"Hurry up, hurry up, don't grind."

"Get the carriage in place, don't bump the young lady and the two ladies."

Mi Hu straddled his horse and stood solemnly beside the road, nervously commanding five hundred death-daring men to escort the three carriages to the west.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from behind him, Mihu looked back in surprise, only to see a horse galloping down from the hill not far away, on horseback a tower-like big man, the big man waved two clumsy iron halberds in his hands, and the halberd blade revealed a suffocating coldness.

"Phew!" The wicked man raised his halberd to the sky, and shouted fiercely, "Grandpa Dian Wei is here, where are you going?" ”

Mi Hu's eyes showed an awe-inspiring look, and he glanced at the two generals behind him, and the two generals rode their horses to take Dian Wei, but before they could fight the two together, they were cut off from the horse by Dian Wei's halberd, and Dian Wei opened his eyes like copper bells, poked two bloody heads with the tip of the halberd, and the wolf howled: "Who else dares to step forward?" ”

"Woo~~"

Dian Wei's voice fell, and the small slopes on both sides of the official road suddenly sounded the sound of horns, Mi Hu's heart was suddenly taken aback, and when he looked back, he saw that more than a dozen horsemen had ghostly appeared on the dirt slopes on both sides, and faintly, the smoke and dust were billowing behind the dirt slopes, and it seemed that more cavalry were killing the generals here.

"It's not good, it's in an ambush!"

Mi Hu shouted, rode his horse to Qu County, and the five hundred people who dared to die under his command shouted, and immediately scattered as birds and beasts, and also fled back to the county seat of Qu County, although there were two wives and sisters of Mi Zhu sitting in the three carriages, but these house slaves just wanted to flee for their lives, and they couldn't take care of it.

Ma Yue's slender figure slowly turned from behind the dirt slope, staring at the Mifu house slaves fleeing away, the corners of his mouth suddenly bloomed with a trace of disdain, the so-called scholar clan gate valve is nothing more than that, although the number of house slave eaters is huge, but after all, it is only a rabble, and it is still difficult to compare with the battle-hardened iron and blood division.

In the sound of horses' hooves, Dian Wei rode forward, and the sand knocked down the curtain of a carriage, only to see a panicked woman sitting in the carriage, the woman's skin was white, and her posture was acceptable.

"My lord." Dian Wei turned around and shouted, "There's a woman sitting in the carriage. ”

"Woman?" Ma Yue rode forward, glanced at it, and said coldly, "Lao Dian, this girl has rewarded you." ”

"Thank you, Lord."

Dian Wei was overjoyed, and stepped forward to lift the curtain of the second carriage, only to see that there was also a woman sitting inside, Ma Yue frowned, and said, "This is also rewarded for you." ”

"Thank you, Lord."

When Dian Wei lifted the curtain of the third carriage with an iron halberd, Ma Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a young girl sitting upright in the carriage. ”

"Yes." Dian Weihu roared, and shouted to the stunned soldiers standing beside him, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and drive these three carriages back to the camp." ”

……

Qu County.

When Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were discussing in the hall, they suddenly saw a general running in in with a panicked look and shouting loudly: "Master, it's not good, something happened." ”

Mi Zhu frowned and shouted, "What a panic!" Slowly, what's wrong? ”

The general gasped and said: "Husband~~ people, the two ladies robbed the Xiliang horse thief~~ and snatched it." ”

"Huh?" Mi Zhu's face changed, and he said hurriedly, "Where's Miss?" ”

Compared with his two concubines, Mi Zhu is obviously more concerned about the life and death of his sister, after all, the concubine can be married again if she is robbed, but her sister is a fellow mother after all, and it is difficult to conjure up a second one if someone snatches it away, so the first thing Mi Zhu asked is the safety of her sister.

The general gasped: "Also~~ was also snatched away." ”

"It's broken." Mi Zhu paused and said, "How did Mi Hu do it, five hundred people can't protect the little sister!" ”

Mi Fang on the side said disapprovingly: "If you rob it, you rob it, if the horse butcher wants to use the little sister to blackmail us, then he has miscalculated, why should you be in a hurry, big brother." ”

"Second brother, you are confused." Mi Zhu paused and said, "Although the surname of the little sister can't be coerced by you and my brother, but don't forget that the little sister has promised the second son of Lord Thorn Shi, and now she has been snatched away by the horse butcher, how should I explain to Lord Thorn Shi when I turn around?" Those who don't know think that we regret our marriage. ”

Mi Fang patted her head and said suddenly: "Yes, why did the little brother forget this, so what now?" ”

Mi Zhu sighed: "What else can I do, now I can only act at the opportunity." ”

……

Hangu Pass.

"Divine doctor, turn over the mountain beam in front of you and walk more than 100 miles north to Hangu Pass."

Cao Hong licked his chapped lips and looked back at the middle-aged man behind him anxiously.

Half a month ago, Cao Hong was ordered by Cao Ying to go to Runan to find the divine doctor Hua Tuo, and when he arrived in Runan, he knew that Hua Tuo had traveled the world, fortunately, Hua Tuo's left-behind disciples told Cao Hong that there was a divine doctor in Nanyang surnamed Zhang Mingji, whose medical skills were not under Hua Tuo, and his medical skills to treat the plague were even above Hua Tuo.

Cao Hong rushed to Nanyang non-stop, and finally found Zhang Zhongjing in Fancheng, and then the two of them quickly rushed from Nanyang to Hanguguan, but such a toss has been delayed for half a month. This half-month period was really a disaster for the Kwantung Army, which was on the verge of collapse.

"General, don't worry, although this plague is severe, the soldiers who suffer from the disease will not die immediately, and the slightly better physique can even last for two months, and some people can even be cured without medicine! Moreover, most of the officers and men in the army practice martial arts and have strong physique, so I believe that nothing major will happen in the future. ”

Zhang Ji stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and tried his best to comfort Cao Hong.

Cao Hong rode his horse at a gallop, and the anxious look in his eyes did not subside because of Zhang Ji's consolation.

In the middle of the hurry, the two finally turned over the mountain beam, the majestic Hangu Pass suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, a huge military camp stood on the flat and vast wasteland in front of the pass, the camp tent in the military camp was continuous, the flags were densely packed, on the majestic gate, a big flag fluttered in the wind, and the book was a big "Han" word.

For no reason, Cao Hong felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, the coalition camp that was supposed to be noisy and lively was as silent as death at this time, and the light wind blowing from a distance revealed a thick stench, which made people nauseous. As the distance approached, Cao Hong was horrified to find that the wasteland outside the coalition camp was actually full of corpses of Kwantung soldiers.

The corpses of many of the soldiers were mutilated, but most of them had been gnawed by wild beasts.

There were no knife wounds or arrow sores on the bodies of these Kwantung soldiers, and the armor and robes on many of them were still intact, only the expressions on their faces showed strange pain, and it was obvious that before they died, these soldiers had endured unimaginable pain and torture.

There is no doubt that these soldiers died of that terrible plague.

From the foot of the mountain to the Kwantung Army camp, there were countless corpses lying in ruin, and the corpses of many soldiers were already highly decomposed, and the air was filled with a suffocating stench, as well as buzzing green-headed flies, which was upsetting. Witnessing such a tragic scene, Zhang Ji couldn't help but have a thick haze on his face.

Obviously, under the scorching and high temperatures, the plague has completely lost control and began to spread on a large scale. Now it is the Eastern Emperor, and it is difficult to recover the fate of the destruction of the Kwantung Coalition Army!

The matter has come to this point, the only thing Zhang Ji can do is to do his best and obey the fate of heaven, and save one is counted as one.

Cao Hong had a black face, beat his horse and went straight to the Cao army camp.

There were two Cao soldiers killed outside the gate, the complexion of the two Cao soldiers had turned dead black, a pair of eyes were still open, staring at the front, one arm raised, making a desperate shout, as if they were calling for help, but in the end, they could not escape the doom of death.

There was a dead silence in the camp, except for the buzzing of green-headed flies flying all over the sky, which was simply maddening.

"My lord? Lord! ”

Cao Hong turned over and dismounted, galloped to the front of Cao Ying's Chinese army's tent, and opened the low-hanging curtain at once.

"Whew."

A figure fell down from the curtain and pressed heavily on Cao Hong, almost face to face with Cao Hong. Cao Hong recognized at a glance that this person was Cao Yu, Cao Yu's personal soldier in front of the tent, Cao Yu had been dead for a long time at this time, and his entire face had begun to liquefy, and the flesh and blood had turned into pus and flowed down.

"Cao Yu."

Cao Hong's heart was miserable, and he gently placed Cao Yu's body on the ground, and when he looked up, the Chinese army's tent was empty, and there was not a single ghost.

"My lord? Where is the lord? ”

"General Yuanrang!"

"Zixiao!"

"Xuan Gao?"

"Mr. Wenruo!?"

Cao Hong turned around and went out of the tent, looking up to the sky and shouting, but the empty camp was silent, only Cao Hong's panicked echo echoed in the camp, and two vultures were startled by Cao Hong's roar, and flew up into the air with their wings, flying and circling. Zhang Ji walked to a stove, stuck a piece of ash and smelled it, and said to Cao Hong: "General, this stove has not been lit for three days, which means that three days ago, there was no one in this camp. ”

"But everything is still in the camp, except for people!" Cao Hong stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountains of grain and straw in the camp, as well as the weapons and ordnance scattered everywhere, and roared with a hideous expression, "Even if you withdraw the troops, you won't be in such a hurry, you should always bring the grain and grass baggage, right?" ”

"Ugh."

Zhang Ji sighed softly and remained silent.

"General~~Army~~"

In the maddening silence, a low moan suddenly sounded.

Cao Hong Huo Ran turned around, only to see a "corpse" not far behind him was squirming gently, Cao Hong rushed forward in two steps, turned over the corpse, and found that a soldier who had not yet died was struggling under the corpse, Cao Hong was overjoyed and hurriedly helped the soldier to sit up.

"Where's the lord?" Cao Hong shook the soldier's shoulders vigorously and asked anxiously, "What about the lord's army?" ”

"Lord ~~Lord ~~ Gong ~~"

The soldier groaned with difficulty, raised his hand with great difficulty, and stretched out his finger to guide the way, but before he could lift it halfway down, he fell down, and died with a crooked head. Cao Hongwu shook the soldier's corpse vigorously and asked bitterly, "Hey, wake up!" Wake up~~ Tell me where my lord has gone? Where did the lord's army go? Hey~~"

"General." Zhang Ji sighed, "He's dead." ”

Cao Hong hurriedly said: "But he should always tell me where the lord went!" ”

"He's already told you." Zhang Ji looked in the direction of the soldier's finger and sighed, "Prime Minister Cao Cheng and his army should have gone to Luoyang." ”

"Went to Luoyang?"

Cao Hong still did not give up, turned over and turned around the barracks twice, and found that except for the big rats scurrying around and the vultures hovering in the sky, there were no other living creatures in the Cao Jun camp, but fortunately, the corpses of Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Zangba, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others were not found in the camp, and Cao Hong finally felt a little at ease.

The two left the camp and went all the way to Luoyang, and corpses could be seen everywhere along the way.

In Luoyang, Cao Hong finally met Cao Ying and the rest of the princes.

Pity the more than 300,000 troops of the Central Route Alliance, at this time there are only more than 30,000 Liao Liao left, and most of them are already sick and can no longer move, the great Sima Yuan Shu, Prime Minister Cao Ying, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, as well as Xun You, Cheng Yu and other civil officials who are not very good are also mostly sick in bed, and they can't survive for a few days.

However, Lu Bu, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, and Zangba, these strong generals, are still alive and well.

"Lord!" In the camp of the Cao army, Cao Hong knelt down in front of Cao Ying's couch and cried, "Hong is incompetent, Hong is late, woo woo~~"

"Ugh." Cao Ying shook his head weakly and sighed, "Providence, it's all providence......

In the corner, Zhang Ji gently opened the medicine box he carried with him, although there were a few pairs of herbs to treat the plague in this medicine box, but after all, the number was limited, only enough for a dozen people. And even if there are medicinal herbs, in the end, it still depends on the strength of the patient's physique, this plague is no better than other diseases, if the patient's body is too weak, then Da Luo Jinxian can not do anything.

……

Hangu Pass, Jia Xu's official residence.

Liu Yan carefully twisted three slender silver needles from the back of Jia Xu's head, and then let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Jia Ming: "Okay, the military advisor's condition is no longer serious, and he will be able to wake up in a few moments." ”

"Whew." Xu Chu let out a long sigh of relief and said with relief, "Fortunately, the military advisor is fine, otherwise the lord will come back, and the last general will really not be able to explain to him." ”

Liu Yan's expression was gloomy, and she was not a little happy because she saved Jia Xu, although the military advisor Jia Xu was saved, but there were more than 40,000 Liangzhou soldiers suffering from illness in Hangu Pass, but she Liu Yan was powerless! In this world, only the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing can cure the plague, and even Liu Yan's master Hua Tuo is helpless against the plague.

It's a pity that when Liu Yan sent someone to Nanyang to invite Zhang Zhongjing, he had already been invited away by the Kwantung Coalition Army.

The reason why Liu Yan was able to save Jia Xu was not that he really cured Jia Xu's epidemic, but only enhanced Jia Xu's physiology and immunity with the help of medicinal stones and acupuncture, so that he could achieve the final victory in the fight against the disease, that's all! The medicinal stones that can enhance physiological functions are extremely precious, and acupuncture and moxibustion are extremely physically demanding, and Liu Yan alone cannot carry out large-scale treatment of the entire Xiliang army.

"Whew, stuffy me too~~"

Jia Xu let out a long sigh, and finally woke up.

"Brother, you're awake, woo~~"

Jia Ming saw that Jia Xu finally woke up, and couldn't help crying with joy.

Jia Xu miraculously sat up (after Liu Yan gave a big tonic, and used acupuncture to relax the muscles and invigorate the blood), looked around, only to see Gao Shun, Xu Chu, Hu Chi'er, Wang Fang and all the generals were actually in the big tent, Liu Yan also stood solemnly on one side, Jia Xu hurriedly bowed his hand, and said respectfully: "See Mrs. Xu." ”

Liu Yanbei replied: "Sir, excuse me." ”

As soon as Jia Xu woke up, the first thing he cared about was the Kwantung Army in front of Hangu Pass, so he asked Gao Shun: "General Gao Shun, what is the situation of the Kwantung Army outside Hangu Pass?" ”

Gao Shun, the battlefield general, also showed a look of horror, and said to Jia Xu: "Military division, the Kwantung Army has withdrawn to Luoyang, but ~~"

"But how?"

"But in the end, those who can return to Luoyang alive will not exceed 50,000 people, and even if these 50,000 people do, I'm afraid they won't survive for a few days." Xu Chu took over the conversation, and continued with a gloomy look in his eyes, "The casualties of our army are also heavy, and now there are only a thousand people in the pass who can still breathe. ”

"What? There are only a thousand people left!? Jia Xu was taken aback at first, and then sighed, "It's a sin, it's a sin." ”

Liu Yan's expression moved, and she glanced at Jia Xu with deep meaning, and wanted to ask Jia Xu if this plague was man-made, but when the words came to her mouth, she still swallowed them back, Liu Yan had been following Ma Yue for a long time, and she had developed a habit. As a woman of Ma Yue, it is best not to interfere too much in political affairs.

……

Luoyang.

After Zhang Ji's emergency treatment, Yuan Shu, Cao Ying, Tao Qian and other sick princes, as well as Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and other important strategists finally turned the corner, and there was no need to worry about their lives for the time being, but the 30,000 Kwantung troops lying in Luoyang City waiting to die, Zhang Ji was also powerless, and could only let them fend for themselves.

Late at night, Cao Ying's big tent.

Zhang Ji said to Cao Ying with a solemn expression: "Prime Minister, the plague is as fierce as a flood, and it is a matter of life and death for the common people in the world, so you must not be careful." I thought that it was time to temporarily stop with the Liangzhou Army, and the two sides should work together to control the spread of the epidemic is the most important thing, otherwise, once the plague is out of control and spreads to the surrounding Yan, Henan, Jing, Yang, Hebei, and Liang states, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Ahem, cough, cough~~" Cao Ying coughed violently for a while, gasping and asked, "This is exactly what I mean, but I don't know how to control the plague." ”

Zhang Ji said: "To the east can hold the Tiger Pass, to the south can hold Luoshui, to the north can hold the river, to the west can hold the Hangu Pass, so that the epidemic can be controlled in Luoyang, Gyeonggi area, now has entered July, as long as it will take another two months, to September the weather is getting cooler, this plague is not to worry." ”

Cao Ying nodded, and sighed Haoran: "Now that I think about it, it's really thanks to Jia Poison Shi, who actually took the lead in moving all the people into Guanzhong, making this Luoyang City and the Gyeonggi region a barren land, if not, once this plague spreads, how can it still be controlled?" ”

Speaking of this, Cao Ying still felt a chill down his spine.

At this time, Cao Ying, in his heart, did feel a sense of gratitude to Jia Xufeng, if it were not for this, Yan and Henan Prefectures were densely populated and close to Luoyang, Gyeonggi, and would never be able to escape the ravages of the plague.

It's just that I don't know, when Cao Ying knew that this plague, which destroyed 300,000 Kwantung troops overnight, was actually planned by Jia Poison, what should he think?

……

In July of the fifth year (192 years) of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, history will always be remembered!

In the heavily armed battlefield of Hanguguan, a menacing plague (cholera) devoured hundreds of thousands of lives in a very short period of time, 300,000 Kwantung troops and 50,000 defenders disappeared, and only Ma Chao's 20,000 cavalry escaped because they went away to the east of the river.

(To be continued)