Chapter 257: Chen Ping's Final Madness

Chang Shuwen nearly fainted.

Dunhuang is a large city with a population of four hundred thousand!

In the end, it still could not escape the invasion of malaria. That night, one person died, and their family members followed with malaria; before the city could even begin screening and setting up cordons, this terrifying plague had already spread.

Chang Shuwen sat slumped in the Taishoufu, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's over..."

He suddenly jumped up: "Seal the city, quickly, seal the city, do not allow anyone to leave the city!"

"Yes!"

Things having reached this point, what other Method was there!

The first order was to seal the city! Then Chang Shuwen began to organize the physicians from all the medical clinics in the city to start treating these patients, and he issued a death order: every household must stay in their own home and could not leave the city.

Overnight, Dunhuang fell.

In fact, from the moment the corpses of those who died from the plague were thrown into the moat, all of this had already been destined.

The water source was contaminated, so what other Method was there?

The entire Longyan was shocked.

In the history of the Longyan Dynasty, there have been several very serious plague outbreaks; each one was a nightmare from which one could not wake, with population drops that could be recorded in the history books.

A single plague could easily run rampant through Longyan for several consecutive years. Each time, the population of Longyan would plummet; in ancient times, people were just this powerless when facing a plague.

Therefore.

At this time, no one dared to lower their guard.

The whole country took action.

The Imperial Examination pilot program, which had just been the talk of the town, was instantly overshadowed by the plague. The Longyan people still had some hot-blooded men. From Jinghua, the various Feudatory Kings sent physicians one after another, and the imperial court also dispatched imperial physicians to reinforce Dunhuang.

At this time.

People seemed to have completely forgotten that the Yinzhou army would be arriving at Dunhuang in three days.

Overwhelmed.

Liangzhou entered a state of being overwhelmed.

Chen Ping of Liangzhou Prefecture.

Had not expected that things would develop so rapidly, so fiercely, and so uncontrollably. All of a sudden, he became the target of everyone's blame.

Some were already suspecting.

That this plague was the Liangzhou Prefecture deliberately releasing the refugees from Changzhou.

Of course, there was no evidence for this; it was just a rumor.

Chen Ping was not afraid...

However, poor supervision, lax governance, and negligence in official duties—regardless of the outcome, these would be the charges Chen Ping was about to face.

Yet...

He did not feel any regret.

Chen Ping was a very ambitious man.

His dream was that he could continue to rule Liangzhou, and once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he would be granted the title of a Feudatory King! By then, he would be like the Prince of Wei, becoming a King of a Different Surname of the Longyan Dynasty!

At that time, with a wave of his hand, his hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou Elite Cavalry would be invincible in the world; who would dare to oppose him again?

The Liu father and son wanted to obstruct him?

Impossible!

They could not!

Isn't it just a population of four hundred thousand?

He had a population of seven million in Liangzhou; what was there to fear in losing four hundred thousand! As long as he could keep that Liu father and son in Dunhuang, all of this would be worth it!

One general's success is built on ten thousand withered bones.

It has been so since ancient times!

Therefore, no matter how the entire Longyan was currently denouncing him, he remained as steady as a mountain.

On the surface, he acted as if he were actively fighting the plague.

In secret, he was waiting for the arrival of the Yinzhou army.

Is this pot enough for you all to drink?

Just when the ninety thousand Yinzhou troops were only three days away from Dunhuang.

Zheng Yueru rode at full speed and appeared before Liu Zheng.

Looking at the dusty appearance of the beauty before him, Liu Zheng could not help but feel a pang of heartache and asked, "Yue Ru, what is this?"

Zheng Yueru said urgently, "Brother Liu, you must absolutely not take the route through Dunhuang; you must detour!"

Everyone was shocked.

Detour?

What kind of detour at this time? If they were to detour, they would likely have to walk for another half a month, and besides, Liu Zheng had to take Dunhuang this time.

Zheng Yueru smiled bitterly: "A large-scale plague has broken out in Dunhuang; you cannot go there."

"What?"

Liu Zheng could not help but cry out.

Qingyang Shuo, Liu Dahao, and the others also looked at each other in dismay.

Is it such a coincidence?

The plague in the Yinzhou army had just passed, and now there is another plague?

Liu Zheng frowned: "What plague?"

Zheng Yueru said: "Malaria!"

Malaria again!

Liu Zheng hurriedly asked: "Dunhuang?"

Zheng Yueru took a sip of the water Jiang Xuan handed her and nodded: "An epidemic broke out in Changzhou this year. A few days ago, due to poor supervision in Changzhou, the west gate was blown open, and a large number of people fled Changzhou, heading toward Dunhuang. Now, the epidemic in Dunhuang has also spread... This... Brother Liu, we must change our route!"

Qingyang Shuo's eyes lit up: "Was this Chen Ping's doing?"

Everyone was shocked.

Even Liu Zheng gasped sharply.

Is this Chen Ping trying to get himself killed!

Liu Dahao's expression changed drastically: "He is playing with fire! He is making a mockery of the common people of the world!"

Jiang Xuan also had a face full of murderous intent: "Young Master, give me fifty thousand troops, and I will go burn this bastard to death!"

Liu Zheng waved his hand and fell into deep thought.

In an instant, he could almost figure out what was going on. For Liangzhou Prefecture, taking the route through Dunhuang was almost a dead end. But Chen Ping was certainly unwilling to accept that!

Take the route?

It's easy to say.

Once you truly arrive in Dunhuang, would you still be willing to return Dunhuang to Liangzhou Prefecture?

Find a Method!

No matter what Method it takes, we must organize the triumphant army of Yinzhou to occupy Dunhuang!

Thus, this ruthless, vicious scheme that disregarded the safety of the world's people was put into use.

Liu Zheng was furious, cursing angrily: "Old thief Chen Ping, to commit such an act that enrages both man and god, this time, you will certainly not escape the judgment of the world!"

He was truly enraged.

When thirty of his own thousand soldiers died, he felt incomparable heartache.

But that Dunhuang has four hundred thousand people!

How could he commit such a beastly act!

Could it be that this is the moral compass of the people of this era!

He could not tolerate it!

Zheng Yueru said anxiously: "Brother Liu... no, what is this smell?"

She wrinkled her beautiful nose.

Jiang Xuan could no longer hold back and burst into laughter: "Sister Yue Ru, our Yinzhou army has become a stinky army!"

Everyone laughed out loud.

Everyone had a bundle of Artemisia annua tied to their horses; the smell was simply indescribable, but over these past few days, they had grown accustomed to it. Come to think of it, if they didn't smell this scent for a day, they really couldn't sleep. Who let this thing give them such immense peace of mind?

Zheng Yueru looked annoyed: "Still laughing, Liangzhou is about to fall into chaos..."

Qingyang Shuo smiled faintly: "General Zheng, calm down. Although Chen Ping's scheme is vicious, this time, it plays right into the Young Master's hands! I fear Chen Ping is going to lose Liangzhou this time!"

"What?"

Zheng Yueru trembled all over.

If Jiang Xuan had said this, she naturally wouldn't believe it, but since it was Qingyang Shuo who said it, she was a bit confused.

While the people of the world were spitting on Chen Ping for his ruthlessness, in reality, they were all marveling at the unsolvable nature of this move in their hearts. They were all waiting to see the Liu father and son make a fool of themselves.

Yet you now say that Chen Ping's move plays right into our hands?

Liu Zheng also smiled faintly: "Since Chen Ping has sent me such a great gift, how could I hand it over to others?"

"Head to Dunhuang, to save the world and its people!"

The ninety thousand Yinzhou troops roared in response.

The momentum was like a rainbow.