After the failed attempt to pretend to be dead, the sickly child was favored by the treacherous mini

The day Tian Ding arrived at the Eastern Border, the weather was a bit gloomy. The air was hot, salty and humid with a slight fishy and rotten smell, which made Tian Ding, who had lived in the Divine Capital for several years, very uncomfortable.

The guard who followed Tian Ding off his horse jumped up from the spot and jumped onto the back of the guard beside him: "There is... there is a rat."

"Hahahaha." The person traveling with him laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward: "You are a grown man, why are you still afraid of mice?"

Tian Ding looked in the direction where the guard's fearful eyes pointed. There were several times more rats here than he had seen before, and they were not afraid of the people walking on the road at all. They were truly too bold.

"Meow."

A series of cat meowing sounds were heard, and a group of soldiers pushed three or five carts full of bamboo cages towards the city. Through the gaps in the cloth, it was not difficult to see that the cages contained a group of nimble tabby cats.

The city gate, which was usually bustling with people, was now silent. The Tiger-Mighty Army soldiers guarding the city gate all wore white scarves. The green smoke rising from the city was filled with the smell of burnt fur and meat.

Tian Ding waved his hand towards the people behind him, and the accompanying guards handed over the clearance documents, and immediately the garrison soldiers walked out of the camp.

Even though one couldn't see the curve of his lips, the brightness in his eyes, which originally revealed fatigue, was enough to reveal his joy at seeing Tian Ding.

He handed a clean white towel to Tian Ding and his entourage and said, "Master Tian, ​​I will take you to the post station in the previous city. General Xiao Han will come to see you in person later."

While Tian Ding was tying his mask, a team of hunters carrying improved mousetraps entered the city gate.

Seeing that the people behind him were afraid of the rats that occasionally crossed the road, Tian Ding did not delay any longer. He got on his horse and followed the soldiers into the post station.

There were also a lot of rat-proofing equipment placed around the post station, but it was much smaller than that in the border town.

As he walked into the post station, Tian Ding asked about the current situation that was already clear in his mind: "Is there a rat infestation in the city?"

The young soldier became angry when he heard this, and his eyes were full of viciousness, as if he wanted to eat those Japanese pirates alive.

"It's not a natural rat infestation. It's the shameless and heartless people of the Eastern Japanese who secretly released the rats they raised into the city."

"Rats are not clean creatures to begin with. During this period, many of our brothers have experienced abdominal pain and vomiting."

"Not only did they resort to these disgusting and low-brow tactics, they also took advantage of our efforts to prevent the spread of the virus and eradicate rats to repeatedly provoke us at the border."

"General Xiao Han was completely pissed off. He personally led 3,000 troops out of the city yesterday. They will definitely not get any benefits."

The young soldiers were so proud when they mentioned Han Zhou, as if there was no battle that they couldn't win as long as Han Zhou took action personally.

"So the city is now under lockdown?"

"On the first day this happened, General Han ordered the city to be sealed off and the healthy people were sent out of the city. Even though we are strong and healthy martial artists, we can't handle this kind of disease. If the people get sick, there will be countless casualties."

Just when Shendu was trying to make excuses for the money, the Huwei Army, which was fighting against the Eastern Japanese, made the border town an isolated city in order to protect the lives of the people.

These military salaries, which arrived nearly a month late, were the means of food for the Huwei Army, which was fighting against the Eastern Japanese invaders, preventing and controlling rat infestations, and treating illnesses.

Tian Ding felt sad and painful.

"Aren't you afraid?"

After Tian Ding asked this question, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

Died of illness, starvation, or being killed by bandits.

They are all young men in their prime, who can be fearless of life and death?

"Not afraid."

The young soldier looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but the determination in his eyes came from his bones.

"Although I have never been to the battlefield, my father has always told me that our duty is to protect the land under our feet and the people behind us."

"If we are afraid, we will lose, and if we lose, our loved ones will die."

"Look, General Han is the same age as us, but he is not afraid. He was stabbed in the stomach by an ambushed soldier the day before yesterday, but he still led his troops out of the barracks holding a spear yesterday."

It is passed down from our fathers, generation after generation. The idea of ​​defending the country suppresses the fear of death.

It’s not that I’m not afraid, it’s that I can’t be afraid and I’m not allowed to be afraid.

"After the rat plague, there will definitely be an epidemic. When I return to the capital, I will send the best doctor to you."

Judging from the fact that these soldiers covered their faces with white towels, Tian Ding felt that the doctor must have given them some advice, and even a prescription for epidemic prevention must have been prescribed.

But no matter how good the doctors in this border town are, they cannot compare with those in the capital.

The young soldier smiled and shook his head: "General Han has already made arrangements. I heard from General Han's personal guards that the doctor will arrive in the next two days, and the epidemic prevention methods we are using now are all instructed in the doctor's letter."

Han Shudu felt that a doctor who could cure the plague must be right.

For a moment, Tian Ding didn't know what he could do for these border soldiers.

After touching his chest for a while, Tian Ding took out a silver note of 100 taels and handed it to the young soldier: "Take it, as a token of my gratitude for leading me on this journey."

"Master Tian, ​​you don't have to give me money."

Looking at the silver, the young soldier swallowed his saliva and couldn't bear to refuse: "Can you give it to General Xiao Han later?"

Touching his head in embarrassment, the young soldier explained, "Because we don't know when the military pay from the capital will arrive, we dare not eat too much this month, for fear that we will have no next meal after this one."

If Xie Nanxing had not stuffed silver into Han Zhou's pocket before he left, and if the shipbuilding method had not been broken through early on, the border, which is short of silver and food, would now be littered with the corpses of the Huwei Army.

Tian Ding, who is usually the best at handling all kinds of interpersonal relationships, could not make any promises or say any words of comfort to the soldiers in front of him.

Tian Ding hid the banknotes dryly in his sleeves.

The two soldiers who were driving away rats from Tian Ding's room came out, and the young soldier and his companions walked out of the post station.

Tian Ding took the last bag of dried meat and followed the three men closely, but after hearing what they said, he stopped all actions again.

"Lord Tian from the capital of gods is a good official. He just gave me a hundred taels of silver, but I refused. I thought if I gave the silver to General Han, maybe we could all have a good meal of meat."

"You don't need to eat a whole meal of meat, just eat a bite of meat, a bite of meat."

"Let General Xiao Han and General Han have a bite when the time comes. I heard from the guards that they have only had one meal a day these days."