Chapter 69 Set fire and burn the city!

In addition to the patients, the Gongsun family of Tongmenguan also sent a lot of helpers.

Gongsun Yue was overjoyed, and he immediately counted the people.

Taking the opportunity of sending patients, the Gongsun family sent more than a thousand people this time. Although compared with the army outside the city, these more than a thousand people are nothing, they are also a great help.

The officers from other counties and towns had no idea about the fire in Xiaoye City. They just regarded it as an ordinary official business. After settling the patients, they planned to leave.

Not long after they walked out of the city, they were all stopped back, and these officers panicked all of a sudden.

"What's going on?"

"Why won't you let us go?"

"We have completed our mission, and our families are waiting for us to go back!"

"I have been very careful along the way, I am not infected with the disease, let me go."

The officers kept begging, but no one responded.

Other patients with the disease also realized that something was wrong, and they also began to beg, but how could their begging work?

Now it is not Tang Shi who is besieging Xiaoye City, but Sun Xing. He is sinister and ruthless, and his soldiers are all lawless. If they are angered, they will really kill people!

Those who want to force their way out will be killed by them without hesitation, and hundreds of people will die soon.

Seeing this, those people dare not continue to break out, and can only return to Xiaoye City in despair.

The people of Xiaoye City persuaded them very calmly and actively invited them to join the plan to save Xiaoye City.

"It's useless. How can we beat so many soldiers outside? They want to burn us to death. No matter how we resist , it's useless."

"Yes, this is the will of His Majesty. If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die. What's the point of our resistance?"

The newcomers were very negative. They had already contracted the epidemic and their time was running out. Now that they heard the news, they had no extra emotions except disappointment.

If you get the epidemic, you will die. If you are burned to death, you will die. Why do those meaningless things?

[Everyone seemed to be in a very sad mood.]

Gan Tian looked at these newcomers, each of whom was so negative, and couldn't help wanting to comfort them.

But how to do it?

Food!

Nothing can soothe people's hearts better than delicious food!

Sweet fruits were exchanged from the system supermarket.

Various kinds of fruits appeared in front of the people. The people had never seen them before. They studied them and knew how to eat them.

The fruits in the system were big and round, delicious and nutritious. When you are sick, your resistance will be poor. Eating these fruits can replenish your physical strength and nutrition. It is just right to eat them.

The scene of fruits falling from the sky also made people believe in the legend of the goddess.

The patients in other towns were still a little skeptical, but the patients in Mubei were already kneeling on the ground.

"Goddess, Goddess has appeared again!"

"With Goddess here, our illness can be cured."

"Yes, since Goddess has reminded us to save ourselves, then we will listen to Goddess!"

Seeing that the people of Mubei County admired Goddess so much, other people also asked about Goddess.

The people of Mubei County spoke eloquently and praised Goddess very much.

After hearing this, the people from other counties with serious illnesses were no longer as depressed as before, and cooperated with the treatment obediently. There were

also some people with milder illnesses, who stayed here to help build more epidemic prevention centers.

Those healthy people were only responsible for delivering the materials for the establishment of new epidemic prevention centers.

The new epidemic prevention center was built quickly. Although it was not gorgeous, it was very practical. Because it was built very large, the ventilation effect was also very good, and the patients felt very comfortable living there.

Under the leadership of Gan Fanren, they also found an empty refuge and even dug a tunnel to connect Tongmen Pass and Jianan Pass.

The tunnel was very wide, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, but considering the ventilation problem, Gan Fanren would not let so many people go in at the same time.

If they had to go in, they would let the children go in first. After all, children are the hope for the future. Only when the children are alive and well, Xiaoye City will have a future.

No one in Xiaoye City objected to Gan Fanren's decision.

Although there were a few selfish people who wanted to enter the tunnel, they dared not speak after being beaten up by everyone.

As time passed, everyone became more and more nervous. Even Gan Tian was infected by the atmosphere and became nervous.

[Today should be the third day.]

[Tomorrow at the latest, those people will set fire. I don’t know if Xiaoye City can survive.]

According to the previous plan, the people each performed their duties. Those who had no work went to the open space prepared in advance to take refuge there.

There was a water source there. Gan Fanren led people to dig trenches around the open space in advance to surround the open space.

There was enough sand, water, and food on the open space, enough for people to live.

Those who participated in the rescue checked house by house to ensure that everyone had reached a safe place.

At this time, Xiaoye City had been surrounded by soldiers.

Thousands of soldiers surrounded Xiaoye City tightly, holding torches in their hands, waiting for their generals to give orders and blow the horn, and then they would drop the torches in their hands.

Sun Xing looked at the time and shouted loudly: "Light the fire."

Just as the horn was about to blow, Tang Shi and his army came in a mighty manner.

"Let's see who dares!"

"As long as I'm here, don't even think about touching a hair on the people of Xiaoye City."

"Tang Shi, you are rebelling!" Yang Tongpan looked at Tang Shi, pointed his finger, and shouted loudly: "Burning Xiaoye City is in accordance with the order of His Majesty, are you going to disobey it?"

"A general is not subject to military orders when he is away from the court. What's more, His Majesty wants to burn Xiaoye City, where the epidemic is rampant. As far as I know, Xiaoye City has developed a treatment method."

"My people have already sneaked into Xiaoye City and seen that the people of Xiaoye City are already much better. As long as they are given some time, they will be able to completely defeat the epidemic!"

Seeing Tang Shi being so stubborn, Yang Tongpan narrowed his eyes.

"General Tang, you are young and arrogant and you can ignore His Majesty, but we can't. Xiaoye City must be burned today."

"Since General Tang doesn't know how to behave, don't blame us for being rude."

Yang Tongpan waved his hand, and General Sun's men started fighting with Tang Shi's men.

This was Tang Shi's territory, and Sun Xing's strength was not as good as Tang Shi's. He was almost suppressed by Tang Shi. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to spare Tang Shi and burn Xiaoye City.

Wu Zhi, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly jumped out. He brought his yamen runners and lit the firewood, and the fire started along the firewood.

Looking at the blazing fire, Wu Zhi's eyes became more and more excited.