Since Huo Jun popularized the transmission of malaria to Liu Bei, Liu Bei has dispelled the idea of continuing the Northern Expedition.

After discussing with the generals, Liu Bei adopted Huo Jun's suggestion, left the 30,000 soldiers of Huaidong on the imperial border, and ordered Xu Sheng and Gao Xiang to temporarily guard the two cities of Huaiyin and Zhongli, while Jiang Ji led his troops to withdraw to Xutai as a mobile force to support the two cities of Huaiyin and Zhongli.

After the military arrangements in Huaidong were completed, Liu Bei ordered the sergeants of all departments to take advantage of the rising water to take a boat into Feishui and retreat to Hefei.

Considering that malaria affected the armies of Lusu and Huo Du Bagongshan, Liu Bei ordered Huang Quan to temporarily supervise Lu'an. The rest of the armies were based on the arrangement and went to camp around Hefei with Liu Bei.

The news of the withdrawal of the Southern Han army spread throughout the camps of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

At that time, Sima Lang was in the camp, inspecting the condition of the sergeants of each battalion.

I saw that the sergeant in the tent was wiping the sweat from his forehead, and the other four sergeants were either sleeping with their heads covered, or shivering in cloth robes, or drinking water.

Sima Lang stepped into the tent, his steps relaxed, and asked, "How is your condition today?" ”

"Envoy~"

Sima Lang, who was dressed in a costume, entered the account, and all the sergeants who could get up got up one after another.

Seeing that a sergeant was about to pull his colleague who was playing a swing to get up, he was directly stopped by Sima Lang and said, "You are sick, so you don't need to be polite. I wonder if my condition will improve today? ”

Even when Sima Lang was close to the people, the sergeants in the tent looked mostly frightened. After all, since he has been ill, among the Shangqing, only Sima Lang went deep into the camp to visit them.

As for why Sima Lang dared to go deep into the camp?

It was not that Sima Lang was bold, but through Sima Lang's research, some soldiers had been suffering from malaria for many days, but there was no response from his colleagues who ate and slept with him. Therefore, Sima Lang speculated that malaria should not be transmitted through person-to-person contact.

With the discovery, Sima Lang ordered his relatives to visit the sick soldiers every day. After a few days, seeing that there was no reaction to illness with his relatives, Sima Lang personally went into the camp to visit the sick soldiers.

The sergeant who wiped his sweat replied respectfully: "Enlighten the envoy, although it is hot and cold alternately, but after taking the medicine, the servant sweats profusely, and his body seems to be improving!" ”

"Hmm!"

Sima Lang nodded and said, "Take care of your body today, remember to take medicine on time, and don't forget." ”

As he spoke, Sima Lang handed the five-person amount of medicine to the sergeant and instructed: "Decoction the medicine on time, drink more medicinal soup, and you will be cured." ”

"Thank you for making Jun Rende, I can't thank you enough!"

The sergeants bowed and expressed their heartfelt thanks to Sima Lang.

Before leaving, the mosquitoes flying and buzzing in the tent were roaming around Sima Lang.

Listening to the buzzing mosquitoes, Sima Lang used his hand fan to drive away the mosquitoes, and said casually: "There are too many mosquitoes in the tent, it is advisable to drive them away, so as not to rest restlessly." ”

"Thank you for your concern!"

Under the sergeant's respect, Sima Lang led the attendants out of the camp.

While walking, Sima Langton felt itching on the back of his hand, and looked carefully, but he was bitten by a mosquito at some point, and the back of his hand was red and swollen.

"It's so itchy!"

"Why are there so many mosquitoes in Jianghuai?"

Sima Lang scratched a few times and said in annoyance: "In the future, you should look for wormwood to make sachets to repel mosquitoes." ”

When he was troubled by mosquitoes, the attendant came to report and said, "Envoy, the master of Zhongda is waiting for the envoy outside the camp, and there is something to say. ”

"Good!"

Knowing that his younger brother was coming to find him, Sima Lang put down the work in his hand and went to entertain him.

At the door of the tent, seeing that his brother was dressed simply, dressed in coarse clothes, dressed like an ordinary person, Sima Yi said, "Why is my brother dressed like this? ”

Sima Lang smiled: "If you don't lead by example, why should you be of the same heart with the soldiers?" Although there is no prescription today, under the appeasement, the sick sergeant is grateful, and this is enough! ”

Sima Yi sighed slightly and said, "Today, Yi listened to others and said that Chen Lin and Xu Gan were dead, and the king ordered someone to be buried on the spot. The elder brother leads by example and is a role model for everyone. But malaria is dangerous, and my brother should not stay in the camp for long. ”

"Dead?"

Hearing this, Sima Lang's expression was slightly sad, but he was a little accustomed to it.

"Alas!"

Sima Lang sighed and said: "I hope that the doctor will have the method of curing the disease as soon as possible, if it goes on like this, I don't know how many people will die?" ”

Sima Yi handed the bag in his hand to Sima Lang and said, "Brother, when my lord heard that you and I were on a southern expedition, I ordered someone to make two sets of summer clothes and send them over. ”

Sima Yi's father Sima Fang was born in the period of Emperor Huan, and has been sixty-nine years old after Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and Guo Li's rebellion.

Sima Lang held his clothes, bowed to the north, and said, "Thank you for your concern, I regret that my son is thousands of miles away and can't visit my lord." If this battle is stopped, the son will be filial to the adult's knees. ”

Sima Yi took the opportunity to interject and said, "According to the scout's report, Liu Bei has already shown signs of withdrawing his troops. If there is no deviation, when the king sees Liu Bei retreating, he will truce his troops without fighting, and you and I may be able to return to the north in the future! ”

"Good!"

——

Under malaria, whether it is a high-ranking official or a low-level sergeant, all beings are equal. Not only Chen Lin and Xu Gan, the seventh sons of Jian'an, died of illness on the same day and died of malaria.

Lu Su, who had suffered from malaria before, became more and more serious, and even though Liu Bei told the doctor to treat him in every possible way, he did not see the slightest improvement.

In the big tent of Bagong Mountain, Lu Su was lying on the couch, his face was haggard, and his lips were pale. The pain caused by the high fever will torment Lu Su tossing and turning, moaning and moaning.

"Ah~"

The attendant touched Lu Su's forehead and said worriedly: "Doctor Du, the head of the family has a high fever that does not go away, what should I do now?" ”

Du Du, who came all the way from Wuhan, took a face towel and stretched out his hand to diagnose Lu Su's pulse.

Feeling Lu Su's weak pulse, Du Du frowned and said, "Lu Dudu is suffering from malaria, and it can be treated with extraordinary medicines. At the end of this illness, even if my teacher is alive, it is difficult for Lu Dudu to heal him. ”

Saying that, Du Du put down Lu Su's hand and said, "Forgiveness is incompetent, and his medical skills are not refined." It was against the king's order that he could not heal Lu Dudu. ”

The attendant knelt on the ground, wept and said, "Doctors have the ability to bring the dead back to life, and the only one who can save the master of the family today is Doctor Du." I hope that the doctor will not give up and find a way to treat it. ”

Du Du helped up his attendant and said helplessly: "A certain person was ordered by the king to save Lu Dudu, how dare he not do his best?" It's just that malaria is dangerous, and now it's terminally ill, and it can't be cured. ”

"Doctor?"

The attendant wanted to plead for something, but was interrupted by Lu Su on the sickbed.

"Ahem!"

Lu Su opened his dim eyes slightly, and said weakly: "Life and death are under the control of the command, how can human power change it, there is no need to force the doctor now." ”

Doctor Du picked up the medicine sac and sighed and said, "Lu Dudu, forgiveness is incompetent!" ”

"Thank you!"

"Head of the house!" The squire choked up.

"Bring some water!"

"No!"

Lu Su looked at the top of the tent and said melancholy: "Assist the Ming Lord, support the Han family, and live as you wish." Cherish the day and don't fake my life, my life should be the end! ”

Du Du walked out of the camp with the medicine bag on his back, but saw Liu Bei, Huo Jun and others hurrying and coming towards him.

"King!"

Liu Bei helped Du Du up and asked anxiously, "Is there a way to save Zijing?" ”

Du Du lowered his head and said, "Du is worthy of the king's life!" ”

"Zijing!"

Liu Bei grieved, and wanted to bypass Du Du, wanting to speed up his pace and enter the camp, but was stopped by Fa Zheng, Pang Tong and others.

Fa Zheng pulled Liu Bei's sleeve and said, "Zijing is suffering from an epidemic and is in danger of being passed on. The king is now a multiplier body, how can he come to see him in person? ”

Liu Bei shook off Fa Zheng's hand and said dissatisfiedly: "Malaria is only transmitted to people by mosquitoes, and now I am alone in long clothes, wearing a mosquito repellent sac, mosquitoes are not allowed to enter the body, how can I get sick?" ”

Pang Tong stopped Liu Bei and persuaded: "Although the king has a sachet to protect his body, but mosquitoes cannot be prevented. The harm of malaria should be far better than the fight of soldiers, and the king should act with caution. ”

"This~"

Seeing that the two of them were so admonished, Liu Bei's firm thoughts couldn't help but waver, so he looked at Huo Jun, hoping to get support.

To Liu Bei's surprise, Huo Jun stood on everyone's side and persuaded: "The king bears the heavy responsibility of the country, if he loses, it will be difficult to atone for his sins even if he dies!" ”

Although Huo Jun knew that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, he only knew the skin of malaria, how could he dare to guarantee a 100% probability and easily let Liu Bei take risks.

"That's it!"

Gai or knew that his identity was important, Liu Bei sighed, shook off everyone's hands, and said: "Lonely tent cloth and Zijing answered, don't you visit with the tent?" ”

"The king is wise!"

Walking outside the tent, Liu Bei looked through the tent cloth and asked, "How is Zijing now?" ”

"The King?"

A voice of joy came from inside the tent, saying, "Thank you, Great King, for visiting." ”

Then, with a deep voice, Lu Su said: "It's a pity that Su can't assist the king anymore, this is Su's regret." I hope that the king will ascend to the throne as soon as possible, revive the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital. ”

Liu Bei's deep voice said sadly: "The strategy on the bed has been accomplished, just as the Northern Expedition is trying to govern, why is Qing sick and wants to abandon the lonely and leave?" ”

Lu Su shed tears and said: "Shu Su Debo, I can't follow the king's Northern Expedition. Fortunately, the policy on the couch has been completed, and I can see that the king is sitting in the south, and there is no regret! ”

Liu Bei stroked the tent cloth lightly, sighed and said: "Qing's dedication to Shouchun, the policy of taking Qingxu in the north cannot be achieved for the time being, how can Qing have no regrets?" ”

Lu Su choked up and said: "Su has been in the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years, fortunately the king is heavy, entrusted with heavy use, so how can I regret it!" ”

As he spoke, Lu Su's hand was on the tent cloth and stretched out as much as he could, wanting to touch Liu Bei's hand.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly tried to hold Lu Su's hand, and through the tent cloth, the palms of the two palms were together!

Liu Bei was sad and said, "I want to see Qing!" ”

Lu Su looked at Liu Bei's shadow through the tent, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Su is seriously ill, and the monarch is the weight of the Han Dynasty, and it is invisible." ”

"Zijing!"

Liu Bei bowed his head and sighed!

"Zijing, is it useful to eat Artemisia annua?" Huo Jun asked.

"After two days of eating, I didn't get better." Lu Su sighed and said: "There is the Governor of Laodu, and in the future, it will be thanks to the Governor to assist the king!" ”

"Alas!"

Huo Jun sighed weakly, the yellow artemisia was useless, and he had no choice.

"Su's wife and children will be entrusted to the king!"

"Good!"

Liu Bei's nose was already nasal.

After half a ring, Liu Bei restrained his emotions and left the camp with everyone.

However, at this moment, Lu Su, with the support of his attendants, walked to the tent with difficulty and bowed to Liu Bei from afar.

"King!"

Liu Bei looked back and saw Na Lusu's haggard voice, and his tears couldn't stop!

(End of chapter)