All the armies that attacked Wu encountered problems, which were not war but more terrifying than war.
There was deathly silence wherever the army passed, and the entire Wu Kingdom seemed to be silent. There was no sound except the wind in the wildness, not even the chirping of birds. If this is the case with wildness, forget it, and it is also the same with Zhendian.
, even the copper cauldrons placed on the stoves in some houses were still steaming, but there was no sign of anyone.
"Search! Where have everyone gone?" Lu Meng ordered loudly: "Be careful, beware of an ambush."
This atmosphere was extremely strange. It didn't look like they were moving, let alone hiding in panic. Besides, when the people heard that Long Jun was coming, they would just go out of their way to welcome him. Hiding couldn't be justified. Lu Meng touched here, touched there,
The small table was spotlessly clean. It seemed that just a blink of an eye, this place was a bustling town.
"General! Come here!" A soldier shouted loudly outside the town and waved to Lu Meng.
Lu Meng hurried over with his soldiers. This was outside the town. Just next door to the town, a huge deep pit appeared in front of them. Waves of stench emanated from the pit. They didn't smell it because they were upwind just now.
Arrive. The pit is densely packed with corpses, including men, women, old people, children, and even cats and dogs.
"Wow..." Many soldiers vomited. The killing methods were extremely cruel, and some of them were almost chopped into pieces.
A large group of crows and other unknown birds gathered on the edge of the pit, sharing the "food". Lu Meng couldn't bear to look at it anymore, ordered the pit to be buried, and continued to move forward. He passed several villages and towns in a row, and they were almost all the same.
Situation. Lu Meng felt that something was wrong, so he immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Liao and stopped moving forward.
Lu Meng was not the only one to encounter strange things. Almost all the armies that attacked Wu State encountered such situations. The weather was hot, and those killed people and animals would soon rot, and bursts of stench were mixed with the hot air.
It can't go away for a long time. Sometimes when I drink water, I feel a strange smell in the water, as if the corpses got into the water source.
It stands to reason that if Zhang Cheng wanted to implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, there would be no need to be so cruel. What's more, the crops outside the city were not moved, and even everything in the town was there, not even moved. Zhang Liao was confused and didn't know what Zhang Cheng was selling in the gourd.
What kind of medicine? Since there is no resistance, the battle still has to be fought. If Wu can be captured early, maybe this mystery can be solved early.
However, things were not as simple as Zhang Liao imagined. On the second day after the discovery of those corpses, news of soldiers falling ill first appeared in Lu Meng's team. Then one after another, soldiers continued to fall ill. In some units, most of the people even fell ill.
Death occurred on the tenth day. The doctors accompanying the army tried many methods and tried many methods, but they still could not save the soldier's life.
After the first one, there was a second one, and then a third one. In just half a month, 20% of Zhang Liao's army was sick, and eight people had died. Like Zhang Liao, Gao Lan and Xu Huang's army also suffered
We had the same problem. Many soldiers said that the dead ghosts were looking for scapegoats, and then they were reincarnated. Some people said that there were evil spirits in the land of Wu State, so it was okay not to use them.
He said anything. Many people began to pray, but they continued to fall ill every day, and people died every day. The soldiers were panicked and could not muster the courage and spirit to fight. The plan to attack Wu had to be temporarily suspended.
Come down.
"Hahaha..." Zhang Cheng laughed loudly: "Sir, it turned out to be a clever plan. All three armies stopped, and our country, Wu, was saved!"
Zhuge Jin smiled: "Not only that, in another month, we can capture Chaisang without spending a single soldier, and then gradually encroach on the Tianlong Empire's territory. By then, the great Sima and the great general will be our Wu Kingdom's
The god of war."
"All this depends on Mr. Sima! I'd like to toast Mr. Sima!" Zhang Cheng clinked glasses with Sima Yi and drank.
Zhang Xiu looked at Sima Yi: "Mr. Sima, I don't understand something. Can you give me some advice?"
"General, please tell me everything you know."
"I just want to know why Mr. Sima is so sure that the Long Army will get sick, and it will be widespread. It is very likely that the entire army will be annihilated."
Sima Yi smiled slightly, and seeing Zhuge Jin, Zhang Cheng, like Zhang Xiu, all stared at him with wide eyes: "Since you all want to know, I will tell you, to be honest, I once learned some Taoism from Master Zhang Jiao back then.
It is a trivial matter to treat diseases and save people with Taoist techniques. Since it can save nature, it can also harm it. All we need to do is reverse the Taoist techniques."
"Oh..." The three of them suddenly realized that according to legend, Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves, could call upon the wind and rain, and spread beans to form soldiers. He could use talisman water to save people. It was by this method that he gathered 100,000 Yellow Turban troops and turned the world upside down. Zhang
Jiao is also from Black Ice, so it makes sense for Sima Yi to say so.
Zhang Xiu immediately asked: "Since it is an immortal technique, what is the meaning of killing people?"
Sima Yi frowned and coughed lightly: "This is a sacrifice. How could the gods help me without a sacrifice?"
Although Zhang Xiu helped the emperor do evil, the family tradition of the Zhang family was upright, and the children still had humanity in their hearts. When Sima Yi first proposed this plan, Zhang Cheng's hesitation was also because the humanity in his heart had not yet been wiped out. Between Sima Yi and Zhuge
After Jin's persuasion, Zhang Cheng compromised. Although Zhang Xiu didn't speak, he still felt uncomfortable.
Just because of Zhang Xiu's words, the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly dropped. Zhang Cheng began to ponder whether what he did was right. Sima Yi and Zhuge Jin looked at each other with serious expressions and didn't know what to think.
Long Fei was also shocked after receiving the news. This matter was very serious. There were tens of thousands of Long soldiers on the border of Wu State. If the disease could not be controlled, the consequences would be disastrous. According to the battle report, the disease was very dangerous, and
It spread quickly. The first word that came to Long Fei's mind was plague. I remember that in "Three Kingdoms", when Cao Cao conquered Jingxiang in the south, he either did not have enough fighting power or was defeated by the disease.
At that time, Cao's army was said to be one million, and most of the northern soldiers fell ill overnight. This caused Cao's army heavy losses, so he did not capture Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Could it be that he had encountered such a thing today. Xun Yu suggested that he send good doctors to the military camp immediately
, see if there is anything we can do.
Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were invited to the palace. Long Fei gave an overview of the situation: "What kind of disease do you two gentlemen think can cause our Long Army to suffer such a big loss?"
Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo looked at each other: "Diagnosing a disease requires seeing, hearing, asking, and asking. Your Majesty wants to ask so much. I really don't know. Only by truly seeing the disease can we use medicine. But judging from the old man's many years of medical practice, it is very
Maybe it’s the plague.”
"It really is a plague!" Long Fei took a breath. Plague does not refer to a specific disease, but a general term for highly infectious diseases. Sometimes there is one kind, sometimes there are several kinds. Most of them occur in nature.
After a disaster, the sanitation of water sources, food, etc. is not properly handled, resulting in diseases caused by certain deadly microorganisms.
Long Fei's conjecture about the plague was also well-founded. In various villages and towns that Long's army passed through, people were massacred, and the rotting corpses were exposed to the scorching sun. This was a hotbed for the growth of microorganisms. According to the distribution location, most of the corpses were close to water sources.
It is very likely that the soldiers used disease-containing water, which caused widespread illness. Various indications indicate that the plague was probably caused by man-made causes.
Long Fei nodded: "In that case, I'll ask you two gentlemen to go there. I don't know..."
"Don't worry, your majesty. The two of us will prepare it right away. Please also ask your majesty to prepare various medicinal materials in case you need it!"
Before Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji set off, Long Fei, based on his common sense, issued an order to have all the troops look for water sources again, as far away from the corpse pits as possible. At the same time, he ordered those corpses to be buried or burned to block them.
The source of the plague.
Such a big thing happened to the army. Naturally, Long Fei couldn't sit still. He explained everything and followed Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji to Lujiang. Zhang Liao bore the thorn to apologize, and Long Fei helped him up: "Wen
It’s far worse than this. The enemy is too cruel and doesn’t hesitate to kill people to stop our army from advancing. Wenyuan is doing things properly, so what’s wrong? Let’s talk about the situation first!”
Zhang Liao was moved and said quickly: "According to His Majesty's decree, we have found water sources again and isolated the sick soldiers. It seems that things have improved, and the number of sick people has decreased significantly."
"Very good!" Long Fei nodded: "Before the two miracle doctors Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji come to Lujiang River, everything must be careful, let all soldiers bathe regularly, and block the water sources flowing into the plague area everywhere. Anyone
Don’t come near!”
"You will finally understand!"
Although they didn't know what the disease was, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo worked together, using their knowledge of medicine and surgery, to interview soldiers at various stages of illness, and finally confirmed that it was boils. The disease first caused ulcers on the hands and feet, and then cavities spread to the internal organs.
Patients often think it is a mosquito bite and do not mind it. By the time the condition becomes serious, it is too late.
Leprosy was actually leprosy. There was no cure for this disease at that time. Even Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were at a loss. They could only prepare some decoctions and let those with mild symptoms bathe in the hope of being cured. The disease was already terminally ill.
, there was absolutely nothing he could do. When Long Fei heard the news, he was also frowning.
There were records of boils in the pre-Qin Dynasty, but there was no possibility of cure, and the patients could only watch helplessly before their eyes. Long Fei knew nothing about medicine, and what he knew was only a little bit about boils and dysentery.
It's hard to tell, let alone treat. Although the epidemic has been somewhat controlled under Long Fei's strict hygiene orders, many people still get sick or die every day.
Looking at those people whose hands and feet were ulcerated, and even their mouths and eyes were in disrepair, the Dragon Army soldiers gritted their teeth one by one. Because they already knew the reason, which was that the dog officials of Wu State used the corpses of ordinary people to infect their comrades.
After suffering such a terrible disease, if we don’t wipe out the Wu Kingdom, how can we be worthy of these comrades who are suffering in pain?