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Chapter 38 Backlash
Ji Ling sat in the middle of the army, listening to Yang Hong's report, his face extremely ugly.

"Commander, tell me the truth. What you told me about that day was poisoning. How did you poison me?"

Yang Hong's face looked a little ugly,

In order to implement the plan, he told Ji Ling that he would poison the water sources in the city.

causing a large number of deaths in the city,

Now that the city gate is closed, all the corpses in the city cannot be buried.

They must be piled up in the city, and the weather is sultry.

Within a few days, a plague will most likely break out in the city.

At that time, they only need to guard the city gate to prevent the spread of the plague.
When everyone in Huaiyin City is dead, burn the city with fire to eliminate future troubles.

Although Ji Ling thought this plan was vicious, Yang Hong was right.

Yuan Shu has ordered the massacre of the city. They are all going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter how they massacre the city.

But now it seems that the plague has also broken out in our own army.
Yang Hong is responsible for this matter, and he is the only one who knows it best.

"General, the matter is now over, Yang Hong doesn't need to hide anything from you anymore."

"Just poisoning the city does not guarantee the outbreak of the plague. The only reliable way is for us to create the plague and then release it into the city."

"Creating a plague?" Ji Ling became even more confused when he heard Yang Hong say these four words without emotion.

"How did you create the plague? Why is this plague so terrible?"

Yang Hong sneered, "How else can you create it? If you want the plague to kill people quickly, of course you need to use human corpses as the source of infection."

"Human corpse?" Ji Ling suddenly became furious, grabbed Yang Hong's collar, and lifted Yang Hong up. "Yang Hong, how dare you treat your brothers who died on the front line like this?"

"Haha, they are just dead people. It is their honor to be able to contribute to the general after death."

Yang Hong was not afraid at all and looked directly into Ji Ling's eyes.

"The general has also seen that the city of Huaiyin is stinking of corpses, and the entire west side of the city is in chaos. Although Liu Xuan has taken action, how can he, Liu Xuan, eliminate the plague alone?"

"I just didn't expect that the plague would actually spread to the army. The general should make a decision early,"

Yang Hong said coldly, the plague has broken out, and he doesn't want to bear the infamy alone.
As the military commander, Ji Ling has the responsibility to know,
Moreover, the subsequent processing must be carried out under Ji Ling's order.

Ji Ling threw Yang Hong to the ground and sighed deeply.

Yang Hong is right. No matter how Yang Hong caused this disaster in private,
As the coach, he cannot escape the blame, and the plague has broken out in the army.

Even if you kill Yang Hong at this time, it will not help.

"You created this plague. What should we do with the patients in the army?"

Ji Ling helplessly asked Yang Hong for advice again. He was a warrior and was really not good at these things.

"kill!"

Yang Hong uttered one word coldly:

"This kind of weather, this kind of plague, once infected, it's death."

"If you want more people to survive, the only way is to kill. Kill every infected person, kill every infected battalion."

"Gulu~" Ji Ling's throat was a little dry and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
At this moment, he felt that he, a general who had killed thousands of people on the battlefield,
His heart was not as ruthless as that of Yang Hong, a weak counselor.

"They are all my lords and brothers? Is there no other way?"

Yang Hong shook his head,
"For now, there is no better way. The army is on an expedition and there are only so many military doctors accompanying the army. It is impossible to save them even if they want to,"

"General, every day you delay making a decision, you are pushing more brothers into the plague."

"But...how many brothers will die?" Ji Ling's voice was already trembling.
He is the commander-in-chief of an army. If he is asked to attack his brothers who are sharing the same hardships on the battlefield, he cannot make this decision.

Yang Hong straightened his clothes and spoke in a cold tone.

"I don't want to do this, but when it happened, there is no room for regret." "Huaiyin City is hopeless. We have completed the mission assigned by His Majesty. As for the dead brothers," Yang Hong paused and snorted coldly. He said, "One general's achievements lead to the destruction of thousands of bones. With His Majesty's character, he will not blame us."

"On the contrary, if the general is indecisive, if the plague breaks out again, if there is a mutiny in the army and the incident reaches Shouchun, we will both be killed."

Ji Ling fell to the ground, his eyes dull. After a long time, he finally said with difficulty,
"Forget it, Yang Hong, go ahead and do it."

"General, if we want to handle this matter, we must mobilize the general's personal guard battalion to suppress it. We also ask the general to send military symbols."

Yang Hong didn't dare to do it alone if he wanted to attack one of his own. Ji Ling had to be dragged into the matter.

Although Ji Ling knew Yang Hong's intention, he still asked his men to follow Yang Hong with the military talisman.

Yang Hong is right. There is no better way at present. If we delay for a moment, more people will be buried with him.

The tents of the wounded soldiers were placed in a mountain col, far away from the main army.

There are mountains on both sides here, and it is not as hot as the front line.

At this time, all the sick soldiers were placed here,
Behind Yang Hong, hundreds of soldiers covered their faces with thick cotton cloth, covering their mouths and noses.
They are Ji Ling's personal guards and will execute any orders given to Ji Ling.
"Brothers, this is the general's order. The general can't bear to do it, so you can do it for him."

"Remember, you are not killing people, but saving more brothers."

Hundreds of soldiers did not respond to Yang Hong, but silently took steps forward.

. . .

Within a quarter of an hour, there was no movement in the injury camp.
Hundreds of soldiers came out of the camp and took off all the bloody clothes they were wearing.
The soldiers poured kerosene around the tents, which were piled with wood and dead leaves.

Then the tent was set alight.

"The wounded soldiers were greedy and gathered a crowd to mutiny in order to obtain military rations. They set fire to their camps. Now they have all been killed."

Yang Hong returned to the army and reported the news to Ji Ling.

However, the plague in the army cannot be eliminated so easily.

In the following days, Ji Ling would hear similar reports every day.

Until that day when Yang Hong walked in with a happy face,

"General, the plague in the army has finally been eliminated."

"How many brothers have we lost?" Ji Ling asked,
Yang Hong did not answer directly, but just said,

"There are still more than thirteen thousand men in the army who can fight."

Ji Ling's eyes turned red when he heard this number.
When we set out for the expedition, we had an army of 6000, but after several days of siege, we only lost [-] to [-] people.

Nearly half of the remaining 2 people died in the plague.

"Oh, are there anyone left who can fight?" Ji Ling shook his head,

Half of the people disappeared after getting sick. How could such a thing be hidden? The reason why there was no mutiny was
It's just that all the survivors recognized Yang Hong's approach.

People infected with the plague were abandoned by everyone.

But does such an army still have men to fight?

"Hui Shouchun, this battle is lost."

Ji Ling no longer had the ambition he had when he came.

"General, no matter what, we have completed the mission assigned by His Majesty, haven't we?"

Ji Ling glanced at Yang Hong indifferently. He regretted it at this time.

He brought a military advisor who was both stupid and ruthless.

"Yang Hong, go and see for yourself. Huaiyin has returned to normal. We are completely defeated."

(End of this chapter)