Volume 7 Ma Mingfeng Xiaoxiao, the boy is raising his sword Chapter 253: The Great Plague
Jiuzhang.
The stalemate between Xiao Yuanche and Shen Jizhou continues.
Xiao Yuanche had avoided fighting for several days.
During this period, Shen Jizhou tried to attack the city several times. On several occasions, he built a ladder on the city wall and rolled wood and stones under it, stubbornly repelling Shen Jizhou's attacking soldiers.
The anxiety of the war was not what worried Xiao Yuanche the most.
The person that worries Xiao Yuanche the most right now is Su Ling.
Two days ago, although Su Ling was weak, he could still walk. He even struggled to go to a noodle stall in the city to eat noodles. Although he couldn't eat much, he still insisted on going. Every time, he would tell the old man at the noodle stall. In other words, have a few sips of wine before leaving.
But starting from last night, I suddenly developed a high fever for some unknown reason, and my whole body was sometimes awake and sometimes comatose.
Xiao Yuanche got the news this morning and personally took the military medical officer to visit him. Su Ling's face was as pale as paper money and his breath was as thin as a thread. If his chest hadn't been rising and falling slightly, he might have been a dead man lying there.
Xiao Cangshu cried several times, and Xiao Yuanche was also upset and urged the military doctors to diagnose and treat him. After checking his pulse, the military medical officers shook their heads and sighed, saying that the medicine and stone were useless, and this man was about to die.
Guo Baiyi's eyes were dull and his eyes were red. He just sat there blankly, saying nothing.
Xiao Yuanche felt depressed in his heart and rewarded those military medical officers with ten sticks, telling them to get away as far as they could.
In less than an hour, the entire Jiuzhang military camp learned the news that Su Ling was critically ill.
Xiao Yuanche and others were even more confused and had no intention of fighting Shen Jizhou anymore.
But Shen Jizhou is really a ignorant guy. He seems to have done it on purpose. He has already cursed several times outside the city this morning.
Huang Kuijia was sad and angry. He suddenly got confused and returned to the Hantian Guard camp alone. He ordered five hundred Hantian Guards and wanted to open the city gate and kill them in order to vent his bad temper.
However, before the city gate was opened, someone had already informed Guo Baiyi and Xiao Yuanche.
Xiao Yuanche suddenly became furious and asked Zhang Shiyou and Xu Baiming to accompany Guo Baiyi to the city and tied up Huang Kuijia to see him.
Huang Kuijia was tied up and met Xiao Yuanche.
This man just cried loudly, feeling sad and desolate.
This made Xiao Yuanche kick him and make him run away as far as he could.
After everyone dispersed, only Xiao Yuanche and Guo Baiyi were left in the main hall.
The two of them looked at each other without saying anything, and both shed tears silently.
The day went on like this until night.
I thought I could always breathe a sigh of relief at night, but blessings never come in pairs and misfortunes never come singly.
First Zhang Shiyou, then Xu Jinghu, Xu Baiming, and Xia Yuanrang came to report one after another.
In the end, all the leading generals came to Xiao Yuanche in panic.
It turned out that for some unknown reason, countless soldiers in each camp fell ill within one day, and their symptoms were all the same as Su Ling's.
All the soldiers who fell ill were suffering from persistent high fever, unconsciousness, alternating cold and hot, and were even as white as paper.
The military medical officers were very busy at this time. They had received the board themselves, and now their buttocks hurt badly. However, seeing the soldiers falling ill one after another, they had no choice but to grin, turn around and stick out their buttocks to go to each camp to provide medical care. Those soldiers who were sick were treated by doctors.
Xiao Yuanche was so worried that he didn't sleep all night.
The strange thing is that for some reason, Shen Jizhou's soldiers and horses hardly attacked the city that night, and they did not call a formation.
This was finally the only thing that comforted Xiao Yuanche.
But the genius had just dawned, and Cheng Gongjun and Chen Shangzhi came in a hurry, with solemn expressions on their faces.
After listening to their reports, Xiao Yuanche realized that almost every household among the hundreds of ordinary people in Old Zhang City fell ill. According to Cheng Gongjun, the symptoms were exactly the same as those of Su Ling and the soldiers in the camp.
Just after Mao Shi, the generals of the various battalions were rushing around to report the disease. Forty-five out of ten soldiers in each battalion fell ill, and the symptoms were the same as before.
Xiao Yuanche looked solemn, as if he had thought of a terrible thing.
He was about to say what he was thinking, but he saw Guo Baiyi shaking his head with a solemn expression.
Xiao Yuanche immediately understood what Guo Baiyi meant, and then he reluctantly listened to their reports and asked them to return to their camps and pay attention to the soldiers' situation at all times.
After everyone left, Xiao Yuanche asked: "Bai Yi, I wanted to speak just now, why did you stop me with words?"
Guo Baiyi looked solemn, stood up slowly, walked out of the main hall door, looked outside a few times to make sure there was no one around, then walked back, sat across from Xiao Yuanche, and gave Xiao Yuanche a meaningful look.
Che, Fang Jiang lowered his voice and said: "Lord, Baiyi knows what you want to say to the generals..."
"Oh?" Xiao Yuanche raised his eyebrows, but said nothing, waiting for Guo Baiyi to say something.
"My lord, do you think that the illnesses contracted by the soldiers in the camp, including Su Ling, and the people in the city are not ordinary illnesses? Their symptoms are all exactly the same. Although they vary in severity, they all have high fever, and they are always awake and awake.
Coma, hot and cold. So, my lord, do you think this disease is...a plague?"
Guo Baiyi's voice was low, but he didn't make any attempt to hide it.
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, his eyes trembled, and then he sighed and said: "I think they are almost the same. If it weren't for the plague, why would their symptoms be almost exactly the same."
Guo Baiyi nodded with a heavy expression and said: "My lord, I think this disease must be a plague. Su Ling should be the first person to be infected with the plague, but I am a little strange. I, Cang Shu
My lord, and even all the generals have communicated with Su Ling, why don't we all get this disease?"
Xiao Yuanche shook his head and said: "This is something I am not sure about. The plague is raging. If it becomes contagious, no one can escape the fate of being infected as long as there are people in contact. Bai Yi still remembers that Dajin
In the more than 600 years since the founding of the country, there have been three major plagues reported in this dynasty alone..."
Guo Baiyi nodded and said: "Why don't Baiyi remember that in the fifth year of Chunguang of the Great Jin Dynasty, malaria was prevalent in Huainan? Every family suffered from the pain of zombies, and every room had wailing mourning. Some people died with their doors closed, or others lost their clans and died.
...another three years
There was a great epidemic in Gyeonggi, Zhili, and tens of thousands of people died every day. The sick vomited blood like watermelon water and died immediately. The death bed was littered with nine empty houses, and even all households were wiped out, and no one could restrain them. The Baiyi clan died from that plague.
Almost dead!"
Guo Baiyi looked sad, shook his head and sighed.
Xiao Yuanche also shook his head and said: "Plague is the most terrible suffering in the world..."
Guo Baiyi nodded heavily and said solemnly: "No matter the court or the place, everyone's color changes when they hear about the plague. People are even more panicked and chaos occurs frequently. Now our army is fighting fiercely with Shen Jizhou. Even if the lord is completely sure of the situation in the old Zhang City,
Sickness is a plague, and it cannot be announced in public, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable and the overall situation will be useless!"
Xiao Yuanche was speechless for a long time. After a while, he sighed and said helplessly: "I don't know what you think, but I can't just keep it secret. Although this situation can be stable for a while, if the time is a little longer, more
If soldiers get sick, paper can’t stop the fire after all. By then, won’t the morale of the military be even more unstable..."
Guo Baiyi pondered for a long time and then said: "Baiyi thinks that we should do three things now..."
"Speak quickly!" Xiao Yuanche said urgently.
"First, we should call the generals of each battalion one by one, explain this matter to them, and strictly order them to spread the word, so as not to leak the news, which will be detrimental to the morale of our army. After they return to the camp, all the sick people in each battalion should be counted.
Concentrate them in a separate area, and the tents and utensils in the area must be the same as those in normal military camps, so as not to make people notice anything unusual."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "Of course, these people who are already infected will be gathered in one place to prevent the plague from spreading further."
Guo Baiyi nodded and said: "Secondly, let Boning take the lead and the Shadow Division secretly guard the area around the plague tent. No one is allowed in or out. If anyone breaks in or escapes by force,
, shoot him immediately!"
Xiao Yuanche heard this and looked up at Guo Baiyi, but saw a cold light shining in Guo Baiyi's eyes as he spoke word by word.
"But..." Xiao Yuanche hesitated.
"My lord, emergency measures should be taken in emergency times. These people have already been infected with the plague and most likely will not survive. If the lord cannot bear to let one of them go, a series of generals will be implicated!
"Guo Baiyi advised.
"Okay..." Xiao Yuanche had no other choice but nodded.
"Third, immediately check all water sources in Jiuzhang City and the grain and grass stored by our army to see if there is a problem with the water source or grain and grass, which would cause the plague. The plague must be completely cut off from the source!" Guo Baiyi said urgently.
After Xiao Yuanche heard this, he said: "For the current plan, this is the only way, but even if it is done like this, the effect will be unknown."
"Lord, do your best and obey fate. We must always do our best to maintain our current available combat power!" Guo Baiyi said seriously.
After Guo Baiyi finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something. He paused and said, "Since the Lord agreed to set up the epidemic tent, I wonder if Su Ling will..."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he waved his hands fiercely and said: "How is it possible? This is my long history. He does not need to enter the epidemic tent. I want him to stay well where he lives, and I will do my best to save him alive!"
Xiao Yuanche said every word with a very firm attitude.
When Guo Baiyi heard this, he was very moved. He suddenly bowed to Xiao Yuanche and said, "Your Majesty, Guo Baiyi, thank my lord for Su Ling!"
Xiao Yuanche took Guo Baiyi's hand and said: "Baiyi, you and Su Ling are both my arms. I don't want anything to happen to either of you. Although you are fine now, you have to be careful. If you go back today, you will be alone."
Just find a room and live with Cang Shu..."
Guo Baiyi nodded and said, "I understand!"
Guo Baiyi said again: "My lord, military medical officers have limited medical skills after all. I thought that I would inform you as soon as possible, saying that there might be a plague in Jiuzhang, and let him come to the palace to see the emperor quickly, but I could not tell the emperor the truth. I only said
The battle with Shen Jizhou was fierce, with heavy casualties every day, so the emperor ordered ten imperial doctors in the palace, led by Chief Medical Officer Ding Yan, to arrive at Jiuzhang as soon as possible!"
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "I have already arranged this. The letter was sent to Longtai just now. I think Ding Yan will lead his people here soon."
Guo Baiyi felt a little relieved and nodded slowly.
Xiao Yuanche was still worried and said: "However, four to five out of ten of our troops are now infected with the disease. If Shen Jizhou attacks Jiu Zhang again at this time, what will our army do?"
Guo Baiyi thought for a moment and said, "My lord, don't you think it's a bit strange that Shen Jizhou didn't harass our troops or call for formation despite the calm last night?"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he suddenly realized something and hurriedly said: "What Baiyi means..."
Guo Baiyi nodded calmly and said: "The plague is raging, but no matter which family the soldiers belong to, it's just our soldiers who are infected with the plague? Can't his soldiers like Shen Jizhou be made of copper poured into iron?"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he kept nodding.
Guo Baiyi said firmly: "If the material of Baiyi is good, Shen Jizhou's camp must have been infected with the plague! If the lord wants to find out, Baiyi has a way..."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanche hurriedly said: "Hurry up and tell me!"
Guo Baiyi whispered a few words in Xiao Yuanche's ear.
Only then did Xiao Yuanche look clear, and said towards the door: "Call me Huang Kuijia!..."