Chapter 653: Rescuing the Hostages

readx; The soldiers of the Yan army who monitored the big handsome were already in danger, and the guess of the military doctor in the afternoon had been confirmed, the big handsome vomited and diarrhea, and his whole body was hot, and he didn't need to be diagnosed by the military doctor, many soldiers had heard that this was the symptom of the plague, all the soldiers stood outside the tent, covering their mouths and noses with a cloth with toner in the sandwich, and the two soldiers who took care of the big handsome at night were even more frightened and trembling, and sat on the edge of the camp tent, and even they became the object of everyone's fear. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Medic is here!"

I don't know who shouted, the soldiers dodged a way, only to see two military doctors, Wei Ruqun and Ji Sheng hurriedly walking in with a medicine box.

The captain greeted him and said, "Doctor Wei, the situation is not good, and the symptoms you are worried about have appeared." ”

"Hmmm! I'll take another look. ”

Wei Ruqun took out a towel with toner powder in the sandwich, covered his mouth and nose, tied a knot at the back of his head, Ji Sheng also covered a towel, he took two steps, stopped and asked the captain: "Has this matter been reported to General An?" ”

The lieutenant shook his head, he didn't know the severity of the situation, and he didn't dare to report it.

"It is recommended that you hurry up and report it, if it is really a plague, it spreads quickly, and if it is late, you can't afford to eat it."

The captain's face turned pale, and he turned around and ran to report it.

Ji Sheng and Wei Ruqun walked into the camp tent, turned back to the soldiers and said, "No one is allowed to come in!" ”

In fact, there is no need for them to tell them, who dares to go in now, it is serious among the soldiers, and it is like a man-eating devil living in the camp.

The two walked into the camp tent, the camp tent was dark, only faintly saw a person lying on the bed, heard his painful moan, Wei Ruqun's medicine was really powerful, Ji Sheng touched Wei Ruqun, pointed to the door, Wei Ruqun understood, so he squatted at the door to take the medicine, in fact, monitoring the situation outside.

Ji Sheng squatted down in front of Da Yingjun, touched his forehead, and his hand was hot, he smiled slightly: "Do you remember me?" ”

Da Yingjun heard Ji Sheng's voice, and he said weakly: "Doctor, I may really be seriously ill. ”

"You're fine, if you want to get out, you're going to have to be like this, preferably like you're going to die soon."

Da Yingjun's eyes lit up, and he understood what Ji Sheng meant, "I understand, I will be very sick." ”

Ji Sheng patted the back of his hand, and said to Wei Ruqun: "I heard that An Lushan is going to Khitan, and he will be back in the next few days, we are very short of time, don't wait for tomorrow, it's best to transfer him out of the barracks tonight." ”

"I know, I've got it all scheduled for the afternoon."

Wei Ruqun went out in the afternoon, made some arrangements, and connected with Qi Yan, at this time he was already like an arrow, where did he want to delay until tomorrow, so he smiled and said: "And I have already given medicine to the soldiers guarding him, and the effect will appear soon." ”

Ji Sheng cleaned up Da Yingjun again and changed into clean clothes, at this time, there was a commotion outside, and a group of people approached the tent, only to hear a loud voice shouting: "Where is the military doctor?" ”

"The medics are all in the tents."

"Let them come out to me!"

The person who came was An Yongzhen, the supreme commander of the military camp, An Yongzhen was also a fierce general with high martial arts, he was one of the twelve Taibao of An Lushan, ranking third.

In order to attract talents, An Lushan selected twelve young officers with strong martial arts in the Yan army, who were considered his righteous sons, known as the Twelve Taibao, ranked according to the strength of martial arts, this An Yongzhen was a Khitan, and after being recognized by An Lushan as a righteous son, he changed his name to An Yongzhen, who was the third Taibao, because the big Taibao Li Qincuo was dead, he is actually ranked second now.

These twelve Taibao are all brave and unscrupulous, and it is impossible for An Lushan to find a wise and brave person to be his righteous son, which will threaten the status of his son, such as Shi Siming and others, simple-minded people, without selfish distractions, and much higher loyalty.

An Yongzhen is no exception, strong in martial arts, but simple-minded, he heard that Da Yingjun may have the plague, he immediately became furious, and couldn't help but say, first the captain who reported the news beat a hundred military sticks, and then rushed to the hostage camp.

At this time, Ji Sheng and Wei Ruqun came out of the camp tent and knelt down on one knee together to salute, "See General An!" ”

Although An Yongzhen was rude, he was still more polite to the military doctor, and Ji Sheng also treated the corns on his feet, and his impression was better.

He ignored Wei Ruqun and only asked Ji Sheng, "Is he really suffering from the plague?" ”

Ji Sheng nodded and said: "It looks very similar, this disease spreads quickly, and generally everyone who comes into contact with him after two or three days will fall ill, and then die one after another, there is no cure." ”

An Yong was so frightened that he took a step back, widened his eyes and asked, "What should I do then?" ”

Ji Sheng made up nonsense: "My father has treated the plague, he told me that if you get the plague, you must be isolated immediately, not allowed in a crowded place, let alone in the city, if you die, the body must be burned immediately, and everything used by the patient must be burned, this is a must, otherwise once it spreads, it will be the death of tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, and the people of a county will die cleanly." ”

Except for his father is a nonsense, but everything else is true, people in this era have an inexplicable fear of plague, and they have heard a little bit, An Yongzhen nodded, it is true, there was a plague in his hometown, and as a result, all the tribesmen died in one winter.

An Yongzhen turned his head and stared viciously at the thirty or so soldiers guarding the hostages, and said gloomily: "Which of you has come into contact with him?" ”

The soldiers were so frightened that they pointed at the two soldiers who collapsed on the ground at the same time, "That's them!" ”

An Yongzhen waved his order: "Slaughter, the corpse will be burned on the spot!" ”

The poor two soldiers were stabbed to death with spears by An Yongzhen's own soldiers, and no one dared to touch their corpses, so they crossed their corpses with spears and went directly outside to burn the corpses.

An Yongzhen glanced at the two military doctors, and he didn't want to keep these two military doctors.

Ji Sheng was waiting for this opportunity, he stepped forward and saluted: "General An, I discussed with the Wei military doctor just now, now we can't be sure that it is the plague, but he must not stay in the barracks, he must leave immediately, we want to take him outside the barracks for treatment, if it can be cured, it is the best, if it is not cured, we will burn him directly." ”

If it were an ordinary soldier, Ernst & Young would really not consider any treatment, and would kill and burn it directly, but this was a hostage of the Su Mo Ya people, which made Ernst & Young a little difficult, and he had no right to call the shots.

He scratched his scalp and ordered: "You are all here, no one is allowed to leave, I will report to the prince!" ”

He turned over and got on his horse, regardless of the rules that horses were not allowed in the barracks, and went directly to Youzhou City.

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An hour later, An Yongzhen came back again, his expression was very depressed, An Lushan had not come back from the Khitan, and the people in the palace said that they would have to wait for a few days, but .....

He asked Ji Sheng again: "Is it okay for me to isolate him in the barracks?" ”

Ji Sheng shook his head, "The barracks are too crowded, this plague is actually a poison that can spread in the air, many people have not actually been in contact with the sick, but they also have to die of illness, that's the reason." ”

"Where do you turn him?" An Yongzhen asked in a trembling voice.

Ji Sheng's eyes looked at Wei Ruqun, he went out to arrange it in the afternoon, Wei Ruqun said: "There is a mountain temple ten miles north, and the surrounding area is barren and populated, so it is better to go there for treatment." ”

Ji Sheng was overjoyed, and secretly praised Wei Ruqun for choosing a place, the mountain temple he knew, close to a forest, just for Da Yingjun to escape.

An Yongzhen frowned, he didn't think much about it, he didn't think of the possibility of escape, but his intuition was a little inappropriate, in fact, even if he was smarter, he couldn't think of Ji Sheng's purpose.

This hostage has been in Youzhou for many years, and he has been in his military camp for more than a year, and there is no idea that he will escape, besides, Ji Sheng and Wei Ruqun are his military doctors, both of them are his own people, he never dreamed that Ji Sheng was the culprit who blew up the gunpowder field and burned the forage storehouse, if he knew that Ji Sheng was the leader of the scout camp of the Anxi Army, I am afraid that he would be awakened by nightmares when he slept.

He only knew to obey military orders, and An Lushan ordered him to strictly guard the hostages and not allow them to leave the barracks, so his instinct was that something was wrong.

At this moment, there were two soldiers guarding the hostages, 'Oops! With a sound, he squatted down holding his stomach, sweating profusely, this was actually the preventive medicine that Wei Ruqun gave them.

The military doctor has this kind of professional convenience, he obviously gave the patient poison, so that the patient died of poison, he can also be said to be terminally ill, there is no cure, now it may be able to be tested, but in ancient times..... A doctor can be both an angel and a demon.

Ji Sheng immediately pointed at the soldiers and shouted, "Look, they are infected!" ”

The surrounding soldiers were in an uproar, and they retreated in fright, and then the two soldiers couldn't help but vomit again, An Yongzhen's face changed greatly, and he couldn't care about it anymore, and shouted repeatedly: "Hurry!" Kill these two! ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers rushed up, stabbed two people to death with spears, and carried them out.

This bloody scene made Wei Ruqun tremble with fright, he knew that these two people were not sick at all, his face was pale, and he shrank aside and did not dare to speak.

Ji Sheng shouted anxiously, "General An, do you want to let all the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Yan Army die?" ”

This sentence was like a heavy hammer, slamming heavily on An Yongzhen's chest, and he finally made up his mind, but he was just a hostage of a small country, and it was important to protect the army.

He pointed at Ji Sheng and Wei Ruqun and said, "You two, take the patient away immediately." ”

He also ordered the thirty or so soldiers who were watching the hostages: "You all go with you, go quickly!" ”

The soldiers were frightened, many of them felt that their stomachs began to ache, and if they didn't leave, they would be killed on the spot, they hurriedly found a carriage, helped the two military doctors to carry Da Yingjun into the carriage, endured the pain in their abdomen, and followed the carriage out from the nearest north gate.

An Yongzhen kept watching them go away, and with a gesture of his hand, he called a general and instructed him: "You take a thousand brothers to watch them from afar, don't get close, and if they all die in a few days, give me a fire and burn all the temples, remember, brothers must be very careful, don't come close." ”

"The last general obeys!"

General Lang ran to order troops, An Yongzhen looked at the camp tent, and ordered the soldiers: "Burn all the things here, and don't keep any of them, and return the captain, kill and burn them together, dig a deep pit again, and bury all the burned things deeply, remember?"

The soldiers agreed, and they burned together, An Yongzhen touched his forehead, he felt that he was also a little feverish, and he couldn't help but be scared for a while, he was also going to take medicine.

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The mountain temple is located ten miles north of the military camp, not far from the gunpowder test site of An Lushan, at the beginning, An Lushan in order to keep the gunpowder test site secret, all the nearby villages were moved, and later the gunpowder field was abandoned, and this area has become an uninhabited place.

It was the northern night in the middle of April, the freshest and most beautiful time, the sky seemed to have been washed, there was not a trace of clouds, the basket was crystalline, high and far, and a round moon crawled out of the forest in the east, like a big lantern, illuminating the whole plain, and the road became clear.

Although the night was beautiful, the group of Yan Jun had no thoughts, they were shrouded in a shadow of death, all kinds of symptoms flare-up on him, fever, abdominal pain, everyone's heart was full of fear.

Ji Sheng rode on the horse, thinking in his heart that this mission was strange, as if it was arranged by God, if he was not a military doctor, how could An Yongzhen hand over the hostages to him and take him out of the camp?

This is equivalent to giving him the credit, he only knew about this task in the morning, and completed it in the evening, and it can only be said that everything in the dark has its own providence.

He turned his head and looked into the distance, about three miles away, he faintly saw a team, it was the cavalry watching them, Ji Sheng couldn't help but sneer, he was a plague team, did they dare to follow?

"Hey!"

Ji Sheng raised his voice and shouted, and more than thirty Yan soldiers all turned their heads to look at him, not knowing what this Ji military doctor had to say.

"Do you see?"

Ji Sheng pointed to the distance with his backhand, "There's an army following us over there, do you see?" ”

All the soldiers stopped one after another, looked into the distance, under the bright moonlight, they could see very clearly, a team of swarthy men and horses, sneakily following them, the soldiers of the Yan army were stunned, what is this here for?

"Don't think about it, I'm here to collect our bodies."

After Ji Sheng finished speaking, he added: "I'm afraid they don't even dare to touch the corpse." ”

The soldiers lowered their heads in despair one by one, Wei Ruqun couldn't bear it, and peeked out of the car window and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as you listen to me, we may not die." ”

Wei Ruqun's words gave the soldiers hope again, and they surrounded them one after another, and asked, "Doctor Wei, is there really a way to cure it?" ”

"Doctor Wei, I have an eighty-year-old mother at home, and a nursing child, you must save me!"

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Wei Ruqun comforted them and said: "Everyone is worried, this prince may be seriously ill, but as long as you don't eat and drink with him, I think it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Everyone was inspired, their spirits were lifted, and at this moment, they also felt that death was far away from them.

Ji Sheng rode on the horse and smiled faintly, the plague is good! Any problem can be solved.

An hour later, they came to the mountain temple, the mountain temple was already empty, there was no one in a radius of more than ten miles, and even the person who asked for food called Hanako didn't want to stay here.

The mountain temple is not dilapidated, the doors and windows are all there, dry and tidy, basically no need to clean, the temple is very small, in addition to the main hall, there are two side halls on the left and one on the right, two military doctors and the prince of Bohai live in a side hall, and the rest of the thirty or so people are crowded in another side hall, at this time, who still has the heart to monitor this prince.

Wei Ruqun took care of the prince, but Ji Sheng walked out, he glanced at a large forest a hundred steps away, and said loudly to Wei Ruqun: "Doctor Wei, I'll go pick some herbs!" ”

Wei Ruqun understood, and also said loudly: "Be careful, don't go far!" ”

"Got it!"

Ji Sheng walked out of the mountain temple and came to the forest, the forest was very quiet, the silver-white moonlight was sprinkled through the treetops, and the ground was full of shadows, only to hear a gust of wind blowing on the ground, blowing the leaves rustling, 'Click! With a bang, Ji Sheng knocked down a branch and flew up in a daze.

I only heard a cooing night owl scream, and a figure flew down from the tree, deftly falling in front of Ji Sheng, followed by a few brushes around him, and several more figures fell left and right in front of him.

"What, do you want to kill me in the dead of night?" Ji Sheng smiled and glanced at a few people.

"Don't dare, I've been waiting for a long time."

The person at the head was none other than his deputy Qi Yan, who stepped forward to give a salute, "The humble position is ready, we have prepared three corpses, which can be replaced at any time." ”

"It doesn't take so much, one corpse is enough."

Ji Sheng looked at everyone again, "How many people are there?" ”

"General Huiyu, a total of seven people, all ready, the carriage is in the forest, tomorrow will go directly to the Bohai Kingdom, and the person who will be picked up on the way, the hall master has also been arranged."

"Alright! Tomorrow at dawn I will hand them over to you. ”

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The next day, when the sky was bright, Wei Ruqun woke everyone up and told everyone the unfortunate news that the prince of Bohai was dead.

"Doctor Ji and I went to find a clearing in the forest and burned people, don't come with you!"

The soldiers stood at the door of the side hall, looking at the prince of Bohai lying on the stretcher from a distance, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, and a miserable white hand was hanging outside the stretcher, swaying with the stretcher.

The soldiers looked at the stretcher and walked into the forest, but no one dared to follow, and after a while, they saw a puff of black smoke rising from the forest, which was that they were burning the corpses.

In the forest, Wei Ruqun got into the carriage, and when they were about to be separated, his eyes were a little red, and he arched his hand to Ji Sheng, and his voice choked up: "General Ji's great grace, I will remember it in my heart, if it is possible, I will definitely repay it!" ”

Ji Sheng scolded him with a smile and said, "Call me General Ji again!" ”

Wei Ruqun smiled bitterly, "That's right! I always forget, Doctor Junior, I don't know when we'll see each other again. ”

"Soon, I will also return to Chang'an, when you come to the barracks and find the scout camp Ji Sheng, you will be able to find me, Doctor Wei, I hope we will continue to cooperate in the future."

"Definitely! I'll definitely come to the third military doctor. ”

At this time, Da Yingjun, the prince of Bohai, also got up and said to Ji Sheng: "Don't thank you for your great kindness, I will remember the grace of saving my life today!" ”

"The prince is serious, I just did what I was ordered, everyone take care all the way!"

"The third runner-up has heavy medical insurance!"

The carriage was activated, and the people from the Hebei Information Hall escorted the carriage quickly to the north, gradually disappearing into the distance.

Qi Yan asked again: "General Ji, then I'll wait for you here." ”

"Nope! Wait for me twenty miles to the west, and I'll have some aftermath to deal with. ”

Ji Sheng took out a cloth bag, wrote the words 'Prince of Bohai' on it with a piece of charcoal, and strode towards the place where the corpse was burned.

Qi Yan turned over and urged the horse to go west.......

About an hour later, I saw Ji Sheng walking out of the forest alone, carrying a bag of bones in his hand, and the words 'Prince of Bohai' were written on his pocket.

He walked into the temple and said to the people, "Come here!" I have something to say to you. ”

Everyone didn't know what was going on, they all crowded forward one by one, Ji Sheng put the bag containing the bones on the table, and said to everyone: "Doctor Wei gave you medicine last night, how do you feel?" ”

One soldier trembled and said, "I feel good, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and my body doesn't have a fever anymore." ”

"Hmm!"

Ji Sheng nodded and said: "That's my ancestral secret recipe, if it's a mild symptom, it can be cured, but if it's as serious as his......"

He pointed to the bone bag, "There is no way for his illness to end, it can only be a dead end." ”

At this time, another soldier asked, "What about the Wei military doctor?" ”

Ji Sheng sighed and said, "That's why I called you here, I'll tell you the truth!" Doctor Wei had already fled for his life. ”

"Run!"

More than thirty Yan soldiers were like blowing up a nest, and they were in a mess, "What's going on?" ”

"Everyone, be quiet! Everyone, be quiet! ”

Ji Sheng waved his hand, and it was easy to quiet everyone down, "Listen to me!" ”

Everyone was completely quiet, and they all looked at Ji Sheng blankly, and then Ji Sheng said to everyone: "Let me ask you, if it wasn't the Bohai Prince who was infected with the plague last night, what would the consequences be?" ”

"General An will definitely kill us, kill and burn them all!"

A smart soldier thought of it first, everyone's faces changed greatly, Ji Sheng nodded and said: "This brother is right, everyone has seen it, the two brothers have abdominal pain, and they were immediately killed and burned to death, if it weren't for this Bohai prince, none of us would have survived last night, all of them would have died, and you see!" ”

Ji Sheng pointed to the dozens of tents that could be faintly seen in the distance, and said to everyone: "You should all see it, that is the army sent by General An to collect our corpses, if the Prince of Bohai is rescued, maybe we can still live, but he has already died of illness, then General An can still spare our lives?" ”

"So what do we do?"

Everyone shouted in horror, "We listen to Doctor Ji!" ”

"The solution is very simple, just like Doctor Wei, let's go and run for our lives!"

Ji Sheng raised his voice and said: "I'm also leaving, if I want to live, I should flee quickly, go through the back door, and the cavalry in the distance will see it." ”

More than 30 Yan soldiers were all in a mess, they took off their armor, threw away their weapons, rushed out of the mountain temple through the back door, ran towards the forest, and ran away in a moment.

The mountain temple suddenly became empty, Ji Sheng smiled, he threw all the armor and weapons into the carriage, and flicked the long whip, "Drive!" ”

The carriage started and galloped westward, and the dust was billowing and the carriage soon disappeared into the distance......

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(To be continued)