143: The Great Plague is coming

Yesterday was the season of valley rain, and after counting fifteen days, we will come to the beginning of summer. Hedong City is located in the extreme south of the Sanjin Dynasty, and the climate has already warmed up, and even the cold air accumulated in the depths of the soil for a winter has almost dispersed at this time.

What Zheng Qian was worried about, Zhou Changan had also understood: if the battle situation did not take a huge turn, then with enough solid city fortifications and sufficient manpower and material resources, he could hold on for at least more than 30 days. But now the battlefield of Hedong City has become a place of corpses, and even the soft soil that has been trampled under the city has been soaked in blood. In this way, although the city wall can hold off the 30-day attack, it will be difficult for the soldiers and civilians in the city to last another 15 days!

The reason is also very simple, epidemics.

At this time, the climate is warm, mosquitoes breed, corpses are everywhere, and the land is thousands of miles away; As the old saying goes, after this great plague, there will be a great plague; This is just as appropriate after the Great War. Now the two armies of Qin and Yan are fighting to the death under Hedong City; With hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, and the help of climate and environment, even if there are not so many carrion corpses and dirty blood under the city, it is still an excellent breeding ground for infectious diseases.

Such a large-scale battle seems to be just a direct competition of force between the two sides; But in reality, war itself is not a question of force, but a comprehensive form of statistics.

For example, the transportation speed, deployment path, and storage method of logistics baggage; The battalions will determine the quantity and quality of soldiers' armor and ordnance, as well as the wear and tear and replenishment of natural and unnatural ones; Dietary hygiene and balanced nutritional intake of soldiers and soldiers; cleanliness of barracks, collection and storage of human and animal manure; The prevention and treatment of epidemics, the timely adjustment of morale and morale, the rational distribution of physical strength among soldiers and soldiers, and so on......

Such inconspicuous "small problems", no matter which link is miscalculated, are likely to determine the final direction of a battle.

To err is human? After all, a person's ability and energy are limited, and the result of the coach's all-encompassing will only bring his body to life, and there is no benefit; However, if the power and responsibility are completely delegated, there will be troubles such as concealment and omission and filling of private pockets due to human mistakes or dereliction of duty; So in the final analysis, the final victory or defeat of a war is to see which side makes the most mistakes and which side moves the fastest to capture the fighters.

At present, the medical environment in Huayu Continent is not only chaotic, but also very scarce in human resources; Frostbite in winter and prickly heat in summer are already the most common phenomenon; As for "ordinary" infectious diseases such as athlete's foot, pink eye, meteor colds, skin diseases, etc., they are not new at all; Even if thousands of people live together and infect each other with a small disease, it is inevitable.

As for such a rarity as a military medical officer, even generals at all levels can't serve it, so how can they bother to take care of this kind of ringworm disease? As for collecting the corpses of your own soldiers on the battlefield, it will be possible to free up your hands until the war is won at the earliest.

In Shen Gui's view, the act of sending dead people has only two practical meanings; Either it is for the living, including the bereaved who have painful skin, as well as relatives and friends who come to mourn; Either it is used to prevent diseases and disasters and avoid the spread of the epidemic caused by the decomposition of corpses; As for those gods and ghosts...... Belief is there and non-belief is nothing, both are psychological factors, and they cannot carry more practical significance.

can look at the past generations of soldiers in the Huayu Continent, the starting point for dealing with the "aftermath" is also to appease the military and do it for the living brothers; In the eyes of Shen Gui's concept, this is purely a sacrifice of the basics, and it is extremely stupid. Those generals who boast of being benevolent will often bury their fallen soldiers on the spot after a great victory; Ordinary generals let their corpses be in the wilderness and ignore them.

At least from the perspective of disease prevention and disaster prevention, there is no essential difference between burying them in situ or discarding them, and they can also breed diseases.

In the classics of the historians of Huayu Continent, records about epidemics are also common: in the year of natural disasters and wars, there will be a major epidemic, and the dead will be registered, and ten rooms and nine empty rooms will be born. According to Shen Gui's speculation, the diseases bred by the accumulation and decomposition of corpses should mainly be large-scale infectious diseases such as pneumonia, plague, cholera, and sepsis.

In the face of natural disasters, there is not much that human beings can do; But man-made disasters like these could have been avoided!

However, when it comes to the prevention and control of epidemics, we have to mention the shamanism that has "waned", as well as the Western Xinjiang Zen Buddhism, which has always been despised by the people of the Central Plains, and all kinds of so-called "sideways"; At least these "pretending to be ghosts" do have their own uniqueness in the issue of corpse disposal.

For example, the shamans of the Mobei grassland still uphold the most primitive fire worship complex; Therefore, if the Mobei people die, except for those who have converted to Zen Buddhism in the Western Xinjiang Grassland, they will choose celestial burial when they die, and the vast majority of Mobei people, from the king of Khan to the commoners, will choose cremation; The shamanism of Youbei Sanlu, due to the migration and integration of foreign populations, can also accept the requiem ritual of coffin burial; However, the most mainstream method of corpse disposal is still traditional wind burial and cremation.

Therefore, whenever there is a big battle on the three roads in the north, there will be shamans and wizards who will accompany the army; One of their most important duties was to collect and burn the bones of fallen soldiers and guide their souls.

And what worries Zhou Changan and Zheng Qian today is also from a bad habit in ancient shamanism: building corpse walls!

Judging from the name alone, this cast Jingguan and the corpse wall are only the difference between a head and a complete corpse; In terms of actual effect, Jingguan only has a huge deterrent power, but the actual lethality is minimal; And the heinous cruelty of the corpse wall has the effect of spreading the epidemic!

At present, the battlefield of Hedong City is full of "bricks" on the wall, and the two gates of Hedong City can be blocked at any time; If the second batch of catapults made by the Heavenly Machine Workshop could be delivered to the front line in the near future, then there would be no need to throw any stone bullets or fire bombs; As long as they keep throwing rotting corpses into the city, then this impregnable Hedong City will soon become a plague-ridden graveyard!

The so-called history is a story written by the victors themselves; If the Qin army relied on this method to completely "encircle" all the defenders of Hedong City, then the Northern Yan Dynasty would no longer have the power to fight back. As for their tactics of destroying conscience and destroying human nature, will they be scolded by 10,000 people......

I'm afraid that where the butcher's knife passes, a cluster of flowers will grow.

Zheng Qian mentioned this matter today, and immediately completely crushed Zhou Chang'an's mind of guarding the city; He originally thought that with the incomparably sufficient troops in the city, coupled with Cai Xi personally taking over and supervising the logistics and supply channels of the front line, he would definitely be able to drag the Qin army to death under Hedong City! But now, if it is delayed until early summer at the latest, this epidemic will patronize Hedong City no matter what!

Zhou Changan stared at the bloody stumps flowing everywhere under the city, stretched out his tongue and licked the fire blisters that had just arched out of the corners of his mouth, and couldn't think of any good way for a while......

But at this moment, he saw that the gate of the Qin army's camp in the distance suddenly opened a gap, and a few figures flashed sporadically; The characteristics of the leader are extremely obvious, he is a bald head!

He was half naked, with two bare feet, his left hand as his chest, and his back hand holding a Vedic vajra upside down, walking slowly towards Hedong City!

When Zhou Changan saw this monk, his heart suddenly sank: Didn't he just reach a battle agreement with the Qin army? Why did the other party suddenly regret it after seeing him three times? What exactly has changed?

Curiosity is curiosity, but at the moment of the great enemy, he still turned his head and prepared to order his subordinates to go to Jiang Xiaolou, who was sitting in Hedong City; But before he could speak, he felt a breeze on his side, and Jiang Xiaolou, who was carrying a double sword, was already standing beside him:

Zhou Changan looked at Jiang Xiaolou silently for a long time before asking

"Hurt ...... Are they all almost? ”

"It's not hurt, it's just tired."

"There was a monk sent from the other side, and he should be planning to break the contract......"

"What does this covenant have to do with us, and they destroy it? If you like to toss, let them toss. ”

“…… That's right, too! ”

At this moment, Zen Master Zongjing, who had already stepped on the battlefield, began to bow his head and chant the scriptures; The low and simple voice seemed to fall from the sky, from every inch of skin, from every strand of hair, into the depths of the soul of the listener, and people could not help but feel compassion and no desire to fight......

Jiang Xiaolou listened to the scriptures like Hong Zhong Dalu, and a sarcastic smile tugged at the corner of his mouth:

"After reciting the scriptures and beating the monks, our Jianchi disciples disdain to do it; So, we have to do it now......"

After saying a word, Jiang Xiaolou pulled out his master's saber with his backhand, flicked his fingers with his left hand, and let out a crisp and loud sword sound, which also completely broke the "psychological tactics" of Zen Master Zongjing! At the same time, his slender figure in white also jumped high above the tower; The whole person is like a weightless kite, leisurely "floating" in mid-air......

Zhou Changan looked at his fluttering white clothes and fairy shape, pouted and instructed Zheng Qian:

"Go back and send someone to inquire, he changes into white clothes every day, who washed him?"

The sky is blue, Jiang Xiaolou is white, the two complement each other and merge into one, so that the Zongjing Zen Master, who is looking directly at the sky, also looks at the gods for a while......

Suddenly, he only felt a strong wind hitting his eyebrows, and he looked at it carefully, only to find that Jiang Xiaolou, who was almost integrated with the sky, was holding his sword downward with his right hand and pinching the sword trick with his left hand, and raised it flat at his side; Two clear eyes, radiating a serene and peaceful light; And the blade of the Qingmang Sword is only half an inch away from his eyebrows!

Jiang Xiaolou's appearance is extremely chic, but this sword move that fell from the sky has some small tricks:

It's noon, and although the sun is not at its peak, it's enough to dazzle people's eyes; And Zongjing looked up at himself, and naturally he would be pierced by the sun; Even if there is only a momentary loss of concentration, with the skills of the two of them, it is enough to distinguish the winner from the loser!