Under the guidance of the Youyang veterans, the process of the Ming army crossing Da Shui Ze was extremely smooth.

I heard Zhang Zhuguo say that there were many water bandits in this generation, but maybe they hid when they heard the movement of the army.

Although the water bandits are fierce, they also bully and bully the businessmen and ordinary people who pass by.

If they really face the army, they basically have no chance of winning.

Zhu Youlang would ask these veterans from time to time about some of the past.

From their mouths, Zhu Youlang learned some details that could not be understood in history books.

After all, what is recorded in the history books is only an approximation, and the life and death of ordinary soldiers like this will not be mentioned at all.

But to really understand history, we have to start with these ordinary soldiers.

The Ming army was marching very fast, and at this speed, it would be possible to get out of Da Shui Ze in two days.

But just then the plague appeared, and the soldiers fell ill one by one. Although the overall proportion is not too high, if it is not curbed, the consequences of continuing this trend are unimaginable.

Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo went to inspect as soon as possible.

The first is to appease the soldiers, and the other is to find out what the disease is.

It's just that during the inspection, Zhu Youlang ordered everyone to cover their mouths and noses with a piece of cloth to protect them.

After all, judging from the current situation, the possibility of infectious diseases cannot be ruled out. If it's human-to-human, it's troublesome.

Zhu Youlang came to the vicinity of the sick soldiers, although Li Dingguo was still very worried from a distance of a few meters.

The Son of Heaven is the body of a daughter, and his identity is so noble.

If something goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable.

The Son of Heaven really shouldn't have come to visit the sick himself.

However, at this point, Li Dingguo didn't have much to say, and could only hope that the epidemic would not spread to the Son of Heaven.

After Zhu Youlang's careful understanding, all the infected soldiers had intermittent symptoms of body chills, fever and excessive sweating.

This symptom could easily be mistaken for a chill, and it wasn't until Zhu Youlang found that the soldier was pale, and he concluded that things were not so simple.

This is a sign of anemia!

If it's just the wind cold, you won't be anemic!

Zhu Youlang did not come from a medical background, but he also knew that the symptoms were a manifestation of malaria. Intermittent body chills, fever, and night sweats are also signs of malaria!

Malaria is generally transmitted through mosquito bites.

The humid environment in the swamp is conducive to mosquito breeding.

It can be described as a hotbed for malaria transmission.

In addition, the hygiene habits of the ancients were not good, and more than a dozen people lived together during the march, and they were often infected intensively.

But malaria itself is not transmitted from person to person. The reason why there is a cluster of infections is because mosquitoes bite a soldier who is infected with malaria, and then it bites a soldier who is not infected with malaria, and these soldiers who are not infected with malaria are also infected.

And a dozen soldiers lived in a tent, often one was bitten and the rest were not spared.

Malaria has a high mortality rate and the consequences can be severe if left unchecked.

Finally, Zhu Youlang was also ready to confirm.

"Do these sick soldiers often have diarrhea?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it's true, often a few times a day."

Hearing this, Zhu Youlang was already sure in his heart.

All the symptoms of the sick soldier are consistent with malaria!

"I know what it is!"

When Zhu Youlang said this sentence categorically, Li Dingguo was stunned.

The Son of Heaven even knows how to heal?

"Get a pen and paper."

Although the conditions in the swamp were simple, Zhu Youlang's eunuch still carried paper and pencils.

Han Miao quickly took a pen and paper and waited respectfully on the side.

Zhu Youlang quickly drew a kind of herb, which was stinky artemisia.

The so-called stinky artemisia is actually yellow artemisia.

The whole plant has a fragrant aroma, the stem is erect, longitudinal striated, slightly hard, and the overall color is dark green or brownish-green.

Its dry aerial part is also called Artemisia annua.

Artemisinin is a treasure trove for malaria, and artemisinin is extracted from Artemisia annua.

"I ordered people to look around for this kind of yellow artemisia that I painted, and this thing can be used as medicine to treat this disease."

The ancients should not have the concept of Artemisia annua, so Zhu Youlang has always said that Artemisia annua.

Hearing the name of Artemisia annua, everyone was indeed at a loss.

Zhang Zhuguo came closer and looked at it, and said in a harmonious voice: "What the sage said is stinky artemisia?" ”

Zhu Youlang naturally knew this alias and nodded again and again: "Yes, that's the name!" ”

"Then I see. If the saint allocates some men to me, I will take someone to find them. ”

Zhu Youlang thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Artemisia annua likes to grow in a humid environment, and there should be a lot of it in this large water, otherwise Zhang Zhuguo would not recognize it at a glance.

While Zhang Zhuguo led people to look for Artemisia annua, Zhu Youlang ordered all the soldiers infected with malaria to be isolated and taken care of by special personnel.

Everything they used was destroyed.

Although malaria is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, it can also be infected if a normal person is transfused with the blood of an infected person.

In addition, the soldiers gathered together can easily cause a second bite of mosquitoes.

As long as the isolation and protection work is done to prevent the further spread of malaria, the spread of malaria can be controlled.

The immediate priority was to treat the infected soldiers with Artemisia annua as soon as possible, and then leave the swamp as soon as possible.

In this way, the possibility of mosquito transmission can be completely eliminated.

Malaria, though terrifying, is much better than the plague.

At least malaria is not transmitted by droplets like plague.

At first, Zhu Youlang was worried that the soldiers in the army were infected with the plague, which was really too deadly.

At the end of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, a major epidemic broke out in Beijing.

It is recorded in the history books that it is a plague of the big head, which is considered to be a plague.

In fact, it is the plague.

The plague lasted from the end of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen to March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and did not disappear until the weather warmed.

When Li Zicheng broke the city, nearly half of the people in the entire Jingshi died, just like a ghost domain.

It wasn't until the Eight Banners entered Beijing that the terrifying plague was completely over.

As long as it's not the plague!

In fact, the plague was very common in the Ming and even Qing dynasties.

The so-called catastrophe will be followed by a great plague, or after a large-scale war, there will also be a plague.

Of course, there are natural and man-made disasters, but it also has a lot to do with the poor hygiene habits of the ancients.

Although this epidemic was not a virulent infectious disease like plague, it still gave Zhu Youlang a wake-up call.

In the future, soldiers must pay attention to personal hygiene.

It takes a lot of effort to implement basic requirements such as not being able to defecate in the tent and taking regular baths.

Although it is not possible to achieve complete hygiene, it is still useful for preventing diseases.

Zhu Youlang didn't want the Qing army to defeat them, but the epidemic knocked them down.

Hey, I really don't know how much effort Wang Henian spent crossing this swamp at that time, Zhu Youlang now only hopes to lead his troops out of this dangerous situation as soon as possible!

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