Chapter 603: The Death of Java
After Wu Tiande escaped from Java Island, they immediately realized that the plague samples in the Devil's Cry Island stronghold were likely to come into contact with the ignorant natives and release the plague demon. As researchers of plague, no one understands the horror of concentrated outbreaks of multiple plagues better than Wu Tiande.
It was precisely because of this that they immediately found the head of the slave hunting association in Javanese and ordered them to withdraw all their strongholds from Java, preferably so that not a single Han Chinese were left on the island. This order seems a bit ridiculous to others, but Wu Tiande has a special warrant signed by Li Su, which allows him to mobilize the official or unofficial forces of the palace in an emergency, and it just so happens that the slave hunting association is also included.
It was precisely because of this that the slave hunter association immediately took action and began to evacuate the Han Chinese on the island of Java as soon as possible, and these Han Chinese could not leave freely, but were transported to a small closed island to observe, and only when there was no outbreak of plague among them, they could leave the island.
Fortunately, because of the previous riots in East Java and Central Java, the Han people on the island were either evacuated or concentrated in large strongholds, so the evacuation operation went smoothly, but even so, the last two evacuated strongholds were still affected by the plague, and some of them had already shown symptoms of illness, so the last group of people were placed on other islands alone, and were diagnosed and treated by experts such as Wu Tiande to save the lives of these people as much as possible.
In addition to the Han Chinese in the stronghold, there are also 10,000 Japanese troops and 10,000 Samhan troops in West Java, who are suppressing the riots in West Java. And by the time the commanders of these two armies received the news, they had penetrated deep into the interior of West Java. So the time to evacuate is also the latest, even when organizing the boarding. Some people in the army have died from the plague.
It is precisely because of this that they are also placed separately. The 20,000 people were divided into three groups, some of whom were already symptomatic, another of whom were suspected of being infected, and the last of whom were not showing any symptoms. Some of the soldiers were placed on three separate islands and treated according to the preventive and curative methods provided by Wu Tiande.
It's just that the withdrawal of 20,000 troops was too late, and the number of soldiers who were finally confirmed to be infected with the plague reached 12,362, and among these more than 10,000 people, even if they received the treatment method researched by Wu Tiande, the plague disease should have been prevented in the first place. By the time the onset occurs, it is already a little late to re-treat. Therefore, of the more than 10,000 people who contracted the disease, only 1,576 survived, and the fatality rate was as high as more than 90 percent.
The above is still the result of the treatment of plague research experts such as Wu Tiande, and in the case of backward medical conditions in Java Island, the fatality rate of plague will only be higher, and it can even be said that as long as you are infected with plague, there is almost only one way to die.
Emergency evacuation measures taken by Wu Tiande and others. Li Su praised them greatly afterwards, and even awarded military merit medals to Wu Tiande and others, and military merit medals, like pioneering medals, are awarded to people with meritorious service in a certain aspect. However, military merit medals are generally awarded to soldiers, but because Wu Tiande handled it properly this time, he not only saved nearly half of the army. More importantly, the evacuation of all the Han Chinese on the island of Java was more important than a great victory. Therefore, Li Su made an exception and awarded them military merit medals.
In addition, while rewarding Wu Tiande and others. Li Su did not forget the most important thing, that is, to blockade the entire island of Java, especially the east and west ends of the island of Java, which are separated from Bali and Jinzhou by only one strait, and these two straits were sent by Li Su to patrol day and night, and absolutely not let any Javanese escape to other islands.
After all, from Wu Tiande, he already knew the serious consequences that could be caused by a variety of plague outbreaks, so in addition to the passive blockade, he also sent a regular naval fleet and a large number of slave catchers to form an armed fleet to attack the coastal ports of Java Island at any cost, with the goal of destroying all Javanese ships that could be seen and eliminating the possibility of Javanese people fleeing.
Even on some of the islands closest to Java, Li Yu also sent people to spread the situation of a large-scale plague outbreak in Java, so that the natives on these islands could also help monitor it, and if any Javanese escaped, they could be discovered at the first time and then take corresponding measures.
It is also this series of strong measures taken by Li Su, so that this semi-man-made plague is only limited to Java Island, during which many Javanese people fled, but most of them were sunk at sea, only a few people fled to nearby islands, but they were also quickly discovered, among which Bali was too close to Java Island, so it also became an epidemic area later, and Li Su had to lay out a defensive line again on Lombok Island in the east of Bali.
The plague plague disaster, known as the 'Java Disaster', lasted for three years before gradually disappearing, but after the end, Li Su sent people to count the population of Java Island, and found that the island's natives plummeted from 5 million before the onset of the disease to less than 1 million, and more than 80% of the total population of the island died from this disaster, which can be said to be a rare catastrophe in human history.
In addition, the outbreak of the plague on Java Island also had a huge impact on Li Su, for example, in order to prevent the plague from spreading out of Java, he needed to deploy a large number of naval forces around Java Island, which made his offensive force appear a little insufficient in three years.
Moreover, after the lack of Java, an important slave producing area, there was a huge gap in the slaves needed by Taiwan and Datang, which also made the price of slaves rise again and again, no matter what kind of slaves, they were in short supply.
However, soon those slave traders found another important slave production area, that is, the African continent west of Tianzhu, where the Kunlun slaves were already very popular in the Tang Dynasty, but because of the long distance, the price was high, but now the sea traffic is becoming more and more convenient, and the cost of shipping is also falling again and again, so the large-scale trade of Kunlun slaves has become possible, and these docile black slaves have soon become a new source of slaves, which also makes the route from the Lion City to Ceylon more and more prosperous.
In addition to the several aspects introduced above, the impact of this plague is far from over, for example, when the plague first broke out of its power, Li Zhen, who was far away in Tianzhu, heard about this incident and immediately had a genius idea, that is, to use the plague in war. Think about it, when facing a powerful opponent, if you can let a terrible plague break out in the opponent's country, then no matter how strong the opponent is, it will immediately turn into a soft-footed shrimp, and only the share of others is left to be slaughtered.
And Li Zhen has always been a fiery character, so he immediately wrote a letter to Li Su, explaining the great idea of the first biochemical war in history, but this idea startled Li Su.
Li Su naturally knows better than anyone how powerful these microorganisms are bacteria and viruses, and even thought of using them to deal with the enemy, but firstly, he has no strong opponents worthy of him, and secondly, bacteria and viruses are a double-edged sword, and they may also be injured while injuring the enemy, unless he can keep his army from being invasive, but this is obviously impossible, so unless he is forced to a corner, or is sure that he will never let the disease that spreads hurt him, he will never dare to use this thing easily.
It was precisely because of this idea that Li Zhen rejected Li Zhen's great idea, but he did not finish his words, but told Li Zhen that if Li Zhen encountered an enemy that he could not resist in the future, then Li Zhen would also consider sending that special force to help him spread the plague to the enemy's territory. It's just that Li Su didn't expect that his promise today would become a reality one day.
"Hahaha~, it seems that Brother Xuan Ce still understands the sixth brother, the plague is something that can hurt people or hurt, and the sixth brother really won't use it easily!" In the royal palace of Beicheng, the capital of the Beka Kingdom in the territory of Northern Tianzhu, Li Zhen sat on the throne and laughed loudly, and what he held in his hand was the reply letter that Li Su gave him.
Wang Xuance, who was standing at the bottom, heard Li Zhen's words, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qi has always been cautious, and likes to take everything into his own hands, so for something uncontrollable like the plague, His Royal Highness will definitely be very repulsed in his heart, so His Majesty judged that His Royal Highness King Qi will definitely not use it easily, but if it is in an absolutely safe position, or when he is forced into a desperate situation, His Royal Highness King Qi will definitely give it a go!" ”
Wang Xuance hasn't read Li Xuance's reply yet, but he has already guessed Li Xuance's reaction, which makes Li Zhen also very surprised, and then let Wang Xuance read Li Xuance's letter, but the other party just stroked his beard and smiled, without showing any pride, which is also what Li Zhen likes most about Wang Xuance.
"Hahaha~, but I have to keep this letter from the sixth brother, maybe there will be a day when we encounter a strong enemy that we can't resist, and then we will have to ask the sixth brother for help, and with this letter, I am not afraid that he will repay the debt!" Li Zhen smiled and folded the letter and put it in an envelope, and then asked someone to store it in a safe place.
After Li Zhen killed 50,000 enemy troops in the last time, the spread of neo-Brahmanism was extremely fast, and now it has millions of followers in North Tianzhu, and it is increasing in an alarming number every day. It's just that this also brings some problems, that is, the shortage of religious officials, so the two discussed that they could recruit some Brahmin nobles who came over in Beitianzhu.
In the end, Li Su thought of one more thing, and immediately said: "By the way, Brother Xuan Ce, you have also met that person, do you think we should get involved in this matter?" (To be continued......)