In the military tent of King Chuang in the south of Ye County, Liu Guoneng said: "Wang Chuang and I were friends for eight worshippers. Although we later parted ways and went our own ways, we never had any grudges in private.
If King Chuang is really kind, please leave this child alive after you kill me, and let your sister-in-law take him back to his hometown in Yan'an, without causing the death of my descendants, which is a shame for our ancestors."
Li Zicheng was also touched after hearing his words, and replied to him: "If you must die, what will happen after your death, but please don't worry. Your son is just like my son.
I will definitely send someone to escort him and his old sister-in-law to leave Ye County safely. Even if I don't kill any of your soldiers and generals, I will let them escort my sister-in-law and nephew back to their hometown in Yan'an.
I will arrange the travel expenses along the way and the money they need for their future livelihood."
Upon hearing this, Liu Guoneng immediately stood up, bowed deeply to King Chuang, and said, "Even if I die, I can rest in peace."
Li Zicheng seemed to be a little bit intolerant, but he turned around and looked around, only to see Liu Zongmin looking angry and Song Xiance winking at him frequently.
Then he said with tears in his eyes: "Junchen, I can no longer keep you. Personally, you and I are close friends, but when it comes to military law, I cannot allow you to defect to the imperial court and refuse to look back."
Please go out of the account."
He then glanced at Wu Ruyi, who immediately led four soldiers to escort Liu Guoneng out of the tent.
At this time, seeing no one around, he whispered to Bao Jiqiang, the leader of the trusted team: "Hai Ye sent a message from before, saying that Chen Tou wants to protect Liu Guoneng."
In addition, there are some scattered tribes in some key surrounding villages and castles with nearly one or two thousand troops. However, the standard camps of Wei Hui Prefect He Chongwu and Bing Xian Ji Youci each have only a few hundred recruits.
Training is intensifying.
He thought for a while before speaking again: "Dejie, your first priority after entering the city is to immediately find Liu Guoneng's family members, especially his eldest son Liu Shiwen, take strict care of them and deliver them to me as soon as possible.
Li Zicheng then remembered something and continued: "Liu Guoneng was my sworn brother. I originally wanted to save his family and stay with him to take care of him, but now that his youngest son committed suicide in our army, this matter has changed."
It’s not easy to handle.”
At this moment, Liu Jinhai, who was protecting Shen Shichun and his party, also received a letter from Chen Zhong, a guerrilla in the Mihe camp, asking him to try to focus on the intruders' movements in southern Henan.
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After you enter the city, you still have to arrest him and behead him in public to eliminate harm for the people. The military advisor of the Song Dynasty will enter the city with you to make announcements to pacify the people and pay for all kinds of crimes. The military advisor is fully aware of it."
After all, the armed forces in the villages around Mang Mountain are still local militia groups. Their main function is still to protect local security. They are not Zhang Cheng's private army and cannot be used at will.
Recently, Chen Zhong received a report that the rebels were rampant in southern Henan and had killed the governor Zonglong outside Xiangcheng. They were going north and then south, sometimes threatening Kaifeng and sometimes intimidating Nanyang.
Shen Shichun and his team achieved certain results by strengthening personal protection, first sealing off the epidemic area and then conducting general disinfection and cleaning, and isolated the patients in a certain area, and then used medicine and stone to rescue them.
Although Liu Tichun also gave himself the word "Dejie" as his nickname after he gained some fame among thieves, Li Zicheng and his wife, Liu Zongmin and other senior generals still like to call him Erhu.
The biggest gain for Shen Shichun and his party was that they met Wu Youxing, a famous doctor of the generation who also wanted to explore the pathology of plague, and traveled with him, and they benefited a lot.
After Liu Jinhai informed Shen Shichun and Wu Youxing of the matter, they believed that the epidemic in southern Jinan had eased, and they were about to go to Henan Province to further verify whether their theory was correct, so they headed west into northern Henan.
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After all, the thousands of soldiers and horses at the head of the three major villages around Mang Mountain on the south bank of the Yellow River were not Zhang Cheng's direct subordinates. If it weren't for the police in Mang Mountain, it would be difficult for Chen Zhong to call on even the troops of Zhang Cheng's brother-in-law Yang Shibin.
Now, he was appointed as a general under Liu Tichun, and he was trusted and reused by Liu Tichun. This time King Chuang ordered Liu Tichun to lead two thousand cavalry into the city. The first thing he thought of was Tong Shoushan's "Shanzi Camp".
During this period, he was also infected by the plague, but he survived through patient treatment. He further summarized his own theoretical basis, which also deepened his confidence in exploring the cause of the plague.
Li Zicheng thought that the child was going out to see his father's body. While he ordered his soldiers to chase him out, he also ordered that General Liu be put into a good coffin so that he could be buried alive.
At this moment, Bao Jiqiang nodded after hearing the words: "Master Shan, Master Hai said so, but now Liu Guoneng has been killed by King Chuang, how can he save it?"
Therefore, Chen Zhongcai sent his Chinese cavalry team and secretly sneaked towards Nanyang to wait for the opportunity. Liu Jinhai had been cooperating with Chen Zhong before, secretly contacting several local forces in southern Henan, and was more familiar with the situation there, so he made the move
Liu Jinhai comes over.
Even if they cannot be used by Zhang Cheng, at least they must be prevented from completely falling to Li Zicheng's side, so that the military of Yu Province can make a difference.
From then on, they traveled together to find ways to fight the plague. It was precisely because of Zhang Cheng's strong support that the prescriptions such as Dayuan Yin and Sanxiaoyin developed by Wu Youxing were also able to be used in Jinan.
It was widely used in local areas, and the plague was greatly alleviated.
However, Zhang Cheng was still more concerned about the several bandits in southern Henan who were loyal to the imperial court after being appeased. He specifically asked Chen Zhong to lend a helping hand to rescue them if possible, in order to divide and disintegrate the bandits' power in the future.
An introduction to.
Wu Youxing, whose courtesy name was Youke and whose name was Danzhai, was a native of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. He was a rare medical master in the late Ming Dynasty. However, due to the epidemic of epidemics in his hometown of Wuxian County for many years, "there were more than a hundred families in an alley, and no one was spared; and there were dozens of people in each department."
Mouth, no one survived."
"Two Tigers" Liu Tichun hurried to the military tent. He approached King Chuang and asked, "What is King Chuang's order? Do you want me to lead the troops into the city?"
So in this way, all Chen Zhong can call upon is the three thousand soldiers in his camp. But even if the bandits in Wei Hui Mansion have been wiped out by him, there will always be one army left to guard the Mihe River.
Chaoguan.
When King Chuang was about to speak, he saw a soldier running quickly into the tent and reported to him hurriedly: "Generalissimo, the child did not notice and actually committed suicide next to the body of Vice General Liu!"
"Yes, King Chuang."
He then said to a soldier: "Go and call the two tigers into the tent."
"Shan Ye" Tong Shoushan is now a leader in the camp. He was first assigned to the head of the cavalry team under Liu Fangliang, and later was sent to collect grain. He made many achievements, and his team became more and more powerful, so he
He formed a group and served under Liu Fangliang and Li Guo successively.
Most of Chen Zhong's power is concentrated in Jibei, especially in the territory of Wei Hui Mansion. In the past half a year, Chen Zhong followed Zhang Cheng's original instructions and expanded his subordinates to one team and three troops.
, its main barracks has more than 3,000 troops.
At that moment, Shen Shichun and his party were escorted by one hundred elite cavalry from the Dihe Camp Cavalry. Liu Jinhai and Tielin were able to lead a small number of elite cavalry, leading Chen Zhong and Wei Huaibing to prepare for the road. Ji Youci, Huaiqing Prefect He Chongwu and others
He wrote a letter in his own hand and rode straight to southern Henan.
Shortly after they entered the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan, they encountered a group of cavalry sent by the guerrilla Chen Zhong of the Mihe Camp. It was the troops led by Tielin, the commander of the cavalry unit.
And with the help of the Xuanfu army's remaining power after defeating Li Zicheng at the gate of Kaifeng City, they nominally brought them under the leadership of Zhang Cheng, and privately made promises to Liu Hongqi, Han Jiadi, Li Hao, and Liu Xuan, and tried their best to win over them.
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When Liu Tichun turned around and was about to leave, Li Zicheng remembered something again and stopped him and said: "Dejie, although Zhang Woyi, the magistrate of Yecheng, is a fellow Shaanxi fellow, he also urged Kaicheng to surrender, but this man is in Yecheng
For two years, corruption and perversion of the law aroused great public dissatisfaction.
It turned out that when Zhang Cheng left Henan and returned to Xuanfu, he left an order to Chen Zhong, which was to try his best to make friends and win over local forces from all over Henan in order to form a loose alliance.
Chen Zhong was originally a guerrilla general of the imperial court, and he also had the official reputation of guarding and preparing Ji Youci. In addition, Yang Shibin, Li Shidong, Xu Yousi and other local powerful people around Mangshan played a role in the fight.
After receiving Liu Tichun's military order, Tong Shoushan immediately gathered his cavalry, and the infantry would set off in advance with the army to station near Nanyang in preparation for the siege of Nanyang.
The soldier hurriedly reported back: "He looked at the body of Vice General Liu, cried a few more times, and when we were not prepared, he suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist and wiped it on his neck, slitting his throat."
It is for these reasons that Chen Zhongcai is extremely concerned about Li Zicheng's whereabouts. If Li Zicheng attacks Nanyang, he will be beyond his reach. As long as the local forces such as Han Jiadi in Xuzhou, Li Hao in Yuzhou, and Liu Xuan in Xiangcheng can't
Just go along with it.
There are nearly four to five thousand men and horses in Tong Shoushan camp, but there are only six to seven hundred cavalry. The remaining infantry are less than two thousand, as well as some of the warriors' family members.
Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, was shocked when he heard this. He hurriedly got up and went out of the tent to take a look, and saw that the child had indeed killed himself by slitting his throat with a dagger.
Wu Youxing was also very interested in Shen Shichun, especially because the masks Shen Shichun and his group wore were indeed much stronger than the piece of cloth he used.
Although the journey was thrilling, it was also extremely rewarding. In particular, Shen Shichun personally verified the theory put forward by Zhang Cheng, that is, the plague was probably spread through powder in the air.
Li Zicheng just sighed a few times and said: "I didn't expect this child to be so stupid and loyal. He was really taught bad by Junchen."
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Although it was not possible to rescue all patients infected with the plague, it greatly reduced the speed of infection and greatly limited the further spread of the plague.
He sighed, turned back to the military tent, and told Liu Tichun: "Dejie, you lead two thousand cavalry into the city. Since you are opening the city to surrender, try your best not to disturb the gentry and people in the city, and only pick up a few large households to supplement some money and food."
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While speaking, Wu Ruyi turned back and reported to King Chuang that the traitor general Liu Guoneng had been beheaded. At this time, Liu Guoneng's son couldn't help crying when he heard that his father had been beheaded, and he suddenly jumped out of Li Zicheng's arms.
He jumped down and ran out of the tent.
Although in the original history, Wu Youxing finally wrote the book "Treatise on Warm Epidemics" by combining his own clinical practice foundation, which opened up a new way to treat the syndrome and treatment of warm epidemics, but now his book "Treatise on Warm Epidemics" is not
It's far from a book yet.
He felt pained that the doctors at that time were all using typhoid methods to treat febrile epidemics, but often had no effect, so he began to work hard to explore the cause. He turned north from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, crossed Shandong, entered Henan, and then headed to Jinan, where he could
He said there was a plague there, and he appeared there.
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King Chuang asked: "How could such a good person commit suicide?"
Just because Liu Tichun was a little brother who grew up under their noses, they were used to calling him by his nickname. However, now that Liu Tichun has become a general, everyone has begun to call him by his first name in formal occasions. Only the president
The whistleblower Liu Zongmin still can't change.
It is precisely because of this that Wu Youxing also became very interested in the person behind Shen Shichun, because his theory was not understood by doctors of this era. However, General Zhang Cheng of Xuanfu also had this insight, but how did he make him
Not fascinated?
Liu Hongqi of Runing, Han Jiadi of Xuzhou, Li Hao of Yuzhou, Liu Xuan of Xiangcheng and other relatively powerful local forces in Henan Province had already established contact with Chen Zhong earlier.
King Chuang also kept stamping his feet, but now that the matter had come to this, what could he do?
Also, none of Liu Guoneng’s old subordinates and soldiers are allowed to be killed. Those who are willing to stay can be kept, and those who are not willing to stay will be given some money for travel expenses and then dismissed."
Haiye was Liu Jinhai, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, Yongning Bo, and Zhang Cheng, who sent secret activities in Jinan and Henan provinces. When Zhang Cheng sent troops to aid the Liao Dynasty, he was ordered to accompany the Xuanfu medical officer Shen Shichun to Jinan to investigate the plague.
Affection.
Chuang Li Zicheng sighed, stroked Liu Guoneng's son's head again, and said to him: "These are all official matters and must be done out of necessity. You don't have to be afraid, I will raise you like a father."
Tong Shoushan did not answer immediately. He first looked left and right, and then walked slowly back towards the place where the cavalry gathered. As he walked, he whispered: "Chen Tou had already sent Tielin to secretly lurk around Xiangcheng to contact him.
Han Jiadi in Xuzhou, Liu Xuan in Xiangcheng, and Li Hao in Yuzhou are powerful, so that they can jointly resist us if necessary.
"Erhu" is actually Liu Tichun's nickname, and his brother Liu Tiren's nickname is "Big Tiger", but he was killed by the Ming Dynasty army long ago.
Before King Chuang besieged Ye County, Tielin had already sneaked in with his men. He originally wanted to help Liu Guoneng guard Ye County, but unexpectedly he threw himself into the trap and came to die in King Chuang's camp."
Bao Jiqiang walked slowly beside him and asked softly: "Master Shan, what exactly is your order? To put it bluntly, don't you still believe us?"
Seeing that he was about to return to the cavalry if he went further, Tong Shoushan said bluntly: "I heard that Liu Guoneng also had an eldest son, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old. Now King Chuang has killed his father. This is
The blood feud for killing my father, we must try to leave this scourge to King Chuang."
He lowered his voice at this time and said: "When you enter the city later, you will take our old brother alone and form a team and run straight to Liu Guoneng's house. Use your camera to coordinate with Haiye and Tielin to protect him.