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"General, how dare Saladin do such a thing? Isn't he afraid of our revenge?"

Someone spoke up and said that everyone knew how terrible the Black Death was. Millions of people had died in the Western Church in just two months.

If anyone dares to take advantage of the plague to do evil, don't blame them for revenge. The ones who will suffer the most will be the Arabs, who are mainly local people.

"Maybe he didn't dare to do it openly, but that doesn't mean he didn't dare to do it secretly. On the one hand, he actively contacted the Persian Gulf and pretended to be tolerant and compassionate, while on the other hand, he secretly sent people to spread the plague. This is not surprising."

Han Shizhong spoke and he knew what Saladin was thinking at a glance.

"General, we've counted the personnel. There are more than a hundred soldiers, and the rest are ordinary civilians! There seems to be a patient among them!"

A soldier came over and said.

"really!"

Everyone's faces darkened. It seemed that Saladin was really spreading the plague in secret, and the soldiers were driving the sick civilians over.

"Dispose of all the bodies!"

Han Shizhong gave orders to the officers around him.

The army quickly dispersed, and the soldiers took out gourds and poured the black oil in them on the corpses.

Because they don't know which dead people are sick, they will not touch any dead bodies.

As the torches were thrown down, the bodies began to burn.

The Qi army reached the upper hand early on.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter.

"Eliminate!"

At Han Shizhong's command, everyone took off their masks and gloves, threw them together and burned them, and then began to spray alcohol on their bodies.

"General, shall we continue patrolling?"

An officer looked at Han Shizhong and asked.

"Let's go east. I want to see what Saladin is doing!"

Han Shizhong pointed to the east and said that continuing patrolling would only stop some people from trying to cross, so it would be better to go directly to the source.

The army marched eastward in the light of morning light.

Jerusalem.

"Sir, the Qi army in the Persian Gulf rejected your kindness, and drove many people out of Baghdad and drove them towards us!"

An official reported to Saladin.

"What? Rejected! And kicked people out of the city!"

Saladin's face changed. He didn't expect that Qi would refuse so directly.

He felt that with everything Qi had done, the country would probably agree to his proposal. After all, it needed to maintain an image of being great and glorious while caring about the common people, because the common people would be most receptive to this.

But the State of Qi stopped pretending and directly tore off all masks, showing its iron-blooded and ruthless side to everyone.

"Those people were the first to respond to our proposal. They took to the streets to petition Qi, hoping that Qi would put aside their hatred and join hands to face the Black Death."

"But the Qi garrison commander there didn't care about that at all. He drove all the petitioners and their families out of the city and revoked their right to stay in Qi territory."

The official spoke.

"Sir, those Easterners in Qi don't care about our lives at all. We must not let them off!"

A group of officials roared. They had mercifully extended an olive branch, wanting to work with Qi to fight the Black Death together, hoping to get through this dark time together, but Qi directly rejected their kindness.

"Open up an area to resettle those civilians." Saladin sighed and said, his plan ultimately failed, and the State of Qi did not buy it at all.

"Sir, those civilians are not coming to our side at all. They are still unwilling to leave the area controlled by Qi!"

The official spoke.

"Don't want to come? Have they betrayed Allah? Send someone to bring them back immediately!"

An official said angrily that they and the Arabs were one family, and those people wanted to stay in Qi now that they were free. Wasn't that tantamount to being a traitor?
"I'll take people there right away!"

A general stood up and said.

"No need. In the past, you would only cause conflict with Qi. Now the Black Death is raging and Damascus is still out of control. We cannot start a war with Qi at this time!"

Saladin shook his head and said that the civilians who were driven out of Qi actually knew very well where the good place was. There was no Black Death in the Persian Gulf at all, so it was the safest place to stay.

"What a pity for these chess pieces!"

Saladin sighed in his heart. These people who took to the streets to petition were his hidden chess pieces. He had wanted to influence Qi through public opinion, but he didn't expect that Qi didn't care about it at all.

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"It looks like we need to re-evaluate Qi."

Saladin thought about it and realized that they were no match for Qi if they used a hard approach, and Qi didn't seem to be fooled by their soft tactics.

"Sir, we can't just let it go like this. Qi State has been so disrespectful to us. If we don't get it back, how can we command the tribes in the future?"

All the officials and generals were unhappy. Face was very important to them. Even if they did not start a war, they would just pretend to intimidate them.

"Whoever can control the Black Death now will gain the loyalty of all the tribes!"

Saladin looked at everyone and said.

"Does the lord have a solution?"

Everyone looked at Saladin in surprise and asked, "The place with the most serious outbreak of the Black Death within a thousand miles is Damascus."

“It’s time to clean it up!”

Saladin closed his eyes and spoke, "It has been more than half a month since the Black Death first broke out in Damascus."

The death toll reached its peak five days ago. According to his observations in recent days, the mortality rate of the Black Death is extremely high. Death will occur within three to five days at the shortest, and seven to ten days at the longest, after contracting the disease.

Now, the peak occurred five days ago, and the death toll has decreased significantly in the past few days, which means that almost all the deaths have been reported.

"Yes!"

Everyone became excited immediately after hearing this. They didn't care how many people were killed; they only cared about whether the Black Death could be eradicated.

Now the Black Death is rampant, and the kingdom and the church are helpless. Everyone is seeking salvation and people are in panic. Whoever can eradicate the Black Death will become the savior of the Arabs.

Everyone took the order and left.

"In this way, the Black Death is finally under control!"

Saladin sighed. He still felt a little guilty about killing so many people. These people were all believers of their Arab religion, but there was no other way except killing them.

Saladin came to a huge cowhide map covered with black spots. The largest black spot was in Damascus, and there were also scattered spots near Jerusalem.

"Why is there no Black Death in Qi?"

Saladin could not understand it at all. In his eyes, the spread of the Black Death was untraceable, and no matter how strict the Qi State's defenses were, it would be impossible to completely control it.

"Ask Qi, they won't tell you either!"

Saladin looked at the only two areas without black spots, one was the Red Sea area, and the other was the Persian Gulf area. (End of this chapter)