Chapter 2115 This matter still needs to be discussed


    Plague, these two words that are scary even for later generations, when they broke out in the Han Dynasty, they were almost equivalent to nuclear bombs.


    For germs and microorganisms, from a certain point of view, these guys may be the real masters of the earth, because all animals and plants, including human beings, are their parasitic objects, and even their destination after death, becoming their Edible nutrients.


    Therefore, the word plague is by no means a dispensable or even an understatement in history. It can be described by a single stroke of "a certain epidemic, death does not count"...


    The earliest record of the plague is that in the 13th century BC, ancient civilizations such as Babylon and Mesopotamia had large-scale influenza-like epidemics. The ancient text described the tragedy at that time, which may be regarded as human The first record of the plague in history.


    In later generations, people often make ancient Rome and the great Han into red and blue CPs, and even turn it into a game to see whether the East overwhelms the West, or the West overwhelms the East, but in fact, neither the East nor the West wins, and the winner It is the germs and microorganisms that fill the air, water, and soil...


    Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the Han Dynasty, the era of the Five Sage Emperors in ancient Rome had already ended due to the plague. The external expansion was stagnant, and the empire was gradually declining.


    The expansion of the ancient Roman Empire in the 2nd century was undoubtedly very successful, and the legions as far away as the Tigris River and the Iranian Plateau were also victorious. Its old opponents, the Parthians, lost the important city of Seleucia, and the capital Ctesiphon was also plundered by Roman generals. The army full of loot laughed and brought back countless gold and silver treasures, but they also brought back terrible viruses.


    Soon, infected people began to appear in the areas where the legion passed. The patients had fever, diarrhea, sore throat, and pus cells growing all over their bodies. Plagues broke out in Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, the Apennine Peninsula, and even Gaul and the Rhine. Corpses lay dead everywhere in the city, and the dead piled up like mountains in the barracks. It is said that as many as 2,000 people died of the disease in the city of Rome in one day.


    Recurring plagues took the lives of one-third of the subjects in many areas of the Roman Empire, the tax economy collapsed, and the Roman legion, which was good at fighting and strong, was completely destroyed. The sun is at midday and the moon is full and the moon is at a loss. The era of the five emperors of ancient Rome is gone and will never return. Since then, the rise of barbarians and aliens in various places has exhausted the internally injured empire, and ancient Rome has inevitably slipped into the abyss of decline.


    Since it is CP, it seems that the fate is similar...


    Now, when Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was burning incense and praying respectfully in the Taimiao of Xu County, a plague inevitably broke out among the Jiangdong army.


    In Mr. Luo’s Battle of Chibi, the plague was not mentioned, it was purely a tactical victory, because if there was more content about the plague, wouldn’t it reduce Zhuge’s bravery?


    In the actual history, Cao Cao committed suicide at the time and went south to conquer Jiangdong. Naturally, he conscripted a large number of Jingzhou civilians. First, he really needed manpower to transfer supplies, and second, he could invade the strength of the Jingzhou gentry. But in this process, A large number of people are mixed together, dead bodies that have not been disposed of in time and excrement that are not in order at all have become the best breeding ground for germs. Coupled with the small southeast wind blowing, the temperature rises...


    But at present, it is Sun Quan''s Jiangdong side who left the mainland and fought in other places. Compared with the warmer Jiangdong, the natural climate of Jingzhou is a bit different. Coupled with the heavy rain in the past few days, the temperature dropped suddenly. I am used to the severe cold. The northerners don''t feel much about this temperature, but Jiangdong soldiers who only wear single clothes all the year round are naturally not used to it. Those who sneeze and runny nose are mild, and the more serious ones are headache, body aches, limb weakness, Vomiting and diarrhea, even high fever and fainting.


    At the same time, the area around Dangyang was a relatively tragic area in the entire Jingzhou battle. After the battle between the two sides, the Jiangdong soldiers withdrew at that time, and Cao Jun also withdrew immediately, which means that both sides basically did not clean up these corpses. It''s just that, and it doesn''t matter too much, after all, this area has almost become a no-man''s land, as long as half a year and a year pass, the danger will naturally decrease after the bones are ossified, and the result, Sun @二噽子@十万@权, again Back again with a large number of soldiers!


    Just in time for a hot bite!


    Because of sudden changes in temperature, the body’s immune function is dysfunctional, and Jiangdong’s soldiers are rarely like Fei Qian or Cao Cao, who are bound by military health regulations.


    The most important thing is that all the generals directly leading the Jiangdong Army have become young men, headed by Sun Quan, Pan Zhang, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, etc., are all eager for meritorious service and wholeheartedly seeking war. The pawns were abnormal, and they didn''t take it seriously, but people like Cheng Pulusu and others were a little unhappy because of the quarrel with Sun Quan before, so that even if they spoke, no one might listen.


    Under the combined effect of various factors, the camp of the Jiangdong soldiers finally became a huge hotbed of plague. Typhoid fever and dysentery were both attacking. Very quickly, by the time Sun Quan and the others were alerted, most of the soldiers in the camp had already fallen ill...


    The speed of this disease was beyond the imagination of Sun Quan and others. Even soldiers who looked okay in the morning fell ill immediately in the afternoon, and there was an indescribable smell in the entire soldier camp.


    Sun Quan and others did not dare to enter the camp, but they were on the high ground outside the camp, looking at the lifeless camp, all of them were pale and flustered.


    Even Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai, who boasted of being brave, still felt powerless in the face of this epidemic, like holding a handful of water. The harder you try, the more you can''t hold it...


    Sun Quan frowned and gritted his teeth, the excitement and joy of holding the banquet before was completely gone from his face.


    "This is a great epidemic..." Lu Su also frowned, standing aside and said, he finally remembered the problem that he had forgotten before, "It can make people straighten the ditches, bury the corpses, clean up the filth, and patrol the sick people." , for the sake of medicine...and this is also needed in the city, or it can be prevented from spreading...」


    Lu Su glanced at Sun Quan, "My lord, for the sake of everything, it is better to withdraw troops immediately..."


    "what? ! 』Sun Quan turned his head and stared at Lu Su.


    Although Sun Quan said before that anyone who persuaded him to withdraw his troops would be as dead as a table that he chopped down, but now Lu Su obviously slapped him on the **** again, and raised the question of withdrawing troops again. However, Sun Quan couldn''t howl and ask the soldiers to drag Lu Su down and chop him up, he could only be a bit grumpy with his beard and eyes.


    『In the first year of Yuanjia, in the first month, there was a great epidemic in Kyoto. In February, Jiujiang and Lujiang were hit hard. In the fourth year of Yanxi, in the first month, there was a great epidemic...After that, there were two years and four years in Jianning, Nanyang, Heluo, and a great epidemic in March..." Lu Su did not look at Sun Quan, and said with a bit of emotion, "Originally, it is the spring that grows hair, That’s why there is a great epidemic, and the autumn and winter will kill, and the disease will be slowed down, but now yellow and white are impermanent, the stars are chaotic, and disputes are everywhere, causing the heavens and man to be out of order, so it is difficult to live...』


    Sun Quan was very angry. What he wants to know now is how to treat them, or how to restore the current Jiangdong soldiers to health, instead of discussing the cause of this so-called plague. Therefore, Sun Quan ignored Lu Su''s words and asked his own guards Said: "Where is the doctor?" Where is the doctor? ! 』


    Generally, there must be some doctors in the army, so the Jiangdong soldiers are no exception. When Sun Quan asked, a military commander immediately stepped forward, "My lord, this... this doctor has already entered the camp..."


    『A question came! ’ Sun Quan shouted.


    Jun Sima was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head to accept the order, walked aside, glanced over, and picked a guy who usually had trouble with him, "You! My lord wants to call a doctor for questioning! You go there! 』


    The soldiers who were named were glaring, but when they saw Jun Sima''s malicious eyes, they could only grind their teeth and turned around to go to the camp. After a while, they brought a person out of the camp. He knelt down in front of Sun Quan.


    『How about the wounded in the camp? What is the disease? ’ Sun Quan was not polite, and directly asked, ‘What is the number of soldiers and diseases? Can there be a cure? Don''t hurry up! 』


    The doctor was also in a state of distress. The ephedra robe was stained with blood or something else. It was speckled with gray and black, as if something was moldy. Hearing Sun Quan''s question, he smiled wryly. After a while, he said: "My lord, I was originally a doctor of Jinchuang... Now in the camp, there are countless sick people and many people who vomit and diarrhea. I imitate Jianning''s prescription, using ephedra and stone essence as medicine...but the effect is a little..."


    『Is there a cure? ! 』


    Sun Quan is most concerned about this matter. As long as there is a cure, it means that the disease is still under control, and vice versa...


    The doctor shook his head. He didn''t know whether it was because he was too tired, or he was worried because he couldn''t cure the patient, or some other reason. Suddenly, his body shook and he fell to the ground!


    Everyone present couldn''t help being startled, and then a soldier stepped forward and touched it tentatively, "My lord! Doctor, doctor, he... seems to be sick too! 』


    Sun Quan''s complexion finally turned pale, "This, this... this matter, we need to discuss one or two things..."


    …ヽ(@o@)丿…


    In the city of Xiangyang not far from Dangyang, this should have been a land of fish and rice in the Central Plains, a bustling place. In this bleak autumn day, it is no longer noisy and shining like before.


    Although the Han River in the north of the city has returned to its original color, it is not as red as Huangquan, which makes people jump in fear, but the broken limbs and broken arms washed out from the riverside from time to time, the bones of fingers bitten by fish and shrimp, etc., still remind us People around don''t forget everything that happened.


    The towering city wall of Xiangyang seems to be the same as it was in Liu Biao''s heyday, and has not become dwarfed or dilapidated, but the city that was originally built in the hearts of Jingzhou people has collapsed, and the gray and white colors render everything. Flame red is not bright.


    In every household, many people have their own grief and pain during the war. In the halls and houses, there are a few more simple or prosperous spirit cards.


    On the mass graves outside the city, the crows who were full stared at their blood-red eyes and screamed. On the contrary, in the city, the sadness gradually decreased, because the sadness was so deep that even crying could not be heard. Can''t send it out. Some old people and women, after the news of the death of their children and husbands, were either too sad, or had no source of income, or died along with them, or their families collapsed and sold their children...


    Even the children of the gentry, under such grief and desolation, have witnessed the unprecedented decline and desolation of Xiangyang, and they can''t help but feel a little more touched in their hearts. Although the battle to attack and defend Jingbei has come to an end, the sense of tension shrouded inside and outside the city has relaxed a bit, and I heard that Fei Qian and Cao Cao are preparing for peace talks, but after all, they have not yet settled down, and no one knows whether this war will resume. was set off and ignited.


    The undercurrent surged quietly in such silence.


    A few withered and yellow leaves fell from the tree in the corner of the courtyard, and no servants went up to clean it up, because in this courtyard, there were two people sitting in the hall talking, the one on the left was Cai Mao, On the right is Kuai Liang. The charcoal fire was burning in the animal-patterned copper stove, and the warm wine exuded an aroma. The two talked in a low voice, as if there were not too many waves.


    "The Battle of Jingzhou has been suspended for a while, and there are countless casualties..." Cai Mao said slowly, "It''s really sad... However, if you look long-term, it''s like a place where autumn leaves wither, and it will come again in spring." The place where new sprouts sprout is...」


    "If the foundation is damaged, there will be no new branches in the next spring..." Kuai Liang''s face was calm, and his voice was like the ice cold under the water in autumn and winter. Although it doesn''t seem to hurt much, if it is soaked in it, it will naturally be very painful. taste.


    How many ordinary people died is not very important to the children of gentry such as Cai Mao Kuailiang. This is also the biggest difference between these old-school gentry natives of Jingzhou and the emerging Jingzhou gentry headed by Pang Tong Zhuge Liang.


    In the eyes of the old-school gentry, most ordinary people belong to "Bai Ding", that is, people who have nothing but their strength. Such people are like leeks growing in the ground, um, weeds, the wild fire can''t burn out, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates.


    So Cai Hao and Kuai Liang didn’t care about how many weeds were killed or injured on the ground in Jingzhou, but were sad about the lost industries on their own land and the skilled craftsmen and labor experts who could bring them benefits...


    There are also a large number of unowned lands that were generated due to wars.


    Just like Cai Hao, it can be said that he has not been idle in the past few days. Not only did he reorganize the original Cai''s Zhoutou, he even took the opportunity to gather a lot of shops and courtyards in Xiangyang City. Anyway, most of these shopfronts and courtyards The original owner of the house has already run away, and Cai Mao only needs to pay a few dollars to turn it into his own property.


    For Cai Mao, it was a bit of a return, but for Kuai Shi, basically all of them were damaged. The Kuai family, whose main business is in Jingnan, can be described as a massive bloodletting. Not only the superficial assets have been plundered and damaged, but even the savings of many years have been plundered. Heartbroken, the hatred for the people of Jiangdong who are increasingly gnashing their teeth, if it is talked about, it is the kind that wants to eat raw meat and drink their blood.


    Kuai Liang''s performance is considered good, so when he talked with Cai Mao, his face remained calm, but his voice inevitably revealed some taste. Seeing that Cai Mao wanted to avoid talking about it, he simply made the point clear. Said, "Brother Degui Mingjian, now that Cao Fei has reconciled, Jiangdong dare not move rashly, nor can he live for a long time, and he must retreat... The most important thing for hussars is to live in Guanzhong, so they will not live in Jingzhou for a long time. After the peace talks, most I will also return to Guanzhong...」


    Cai Mao nodded slowly, but he didn''t say right or wrong.


    "Jiangdong..." Mentioning the word Jiangdong, Kuai Liang couldn''t help but pause for a moment before continuing, "Dangyang is the main way to the north and south of Jingzhou, and now it''s all in the hands of Jiangdong... Now Fei Cao and his army are in , Jiangdong may not dare to act rashly, if the two return to the army separately, Jingzhou will be safe...it is the land of Degui brother Caizhou, and it may not be safe...』


    Cai Mao glanced at Kuai Liang, "Unfortunately, this matter is not decided by someone..."


    "Brother Degui, you are being polite... In this battle, among those who contributed a lot in Jingzhou, only brother Degui took the lead...Liang is very ashamed. Hearing that Jiangling was in chaos, he was restless and unable to make a plan, so that he ended up like this Situation... I also ask Brother Degui to take care of drinking the water of the Han River and living together in Jingzhou, and support my younger brother a lot... If you have offended me in the past, Liang will apologize for it! After the old days, the Kuai family was led by brother Wei Degui! If there is an order, everything will be followed! 』


    When I was under Liu Biao, whether it was intentional or unintentional, whether it was Liu Biao''s instruction or Kuai''s own meaning, Kuai originally challenged Cai, but now Cai still maintains a certain strength, while Kuai obviously It was already too late, and under such circumstances, Kuai Liang naturally had no way to continue pinching Cai Mao, and instead expressed an attitude of kneeling and licking to Cai Mao.


    Cai Mao smiled slightly.


    It’s not that Kuailiang didn’t ask Cao’s Xiahou family to kneel and lick, but for Cao’s Xiahou family, the most important thing is still themselves, and then it’s their turn to answer Kuai’s questions. As far as the Xiahou family is concerned, there is already someone like Cai Mao as a comprador, so why bother to find another Kuai family whose foundation is damaged and who can help him?


    After Kuai Liang finished speaking, he left the table and bowed.


    Cai Mao is willing to meet Kuai Liang this time, even sitting alone, which actually shows a certain attitude. After all, for Cai Mao, he also needs some two dogs to run around the countryside. Although Kuai has been his opponent for so many years, But precisely because of this, Cai Mao is also very aware of the Kuai brothers'' abilities...


    『The same people from Jingxiang should help each other in the same boat! ’Cai Mao got out of the table and helped Kuai Liang up, ‘It’s a difficult time right now, for the sake of the country and the people, even though there are tens of millions of people, I will go! Back then, we talked about war and peace, you and I had many disputes, but the disputes were only for the family and the country, not personal grievances... Now that my brother’s home has been damaged, Brother Yu also feels the same, even if he doesn’t mention it, for the people of Jingnan It is also time to remonstrate with General Cao, go south as soon as possible, and take back Jiangling...』


    The two held hands with each other, obviously both were moved by their high integrity for the country and the people.


    『Brother Degui...』


    『Brother Zirou…』


    Paused for a moment, let go at the same time, and then returned to their seats.


    『This matter needs to be discussed one or two times...』


    Beyond the high wall of the courtyard, the wind gradually intensified, accompanied by a few violent coughs, and then there seemed to be no trace...


    (end of this chapter)