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This bombardment lasted for half an hour before it ended, mainly because there was nothing left to throw into the city.

Liu Bei's army retreated, and the defenders in the city breathed a sigh of relief, and began to sweep up the corpses and feces under Cao Ren's orders.

In the hot weather, some corpses were exposed to the sun for half an hour, emitting a strong stench that was difficult for people to approach. After suffering these Cao soldiers, they covered their noses and carried the corpse and threw it down the city wall, stained the corpse's hands, and didn't bother to wash it, so when it was time to eat, they grabbed a naan cake and sent it to their mouths.

Of course, in Liu Beijun's barracks outside the city, if anyone dares not wash his hands before eating and are inspected by the law enforcement soldiers standing in front of the big rice bucket, then you will not only be unable to eat, but will also be dragged to beat the military sticks and starve for two more days.

Liu Chan held the wooden plate in both hands, which was to give Zhang Kai's dinner.

Next door to Liu Bei's military camp, a new military camp was isolated, which was not large and could accommodate about a thousand people.

The guards were tight, and there were sixteen soldiers standing at the door, fierce and vicious, and they looked like idlers.

Liu Chan came and naturally didn't stop the check, Zhang Kai stood outside to boil medicine, Liu Chan walked over and put the wooden plate on the board covered with medicinal materials, Zhang Kai turned his head and reminded: "Senior brother, be careful, don't mess up, it's all the medicine I grasped."

Liu Chan sighed: "Senior sister, let's eat something."

Zhang opened the fan in his hand, walked over and sat on the small bench built by Liu Chan and asked the carpenter, pulled the rice in the bowl, and said to Liu Chan: "Senior brother, you better not come here."

Liu Chan exclaimed: "Has there been an outbreak of illness?" "

Not yet, but many soldiers have symptoms of wind and cold." Zhang Kai said.

"How many are there?"

"Twenty-three, this number is normal, not a plague. You can rest assured. Zhang Kai comforted.

"It scared me, and I thought that I didn't let the plague break out in the city, but let the plague break out in my own house. Liu Chan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then why can't I come to see Senior Sister?" Liu Chan said dissatisfied.

Zhang Kai lowered the chopsticks in his hand, glanced at Liu Chan and said, "You said that many diseases are also plagues that can be transmitted through the air, so what if there is really a plague in this isolation camp and it is transmitted to you?" "

Senior sister, if a case of plague is confirmed, you must also leave immediately. Liu Chan said seriously.

"Then what will they do?"

"For the sake of the 10,000 soldiers of the whole army, only a few people can be sacrificed. Liu Chan hesitated for a moment and said.

Zhang Kaileng paused for a moment, then nodded: "This is indeed the most correct way to do this, but it is a little too cruel."

"We can unleash demons, but we don't have the ability to subdue them. "

Will there be in the future?"

"There will be."

"How long? If only I could devise a cure for the plague." The girl said innocently.

"This time will be a long, long time, and it may not be able to be treated by the medical Tao you are pursuing, Senior Sister.

"There is not only one way to medicine, but the ultimate goal is to heal people. Zhang Kai said.

"Senior sister, once it is confirmed that a soldier is infected with the disease, you must leave here immediately. Liu Chan said.

Zhang Kai nodded and sighed, Liu Chan glanced at the isolation camp, there were more than 500 people including the soldiers who operated the catapult today, most of these 500 people were healthy, but they had all been in contact with corpses and suspected sources of infection, and a small number of soldiers had symptoms of wind and cold, that is, the symptoms of colds in later generations.

The soldiers in the isolation camp, their diet and daily life will be strictly guarded, and if there is no abnormality after five days of observation, they will be released from the isolation camp, if once a soldier is determined to be infected with the plague, the soldier's life will be ended, this is no way to do it, Liu Chan can do a good job of preventing the plague, but he can't cure the plague.

After using the trebuchet for the first time, Liu Bei did not organize a siege for several days, and confronted Jiangling City from afar.

The army in the city did not go out of the city to fight Liu Bei's army.

At the same time, it was extremely quiet in all parts of Nanjun, and there was not a single conflict between Cao Jun and Liu Beijun.

In Xiangyang, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's 6,000 troops were stationed at the foot of Da Xian Mountain, facing off against the city of Xiangyang, which was surrounded by water.

The moat of Xiangyang City leads the Han River into it, the widest part of the moat reaches 30 zhang, and the narrowest part also has 10 zhang, this moat is a veritable river.

To the north of the city is the Han River, which faces Fancheng across the water.

If you want to capture this city, if you attack the city with regular troops, you can't attack it without 100,000 troops and a water army to block Hanshui.

It is not unreasonable for the Mongolian iron cavalry that crisscrossed Europe and Asia in later generations to fold under the city of Xiangyang, this geographical location is too difficult to attack.

Guan Yu did not faint to attack the city, but stationed outside the city, posing a threat to the defenders in the city, and at the same time Guan Yu sent scouts to explore the movements of Cao's reinforcements, and by the way, he also robbed Cao's food supplies.

The busiest is Zhao Yun's 1,000 cavalry, scattered out, either robbing the Cao army's food or chasing and killing the Cao army scouts who entered the city or entered the city, it can be said that Xiangyang City can communicate with the outside world with carrier pigeons, and all the ways they communicate with the outside world on the ground have been cut off.

The Han River is floating with all the troops of Liu Bei's naval division, but Cao Jun is also powerless in the face of dozens of small broken ships, and Cao Cao's only remaining naval division is still trembling in the face of Jiangdong Naval Division on the big river in Yangzhou, and he is almost blocked in the port and does not dare to go out. On the Jingzhou side, Cao Cao accepted most of the Jingzhou sailors, but Zhou Yu besieged Jiangling, and Cao's navy in Jingzhou had already been annihilated by the Jiangdong sailors.

After the fiasco in Chibi, Cao Cao left Jingzhou, leaving Cao Ren to guard Jiangling, Le Jin to guard Xiangyang, Xu Huang to guard Fancheng, Wen Ping to guard Jiangxia, Manchu Tun Dangyang, Li Tongtun Runan to respond to Jingzhou, these six people were praised by Cao Cao as the six armies, thinking that the six people could stabilize Jingzhou, even in the face of the Sun Liu coalition army, they could calmly hold Jingzhou.

It's just that the current situation is a bit unexpected by Cao Cao, Le Jin and Xu Huang were dragged by Guan Yu and didn't dare to move, Li Tong and Man Chong entered Jiangling City, which is good news, but when Yang was lost, Jiangling became a lonely city, which is also a mixed bag. After Wen Ping was defeated by Guan Yu on the way to aid Jiangling, he led the remnants back to Jiangxia and did not dare to act rashly, in order to preserve his troops to defend Jiangdong.

"The big-eared thief is not dead!" Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao took the news sent from Jingzhou, put the silk book with the detailed military information of Jingzhou on the desk, and said with a sigh.

"What are your plans to pacify Liu Bei?" Cao Cao looked at everyone, his expression was normal, and he seemed to be unimpressed by Liu Bei's attack on Jiangling and Xiangyang.

Even if Chibi was newly defeated, Cao Cao did not think that he was defeated in the hands of Liu Bei, but in Jiangdong and in the hands of Zhou Yu and Sun Quan. Although Cao Cao valued Liu Bei, he still did not put Liu Bei in the position of his opponent.

With 20,000 troops, occupying the barren four counties of Jingnan, Liu Bei's threat was even inferior to that of Han Sui Ma Teng in Liangzhou.

But Liu Bei flew around like a fly, and Cao Cao had to make a little move even if he didn't care about Liu Bei anymore.

A group of strategists sat on the left and right, each thinking about how to face the current situation on their faces.

Cao Cao looked at everyone, if it was this time in the past, Cheng Yu would definitely open his mouth to help him make a decision, but since he pacified Jingzhou, Cheng Yu cited the allusion of 'contentment and disgrace', retreated bravely, handed over the military power, resigned from his post, and closed the door.

There are people here who are more resourceful than Cheng Yu, such as Xun Yu, but this person has a calm temperament and does not want to be in the limelight first, so if Cao Cao does not take the initiative to ask, he will definitely not speak before his colleagues.

There is also Jia Xu, who is known as having no last resort, and he will make a good plan, but he is an old fox, and he will never give advice without authorization, he did not speak, he must think that Liu Bei is not easy to deal with.

Xun Yu was not here today, he set off for Dongjun a few days ago to inspect the autumn grain that was about to be harvested.

Although the other people Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, and Jiang Ji were talented, they did not dare to speak in front of Xun You and Jia Xu because of their qualifications.

"Gongda, what do you think of being lonely?" Cao Cao asked Xun You.

Xun You smiled lightly, and then pointed to his heart: "The lord already has a plan in his heart."

Hearing this, Cao Cao said slowly: "Liu Ba once had such a conversation with Gu, Liu Bei Xinjing four counties, Liu Ba asked Gu, if Liu Bei is trying to plot Jingzhou, what should he do?"

"Gu replied: Gu arranged Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Le Jin and other six people, a total of six armies, to guard against Jiangdong and Liu Bei, even if the two parties joined forces, they would not be able to take Jingzhou. Facts have proved that Gu's arrangement was not wrong at the beginning, Jiangdong withdrew his troops because of Zhou Yu's death, how can today's Jiangling be taken by Liu Bei's lone army?"

"But Liu Bei is cunning and changeable, and he is afraid that there will be changes in Jiangling, so it is really difficult for Gu to decide. Cao Cao stroked his beard and said.

Jia Xu raised his head and said: "Don't despise Liu Bei, this person is gradually getting his wings together, and he has that Wolong Zhuge Liang, this person has the possibility of capturing Jiangling, and the lord can't ignore it." "

What should Wenhe Jiaogu do?"

"The lord raised troops to the south and destroyed Liu Bei. Jia Xu said.

Cao Cao was a little hesitant, and now his confidant was not Liu Bei, but Jiangdong.

If it comes to the order of sweeping the world, Liu Bei is not among the top three, mainly because Liu Bei's threat to Cao Cao is too small, and the income from going south to conquer the barren four counties in Jingnan is a bit unprofitable.

The rich land in the world is also related to Zhongzhong and Yizhou, and if you want to raise a large army to attack, you should also level Guanzhong and Yizhou first.

Cao Cao looked at Xun You again, Xun You looked at his nose and nose, and did not answer Cao Cao immediately. However, Dong Zhao came out and said: "Lord, the army has been conquering for years, the treasury is empty, the Chibi is newly defeated, the grain and grass are insufficient, the soldiers are tired, and it is difficult to raise the army to go south to destroy Liu Bei, and at this time, the wolves peep into the Central Plains, if the lord goes south, Sun Quan will move." It is better to wait for the autumn tax to come up, the grain and grass are sufficient, the soldiers think about war, and it is not too late to raise troops again. "

There is no money, no food, the soldiers have been fighting for several years, they have long been exhausted, and this time they are going south, the country is empty, and they are afraid of being conquered by other forces.

Dong Zhao's words are very clear.