Fucheng outer gate, a few miles away, within a radius of several miles, is the camp of the Li family's army, and there are two Li family's army stationed in the north and south directions, the three are in a zigzag formation, far away from the capital.

Among the three camps, Li Zicheng's tent is in the camp in the middle and back, and many generals are gathered in the big tent, Li Zicheng stands directly above, and a regional map hangs on his side, describing the entire Beijing division and the surrounding geographical situation.

After Li Zicheng arranged and arranged all the tasks, at this moment, a person suddenly walked in, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked up, Li Zicheng was even more surprised and asked: "Hey~ Mr. Wu, aren't you in the base of Zhongnan Mountain?" How did you suddenly get here? ”

This is none other than Wu Youxing, a contemporary medical master who has made great achievements in the treatment of infectious diseases.

Wu Youxing didn't answer immediately, but turned his head to look at everyone, and then said with a solemn face: "Boss, there is a very important matter, I have to say it, I have to remind you." ”

"Mr. Wu, if you have something to say, just say it, don't have any scruples." Looking at Wu Youxing's serious expression, Li Zicheng's expression was constricted, waiting for the other party's next words.

However, to everyone's surprise, Wu Youxing did not answer and asked: "Boss, this time I killed 100,000 Qing troops, and I heard that you want to pile these corpses into a hill for people to visit, so as to deter the heroes and make the officers and soldiers surrender without a fight, is there such a thing?" ”

"Well, yes, it does." Li Zicheng nodded lightly, responded, and then added: "The corpses of 100,000 Tartars are definitely very deterrent and shocking. ”

As soon as Li Zicheng finished speaking, a general immediately chimed in: "The record of killing 100,000 Qing troops is enough to show that the combat effectiveness of our Li family army is far from being able to resist by some people." As long as this news spreads quickly, it will make some people take the initiative to vote and join Li Jiajun's command. ”

Wu Youxing shook his head, and said earnestly: "But, boss, have you ever thought that it is about to enter spring, these corpses are easy to rot and stink, the corpses of 100,000 people are piled together, and at the same time they are corrupted, not to mention the stench, ordinary people are unbearable, just the hidden crisis is very likely to cause a large-scale plague disaster, and the consequences are not something we can bear and control." ”

"Moreover, even if you want to publicize the exploits of killing 100,000 Tartars and deter the heroes, you may not necessarily leave their corpses and pile them up into a small mountain for people to see, you can take their heads and send them to Shanhaiguan as a meeting gift to Zu Dashou."

"With this meeting gift, not only can Zu Dashou, the wall-head grass, accept the solicitation, but also be able to give the yellow pigskin (Huang Taiji) a heavy blow, dare not invade the pass again, can only flee back to Liaodong in disgrace, recuperate, restore strength, but also prevent the rebellion of the Mongolian tribes in the west and attack his lair."

Li Zicheng nodded lightly, and said thoughtfully: "Also, the loss of 100,000 troops at once almost caused the yellow pigskin to lose most of its troops, and its vitality was greatly damaged. ”

Hearing this, Wu Youxing suddenly secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Boss, in order to avoid a large-scale plague, the old man feels that it is not only necessary to burn the corpses of these 100,000 Tartars as soon as possible, but also to carry out cleaning operations in Beizhili and Henan as soon as possible after taking the capital, and either bury or spark the corpses that died in the wilderness." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Youxing's words paused, and he couldn't help but sigh and turned to say: "Hey, Shanxi and Shaanxi are okay, there are many mountains and forests, and we have many bases, and the corpses after the war can be quickly disposed of, but Beizhili is different from Shandong and Henan, in the past few months, even if the old man has not seen it with his own eyes, the number of dead people must be nearly one million." ”

"In particular, some prefectures and counties in Beizhili and Shandong are the hardest hit areas, some cities and villages have been slaughtered by the Tartars, and the bodies have not been buried so far, but fortunately it is not summer. Otherwise, a large-scale outbreak of the plague would have occurred long ago. ”

At this moment, the memory inexplicably poured like a spring, at the same point in time, in 1638, the Qing army entered the customs, slaughtered and raged in the customs for nearly half a year, until the summer of the following year, there was no man's land in many places in Beizhili and Shandong, and the corpses were full of bones, and there were dead people everywhere.

Li Zicheng vaguely remembered that when the Qing army retreated, the 100,000-strong army took away 450,000 people in the Guannei, with countless cattle, sheep, gold, silver and jewelry.

It is not difficult to imagine that in the scorching summer, so many no-man's land, so many slaughtered cities and villages, plus the soldiers who died after the war, in the area where the Tartars were raging, there must have been millions of corpses exposed to the wilderness, to say the least.

The smell is stinking, the flies are flying, the buzzing is loud, and it is strange that there is no outbreak of the plague?

These thoughts flashed in his mind, Li Zicheng pondered slightly, and then made up his mind, turned to look at Wu Youxing, and said solemnly without hesitation: "Hmm... Mr. Wu, let's do it, after the capture of the Jingshi, the post-war clean-up work, the removal of the corpses exposed in the wilderness north of the Yellow River, will be handed over to you, I will fully cooperate, ask for people to give money, ask for money. ”

Speaking of this, it seemed that something had come to mind, Li Zicheng suddenly said playfully: "At this time, the most serious troubles by the Tartars are Beizhili and most of Shandong, and we only control most of the state capitals and counties in Beizhili, and the sphere of influence has not yet expanded to Shandong, Mr. Wu, I am afraid that your work will slow down a little, and you will focus on Beizhili." ”

"Well, Boss, the old man understands that." Wu Youxing replied, and then added: "Moreover, if you want to clear all the hidden dangers and avoid the plague, it is a delicate work, and you must draw up a plan in advance, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort, and the action becomes fast and effective." ”

"Okay, Mr. Wu, with your words, I'm relieved." Li Zicheng nodded lightly, with a slight relaxed smile on his face, and then said: "It just so happens that Gui Ying and her loyalty camp Mashan have arrived, and Gui Ying also knows some medical science, you can just discuss this matter with Gui Ying, with the cooperation of the loyalty camp, it will be like a tiger with wings, and the action will be smoother." ”

Hearing this, Wu Youxing's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but praise: "This is great, but the old man knows that the female soldiers in the loyal battalion specialize in medical science, and many of them can easily diagnose and treat their illnesses and deal with some injuries, and with their joining, they can more smoothly implement the plan to prevent the plague." ”

Although there were many arrangements, Wu Youxing was responsible for the post-war clean-up work and eradicating the most likely factor for the outbreak of the plague, but Li Zicheng still had some uneasiness in his heart, after all, once a large-scale plague broke out, the Li family army would be hit hard, giving the opponent a chance to take advantage of, and Nanming would have more time to breathe.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Zicheng made a new decision, he must set up a plague prevention team, and at the same time said to Wu Youxing: "Mr. Wu, you are a medical expert, and you have great research experience in infectious diseases. ”

"Well, okay, boss, the old man then gathered all his colleagues in the base area, combined with Chinese and Western medicine, to develop a prescription for treating and defending against the plague."