Chapter 214: The Deadly Plague
It's just that as soon as Gao Jie's words were finished, Jiang Guanghua, the military counselor, hurriedly walked in and said hurriedly: "My lord, something is wrong......
Sun Chuanting frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" Master Jiang? ”
Jiang Guanghua hurriedly said: "My lord, since a few days ago, more than 200 people in our army have fallen ill one after another, and more than 50 people have fallen ill today alone, and in the past seven or eight days, none of them have improved, and even a few people have begun to cough up blood......"
Gao Jie's heart jumped, and he was surprised: "Why, there is also this sign in the army?" In my pioneer camp, people are also starting to get sick and cough up blood! ”
Sun Chuanting's eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted, "Jiang Guanghua, this was a few days ago?" ”
"It's been seven or eight days, and not long after our army left Kaifeng Mansion, some people began to fall ill, because the number was very small at that time, only a few people, and the lower officials didn't care, who knew that the condition was getting worse and worse......"
Jiang Guanghua hurriedly replied.
"It's broken!"
Sun Chuanting stomped his foot suddenly and shouted urgently.
"My lord, what's wrong?"
Gao Jie hurriedly asked.
"Plague, plague, someone in the army must have been infected with the plague!"
Sun Chuanting's face changed drastically, and he paced quickly in the room, if it was really the plague, then he was going to make a big mistake this time!
More than two months ago, both Fang Yuegong and Zhu Jie wrote to themselves, telling them to pay attention to the epidemic prevention in the army, in Beijing, the plague was raging, tens of thousands of people have been infected, even if Zhu Jie developed an elixir, tens of thousands of people died in the plague, inside and outside the Beijing Division, people are panicking.
I originally thought that I was thousands of miles away in Kaifeng, and the plague would not threaten here at all, but I didn't expect that the damn plague really spread to Kaifeng Mansion and spread the plague to the army!
Sun Chuanting secretly regretted that he was careless for a while, but it brought an unwarranted disaster to the army, even if there was Zhu Jie in the capital, there were a large number of doctors and herbs, and so many people died, and now he had an army of 100,000 people running to Nanyang Mansion, but how is it good? Where do so many doctors come from? Where do so many herbs come from? Even if there are herbs, there is no cure now, this plague is very ferocious!
"Jiang Guanghua, the signs of illness are almost exactly the same as those of the soldiers who are sick, most of them are at the root of the thighs, armpits, and neck, and the skin is dark red, swollen, feverish, and extremely painful to the touch, and even some soldiers have begun to have local erosions, and a few soldiers have developed severe chest pain, coughing, and coughing up a large amount of foamy bloody sputum or bright red sputum; Extreme breathlessness or even suffocation? ”
Sun Chuanting shouted.
"That's right, my lord, a few military doctors just gave me a reply, it's such a symptom, the military doctors are helpless, the herbs in the army have been used up, and they still can't stop the development of the disease......"
Jiang Guanghua hurriedly replied.
"It's over, it's over......"
Sun Chuanting muttered, his face showed a look of despair, now Li Zicheng waved his troops north, and the strength reached nearly 200,000 people, he was already short of troops, and now he has encountered the damned plague, this is the death of God Sun Chuanting, the death of Henan! Once the plague is raging, the main force of the entire army will all fall, how to fight with Li Zigong?
Even without Li Zicheng's hands, after a plague, I am afraid that even half of my 100,000 army can maintain its combat effectiveness!
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?"
Gao Jie's heart trembled on the side, he had never seen Sun Chuanting show such a look!
Sun Chuanting suddenly shouted: "Prescription, by the way, prescription!" Gao Jie, immediately send cavalry and rush back to Kaifeng Mansion with all your might, the sooner the better, go to my mansion and fetch me all the letters between Zhu Jie and Lord Fang Yuegong! ”
Gao Jie was a little confused, at this time, what is the use of the Inspector looking for those letters?
"Don't stand stupidly, hurry up, the sooner the better, whether our army can be saved, it all depends on those letters, six hundred miles of urgency, even if people and horses run to death, we must bring the letters back as quickly as possible!!"
Sun Chuanting roared angrily.
"Yes, yes, sir!"
Gao Jie hurriedly agreed.
"And! Jiang Guanghua, pass the order, go down and make every effort to purchase medicinal herbs in Nanyang Mansion and nearby prefectures and counties, no matter what herbs, as long as they can cure the disease, buy them all for me! At all costs, if it really doesn't work, then give me a hand to grab it! By the way, there's also a doctor, grab a piece for me! ”
Sun Chuanting was originally unruly, but now that his eyebrows are burned, he doesn't care about any military discipline or military discipline, as long as he can hold the strength of his army as much as possible, even if he commits some taboos, he can't care about it now!
"Yes, sir!"
Jiang Guanghua hurriedly agreed and ran down to prepare.
Sun Chuanting is still a little frightened in his heart, just in case, now he has to play to the emperor in advance, once he can't stand it, he must have a force to enter Henan and resist the thieves!
Sun Chuanting returned to the bookcase, wrote down a piece of music, stuffed it into a bag, handed it to Gao Jie, and said in a deep voice: "Gao Jie, immediately hand over this music to the post house, and send it to the capital for seven hundred miles!" ”
Gao Jie didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the letter and ran down.
Sun Chuanting slowly closed his eyes, these preparations alone are absolutely not enough, once the plague is raging, it is not a joke! Needless to say, his army was infected, and behind him, from Zhangde Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, these state capitals were afraid that only one of them would not be spared, but I was afraid that this time, Henan Province would be in calamity again!
"Come on, pass the order, all the sick soldiers will be transferred outside the barracks and isolated from the army, and there will be those who are sick in the future, the same will be true, no matter who they are, all of them will be sent out of the barracks! The army strengthens its precautions and beware of sneak attacks by the intruding army! ”
Sun Chuanting said tiredly.
It's just that there is no difference between this order being issued and not being issued, you know, all the 100,000 troops entered Nanyang City, where did they get so many houses? Most of the officers and soldiers are sleeping on the streets, or they can find a person's doorway to endure the night and avoid the cold wind, even if it is good, how easy is it to screen out the sick soldiers in time and isolate them from the army in time? Moreover, this plague does not only infect soldiers, but even the people of Nanyang Mansion will also be infected!
The unlucky Sun Chuanting originally thought that this time he would completely fight a turnaround battle and completely kill Li Zicheng, now it's okay, don't say kill Li Zicheng, if you can not be killed by Li Zicheng, it will already be a blessing to invite heaven!