Just when Feiqian Pingyang was facing some inexplicable problems, the people in Guanzhong ushered in an extremely rapid plague.

When the plague first started, not many people cared.

People simply don't understand.

Before you know it, the plague is coming.

At first, people thought it was the weather, but when the disease spread, more and more people were infected with the plague, and people suddenly realized that the plague claws had reached their eyes!

During this period, the battle in Guanzhong was too concentrated.

Sucheng is still fine, after Fei Qian finished fighting, he ordered the soldiers to tidy up, and now the government functions of the central court have been suspended, resulting in many places, corpses are everywhere, and no one cares about them at all.

Most plagues originate from the decay of corpses, and among all the corpses of animals and plants, people eat all kinds of things, so they accumulate the most toxins, and once they accumulate and decay, the bacteria and toxins produced are quite terrible.

In fact, the plague was not unfamiliar to the people of the Han Dynasty, strictly speaking.

One of the more far-reaching impacts, even affecting the order of the entire court, leading to some deviations in history, was a plague during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's obsession with the Xiongnu led to the fact that the Xiongnu finally couldn't afford it. During the period of Zhenghe, the Xiongnu made people tie their horses in front of the pass, and then expressed their willingness to give these war horses and livestock to the Han people, thinking that they were goodwill......

And these war horses and livestock, which are actually called "cursed", that is, cursed by the Huns of the Huns, are actually infected with some diseases that exist on the grassland but do not exist in the Han region. The horses and livestock were then sent to Guanzhong, where a plague broke out.

This plague was rapid and long-lasting, and it continued to occur in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Because of the limitation of understanding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed that the epidemic came from the Huwu of the Xiongnu and its curse, so he aroused vigilance against the Huwu, including the so-called witchcraft, and immediately issued an edict to "stop the ban on those in the Huwu Temple, and search for it", and then sent a special envoy to send a special envoy to "Zhizhi Embroidered Messenger" to arrest Huwu throughout the country.

In the second year of Zhenghe, Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Prime Minister Gongsun He, was accused of witch curse Emperor Wu and adultery with Princess Yangshi.

Later, because Jiang Chong and the prince Liu had a gap, he took the opportunity to frame the prince, and framed the prince with the case Hou Han Shuo, the eunuch Su Wen and other four people, the prince was afraid, raised troops to kill Jiang Chong, and was later suppressed by Emperor Wu and defeated, the queen Wei Zifu and the prince Liu Yi committed suicide one after another, implicating more than 100,000 people.

Later, under the persuasion of the three elders of Huguan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suddenly realized, but it was too late to crash, so he vented his anger on the people who participated in the murder of Liu Ju. Relevant figures were killed or committed suicide for various reasons, and the killing was widely implicated, and the emperor's relatives and prominent officials shook the top of the Han Dynasty regime at that time, and the country's capital was shaken.

The original crown prince Liu Ju had a benevolent and generous personality, gentle and cautious, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty disliked him like himself, but perhaps Liu Ju was more suitable as a candidate to clean up the mess of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and if his mother, Mrs. Wei, had not died together because of the witch curse, perhaps under the suppression of the Wei family, the Huo family might not have become arrogant to the point of being out of control in the end.

But all these assumptions, along with the plague, were wiped out.

The Han Chinese used to call the plague typhoid fever because these patients were initially unwell and accompanied by fever, followed by symptoms such as hot forehead, red, swollen and inflamed eyes, ulcers and bleeding throat and tongue, difficulty breathing, and a foul odor.

When the disease continues to spread, the virus will infect the entire lungs, and the patient will begin to cough violently for a long time and it will be difficult to contain, in addition to sneezing, hoarseness, and the beginning of repeated vomiting, which means that the virus is spreading violently and has a strong ability to infect......

Once bacteria and fungi cause inflammation inside the body, high fever will be produced, and this high fever is accompanied by the functional failure of the internal organs of the body, so that it manifests itself externally, and in the advanced stage, some small blisters, pustules, bleeding, and even ulcers will burst on the surface of the body.

In the face of such a disease, whether it is an ordinary person or a doctor at this time, they are powerless, they can only sit and wait for the patient's own resistance to work, but in the face of this ferocious germ, most people have no resistance and become the bag of death.

Even high-ranking officials and nobles are no exception.

Huangfu Song had already started coughing. Today, it is the third day of his cough, and he feels that the whole chest and abdomen are hot, but there is not much heat when he reaches out to touch it, his throat is swollen, there is a lot of mucus, and it is very difficult to swallow saliva......

"My life...... Soon ......," Huangfu Song said weakly, half-lying on the bed, "not dying on the battlefield, but dying at the hands of the plague...... This is providential ......"

"Uncle!" Huangfu Li kowtowed to the ground, crying silently.

In a trance, Huangfu Song felt like he had returned to Quyang.

Blood stained everywhere.

Corpses littered the field.

A few red-eyed crows rose and fell unscrupulously, pecking at carrion, staring at blood-colored eyes, and sneering coldly.

Zhang Bao, who was standing on the city wall of Quyang County, wore his hair scattered, danced a long sword in his hand, and pointed like a halberd, pointing at Huangfu Song: "The yellow sky is above!" Thou shalt not die well! ”

"......" Huangfu Song rolled his eyelids, and then waved his hand to give the order to attack.

Soldiers are like ants.

Flesh and blood flying.

Zhang Bao was finally killed in battle, and the head was sent to Huangfu Song.

Huangfu Song squinted at Zhang Bao's head, his face expressionless.

"General! There are more than 100,000 people in the city, how should they be handled? ”

Huangfu Song said indifferently: "Why come to descend the crowd, all the thugs are also all killed, in order to build a view of Beijing." ”

“…… General, this ...... Only! Obey the general's orders. ”

Huangfu Song retracted his gaze, and then looked at Zhang Bao's head in the wooden box on the side, and the corners of his mouth just showed a hint of a smile, and he saw Zhang Bao's head suddenly open his eyes, and black blood flowed out of the seven orifices, which instantly filled the entire wooden box and flowed down the edge of the wooden box......

Before Huang Fu Song stood up in surprise, the whole world was already black and red, and countless hands in the depths of the incomparably smelly sea of blood, some were old, some were young, some were plump, and some were muscles and bones, all of which caught Huang Fu Song himself, dragging him little by little to the depths of the red and blackened sea of blood.

Huangfu Song struggled violently, but he couldn't do anything.

"Uncle! Uncle! Huang Fu Li looked at Huang Fu Song on the bed and suddenly convulsed, couldn't help but stand up, and shouted loudly outside the house, "Doctor, where is the doctor?!" ”

As soon as Huangfu Li's words fell, he heard Huangfu Song on the bed let out a long breath, and then relaxed and stopped moving......

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Zhu Jun frowned tightly as he watched as the people carried cartloads of corpses out of the city.

The people dragged their feet, pulling the car with difficulty, like a zombie that could still move, dragging demons of various shapes, grinding a few marks between the mortal dust.

Above the vehicle, maybe it was a bump, maybe it was an illusion, and Zhu Jun could even see that a few of its hands were like withered branches in the air, and they seemed to be still trembling slightly.

The danger of the plague seems to be different even for animals, and the wild dogs that used to be in the wilderness seem to have disappeared.

There were so many people who died one after another that there was no time to bury them one by one, so they had to dig a big pit, and then keep pouring corpses into it, and finally fill it up and dig a new one.

In the whole of Xinfeng, many corpses that had not had time to be cleaned up had to be piled up on the streets, and the whole city seemed to be completely decayed, and even the houses in the city seemed to exude an indescribable stench.

Just took advantage of the internal strife of the Xiliang soldiers to take down Xinfeng, but suddenly suffered such a heavy blow.

Originally, Xinfeng was not easy to fight, because although Zhu Jun did not have a lot of numbers, the cavalry did not have an advantage, but I didn't expect that I don't know why Li Dao and Ma Teng attacked each other, and the two of them led each other's soldiers to fight in Xinfeng City. Ma Teng was defenseless and was blocked by Li Wei in the city's mansion. Li Wei besieged the government and forcibly attacked, while the Ma Teng soldiers outside the city attacked the periphery in an attempt to rescue the besieged Ma Teng, and the inside and outside of the city became a pot of porridge......

As a result, I just picked up a cheap one for Zhu Jun and others.

When Zhu Jun led the troops to press up, Li Wei had just killed Ma Teng, and he didn't have time to clean up the mess, so he withdrew from Xinfeng when he saw that the situation was wrong.

However, before Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others could celebrate, the plague struck with lightning speed, and suddenly broke out, catching Zhu Jun and others off guard.

In the face of the virus that cannot be seen, unpredictable, and does not know what method can be resisted, the morale of the soldiers has dropped to the freezing point, if it is not for Zhu Jun's reputation is not bad, I am afraid that there will be defections.

When Zhu Jun was inspecting the city wall, there was suddenly a slight movement in the city, and he saw Yang Biao waiting for more than a dozen guards, and he also came to the top of the city.

After the two sides met the ceremony, Yang Biao Yang Biao was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Gongwei, I have to repay it, General Yizhen is gone......"

Zhu Jun's eyes widened: "What, righteousness is really ......"

Yang Biao shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's really a ...... of jealousy of talents."

For a moment, both men fell silent.

Although Yang Biao felt that Huangfu Song had made a mistake in the previous leadership process, and the commander was incapable of affecting the three armies, after all, some rabbits died and foxes were sad.

However, Yang Biao's sadness is more because of his own considerations, after all, Huangfu Song is more or less a general in the army, so his death will more or less affect the morale of the Chinese army.

And Zhu Jun's feeling is even stronger, and it is somewhat different from Yang Biao, after all, he and Huangfu Song are also comrades-in-arms in a sense.

In the seventh year of Guanghe, the yellow scarf spread and was out of control, and the ministers of the DPRK and China all recommended Zhu Jun, saying that he had talent and strategy. So, the imperial court appointed him as the right middle general, holding the festival, and went out with Huangfu Song.

However, the battle was not all smooth sailing, at first when fighting with the Yellow Turban Thief Bocai, the Yellow Turban Thief's spirit had not yet been tortured, and the morale of the imperial court's army was not high, so defeat became an inevitable result.

However, the Yellow Turban is still a rabble after all, in the case of dominance, a fire in the Changshe of Huangfu Song burned the Yellow Turban's dream of changing the day, and more importantly, it broke the myth that the Yellow Turban thieves were undefeated and enhanced the morale of the imperial army.

And now, the one who put that fire can no longer sustain the candle flame of his life......

The past is like a dream, and the world has changed in an instant.

Yang Biao covered his mouth and nose with a piece of incensed silk silk, was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Gongwei, you can't stay here for a long time, you must quickly lead the troops into Beijing!" ”

"Marching into Chang'an?" Zhu Jun hesitated.

At present, not only the people in the city, but also many soldiers in the army are infected with diseases, how can they enter the army under such circumstances?

The plague was not unencountered in Zhu Jun's previous military career, but this time it was more ferocious, so ferocious that he felt a little caught off guard......

On the periphery of the barracks outside the city, there is an additional circle enclosed by a wooden fence, which looks like a pustule bulging from the head of the original barracks.

In this barracks "pustules", there are all soldiers who have been infected.

No one manages it, and no one dares to manage it.

The original dozen tents were completely insufficient, but no one added them, and the soldiers of the rear camp carried the rice buckets and soup buckets to the door of the wooden fence from afar, and then left them far away, dragged in by the half-dead sick soldiers in the fence, and dragged out after eating.

This wooden fence is like a wall of life and death separating the living and the dead, and entering the fence means that death is not far away.

Originally, there was only one such wooden fence, but as the number of sick soldiers increased, a second and then a third had to be built......

"If you can't do it," Yang Biao didn't care about covering his mouth and nose, he got closer, gritted his teeth and said, "They all died here!" ”

In addition to the illness of the soldiers, there is a more critical point, the plague broke out, and Tongguan was the hardest hit area, which meant that all Hongnong's materials could not be transported......

Even if it is a lot of hard work to transport grain and grass, will anyone dare to eat it?

In the past few days, most of the remaining rural dock forts in the vicinity have also moved their families to Jingxiang through Wuguan, or to Hanzhong through Chencang Road. In the face of the plague, no one will have any luck mentality, because even if they shrink into the dock fort, do the surrounding arable land still need tenants to take care of it, and these tenants outside, who can guarantee that they will not be infected with the plague?

So now, Yang Biao and Zhu Jun can't do it if they don't enter, and there may be some hope for them to march, but if they don't march, they are tantamount to waiting for death on the spot......

After a long time, Zhu Jun finally nodded in agreement, and then called the herald: "Pass the order!" Set off tomorrow and send troops to Chang'an! ”