The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 435 The source of the epidemic
Outside the camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Sizhou, a cavalry army with bright armor and flying banners galloped from the side of the official road.

The common people who were slowly marching on the official road all stopped and looked sideways, watching the mighty cavalry galloping beside the official road. .

It's not that they haven't seen the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, or the cavalry army of the Yellow Turban Army. Along the way, the people who migrated from the four states are also well-informed.

It's just that they noticed a different kind of flag, an unusually tall and eye-catching flag.

That is the banner of the Taiping Dao great virtuous teacher—Xu An's banner!
All the Yinglang Weiti cavalry in the queue stopped, facing the direction of the banner, raised the Yanling knife in their hands, and saluted the cavalry army, while the yellow scarf soldiers walking outside the queue, He also held up the weapon in his hand with excitement on his face.

Xu An rode a horse in a khaki-colored coat and walked at the front of the queue. The guard cavalry guarding him all wore the same horse coat, just to distinguish them. The horse guards of the guard cavalry They are all solid colors, only the scriptures are written on the coat of Xu An's war horse.

Each guard cavalry was holding a khaki-colored banner with negative feathers on their backs, and followed behind Xu An.

The new wind blows into the formation, the flags flutter, the feathers flutter, and the yellow armor is like the heavenly soldiers and generals descending from the yellow sky.

The three flags lined up in a row, at the forefront of the queue.

The big khaki banner is in the center, and two banners are on both sides. On one side is the inscription "Taiping Dao Great Virtuous Teacher", and on the other side is a majestic general with the words "Huang Tian" written on it.

More than [-] guard cavalry and more than [-] elite armored cavalry from Xiaoqi Battalion followed closely behind Xu An.

The fast horses raised their whips, and a group of armored cavalry surrounded Xu An and galloped along the side of the official road like stars holding the moon. The originally noisy official road became quiet because of Xu An's passing.

During this period of time, the news of a possible epidemic disease in the camp spread like wildfire. I don’t know if the soldiers leaked the information, or it was rumors caused by speculation among the people, or it was intentional by people with ulterior motives. Want to cause panic.

The Embroidered Cloth Envoy, supported by the entire Han Empire, is now considered a giant in the true sense. The thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty all have their strongholds and spies.

So far, the Eagle Wolf Guard has captured more than seventy spies planted by the Embroidered Clothes Emissary from the ranks of the people in the four states.

Under the influence of many aspects, the people who migrated from the four states are indeed in panic now, and it is precisely because of these things that Ji Ang has been worried.

But when Xu An's big banner appeared, it seemed as if someone had cast some spell on them, and most of them calmed down.

In the past, there were tens of thousands of Bingzhou Yellow Turban Army with bright hangers in Xindu Division, which left a deep impression on the people of the four states. Xu An even led the Xiaoqi Battalion to inspect the entire formation of the Yellow Turban Army in the four states.

Now when the people of the four states saw Xu An again, they regained their confidence and their yearning for Bingzhou.

The sound of horseshoes that sounded like thunder gradually faded away, everyone looked away, and the noise in the queue resumed, but this time what they were talking about was about life after entering Bingzhou, and everyone ignited again. yearning.

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The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and the unfurled banners almost obscured Ji Ang's vision.

Ji Ang's eyes gradually cleared up, and he saw a very familiar figure, with a burqa and belt, and a military uniform, with a dignified appearance, majestic but not angry, close but hard to offend, it was Xu An.

Xu An lightly pulled the reins, and the steed under his seat neighed, then slowed down, and all the armored cavalry behind him were Qiqile horses.

The sound of hooves continued, the neighing of the horse, and the cavalier's shouting suddenly rang out, and the horse galloped all the way to a distance of only five or six steps away from Ji Ang.

Xu An got off his horse and jumped off the horse. The horse was naturally held by Xu Da who was beside him, and he didn't move forward.

Seeing Xu An walking slowly, Ji Ang felt even more ashamed. If Zhao Ji, a thousand households of the wolf guards, hadn't noticed, perhaps not only these dozen camps would need to be quarantined, but as many as hundreds of thousands of people would be infected. All are sick.

The soldiers on the front line fought desperately, he only needed to command the people to relocate, but he didn't even do this well, he really failed Xu An's trust in the past.

"The last general, Ji Ang, is ashamed of the entrustment of the great virtuous teacher. I really have no words to be a general again. I ask the virtuous teacher to resign from the military."

Ji Ang bowed down and spoke sincerely.

"General Ji, you are too serious."

Seeing Ji Ang bowing down to plead guilty, Xu An quickly stepped forward to help Ji Ang up.

"I heard a report from the Eagle Wolf Guard before, saying that General Ji's hair had turned gray within five days because of the epidemic. At first, I still didn't believe it, but when I saw it today, I realized that what I said was true."

Xu An looked at the exhausted Ji Ang and sighed.

Back then when he believed in Metropolitan Master, Ji Ang followed Xu You in a very high-spirited manner, which can be regarded as majestic and impressive.

You know, the uprising led by Ji Ang was exactly the Xingyang Yellow Turban Uprising that shocked the Han court. From Xingyang, he led hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops all the way northward, and the number of troops increased to hundreds of thousands. After breaking through the encirclement and interception of the Han army, Only then did they arrive in Qingzhou.

Afterwards, Xindu Division, Xu You led the East Route Army to intercept the Jizhou North Route Army led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the matter of Zhangshui crossing the river was given full authority to Ji Ang.

Seeing you today is a rebellious two people. If Ji Ang hadn't stood at the front to greet him, Xu An might not even recognize him.

The current Ji Ang can be said to have lost almost all of his energy, his eyes are bloodshot, although he is trying to straighten his back, but Xu An can also see that Ji Ang's spirit is about to reach its limit, It's holding on.

Because most of the Fu Zhu accompanying the army went to treat the epidemic, the daily expenses of the people, the arrangement of relocation, and the spread of rumors all kept Ji Ang very busy.

The military strength is stretched, and the epidemic affects not only the people, but also the army. The people are afraid of the epidemic, and the soldiers are even more afraid.

There were deserters appearing in the team constantly, Ji Ang made up his mind and beheaded more than [-] deserters in a row, which stopped the behavior of deserters, but there were signs of it again later.

Until the news of Zhangshui's victory and the news of Fuliu's victory came one after another, the news that the reinforcements would arrive soon reassured all the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

"General Ji has a good rest, and we will talk about the rest later."

Xu An gestured to the generals behind Ji Ang, and the two generals behind him supported Ji Ang, one on the left and one on the right.

"I will ask other people about the matter in the camp. General Ji can just rest."

Ji Ang was still about to say something, but Xu An had already spoken first, and left and right led Ji Ang down without any explanation.

Because of the epidemic and the relocation of the people, Ji Ang almost didn't have a good rest for several days in a row, and now he has got into a dead end.

In fact, this incident cannot be blamed on Ji Ang at all. So far, the source and cause of the outbreak of the epidemic have not been clarified.

Although there are some signs, it is too difficult to find them in time.

The threat of the Han army is not far away. The three armies of the Han army encircle and encircle at the same time. The Yellow Turban Army must gather all the forces that can be assembled to break through the encirclement of the Han army, break the blockade of the Han army on the relocation team from the four states, and lift the perimeter. threat.

At this time, it was the time when the control of the Yellow Turban Army was the weakest among the relocated people from the four states, and a large number of elite soldiers were dispatched outside.

There are only a small number of soldiers protecting the people of the four prefectures. In fact, these soldiers are strong men who were trained together according to the formation of the ranks, holding farm tools, and even the Han army's rural courage is incomparable.

Excluding these soldiers who had little combat effectiveness, there were only a small number of Fu Zhu left in the Yellow Turban Army, and there were more than [-] Eagle Wolf Guards, and the number of civil servants and officials in charge was extremely rare.

No matter who it is, even Yan Zhong, I am afraid there is no way to stop this situation well and find the epidemic in time.

Although there were signs of the epidemic outbreak, the Yellow Turban Army's control over the crowd was extremely limited. Fortunately, when Zhao Ji finally found out, the epidemic did not spread too far, and the infected people happened to be in the camps on the north and south banks. This can be regarded as luck among misfortunes.

The source of the outbreak of the disease is probably at the rear of the migration team.

If you think about it carefully, you will find a problem. It’s too coincidental. It’s too coincidental. If the source of the epidemic is the people of the original four states, it shouldn’t be. Without infection, not many people get sick, and the incubation period of this disease is not that long.

When entering Qinghe County, although the Yellow Turban Army encountered many dead people on the way because of the looting of Wuhuan Buqi, but if it was infected at that time, the epidemic should have occurred when Xindu was in charge. will explode.

But it happened that when Xu An led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and the main force of the Jizhou Han Army led by Lu Zhi, and the other two armies were also fighting, the epidemic broke out among the people of the four states.

People are not allowed to speculate and doubt with the worst malice, whether someone deliberately did this, in order to move the people who want to be infected by the epidemic to Bingzhou...

(End of this chapter)