Fenghou

Chapter 237 Accident
[I don’t know what’s going on with this chapter, but it wasn’t published in the morning, maybe it’s because the title of the chapter wasn’t chosen well, and an accident happened. 】

Lao Gao made a mistake, sorry everyone!
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Wanyan Salihe led the generals to the team, there were dozens of Jurchen soldiers lying alone on the grass, many people watched them worriedly from a distance, and a Jurchen military doctor was examining them.

Wanyan Sali didn't dare to approach him, so he beckoned the military doctor to come forward.

"What's the matter with them?"

"Reporting to the Marshal, they all have the same symptoms, high fever, body pain, runny nose and cough, and red and swollen eyes."

Wanyan Sali was taken aback, and asked nervously, "Is this an epidemic?"

"I'm not sure at the moment. They haven't had vomiting or diarrhea yet. At least they don't look like a plague, but they are contagious. They are all soldiers in the same account. At first, there was only one person, but now everyone is infected."

"Does this disease affect combat?"

The military doctor nodded, "They are sore and weak, and they can't even hold weapons in their arms, which will definitely affect the combat."

Wanyan Sali looked back at the crowd, lowered his voice and asked, "How serious is this disease? I mean, will soldiers die if they get infected?"

"Yes! There are already several of them who can't do it anymore. If their physique is a little weaker, they are all more dangerous!"

"Will that be contagious?"

The military doctor nodded and looked at the dozens of people on the grass in the distance, "In just one day, a tent of soldiers has fallen."

Wanyan Chishulie stepped forward and said: "Marshal, it is a dangerous sign for soldiers to get sick, we must retreat immediately."

Wanyan Sali was really helpless, he still wanted to try to attack Xianrenguan, but now that the army was sick, he had no choice but to order to evacuate eastward.

The [-] Jurchens turned around and evacuated eastward, speeding up
On the second day after Jin Bing withdrew, Chen Qing led the army to appear in the abandoned temporary camp of Jin Bing. The soldiers dug up more than a dozen Jurchen corpses.

The military doctor stepped forward and said to Chen Qing: "Basically, I can be sure that these golden soldiers all died of the same disease."

"Is it the plague?" Chen Qing asked.

"It's not like the plague, it looks a bit like dying from a fever."

Chen Qing knew that there were no antibiotics in this era, and an epidemic would cause widespread death, not necessarily dysentery or cholera, for example, viral influenza was actually the same.

He immediately ordered, "Burn the body on fire, dig a pit and bury it deep!"

Yang Zaixing stepped forward and asked, "Control, should we pursue?"

Chen Qing was a little hesitant, he was worried that his army would also be infected with this flu.

The military doctor said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to worry about the control. Every spring, we will make a large amount of soup and medicine for the soldiers to prevent this kind of fever. There should be a lot of medicinal materials in Wu Dutong, such as honeysuckle, banlangen, etc. You can go and get some for the humble !"

When Chen Qing heard the names of these medicines, he couldn't help laughing knowingly. He nodded and said, "I'll write a letter, and you hand it to Wu Dutong for me!"

Chen Qing immediately wrote a letter and handed it to the military doctor to take to Wu Jie. He then sent someone to Xianrenguan to inform Liu Qiong to lead the army to meet him at Raofengguan. He then led [-] soldiers to continue to chase eastward. .

At this time, Liu Ziyu had already come out from Jinniu Road, together with Li Yuan, the special envoy of the imperial envoy, Liu Ziyu arranged for Li Yuan to go to Chengdu for a temporary refuge.

Considering that Xixian County is strong and difficult to attack, Liu Ziyu brought Li Yuan to Xixian County.

In the lobby, Wu Jie was discussing the military situation with Liu Ziyu. Li Yuan asked very worriedly: "If the situation continues like this, will Hanzhong fall completely and endanger Bashu?"

Wu Jie smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the situation has turned around, and we will be able to regain Hanzhong soon."

Liu Ziyu's eyes lit up, "Is Chen Qing here?"

Wu Jie nodded, "I arrived three days ago."

Li Yuan asked cautiously: "Before I set off, the officials also asked me to pay attention to Chen Qing. Mr. Qin hates him, but the other Mr. Xiang admires him very much. Could it be that he really has such a great effect? To reverse the situation in Hanzhong?"

Wu Jie said indifferently: "The biggest weakness of Jin Bing is the logistics supply. This is the credit of Liu Zhifu, causing Jin Bing to rely on the supplies from Jinzhou. Not many people can see this, and Chen Qing also sees it. Arrived, so the night before yesterday, he destroyed Jin Bing's logistics supply team in one fell swoop, burned hundreds of warships, and wiped out five thousand Jurchens. This battle basically reversed the situation in Hanzhong, and the main force of Jin Bing had to withdraw gone."

At this time, the soldiers reported in the hall, "Report to Dutong, and Chen Tongzhi sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that there is something important!"

"Bring him in!"

Not long after, a man in his thirties walked quickly into the lobby and bowed to salute, "This is Gu Tingfang, a military doctor in Qinzhou, here to deliver a letter under the order of Chen Tongzhi!"

After speaking, he took out a letter and presented it, and a soldier took the letter and handed it to Wu Jie.

Wu Jie opened the letter and read it again, then gave the letter to Li Yuan.

Wu Jie asked with both surprise and joy: "Is the news accurate about the outbreak of an epidemic in Jin Bing's army?"

"Reporting to Dutong, it should not be an epidemic, but it is also a fatal infectious disease. The infected person will often have high fever, pain all over the body, and severe cough, especially if the body temperature is too high, it will be fatal. We have excavated more than a dozen dead people. The body of a Jurchen soldier."

After reading the letter, Liu Ziyu also smiled and said: "Jin Bing can be said to have a leaky house, continuous night rain, lack of food, and an infectious disease. He probably won't attack Immortal Pass again. I agree with Chen Tongzhi's judgment. Jin Bing wants to keep Jinzhou. But we can't give them that chance."

Li Yuan pondered for a while and said: "The most urgent thing is not to let the disease pass to Song Jun!"

Gu Tingfang hurriedly said: "Chen Tongzhi also meant the same thing, so he sent a humble official to Xi County to ask for medical support!"

Wu Jie immediately ordered his soldiers: "Take Doctor Gu to the warehouse. Just take any medicine you need. Our whole army will also prepare medicine for prevention!"

Gu Tingfang saluted and left, Liu Ziyu and Li Yuan both looked at Wu Jie to see his next action plan.

Wu Jie pondered for a long time and said: "I think with Raofengguan as the boundary, if the Jin soldiers withdraw from Raofengguan, it will be a real retreat. We can return to Nanzheng and rearrange the defense of Raofengguan."

"Will Wu Dutong send troops to support Chen Qing?" Li Yuan asked puzzled.

Wu Jie smiled slightly, "His army is all cavalry, which is faster. My army will drag him down in the past, but if he captures Raofengguan, I can take over the defense and solve his worries."

Chen Qing's cavalry followed Jin Bing all the way, and kept seeing the bodies of the dead buried by Jin Bing. In just three days, more than [-] people died of illness.

But this kind of viral flu is not a plague after all. Strong soldiers can resist it even if they are infected. It is often the wounded or weak who cannot resist it. Most of the wounded soldiers died of illness these days.

But even so, this kind of death also brought great pressure to the main general Wanyan Salihe. More and more soldiers were infected, and it has exceeded [-]%. No one knows who will die next?
The morale of the Jin soldiers was low, and the entire army remained silent. Everyone bowed their heads and hurried on. Almost everyone wanted to fly away from this ominous place in Hanzhong.

This morning, the army finally arrived at Raofeng Pass. Raofeng Pass was still controlled by a thousand gold soldiers. Although there was a secret road to the canyon to pass through Raofeng Ridge, the secret road could not pass through the baggage, not even the horses. It can play the role of seizing Rao Fengguan.

Therefore, Raofeng Pass is still an extremely important pass, and it is impossible for Jin Bing to abandon it after entering Hanzhong.

The [-] Jurchen army marched through the Raofeng Pass, just a few miles away in a mountain depression, Chen Qing watched the Jin soldiers pass the pass from afar.

Of course he also wants to intercept the Jin soldiers in Xingyuan Mansion, but this is unrealistic. There are the main forces of the Jin soldiers on both sides of Raofengguan. If he occupies Raofengguan too early, he will only suffer from the enemy, and the whole army may be wiped out. .

If any pass wants to control it, the premise is that there can only be enemy troops on one side, and there must be no enemy troops on the front and back.

Chen Qing could only attack Raofengguan after the main force of the Jin soldiers had withdrawn from Raofengguan.

That night, all [-] golden soldiers left Raofeng Pass, and there were still only [-] golden soldiers left on Raofeng Pass, but [-] golden soldiers were stationed below the east pass, and [-] soldiers were stationed in Jinzhou. Obviously, Wanyan Sali was unwilling to withdraw from Hanzhong like this, he wanted to control Jinzhou and Raofengguan so that he would have a chance to make a comeback.

　Taking the Han waterway and passing through Raofengling to attack Hanzhong was a failure of Wanyan Saliju in Shaoxing three years ago. He got nothing and retreated with heavy casualties. As a result, he regained control of the West Route Army.

　　These chapters of Lao Gao include the betrayal of the Song army, leading the Jin soldiers to go to Chanxi to capture Raofeng Pass, Liu Ziyu burning the city, Wu Jie retreating to Jinniu Road, etc., so that later the Jin soldiers ran out of food, and the army appeared again When the epidemic broke out, Jin Bing had to evacuate and was hunted down by Wu Jie.

　　These are all real events, except that Chen Qing's rescue from thousands of miles is an added story in this book.

　　Lao Gao asked for a monthly pass and a reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)