for help from the noble families within your jurisdiction. Move as quickly as possible before anyone reacts."
Zhang Yuanyan was stunned. The aristocratic families under the jurisdiction?
The first thing that came to his mind...
Qinghe Wei family!
The Wei family is not only a prominent local family in Yizhou, but also has forts and camps to defend against foreign enemies. Most importantly, the Qinghe Wei family and the Qichuan Gong family are old friends and have a marriage relationship.
With Liu Lang coming forward and so much food as bargaining chips, the Wei family would probably be very happy to accept them.
He decided in his heart to follow Liu Langjun's advice and move as soon as possible.
At this time, a soldier came running over.
"Oh no, sir! Those masked bandits are back again."
Zhang Yuanyan: "......"
Gong Liulang chuckled, "That young lady is really brave. Master Zhang, why don't you just ask them directly how much they want?"
Anyway, they have already decided to move. It is impossible to transport so much food with less than a hundred people.
Besides, they knew nothing about the Wei family fort, and didn't know whether there were any survivors inside. The most important thing now was to get information as soon as possible, so why bother focusing their energy on this group of bandits?
………
Chang Ying, Qin Shan and others transported back another 5,000 shi of grain in just one hour.
When they came back, everyone looked strange, as if they had seen a ghost.
"Boss, the assistant pacification commissioner asked us directly how much food we needed..." Chang Ying's brows were almost knotted into a ball, "He even opened the door and let us go in and move it ourselves."
At first, Chang Ying and others were afraid that there was a conspiracy, and the guards remained highly vigilant after entering the granary. However, nothing happened until they had moved all the grain and filled the hundreds of wooden oxen and horses.
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