Chapter 84: The Plague
Yangyi city is like a great enemy, General Jin Wuwei expropriated all the wormwood in the nearby city, and half of the medicinal materials were also levied, Yangyi now only has the army inside, and the people all moved away, once the army also broke out of the plague, it was easy to control, and the soldiers always obeyed the command more than the people.
The soldiers cleaned the streets, burned the garbage that could be burned, and pulled out the garbage that could not be burned to bury it, as long as it was a place where people lived, they had to smoke it with wormwood, and the soldiers also paid attention to hygiene and prepared for epidemic prevention. The area in the south of the city has been carved out, one as a quarantine area and the other as a medical area, and the doctors in the city are ready to fight the epidemic.
On the other hand, the Huns are coming more and more day by day, looking from a distance, Wuyang and Wuyang are a sea of people, there are one million people, this number is also unthinkable by General Jin Wuwei, he originally thought that the Huns are estimated to be two or three hundred thousand, but now it seems that there are more than that, there are at least 400,000 soldiers who can fight, and there are about six or seven hundred thousand old and weak women and children left.
The Huns now eat the grain of several large tribes, and they still have to pay it back in the future, and they have to pay back the interest, and they sleep at night, that is, a group of people lie on the ground, and there is nothing to cover, and they fall asleep with their belly exposed, which is all the credit of Xiao Tianyu, and they don't give them anything when they drive people out, and now the weather is not cold, and there is no problem for sleeping on the ground for the time being, but there are many people and few places, and people are crowded when they sleep at night.
Xiang Yuhua and Pan Xingteng are a little big now, there are too many people, and they don't have much food and grass, so it's not good to go on like this.
Pan Xingteng scratched his head, "Patriarch Xiang, I think we should hurry up and organize people to attack Yangyi, my tribe's grain and grass really can't last a few days." ”
Xiang Yuhua naturally knew, "But we don't have siege equipment, it's not easy to fight, so we sent people to invite us to fight, and Jin Wuwei ignored us." “
"Aren't there still some crashes? Just slam the gates open. Pershington proposed.
Xiang Yuhua's eyes flashed with calculation, "That...... Who sends troops? ”
Pan Xingteng was stupid, but he was not stupid enough to let his people die, "Now there are only two tribes left on the grassland, you and me, you are half, and I am half." ”
When the appointed time came, the soldiers who stayed in the steppe drew water from the river, boiled it and poured it into the kettle, and then killed the captured horses and threw them into the river, and a hundred horses were thrown into the river, which instantly dyed the surface of the river red.
The 100 people returned to Yangyi, and Xiao Tianyu asked them to take them to the quarantine area in the south of the city for isolation, and then release them after they were isolated.
There are people on the Xiongnu side every day to call the battle, but no one pays attention to them, sometimes they occasionally come to attack the city, they have no ladders, only a few rushing cars, the city gate of Yangyi is heavy and thick, and it can't be opened after hitting it a few times.
In fact, even if they crash open, there are huge stones in the city, Xiao Tianyu will block the city gate with a stone, she doesn't believe that the Huns' rushing car can still smash the stone, I'm afraid that before it is broken, their rushing car will be smashed!
As the days passed, Pan Xingteng and Xiang Yuhua's food became less and less, and the grain and grass lent out were naturally less, and many people complained in their hearts, Yangyi had been unable to fight, no matter how they scolded and scolded, no one came out.
Gradually, people began to get sick in the army, first with a cold and cough, then with fever, and the high fever did not go away for three days, and then the people were gone. More and more people fell ill, and many of the Xiongnu people also showed these symptoms, and they were getting more and more day by day, and death cases began to appear every day.
At first, it was not taken seriously, there were fewer doctors among the Huns, and they were still dominated by witch doctors, they couldn't see that it was a plague, and it was not until there was a large-scale death that they began to pay attention to it, but it was too late at this time.
Pan Xingteng and Xiang Yuhua were in a hurry.
Xiang Yuhua wandered in the military tent, "Patriarch Pan, I think those people have annoyed the plague god, so let's dare to let them go!" ”
Pan Xingteng didn't agree, many of his army had the plague, if he drove away, then his strength would be weakened "I don't agree, they have no food, where can they go?" If we drive them away, they will still wander here and attract the plague gods, so it is better for the witch doctor to ask the gods for protection. ”
Xiang Yuhua saw through Pan Xingteng's careful thinking at a glance, but now is not the time to care about gains and losses, "Patriarch Pan, there are also many soldiers in our army who have offended the plague god, you should know that the witch doctor is useless, you will weaken your strength, why wouldn't I?" It's just that if it is not solved quickly, there will be more and more people who are infected with the disease, and it will be out of control at that time. In this way, how about killing all the infected people, starting with our army? ”
Pan Xingteng agreed, and he also knew that the form was severe, "Okay, after you finish there, I will also kill the infected people here." ”
Xiang Yuhua first moved towards himself, one of his sons also had the plague, his body temperature was terrifyingly high, his face was red, and he knew at a glance that he was a person who had the plague.
Xiang Yuhua asked people to pull out his son who had the plague and gathered everyone together.
"This is my son, and he's got the plague!" Xiang Yuhua directly threw down a bombshell news.
The crowd was in an uproar and retreated, fearing that they too would be infected with the plague.
Xiang Yuhua didn't take everyone's rejection to heart, "Everyone should know that if the person who offends the plague god is not dealt with as soon as possible, the people around him will also be regarded as disrespectful to the plague god." Therefore, I decided that anyone who offended the plague god should be killed, and the corpse would be burned to ashes and the ashes should be buried five kilometers away from the barracks. My son also offended the plague god, so I decided that the first person to deal with it was my son! ”
Xiang Yuhua pulled out his sword, and before his son could intercede, he was already pierced through the chest by the sword.
"Pull him down and burn him." Xiang Yuhua endured the grief in his heart, "Come on, go to the barracks first and kill all the people who offend the plague god, and then deal with the tribesmen!" ”
With Xiang Yuhua's righteous extermination of relatives, it is easy to clean up the sick.
Pan Xingteng was suspicious at first, but seeing that Xiang Yuhua was really ruthless, he followed Xiang Yuhua's example, pulled out the sick son and concubine in the family and beheaded them in public, and then sent people to kill the sick in the army and among the people.
The number of people who got the plague accounted for 10%, which seems to be very small, but it can be seen as a lot on a large base, and 130,000 people were directly killed, relieving some of the pressure on food and grass.
When Xiang Yuhua and Pan Xingteng were breathing a sigh of relief, someone got the plague again......
General Jin Wuwei inspected the defense on the city wall, saw another commotion in the Xiongnu military camp opposite, remembered that the military newspaper he read said that after the massacre, some people would be infected with the plague, and couldn't help asking: "Cao Jian Jun, why have those who got the plague been killed, and some people still have the plague?" ”
Xiao Tianyu thought to himself: How can I explain this, is it possible to explain the virus to an ancient? It's so me.
Xiao Tianyu tried his best to make scientific things simpler: "In fact, the infection of the plague is not a plague god, but a disease, this disease is easy to spread, suppose I have the plague, I touch the general, the general may be infected by me." Why do some people get sick when they don't get sick on the same day as everyone else? I don't know about this, anyway, the disease will break out within a few days, and it varies from person to person, mainly depending on the physique. ”
Jin Wuwei was curious: "Lord Cao, how do you know so many things?" These methods have not even been heard of by doctors, but they are surprisingly effective, the plague broke out in the Huns for almost five days, and more than 100,000 people died, but our army was safe and sound. ”
Xiao Tianyu is now thick-skinned, and his face is not red and his heart is not beating when he lies, "My father likes to read, no matter what books he collects, Xia Guan wanted to be a doctor who hung a pot to help the world when he was a child, so he also read a few more medical books, and now he is ugly in front of the general." ”
General Jin Wuwei was in a good mood and patted Xiao Tianyu on the shoulder, "Yes, Your Majesty should like you very much, you have made a great contribution." ”
Xiao Tianyu thought to himself: When you return to the capital and see me sitting on the dragon chair in a dragon robe, don't scare you to death.
A soldier ran over in a panic, "General, someone has the plague and has been sent to the treatment area, and the doctors are treating it." ”
Xiao Tianyu hurriedly said: "Hurry up and ask him, who has he been in contact with in the past seven days, and pulled all those people to quarantine!" Especially if you live in a room with him, you can just take it to the treatment area, and you don't need to isolate. ”
The soldier looked at General Jin Wuwei hesitantly, General Jin Wuwei nodded, and the soldier hurriedly ran down to give the order.
"Cao Jianjun, Shen Jianjun, let's go and have a look!" General Jin Wuwei said.
In this era, there is no protective clothing, Xiao Tianyu asked people to make a lot of sets of "clothes", that kind of clothes wrap the whole body of the person, only a pair of eyes are exposed, close to the south of the city, I saw a lot of doctors wearing "protective clothing" walking around, there are quite a lot of people in the quarantine area, all of them are like ashes, and those who don't know think they are in the treatment area.
The doctor on the side reported the patient's condition to General Jin Wuwei: "General, that person is a soldier who is specially responsible for going out of the city to fetch water, he was very tired when he came back the day before yesterday, he didn't listen to the prison guards, he didn't wash his hands before eating, he may have been infected at that time, and we are now looking for a way to treat it." ”
Xiao Tianyu threw the people down and went to the quarantine area next door to look, and found that the soldiers were all listlessly paralyzed on the ground, their faces were like ashes, as if they would definitely die, and she didn't have much confidence that she could cure them, but it was also to let them not worry so much, if they were in a bad mood, it would not be conducive to the repair of the body's self-healing mechanism, so try to fool as much as possible!
Xiao Tianyu opened the curtain and grabbed a passing soldier, "Hurry up and bring me some wood, go to the quarantine area to make a fire, day and night, to make the temperature in the quarantine area like summer." ”
The soldier was in a circle, but did as he did.
Xiao Tianyu walked in again and cheered for the people inside, "I'm Cao Qing, I am the supervisor of the army, those plagues are afraid of fire, I let people make a fire inside, it will be a little hotter, everyone bear with me, everything will be fine." ”
The people inside were unmoved, and one of them asked, "Why are you afraid of fire?" It's not you who is emotionally sick! ”