Ji Chang's accidental illness made Han He, who originally did not plan to withdraw from the army, have to consider retiring from the army.

After all, whoever dies can't die the son of King Jin, and whoever dies is not as important as the son of King Jin. So that night, Han He ordered people to take the lead in transporting Chang to Feicheng, and then sought to withdraw the army.

The next day, cholera spread in Yinyang City, mainly due to the diarrhea of dozens of people who came into contact with infected soldiers yesterday. As a result of drinking Coptis chinensis, the symptoms of diarrhea are milder, and the symptoms of diarrhea are milder than those of severe disease that can die immediately, and the disease of mild cholera is slower, and the cure rate is higher in time.

However, there is still a serious shortage of medical treatment, and it cannot be cured by just drinking Coptis water and Huoyao perfume, and to a large extent, it can only be resigned to fate.

About two days later, Bailiyan fell ill on her own, with symptoms such as mild diarrhea and decreased urine output. Zhao Xun's persistence in the city wall greatly shocked the Jin army, and the Jin army began to pull out camp one after another on the fourth day after the onset of illness.

Due to the fact that the number of people who died of illness and death was too fast, a large number of corpses and serious illnesses could not be taken away, so they had to be abandoned on the spot and left. The news reached Bai Liyan (Wei Xian), who came to the city with a spear:

"General Zhao, although the Jin army has withdrawn, it is still necessary to guard against Han He's deception, taking advantage of our army's unpreparedness, to sneak attack me."

"This matter will have been arranged, and you will rest for a few days, don't lose your life."

Zhao Xun is more like a father at this time, looking at his son like a father......

The retreat of the Jin army was quite unsmooth, and thousands of people were left behind due to illness, and no more than 50,000 people finally returned to Feicheng alive a few days later. At this point, in the first battle of Yin Yangcheng, the Jin army died 30,000 or 40,000 people due to illness in the war, plus more than 20,000 wounded soldiers were transported back before, and the main force of the Jin army lost more than half.

Not long after the Jin army withdrew, a large-scale outbreak of cholera broke out in the east of the Xianguo River and the northern part of the Jin Kingdom, Yin Yangcheng controlled it in time and dealt with it properly, the cholera was controlled, and Bailiyan's condition improved after a few days.

At the same time, the news of Yin Yangcheng's siege setback again and again, again and again back to the Jin State Pingtang City, the King of Jin heard the news at first disagreed, because he was busy with his uncle's funeral, the King of Jin did not pay attention to it, until it was reported that Han He withdrew his troops due to illness, and lost nearly 50,000 people, and still did not capture Yin Yangcheng, the King of Jin finally became angry.

In the middle of the day, the Jin Palace, through the inner hall of the palace, the King of Jin summoned Fan Tao to discuss secretly.

The reason why it is a secret discussion is that Uncle Kuo has just died, the position of prime minister is vacant, and now he has suffered a big defeat, and the prestige of the king of Jin is bound to be frustrated, which is tantamount to instigating the ministers to take the opportunity to force the palace.

Summoning Fan Tao is to ask him how to settle the criticism and Yin Yangcheng's defeat this time.

"Aiqing, the current defeat in the war, Han Hetui said that it was caused by the plague, in your opinion, why did this little Yin Yangcheng besiege for more than a month."

"King, there have been letters one after another, and Han He has already made it clear that there are 13,000 Xian army defenders in Yin Yang City, and our army's strong attack is bound to suffer huge casualties. On the first day of the siege, Han He was plotted by the Xian army, killing more than 4,000 people and wounding more than 2,000. This is an unprecedented defeat. In any previous battle, there had never been such a big defeat, which shows that the people in charge of the Xian army are by no means idle.

After that, I heard that the commander of the Xian army, Zhao Xun, had a colonel under the account of Wei Xian, a colonel, to give advice, and the Xian army was still able to hold under the strong attack of our army. If it weren't for the disharmony of the Xian domestic court and the imbecile of Sun Yue, the prince of Xiangguo, I am afraid that the Xian army would have crossed the river more than ten days ago, and if the plague spread in our army again, our army would not have been defeated. ”

"That being the case, now that Han He retreated to Feicheng and lost 50,000 soldiers, how can he be defeated by such a defeat."

"King, there are many defenders in Yin Yangcheng, how can our army have no casualties under the strong attack. According to the minister's opinion, what General Han He said was by no means unreasonable, four or five out of ten of the dead died of the plague, so Han He was not defeated in this battle. If the king had opened the net, the battle would have been blamed on the plague. ”

"But the plague is really the negligence of the widow at the beginning, how can the widow explain to his subjects." King Jin blamed himself.

"Great king, all the subjects of the world are the subjects of the great king, how can the great king have it? The plague should be held accountable for Caicheng Taishou, if it weren't for the spread of Caicheng's plague, how could it be spread to all places. ”

Fan Tao suggested that Cai Cheng should be too shou to carry this black cauldron and cure Cai Cheng Taishou of the crime of dereliction of duty. The King of Jin was worried, saying:

"I'm afraid it's not right."

"For the sake of the king's country, this can only be the plan for the present, otherwise the ministers in the court will attack it in a group and seek to seize the phase."

"In this case, it will be according to Qing's will."

The post of prime minister is nominally appointed by the king, but in fact it is often not by the monarch, and the prime minister has always been a stumbling block to the monarch's power in history, and the appointment of the prime minister often takes into account the balance between the establishment and vested interest groups. If the balance is not good, which side is lighter and which side is heavier, the monarch's position may be overthrown.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was very smart back then, set a precedent for the ages, abolished the prime minister, and truly realized the complete centralization of monarchical power.

The current dilemma of the Jin State is that the Xiangguo Gongshu Kuoxin died, the Gongshu Kuo Party and the Relatives Party, and the anti-Gongshu Kuo Party began to seek to seize the phase.

Now that Uncle Kuo is dead, his political influence is disappearing, but Uncle Kuo's political legacy and merit book are still there, and many people are already eager to try it, and they can't wait to seize the commanding heights overnight.

Therefore, if the current king of Jin is not careful, he may offend any side, especially if the current Han He army is defeated, if there is no reasonable excuse, it will be difficult to suppress the opponents.

Not long after King Jin received the report, the Tongshu Garden in Pingtang City was as loud as ever, but it was a little uneasy.

After Wu Shu completed the sweeping work of supervising the construction of the warship for the King of Jin, he is currently idle in the Tongshu Garden, and he doesn't know how the war is going, so he drinks and reads books every day, and then waits for the King of Jin to summon him.

On this day, Wu Suan was joking with Ximenhua as always, and at this time the bookmaker came to report:

"Lord Deacon, Sai Qian is back."

"Oh, quick, please!"

Ximen Hua was overjoyed, Sai Qian must have come for Bailiyan, and I hope Bailiyan has escaped. But Wu Shu was worried, he was scheming, if Bailiyan escaped, it was said that he would be able to bump into Saiqian, and now Saiqian came back by himself, it was not like he had saved Bailiyan.

At this time, Sai Qian came quickly, with an anxious look on his face, Wu Shu saw it in his eyes, and he already knew it in his heart:

"Sai Qian, I'm here for Gongzi Yan."

"After receiving the master's letter, I immediately rushed to Xianguo to scatter a large number of people, waited for more than two months, and never found out the whereabouts. Didn't you have an accident and lose your life. When I came, I heard that the Jin Kingdom had been mourned, saying that Bailiyan was harmed by the Xian Kingdom, and the navy was heading to the sea of Qiguo. ”

"The old man has heard about this, but he wants to come to the strange place. The old man heard that Bailiyan had fled, and now the Jin State has sent troops to the country, and it must be in the name of mourning to occupy the land of the country. ”

"If that's the case, we won't be able to help."

"Hmm...... This son is afraid that he will be more auspicious, and the old man will not pay attention to it for a while. The world is so big, if this son is hidden, how easy is it to find him, have you ever tattooed him? ”

"No, non-disciples of this sect are not allowed to tattoo. And Baili Yan is a nobleman, and I accepted him as a disciple and not a disciple in the door, so I didn't tattoo it. ”

"That being the case, I'm afraid it's troublesome."

But all the royal guests, tattooed with the word "royal" on their backs, in case they are killed by their own people, or entangled in all kinds of inexplicable things, such as arresting, taxing, etc., but all the royal guests can be exempted.

Bai Liyan is not an official disciple of Yuke, so Sai Qian naturally will not give him a tattoo. In this way, it is more difficult to find Bailiyan than to ascend to the sky, especially since there are not many people who know Bailiyan.

Since then, Sai Qian and others have lost contact with Bailiyan for many years, until there is contact again after many years.

On the eve of the imminent outbreak of the phase dispute in the Jin Kingdom, the spread of cholera gradually brought profound disasters to the Xian State and the northern land of the Jin Kingdom.

Cholera caused a large number of people to die on the way, food supplies could not be transported, and a large number of soldiers died of illness every day, which not only aggravated the delay of the war, but also increased their own casualties in vain and depleted the national strength of the Jin State. Han Yiyi, who retreated to Feicheng, could not raise troops to fight again, which gave Zhao Xun, who was holding Yin Yangcheng, a chance to breathe.

On this day, Yin Yang was guarding the mansion in Taishou City, and Zhao Xun was asking the scouts to report.

It is believed that Xianguo was gathering forces in the pursuit of eastward advance, and this news came from the Jin army, and it is clear that the river was still blocked, and this news could only come from the Jin army.

"Is the news true?"

"Back to General Zhao, the news is coming from Feicheng, it should be credible."

"Well, you stand down."

"No!"

After the scout retreated, Zhao Xun asked Bailiyan:

"Wei Xian, what do you think of our army's crossing of the river."

"Seeing that spring is imminent, even if we cross the river, there may be no harvest in the field farming year in the first half of this year. But if the Xian army crossed the river two months ago, the Jin army was afraid that it had retreated to Yancheng at this time, and if it was defeated, it should be able to restore the initial situation of the war, and it could also be ploughed in spring, and there could be summer grain on the summer solstice, and it could also resume plowing autumn grain.

Now that the grain and grass are scarce, and then the spring ploughing will start the war, this year's war is only afraid of becoming more intense. ”

Baili Yanzhi planned the siege of the Jin army and the decisive battle of the Xian army across the river, largely considering the problem of spring ploughing and summer ploughing, if the Jin army could be repelled last month, then this month can start to prepare for spring ploughing, and then start ploughing the ground next month.

At present, the agricultural and military systems have not yet appeared in the "tuntian system" and the "military tun" system, in which the army grows grain without fighting a war and trains without growing grain, so that the manpower can always be in a working state, so as to give full play to the collective efficiency of the army, feed itself, and lighten the burden.

Of course, it is not without reason that the army basically does not farm or garrison, but the main reason is that the war is too ordinary, and the tuntian is easy to reduce morale and slack off its combat readiness.

Now that the Xian army is suddenly about to cross the river, it is still the end of the cholera epidemic, and if it crosses the river and is infected, it will not catch the Jin army by surprise.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan said again:

"General Zhao, at present, our army has recovered after more than a month, and the soldiers are still less than 3,000, and the Xian army will go ashore in Yin Yangcheng when crossing the river.

"I have considered this matter, if the Jin army comes to fight, it is impossible to defend to the death, but if Yin Yangcheng is lost, our army will not be able to gain a foothold. For the sake of today's plan, only by quickly ordering reinforcements to cross the river can this crisis be solved. ”

"But I'm afraid that the reinforcements of the Xian army will arrive, and the king of Xian will order the army to recover the lost territory, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."

Yin Yangcheng relies on 3,000 people, and it is impossible to defend it, and it is impossible to abandon the city. The only feasible way is for the Xian army to open up the Wangqin River as soon as possible and send troops to hold on. And it is not possible to recover the lost territory as soon as possible, but to wait for the cholera to subside, first let the cholera drag the Jin army to death, and drag it until the Jin army is exhausted before the decisive battle.