Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Faced with the shells bombarded from Xudu City Tower, Sima Yi had no choice but to order a retreat.

After escaping out of the range of the artillery, he looked back, feeling terrified.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Yang Xiu asked worriedly.

Sima Yi waved his hand and said, "I still underestimated Chen Yang's power. Dezu, you are right. Maybe there is no need to worry about attacking Xudu. Let's surround Xudu first. I will consume Chen Yang to death."

Xudu is just an empty city, lacking everything in it, especially food.

As long as he waited patiently, when Xudu was short of food, it was the time for him to break through Xudu.

Sima Yi was full of enthusiasm, so he was shattered by the artillery fire.

At the same time, Xu Ducheng went upstairs.

Cao Ren said: "Zian, we have used up all our firearms and shotgun shells. Now we only have solid iron bullets, but they won't last long."

Chen Yang said: "In the next few days, Sima Yi will not come to attack the city again, let's go back first."

"Why won't he come again?"

Lu Xun asked puzzledly.

"Today's defeat, Sima Yi understands that Xu Du can't rush to attack. He must want to consume us now and take Xu Du without bloodshed."

Chen Yang explained casually for a while, and then went down to the city to go home. They nodded suspiciously.

In the next two days, Sima Yi really didn't come to attack the city again, and Chen Yang guessed right again.

Rumble!

A burst of thunder sounded from the sky, followed by heavy rain, watering the earth.

Chen Yang didn't expect that it would suddenly rain. Under such a harsh environment, it was even more impossible for Sima Yi outside the city to attack the city, and he could survive another day. He ordered the soldiers to withdraw in turn to rest.

There is not much time left for them, and Sima Yi will not act in a hurry, and there is no need for the whole army to defend the tower every day.

"General, it's not good!"

Zhao Yun ran to Chen Yang's house in the heavy rain, and said eagerly, "Our granary has collapsed!"

"what!"

Chen Yang jumped up straight away. The collapse of the granary meant there was no food.

He hurriedly followed Zhao Yun out, not even having time to put on the coir raincoat, and the two rushed to the granary in the heavy rain.

The rain was still falling, and the raindrops as big as soybeans kept patting Chen Yang's cheeks, which still hurt slightly.

What they saw was a pile of ruins. Before the rain, it was a granary. Because it was in disrepair for a long time, it was washed away by the rain and collapsed directly. The grain inside was also washed away by the rain. Most of it was scattered in the river along the drain, and a small part still remain on the ground.

Dozens of soldiers picked up tools to salvage the grain left on the ground.

Food that has been soaked in water is useless unless it is dried in the sun or cooked immediately.

"General, we are out of food now."

Lu Meng's voice trembled slightly. They could imagine what would happen to the 4000-strong army if they ran out of food.

The others also fell silent quickly.

Chen Yang wiped the rainwater off his face and asked, "How much food can be salvaged?"

Lu Xun said, "It should be enough for us to eat for a day."

Just one day!

Chen Yang's head was getting bigger, he thought for a while, and said, "Immediately search in every household in the city to see if there is any food left."

Zhang Liao quickly went to work, until that night, he couldn't find anything, even Prime Minister Cao's mansion, and the palace went in to search again, all the food that could be eaten was taken away, and nothing was left behind.

In the evening, the rain in the sky gradually decreased, leaving only a drizzle.

Chen Yang rubbed his temples for a while, and such a sudden change gave him a headache that he couldn't do anything about.

"Let's cook the salvaged grain first."

In the end, Chen Yang said helplessly that if he didn't cook it, it would be spoiled, let alone something to eat.

After the food was cooked, Chen Yang could get a small bowl. He took two bites and handed it to Ya Ruo, saying, "I have no appetite."

Chen Yang really couldn't eat it, nor was he in the mood to eat it.

Because Ya Ruo was not their soldier, the food he could get was even less.

She looked at the things Chen Yang handed over, dazed in a daze, bit her lips lightly, wanted to say something, but stopped talking.

When Chen Yang returned home, he fell asleep with his head covered, but he couldn't fall asleep. He kept thinking of ways to resolve this crisis, and unconsciously his stomach began to thump.

If Chen Yang was alone, with no food and water to support him, but the army could not drink water, he would have no strength to fight.

When he got up the next day, Chen Yang arranged for a few soldiers with good water skills to try fishing in the river in Xudu. Because the river was so fast after the heavy rain, they couldn't catch anything and returned without success.

It was still raining in the sky, the weather was dark and depressing, just like their current mood.

In such an environment, people are also more likely to be irritable.

What's more, many people started to go hungry and could only drink water to fill their stomachs, and they also started digging wild vegetables in the city.

this afternoon.

"General, more than a dozen of our soldiers are sick."

Zhao Yun ran over again and said.

"There are still doctors left in the army. Go to the medical school to get medicine and let them take it."

Chen Yang remembered that in the medical school, there were still many medicinal materials that had not been taken away.

Zhao Yun said nervously, "That's not an ordinary disease, it's like a plague."

"plague!"

Chen Yang stood up abruptly, feeling uncomfortable as his mind exploded, and hurriedly said, "Take me to see it quickly."

At this time, if the plague still occurs, it will basically push them to the brink of despair. Even if Sima Yi does not attack, they will be wiped out by the plague group.

On the east side of Xudu, the house here was originally a folk house, but now it is occupied by them, and all the sick people are locked inside. There are soldiers guarding outside, but they dare not approach the house.

Chen Yang used a strip of cloth to make a simple mask, and ordered people to open the door, but they didn't dare to go in, they just took a look from a distance.

The dozen or so soldiers were pale, coughing constantly, and their necks were swollen, looking terrifying. They looked like the plague, or even the plague.

One of the characteristics of Chen Yangli's plague was pneumonia and swollen lymph nodes.

"Besides them, has anyone else had contact with them?"

Chen Yang turned his head and asked, seeing this, his heart was completely chilled, the situation was more serious than he thought.

The antibodies of ancient people are definitely worse than those of modern people. If they get infected with the plague, they will die easily.

The food problem has not been solved yet, and the plague is raging again in the city. Chen Yang is thinking, is the sky going to destroy him?

"It's all in another room."

Zhang Liao led the way and came to the other side, where there were also more than ten rooms, and many soldiers were imprisoned inside.

This is also the isolation method they used. Generally speaking, the ancient plague can only eliminate the virus through isolation, and there is no other way.