Chapter Seventy-Three: Stand Up
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, all with helpless expressions. Even Liu Wenfeng, the head of the imperial doctor, had no way to heal him, what could they do? The medicine king Sun Simiao is nowhere to be found. Although it is possible to burn all the corpses, it is inevitable that those who burn the corpses will also be infected with the disease. This is also the reason why the corpses of the people in the Liaodong City and the major battalions on the periphery are piled up, but the soldiers of the Sui Army and other healthy people do not dare to go in and bury them.
"Is that how you share my worries? What is the use of these wine bags and rice bags that Da Sui wants from you? Yang Guang saw that no one spoke for a long time, and finally got out of anger.
At this time, Yang Xuangan finally spoke, and he said with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, this is an extraordinary time, and extraordinary things should be done at extraordinary times. Now all the infected soldiers and civilians were left behind, and the army quickly crossed the Liao River from the downstream. Then set up a defense line on the border of Zhuo County, and all those who returned from Liaodong were killed with arrows from afar, so that the spread of the plague to the Great Sui could be stopped! β
As soon as he said this, the ministers and generals in the tent were all dumbfounded and began to talk about it.
"Isn't this going to kill all those hundreds of thousands of people? But there are many of them who are healthy and uninfected! β
"Yes! And what about the soldiers guarding the sixty battalions? Gave up too? β
"That's not going to work! My nephew is in there! How can I go back and confess to my brother when he dies? β
"Yours is only a nephew, mine is a son! My three sons are still stationed in Buyeo City. β
Almost all the ministers and generals in the court had sons and nephews serving in the army, because the east bank of the Liao River was the current grain and grass storage place of the Sui army. Yang Guang naturally arranged heavy guards to guard it. Therefore, many of the children of the Guanlongmen family are stationed there.
Originally, they were worried about the plague epidemic there, but now that they heard that they were going to completely abandon the people and soldiers there, they naturally spoke out against it.
"So what can you do if you don't give up? Are you willing to go to the epidemic area to burn and bury the corpses? Yang Xuangan sneered and asked loudly.
"Hmmm! Yang Aiqing's words are also reasonable, now is not the time to talk about the kindness of women. Yang Guang supported Yang Xuangan's opinion with a heartfelt heart at this time.
When the generals heard this, they were even more indignant. Now he doesn't pay attention to his own people, but he talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality to the Goryeo army at the beginning, and they stopped attacking as soon as they faked their surrender, causing the Sui army soldiers to pay several times the sacrifice to take the city of Liaodong. How did this saint turn against the enemy? It doesn't feel like the emperor of the Great Sui, but like the king of Goryeo.
"Your Majesty, but my two sons are still in the camp in Liaodong! What are they going to do? They're your nephews, too! Li Yuan said with a handful of snot and tears.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin also participated in the expedition, after Li Yuan saw the siege of Liaodong, he naturally did not dare to let his son go to the front line to attack the city, so he bribed Yue Zeng Province and persuaded Yang Guang to agree, let the two of them garrison in the camp to protect the grain and grass, but who would have expected that a plague would suddenly come?
Yang Guang looked at his cousin in disgust, feeling that he was weak and useless, and he was as bold as a mouse. It's just that although he now has the heart to weaken the Guanlongmen valve, he also knows that he can't be in a hurry, and in his opinion, Li Yuan is at least related to each other, and he belongs to a group of trustworthy people.
"Alright! Then I will make an exception, as long as you can confirm that there is no plague in the military camp where Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are located, then you can let them withdraw and return to the Central Plains with me! Yang Guang finally opened Chrysostom.
Li Yuan was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him. Then he found Pei Yun, but when he asked, his face turned pale, it turned out that in the military camp where Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were stationed, a large number of people also died of illness.
At this time, when other ministers and generals saw that Li Yuan could make an exception, they also asked Rong to send someone to find his son and nephew to see if he was sick.
Yang Guang suddenly felt impatient, such a person sent someone to investigate, when will the army be withdrawn? It just so happened that at this moment, Yang Xuangan learned from Pei Yun about the situation of the military camp where Li Yuan's two sons were located, so he once again encouraged Yang Guang to withdraw the army immediately, and no longer care about the people and officers and soldiers of the Liaodong battalion.
Seeing this scene, Yu Wenming finally couldn't bear it anymore. He was not qualified to come to a meeting of this level. However, because his Zuoling Guard was the army with the most merits in this expedition, Yang Guang made an exception and allowed Yuwenshu to bring two more officers to the meeting as a sign of encouragement.
And Yuwen Shu naturally did not leave outsiders in the field, so that Yuwen Chengdu and Yu Wenming came to participate.
Yu Wenming couldn't talk about the previous issue, but now seeing that Yang Guang, under the instigation of Yang Xuangan, actually planned to give up the hundreds of thousands of people and more than 100,000 soldiers in the Liaodong camp, he felt that he couldn't stay out of the matter. If such a group of loyal soldiers and men were allowed to die, he would never be at peace for the rest of his life.
"Your Majesty, there will be a plan to distinguish between infected and uninfected soldiers and people! At the same time, it can also allow the soldiers who go to the rescue to avoid worrying about being infected. Yu Wenming finally came out and asked.
Yu Wenshu was taken aback, because Yu Wenming didn't greet him at all before he spoke. He knew that Yang Guang was in a bad mood now. If it was usual, even if Yu Wenming said something wrong, he could intercede and let Yang Guang let his grandson go, after all, Yang Guang still trusted and valued himself very much. But it's hard to say right now.
"Oh? It turned out to be you! Yang Guang was also a little surprised to see that it was Yu Wenming, who helped him solve the problem of the Great Food Envoy three years ago.
At this time, he frowned and said, "Which army are you the general of now?" Is there a solution to the plague? Do you know how to heal? β
Most of the generals in the big tent had never seen Yu Wenming, and they only saw from the armor he was wearing that he was a lieutenant in the army. It's just that this kid looks a little too immature. I guess the children of some family came to gild.
Yu Wenming bowed at this time and saluted: "Your Majesty, the last general is the captain of the scout regiment in the Zuo Ling Guard, although I don't know medical skills, but I know how to control the plague and prevent it from spreading!" Then we can weed out those soldiers and people who are not infected to reduce the losses. After all, they are all the people of the Great Sui who are loyal to His Majesty, and they can still come in handy when they conquer Goryeo again in the future! β
He knew very well that Yang Guang had failed to conquer Goryeo once, and he would have to make two expeditions and three expeditions, and these officers and soldiers and people who had already experienced the first expedition were much more experienced, and if he was Yang Guang, he would not be willing to abandon this group of experienced soldiers and people.
Yang Guang's expression then eased, he stared at Yu Wenming and asked, "Yu Wenming, do you really have a way to control the plague and prevent it from spreading?" β
Yu Wenming remembered that in his previous life, he had experienced SARS, and he always knew a little about plague isolation measures. Although it may not be possible to extinguish the plague, it is always possible to control it and prevent it from spreading.
So he said to Yang Guang: "Back to Your Majesty, after listening to Imperial Doctor Liu talk about the situation of this epidemic, the last general also has some numbers in his heart, the last general has also had a serious illness before, fortunately met a hidden divine doctor to save him, and he once happened to mention a method called "isolation" to prevent and control the plague...... According to him, if this method can be adopted, the most serious plague can be controlled and will not spread! β
Yu Wenming had to make up a lie.
Yu Wenshu was skeptical when he heard it, he naturally knew that Yu Wenming had been seriously ill, but he didn't know if he wasn't looking for some hermit divine doctor to treat him. However, seeing that his grandson said it vividly, it didn't seem to be a fake.
The other ministers saw that although Yu Wenming's official position was low, he was neither humble nor arrogant. And seeing that he can enter this big tent at such a young age, I am afraid that most of them are also the sons and nephews of important ministers in the court or generals in the army. So they were all silent.
But the imperial physician Liu Wenfeng didn't think about it so much at all, he saw that Yu Wenming said at a young age that he had a way to solve the plague, but he didn't believe it at all. Doesn't this mean that he is more powerful than himself, the chief imperial doctor?
He then snorted coldly in his nose and said, "The milky kid actually said that he could control such a powerful plague? Do you really think you are the medicine king Sun Simiao? β
Pei Ju had a good relationship with him, and hurriedly leaned close to his ear, and then whispered: "This is Yuwenshu's pro-Sun Yu Wenming, and the imperial examination plan announced by His Majesty three years ago was designed based on his proposal. He is quite famous in the Eastern Capital, known as the Luoyang prodigy, and is especially good at poetry. Maybe there's a way to solve this problem. β
"Ahh He is the Luoyang prodigy! After Liu Wenfeng heard this, he was also stunned. He had also heard of Yu Wenming's name, but he didn't pay much attention to it. And he didn't associate the young general in front of him with the "Luoyang prodigy".
"Then how did he come to the Goryeo front? It stands to reason that he should be a Confucian who dances and writes! Liu Wenfeng's face changed slightly.
"Although Yu Wenming has excellent literary talents, he likes to practice martial arts, not to learn literature, and he refused Su Wei's invitation to accept apprentices at the poetry competition." Pei Ju sighed and said.
At the beginning, he also sweated for Yu Wenming, after all, Su Wei was so famous, and he was still a veteran of the Five Dynasties. But now it seems that Yu Wenming's choice is so wise. If he agreed to worship Su Wei as a teacher back then, I was afraid that with Su Wei being demoted last year, he, a protΓ©gΓ© of Su Wei, would also be beaten into the cold palace. But now Yu Wenming has nothing to do with Su Wei, and his career is unharmed, so he is still valued.
Liu Wenfeng's face suddenly showed bitterness, he knew in his heart that in this way, he had offended Yuwen, the big celebrity around Yang Guang. It's not easy to bridge the rift.
It's just that not only him, but Yuwen Chengdu and the other generals who were standing on the side also had a skeptical look on their faces. In their opinion, they think that Yu Wenming may still be a small tiger general in the war, but they have never heard that he also understands the art of Qihuang, what good idea can he have for this menacing plague?