It's dry.

The scorching wind blew through the field, blowing through the city of Ye County, the once lively and prosperous county seat, now dead and silent inside and out, a ragged corpse in the sun to decay at an accelerated pace, flies crawling all over the flesh and blood bubbling with pus, occasionally a staggering, swaying figure came over, startling a large dense black shadow flying in the air.

It's all buzzing all around...... The sound, a plague is sweeping here, slowly expanding to farther places, the road, the mountains and fields can be seen everywhere fallen crawling maggot corpses, with the heat wave of the wind to come to the smell of corpses, as a general, Cao Ang, Wu Anguo's body foundation is very good, walking on the foothills of the trail, the speed is not slow, occasionally look at the scenery outside the mountain, passing by the villages, towns and villages under the ravages of the epidemic, hundreds of people die every day.

The dazzling sky light shone through the land of Yuzhou, and a large number of people who wanted to escape the spread of the disease continued to pass farther away, and the cries and chaos made the huge migration chaotic and noisy...... The old man with respiratory failure fell down suddenly, and the child who was hot and shivering squatted on the ground with tears in his eyes and looked at his parents who were far away, crying hoarsely, sitting on the side of the road with a swaddling woman's eyes glazed, and softly humming a song to coax the silent baby in the swaddling clothes, and the small face inside was covered with dense blisters...... One figure after another was brought together by something called the plague.

Cao Ang looked at all this silently, Yun Niang beside him had already cried into tears, under a tree not far from them, a woman had not moved, the young child was weak and half-struggling, sobbing softly, and holding the two people was a husband and father, the man sat under the tree and hugged his wife and daughter and raised his head to look at them, his fingers were on his lips: "They are just asleep...... Be quiet when you go by. ”

The mountain breeze blew through the green fields, the three of them nodded to the man, silently spared the family of three, and continued to walk forward, the stench in the air did not dissipate, it became more and more intense, and soon saw a corpse in the grass, and between the eyes ahead, a village lying on the mountainside seemed dead and silent.

Passing by the entrance of the village, the road and the ridge can see a lot of dead people, some of them are still burdened and seem to be about to escape from the plague god, and they have not yet come out of here and died of illness on the road, and the vision is clearer, and the people who are still alive are silently weeping next to the corpses of their relatives, patting the land; Some of them were digging pits and crying out the names of the dead.

"Yuzhou ruined ......"

The blue and clear sky, the sun was looking for the face of clenched teeth, Cao Ang clenched his fists, standing in the field, his whole person was trembling. Beside him, Wu Anguo pursed his lips, stretched out his big hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Perhaps, all the counties and counties have been vigilant in the future, let's go north first and take a look." ”

"Yes, your father and that Gongsun Dudu are all powerful people, I think there will be a way, don't be angry." Yun Niang wiped her tears and comforted him.

Hearing the two say this, Cao Ang looked at them with red eyes, closed his eyes, his body trembled even more, waved his fist heavily, looked up at the brilliant sky, the slightest white cloud, and looked at it for a moment.

“…… Originally...... Originally, we could have notified him in time, that county order, I really wanted to kill him!! Tears overflowed the corners of his eyes, he muttered in his mouth, and finally the tears gathered in his jaw, and when they dripped down, he roared suppressedly: "Zhang Xiu!" One day, I! Want! Kill! Finish! You! ”

The sound of anger echoed in the mountains and fields.

Across the Yellow River, the rain crackled on the tent, Yan Rou, Zhao Zhao, Gongsun Xu, Pan Feng and other generals crowded into the temporary tent, there was no place to sit, they all stood in two rows, Gongsun Zhi sat on the big chair, talking about the epidemic in Yuzhou, it is likely to spread to Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places.

"Xu is the Yuzhou Governance Office, and it is also the Beijing Division, which is not too far from Ye County, so I am afraid that I will bear the brunt of it next, and I will be busy to prevent the epidemic, I have some experience and may help, so I have to go back again." Gongsun Zhi's eyes swept over them solemnly, and then fell on Yan and Lian, "This kind of urgent matter can not be won by many people, but it will affect more of our brothers, so you two immediately entered Shangdang County with a large army, blocked the main road up the mountain, and only allowed to go out of the mountain and not enter, what else do you want to add?" ”

"How many will the leader bring back to Xudu this time." On his handsome face, a scar made him hideous and fierce, "The last general is willing to go back again with the leader, and the subordinates will be led by General Yan." ”

Gongsun Zhi waved his hand and said, "No." He looked at everyone and said, "With Dian Wei, Li Ke and me, there are two hundred people to ensure safety." ”

Between the words, in the crowded tent, the big-shouldered and round-waisted figure hid slightly behind the back of the person, holding back a smile, pushing the top with his elbow, Li Ke in front of him, and lowered his voice: "I will give you half of the blessing, rest assured and go boldly, even if you roll in the epidemic, Lao Pan will ensure that you return unharmed." ”

"Pan Feng!"

“.…… Xiao Ke, as Lao Pan was named by the lord, that is thousands of willing, there is nothing to repay, look at me now I am General Yanglie, you are still a lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy......" While whispering, Gongsun Zhi's voice suddenly sounded from the front, Pan Feng continued, the voice in the tent suddenly quieted down, he hurriedly raised his head, and several eyes around him were looking over, and then his face sank with a majestic face, and his eyes were motionless, standing there.

On the left, Gongsun Xu kicked him and reminded him in a low voice: "My brother called you." "Huh?!" Pan Feng hurriedly turned his gaze to look ahead, and over there, the figure in the cloak also looked over, "Your mother said that you are blessed, and for so long, it has indeed proved that what your mother said is right, this time you will go over with me and borrow the blessing for use." ”

"Okay... Target... Yes? ”

Pan Feng's majestic face suddenly collapsed, and he helped the horn helmet, "....... That...... Then go for it. First of all, I don't want to roll around in the pile of dead......"

"Aren't you willing to do it all? What kind of expression do you have, eat. ? Li Ke looked back at him slightly. The latter cried and mourned, "The liver and brain are the liver and brain, these are two different things, you don't understand." ”

Crowd: "......."

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In the middle of July, the dog days have passed, and the temperature in Xudu continues to be hot.

A carriage drove through the street, all the way into the palace, to the mound, about six zhang high, two acres of land, for the Son of Heaven to sacrifice to the heavens, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu got out of the car and walked quickly, the Son of Heaven Liu Xie wore a crown on his head, dressed in black, tattooed with the sun, the moon, the stars, the dragon, the mountain, the fire, the Chinese worm, Zonglu eight kinds of ornaments on the high platform to worship the sky, burn incense and light candles, and recite words in the mouth.

Below, Cao Cao was also dressed in sacrificial robes, leaning on his waist against the sky, hanging large and small ribbons, standing there solemnly with his eyes closed, looking solemn and serious about this sacrifice, thinking of the sudden plague in Yuzhou, a large number of fleeing or dead people were pouring towards Xudu, he became more and more upset.

A moment later, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu's footsteps came over.