Ye Zongliu took a few of his subordinates to inspect the camp, but he didn't know why he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he felt very irritable.

So, Ye Zongliu simply took a team of thieves around the mountain, originally wanting to walk in the mountains in the drizzle, so as to calm down the irritable mind, and check the sentry posts around the camp by the way.

After a while, Ye Zongliu led people to a mountain spring, only to see the spring water trickling, very clear, and the surrounding birds were constantly singing, which was very pleasant.

"King, this is a water point for our rebels, and the brothers have come to fetch water a few times this morning."

A small leader said flatteringly, introducing Ye Zongliu to the situation of the surrounding sentry posts.

Ye Zongliu's mind was not here at this time, so he nodded noncommittally and casually coped with a few words.

Suddenly, Ye Zongliu found that there seemed to be some foreign object next to the grass next to the spring, which was hidden by the surrounding grass and trees, and it was really difficult to find it if he didn't look carefully.

So, Ye Zongliu called a few of his subordinates and stepped forward to investigate.

"King! It's a dead man! ”

"King! It seems that this dead man has been soaking in the spring for several days, and the body is swollen! ”

Hearing this, Ye Zongliu couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart, this corpse has been soaking in the spring water for so long, so how can this spring water be drunk?

"Go back! Dump all the water in the camp! ”

Several thieves also realized something when they heard this, and hurriedly ran in the direction of the camp.

Ye Zongliu said loudly again: "Quickly send someone to check the water sources around the camp to see if there are any other corpses, and let me check it quickly!" ”

Several thieves around them suddenly scattered in a hurry and ran in all directions.

Ye Zongliu glanced at the spring water that was still flowing, and said secretly: "Could it be that this is the official army playing ghosts?" ”

didn't have time to think about it, Ye Zongliu hurried back to the camp, and not long after he came back, he received bad news: corpses were found around three water sources around the camp, and looking at the appearance of the corpses, it was obvious that they had been soaked in water for a few days!

At this time, Ye Zongliu also began to panic, and hurriedly ordered to search for foreign objects in the camp, but he didn't expect to find a few corpses from the camp in just over an hour.

"King, these corpses were all found from the vicinity of the camp, and now the identity of these corpses is being checked in various departments to see which one they are."

Ye Zongliu stared at the corpses and asked, "Have you ever found it?" ”

"Not yet."

"King, this matter is very strange, these corpses seem to have appeared out of nowhere, and the specific identity cannot be found."

"Of course it's weird!"

Ye Zongliu looked at those corpses, only to see that the color of the corpses was black and purple, obviously they were all sick and dead, and the water sources that were polluted by the corpses were drunk by the army, and it was estimated that in a few days, there would be a plague in the camp!

"It must be Liu Juntao's handiwork!"

Ye Zongliu said with a hideous face: "It's so ruthless! Liu Juntao, you are going to kill them all! ”

"The King?"

The leaders of the surrounding thieves all looked at Ye Zongliu, and everyone also realized that the situation was not good, and everyone was worried in their hearts.

Ye Zongliu exhaled and said; "All departments immediately go to a distant place to look for water sources, we must be cautious, we must find clean water sources!"

"Order!"

Several bandit leaders immediately scattered and ran away, gathered their men and dispersed.

Then, Ye Zongliu said to the remaining bandit leaders around him: "Immediately carry these corpses out and bury them!" At the same time, pay close attention to whether any of the brothers in each department are sick, and report to me immediately if you find out! If anyone conceals it and does not report it, he will be punished as collaborating with the enemy! ”

Everyone looked at Ye Zongliu, who had a hideous face, and they all shuddered, nodded hurriedly and said yes, and went to arrange for people to go.

Not long after, several of the corpses of the bandit camp were carried out and buried in the wasteland east of the bandits' camp.

After that, Ye Zongliu didn't care about anything else, and concentrated on taking a team of guards to patrol the various departments of the camp, for fear that the plague would spread among the army.

"God forbid!"

Ye Zongliu kept praying in his heart, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and after only four days, more than a dozen thieves and soldiers from various departments reported that they had fallen ill!

Ye Zongliu was stunned when he heard the news, and the whole person was instantly aged as if he was more than ten years old, and he sat on the chair and was speechless for a long time.

"King! What can I do now? ”

"King! Now it's just a dozen people, and we must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise it won't be a matter of a dozen people in a few days, and our army of more than 100,000 will be finished! ”

"I think the illness of those dozen brothers is very similar to cold and fever, it must be a ghost made by the official army, it is really inhumane!"

In fact, these bandit leaders didn't remember that when they led their troops to loot in various places, did they have a little humanity?

Ye Zongliu said with blank eyes: "Immediately take the dozen or so sick brothers out of the camp, go farther, and bury them!" ”

The surrounding leaders all turned pale when they heard this, but they nodded yes without hesitation.

On the same day, the more than a dozen thieves who fell ill disappeared, and the remaining army of hundreds of thousands of thieves was also panicked, and the news that there was a very high probability of a plague in the army also spread, which made the already fragile military heart become shattered at the touch of a button!

Ye Zong stayed in the big tent of the Chinese army for three days, and the most worrying thing still happened, soldiers from all departments continued to fall ill, and in just a few days, the number of thieves who suffered from cold and fever in the camp of thieves exceeded 100!

At this time, the news of the outbreak of the plague in the army could not be concealed completely, and the news that was still secretly spreading in the army of thieves was pierced in an instant, and all the thieves were panicked.

In one day, more than 100 bloody clashes broke out in the camp of thieves, and dozens of thieves died tragically.

Ye Zongliu didn't care about these when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered the sick soldiers of the various departments in the general to gather together, and draw a special camp area in the north of the camp to isolate everyone from the army.

But it didn't take long for the camp to spread the terrifying news: all those who were sick would be killed and buried by the officials after quarantine to prevent the spread of the plague!

After the news spread, more than 200 sick thieves who had been quarantined suddenly made a fuss, and even many healthy thieves were involved, after all, those sick thieves also had friends and relatives, and the thieves' camp became extremely chaotic for a while!

Ye Zongliu was frightened when he saw this, and immediately mobilized 10,000 henchmen to surround the isolation camp, forcibly dispersed the troublesome soldiers, and strictly ordered the soldiers of all departments to return to the garrison immediately, and not to move around in the camp at will, and those who violated the order were immediately beheaded!

Looking at the crowd that gradually dispersed in the camp, Ye Zongliu couldn't calm down for a long time in his heart.

At this time, Ye Zongliu believed that the official army under the mountain would no longer attack, and the plague in the army must be the handiwork of the official army, and now the official army just needs to wait quietly for himself and the hundreds of thousands of troops to fend for themselves!

"God is going to kill me!"

Ye Zongliu was walking in the camp at this time, and the soldiers and leaders of various departments along the way looked over, and their eyes were full of dissatisfaction, which made Ye Zongliu even more afraid.

So, Ye Zongliu hurriedly rushed back to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after thinking about it, Ye Zongliu decided to come out of the shell of the golden cicada again, and rushed out with the 30,000 elites around the big tent of the Chinese army, maybe he still had a glimmer of life!

Ye Zongliu began to rectify the soldiers and horses of the surrounding departments, and deliberately shrank the soldiers and horses in various parts of Gongchuan Mountain in the direction of the camp, so as not to be detected by the thieves and horses guarding near the mountain road when he led 30,000 elite soldiers to break through.

But even so, Ye Zongliu's movements were also noticed by the thieves of the rest of the ministries, and the leaders of the various ministries came to the big tent of the Chinese army one after another to ask Ye Zongliu what he wanted to do.

Seeing this, Ye Zongliu also understood that his plan of "golden cicada shelling" this time might not be successful, if he forcibly acted against it, then the army of hundreds of thousands would be torn apart and start an internal fight!

There was no way, Ye Zongliu had to excuse himself to prepare to shrink the defense, so as not to disperse his troops and be rushed into the mountain by the official army.

finally perfunctory the leaders of the various departments, Ye Zongliu tossed and turned alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he was also full of pessimism about his future.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also calculated the time in the camp, and saw that the thieves on Gongchuan Mountain had not sent people down the mountain to harass and attack the official army camp in the past few days, so he had a plan in his heart.

"There must be a plague on the bandits' side!"

After Liu Juntao made up his mind, he immediately sent someone to inform the general Dai Jingkui that he must let the soldiers of the Beijing camp guard the camp, and beware of thieves following the example of the officials and soldiers and secretly throwing the bodies of the sick and dead thieves over.

General Dai Jingkui also took it to heart and deployed double the number of sentinels around the Beijing camp; Liu Juntao also strengthened his defense, strictly guarded and waited for a turnaround.