Speaking of this, Sun Zhongjing also showed a confused look on his face: "To be honest, the plague is what my third brother who is a military doctor said in his letter, but the symptoms he described really don't look like the plague. ”

Sun Zhongjing said as he took out a small bamboo tube and poured out a small paper roll made of medicinal paper: "I can't believe it, but maybe it's really the sky." ”

"The three passes in the north of the town are Dasheng Pass, Datong Pass and Feixia Pass from the outside to the inside, and there are five cities separated from Shuangqi Town in Feixia Pass, and the nearest is Luoxia City."

"I was still in Luoxia City a month ago, and the atmosphere in the city was already a little tense at that time, but everyone knew that there was war on the front line, and the people living near the pass had long been used to it. It so happened that the house I went to one day lived near the Biyun River, which is the main river that flows through the whole city, and I found two clay pots floating with the water in the river. ”

The third brother said in the letter that before Xiaoman had passed, there were people in Dingyan City in the Dasheng Pass who had a strange illness, and Langzhong in the city was helpless. These two cities are the only way for the Gu family army to rush to the front line, and it is also the place where they often garrison the army, and there are many military families in the city, so the marshal and the major general attach great importance to it, and also send two military doctors to treat it, and assist the defenders and officials in the city to maintain order and distribute condolence materials. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Zhongjing's face became more and more solemn: "Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the families of those patients also began to have similar symptoms, and then even the two military doctors who went to visit and treat were ...... And they couldn't find any cause. ”

"The father and son of the Gu family are also keen people, and immediately realized that this was an infectious epidemic, and immediately ordered the patients to be gathered together for isolation and treatment, and ordered the military doctors of the whole army to study the cure in addition to receiving the wounded soldiers on the front line in turn, and purchased wormwood and other medicinal materials in the whole city to distribute to the soldiers and the people to prevent diseases."

Xin Yi and I bowed slightly: "Does that have an effect?" ”

"No, no. Although reading the letter already felt that this disease was extraordinary, it was unheard of that the military doctors of the whole army had no clue, and the basic measures such as isolation and fumigation could not alleviate the spread of the epidemic at all. ”

"And what's going on in the city now?" Xin Yi's hand under the table trembled slightly, and I wanted to comfort her, but I found that my palm had been pinched by my fingernails at some point, and I didn't feel any pain at all.

"There are a total of seven cities between the three passes of Dasheng, Datong and Feixia, all of which are heavily guarded, and now the people in the city are defending the army, and the Gu family army who is stationed in Dasheng Pass and fighting on the front line, is only afraid that there are six or seven percent of the sick, and there are countless people who are critically ill and have died."

Achu exclaimed: "Then your third brother ...... him"

"My third brother is a military doctor in the rear support force, and his location is the farthest from the front line, so the epidemic has not yet spread, but I am afraid that it will not last long, and most of the military doctors on the front line have also been infected, and the news in their rear is not close to the epidemic area, and it is difficult to find a way to treat it."

"However, due to the severity of the epidemic and the fact that it has lasted for nearly a month, they also know very well about the patient's condition, and to be honest, the disease is really vicious."

"How?"

"At the beginning of the disease, the patient was weak and unable to exert energy, and began to vomit blood after three days, and if there was a wound on the body at this time, it would quickly ulcerate and could not heal; After seven days, the limbs and bones were in sharp pain like pins and needles, and even the sense of sight and hearing would slowly decrease, and this state would be the same until death, but the patient's consciousness remained awake, and he almost witnessed how his body decayed and died little by little......"

The three of us couldn't help but gasp.

"These symptoms vary according to the person's constitution, and those with weak physique cannot last for half a month, while most of the ordinary people or officers and soldiers in the army who are physically strong can persist until now. But the most incredible thing is that the better the physical condition of the person before the disease, the more serious these symptoms will be, especially for those who practice martial arts. ”

"What about Beirong, who is still eyeing the gates? Such a big deal, why hasn't there been a single piece of news from our town for so long! My voice suddenly raised.

"There is still a war on the front line, and there is a contagious epidemic, if everyone who preaches it knows about it, won't it give Beirong a chance? And the city pass in the epidemic area has long been blocked and not allowed to enter and exit, even if someone asks for help, they can only go out of the city unconsciously, and the news will naturally not come, besides, Shuangqi Town is really remote, and it is not a military town, and it is so poor, unless it is absolutely necessary, those soldiers who carry out tasks will not pass here. ”

“…… You don't need to add the description that you're still so poor. "We felt offended.

"As for the battle with Beirong, my third brother, a little military doctor, didn't know about the reinforcements, only said that the vanguard and main force of the Gu family army can only defend the big victory due to this epidemic, and their rear is also on standby to go to the front line to participate in the battle."

"What's the difference between that and suicide?" Achu was already in a hurry.

"There is no way, if the three passes in the north of the town are broken, Beirong will drive straight in, the consequences will be unimaginable, I am afraid that how many people in Chengchizhou County along the way will be slaughtered in the war." Sun Zhongjing said, "Now there are 100,000 soldiers in the Gu family's army, and there are only 30,000 who are not sick, and most of these patients are from the vanguard and main force of the Dashengguan operation, and the mobile force defending the city of Datong Pass, which is the elite of the original elite of the Gu family's army.

"And these people, in order to prevent Beirong from breaking through the barrier and invading China, as long as they are not completely lost, they are still insisting on fighting the enemy army and helping to pacify the officials and people in the city!" Sun Zhongjing's voice trembled a little.

"So the Gu family army recruited troops in advance, and even a remote town like ours was among them, just for this." I finally understood Sun Zhongjing's words, and tried my best to keep the tone of my statement steady: "Let some of the soldiers on standby in the rear undertake the task of conscription, and train new soldiers and send them to the city behind Feixia Pass to garrison, so that if the Gu family army really can't hold the three passes in the north of the town and the reinforcements can't come in time, these trained soldiers can at least resist for a while more than the unarmed ordinary people." ”

But if there is really such a day, probably the people, defenders and soldiers of the three passes in the north of the town will have all ...... I don't dare to think about it.

"Therefore, only the soldiers of the Gu family army were selected on the spot as the chief officer at the recruitment site, instead of letting the local officials report the list first and then be screened and inspected by the army, because it was too late." Ah Chu calmed down a little and added, "I'm afraid that the instructors in charge of military training in the rear are also here with the recruiters this time." ”

Sun Zhongjing didn't answer, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

The brothers on the front line fought bloodily in the epidemic area, and these sergeants in charge of recruitment, their comrades who were guarding the rear were ready to go to the front line at any time, but they had to prepare for the worst, leaving what might be the last line of defense for the Gu family's army, all of which was unknown to outsiders, but they still carried out their tasks in an orderly manner and never showed any abnormality. How exactly this is done, I don't know.

After Sun Zhongjing talked about the border situation for nearly two hours, there was silence in the house, and the atmosphere was depressing and terrifying. In the end, he was the first to pull out a naughty smile like the one I saw him for the first time: "But scared? ”

"It's true that I'm a little frightened, but aren't you worried that we'll stop helping you because of this, or leaking military information and delaying the warplane?"

"It's not enough to leak military information, all I am talking about is what I knew before and what was written in the third brother's letter, and no one knows how many unknown dangers there are on the real battlefield; As for whether you can help me? ”

A hint of evil interest flashed in his eyes: "If you are too scared to move just by listening to me talk here for two hours, then you will also cause trouble for me when you go." ”

“…… Get lost! ”