Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 535
Cao Cao's face was extremely gloomy.

Even if Chibi encountered obstacles, he was full of confidence, but after half a month of stationing troops here, Cao Cao's aura of swallowing mountains and rivers like a tiger has dissipated a lot, replaced by deep worry in his pupils and dark circles around his eyes!
Under his dull gaze, the officers who reported felt chills down their backs.

But he had to report it, because the matter was too serious!

"Six out of every [-] people in the Li family were infected with hostility yesterday, and eight out of seven hundred died from the disease. Three out of two thousand people in the Xiahou family were infected with hostility, and four out of eight hundred died from the disease. The Xu family..."

"enough!"

It is said that the casualty rate of ancient cold weapon troops is one-tenth. Once this ratio is exceeded, it will collapse. However, it has only been more than a month since Tunza in Wulin, and there has been no major war. Only this epidemic, his 10,000+ army It turned out that ten pavilions have already gone to one pavilion!
How can it not be shocking?

And not only Cao Cao himself, but the entire Cao Group has a worried look on their faces. Feudal and feudal, now the ones who get sick and die are all their own parts!Besides, God knows that he will get sick when he is mysterious?
After thinking about it again and again, although his ambitions with Mr. Cao were gradually moving to the left, Xun Yu and Xun Lingzhong, who were still very important in Yecheng's lineup, couldn't help standing up, representing everyone, and hesitatingly greeted Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, the epidemic is here! The morale of the army is in chaos! Although our army is numerous, most of the northern soldiers are not used to water warfare. If we continue to confront each other here, we may do more harm than good. In my opinion, it is better to lead the troops back to Xiangyang , Digest Jingbei, wait for the epidemic to recede next year, then withdraw millions of troops, and break through the south of the Yangtze River, is the safest way! I hope the Prime Minister will make a decision!"

"Prime Minister, Xun Lingzhong's words are for the country!"

After all, Xun Yu was still popular, following behind him, Chen Qun, Mao Jie and others also nodded in approval.

But now, Cao Cao is in his fifties, and he is no longer the old Cao Aman who wielded a sword and smashed thieves. Unknowingly, he has lived up to his previous vigor, and his suspicion is rising day by day. Xun Yu's remonstrance is indeed true To the point, but seeing the counselors speak unanimously, he still couldn't help raising his brows.

"Military orders are like a mountain! Today, I have a million soldiers to crusade against disobedient ministers, but now in this small Wulin, Bi Yan'er, in front of fifty thousand thieves, turned around and fled without firing a single arrow. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for this little Sun Liu? Morale, destroy our great man's prestige?"

Xun Yu couldn't help but get stuck there. After all, he has been Cao Cao's chief adviser for decades, and sometimes the two feel like old friends. He knows Cao A too well!He said that the issue of troop withdrawal is basically impossible!Sighing, Xun Yu immediately turned his gaze to Jia Xu.

"Jia Shizhong! There is a great epidemic in the army, but the Qingzhou Department under your supervision cannot afford it. May I ask the servant what is the magic way to prevent the epidemic?"

Does Jia Xu have a solution?

Of course there is, after all, his lord Wang Hou also survived from a certain Dian and a certain bird feeling, and he cooperated with Yu Ji who is good at medicine. Qingzhou still has a way of epidemic prevention and hygiene!

The plague that Cao Jun broke out now has actually been rampant in the Central Plains for many years!In later generations, it should be called typhus!

This thing is not the same thing as typhoid fever, but it is somewhat similar to plague, and its transmission method is roughly similar to that of the Black Death that killed half of the population in the West. Rats are the carriers of the pathogen, and then the lice and fleas that bite the rats, etc. Blood-sucking worms carry pathogens and fly to people again, causing cross-infection.

This disease may even be as harmful as the Black Death. After all, there were 5000 million households with a population of 2000 million at the end of the Han Dynasty. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, there were only 500 million households with a population of 2000 million. Within a few decades, only wars wiped out 3000 million people. A population of more than [-] is a bit too exaggerated and unbelievable.

Moreover, the seven sons of Jian'an, five of them all died in the 22nd year of Jian'an. In the 22nd year of Jian'an, the scariest thing recorded by historians was the epidemic of plague!
In addition, "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the late Han Dynasty, was also published almost during this period.

However, this disease is not incomprehensible. Compared with later generations of Middle East respiratory syndrome and a certain crown, the way it spreads is simply pediatrics!That's just good hygiene!

Just like in the West, when the Black Death gradually disappeared, it was the time when the papacy gradually declined, light industry quietly rose, and soap was invented. The filth of the body is used to keep the soul pure, and it is transformed into frequent bathing, more ventilation, and the life attitude of not catching a cold during the flu season.

With the channels of infection eliminated, the Black Death naturally dissipated.

So what the Qingzhou army did was also very simple. They added two kinds of military supplies, mugwort leaves and sulfur imported from the Japanese country, and smoked clothes to repel insects.

These Wang Hou also wrote on Ping Wu Ce!

But these were torn up by Jia Xu, and thrown into the sea outside the island city!

As always, she was acting old-fashioned, her face was full of bewilderment, and after thinking for a moment, Jia Xu just slapped her thigh and said as if she had suddenly realized.

"Prime Minister, before leaving the army, our military advisers were blessed by the Church of Eternal Flame in Island City, and the head priest of the church, Xuankong, personally gave him the water to drink after worshiping the God of the Golden Crow! It should be the Crow God bless, break this place!"

"Prime Minister, why don't I immediately send someone back to the island city to ask for talisman water?"

Seeing Jia Xu's excited appearance, both Cao Cao and Xun Yu couldn't help showing disappointment, Cao Cao even shook his head solemnly.

"No need!"

Which of the heroes in the late Han Dynasty did not start by suppressing the Yellow Turbans?Regarding Taoism, no matter whether it is Cao Cao or Xun Yu, no one has a cold. Besides, even if the influence of Shi Fushui on the new Eternal Fire Daoist Society is not considered, this place is thousands of miles away from Qingzhou, separated by mountains and rivers, When Jia Xu asked Fu Shui back out of breath, the bones of the army might be cold.

"Sick people are strictly isolated, and the sick corpses are burned immediately! Don't let the hostility spread any further! Get down!"

"The last general/subject obeys!"

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The cruelty of the warlords of this era is also evident at this moment. As the order is issued, black smoke suddenly rises into the sky!In front of the Han people who are most particular about being buried in the ground, the corpses were burned to fly ash and mixed together.

Even not only the people who died of illness, some soldiers who were still sick and unable to move were also ordered by the commanders of the camps to throw them into the fire. Seeing the flames engulfing the convulsive bodies, all the soldiers of the Cao army were not wrong. A look of fear appeared on his face.

The morale of the Northern Army, whose morale was like a rainbow, began to drop like an avalanche.

In the southeast corner of the barracks, Qingzhou Army Rizhao Brigade camped.

After writing a secret letter, he sealed it in wax pills by himself, and stuffed it on the pigeon ankle rings. Immediately, Jia Xu solemnly released all the pigeons from the cage, with their feathers scattered, and watched them flap their wings to the north. .

Just when the loud cooing of the pigeons was deafening, Zhu Ling, the brigade leader of the Rizhao Brigade, walked over heavily in full armor, knelt down on one knee, and gave a heavy military salute to Jia Xu.

"Don't drive!"

"Seventy percent of the sulfur and wormwood hoarded by our army will be sent to the Chinese Army Overlord's Mansion!"

"Don't drive! Our army is still insufficient, so what's the use of soldiers if we distribute them to the Overlord's Mansion?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ling's old face suddenly twitched. He himself was a mess under Cao Cao, so he went to Wang Hou. These years, Wang Hou also treated him like a direct descendant. At this juncture, he was assigned to save his life. The wormwood and sulfur in the water seemed to kill him.

But looking at his angrily distinguishing, Jia Xu still had a cold face and said coldly.

"Do you want me to refuse the prime minister's request? Do you want the prime minister to complain to General Zhenbei?"

A sharp question made Zhu Ling dumbfounded, and after a long while, he clasped his fists in a gloomy reply, and immediately turned and left with a heavy breath.

Mr. Cao didn't know if he felt resentment towards Wang Housheng. Anyway, at this moment, Zhu Ling hated Cao Cao so much that his teeth were itchy!But watching his back, the corner of Jia Xu's mouth curled up into a cold smile inexplicably!

"A tree that is as beautiful as the forest, the wind will destroy it! If you die, you will die!"

(End of this chapter)