There was a foul smell in the garden, some pro-soldiers and Ding Bao pinched their noses, gathered around the side and probed their brains into the well, Liu Zhang took a lot of power and Fa Zheng separated the crowd, and Aguda hurriedly came over to stop it.

"Lord, don't come close, it's unlucky to rot the dead body."

Sang Ye was also in the courtyard, saw Liu Zhang, and hurriedly saluted: "My lord's forgiveness, these two pigs were my mother-in-law's family when they left, they wanted to drive away the livestock, and they fell in by mistake. ”

The dead pig fell into the well, some time ago has been heavy rain and light rain continuously, the dead pig soaked up, after the day cleared, there was water in the well, and did not feel anything, until these days the sun shined, the dry well is probably leaking, the water was dried, the smell of the dead pig's corpse was emitted, dozens of days of brewing, the smell came particularly fiercely.

Liu Zhang shook his head, let the mulberry leaves get up, and said to Wang Xu: "What are you doing stupidly, this stinky well, the dry well is in the middle of the yard again, don't you want to sleep tonight?" ”

"Yes." Wang Xu hurriedly commanded his own soldiers, wrapped a few rags around his mouth and nose, and hung a soldier and a wooden barrel down.

The dead pig was rotting in the well, it was full of hemp spots and white maggots, even if it was tightly covered with mouth and nose, it was so stinky that it was completely impossible to breathe, and as soon as the soldier touched the dead pig's skin with his saber, the dead pig's corpse was immediately dissected, and the inside was like meat porridge, and the soldier spit it out on the spot.

Except for the skeleton, the rest of the pig's corpse is not a lump but a lump, and the rotten meat can even flow, filled with a full bucket, and was hoisted up by the soldiers above, and the stench suddenly spread, and the people close to the dry well were forced to retreat five or six steps, and Liu Zhang also covered his mouth and nose with the white towel handed by the soldiers.

"My lord." Aguda said to Liu Zhang: "These carrion is unlucky, must be handled carefully, now the scorching sun is shining, the ground is damp and heavy, whenever we encounter such a season in Wuxi, we will clean up the dead bodies near the village, this is the rule left by the ancestors, these dead bodies have grievances, if they are not buried, there will be natural disasters, it is best to bury them in the soil, and do not bury them in the spring area, that will annoy the earth god." ”

"What kind of mess?"

"The words of the ancestors, the lord must not ignore them." Aguda hurriedly bowed.

"Okay, got it."

Liu Zhang nodded, although Aguda talked a lot of things, isn't it just a dead corpse that is easy to cause diseases? The ancients did not understand the principle of pathogenesis, so they had to use some ghosts and gods to explain, and these feudal superstitions were still very reasonable.

Let Wang Xu pass the order down, at this time I saw that the rope was tightened three times, and the soldiers on the ground hurriedly pulled up the soldiers in the well, and as soon as the soldier who fished out the body came out of the well, he pulled the cloth towel and gasped, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't do it, I can't do it, change people, change people." ”

Two dead pigs, it took five people to finally clean up the well, and Mulberry Ye asked the kitchen man to bring a few buckets of boiling water, and poured them into the dry well, which barely suppressed the stench.

Aguda took away five soldiers, Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng walked out of the courtyard, the two took a deep breath, Liu Zhang said: "This Jingxiang is indeed not as good as Shuzhong, the humidity is too heavy, the sun shines, the water vapor will bring up some animal germs, it is indeed easy to get sick, it is necessary to ask the battalions to do a good job of protection, don't adapt to the water and soil, the city has not been captured, and many sick people will be added." ”

"Lord, what is the germ?"

"Ahem, warlock's words, don't pay attention." When Liu Zhang said this, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, we suffered heavy casualties in the siege, how to deal with the corpses of the soldiers killed in the battle, as well as the corpses of the Jingzhou soldiers who attacked the camp?" ”

Fa Zheng said: "The Jingzhou soldiers were buried on the spot, and the corpses of our soldiers were wrapped in straw mats and horse leather and buried shallowly, and after the war, they were transported back to their hometowns." ”

"Nope." Liu Zhang frowned, thought for a while, and said resolutely: "Bury them all on the spot." ”

"This won't work, lord." Fa Zheng worried: "Although from ancient times to the present, soldiers died on the battlefield, most of them were buried in the green mountains and green waters, but that was a last resort, if we can't capture Xiangyang, if we can successfully capture Xiangyang, these soldiers should be buried in their hometown, if they are buried now, I am afraid it will make the soldiers chill." ”

"I'd rather chill them than give them their lives in vain, and wait for those corpses to rot and cause a plague, I'm afraid we won't be able to withdraw our troops."

Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang in surprise and said in a lost voice: "What did the lord say?" Can a human corpse** cause a plague? ”

Plague has always been a nightmare that plagues mankind, from ancient times to the present, has never been broken, the Three Kingdoms have been plagued in all dynasties, especially in the late Qin and Western Han dynasties, and not long ago, when Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, Jiangdong also broke out of the plague, so that the divine doctor Hua Tuo personally came to Zhang Zhongjing to curb the plague.

The ancients talked about the plague and changed color, how could Fa Zheng not know, but in the Three Kingdoms era. People don't know the cause of the plague, almost like the barbarian doctor Aguda, they think it is a natural disaster, let alone the way of prevention and control, and there are very few people like Zhang Zhongjing who "love science".

In the plague area, only some charlatans will be invited to take the stage, which is also the main reason why every time the plague breaks out in ancient times, it will bring a catastrophe.

"So the corpse of the soldier must be buried, especially now, the water vapor is heavy, the sun is big, the corpse will be faster, the concentration of the air is also high, the spread will be more violent, now the order is given, once the animal carcass is found, it must be cleaned up immediately, it is strictly forbidden for the soldiers to drink raw water and eat raw food, once it is found that a soldier is unwell, there are symptoms such as body sweating, flushing, limbs, trembling, etc., and he will be isolated on the spot and handed over to the military doctor, if it is diagnosed."

Liu Zhang took a deep breath: "Die on the spot." ”

Fa Zheng frowned, but Liu Zhang's words were recalled in his mind, and he suddenly looked at Liu Zhang and muttered, "The corpse of an animal? ”

Liu Zhang looked at Fa Zheng's expression, he was stunned at first, and suddenly, an idea popped up, and they looked at each other, and they knew that they coincided.

Both of them were a little surprised by their thoughts, but as soon as they popped up, they couldn't get rid of them.

………… In the scorching sun, the soldiers of the Sichuan army dug long pits in the field one by one, opened the bodies of their companions, and buried them all neatly into the pits, whether it was the buried soldiers or the soldiers watching, their hearts were full of sadness, although they knew from the beginning that this was the fate of a soldier.

Thousands of miles from Yizhou, in the end, they could not return to their homeland, and were buried in a foreign land, and they couldn't even do the most basic "horse leather shroud", Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng didn't tell them the reason, and the soldiers' faces were full of loneliness, only the stone tablet one foot high outside the long pit could prove that thousands of robes killed in battle were buried here.

But before long, these soldiers will sigh at how lucky they are for the soldiers buried here, and for them.

Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng climbed the high hill again, this time they did not look at the city defense of ancient Xiangyang, but looked at the high mountains on the other side, looked at the meandering Han water, the primitive jungle of the remaining veins of Daba Mountain, suffering from the scorching sun, it seems to hide countless secrets, the Han water twists and turns, the fog is steaming, and it is divided into two on the ancient Xiangyang, one goes around the city, sanitates the city, and the other passes through the city, whenever it rains, the flood in the city is poured.

Liu Zhang watched this scene for a long time, until his skin was roasted by the sun like cooked taro, and Fa Zheng said to Liu Zhang: "Lord, have you thought about it?" ”

Liu Zhang's eyes looked into the distance, under the ancient Xiangyang city in the distance, the Sichuan army under the command of Zhang Ren Yanyan launched a fierce attack on the city from the east gate and the north gate, the soldiers were under Liu Zhang's eyes, just like ants, the ladder was overturned by the wood, and a string of soldiers fell down with the ladder, Liu Zhang could not see their fractures and bleeding.

The battle from the rising of the sun to the middle of the day, the Sichuan army collected the troops back to the camp, the Sichuan soldiers under the city wall collected the corpses, and left thousands of lives, the city was still not taken, waiting for the Sichuan soldiers in the afternoon, or a vicious battle.

Ten days of offensive and defensive battles, the ancient Xiangyang city was beaten to pieces, but those recruits who defended the city, under the training of actual combat, gradually became proficient, under the command of Xu Shu and the cooperation of the strong crossbow, Liu Zhang became more and more difficult to see the hope of taking the city in a month.

"Let's persuade us to surrender first." Liu Zhang sighed, his tone slow and heavy.

Fa Zheng raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhang, silently looking at the ancient Xiangyang City like ashes.

............" newspaper. ”

In the ancient Xiangyang city, Xu Shu is discussing with the generals the strategy of resisting the enemy, the casualties of the Jingzhou soldiers in the past few days are also very heavy, and the lonely city can not be defended, Xu Shu is thinking of a way, how to open up the Yongdao or open up a new Yongdao out, only Xiangyang and the ancient Xiangyang support each other, in order to truly ensure that the city is not lost.

Xu Shu has already made a decision, when the season rains, it is impossible for the Sichuan army to capture Guxiangyang, and when the rainstorm comes, it is even more impossible to shake the city, the only thing to worry about is that during this period of time, even if it is rainy weather, it is difficult to ensure that the Sichuan army cannot capture the city, not to mention that now the scorching sun is shining, and the water of the city wall has long been dried.

After defending the city for a few days, those soldiers who had no experience in battle formations suffered heavy casualties, and the defenders' strength became weaker and weaker, so Xu Shu couldn't help but worry.

Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng were worried that they would not be able to capture the city in a month, and Xu Shu was also worried that he would lose the city within a month.

Every day, he was meticulous in his efforts to inspect the loopholes in the city's defenses, to train his soldiers and to think about countermeasures, and to deal with the generals in the army who did not obey him, and he had rarely slept since the rain stopped, and at the age of thirty-one and twelve, his bags were swollen as if he were forty or fifty years old, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Xu Shu worked harder than Liu Zhang and Fa Zheng combined.

Just as Xu Shu was drawing the new Yongdao line, a soldier came in: "Report, the envoy of the Sichuan army has asked to see Xu Shu's military division, and he is waiting under the city." ”

"The envoy of the Sichuan army?" Xu Shu frowned, and Li Yan and other Jingzhou generals were a little surprised.

"Hahaha." Suddenly, an abrupt laughter came from the corner, a general with a round face and a bulging belly, while eating barbecue slices on the desk in the corner, laughed loudly, swallowed a piece of meat, and said loudly: "Liu Zhang's child is afraid, there is a general in this town, the Sichuan thieves have failed one after another, Liu Zhang is here to negotiate peace." ”

Xu Shu glanced at the general, he didn't believe that people like Liu Zhang would come to negotiate peace at this time.

(To be continued)