The name of Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, most of the generals of the Sui Dynasty have heard of this person.

He was a native of Yao County, Guanzhong, and was born in a poor peasant family in the first year of the emperor's reign. Since he was a child, he was very smart, and he was valued by his teachers, and when he grew up, he began to love Taoism.

Sun Simiao likes to study Taoist classics and explore health preservation techniques, and he also reads many medical books and studies the medical prescriptions of the ancients. Later, he chose "helping the world" as his life's work, and in order to understand the characteristics of Chinese herbal medicine, he traveled all over the mountains and forests.

In addition, he also attaches great importance to the medical experience of the people, constantly accumulates visits, records them in time, and finally completes his immortal book "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions".

As he helped the world, his fame grew. Yang Jian also invited him to the palace to become a physician and named him a doctor of Guozixue. But Sun Simiao thinks that taking an official career and being a high-ranking official is too sophisticated, and he can't act spontaneously and lacks freedom. He declined the court's gifts many times.

Now that the Sui army is facing the plague, naturally all the people think of this medicine king.

It's just that Sun Simiao is now far away in the Central Plains, so it is naturally impossible to come to Liaodong to treat the sick army.

At this time, a middle-aged official in his forties, with two long beards and an elegant appearance, came out and said, "Your Majesty, since this plague cannot even be cured by the imperial doctor, and the medicine king Sun Simiao is not here. Na Weichen suggested that Liaodong should be evacuated as soon as possible, so as not to cause His Majesty and the adults to be infected and cause serious consequences.

Everyone recognized that this person was Yang Xuangan, the son of the former Shang Shuling and Yue Guogong who died three years ago. After Yang Su's death, the Yang family's momentum was not as good as before. Except for Yang Xuangan himself, who was lucky enough to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of War, the other children of the Yang family were unable to hold important positions. And it is Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the military department, who sounds like he has a lot of real power, but in fact, he is also famous and has no power. Without Yang Guang's order, he could not mobilize a single soldier, and the military department had no right to decide the personnel arrangements of the army, but was only a pension institution that issued military orders and managed logistics.

Officials who are familiar with the inside story know that this is mainly due to the fierce battle between Yuwenshu and Yang Su before, and after Yang Su's death, Yang Xuangan did not have the courage and ability of Yang Su back then, and Yang Guang also felt that there were too many children and friends of the Hongnong Yang family, far more threatening than the Yuwen family, which was thin and had a bad reputation.

In addition, Yang Guang originally wanted to weaken the power of the Guanlongmen valve, so he could take advantage of the conflict between the Yuwen family and the Yang family to suppress the Yang family, which was full of friends. Therefore, in the dispute between the two families, a strategy of favoring Yuwenshu was adopted. Even the impeachment of Yang Xuangan's brothers, Yu Wenhua and adultery with the maid and the birth of an illegitimate child were also lightly let go. In this way, how can the shrewd officials in the court still not see the emperor's intentions? As a result, the power comparison between the Yang family and the Yuwen family naturally disappeared.

Therefore, Yang Xuangan is also eager to solve problems for Yang Guang in order to regain the emperor's trust.

All the ministers did not object to the withdrawal of troops, after all, who knew that in such a situation where there was a strong enemy outside and a plague inside, it would be pure suicide to want to attack.

But the Yuwen family and the Yang family have fought a lot, and both have formed a convention, and if the other party supports it, they must oppose it; And if the other party opposes it, you have to support it.

Therefore, Yu Culture and Nature are going against Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan advocated the withdrawal of troops, and Yu Wenhua and Nature wanted to stand up and express their stance on the retreat.

As soon as Yang Xuangan's voice fell, he was approved by many ministers, after all, most of them wanted to withdraw to the Eastern Capital to reunite with their families, and strive to escape from this ominous Liaodong as soon as possible.

However, Yu Wenhua immediately objected: "Lord Yang's words are wrong, not only will your majesty be trapped in an unkind and unrighteous place, but also harm the world!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. Secretly thinking that although Yu Wenhua and Yang Xuan are not on good terms, they will not buckle such a big hat on him?

Yang Xuangan's face was also displeased, and he immediately sneered at each other: "Why did Lord Yuwen say this? If we don't go back, will we wait here to die? You are not afraid of the plague, but you also have to consider the safety of the Holy Lord, the ministers and the soldiers of the Great Sui! Do you have a cure for the plague? ”

Yu Wenhua's face turned red, how could he have a way to cure the plague, just to oppose Yang Xuangan's suggestion.

Of course, since he dared to stand up to question and oppose, he was naturally ready to make some statements.

"Lord Yang, you can avoid the plague just thinking about running back to the Central Plains...... But have you thought about it? So many people retreated in a hurry. Not only may the patient die from the bumps and exertion during the journey. And it is also possible to bring the plague back to the Central Plains. In that way, this plague, which was originally confined to Liaodong, became a catastrophe that affected the whole world. This is a far cry from His Majesty's generosity and gentleness. Isn't this proposal intended to make Your Majesty betray this infamy and be condemned by all the people? Yu Wenhua and Dang even asked sharply.

Yu Wenhua said this, but it seemed righteous and awe-inspiring, which made Yang Xuan feel difficult to refute.

However, Yang Guang frowned, obviously Yu Wenhua's words did not satisfy him. Because he really just wanted to withdraw. But he couldn't stand up and say that he had to go back despite the spread of the plague. He didn't want to bear the infamy.

At this moment, a short and obscene old eunuch with a pair of triangular eyes hurriedly walked into the big tent and bowed to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor Liu Wenfeng has returned from Liaodong City, and he has brought an urgent report of the epidemic over there!" ”

Everyone knows that this old eunuch is Yang Guang's most favored leader, the eunuch Yue Zengxing, and he stumbled in like this, and his face was so ugly, I am afraid that the epidemic in Liaodong City will be better than here.

"Hurry up and announce Liu Wenfeng to come in!" When Yang Guang heard this, he was also anxious, after all, if his army wanted to retreat, it would inevitably pass through Liaodong City, if the plague had spread over there, how could he retreat? ”

After a while, Liu Wenfeng entered the big tent, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow.

"Doctor Liu, don't be polite, tell me about the plague situation in Liaodong City!" Yang Guang hurriedly asked.

Liu Wenfeng sighed, and said with a sad expression on his face: "Your Majesty, the plague situation on both sides of the Liao River is very serious. As early as the capture of Liaodong City, there was a sign. At that time, the soldiers vented their anger and killed all the Goryeo people in the city, but the bodies were not buried or burned in time......"

"Two months ago, not only Liaodong City, but also several surrounding cities had infected people, but at that time, there were not many people, and the disease was not serious, and the people were still able to walk and move. Therefore, it did not attract much attention. But now, there are hundreds of thousands of sick people, and the symptoms are so severe that they can't get up and walk, let alone work. More than 100,000 of them have died......"

"Nowadays, there are corpses all over the banks of the Liao River, because the uninfected people are afraid of moving the corpses and causing themselves to contract the plague, so the corpses inside and outside the city are piled up but no one cleans them up. At present, this terrible epidemic has spread everywhere, and I heard that there are epidemics in western Liaoning and even in Zhuo County. Your Majesty, it's not that Weichen is alarmist, if you don't find a way to extinguish the plague in time, I'm afraid that the plague will really spread to the Central Plains, and it will evolve into a national disaster. Liu Wenfeng said worriedly.

As early as when Liaodong City was captured, he saw that the corpses of the Goryeo people in the city were all over the city, so he proposed to Yang Guang to bury the corpses as soon as possible. But at that time, Yang Guang was busy attacking and didn't take this matter to heart at all. Although orders were also given to the generals of the various armies to dispose of the bodies as soon as possible, they did not seriously urge the implementation.

And now, the epidemic has developed to such a violent point, and it is the height of summer, and it is the time when there are the most mosquitoes and flies, it will inevitably spread. I don't know how many people and soldiers have been infected with the disease. If you return to the division in such a hurry, not to mention Zhuo County, Hebei, and even the eastern capital Luoyang, I am afraid that there will be a large-scale outbreak of the epidemic.

When Liu Wenfeng said this terrifying possibility, even Yang Xuangan didn't dare to say anything and immediately retreated. Because after the hasty retreat to the division, if the plague spreads in the eastern capital, not only will he suffer, but also his family in the eastern capital.

Yang Guang's face was also blue for a while, and after a while, he asked Pei Yun: "Master Pei, how many people are there in the Liaohe River area now?" ”

Pei Yun was the minister who organized the transportation and deployment of the people during this expedition. Hearing Yang Guang's inquiry, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, our army's current grain, grass and material storage place is on the east bank of the Liao River. Due to the severity of the plague in Liaodong City, the people and supplies were withdrawn early, and sixty large camps were rebuilt to accommodate them, but now many people have fled. Now there are less than 600,000 left. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Your Majesty, we must find a way to control the spread of the plague now, and Zhuo County must also ask Luo Taishou to find a way to intercept the people who have fled back. Otherwise, this plague will surely spread in the Central Plains. This will be a catastrophe for the millions of soldiers of the Great Sui, the civil and military officials, and the people of the world, and the ministers are even more worried about the safety of His Majesty's dragon body. ”

Yang Guang's face changed, his eyes glanced at the officials and generals in the tent, and said sharply: "Right now, my Great Sui is facing the danger of the plague, can the secretaries have a clever plan to extinguish this plague?" ”