Although the ancients did not know about the existence of bacteria and viruses, there are still many people who know that corpses are prone to spreading plague, and Dushaw is one of them.

Therefore, when the Wei army threw a large number of corpses into Huiyang City, he had already guessed the Wei army's intentions.

Obviously, the Wei army just wanted to use these corpses to create a plague, and then make Huiyang City self-defeating.

This plan is not an ordinary poison, it can be said to be mad.

You must know that ancient society has always paid attention to the deceased, no matter how much mistake the person made in life, as long as the person dies, all grievances will return to dust.

If it is an ordinary family, it will be full of awe of the deceased and dare not slack off.

And what Wei Jun did was even more vicious than the legendary bones and ashes. Because most of these corpses died in the siege of the Wei soldiers, they were their comrades.

This practice of throwing one's own corpse as a weapon is simply a blasphemy against the dead.

Not to mention that the Northwest Army hated this practice of the Wei army, even many soldiers in the Wei army could not accept such a practice.

Seeing the corpses of former comrades being thrown into the enemy's city like garbage made almost all the soldiers feel extremely cold.

At this moment, they are more afraid of death than ever.

Because they are afraid that once they die, their corpses will also end up in the same fate.

They don't want to end up dead even after their own death.

But no matter what everyone's opinion is, the poisonous plan that An Guogong came up with still has obvious results.

With the continuous accumulation of a large number of corpses in the city, not only did the stench stench, but the soldiers who were responsible for cleaning up the corpses also successively developed symptoms of the plague such as high fever, skin ulcers, and coughs.

In order to prevent the spread of the plague, the military doctor could only organize soldiers to isolate these sick soldiers who were suspected of having the plague.

Fortunately, several military doctors who accompanied the army had participated in the epidemic prevention work during the outbreak of sores in the northwest that year, and they still had some experience in how to prevent the epidemic.

In accordance with the practice of preventing and dispersing sores in those years, they divided the city into four areas: A, B, C, and Safety Zone.

A quarantine is an area where people who have been confirmed to be infected with the plague live.

A Class B quarantine area is an area where people who are just beginning to show symptoms but are not sure if they really have the plague are staying.

A Class C quarantine area is an area for people who have no symptoms but have just come out of an epidemic area. If they do not show symptoms of the plague after a while, they can be classified as ordinary people in a safe area.

The safe zone is the area where healthy soldiers live.

Through this method of isolation, the sick soldiers were quickly screened out, and the further spread of the plague was avoided.

Fortunately, all the people have been evacuated, and only the soldiers responsible for defending the city are left in the city, otherwise the plague will spread faster and more difficult to control.

However, isolating sick soldiers is one thing, and it is more important to dispose of the corpses scattered in the city as soon as possible. Otherwise, the faster the corpse will decompose, and the greater the chance of a large-scale plague outbreak, so it must be dealt with quickly.

Because burying them one by one was too time-consuming and easy to spread the plague, some military doctors proposed to simply follow the practice of epidemic prevention and sores and burn all the corpses.

The proposal was quickly approved by Duchaux, who chose a vacant area on the outskirts of the city with no trees and no chance of causing a fire.

As a result, countless corpses were dragged to this open space by soldiers wearing rudimentary homemade masks one after another to be incinerated.

As more and more corpses were burned, the city's hygiene improved dramatically. Not only were the corpses or human stumps that could be seen everywhere gradually cleaned up, but even the disgusting smell of corpses in the air was reduced a lot.

This treatment suddenly made many recruits who went to the battlefield for the first time feel much better. At least I can eat without wanting to vomit when I open my mouth.

Compared with the gradual improvement of the northwest defenders, Li Zhihai, the general who was responsible for leading the siege outside the city, couldn't help but start to get anxious.

After so many days, the plague he expected did not seem to have broken out in the city, which greatly surprised him.

If there was no plague outbreak in the city, then it would be a fantasy for his 40,000 people to conquer Huiyang City, which was like an iron turtle.

If he can't take down Huiyang City, then his sin will be great.

Although he did not come up with the plan to throw the corpses of soldiers into the city, he was the one who really carried it out, and he couldn't shake off the pot.

If the Xie family insists on him for the sake of his reputation in the future, then he has no other way but to apologize for the crime with death.

If he can take Huiyang City, at least he can atone for his crimes.

But if he can't beat it, there will definitely be no good end waiting for him in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Zhihai was really anxious and scared.

Just when Li Zhihai was in a hurry, Du Xiao, the commander in Huiyang City, was discussing a major matter with his subordinates.

"General, you want to launch a counterattack on the Wei army?" Hearing Du Xiao's words, his adjutant couldn't help but be stunned, and the other Qianhu were shocked, and their eyes showed a strong battle intent.

Du Xiao nodded and said, "That's right, as long as we eat the Wei army outside the city, then our Huiyang City can become a nail inserted in the rear of the Wei army."

Although there were many people in the Wei army, the more people they had, the more they could not afford it.

As soon as the Wei army retreated, we could cooperate with the army in front of us, flank the enemy in front and back, and kill them by surprise. ”

"But general, now there are 40,000 Wei troops besieging the city outside the city, and the strength is more than double that of us, this battle is not easy to fight." The adjutant said with a sad face.

Du Xiao said confidently: "I naturally know that the Wei army is far superior to us, but have you noticed the expressions on the faces of those soldiers?" ”

The adjutant pondered for a moment, and then asked with some uncertainty: "You mean, those Wei soldiers don't want to fight?" ”

"That's right, they don't just don't want to fight, they are simply afraid of war.

Although those Wei generals came up with an incomparably damaging method of throwing corpses to create plague, they didn't think clearly, this method was actually a double-edged sword.

After several days of observation, I found that although the Wei army outside the city was outnumbered, the morale of the soldiers was extremely low. Almost every soldier of the Wei army had a feeling of trepidation on his face, which was a typical sign of fear of war.

Obviously, the Wei army's practice of throwing the corpses of their comrades into the city made these soldiers feel extremely cold.

They were also afraid that they would end up in the same fate when they died, so they became cowering and did not dare to fight.

Such a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, even if there are many people, what is the use, they are just a group of cattle and sheep with a false appearance. ”

"General Du is right, what is the use of such a rabble of rabble, no matter how many people there are." A thousand households couldn't help but interject.

"That's right, those are all brutes, you must not let them go, you must fight."

The remaining thousand households also looked very excited, and they had already held back the fire in their stomachs.

They have been fighting for so many years, and it is the first time they have seen such despicable tactics, which are even more shameless than the Hu people.

Although he felt that Shangfeng was reasonable, the adjutant still said with some hesitation: "General, the military order given to us by the marshal is to hold Huiyang City, and not to send troops easily." If we rush to send troops, I am afraid that the commander will be unhappy. ”

Du Xiao said with a smile: "The so-called time and time, if the army besieged the city before, it is natural to focus on holding it steadily."

But now that the situation has changed, and there is such a good time, are you really willing to give up this great opportunity to make meritorious contributions? ”

Who came out to be a soldier who didn't want to make meritorious contributions, and when Du Xiao said this, the adjutant suddenly turned his heart and said: "The last general will listen to the general." ”

When the other thousands of households saw that they were finally about to fight, they were all excited and ready to go.

"Okay, it's not too late, you can organize people to go to the south gate now to dig a hole that can pass people, and we'll do it tonight."

"Yes, General." The adjutant immediately took the order and left.

After everyone left, Du Xiao looked in the direction outside the city, his face was full of murder.

He had long wanted to do something to those humanoid animals outside the city, and he must personally kill the general of the Wei army who ordered this to be carried out.