Dutou Lu Yuan slowly gasped for breath and came back to life, although he was poked several holes in his body, but he didn't hurt the real fatal parts and vital points.

The stacked corpses of his men provided him with some kind of last cover, so that he was finally found by the belated friendly forces and laid down in the makeshift camp for the seriously wounded before the blood was completely drained.

But it was the last bit of treatment he could get, he had been woken up from starvation, and when he opened his eyes, it was already white, and it took a while to get used to the light.

The rumbling cannon was gone, and the incessant shouts of killing were gone, and this rare silence made him a little difficult to adapt to for a while.

However, when he easily twisted his neck, all he saw was the breath of death and withering all he saw; The wounded who were lying on stretchers, allowed mosquitoes and flies to gather on them, were obviously out of breath; The wounded in the distance, although still alive, were still angry, and they could not even moan;

As for the medical officers and handymen he was looking forward to, there was no one to see, only some creeping ants in the distance, moving ritual corpses to the state vehicles.

And farther away from them, several thick black smoke and dust rose up, as if something was burning all the time, and the distinctive scorching smell and dust sprinkled by the wind were accompanied by the thunderous flies and insects that buzzed in the sky.

What the hell is going on, Lu Yuan's heart is like a cat's scratch, and it is still difficult to have countless questions and confusions, and then when it comes to his mouth, it turns into a few syllables of unknown meaning that are extremely dry and hoarse in his throat and eyes.

He hadn't drunk water for an unknown amount of time, and his body was as hard as a rusty machine, all kinds of uncomfortable feelings and pains were still there, but he didn't even have the strength to lift his little finger.

Soon the wriggling figures slowly approached, and threw the dead and dying wounded into the cart, and he saw that the heads and faces of these people were tightly covered with linen, and the smell of vinegar and quicklime still emanated from them.

This couldn't help but make Lu Yuan a little panicked and frightened, and his rough big hands also touched his body, but did not lift him up, but pulled down all the objects on his body, and finally only a pair of pants and a vest remained, and then dragged it onto a board car;

Biting the inside of the skin of the mouth, swallowing the slightest fishy smell squeezed out, it makes the dryness like a throat that has been repeatedly polished with sandpaper, moisturizing and emitting a trace of sound.

This made him not thrown into the fire alive by those white-robed people who were like the walking dead and could only make mechanical movements.

But at least in the city, they were cremated with collected building scraps, and only the deceased with some status could be used.

If the status is lower, you can only go to the mass grave outside the city, and be the companion of those new and old corpses of various origins buried in layers;

In fact, in the interval between the cessation of the fighting, except for the men and horses who were on guard in the north of the city, most of the soldiers had already turned into porters and cleaners in some sense, as well as objects of on-site quarantine.

Of course, for the sake of the safety of the collective in the army, those who are directly responsible for contacting and inspecting the corpses are specially selected personnel; It is not the sinners who have made mistakes in the army and sent to redeem for the sake of discipline, but the miscellaneous servants who have volunteered to do things for the sake of this treatment and convenience......

And in a camp that had been isolated, these white-robed people also regrouped,

The white hood was finally removed, revealing a sweaty face, but Sula had temporarily changed her identity; He took off his sweat-soaked jumpsuit and threw it into a boiling cauldron.

Then he just bare his body and poured a scoop of cold water straight over his head, which is also the living water taken from Luoshui through a channel dug out temporarily, so there is no risk of being polluted for the time being.

Although, volunteering to participate in this kind of clean-up and landfill of corpses is still quite risky, their epidemic prevention methods are too rudimentary; But it's also the best way for Sulla to hide his identity.

At least no one here will go or be willing to check his identity, and he can pass through most of the areas controlled by the Southern Army with impunity.

And in terms of supply, it is also as satisfying as possible, although there is no meat to eat in the real sense, but the porridge cakes and stews overnight can still be eaten to the full; Because they, the cleaners, don't know when they will fall ill and become one of the corpses that have been buried in their own hands.

Therefore, the small and personal belongings they collect from corpses, and make a profit from them, become some kind of tacit temporary rule; Because no one wants to touch these things at all.

Soon the items collected this time were dumped on a wheelbarrow, and then someone got up to clean and sort them, and then divided them into three piles according to the judgment that they might be valuable and somewhat useful, and useless.

The items that might be valuable could be sold to soldiers outside the battalion after being cleaned, bartered for some additional benefits; And the objects that seem to be of some use are taken by them, the "scavengers", who see what they need; Useless garbage is piled up and buried with the corpses or burned.

Therefore, Sula is obviously very comfortable hiding here, without too much communication and without any cross-examination, in addition to eating and drinking enough to work, it is to slowly heal his injuries.

It's just that if someone falls here, for whatever reason, it means the end of their toiling life, and they are carried out and put in another place where they are isolated, and they are left to fend for themselves and slowly wait for death......

And at the meeting of the commander on the castle tower

"Up to now, more than 50 ...... of the deceased have been deceased."

"There are still 16,000 people suspected of responding to the epidemic......"

"Among them, there are about 10,000 Lu Bairen, and the rest are miscellaneous followers......"

"It is mainly manifested in dysentery and oral and abdominal plague...... Symptoms of plague and typhoid fever have not yet been co-ordinated."

"The armies are in quarantine and self-inspection, and there are no more discoveries for the time being......"

Hearing this, the somewhat stagnant atmosphere in the tent relaxed slightly, turning into a small buzzing sound.

"At present, 17 new isolation camps and transfer points have been built......

"Disinfection and quarantine stations have also been established in the places of entry and exit......"

"The emergency allocation of quicklime, vinegar and domestic firewood has been put in place one after another......"

"In general, the situation has been basically controlled......"

"The only thing to worry about is that there are too many corpses in the city......"

"Under the hot weather, it is inevitable that something will happen......"

This series of reports only made the heavy face of Wang Duanchen, the commander of the capital, slightly better, and as for the faces of most of the generals present, they were either depressed or indignant, and they couldn't be darker anymore.

As everyone knows, they are about to finish the battle, but this incident in the army gave them a blow to the head; Now it is the Shu army brought by Yan Tieshan who is guarding the west wall of the north of the city and part of the north garden, and it is the Wei Chen Henan special army that occupies most of the east wall of the north of the city.

Obviously, it doesn't have much to do with them, the veterans from the middle route army; An outbreak of plague in the army was enough to stumble them hand and foot.

After all, this is the epidemic, and in the hot weather, there are more formidable invisible opponents and threats than the enemy who desperately resists and counterattacks.

Under the strict requirements of Wang Duanchen, they can only unconditionally implement and cooperate, and the orders and measures issued by the commander before the battle will reorganize the army and restore combat strength as soon as possible.

It is possible to completely end this protracted war, which has dragged on for too long, before the harsh weather and environment of winter arrives.

At the very least, it is also necessary to achieve the goal of gaining a firm foothold in most parts of the city of Luodu, and keeping the last remnants of the northern captives isolated in a corner inside and outside; After constantly retiring to the next best minimum requirements and campaign objectives.

Because, in order to avoid shaking the morale of the army and being taken advantage of by the enemy, he still has reservations and conceals the status quo; For example, although the situation was under control in front of the army, there was news of the epidemic and spread in the rear, so he temporarily blocked it.

However, due to a series of chain reactions such as the death and flight of local people along the route due to the epidemic, the dilemma and difficulty of the shortage of human and animal transportation capacity before the supply of troops are an unavoidable reality.

He must readjust his deployment and resource allocation to the best possible outcome within his control, and it will be difficult to launch a large-scale street fighting offensive, at least in the short term.

You must know that during this period, some people even suggested that the corpses of the dead could be projected into the enemy-controlled area in the north of the city, so that they could also suffer from it, but after thinking about it again, they were still vetoed by Wang Duanchen, which seemed to be very tempting, but it was a means and lower limit of killing 1,000 enemies and harming 800 themselves, obviously harming others and themselves.

At least, compared to the Northern Rebellion that was trapped in his homeland, he didn't have the formal needs to come to this point.

"Why does Duan Shuai ask to transfer soldiers and horses from Huaidong and Huainan ......?"

A close general from Wang Duanchen's side complained with some indignation

"It's not enough to be in front of the army...... It's complicated."

"Without him, the only way to make Jiangning feel at ease is to ......"

An elderly staff member took the initiative to explain and comfort him.

"Such an army is tied to the hands of the commander......"

"Criticism and attacks in the DPRK and the back road have never been cut off......

"If it weren't for the harm of the prison country and the change of commander...... Strive to preserve and protect the ......"

"However, this time the epidemic is afraid that it will become a difficult excuse again......"