The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 381 The Great Epidemic
Everyone... as we all know, Mieba Lu Bu's character is just like that, this is a tacit matter among the princes.

In terms of background, he was a small official here, not even from a poor family.

In terms of seniority, attacking and killing the old master Ding Yuan, and being Dong Zhuo's adopted son, both are stains that he will never wash away in his eternal life.

In terms of battle results, when he teamed up with Hu Zhen, he was defeated by Sun Jian's vanguard.

Therefore, the current Kwantung Allied Forces are only in the same camp as Lu Buxiang because of Yuan Shu's face.And Yuan Shu only valued the Bingzhou Frontier Army under Lu Bu's command, and only treated him with kindness.

In short, everyone understands in their hearts... this Lu Bu is inferior.

In a situation where everyone despises him, Lu Bu can survive because of the nearly [-] Bingzhou elites under his command. These are the capital for him to live and work.

Lu Bu was not stupid, of course he knew this, so he treated his soldiers kindly.

When he knew that his soldiers were being bullied, Lu Bu wanted to go out of the camp to find Gongsun Zan on the spot.Even if you can't get any cheap, you always have to make a gesture of making decisions for your subordinates.

After all, with several foster fathers, Lu Bu can still do the little trick of winning people's hearts.

But who would have thought that before he started to act, Gongsun Zan had already approached him, and he spoke so fiercely that he almost pointed his nose and scolded his mother.

Faced with Gongsun Zan's way of making a complaint first, how could Lu Bu not be angry, and immediately responded: "Gongsun Bogui, don't bark like a dog on this day! Your soldiers injured dozens of brothers and feet, and now you dare to come to the camp to shout , Are you bullying that the sword in your hand is not good!"

Although Lu Bu was angry, he still didn't lose his mind. He just opened his mouth to fight back a few words, and didn't really want to fight.

Although Gongsun Zan temporarily succumbed to Liu Bei's command, he was a prince after all and had great autonomy.But he was different, he was now under Yuan Shu's command, and without an order, Lu Bu naturally didn't dare to do anything.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Lu Bu's stern look, Gongsun Zan couldn't help laughing up to the sky.

After laughing, Gongsun Zan suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, and shouted, "Your sword is sharp, how about letting someone see it?"

Damn it, Gongsun Zan looks like he's going to play for real!

Lu Bu was very anxious, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't give in, otherwise he would mess around in the future.At that moment, he had no choice but to draw out his saber and point it at Gongsun Zan.

"Gongsun Bogui, you are not an opponent, so don't let your death be done in vain!" Lu Bu said loudly, "We are all members of the coalition right now. How dare you use weapons without the order of League Leader Yuan!"

Lu Bu is very brave, everyone knows this.

Lu Bu is very cowardly, and everyone knows it.

The so-called cowardice refers to people like him.

"Joke, to deal with a villain like you, you still need to wait for Yuan Gonggong's order?" Gongsun Zan ignored him and sneered loudly, "You, Lu Fengxian, are also a seven-foot man, and you open your mouth and keep your mouth shut, so Yuan Gonggong is your father! "

This sentence can be said to have insulted Lu to the extreme. Of course, it may have expressed Lu Bu's heartfelt feelings. In short, Lu Bu was so angry that he yelled.

But Lu Bu was shocked to find that after Gongsun Zan finished speaking, he still refused to give up, and actually led his army towards him.

Fuck, this grandson is playing for real!
Although Lu Bu was cowardly, he didn't wait to be beaten, so he had no choice but to fight immediately.Fortunately, Gongsun Zan and his subordinates only had a few hundred people, and none of them carried bows and crossbows.

In the dark night, the two parties rushed together and had a small-scale scuffle.

At the same time, a similar situation is happening elsewhere.

In the coalition camp of the princes in Yanzhou, Liu Dai watched Zhang Yan lead the army to kill his own troops.Before he could react and stepped forward to ask a question, Zhang Yan had already beaten him head and face.

Of course, the injury was not serious, Zhang Yan chose to beat Liu Dai with his bare hands very restrainedly.

Don't ask, if you ask, it means that you, an old thing, are not pleasing to the eye!
Liu Dai and his subordinates were severely beaten, and when Qiao Mao noticed something unusual and led the army to arrive, Zhang Yan had already finished work and was stopped by Qiao Mao's subordinates.

The reason why a farce is called a farce is because there is a degree.The upper limit is that the princes cannot be disabled or died, and the lower limit is that the movement must be so loud that people cannot take it seriously.

Anyway, the result was that Liu Dai was beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Of course, he didn't want to suffer such a severe beating for nothing, but at this moment Zhang Yan had finished the murder and walked away.

In desperation, Liu Dai had no choice but to cover his bleeding mouth and nose, and came to Liu Bei's camp, wanting to ask for an explanation.

Faced with such a tragic situation of Governor Liu, the righteous Duke Xuande expressed great sympathy, and even personally prescribed medicine for Liu Dai to express his regret.But after Liu Dai proposed to punish Zhang Yan, Duke Xuande immediately shook his head and sighed.

Brother Liu, it's just Xuzhou Mu, how can he have the right to order others to make peace with Zhonglang Jiang!
Besides, brother Liu's grievances with Zhang Yan have nothing to do with me, Liu Xuande.

Liu Dai immediately looked confused, not understanding why Liu Bei was pretending to be stupid, but when he thought of his own performance since the alliance, he suddenly seemed to understand something, so he turned and left in silence.

The same situation also happened to Lu Bu.

It's just that the person who persuaded the fight this time became Chang Shan Zhao Zilong.

Although Lu Bu was brave, facing Gongsun Zan who came prepared, he still suffered a big loss.But after a long time, when Lu Bu reacted and gradually moved back to the disadvantaged, Zhao Yun made his debut and pulled a perfect sideways fight.

Seeing that the time was right, Guo Jia ordered Zhao Yun to lead his own soldiers to persuade them to fight.

Two against one, Lu Bu completely lost his temper and had to stop.

In the end, the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shu, arrived in person, looked at the embarrassed Lu Bu, and then at the sneering Gongsun Zan. He had no choice but to dismiss the matter as a misunderstanding and ordered the two sides to stop fighting and make peace.

So far, the two farces have come to an end.

But... no one thought that this was just the beginning.

In the next ten days, this kind of small-scale conflict continued to be staged, and finally affected every prince and every general.But the root cause is a misunderstanding caused by some innocuous little things, but they all coincidentally developed into a conflict.

Although Guo Jia's move was not clever, it was very effective, and the coalition forces were annoyed by him.In just ten days, there were already signs of the army's morale fluctuating.

If this strategy is put into later generations, it has another name, which is to lower psychological expectations.

Originally, when the army was stationed in Luoyang, they were waiting for Lin Chao to bring him a reward, to ask for an official title for everyone.But now that the cake has not been eaten, the hearts of the soldiers have become impetuous, and morale has gradually declined.

Although the princes are still gritting their teeth to support them, they already have a little bit of retreat in their hearts, especially the two princes headed by Yuan Shao and Liu Dai.They didn't do much to challenge Dong this time, and even if they were rewarded for their merits, they wouldn't get much benefit. Instead, they all had their own little thoughts in their hearts, and they all wanted to go back and manage their own territory.

The instigator, Guo Jia, watched the state of mind of the princes coldly, and sneered in his heart.

According to the current situation, when Lin Zichu returns to Luoyang with the emperor's edict, the princes will surely be able to retreat smoothly.

But when everything was going smoothly, a sudden accident disrupted everything Guo Jia had arranged, and at the same time disrupted all the plans of the princes.

At the beginning of October, a soldier under Mu Hanfu of Jizhou was seriously ill, but he died within a few days.

The death of an ordinary soldier cannot cause waves among hundreds of thousands of coalition troops.

But the crux of the problem is not this, but within a few days after the death of this soldier, the soldiers who had contact with him before his death were all infected with the same strange disease as him, and even the symptoms were exactly the same.

The sick person often had a high fever, coughing and wheezing, and bloody plaques on the body, but within a short period of three or two days, he died of breathlessness.

Then something terrible happened.

In just ten days, hundreds of people in Han Fu's army died, and thousands of people were infected with this strange disease.

Facing this terrifying strange disease like a catastrophe from heaven, Han Fu's first reaction after knowing it was to send a doctor to the army to visit him, and finally came to a desperate conclusion.

The strange disease these soldiers contracted was typhoid fever!
Typhoid fever is the general term for epidemic diseases in this era. Although there are different symptoms, there is only one name.

After hearing these two words, Han Fu was so frightened that his whole body turned cold.

As a veteran in the officialdom, how could he not know how terrible typhoid fever is.Since Emperor Ling came to the throne, there have been five large-scale outbreaks of typhoid fever in the world, and tens of millions of people died!
In the face of this almost unsolvable disease, no matter how skilled you are, there is nothing you can do.

So Han Fu hurriedly summoned the soldiers who contracted typhoid fever, and at the same time sent someone to inform all the Kwantung princes.

After learning the news, the entire Kwantung Allied Forces boiled instantly.While everyone was terrified, they also began to investigate their own army to see if any soldiers were infected with the disease.

However, it is too late.

The outbreak of the epidemic has never been an isolated case. As early as the first soldier in Han Fu's army was infected with typhoid fever, some people under the command of other princes were also infected with the disease.

This investigation revealed the problem.

Among all the Kwantung coalition forces, except for Liu Bei's Xuzhou army and Liu Dai's Yanzhou army, some of the other princes' armies were infected with typhoid fever.

Faced with such a result, the princes turned from boiling to panic.

In this era of underdeveloped medical treatment, people don't understand the nature of typhoid fever, but they know that it can kill people in an instant.Regardless of whether you are an emperor, a general, or a trafficker, you are all treated equally in the face of the plague.

However, the most frightening thing was the unsolvable typhoid fever, which the princes couldn't deal with at all.

Even with the power to control the world, there is no cure for typhoid fever.The terrifying cloud brought by the epidemic floats over the heads of every prince. Its name is death...

Even if there is no solution, the soldiers who have been infected with typhoid fever have to be dealt with.

As the place where the epidemic first broke out, Han Fu, who has always been indecisive, responded extremely decisively this time.

He gathered the soldiers who were infected with the disease and suspected of being infected with the disease, and then ordered thousands of people to be shot dead, in order to completely eliminate the infection of the disease from the source.

In the face of powerful princes, Han Fu is obedient.

Facing the obedient soldiers under his command, he struck out with heavy blows.

Thousands of soldiers turned into thousands of corpses overnight.Their wailing before they died could not soften Han Fu's heart, nor could their dead bodies lying on the ground make Han Fu cry.

At this moment, Han Fu is still thankful that he responded in a timely manner, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Unexpectedly, after the death of these thousands of soldiers, instead of stopping the spread of the disease, it spread faster and more ferociously.

Just two days later, hundreds of people in the army were infected with the disease.

Now, Han Fu was completely helpless.

The response methods of other princes are also similar to Han Fu, including Sun Jian who loves soldiers like his son.

In their vision, typhoid fever was irreversible, and it was only a matter of time before the infected died.That being the case, it is better to end their suffering early, and avoid infecting others.

Although this approach is somewhat utilitarian, it is indeed the best way to deal with it.

However, the princes were ignorant of medicine after all, and they did not understand the nature of typhoid fever. Even though they killed their own brothers and feet, they failed to curb the spread of the disease.Even the failure to dispose of the corpses in time led to a more complete outbreak of the disease.

Facing the sudden outbreak of the epidemic, even Liu Bei, who has no soldiers in the army infected so far, still has a headache.He hurriedly summoned everyone, trying to find a way to deal with it.

But all the top civil servants and military generals in the world have nothing to do at this time.

They are very good at war, politics, strategy, national economy and people's livelihood, but they are all sad and helpless when facing this epidemic.

In the silence, Liu Bei looked at the crowd and said, "The epidemic is rampant in the army right now. If there is no way to deal with it, there may be heavy casualties. Why should you teach me?"

The court was still silent, and even Zhang Fei, who usually loves to shout most, was dumbfounded.

There is still the possibility of casualties in war, and you can protect yourself even if you retreat.

Even the most valiant army, once the death rate reaches more than [-]%, will be defeated and flee, because it is common sense for people to be greedy for life and afraid of death.

But the epidemic is different. Once this thing is infected, if it is not handled properly, the entire army is very likely to be wiped out.

Liu Bei was anxious, and it was obvious that everyone was frowning, and he couldn't bear to criticize him, so he continued to ask, "Yuan Hao, how is the epidemic situation in the coalition army now?"

This question is much easier to answer. Tian Feng heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, all the departments in the army are suffering from epidemic diseases. The soldiers under Han Wenjie's command are the most sick, and [-] soldiers have contracted typhoid fever. In addition, Yuan Benchu's various departments also have Hundreds of people have been infected, and thousands of soldiers under Yuan Gongtong's command have been sick."

Speaking of this, Tian Feng paused, and then continued to speak: "The news came yesterday that Liu Gongshan's troops also had soldiers infected with typhoid fever, and it will spread soon."

"What, even Liu Gongshan's soldiers got sick!" Liu Bei said in shock.

Among the 20 allied forces, only Liu Bei and Liu Dai did not suffer from the disease.Although I don't know why, now Liu Dai's subordinates also have epidemic diseases, which means that epidemic diseases will appear in his subordinates in the near future, so Liu Bei is not surprised.

Tian Feng's complexion was not good, and he obviously realized this, nodded and said: "Yes, there are only a few people infected with typhoid fever in Liu Gongshan's department."

Liu Bei frowned, and just when he was about to say something, he saw Dian Wei walking in from outside the tent, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the supervisor is back."

Hearing this, everyone looked sideways at him.

That guy Lin Zichu actually came back at this time.

But Liu Bei suddenly stood up, and hurriedly shouted: "Jun Ming, immediately send someone to stop Zichu, and let him stop ten miles outside the camp, and don't enter the camp!"

Hearing this, Dian Wei was a little confused, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"My lord...why is this?"

Lin Chao rushed all the way to Chang'an to obtain rewards for the princes, which is considered a great effort, but when he comes back, he is not only not welcome, how can he be turned away?

Seeing Dianwei's puzzled expression, Liu Bei quickly explained: "Jun Ming, there is a major epidemic in the army right now. Zichu has been weak since he was a child. If he contracted typhoid fever, he might die. Someone asked him to wait outside the camp. It's to protect him! Hurry up!"

"Oh, the general will obey!"

Dian Wei suddenly realized, and hurried out with fists clasped, leading people to stop Lin Chao.

　New year and new atmosphere, I wish everyone in the Year of the Tiger the tigers and tigers to be mighty, the tigers to be windy, the tigers to roar and the dragons to soar, and the tigers to bear their backs...

　　
　
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