The time came in August, and Qin Hua was about to unify the north.

Yuan Shao died of illness on the way back, and I don't know what his considerations were, but on the way back, he actually passed the position to Yuan Shang instead of his eldest son Yuan Tan, which made Yuan Shaojun immediately split into two camps.

When Qin Hua led the main force to pursue Yuan Shao, he captured the broken Gao Gan, although Gao Gan was Yuan Shao's nephew, but he also knew the current affairs and chose to surrender.

Qin Hua's army came all the way to the city of Yecheng.

Although Cao Cao, who fled to Qingzhou, tried his best to organize the army, his Qingzhou soldiers had suffered heavy casualties as early as when they fought against Yuan Shao, so until now they have gathered less than 50,000 people, among which there are many old and weak, and there is no comparison with the previous Cao army.

After Gao Shun gave up his attack on Qingzhou, he continued to attack Cao Cao's territory, and almost all of them were occupied by Gao Shun except for Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, which had the largest number of troops in these places, was also quickly occupied after the surrender of Chen Deng's father and son.

After occupying Xuzhou, Gao Shun could not continue to attack Qingzhou, and his current task was to defend against possible attacks from Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiangdong.

"Guo Junshi is really a god, and he was able to calculate such a good opportunity to help the lord defeat Yuan Cao and the others in one fell swoop."

At the meeting to plan the attack on Yecheng, everyone expressed their admiration for Guo Jia, because this operation was planned by Guo Jia.

In this regard, Guo Jia just chuckled silently, he knew that this operation was actually more due to Qin Hua.

Because it was Qin Hua who repeatedly determined that Cao Cao would not be easily defeated by Yuan Shao, so that there could be a follow-up plan.

In fact, in Guo Jia's mind, he didn't think that Cao Cao would be able to do this, even with the help of Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao would stop at Guandu.

However, Qin Hua insisted that Cao Cao would inevitably be able to counterattack Yuan Shao, and Guo Jia could set up a strategy based on this, and the result was really as Qin Hua said.

This makes people like Guo Jia with great wisdom sigh: "People are really born to know." ”

Because Guo Jia followed Qin Hua for so long, he also found that Qin Hua didn't seem to have any extraordinary ability, except for force, whether it was military strategy or strategy, it was not outstanding, at most it was the posture of a middle-aged person, but he could have a stroke of genius every time he encountered a major event.

"Okay, now the top priority is to capture Yecheng as soon as possible, defeat Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and then take Qingzhou, so that the unification of the north can be completed. Now that the Son of Heaven has moved to Chang'an, it is important to attack the world in the name of the Son of Heaven and settle down this troubled world. ”

"What the military advisor said is, now let's discuss how to take Yecheng in a short time."

Seeing that Qin Hua had spoken, everyone stopped talking and began to seriously think about the method of attacking Yecheng.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly rushed in, and beside him there was a man in a white robe with only a red cross mark on his chest.

This is the costume made by Qin Hua for the military doctor, and this person should be the military doctor who accompanied the army in Qin Hua's army.

"Enlighten the lord, this man said that he has something important to see."

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, there is a plague in the army."

"The plague?"

Qin Hua was taken aback, he had already formulated a series of military precautions with Hua Tuo and others, such as the corpse needs to be burned as soon as possible, raw water cannot be drunk directly, and frequent washing and bathing are carried out.

Under such measures, it should not be easy for the plague to occur.

"It was those soldiers of the Yuan army who were infected, and the bodies of the soldiers who died in the previous battle of Yuan Cao were not disposed of in time, plus many civilians were killed, and the bodies were not disposed of, which led to the beginning of the epidemic."

"How many infected people are there in the army now?"

"Although there are less than a thousand non-commissioned officers in our army now, more than 3,000 of Yuan's prisoners have been infected. And the number is growing. ”

"Damn, is it really as Zuo Ci said, shouldn't I unify the world?"

During this critical period, there was an epidemic in the army, which made Qin Hua very angry.

However, now is not the time to complain, the outbreak can be big or small, and if it is not dealt with, the hard-won advantage may be ruined.

"Ordered the whole army to retreat thirty miles, quickly isolate the sick soldiers, establish epidemic areas, and house the sick. An army was sent to burn and bury all the corpses in the wilderness, to find the sick people among the people, and to isolate them. Notify the local authorities and ask them to check if anyone is sick in their jurisdiction. ”

Now that this situation is no longer possible to attack the city, and I don't know how many people in the army still carry the virus, in order to avoid the spread of the epidemic, Qin Hua can only postpone the pace of attacking the city.

The medicinal materials in the army were simply not enough to treat so much, Qin Hua could only transfer medicinal materials from all over the country, but fortunately, the epidemic was somewhat controlled.

After a short period of outbreak, nearly 10,000 plague patients appeared in the Qin Hua army (including the prisoners of the Yuan army), and after all these people were isolated, few new patients appeared.

"My lord, now that there is a shortage of medicinal materials, should we treat our soldiers first, and those prisoners will be treated later."

"No, the Yuan army has more than 200,000 prisoners, if we favor one over the other, we are afraid of mutiny."

"They dare."

Seeing that the people below seemed to be about to quarrel, Qin Hua hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, now is not the time to quarrel.

"The captives of the Yuan army have surrendered to me, and they are now also members of the Qin army, so don't call them prisoners of the Yuan army all the time. All people must be cured, and as long as they can be saved, I want them to survive as much as possible. ”

Qin Hua said categorically, and the generals below no longer expressed their opinions on this.

"My lord."

Suddenly, Guo Jia spoke.

Seeing that his brows were tightly knit, Qin Hua knew that something big should have happened.

"Budugen sent a letter, the Xianbei people are moving, they seem to want to come and plunder the state."

"Xianbei people?"

Qin Hua asked a little puzzled, he didn't understand why the Xianbei people would move at this time, it stands to reason that he had only swept away the Southern Xiongnu not long ago, and the Xianbei people did not have a unified command, so they should not dare to attack him.

"It's a note of matching."

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and everyone's eyes looked at the back row of the strategists' seat, and the person who spoke was the frustrated professor who had just joined.

He had never offered advice to Qin Hua since he joined, but this time he suddenly spoke, which made Qin Hua a little surprised.

"When the attack on Cao Cao was planned, the judge proposed to unite the Xianbei people to attack the King of Qin, and it seems that this time they finally organized the army and set it out."

"It's not for nothing that this person is judged."

Although Qin Hua admired the long-term vision of the match, he was also a little dissatisfied in his heart, it was not a good thing to unite with other races to attack the same race.

However, thinking that he had also united the Xianbei people, the Huns and the Qiang people, it was difficult to say anything.

"When I joined them together, they were all under my own control."

Qin Hua can only think like this, but it is true, the alien races that Qin Hua united were all under his control, and they would not intrude on the people of the Han Dynasty at will.

"In this way, we can only divide 50,000 troops and let them go to Bingzhou, and Han Sui will block these Xianbei people first. It's just that Han Sui doesn't have a general under his command, and he still needs to send a few generals over. ”

As he spoke, Qin Hua looked at the generals present and thought about who to send.

"Don't worry, my father-in-law has a general under his command."

"There's a general?"

This time it was Qin Hua's turn to be curious, how could he not know that Han Sui had a general in his hands?

"This person's lord also knows that his name is Xu Rong, he was originally one of the generals under Dong Zhuo, and after being attacked by Li Dao, he went to Bingzhou and stayed under my father-in-law."

"It turns out that Xu Rong went to Bingzhou, so it's okay."

Just as Qin Hua began to arrange which army to send to Bingzhou, two soldiers in a row came to report.

"Report, Beigong Boyu established himself as the king of Qiang, and sent a letter of state, hoping to get along with the main bus."

"Report, Guo Jing rebelled with several families, raised 50,000 troops in Wuwei, led by General Ma Teng, and is attacking the counties of Liangzhou."

"What, how could my father be in the same league with these people. I don't believe it. ”

Saying that, Ma Teng turned his head to look at Qin Hua and said, "Ma Chao asked to go to war, and he was determined to exterminate these rebellions for the lord." ”

Qin Hua ignored Ma Chao and continued to look at the man.

"What are they flying under the banner?"

"They... They..."

Seeing that this person was hesitant, Ma Chao ran over, pulled the placket of the shirt he was holding and asked, "What the hell is it, don't come quickly." ”

"They said that the lord was unfilial and robbed the old lord of the throne of King Qin, and this time they were ordered by the old lord to raise troops. As long as the lord gave up the throne of the king of Qin and gave up his military power, they stopped. ”

At this time, no one dared to speak, after all, Qin Hua's father was involved, and he still had to wait for Qin Hua to make a decision.