Chapter 81: Rumors Spread

If you want to stop the Wu army from moving south, you must open up a battlefield for hundreds of miles, which will definitely conflict with the epidemic prevention work. In order to guard against a possible epidemic, I sent an edict to all positions located on the south side of Jizhou and the east side of Yanzhou, at the border with Cao Wei or the epidemic areas of Dongwu, to quickly assemble and distance themselves from the enemy army and leave the battlefield. In order to reduce the contact with the epidemic area, even the flying pigeon transmission has been reduced, and the relevant personnel of the Zhiwen Institute who have returned from the epidemic area have to be quarantined for half a month before returning to the team, even Guan Suo and others are no exception.

When I was studying medicine in Jingzhou, Mr. Zhang Ji told me more than once that when the epidemic was a great epidemic, the land was thousands of miles away, ten rooms and nine empty, and the people were miserable. In a pandemic, millions of people often die, much more than in a war. For many people, the plague was more terrible than Cao Cao, who killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou. Over the years, although Ji Han has strengthened the development of medicine, Mr. Zhang's personal disciples have passed on the disciples to help the world in Hanzhong, and the development is in full swing, and Ji Han has far surpassed other countries in terms of the number of doctors and the level of medicine. However, this does not mean that Ji Han can not worry about any epidemics. In this era, even if a doctor is really infected with the epidemic, it is a life of death.

Maybe I'm being overcareful, but I can't let the disease go. I have to be responsible for my army and my people. Therefore, the reason for bringing Sun Quan to Qingzhou is to calm the world and suffer less losses, and if it causes Ji Han to suffer greater losses because of this, I am absolutely unwilling to take this risk.

In contrast, Soochow did not have such meticulous preparations, and in other areas controlled by Soochow, epidemics inevitably appeared, and there was a large-scale nationwide panic. Although the epidemic was mainly caused by the improper handling of dead bodies. It did not form a huge spread, and the terrible scene of the plague that I feared thirty years ago did not reappear. But in a short period of time, it still changed the overall pattern of the world.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, Sun Quan's entire army quickly retreated, they fled from the epidemic area, and also brought the epidemic to Xuzhou and Yuzhou. When we got the news. He had already left the encirclement of our army and retreated to the lower billet. In other words, even if I had attacked suddenly, regardless of the danger of an epidemic, I would not have been able to stop him from returning home.

Hateful plague! Not only did it make the living beings miserable, but it also destroyed my good chance to unify the Central Plains!

But the only fortunate thing is that he did not flee to Jiangnan, but garrisoned the billet. Still in the north of Xuzhou. Fortunately, as we expected, he did not give up on seizing Qingyan Erzhou, and we still have a chance.

In this epidemic, Cao Wei, who was trapped in the epidemic area, was even more miserable. They were trapped in the inner city, polluting the water supply, and 100,000 people huddled together when there was an epidemic in the outer city. The inner city has long been in trouble, if Sun Quan still had the strength to attack at that time, Linzi would have fallen into the hands of Sun Quan early. But in fact, attacking or not attacking is exactly the same - Cao Wei has lost the whole army, Cao Rui contracted the epidemic and died of illness in early October, Cao Xiu died of illness, and Jiang Ji died of illness. Only Cao Zhao and others chatted with a few civil and military officials. There are 100,000 people in Linzi City, and the last remaining ones are only 8,000 people, and nine out of ten are gone......

A dignified Wei State, not in the hands of Eastern Wu, but in the hands of the epidemic!

When I heard the news, I sighed infinitely.

I urgently dispatched a medical team to Qingzhou to quell the epidemic, and many civilian doctors went to the epidemic area to save lives and help the wounded. In this day and age. Healers really have the heart of parents. doesn't care about his own life or death at all, and is dedicated to healing and saving people.

However, Cao Zhao seems to hold a grudge against Ji Han. didn't appreciate it, he decided that if it wasn't for Ji Han's failure to arrive, Cao Wei would not have died like this. He can only let him go, between countries, there is no faith to talk about, not to mention that this time it is not our army that does not move, it is really this epidemic that has disrupted all deployments, who is willing to let Dongwu leave in vain?

When the news of Cao Wei's annihilation came, Ji Han was shocked throughout the country, Kong Ming and Liao Li were glad that they had not sent troops at that time, if not, once they were conquest, they would fight on the battlefield, even if they won, they were afraid that Ji Han would not be able to escape the epidemic. The current epidemic in Soochow is an example of this.

However, the army is impermanent, the water is impermanent, since the Wu army has not been eliminated on the battlefield, then do everything possible to use this epidemic to drag down Eastern Wu. After a detailed study with Kong Ming and others, they gathered the competent personnel and began to deploy.

Through Ji Han's powerful communication and transmission network, the work was carried out rapidly, so all kinds of rumors inevitably appeared in various parts of Soochow.

Some say that because Sun Quan claimed to be the emperor in vain and did not practice good governance, he provoked the wrath of the heavens, so the epidemic fell from heaven. Those who said this were the remnants of the Han Dynasty in Jiangdong and other big families of Eastern Wu who did not have a good relationship with Sun Quan. Just as Cao Cao said that the King of Wei also had some objections, Sun Quan, who had only been at the top for two or three years, would naturally face this kind of crisis. Moreover, Sun Quan was violent and mean to the people, and he was also famous in history. Jiangdong, when there is no crisis, has never been monolithic.

Some say that because Sun Quan used swords and soldiers to slaughter the city and harm the people, he was punished by heaven. This is about the new state and county of Dongwu in the north, Dongwu swallowed too fast, indigestion, Jiangbei land, there is still resistance from time to time, Dongwu survived, once lost, turmoil resumed. Rebellion is alive. Sun Quan did not return to Jiangnan, in addition to the heart of Qingyan Erzhou, the rebellion of Xinde Sanzhou was also one of the reasons. Our army has been consolidating Jizhou for more than a year, not to mention that with the power of Eastern Wu, we have won three states in a row, and we have gone north without a little rest.

In remote places, it is even rumored that Sun Quan had died of illness when he attacked Cao, and Eastern Wu was about to change the sky. This is more mainly the Shanyue barbarians and Wulingyi people of Eastern Wu. Shanyue has always been Dongwu's heart disease, and how many times Dongwu went north, it was because Shanyue took the opportunity to riot and ended up without a problem. And the Wulingyi people, who have a close relationship with Ji Han, have always been a big problem for Eastern Wu. Historically, a year later, Sun Quan ordered Pan Jun to join 50,000 overseers such as Lü Dai, Lü Fan, and Zhu Ji to suppress it, and after three years of fighting, it was victorious. At this time, Wuling Manyi did not go through the consumption of the Battle of Yiling, and secondly, he got the help of Ji Han, and his strength rose sharply, only because he cooperated with Ji Han's attack, but he had already cooperated with Guan Xing and others in Wuling, and extended his tentacles to the surrounding counties.

The last legend is very widespread. That is, a prescription circulated throughout Soochow, and the spread of the epidemic was quickly controlled. But the legend of the spreaders is that the prescription was handed down by the crown prince Sun Deng.

This legendary place is extremely powerful, and when Lu Xun learned about it by chance, he immediately broke the water cup in his hand.

"Where did this nonsense come from?" Lu Xun, who had always been calm, trembled slightly. Now that Lu Xun has taken over Sima Yi's Wancheng, there is no buffer land, and he is facing Ji Han's troops, and he knows why Sima Yi fled from Luoyang to Wancheng. Why is it always embarrassing. In several confrontations, he was forced into chaos by Zhuge Kongming and did not dare to attack. After all, he was good at defense and didn't lose much land. But the frontal battlefield was stable but did not hide the emptiness behind it, Zhuge Qiao took the opportunity to make a move, and took advantage of Lu Xun's absence to regain the three cities of Shangyong.

And the fiasco of Zhuge Jin's father and son in Yizhou is now trapped in the White Emperor City. There is simply no power to fight back. Although Pan Zhang's move to take over the military power of Zhuge Jin's father and son was interrupted, Zhuge Jin's father and son tricked and falsely reported information to pride Pan Zhang's heart and lead Pan Zhang to take the bait. Pan Zhang was meeting Wang Junlou's ship on the Yangtze River, a big battle. Pan Zhang suffered heavy losses, and the main force was routed. Wang Jun ignored the brigade and chased Pan Zhang with a boat, and Pan Zhang's boat was sunk. When Jia Xiaozhou fled back to the White Emperor City, he only gathered less than 300 military horses around him, but he had to look up to Zhuge and his son.

But in any case, at this time, it can be said that the strength of the crown prince Sun Deng is the weakest. At such a time, the sudden appearance of such rumors is extremely harmful to the prince. Regardless of the king, he did not want anyone to challenge his authority during his reign. What's more, it's an extremely strong person like Sun Quan.

In fact. Sun Quan's Northern Expedition can be regarded as a failure. Although Cao Wei was eliminated, the Wu army also suffered heavy losses and added a plague to the sky. With the secret support of Ji Han, Cao Zhao, Cheng Wu, Zhang Hu and others took advantage of the retreat of Eastern Wu to attack fiercely, which made the garrison of Eastern Wu in Qingzhou unable to gain a foothold and recaptured Beihai County.

But in this case. After Sun Quan returned to the army. He even publicized his victory with great fanfare, believing that he was superior to the universe. Virtue matches heaven and earth, self-titled, and holds feasts to celebrate every day, as if the two states of Qingyan are all in his hands. Lu Xun knew that his lord was arrogant and arrogant, although the new Jingzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou could be said to be a great achievement that had never been made, but unfortunately, the new three states were not personally beaten by him, and finally he had to personally send troops, but when he fought this most critical battle, he encountered a terrible plague. He was a lover of drinking, and he liked to make a fuss, and he often held banquets, and he would get drunk at every banquet, and he would only stop when he had to get all the guests present. Up and down in Eastern Wu, except for Zhang Zhao and Prime Minister Gu Yong, no one could help but get drunk.

At this time, he was not well ill, so he feasted in the palace, and when he was drunk, he asked everyone in front of him:

"How is my merit compared to Emperor Qin's victory? How is it compared to Hanzu Liu Bang? How is it compared to Tang Yao and Xia Yu? ”

The ministers didn't dare not answer, and they all said: "Your Majesty is worthy of heaven and earth, and all generations can't reach it." ”

Sun Quan then became happy, laughed, and drank bitterly.

In this case, the news that Sun Deng was able to cure the epidemic was suddenly rumored in various places, didn't this add to his blockage? Lao Tzu brought the plague to harm the people, and his son came to clean up the mess? What else could he think about besides that?

Lu Xun hurriedly said: "Hurry up and investigate, what is the scope of this rumor, and find out where the prince is now?" ”

A few days later, the sergeant came to report that this rumor was circulating in both Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and it was actually spread at the same time.

This makes it clear that this rumor was deliberately created by someone who wanted to harm the prince. It's not Ji Han, it's the second highness Sun Wei. In any case, the crown prince is in danger right now.

"Where is the prince now? Take my letter to the prince at once. ”

"The prince has gone to the next billet."

Lu Xun called the clan Lu Kai and said: "You have always been calm and serious, this time, you take my letter to the next billet, if you see the prince before the prince enters the palace, give him the letter, let him act according to the plan, even if he loses the position of the prince for a while, he can also keep safe." If the crown prince has already entered the palace......" Lu Xun said here and groaned. After a while, Fang said: "If it's possible, it's better to save the prince from the next blank, but you can't reveal your identity." ”

Lu Kai was stunned by Lu Xun's words: "Has the matter reached such an urgent point?" ”

Lu Xun didn't answer, and said for a long time: "The prince is benevolent, he shouldn't have suffered misfortune." ”

Lu Kai was shocked.