Chapter 681: The Plague



Ma Shiying's money offensive seems to be useless anymore, if you have a life to make money, you have to have a life to spend it

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If you don't believe it, go to the battlefield and see, isn't the dead soldier holding a handful of copper coins and a few ingots of silver?

Before the time of mobilization before the war, no matter how dazzling the light of those silver taels and copper coins was in the sun, the soldiers subconsciously retreated, as if they had seen a messenger who seduced the soul.

But in this way, the gold and silver transferred by Ma Shiying from Huai'an and Fengyang, and even the Luzhou Treasury were still transported like flowing water, and the old man was also fighting. He had a difficult journey, and when he was about to reach fifty, he was finally recommended by his friend Ruan Dacheng to return to officialdom, and he was still a retired official like the Nanjing Military Department. If he can't take Liu Chao this time, the form will be reversed, Fengyang will definitely not be able to hold it, and when the time comes, let alone his official position, I am afraid that even his head will be cut off by the imperial court.

The so-called traitors are selfish, but their ability to act greatly exceeds those so-called loyal ministers and lonely ministers.

There's no way, just continue to use strong, Chen Tieshan, are you soft? It's okay, if it doesn't work, I'll change people!

In this way, he drove the Lufeng army to attack for ten days, and the Yongcheng city wall on the opposite side was almost stained black by human blood.

At the same time, Sun Yuan built a long siege outside the city, besieging the entire Yongcheng to the ground.

But no matter what he tried, no one had climbed to the head of the enemy's city.

On the twelfth day of the siege battle, the Lufeng army was already full of wounded soldiers, and the painful screams of the soldiers did not stop from morning to night. Garcia's medical team hadn't slept in days, and everyone was so tired that their eyes were red. The medics usually stood and fell asleep.

Rolls of cotton cloth used to wrap wounds were washed and hung on bamboo poles, and spread in the wind, like mourning white flags, day by day, and finally the camp was white.

The huge casualties made the spirit of the soldiers of the Lufeng Army in a state of collapse.

However, this was a big opportunity for Garcia, and the birdman's missionary career in Lu Fengjun was very smooth, and he developed hundreds of believers. In the shroud of death, the desperate soldier naturally threw himself into the arms of his heavenly father, seeking solace in his soul, and the old man even moved the idea of building a new church in Luzhou.

On the night of the twelfth day, Lu Fengjun mutinied.

Here's the thing, a soldier who had been declared dead by Garcia suddenly woke up in the middle of the night because his vitality was too tenacious, and he stood up from the pile of dead people, and was mistaken for a corpse

Then someone screamed in panic.

I don't know why, the troops began to be chaotic, and the sound of "enemy attack" came and went.

If it weren't for Sun Yuan's strong pressure, by the next morning, it is estimated that there would not be one more person left in the old camp of the Lufeng Army.

In these ten days of high-intensity siege warfare, death is as simple as eating and drinking. Under a high state of tension for a long time, even if the nerves are strong, the string in the brain will be broken one day.

In the past ten days, hundreds of soldiers have fallen on the battlefield. Up to now, there are more than 2,000 people in the Lufeng army who are sleeping under the loess of the Central Plains.

As for the defenders in the city, it is estimated that there are not a few.

The fire that cleaned up the corpses had never been extinguished, and outside the city, there was a thick smoke and a strong stench of corpses.

There was always a white fine powder floating in the air, and it was unknown whether it was plant ash or ashes.

Even so, there were still a large number of corpses that were buried shallowly in the ground when they were incinerated.

It's the height of summer, and in just two days in this hot weather, the corpse will quickly decay.

Especially those corpses that were piled up under the city wall and couldn't be contained, their stomachs quickly swelled up like steamed buns, and then exploded with a bang.

This creepy sound is so clear in the dark of night that it makes people feel like they are in an endless nightmare.

At the same time, I don't know where the flies came from, and the black pressure flew in the air, permeating this barracks and the battlefield, lingering and inexhaustible.

Usually, a wounded soldier has not yet lost his breath, and his face has fallen into a black layer, like a mask.

The attack was no longer sustainable, and there seemed to be fewer thieves in the city.

With such poor hygiene, a great plague is inevitable.

Even though Sun Yuan made many preparations, asking the soldiers to dig separate pits in the barracks and burn lime to disinfect them, the disease inevitably spread

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The Ningxiang Army has the habit of paying attention to hygiene, and the sanitary facilities of the old battalion are also complete, all the soldiers are wearing masks, and they are better, only a dozen soldiers have a fever and are isolated and treated by a single battalion.

The Lu Fengjun side was much more miserable, although Sun Yuan got the operational command of that unit, but he had no right to interfere in military affairs. To be honest, the army of this era is not hygienic at all. Tens of thousands of people live together, urinating and pooping everywhere is not uncommon, not taking a bath for more than ten days, and it is their habit to use dirty hands to catch them directly when eating.

Now, the whole plague is inevitably spreading.

Soldiers collapsed from high fever all day long, and soldiers who did not get sick were also panicked, and the troops had begun to flee.

At this time, Ma Shiying panicked, and hurriedly invited Sun Yuan's medical soldiers to come over to disinfect the barracks, and isolated all the patients, which barely controlled the situation.

Things have become troublesome, and in the current situation, it is no longer possible to attack Yongcheng. What annoyed Sun Yuan the most was that Huang You fell ill, had a high fever for two days, and was already in a coma.

The first strategist under his command fell ill, and Sun Yuan was so anxious that he scolded his mother. Huang You is not inconspicuous on weekdays, and he doesn't have any tricks to offer when he is fighting, as if he is simply an ornament. But he was in charge of the Ningxiang Army, and when he picked it, the entire army seemed to be a little ineffective. At this time, Sun Yuan realized his value, this Huang You may not be Zhuge Liang or Sima Yi, but he is at least Lu Su, and his talent lies in administration.

Huang You's illness made Sun Yuan worried, and he hurriedly found Garcia and asked if he could be cured.

Garcia was silent for a long time and drew a cross on his chest: "God has his own arrangement. "Western medicine in this era is just one step ahead of the times in surgery, and there is really no good way to deal with this infectious disease

However, Garcia still comforted Sun Yuan and said that Huang You was in good health and should be able to get through.

The time has reached the end of May, and the battle of Zhuxian Town has probably ended, and Sun Yuan will not be able to catch up anymore.

The 180,000 Ming army in Zhuxian Town is the last vitality of the Ming Dynasty, is it just extinguished, my Ming Dynasty, is there still hope?

Thinking that since my Sun Yuan led the troops, he has been invincible and invincible, could it be that this mere Yongcheng is actually the hurdle that I can't overcome in my life?

In desperation, Sun Yuan had no choice but to order the Lufeng army to temporarily stop the attack and rest for two days.

At this time, the troops from Nanjing who went out with Sun Yuan finally arrived in Yongcheng.

Looking at this new force that has joined the battlefield, if they are really a new force, Sun Yuan will not be angry.

These birdmen are untidy and disheveled, and they look like a bunch of playboys out of town. After more than ten days of brutal battles, Lu Fengjun also had a little murderous aura on his body. But these guys are all young masters from wealthy Nanjing, and they can't walk a few steps in the hot weather before they let go of the sheep, shouting that they want to rest their breath and fight Yongcheng, they are afraid that they will not be able to count on it.

As soon as the Nanjing army arrived on the battlefield, they searched for the heads of the dead, and even dug up the corpses buried in the ground, saying that they wanted to report to Nanjing to ask for merit.

At this terrible time, Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying were frightened, and hurriedly sent people to stop it, saying that there was a plague in the army.

The Nanjing army was frightened by this, and they were shocked three times a day, and they actually bombed the camp, and retreated for 20 miles in one breath before they found a clean place to camp and refused to approach Yongcheng.

Ma Shiying had no choice but to force them to move closer to Yongcheng.

The arrival of the Nanjing army on the battlefield is also good news, this Nanjing army came with 9,000 men, plus auxiliaries and people, the total number reached 20,000. Together with the Lu Feng army, the encirclement of Yongcheng was finally closed. Now, Liu Chao finally became a turtle in an urn, and it was difficult to fly with wings.

The problem is that both sides have fought to the point that they do not have the slightest strength. And the Nanjing Army, this group of rabbit cubs, don't mention it.

As soon as the Nanjing army arrived in Yongcheng, Sun Yuan immediately set up a banquet to entertain everyone, and by the way, he discussed with them to put this new force into the siege battle

Unfortunately, this group of people was better than foxes, and as soon as they arrived on the ground, they knew that this was an errand to death. How can this be reasonable, the reason why everyone came to Yongcheng is because they see that your Sun Taichu is an invincible and brave general, and they want to follow you to make some merit? Now you are good, you don't have any credit, you don't get anything, but let us rush to death, and the fool will accompany you to madness!

So, as soon as everyone saw Sun Yuan, they began to complain, saying that the troops were really hard to march in a hurry these days, and the weather was hot, and they hadn't recovered yet, so they would wait until the weather was cold.

At dawn, it's only May, and there are still so many days before the autumn coolness of August, and the daylilies will be cold by then.

Some people didn't mention this stubble, so they came over to make friends with Sun Yuanpan, and moved out the social relations of the seven aunts and eight aunts, anyway, in a word, let him look at the face of the person behind him, and let others do the siege of the city.

Some people really couldn't find a reason, so they said that the army was now out of the plague, and hundreds of people fell in one go, so they had to wait until the soldiers' illnesses were completely cured. If you attack now, a group of sick men will not be of the slightest use and will not talk about it, but will also make other people live with dirty diseases.

General Sun, General Sun, it seems that there is also a plague in the city, so we don't have to fight, just wait. Waiting for the people in the city to get sick and die of his mother's light, I will wait for me to go in again, this is the army that surrenders without a fight.

This reason made everyone echo it, and they all said yes, the most important thing we should do now is to continue to build the long wall, so that not a single enemy escapes from the city.

Sun Yuan was furious when he heard this, and he was angry in his heart: If it weren't for you grandsons who wanted to rob it, how could my Ningxiang army only send two thousand cavalry to Yongcheng. If the Yuanzi Battalion and the Weizi Battalion had been driven to the battlefield, Liu Chao would have been taken down long ago. Even if Liu Chao is allowed to escape into the city, Lao Tzu will set up a cannon to bombard him for a few days, and he will be able to blast a gap in the city wall, how can he fight this battle to the end?

However, every general of the Nanjing Army did not stand with a minister, a prince, or a commander, and these people were not under his control of Sun Yuan, they didn't want to fight, and Sun Yuan couldn't do anything about them.

Is it true that you want to besiege Yongcheng for such a long time?

Time is running out.

On the third day of the arrival of the Nanjing army, the bad news finally came, the results of the battle of Zhuxian Town came out, and the Ming army was defeated.

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