Although the fall of Moling County was expected by everyone, when the Han army's battle flag was erected on the Moling County three miles away, it still gloomy the defenders of Jianye.

Above the city, Zhang Zhao's expression was particularly solemn, he looked at Moling City from afar, which had replaced the flag, and the complexity in his heart was indescribable, although the families of Jiangdong ministers had moved into Jianye City, and there was no concern for them in Moling City, but the fall of Moling City still made everyone's mood extremely heavy.

In fact, they have been surrounded by the Han army and cut off from the outside world, that is to say, they can't expect any more foreign aid to help them, they can only rely on themselves, but Zhang Zhao knows that even if the defenders resist bravely, Jianye City is only the difference between being breached in three days and being breached in ten days, thinking of this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but sigh lowly.

"Why is the military advisor sighing?" Behind him came the sound of a step.

As soon as Zhang Zhao turned around, he saw that Bu Qi didn't know when he arrived behind him, he smiled bitterly and said, "I feel it in my heart, so I sigh." ”

Bu Qi stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "I heard that the military advisor persuaded Wu Hou to surrender yesterday, but there is a result?" ”

Zhang Zhao shook his head, "Wu Hou closed the palace gate, no one was seen, I waited outside the palace for more than an hour, and I never saw Wu Hou." ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhao asked rhetorically: "But Changshi should know about Wu Hou's situation, how is Wu Hou now?" ”

Zhang Zhao is alluding to Bu Qi's daughter as Sun Quan's second concubine, Bu Qi should have heard the news from his daughter, Bu Qi did not deny it, and said with a gloomy expression: "I heard that Wu Hou is either drunk, or he loses his temper and smashes things, whips the maid, and now no one dares to approach him." ”

Zhang Zhao's brows furrowed, "How did he become like this, he still despised Sun Ben and indulged in lust at the beginning, but now that it is his turn, he is just as decadent, it's really disappointing." ”

"It's really disappointing, but it's understandable, seeing that the Jiangdong Building is about to fall, and he, as the lord, that kind of despair is not something we can experience.

As he was talking, Lu Meng hurriedly came and hugged his fist at Zhang Zhao and said, "Military advisor, there is something important to report for your humble position." ”

"What's the matter?"

Lu Meng whispered a few words, Zhang Zhao and Bu Qi looked at each other, and Zhang Zhao asked anxiously, "Where is the patient?" ”

"I've been quarantined."

"Look at it!"

Zhang Zhao and Bu Qi were anxious, and together they followed Lu Meng to the city quickly, and they came to a small abandoned school yard in the southwest corner, which was surrounded by guarded soldiers, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

There were only seven or eight tents in the empty school yard, and the tents were surrounded by wooden fences, which were covered with a thick layer of quicklime, and the pungent smell of lime could be smelled from afar.

Fortunately, Zhang Ji popularized many methods to prevent and control the epidemic, and the patients were isolated in time, and the soldiers involved in the isolation covered their bodies with cloth bags, wore leather holsters on their hands, covered their mouths and noses with gauze, and burned the patient's belongings in time.

These prevention and control measures have not only spread in Jingzhou, but also spread to Jiangdong, and after years of practice, they have indeed been effective in preventing the large-scale spread of the epidemic.

Zhang Zhao and Buqi looked at Muzha from afar, both of them were extremely worried in their hearts, Jianye City was too small, the population was too large, once the epidemic broke out, the consequences would be extremely severe, and their families would not be spared.

At this time, Lu Meng whispered on the side: "Someone proposed that the epidemic can be used to deal with the Han army!"

Zhang Zhao and Bu Qi's faces changed at the same time, and they said in unison: "Absolutely not!" ”

Although it was an effective tactic to let the Han army break out of the epidemic, this move violated the harmony of heaven and violated the moral bottom line, and Zhang Zhao and Buqi absolutely did not allow this method to be used.

The two of them glanced at each other, and suddenly realized that if this matter was known to Wu Hou, he would definitely use this method, Zhang Zhao immediately asked: "How many people still know about this matter?" ”

"Qiyu Military Division, there was a disturbance last night, and many generals know about it."

Zhang Zhao immediately decided: "You can send troops to surround Jianye Palace, no one is allowed to enter the palace, and all the eagle beaks are arrested, in a word, this matter must not be known to Wu Hou, and I will bear the responsibility!" ”

Lu Meng also meant this, he immediately agreed, turned around and ran to arrange, at this time Bu Qi said worriedly: "Once the epidemic breaks out in the city, there is no need to defend Jianye City anymore, what does the military advisor think?" ”

Zhang Zhao nodded, "As Changshi said. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, 100,000 Han troops surrounded Jianye City, Jianye City is just a small city, the circumference is less than ten miles, Qinhuai water passes through the city, and finally flows into the Yangtze River, relative to the dilapidated Moling County, the city wall of Jianye City is tall and strong, the city wall is wide and thick, the city wall is as high as three zhang and eight feet, surrounded by a moat that is five zhang wide, there is a city gate in the south city and the north city respectively, there is a water gate next to the city gate, the suspension bridge is pulled up high, and the water gate is protected by three layers of iron grating as thick as an arm.

Not only is the city wide and strong, the defense is also extremely tight, 10,000 elite Jiangdong troops are divided into four city walls, not only that, Jianye City has hoarded a large number of military funds and food, countless arrows and weapons, only food has 200,000 stones, and Cao Jun left 20,000 barrels of oil.

Forty large trebuchets were also installed on the four walls, which could fire fire oil bombs and boulders, and under the careful deployment of Lü Meng, Jianye City was built like an iron barrel.

But there are flaws in any defense, Jianye City is no exception, the biggest flaw in Jianye City is the instability of the military heart, which is also the status of Jianye City itself, Jianye City is not a county seat where residents are concentrated, but a military and political city, there are only official offices, military camps and Jianye Palace in the city, there are no houses and shops, and all the families of soldiers are outside Jianye City.

Sun Quan was also aware of this problem, when the Han army had not yet reached Jianye, the families of thirty civil and high-ranking officials were brought to Jianye City, and the soldiers and low-ranking officers were powerless, first, Jianye City was too small to accommodate such a large population, and secondly, the Jiangdong Army did not have time to move the population on a large scale, which separated the 10,000 soldiers and their families.

Jianye has become an isolated city, and the rest of Jiangdong is occupied by the Han army, which means that the hometowns of 10,000 soldiers in Jianye City have become the territory of the Han army.

At this time, there was an epidemic in the city, although Lu Meng ordered to block the news, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, the news of the plague outbreak still spread from various channels, quickly spread in the army, and the army began to panic.

Compared with the uneasiness of the Jiangdong army, the Han army was very indifferent, and the 100,000 army set up four large battalions and surrounded Jianye City in four directions, but the Han army did not immediately attack the city, and was in a wait-and-see wait.

At this time, Liu Jing, the king of the Han Dynasty, was not in the army, but inspected in Moling City, Moling City has been released martial law, the Han army set up more than 30 porridge relief points in the city, each porridge point was lined up in front of a long line, hundreds of civilian officers began to register door to door, in fact, all the population registration information is available in the official government, but the Han army needs to know how many soldiers in Jianye City have their homes in Moling County.

Liu Jing came to a porridge relief point under the escort of 100 cavalrymen, where there were three long teams, each team had hundreds of people, and dozens of soldiers moved quickly, making the porridge porridge orderly and the team was very calm.

Liu Jing looked at it for a while, then turned the horse's head, and came to a mansion not far away, this is the mansion of the veteran Huang Gai, Huang Gai was beaten to a blur of flesh and blood, under the repeated pleas of Lu Meng and other military generals, Sun Quan finally relented, allowed Huang Gai to go home to heal his injuries, and ordered Zhou Tai to send people to closely monitor his every move.

With the fall of Moling City, the soldiers who were watching Huang Gai also fled, and the city was in chaos, and Huang Gai ordered his family to close the gate so that no one could be seen.

One of the guards came up and knocked on the door, and after a while, a crack opened in the door and window, and someone asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Go and inform your master, His Royal Highness the King of Han has come to visit him."

The porter was startled, hurriedly turned around and ran to the inner house, at this time Huang Gai's injury had not healed, he could only lie on the bed to recuperate, he was talking to his son Huang Shan, his son Huang Shan, in Jiujiang County for the county order, Jiangdong shape shì is in danger, Huang Shan, also abandoned the official home, wait and see the situation.

When the father and son were talking, the housekeeper came in a panic and hurriedly reported: "Old general, His Royal Highness the King of Han has come down." ”

Huang Gai was still calm, but his son Huang Shan's 'Ah! He stood up nervously, "Father, how is this good?" ”

"What are you nervous about?"

Huang Gai was a little dissatisfied and said: "You have been a county magistrate for a few years, why can't you hold your breath at all?" ”

Having said that, Huang Gai was also a little nervous in his heart, he didn't expect the King of Han to come to the door in person, which made him both a little moved and a little embarrassed, but at this time, he couldn't wait for him to think about it, so he said to his son: "You invite the King of Han for your father, and your words must be decent, and you are not allowed to practice yourself." ”

"The child understands!"

Huang Shan walked down the hall quickly, Huang Gai sighed in his heart, of course he knew why Liu Jing came to see him, making him embarrassed!

After a while, Huang Shan respectfully invited Liu Jing into the inner hall, "My father is recuperating in the hall, Your Highness, please come in!" ”

Liu Jing walked into the inner hall quickly, and when he saw Huang Gai struggling to get up, he hurriedly stepped forward and held him down, "The old general is injured, so he will be excused." ”

Huang Gai smiled bitterly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for coming to visit the humble post in your busy schedule, and the humble post is grateful!" ”

Huang Gai asked his son to lay a soft mat for King Han, Liu Jing sat down, and asked with concern, "How is the old general's injury now?" ”

"It's alright! Thanks to the mercy of the executioners, the two hundred canes saved his life, the wounds had begun to scab, and he could get out of bed and walk after another month of rest. ”

Liu Jing nodded, "The old general should take good care of his injuries, if there is any need, just say, I have already ordered, soon there will be the best military doctor to treat the old general, and there will also be food to be sent." ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your concern, I still have a little food in my house, so I don't need it, I just beg Your Highness to be kind to the people of Moling and the people of Jiangdong."

"The country is people-oriented, of course I will treat the people of Jiangdong well, the people of Jiangdong are the same as the people of Chang'an, they are the people of the Han Dynasty, and I hope to restore the wealth and prosperity of Jiangdong to the best of my ability."

"The country is people-oriented!"

Huang Gai sighed lowly, "Marquis Wu also said this to me, but in order to recruit food and soldiers, he put this sentence behind him, Your Highness, it's easier said than done!" ”

"The old general is right, I also believe that Sun Quan doesn't want to fish with all his might, but in recent years, Jiangdong's internal division has been greatly damaged, and he still wants the army to return to strength, it can only be the misfortune of the people of Jiangdong."

Liu Jing said very sincerely, and did not avoid reality, Huang Gai was silent, Liu Jing understood Huang Gai's feelings, he was loyal to the three generations of the Sun family, and now let him surrender, it is estimated that he will not agree, as long as Huang Gai does not contradict himself, then sooner or later he will turn to himself, it is only a matter of time.

So Liu Jing didn't mention the surrender at all, just came to visit Huang Gai's injury, he got up and said with a smile: "The old general needs to rest, I won't bother, I hope the old general will go back to his hometown after he recovers from his injury, Lingling villagers all say that the old general hasn't gone back for a long time."

Huang Gai was moved in his heart, nodded and said, "Thank you Your Highness for reminding me, I will definitely go back to my hometown to have a look." ”

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