Smallpox is a kind of virulent infectious disease, the onset of the disease is fast, there will be obvious symptoms in three or five days, the fatality rate is extremely high, especially in the ancient times when the medical conditions are extremely backward, although smallpox can not be said to be certain to die, but it is almost a stroke of luck, and it is already God's grace to survive half of it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is precisely because of the various characteristics of smallpox that Hou Junji chose it as a weapon to use, anyway, Li Xiu had already come up with a method of planting cowpox, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty could plant cowpox, especially the soldiers in the army, they gave priority to planting cowpox, and they were not afraid of smallpox at all, which also gave Hou Junji the conditions to use smallpox, and as a result, Tuguhun was wiped out in a war.

However, although smallpox is used in war, it has a miraculous effect, but it is morally indebted, after all, smallpox does not distinguish between civilians and soldiers, and after being infected, it is nine deaths and a life, according to Ma Ye, after Hou Junji threw smallpox into some cities in Tuyuhun, the people of the entire city were infected with smallpox, and finally became a ghost domain, and the population of the entire Tuyuhun also dropped sharply, and smallpox is still spreading in Tuyuhun, God knows when it will end?

In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin looked at the good news in his hand with a complicated face, his expression was sometimes excited and sometimes gloomy, looking very entangled, in addition to him, the eldest grandson Wuji was also in the hall, but he bowed his head and was silent at this time, and seemed to be pondering something?

After a long while, I saw Li Shimin put down the good news in his hand, and then turned his head to the eldest grandson Wuji and asked, "Wuji, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Block the news, you must not let this matter get out, otherwise it will affect my Datang's face!" The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly raised his head at this time and said, as a big country, there are some things that can be done, but they must never say it, after all, the face of a big country is still needed, otherwise force alone is not enough to convince the public.

"As I thought, in fact, when I first received the news, I had already asked Ma Sanbao's Fei Nu Si to block the news, but this Hou Junji's courage was too big, and he sent the good news to Chang'an so arrogantly, and when he used troops in the southwest, he also made no secret of it, I'm afraid that now the news of him using smallpox to attack Tuyuhun has been spread!" When Li Shimin said the end, he couldn't help but show a headache, Hou Junji was his favorite general, but this time he caused him a lot of trouble.

"It doesn't matter, as long as Your Majesty blocks the news, even those who know about it will not dare to discuss this matter in the future, and we can also say that Tuyuhun himself broke out smallpox, and Hou Junji and their army just entered Tuyuhun to treat the local people, as long as the imperial court bites this matter to death, even if it is fake, it will come true!" The eldest grandson Wuji is very confident.

If Li Xiu hears the words of the eldest grandson Wuji here, I am afraid that he will be stunned, because the style of the eldest grandson Wuji is exactly the same as that of the overlord of the United States in later generations, saying that you have weapons of mass destruction, then you have weapons of mass destruction, even if you only find a bottle of suspected laundry detergent later, it can also be said that this is a biological weapon, this is the strength of the hegemon, and now Datang is the overlord of this era.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement when he heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, the two of them grew up together, and the festival was naturally half a catty to eight taels, but then he frowned and said: "It's just that I don't know what to do with Hou Junji now, he has made such a great contribution, it is definitely not okay to punish him, but if he is rewarded, I am worried that other generals will also learn from him, and directly use smallpox in the future war, once or twice, if there are too many times, I'm afraid it will be useless for us to cover it up!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also saw Li Shimin's entanglement at this time, the Tang Dynasty's army was not afraid of smallpox, in other words, smallpox was definitely a very sharp weapon, even better than gunpowder, but Li Shimin was also worried that the generals in the army would abuse smallpox, after all, everything has advantages and disadvantages, first, smallpox is not easy to control, and second, if it relies on smallpox for a long time, it will even cause the combat effectiveness of the Tang army to decline, which is not what Li Shimin wants to see.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, although Hou Junji has made the merit of destroying the country, but he has already violated military law by transferring troops to invade other countries without authorization, and the use of smallpox has also brought a lot of trouble to the imperial court, so the minister thinks that he is not only useless, but has also had, and smallpox must not be used again!" Eldest Sun Wuji immediately suggested at this time.

"Hou Junji is indeed a little reckless, but if he has no merit but some excesses, at most it can only be said that the merits and demerits are offset, as for smallpox......" Li Shimin still couldn't bear to punish Hou Junji, and when it came to smallpox, he also showed a reluctant expression on his face, he was born as a military general, and naturally understood the role of smallpox on the battlefield, Tuyuhun was so powerful, but he was wiped out by smallpox within two months, if he was directly ordered to abandon it, he really felt reluctant.

The eldest grandson Wuji can be regarded as the person who knows Li Shimin best in the world, and naturally guessed his thoughts at this time, and then sighed helplessly and continued: "Your Majesty, Hou Junji can not be punished, but it must not be rewarded, otherwise other generals will take him as an example, as for smallpox, it is better not to use it or not, after all, my Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and there are few opponents in the world, why use this kind of means that hurt the peace of the world?" ”

"Okay, according to your intentions, I will send Hou Junji an edict of reprimand and beat him to his arrogance, and as for the smallpox that is not necessary to use it for the time being, I will also inform the generals in the army!" Li Shimin nodded at this time.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The eldest grandson Wuji immediately saluted Li Shimin, but he also knew that Li Shimin did not say that he would not use smallpox at all, and if it was not smooth in the future, he would not rule out the use of smallpox again.

At the same time, Li Xiu and Ma Ye were also discussing smallpox, although Li Xiu did not reject the use of smallpox in the war, he did not support it, in contrast, Ma Ye was very repulsive.

"If everyone in the army uses smallpox to fight the enemy, I am afraid that in the end, there is no need to fight on the battlefield at all, and the morale of the army can collapse in just a few days, and then it will not be a war at all, but a one-sided slaughter, which is not a good thing for my Datang, and even in the long run, it will only make my Datang's army combat effectiveness decline, if suddenly one day, the enemy is not afraid of smallpox, and then how should I Datang fight the enemy?" When Ma Ye said at the end, he also showed an indignant expression.

Ma Ye's family has been a general for generations, and he is considered to be the most orthodox military general, so he is very disdainful of using smallpox, which is an opportunistic means, and he has a long-term vision, and sees that if the army uses this kind of tricks, it will greatly weaken the real combat effectiveness of the army, and even shake the foundation of Datang, after all, the reason why Datang has been able to come to this point is all because of the army that dominates the world, so he will resolutely oppose it.

"Uncle Ma, what you said is right, but there is no absolute in everything, if I send troops to the Tang Dynasty in the future and encounter some difficult bones, I don't mind letting the army use smallpox again, in fact, smallpox is the same as gunpowder, it is a sharp weapon in the army, of course, it must be used reasonably, and the army cannot be lax because of this." Li Xiu also expressed his opinion at this time, his thoughts were almost surprisingly consistent with Li Shimin, in fact, the reason why he and Li Shimin were able to talk was because the two often coincided with each other's views.

"I'm willing to bet that Your Majesty must be almost as you think, but that's fine, at least it won't make all the generals in the army compete to use this trick." Ma Ye sighed helplessly when he heard Li Xiu's words, when Li Shimin asked him to block the news before, he guessed the other party's thoughts.

"Haha, there is no definite law in the world, as long as the goal can be achieved, there is no need to stick to the means." Li Xiu also laughed at this time, with his understanding of Li Shimin, he could guess that the other party would definitely not be willing to give up such a sharp method as smallpox.

"Actually, if you think about it seriously, there are no too powerful forces around our Datang, I'm afraid that only Goguryeo in the northeast is worthy of our Datang to use this kind of trick, but it's not necessarily, after all, there is still gunpowder, with the strength of Goguryeo, I'm afraid I can't use smallpox!" Ma Ye said thoughtfully at this time. Goguryeo has also been a bit chaotic internally over the years, and its strength has declined very much, and it was defeated by Silla and Baekje before, and now it is even more active to call the Tang Dynasty, so Ma Ye has such self-confidence.

Li Xiu is not as optimistic about Goguryeo as Ma Ye, after all, Li Shimin did not destroy the other party twice in history, but now that the Tang Dynasty has gunpowder and smallpox, he does not believe that Goguryeo can still block the Tang Dynasty's troops as it did in the original history.

"By the way, Uncle Ma, I heard that the Persian mission led by Bahra has returned, how is the mission in Misia now?" Li Xiu suddenly thought of the matter of Persia at this time, so he opened his mouth and asked, after Misia left him last time, he didn't pay much attention to the other party, so he didn't know much about their affairs.

"The Persian mission in Bahra did go back, and His Majesty also sent them a batch of weapons and armor and other materials, and they still went by sea, because it is really inconvenient for these materials to go by land, as for the Persian mission in Misia, I heard that they are also going back, and it has not yet been determined when they will leave." Ma Ye thought about it at this time and replied.

Hearing this, Li Xiu also nodded, although he didn't know if Misia listened to his words, but he didn't bother to care anymore, and then chatted with Ma Ye about some gossip, in addition to family affairs, there were also some interesting anecdotes about Chang'an.

But at the end of the conversation, Ma Ye suddenly thought of something, and said with a solemn face: "Do you remember the death of Jieli that I mentioned to you last time?" ”

"Of course I remember, Uncle Ma, didn't you say that Jieli's death was related to Tuli?" Li Xiu also showed an interested expression when he heard this.

"Hehe, this matter has been investigated, Tuli was framed!" Ma Ye suddenly smiled at this time.