Chapter 443: The Plague is Rampant
The blue sky was gradually pushed away by the golden morning light rising above the horizon, and above the undulating waves, a ship carrying supplies was moving away from a large ship without any flag.
The eyelids of the shirt and letter have been beating for the past two days, and he always feels that something will happen.
After the plan to attack Xia Guolin County worked and he was sent back to the archipelago with great success, he soon received the praise of Emperor Daigomon, and it was also a capital to show off his skills in front of other famous generals.
However, there has been no news from Wuzhou for two days recently, and he originally wanted to hold back a big one, but without news from there, he didn't dare to go out easily.
If the country is small and weak, it can only accumulate big victories in a small way, with small victories.
"Maybe it was discovered by Xia Guo."
Kanetsu Kaneshin does not underestimate the Xia Guowen and military on the other side, and no one is a waste if he can realize the unification of the six countries, but he still hopes that the eyeliner will not be discovered, otherwise he will have to find a way to re-install the chess pieces in the future.
Sometimes, though, it's just about what you want.
A clipper staggered in the waves, approached the back of the boat and climbed up the deck along the soft ladder, then came to the shirt and whispered something that made the latter frown.
He raised his hand and let him go.
When the person got off the ship, he smashed the guardrail in front of him into two with a punch, and the man told him just now that the Yueshan couple who installed Minggang were dead, and the two old eyeliners with Gu Chongwen were also pulled out by the other party.
He stepped on the sawdust under his feet, turned back to the round table, looked at the coast map spread out above, and replanned his next step.
"The one who pulled me out...... Emperor Xia, are you demonstrating to me? Hehe, I will make you feel a new round of attacks and make you understand what heartache is! ”
He clicked on the charts, and then handed down an order, so that the warships under his command far away in the outer waters of Wuzhou would increase the degree of plunder, and no ship could let go.
However, he still added: "When you see the Wuzhou naval army, don't fight with them, and if you find them, leave immediately and continue to plunder in another place!" ”
However, what he didn't know was that at this time, two merchant ships from the north had already entered Wuzhou and continued to sail south along the shallow waters of the coast.
On the two merchant ships, the men were in a state of malaise and sickness, and the man in the lead took a sip of water, looked back at several people coming out of the cabin, carrying out a man who had died of illness, and then throwing him into the sea.
In this ship alone, four people have died of the plague.
"Those Japanese people will not come to rob us, and if we continue to drag on, we will all die in the plague."
"Don't talk nonsense, keep walking, we're all going to die anyway, by the way, don't throw away the sick and dead cows and hide them, even if those widows find out that it's wrong, as long as they get off the cabin, they will be infected with the plague, as long as they return to their own ship, hehe...... Even if our task is completed, it is worthy of His Majesty's settling-in fee! ”
A few people said a few words on the boat, and then continued to take the helm, controlling the sails to move forward, and on the second day, when Wuzhou had gradually sailed towards the Nanyang area, they suddenly appeared in the northeast direction, and three ships without flags suddenly appeared, which were rapidly heading towards this side.
"It's finally here."
was about to die, everyone stood on the deck with a relieved smile, and the man at the head turned around, "Since the Japanese are here, let's just wait to be killed, how boring, it's better to kill one before death, count one, and earn enough money!" ”
"Good!"
On the two ships, the remaining 21 death row prisoners got back into the cabin, took out their weapons from inside, and regrouped on the deck, looking at the approaching Japanese ships, with excited smiles on their faces.
And on the ships that came over there, a group of short Japanese people also showed fierce expressions, but they were a little unhappy in their hearts, the merchant ships that had been plundered in the past were panicked from top to bottom, but the Xia people on these two ships looked happy.
They didn't think much about it, since they were happy to fight, then they should all send them to die.
The ships on both sides approached, and the moment they were juxtaposed, the death row prisoners led by the merchant ships clenched their blades, "Eighteen years later, let's gather in Yanzhou again and be dignified Yanmen again!" ”
The Japanese boats approached, and groups of Japanese people swung in with swords and bamboo spears.
"Everyone, we will be together in the next life!"
A high-pitched scream rang out from the boat, and twenty-one death row inmates braced their weak bodies to meet them, colliding with each other on the bridge board, setting off a tumbling wave of blood.
……
Soon after, bodies were thrown into the sea, and the churning waves were dyed red.
The Japanese people walking on the deck excitedly burrowed into the cabin, and there was an indescribable stench, but when they saw a ploughing ox under the cabin, they immediately cheered, hugged the cow's head, kissed it, and laughed.
Cows are treasures at all times.
They didn't care about some of the dead cattle in the cabin, and after removing the rotten meat, they cut off the fresh meat and cooked it on the ship, boiled the bones into soup, drank it in large gulps, and sang the unique folk songs of the island country happily, and a dozen widows took off only the crotch cloth, singing and dancing around the stove like toads, celebrating this unexpected rich harvest.
After that, they took the oxen and the boat with them, and met other boats along the way, so that they could share the rest of the beef, and also sent a small boat to tell Kanesin Uemi the good news.
It was the second day after he received the news, and he also had a smile on his face when he listened to the men who reported the news talking about the forty-two ploughing cattle in a boat.
But then he frowned slightly when he heard that there were still dead cows, and that they were rotting.
"And then?"
"For the dead cows, we removed the rotten meat, and the rest was boiled and eaten, and we shared it with our fellow shipmates."
"I'm talking about the live cows, where did they go?"
"With ...... Brought back to the island ......"
Shirt Kanesin suddenly raised his voice, startling the Japanese who reported the news, he quickly pointed in the direction of the islands, and then he was slapped in the face, and he rolled out twice like a gourd on the ground.
"What if those cows get sick?!"
The shirt and the letter are going to be so angry that the Japanese people in this world want to draw a sword and slaughter them all, how can he be stupid to this extent, but now that he sends someone to chase them back, I'm afraid it's too late.
For now, he can only have someone bring his letter and immediately send a message to the people over there, take care of these ploughing cattle first, and if they are okay in a few days, they will be transported back to the castle tower and be charged with trophies to Emperor Daigomon.
After sending the clipper away, his eyelids were still jumping, but he was also a little relieved in his heart, as long as it wasn't the enemy's strategy, but thinking about it, he felt that the strategy was something, and he looked too highly at the strategists of the Xia State opposite.
They can't control such a thing as an epidemic, and if it leaks out, their own country will also suffer, not to mention that it is transported from the north, such a long distance, what if they all die in the middle of the way?
Probably with this kind of thought, the shirt and faith are much better.
In the following four or five days, he still conveyed orders to let his warships continue to plunder and build momentum, and the fastest way in this world can only be the communication method of fast boats.
However, as time passed, he found that the news was getting slower and slower, and by the sixth day, the news came back to him, shocking him.
Seven warships lost contact, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his shirt and confidence, and he immediately sent several fast boats to cross the sea again, so that they could search as fast as possible while looking for ships that could still be contacted.
On the eighth day, the first message came back with the fast boat, and three hundred miles to the southeast, a lost ship was found, but all the people on board were dead.
From the outside, it looks like he has died of illness.
This first message made Kaneshin tremble slightly, and the bad premonition in his heart finally turned into substance, and he couldn't sit still when he thought of the subordinate who reported the news before saying that he would also distribute the beef cattle to the other ships to eat.
The other six ships that were not found are probably more than lucky.
But at this time, he had already believed that this must be a conspiracy of the opposite Xia Kingdom.
However, before he could send the news out to the archipelago, more news came one after another as the previous fast boat returned.
The Yufeng was found, and all the people on it died of illness!
The Changchuan was found, and no one survived on it......
As more and more information came in, not only the missing boats, but also the information about the death of the Japanese on them, as well as other connected ships, also showed signs of illness and asked for rescue.
"Can't be saved, abandon them immediately, don't have any contact and contact, understand?" The shirt and the letter made a rational decision, once the plague thing spreads......
As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly raised his face and looked at the subordinates who were also looking around, he gritted his teeth, "Go back immediately, go back to the castle guard, there is also a problem with the ploughing cattle that I brought back last time!" ”
The ship lifted anchor and set sail, turned around and sailed in the direction of the archipelago, but only halfway through, Kanenobu Uekami's worst fears finally happened.
The plague has appeared in the archipelago and has spread in several villages, and there are even signs of spreading.
And the warship that brought the news, with the holy decree of Emperor Daigomon, scolded him, making his shirt and letter blush, and roaring angrily on the ship.
At this moment, the front end of Wajima, which is called Shikoku, is already a purgatory on earth.
(End of chapter)