The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

The armies that attacked Wu on several routes all encountered problems. It was not a war but it was more terrifying than a war.

The place where the army passed was dead silent, and the whole country of Wu seemed to be silent. Except for the sound of the wind, there was no sound in the wild, not even the chirping of birds.If this is the case for Wilderness, it's fine, and the same is true for Zhendian. In some houses, the copper kettles on the stoves are still gurgling and steaming, but there is no one there.

"Search! Where did everyone go?" Lu Meng ordered loudly, "Be careful, beware of an ambush."

This kind of atmosphere is extraordinarily weird. It doesn't look like moving, let alone hiding in panic.Besides, when the common people hear that the Dragon Army is coming, they just don't line up to welcome them, and it doesn't make sense to hide.Lu Meng touched here, touched there, the small table was clean and spotless, it seemed that just before the blink of an eye, this was a town full of people.

"General! Come here!" A soldier shouted loudly outside the town, beckoning to Lu Meng.

Lu Meng hurried over with his soldiers.This is outside the town, just next door to the town, a huge deep pit appeared in front of my eyes.Bursts of stench emanated from the pit.Because they were upwind just now, they didn't smell it.There were densely packed corpses in the pit, 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 to pieces.

A large flock of crows and other unknown birds gathered on the edge of the pit, sharing the "food".Lu Meng couldn't bear to look any longer, so he ordered the big pit to be buried and moved on.After passing through several villages and towns in a row, the situation was almost exactly the same.Lu Meng felt that something was wrong, so he immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Liao, and stopped advancing.

Lu Meng was not the only one who encountered weird things, almost all the armies that attacked Wu country could encounter such a situation.The weather is hot, and those killed people and animals will soon rot, and the stench will not dissipate in the hot air for a long time. Sometimes when drinking water, there is a strange smell in the water, as if those corpses got into the water. In the source of water.

It stands to reason that if Zhang Cheng wanted to fortify the wall and clear the field, there would be no need to be so cruel.What's more, the crops outside the city have not been moved, and everything in the town is still there, and there is no place to move.Zhang Liao was confused, he didn't know what kind of medicine Zhang Cheng was selling in this gourd.Since there is no resistance, the battle still has to be fought. If Wu can be captured earlier, maybe this mystery can be solved sooner.

However, things were not as simple as Zhang Liao imagined.On the second day after those corpses were discovered, it was news that soldiers fell ill in Lu Meng's team.One after another, soldiers kept getting sick.Even some troops have more than half of the people sick.The death occurred on the tenth day. The doctor accompanying the army tried many methods and tried all methods, but they still failed to save the soldier's life.

With the first one, there will be the second, and the third. In just half a month, [-]% of Zhang Liao's army was sick, and eight people had already died.Like Zhang Liao, Gao Lan and Xu Huang's army also encountered the same problem.Many soldiers said that it was the ghosts of the dead who were looking for a scapegoat, and then went to reincarnate themselves.Some people also say that there are evil spirits in the land of Wu State, so don't worry about it.

Use whatever you say.Many people began to pray, but they continued to fall ill every day, and there were still people who died every day. The soldiers were panicked, and they could not raise the courage and spirit to fight at all.The plan to attack Wu had to be temporarily stopped.

"Hahaha..." Zhang Cheng laughed loudly: "Mr. really has a clever plan. The three armies are all stopped, and my country of Wu can be saved!"

Zhuge Jin smiled: "Not only that, in another month, we can take Chaisang without a single soldier, and then gradually erode the Tianlong Empire's territory. God of War."

"It all depends on Mr. Sima! I respect Mr. Sima!" Zhang Cheng and Sima Yi clinked glasses and drank together.

Zhang Xiu looked at Sima Yi: "Mr. Sima, I don't understand something, can you enlighten me?"

"Please, general, I will know everything."

"I just want to know why Mr. Sima is so sure that the Long Army will get sick, and it will be a large area of ​​sickness. It is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out."

Sima Yi smiled slightly, seeing that Zhuge Jin and Zhang Chengquan stared at him with wide eyes like Zhang Xiu: "Since you all want to know, let me tell you, to be honest, I once learned some Taoism from Uncle Zhang Jiao. It is a trivial matter to cure diseases and save people, if you can save nature, you can also harm nature, just reverse the Taoism."

"Oh..." The three of them suddenly realized that Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves, was said to be able to call the wind and rain, and cast beans into soldiers.Using talisman water to save people was the method used to gather a hundred thousand yellow scarf troops and turn the world upside down.Zhang Jiao is also a member of the Black Ice, so it is reasonable for Sima Yi to say so.

Zhang Xiu immediately asked again: "Since it is a fairy art, what is the meaning of killing?"

Sima Yi frowned and coughed lightly: "This is a sacrifice, how could the gods help me wait without a sacrifice?"

Although Zhang Xiu is helping the evildoers, the family style of the Zhang family is upright, and the children still have humanity in their hearts.When Sima Yi proposed this plan for the first time, Zhang Cheng's hesitation was also because the humanity in his heart had not yet disappeared.Under the persuasion of Sima Yi and Zhuge Jin, 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 dropped instantly.Zhang Cheng began to ponder whether it was right for him to do so.Sima Yi and Zhuge Jin looked at each other the same way, with serious expressions and didn't know what to think.

Long Fei was also shocked when he received the news, this matter is very serious.There are tens of thousands of people in the Dragon Army on the border of Wu State. If the disease cannot be controlled, the consequences will be unimaginable if it spreads.According to the battle report, the disease is very dangerous and spreads quickly.The first word that came to Long Fei's mind was plague.I remember that in "Three Kingdoms", when Cao Cao marched south to Jingxiang, he was either not strong enough, or he was defeated by disease.

At that time, Cao Jun was known as a million soldiers, and most of the soldiers in the north fell ill overnight.Xun Yu suggested to send a good doctor to the barracks immediately to see if there is any way.

Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were invited to the palace, and Long Fei gave an overview of the situation: "What illness do you two think is causing our Long Army to suffer such a big loss?"

Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo looked at each other: "Diagnosing a disease needs to be seen, heard, and asked. Your Majesty wants to ask so much. I really don't know. Only when I have truly seen the disease can I use medicine. It might be the plague."

"It really is a plague!" Long Fei took a breath.Plague does not refer to a certain disease, but a collective term for highly contagious diseases.Sometimes one, sometimes several.Most of them occur after natural disasters, and the sanitation of water sources, food, etc. is not properly handled, and diseases are caused by certain deadly microorganisms.

Long Fei's guess about the plague was also well-founded.In the villages and towns that the Long Army passed by, the people were massacred, and the rotting corpses were exposed to the scorching sun, which was a hotbed for the growth of microorganisms.According to the location of distribution, most of the corpses are near water sources.It is very likely that the soldiers drank diseased water and caused widespread illness.There are various indications that the plague is likely to be caused by humans.

Long Fei nodded: "In that case, I invite the two gentlemen to go, I don't know..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the two of us will prepare it now, and please Your Majesty prepare various medicinal materials in case you need it!"

Before Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji set off, Long Fei issued an order based on his common sense to ask all the army to search for water sources again, and the farther away from those corpse pits, the better.At the same time, he ordered those corpses to be buried or burned to block the source of the plague.

Such a big thing happened to the army, Long Fei couldn't sit still, he explained everything, and followed Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji to Lujiang.Zhang Liao pleaded guilty, and Long Fei helped him up: "Wen Yuan is not like this. The enemy is too cruel, and he does not hesitate to kill the people to stop our army from advancing. Wen Yuan's things are right, so why not? Let's talk about the situation first!"

Zhang Liao was moved, and hurriedly said: "According to His Majesty's order, we have re-searched for water sources and isolated the sick soldiers. It seems that the situation has improved, and the number of sick people has decreased significantly."

"Very good!" Long Fei nodded: "Before Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, the two genius doctors, came to Lujiang, everything must be careful, let all the soldiers take a bath regularly, and block the water flowing into the plague area everywhere. Do not come near!"

"I will understand at the end!"

Although they didn't know what the disease was, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo worked together. Through their knowledge of internal medicine and surgery, they questioned soldiers at various stages of illness, and finally confirmed that it was a disease.The disease starts with festering of the hands and feet, followed by cavities to the internal organs.Patients often think it is a mosquito bite and don't mind it. When the condition becomes serious, it is too late.

The disease was actually leprosy, and there was no possibility of curing this disease in that era. Even Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were helpless. They could only prepare some decoctions and bathe the mild patients, hoping to be cured.There is nothing that can be done to cure the terminally ill.When Long Fei heard the news, he was also frowning.

There were records of diseases in the pre-Qin period, but there was no possibility of cure, and the patients could only watch the patients die before their eyes.Long Fei didn't know anything about medicine, what he knew was superficial, he couldn't even tell the difference between disease and dysentery, let alone cure it.Although under Long Fei's strict sanitation order, the epidemic situation has been somewhat controlled, but many people still get sick or die every day.

Looking at those people whose hands and feet were festered, and even their mouths and eyes were rotten, the soldiers of the Dragon Army gritted their teeth one by one.Because they already knew the reason, that is, those dog officials in Wu State used the corpses of the common people to infect their comrades-in-arms with such a terrible disease. If Wu State is not eliminated, how can they be worthy of these comrades who are suffering in pain?