In ancient times, epidemics did not refer only to infectious diseases caused by bacteria, but to include the outbreak of typhoid fever with seasonal surnames. The ancients' understanding of the epidemic has reached a certain level, believing that the epidemic can occur all year round, one of the reasons is due to the abnormality of the seasonal qi, which is caused by the "non-seasonal qi".

In a broad sense, the causes of various diseases of typhoid fever include wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire; Typhoid fever in the narrow sense is caused by the wind chill felt in winter. If the body is weak, or tired, hungry, abnormal daily life, cold and temperature discomfort, and lack of intercourse, it can lead to a deficiency of righteous qi and be easily invaded by external evils.

At that time, the plague in Hefei was an infectious disease caused by the corpse soaking in the water, and the epidemic in Xiangyang was relatively lighter, it was due to the typhoid fever caused by the continuous heavy rain in Jingbei for a short period of time, and perhaps it was necessary to add the water and soil adaptation, the weather was cold and gloomy, and the people who fell ill were mostly the soldiers of the Wei army and the people who moved south.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and even in ancient times, Zhang Ji was the only one who said that he could treat typhoid fever, and Zhang Ji served as a doctor of medicine in Wu and trained a large number of medical talents, the most outstanding of which was the half-way Taiyi Ling Huang Xu. Unfortunately, Huang Xu also came to Xiangyang with Sun Ce's royal car, and with Huang Xu, Zhang Ji's proud disciple, typhoid fever is not a problem.

Compared with the negligible illness rate of the Wu army, the Wei army was much more miserable. The Wei army has many northerners, especially the sick Cao Zhenjun, and many Yongliang children, who have been fighting in the Western Regions and Liangzhou all the year round, and may have never seen so much water in their lives. Many people were about to be swollen, and when Cao Zhenjun walked to Fangling, this unit also officially announced that it would have no combat effectiveness for three months.

"This Cao Zhen is really lucky!" Standing on top of the Xiangyang City Tower, Qiao Ren looked at the potholed ground in front of him and sighed.

What do you say? On the second day of Cao Zhen's move to Fangling, the heavy rain that had been lingering for more than 20 days finally stopped, and although the road was still muddy and difficult to walk, the Wei army finally did not have to march in the rain, which at least ten percent of casualties had to be avoided on the way. After all, it has rained heavily for more than 20 days, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, not to mention, landslides and mudslides are unavoidable, not to mention that Fangling is still surrounded by mountains and wilderness, it can be said that if the rain does not stop, Cao Zhen's army will not be able to leave 50,000 people when they go to Fangling.

"Lieutenant be satisfied, our army has lost no more than 10,000 people in this battle. (mainly died in the tug-of-war of Zhuyang) and on the other hand, the Wei army lost at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops before and after. Lu Fan, who stayed with Zhuge Jin to help Qiao Ren, said.

"Your Majesty has been gone for half a month!" Qiao Ren lowered his head and calculated the time, it was already mid-September, and it was still scorching, it seemed that if the Wei army did not retreat, just wait for the epidemic to run rampant.

"Yes! His Majesty has already arrived in Gangneung. ”

"That's right, Da Sima. There is news from Shouchun. Qiao Ren was not very interested in Sun Ce's itinerary, but was more worried about Sun Shao in Shouchun.

Lu Fan thought about it for a while, generally speaking, military intelligence was sent to Da Sima, and only when he asked for help was sent to Taiwei's Mansion, since Qiao Ren asked him, it proved that Shouchun did not need reinforcements and grain and grass, so he could only search for it in the information he obtained.

"Cao Ren has retired from the army, and it is said that Cao Ren is also sick." Lu Fan thought for a while before recalling a report and said to Qiao Ren: "It seems that this year is not good for the Wei State!" ”

Oh, yes! First Xiahoudun, then Zhang Liao was endangered, Xu Huang was shot, and Cao Ren was sick, and few generals in Wei were able to take charge alone. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu are in a hurry!

"Then who is in command of the Wei army on the Eastern Front?"

"The latter general is forbidden!"

"Yu Wenze?" Qiao Ren's little butterfly wings have the greatest benefit, Yu Ban didn't want to fight this person who was not flooded outside Fancheng but ran with Pang De, these two people are now on the Eastern Front under Cao Ren, and Yu Ban is the general on the Eastern Front except for Cao Ren, who thinks that he is the highest official general, and it is reasonable for him to take charge for the time being. "This person is not good at attacking the city, and Shouchun is fine!"

"I estimate that the Wei army on the eastern front is also about to withdraw, and the Wei State is not strong enough after this loss, and in order to deal with Ma Chao who entered Yongzhou, these soldiers and horses are still needed." Lu Fan said with a smile.

At this time, the head of the city where Qiao Ren was originally standing needed to be repaired anew, and there was no way for a few of them to give in to the soldiers who repaired the city wall. Fortunately, there are not many city walls in Xiangyang City that have been hit by thunderbolts, and the real trouble is that the tunnels dug by Cao Xiu in the past are about to dig to the root of the city wall, so can't they be refilled?

There is also the boulder thrown by the thunderbolt car is now filled with the moat, the moat of Xiangyang is the moat that connects the Han River and the Xiangshui River, and now the northern section is blocked and the heavy rain has long been flooded.

"Yifeng, but you're busy." Looking at the mud-like road outside the city gate, Qiao Ren couldn't help but joke to Zhu Ran.

"The captain laughed, but it was a hard life." Zhu Ran said with a wry smile, he had a hard time defending the city, and the repair after the war would not be too easy.

Since Sun Shao became the crown prince, Qiao Ren and Sun Quan don't have much conflict of interest, anyway, he can't make any big waves, but Zhu Zhi, who has always supported Sun Quan, has become a representative of the local family conservatives in Jiangdong, and he doesn't deal with Qiao Ren very well. And Zhu Zhi's root is the Zhu family, so Zhu Ran and Zhu Huan are Qiao Ren's worthy targets.

Don't look at Zhu Ran is Zhu Zhi's righteous son, but Zhu Ran is not voluntary, at that time, if it weren't for Sun Ce's order, Zhu Ran would not have given Zhu Zhi an heir, and Zhu Zhi had a son soon after Zhu Ran passed the heir, Zhu Zhi seemed to forget that he still had an heir, and completely regarded Zhu Cai as the eldest son, and now Zhu Cai is less than twenty years old to become a captain of the left military academy. In later generations, Zhu Ran's son even changed his surname back, which shows that the two families are completely discordant.

And Zhu Huan was originally the head of the Zhu family in Wu County, but he was dismissed from the position of patriarch by the elders of the Zhu Zhi United Clan, which made him not embarrassed. How can there be a little friendship for Zhu Zhi.

These two people are Qiao Ren's key targets, Qiao Ren loves to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and can dig the root of the wall where Zhu Zhi is stepping (Wu Jun Zhu family), why not Qiao Ren. And Zhu Ran is not from Jiangdong's family, but from a poor family, he is not very interested in regional families, and he hits it off when he takes refuge in Qiao Ren. And Zhu Huan also hopes to use external forces to help him regain the position of patriarch, and the other three surnames of Wu County can't be counted on, so Qiao Ren, the leader of the Huaisi Group, is also a good choice, but the division of interests is indispensable between them, and it is not enough for outsiders.

"Brother Yifeng in this battle of Xiangyang, you have worked hard to defeat Cao Xiu's 100,000 army, and Your Majesty will have a reward after returning to Jianye, so you don't want to change your surname back?" Qiao Ren began to ask in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Zhi is already a county candidate, and most of his titles will be left to Zhu Cai. Zhu Ran will inevitably be a marquis this time, rather than staying in the Zhu family to be this unworthy heir, it is better to change back to his original surname.

"The captain laughed, but the heir is His Majesty's own order, how dare I change it without permission." Zhu Ran said with a wry smile.

Qiao Ren looked at Zhu Ran's wry face with a smile, and was overjoyed, it seems that Zhu Ran really wants to change his surname back to Shi, he was willing to change his surname back then just because he wanted to inherit Zhu Zhi's family and become the head of the family, but seeing that things didn't work out, it was not bad to be able to set up another door and become a small family, it was better than being a child of that sideline.

"Haha, it's lonely and lost his words, the work of righteousness is obvious to everyone, a feudal marquis can't run, the majority of the governors have been in poor health, His Majesty intends to add the Zuo Governor to help Ziming reduce the burden, it is very suitable to be a lonely brother in righteousness!"

"I also think Yifeng is a good candidate." I don't know why Lu Meng also opened his mouth to praise Zhu Ran.

Suddenly, Zhu Ran was flattered, he had always been a character that his father didn't love when he was in Huainan. Qiao Ren didn't want to see him, and Zhu Zhi also threw him out of the clouds, compared to Sun Shao, who was also in Huainan, he was much more miserable. Sun Shao's status is even more embarrassing than Zhu Ran's, but he can't stand this master, he doesn't fight for anything on the throne, he just wants to be a general, which makes him valued by Sun Ce and Qiao Ren, and his future is no less than Cao Zhen, which is much better than Zhu Ran's heir.

"Thank you, Captain, thank you for the Governor's appreciation, but I am not very afraid."

"Haha, ahem!" Lu Meng laughed and patted Zhu Ran's shoulder, and said: "Yifeng is modest, he said that Boyan became the governor of the front department, and this position of deputy governor belongs to you." ”

"Ziming, what do you mean by this?" Qiao Ren said unhappily, in his memory, Lu Meng should have died as early as the year before last, but this year, in Qiao Ren's heart, Lu Meng's body was like a time bomb, there were not a few of Qiao Ren's old friends left, Zhou Yu and Lu Su were gone, Qiao Ren didn't want Lu Meng to have any more problems.

"Hehe, Ziyan is so excited. I think that Chibi Wu and the Governor of Dadu, the army and Ziyan fought against Cao Yan together, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. "Lu Meng has something to say, back then, the four of them worked together to resist Cao, and now only two people are left to fight Cao again.

"Ziming, don't say more." Qiao Ren always felt that Lu Meng's tone was wrong, but he didn't have to ask too many questions, so he could only go back and ask Huang Xu to check on Lu Meng.

"Haha! That's right, Ziyan. There are many families in Xiangyang, and there are many hermits in Lumen Mountain, you should visit as an important minister. (To be continued.) )