"Lord Wang, you must not let Pi Li lead the army to the Rouran Khan's Court to flank His Majesty's army with Da Tan, otherwise the Western Route Army will be in danger and Your Majesty will be in danger!" The cavalry general Yanpu stood up and clenched his fists and said.

Wan Du Gui and Yuan He respectively stood up and echoed: "General Yanpu is right, the last general will second!" ”

Whether the emperor dies or not, the victory or defeat of the Western Route Army has nothing to do with Zhao Junsheng, but he can't have problems with the Western Route Army, because Hua Mulan is in the West Route Army, and if the West Route Army is in danger, Mulan must be in danger.

Zhao Junsheng also immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Lord Wang, our army must send a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to find out where Pi Lixian's men and horses are, and then quickly send troops to intercept them!" ”

Tuoba Jian also knew that if he didn't intercept it, Tuoba Tao's army would definitely be at risk of being flanked from front to back, but in the vast desert north, where to find Pi Lixian and his army, he frowned and said: "This Mobei is too big, we don't know which road Pi Li took first, how to find it?" Even if you send out a scout, the scout's detection range is limited, and if you are too far away from the army, you may lose contact! ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled slightly, "Didn't the prince forget that he didn't catch the messenger?" The messenger must have known which way Pirixian would go, and Pirixian was no longer in the station, so how could he bring the news to Pirixian on the way to the royal court, if he did not know which way Pirixian would take? Besides, Mobei does not have water sources everywhere from east to west, and the Pili advance army must march along the water source, which narrows the scope of exploration for us! ”

"Junsheng reminded you well!" Tuoba Jian smiled happily, and immediately ordered: "Someone, go and interrogate the messenger again, and ask him to confess the route of Pi Lixian's march!" ”

Yu Ji, the chief of staff and staff, stood up and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, I have asked for this errand!" ”

Tuoba Jian nodded and agreed: "Mr. out of the horse, this king is relieved, there will be Mr. Lao!" ”

Yu Ji came back less than two moments after he went out, and brought back a simple and rough map, and hung it up for everyone to see.

"See, Lord and the generals, according to the messenger, in this season it is possible for Pi Lixian to take only two routes, divided into two north, north and south, and the march route to the south is much farther away; The journey to the north is much closer, and one of the stops of this route is at Hongyan Lake, forty miles southwest of this place! ”

Tuoba Jian walked over to the map and looked at it, "How credible do you think the messenger's account is?" ”

Yu Ji arched his hand and said: "The subordinates used three kinds of torture, and when the second type came the messenger couldn't stand it, and by the third type, the messenger had completely collapsed, and the subordinates believed that what he said should be true, and there would be no falsehood!" ”

"That's good!" Tuoba Jian immediately stood up, and was about to order scouts to be sent to expand the reconnaissance area, and prepare the large army.

At this time, Jiang Yuan, who was engaged in Zhizhong, walked in quickly and hugged his fists: "Lord Wang, the big thing is not good, many officers and soldiers in the army have vomiting and abdominal pain, and many people have a high fever, and the high fever does not go away!" ”

"What?" Tuoba Jian looked solemn and immediately asked, "How can this be?" Have you checked, what is the cause of it? How many people have similar symptoms? ”

Jiang Yuan is engaged in the administration of the middle of the country, and has been in charge of the army's miscellaneous affairs, he replied: "Back to the prince, it has been investigated, but the specific reason is not clear, but some people in the military doctor deduced that it may be caused by drinking unclean water or food!" The Right Guard, Huaishuo Army, Fertile Field Army and Xiao Cavalry Army all had a similar situation, only Zhao Dutong's baggage battalion did not have a case! ”

Tuoba Jian felt that the situation was serious, he felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and said loudly: "Go and call the military doctor Gu Bingtang!" ”

Outside the tent, a pro-soldier immediately ran away, and Gu Bingtang, a military medical officer, quickly rushed over, "I've seen the prince, I've seen the generals!" ”

Tuoba Jian waved his hand and asked, "Okay, no need to be polite!" This king asks you, how is it that many soldiers in the army have vomiting and abdominal pain, and some have high fevers? What causes this? ”

Gu Bingtang replied with a worried expression: "Back to the prince, the symptoms of the generals are far more than what the prince said, according to the diagnosis and treatment of the lower officials, many people have begun to suffer from dehydration, dry throat, head pain and other symptoms····· It's a disease! ”

"Ahh

When the word "boil" came out, Tuoba Jian and the other generals and school officials suddenly changed their faces drastically, and the disease was the plague.

In this era, plagues occur from time to time, just like the medical books record, plagues can occur all year round, and there are many kinds of plagues, and Lang Zhong, who is not skilled enough in medicine, cannot distinguish at all, and often takes a long time because he cannot confirm that it is the plague, so that many people die.

Lord Bo Yuji was the first to come back to his senses and immediately asked, "Doctor Gu, are you sure you can cure this disease?" ”

Gu Bingtang arched his hand and said: "The lower officials know several ways to prevent and control the plague, but what kind of plague the soldiers have, the lower officials are not sure, it takes time to observe; In addition, it will take time to test the medicine of the sick soldier to determine the final prescription and dosage of medicinal materials before targeted treatment! ”

At this time, Tuoba Jian also came back to his senses, "How long will it take you?" ”

"This······ Can't be sure! Gu Bingtang shook his head.

Tuoba Jian was greatly disappointed, and even more worried, knowing that the plague is contagious, and if the plague spreads on a large scale, these tens of thousands of horses are likely to be buried in this desert north.

Zhao Junsheng groaned, stood up and arched his hand to Tuoba Jian and said: "Lord Wang, as far as my subordinates know, no matter what kind of epidemic it is, it is actually caused by some small insects that we can't see with the naked eye, and these small insects that are invisible to the naked eye are everywhere, and some need to be imported to cause infection. There are also those that can be transmitted through the air, such as tuberculosis! Either way, it can be spread from person to person! ”

Seeing that he was so earnest, Tuoba Jian asked with a glimmer of hope, "Then do you know how to diagnose and treat?" ”

"Back to the prince, the lowly position is not a doctor, and the treatment of the disease has to rely on the Gu medical officer, but his subordinates have a way to prevent the spread of the epidemic!"

"Tell me, what can be done to prevent the spread of the disease?" Gu Bingtang didn't wait for Tuoba Jian to ask, and immediately spoke.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Gather all the patients who have been discovered, arrange them in a separate camp and send troops to guard them strictly, so that they are completely isolated from healthy soldiers, and no one is allowed to touch them except for military doctors!" That's number one! ”

"Second, all the dishes, chopsticks, towels, gauze, clothes, shoes and socks they have used should be boiled in boiling water before being used again and then dried!"

"Thirdly, from now on, both sick and healthy soldiers must boil the water they drink before drinking, and there will be a large number of invisible insects in the water, and this epidemic is probably caused by drinking unclean raw water! So far, not a single case of illness has been found in the lowly battalion, and the lowly thinks that it is because the soldiers under the command of the lowly have always drunk boiled water! ”

"Fourth, after isolating the patients, if any one of the healthy soldiers is found to have similar symptoms, they should be taken away immediately for isolation, and they should not be allowed to be with other healthy soldiers again, so as to prevent them from infecting each other again! As for the allocation of drugs for diagnosis and treatment, this is the business of the medical officers, and they cannot be helped."

Tuoba Jian looked at Gu Bingtang: "Medical Officer Gu, what do you think of Zhao Dutong's suggestion?" ”

"Back to the prince, the lower officials think it is feasible!"

Tuoba Jian immediately stood up and shouted to all the officials and generals: "Build a new camp, everyone immediately go back and organize people to gather the patients in the newly built camp!" General Wan, the guards in the sick area are guarded by soldiers sent by your Huaishuo army, and the rest are arranged according to what Zhao Junsheng said, the sooner the better! ”

Everyone stood up: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was not at ease, and after returning to his baggage camp area, he immediately summoned Gao Xiu, Gao Xu, Pei Jin, Cao Jiao and others, and asked them to immediately take people to inspect to see if anyone had contracted the epidemic.

After the examination, not a single case was found for the time being, Zhao Junsheng was a little relieved, but he could not completely relax, he immediately ordered that the soldiers were not allowed to leave the camp until the patients of the other armies were completely isolated from the others, so as not to be infected.

In the evening, the new camp was set up, all the patients who had been found were transferred to the new camp, and those who were found to have similar symptoms would be immediately sent to the patient area, the whole patient area was extremely heavily guarded, almost three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, except for the doctors, no one was allowed to approach, the patients were not allowed to come out, and even those who took care of the patients were not allowed to easily contact the healthy people.

At night, all military generals and colonies came to the big tent of the Chinese army to report the situation of the patients to Tuoba Jian.

Gu Bingtang looked tired and reported to Tuoba Jian: "Lord Wang, all the patients have been transferred to the new camp, and there are more than 800 people who have been diagnosed with the epidemic, and more than 200 people have similar symptoms. ”

Tuoba Jian was taken aback: "What? How many people are suffering from the disease? What a good thing that is! ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists and persuaded: "Lord Wang, rest assured, as long as the patient's contact with the outside world is strictly controlled, as long as someone with similar symptoms is found in time and immediately isolated, the disease will soon be curbed from spreading!" ”

Tuoba Jian was still not happy, but he could only nod and instruct Gu Bingtang: "Doctor Gu, you must configure a prescription that can cure this epidemic as soon as possible!" ”

"Don't worry, the lower officials will do their best!"

For two days in a row, more than 150 cases were discovered by the healthy soldiers, more than 90 cases on the first day, and more than 60 cases on the second day.

On the morning of this day, Tuoba Jian convened all the generals to discuss the matter, and said to them: "Generals, the spies have come to report that they have found a Rouran cavalry with more than 10,000 men fifty miles to the southeast of us. But now that our army is demoralized due to the epidemic time, if we send troops to fight Li Xian, this king is worried that not only will he not be able to win, but he will suffer a crushing defeat! ”