Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.

Smallpox has been contained. In the quarantine area, except for the soldiers who died from it and the seriously ill patients who managed to survive, the Southern Xinjiang Army and Canglan Navy have recovered 80% of their combat effectiveness.

Emperor Nanyue believed Nan Yiheng's words and rejected King Annan's suspicion, but he also sent another 100,000 naval forces to King Annan.

Although some people died in Wuzhou City, most of them were rescued.

The people's emotions gradually stabilized, but their hatred towards Nan Yue became deeper.

Many of the former young and strong men of Nanyue were guarding outside the General's Mansion, which was the former provincial capital, clamoring to join the army and avenge their dead relatives and friends.

Naturally, Yang Rong would not refuse this. After arranging people to register them, he put these new recruits into training.

Maybe they can't be used for the time being, but in time, they will be the best bargaining chips to destroy Nan Yue.

Everyone was waiting for Yang Rong's order to crush Nanyue's soldiers to ashes.

That day, in the meeting room of the general's mansion.

"General, should we continue waiting?" Chen Lin looked at Yang Rong with eagerness and anticipation in his eyes.

Yang Rong stood in the tent, looking at the map intently, his eyes as firm as iron: "Wait a little longer, let Nanyue relax a little more. They haven't completely let down their guard yet, we have to find the best opportunity to give them a fatal blow."

At this moment, a spy came in hurriedly and reported: "General, there is movement in the Nanyue military camp. It seems that new food and fodder have been delivered."

Yang Rong raised his lips and revealed a confident smile: "It seems that they can't hold back any longer. They must think that we haven't taken action for a long time and think that their plan has succeeded."

Liu Donglai nodded solemnly and said, "Then we should prepare for action. Now is the time when they are lax. If we take them by surprise, we will surely achieve amazing results."

Therefore, the Dongsheng army began to deploy in secret and in full swing.

The generals gathered together to discuss the battle plan, while the soldiers rubbed their hands, checked their weapons and equipment, and prepared to deal a fatal blow to Nan Yue.

The next day.

In the Nanyue military camp, Nan Yiheng was still dreaming in his tent, fantasizing about conquering Dongsheng in one fell swoop, making unprecedented achievements, and becoming the greatest monarch in Nanyue's history.

"Your Highness, it's bad, the Dongsheng army is attacking!" A soldier ran over to report in panic, his voice trembling.

Nan Yiheng woke up from his sweet dream, horrified: "What? How is this possible?"

He stood up hurriedly and put on his armor in a panic.

What's going on? Shouldn't Dongsheng be defending the city with trepidation? Why would they take the initiative to attack?

But he had no time to think at this time. Yang Rong led the main army like a tiger descending from the mountain and rushed straight to the Nanyue military camp.

The soldiers of Dongsheng have been frustrated for so many days and can no longer wait.

Their shouts were deafening, their morale was high, and they rushed towards the Nanyue military camp with overwhelming force.

Explosions rang out one after another in the Nanyue military camp, broken branches filled the sky, and the surviving Nanyue soldiers were frightened and fled in panic.

No matter how heart-wrenchingly Nanyue's generals shouted, the soldiers could not calm down.

After the explosion subsided, Yang Rong's vanguard team rushed in quickly like a sharp knife.

The soldiers fought bravely, swords flashed and blood splattered.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Seeing more and more of their own soldiers falling, while Dongsheng's soldiers fought more and more bravely as if they were not afraid of death, Nan Yiheng could not help but exclaim loudly.

Nanyue's generals were no fools and they quickly integrated the troops, but morale was extremely important when two armies were fighting.

Nan Yue’s morale is low now, and the possibility of a counterattack is slim, so they can only obey orders and retreat first.

However, the Dongsheng army would not let them go easily.

Liu Donglai and Chen Lin took the lead, surrounded from the left and right wings, and led the soldiers to chase and kill all the way.

The sounds of horse hooves and shouts of killing were intertwined, and the Nanyue soldiers threw away their armor and weapons and fled in all directions.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and corpses were everywhere.

Soon, Nanyue's military flag fell, and the food and grass were seized by Dongsheng. Countless soldiers who had no time to escape were slaughtered by the Dongsheng soldiers who caught up with them.

In their eyes, these people deserved to die.

Even if they are not the masterminds, they are the perpetrators.

They introduced smallpox into the Dongsheng army, into Yunzhou City and Wuzhou City, and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and colleagues.

The soldiers of Dongsheng were blood-thirsty, and no one in Nanyue survived wherever they passed.

In the end, Nan Yiheng fled Yunzhou desperately with nearly 100,000 defeated soldiers.

His face was filled with resentment, and he couldn't understand why everything he had carefully planned had turned out like this.

All his former ambitions turned into nothing at this moment, leaving only resentment.

The gate of Yunzhou city was opened again. Compared with Wuzhou city, this place is the real hell on earth.

They were also the first group of people to be poisoned, but they did not have the antidote left by Liu Xu.

Due to the poison and the spread of smallpox, the number of living people in Yunzhou City has been reduced to only one tenth of the original number.

Even though Yang Rong and his men had seen the tragic scene in Wuzhou City once, they were still terrified when they saw Yunzhou City.

How can the Nan family be a king after what they have done? How can they be worthy of being a king?

The streets were sparsely populated, and those who were still alive had numb expressions. It was not until the messenger ran back and forth in the city countless times and his voice was almost hoarse that changes slowly began to appear in these people's eyes.

"Am I hallucinating? They said they want to cure us?" a skinny man murmured.

Until the messenger ran by again, "All the people, please leave your house. If anyone is unable to move, please notify the nearest soldier immediately. There are famous doctors waiting at all the street corners..."

The sound faded away again, and the man woke up from a dream and immediately ran home, still muttering: "Madam, we are saved, the children are saved!"

He didn't even care if he fell down, he just got up and continued running.

Such scenes happened all over Yunzhou City.

The soldiers knocked on doors every house to check, sent the living to medical treatment, and carried out the bodies of the dead, which were taken to a place for centralized burning by special personnel.

When many houses were opened, there was no one alive and even the corpses had begun to rot.

Fearing that a new epidemic might break out in the city, Yang Rong immediately sent letters to Yuezhou City and Wuzhou City, requesting large quantities of mugwort, lime and vinegar.

Soldiers in the city had to disinfect every hour.

A large pit was dug temporarily on the outskirts of the city, but it was soon filled up. Yang Rong immediately ordered it to be burned and arranged for people to dig another pit nearby.

The fire burned continuously for three whole days, and the city and its surroundings were filled with a pungent smell of burning.

The living also cried for three days. There might be their relatives, friends, or neighbors in there...

As the disinfectants arrived, the soldiers began to disinfect the houses and streets.

For a moment, Yang Rong even thought about burning down Yunzhou City and rebuilding it.

However, when he looked at the living people, he finally gave up the idea.

Disinfection may be a little troublesome, but for these people, these are not just their belongings, but also the desire to survive.