My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 458 The plague rages

The sky in Qingming was gradually pushed away by the golden morning light rising from the horizon. On the undulating waves, a ship carrying supplies was sailing away from a large ship without any flag.

Shangshang Jianxin's eyelids had been twitching for the past two days, which made him panic, always feeling like something was going to happen.

Since the strategy of attacking Xia Guolin County worked and he was returned to the archipelago with great results, he soon received praise from Emperor Omikado. Being able to show off his abilities in front of other famous generals was also a capital to show off.

However, there has been no news from Wuzhou for two days recently. He originally wanted to hold back, but without news from there, he did not dare to move out easily.

If the country is small and weak, it can only use small and broad methods to slowly accumulate big wins with small wins.

"Maybe Xia Guo discovered it."

Shangshang Kanexin did not underestimate the civil and military forces of the Xia Kingdom on the opposite side. No one was useless if they could unify the six countries. However, he still hoped that the spy would not be discovered, otherwise he would have to find a way to rearrange the chess pieces in the future.

But sometimes, what you think about comes to you.

A speedboat came swaying in the waves. He got close to the boat and climbed up the ladder along the deck. Then he came to Shangshang Kanxin and whispered something, which made the latter frown.

He raised his hand and asked him to leave.

When people got off the ship's building, Shangshang Jianxin punched the guardrail in front of him and smashed it into two pieces. The man just told him that the Yueshan couple who had installed Minggang were dead, and the two old informants with Gu Chongwen were also killed. The other party pulled it out.

He stepped on the sawdust under his feet, turned back to the round table, looked at the coast map spread out on it, and re-planned his next step.

"You pulled out my man... Emperor Xia, are you demonstrating against me? Haha, I will let you feel a new round of attacks and let you understand what heartache is!"

He clicked on the chart, and then issued an order to instruct his warships in the waters outside Wuzhou to increase the level of plunder, and no ship could be spared.

However, I still added one more thing: "If you see the Wuzhou navy, don't fight with them. Leave immediately if you find them, and continue looting in another place!"

However, he did not know that at this time, two merchant ships from the north had entered Wuzhou and continued to sail south along the shallow water area of ​​the coast.

On the two merchant ships, the men were listless and in a state of illness. The leader took a sip of water, looked back and saw 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 had died of the plague.

"If those Japanese don't come to rob us, if we delay any longer, we will all die from the plague."

"Stop talking nonsense and keep going. We are all going to die anyway. By the way, don't throw away the cows that died of illness but hide them. Even if the Japanese find something wrong, they will be infected with the plague as long as they get off the cabin. As long as they return to their own ship, Hehe... Even if our mission is completed, we will be worthy of His Majesty's settlement allowance!"

A few people said a few words on the boat, and then continued to steer the ship and control the sails to move forward. On the second day, after passing Wuzhou and gradually heading towards Nanyang, three ships without flags suddenly appeared in their northeast direction. It's heading this way quickly.

"It's finally here."

They were about to face death, but everyone stood on the deck with a relieved smile. The leading man turned around and said, "Since the Japanese are here, let's just wait to be killed. It's boring. We might as well kill them one by one before we die and make a profit." Enough!"

"it is good!"

On the two ships, the only twenty-one death row prisoners got back into the cabin, took out their weapons, and gathered on the deck again. They looked at the approaching Japanese ship, with excited smiles on their faces.

On the ship coming over there, a group of short Japanese people also showed fierce expressions, but they felt a little unhappy. The merchant ships that had been plundered in the past were in panic from top to bottom. The Xia people on these two ships, But he looked happy.

They didn't think much about it. Since they were happy to fight, they could just send them all to die.

The moment the ships on both sides approached and lined up, the leader of the condemned man on the merchant ship clenched his blade and said, "Eighteen years later, let's gather in Yanzhou again and become dignified men of Youyan again!"

The Japanese ship came up, and groups of Japanese came in wielding swords and bamboo spears.

"Everyone, let's be together in the next life!"

A high-pitched scream rang out from the ship, and twenty-one death row prisoners rushed forward with their weak bodies, and they collided with each other on the bridge deck, setting off rolling waves of blood.

……

Soon after, corpses were thrown into the sea, and the rolling waves were dyed red.

The Japanese people walking on the deck excitedly got into the cabin, and there was an unspeakable stench. However, when they saw the cattle under the cabin, they immediately cheered and hugged the cow's head, kissed and laughed.

Cows are always treasures.

They didn't care about some dead cattle in the cabin. After removing the rotten meat, they cut off the fresh meat and cooked it on the ship. They also boiled the bones into soup and drank it in large gulps, happily Singing the unique folk songs of the island country, a dozen Japanese people took off only their loincloths and sang and danced around the stove like toads to celebrate this unexpected rich harvest. After that, they took the cattle away with the boat. They met other Japanese boats along the way and asked them to share the remaining beef. At the same time, they also sent a small boat to tell Shangshang Kanxin the good news.

It was already the second day that Shangshang Jianxin received the news. When he listened to the news, his subordinates smiled happily and talked about the ship full of forty-two cattle. There was also a smile on his face.

But then he frowned slightly when he heard that there were still dead cows and they were already rotting.

"and then?"

"We picked out the rotten meat from the dead cows, cooked and ate the rest, and shared it with our companions on other ships."

"I'm talking about those cows that were alive, where did they go?"

"Bring... back to the island..."

Shangshan Jianxin 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 on the face, and rolled around like a gourd on the ground.

“What if those cows get sick?!”

Shangshang Jianxin was so angry with the Japanese in this world that he wanted to draw his sword and kill them all. How could he be so stupid as to do this? But now he sends people to chase them back, and I'm afraid it's too late.

At the moment, he could only ask someone to bring his letter and immediately send a message to the people over there to take care of the cattle first. If nothing happens in a few days, they would transport them back to the castle and present them as trophies to Emperor Omikado.

After sending the clippers to leave, his eyelids were still twitching, but he felt a little relieved. As long as it was not the enemy's plan, it would be fine, but when he thought about it, he felt that the plan was too high for the counselors of the Xia Kingdom opposite him.

They can't control things like epidemics. If they are leaked, their own country will also suffer. What's more, after being transported from the north, it's such a long distance. What if everyone dies on the way?

Generally speaking, with this kind of thinking, I feel much better in my shirt and in my confidence.

In the past four or five days, he still conveyed orders and asked his warships to continue plundering and build momentum. The fastest communication method in this world is the fast boat.

However, as time passed, he found that the news coming and going was getting slower and slower. On the sixth day, the news came back, which shocked him.

Seven warships lost contact, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in the commander's confidence. He immediately sent out several fast boats to cross the sea again, asking them to search as quickly as possible while looking for any other ships. Contact the vessel.

On the eighth day, the first message came back with the fast boat. Three hundred miles southeast, a warship that had lost contact was found, but all the people on board were dead.

From the outside, he looks like he died of illness.

This first message made Shangshan Jianxin tremble slightly, and the bad premonition in his heart finally turned into reality. Thinking that the subordinate who reported the news before said that the beef cattle would be distributed to other ships, he suddenly couldn't sit still. .

The other six ships that have not been found are probably also in danger.

But at this time, he already believed that this must be the conspiracy of the opposite Xia Kingdom.

However, before he could send the news here to the islands, more news came back as the previous fast boat returned, and bad news came one after another.

The Yufeng was found, and all the people on it died of illness!

The Nagakawa was found, and there were no survivors on board...

As more and more information came in, not only the missing ships and the information about the death of the Japanese on board, but also other related ships showed signs of illness, requesting Shangshan Kanxin for rescue.

"If you can't save them, abandon them immediately and don't have any contact or contact. Do you understand?" Shangshang Jianxin made a rational decision. Once the plague spreads...

Just when he thought of this, he suddenly raised his face and looked at his subordinates who were also looking around. He gritted his teeth and said, "Go back immediately to the Tianshou. There is also something wrong with the cattle brought back last time!"

The warship immediately hoisted anchor and sails, turned around and sailed towards the islands. However, they were only halfway there when Kananobu Shangji's worst fear finally happened.

A plague has appeared on the archipelago. It has spread in several villages and is even showing signs of spreading.

The warship that brought the news had the imperial edict of Emperor Omikado, and he was scolded, making Kananobu Kamishiro blush and yell angrily on the ship.

At this moment, the front end of the Japanese island called Shikoku is already a purgatory on earth.

(End of this chapter)