After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1202 General Liang is Seriously Wounded

The soldiers at the city gate were selecting personnel, their voices almost hoarse from shouting.

The man who was refused service shouted even louder than him: "Why won't you take it? I already have a grandson. Can't I go to the front to provide protection for my children and grandchildren?!"

The notice stated that the compensation would be fifty taels of silver, and for three years after the death in battle, the family and descendants would receive three hundred catties of grain each year.

The Guo and Cui families would also exchange handwritten letters, so that if any of their descendants were ever bullied, they could take the letters to the Guo and Cui families for help.

They would also erect a monument at the place where they died, and carve their names on it, so that they could leave behind a good name and let this good name protect their descendants.

Good heavens! They were just a group of old people who farmed and did odd jobs. If they were killed by the carriages of noblemen, they would only have to pay ten to thirty taels of silver in compensation. But now the Wei army is giving them such a generous reward.

Moreover, if they survived, they could earn a wage of five taels of silver a month. After the war, a monument was erected in their honor to record their righteous deeds.

In short, neither death nor life is a loss.

Do it! Only a fool wouldn't!

“No!” the soldier refused. “Your son is too young, only in his early twenties. At that age, if there is any chaos, he will be terrified. If he is timid, he will go crazy from fright first and will have no energy to take care of his family.”

"So General Guo said that we can't accept people in their early forties into the team. You should go home quickly, because your family still needs people in their early forties like you to support the family."

This?
The men were stunned, realizing that what he said made sense.

But the uncles were also very passionate, saying, "What good are old men and women in their fifties and sixties? We're the ones in our forties who can fight! Hurry up and sign us up, we need to transport supplies and fight the enemy!"

"Yes, kill the enemy! Tianmang Prefecture has been slaughtered, and General Chi was torn to pieces by the beasts of Dongmo. Although he deserved it, General Liang was wounded and his fate is unknown. All of this was caused by those beasts of Dongmo. We, the young and in our prime, must go and kill the enemy!"

That's right, Tianmang Prefecture has been breached by the Eastern Desert army. General Chi was dismembered by the enemy general, and General Chi's son defected to the enemy, using his body to help them set a trap, causing General Liang to be injured and poisoned.

When the battle report reached General Guo of Taizhou Prefecture, he immediately published it, determined not to cover it up for General Chi's family.

"Uncles, General Chi's son was too young. He was terrified during the battle and was thus exploited by the enemy, which led to the downfall of General Liang. That's why General Guo didn't accept you into the team and wanted you to go home and become pillars of the family."

"Let's get out of here... Guards, take him away!"

The men, aged forty to forty-five, tried to argue, but were driven away by the soldiers.

"Ahem, I'm fifty-five years old, in the prime of my life, and, ahem, I'm signing up."

"Sixty-five, really sixty-five, just premature gray hair, not the kind that grows when you're old... I can still carry a load and run three miles in one breath without getting out of breath. I'm signing up, you kid, hurry up and register me, otherwise you're disrespecting the elderly."

Soldiers: "...Those who are sick, those who are too old and whose hands tremble, go home. Gentlemen, this is a matter of great importance concerning fighting the enemy and preventing the plague, please don't cause trouble!"

"Hey kid, how dare you talk to your elders like that?"

The registration area at the city gate was chaotic, but fortunately, the task of transporting the elderly was successfully completed.

The number of people recruited was quite large, totaling three thousand.

On the third day, the first group of elderly people being transported bid farewell to their families and, with the farewell of Madam Cui and others, traveled by car to the border of Tai Zhou Prefecture in the northeast and northwest.

After arriving at the destination, they set up camp and rested for two days before starting to transport supplies by manpower.

If their camp is infected, they will stop work and lock the plague in this area.

However, the elderly people were not afraid. They even thought, "As long as we keep the plague in this area, our descendants will be safe. It's worth it."

"Hey, we can make a lot of money."

"Good heavens, fifty taels of silver! Who would have thought I'd be worth so much in my life? I couldn't believe it when I heard the reward on the notice."

"Who isn't? My biggest fear now is that after we die, the compensation money won't be paid out." "If they dare not pay it, this old woman will haunt the people of Taizhou Academy even in death!"

"Yes, if they dare to embezzle our compensation money, we'll form another team of ghosts to go and collect the debt from the people of Tai Zhou Academy!"

No, old folks, please be reasonable.

What does this have to do with our Taizhou Academy?
We were the ones being ripped off.

Go find the Guo and Cui families, go find the Tai Zhou government office, go find the dog emperor!
Regardless, the old folks were convinced that if their descendants didn't receive the compensation money, it must be because the young masters of Taizhou Academy hadn't donated enough, or had only made empty promises.

After berating the people of Taizhou Academy, he brought up General Liang again: "Is General Liang dead? Is he going to die?"

"I don't know, but it's uncertain... If those beasts from the Eastern Desert can make rat plague, their poison-making skills must be very impressive."

"Does that mean General Liang is doomed?"

General Liang, who was being escorted by Jiang Dalang's troops to flee towards the capital city: "..." Thank you, please miss me.

The reason General Liang is still alive is because of the antidote prescription and medicine given by Qin Xiaomi and Xun Lao, as well as the royal secret detoxification method from Jiang Dalang's previous life.

Vice General Lang was cursing Chi Ling to death: "You dog, you're so brave for the frontier passes, yet you're so cowardly. You were scared out of your wits by the enemy and used yourself as a trap to harm General Liang!"

"How could he be so stupid? He's already here with us, and we have military doctors to detoxify him, yet he still listens to that beast and tries to kill General Liang!"

Deputy General Lang felt both hatred and disappointment towards Chi Ling.

Jiang Dalang understood Chi Ling's fear, because he had used this method on barbarian generals in his previous life... The harm to the mind is more effective than poison.

Poison can be cured with an antidote, but damage to the mind can turn a person into a puppet that can be completely controlled by others.

He only cares about what his master tells him to do.

Judging from Chi Ling's situation... there should be a complete set of medicines and taming techniques in the Eastern Desert that target people's minds and wills.

Slap, slap, slap! Deputy General Lang raised his hand again and slapped himself hard: "It's all my fault. If I had been more careful and disregarded the bond between us as the sons of comrades, General Liang wouldn't have been harmed!"

"Deputy General Lang, this is not your fault," Jiang Dalang said, trying to comfort him.

Actually, this matter is mainly General Liang's fault.

Compassion does not command troops.

General Liang was well aware of this, but he still risked meeting Chi Ling... Although they met from twenty meters apart, the main reason for the meeting was to obtain the latest confidential battle reports from Chi Ling.

But Jiang Dalang still believed that General Liang was too kind-hearted.

If it were him, he would never go to see Chi Ling, not even from twenty meters away, because that distance is within firing range.

General Liang was thus wounded and poisoned.

Chi Ling committed suicide on the spot, dying with a smile on his face, as if dying was a great blessing to him.

No one claimed the body, fearing it might carry rat plague germs, so it was left to rot in the wilderness.

"Report! General Alan and Doctor Ahe have arrived!" A guard announced from outside the tent.

The army would only stop to rest when they were removing poison from General Liang; otherwise, they would travel day and night to return to the capital city as soon as possible.

The attempt to block the enemy at Dong'ai County has failed, and now we can only retreat to the capital city and use its walls as a shield to fight a war of defense against the enemy.

(End of this chapter)