It was approaching dawn, and Li Hugo and his party were marching. It was unknown how many days had passed. They rested during the day and marched at night, in order to save everyone's lives and return safely.
But while marching, suddenly a buddy fell down. When Li Yuguo and Xue Qingzhao stepped forward, Xue Qingzhao looked very ugly.
Li Yuguo did not pursue the previous matter. In fact, according to Xue Qingzhao's crime, he should be executed. However, Li Huguo did not have a military doctor in the army, so he could only let Xue Qingzhao make up for it. After all, people are injured every day, and people get sick every day. Although Li Huguo knew a little bit about medical skills, he was not proficient in them after all.
Moreover, Li Huguo still had to lead troops to fight. In this case, if he went to rescue people, there would be no one to lead the team.
"It's a plague." Xue Qingzhao said with a serious expression.
"What?!" Li Huguo was shocked and immediately closed the curtain of the tent. He said, "You can't talk nonsense!"
Xue Qingzhao no longer has the roots of a man, and he can think about it. He regrets his previous things very much. After all, he almost ruined a girl's innocence. So at this time, although Xue Qingzhao was not happy with Wuyou, he didn't Method.
"Human life is at stake, I will not joke with human life!" As he said this, Xue Qingzhao opened the soldier's clothes. Li Hugo saw the red rash on the soldier's body, and he took a breath.
Plague is very deadly to the army. According to Li Hugo, the so-called plague is an acute infectious disease that is easy to spread. It is somewhat similar to the Black Death in the West. Whenever a plague occurs, a large number of The population died and the people were miserable. Similarly, a plague could cause an elite army to collapse in an instant.
"Where did this plague come from?" Li Hugo asked.
Li Huguo is also very familiar with plague. According to his knowledge, plague is very likely to occur after natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, locust plagues, and earthquakes. The occurrence of these four disasters is often difficult to predict, and they sometimes even occur together. students, causing serious consequences.
The direct consequences of floods and earthquakes are massive deaths of people and livestock. If a large number of human and livestock corpses are not dealt with in time, they can easily become a source of disease infection. Droughts and locust plagues can cause crop failures and food shortages, which in turn can lead to The second is the death of humans and animals and the formation of sources of infection. The second is social factors, including wars and famines. Wars are not uncommon in today's world, such as wars during the change of dynasties, competitions between ethnic groups, and peasant uprisings, large and small.
After a war, corpses litter the fields and there are countless casualties. If not handled properly, epidemics can easily develop. When these natural or man-made disasters occur, people will migrate to avoid disasters. Migration makes diseases spread widely among people. Mutual infection, even if there is no migration, people living together and having frequent contact can easily lead to the spread of diseases.
Therefore, when one person gets sick, the whole family or even the whole village may suffer. When faced with the raging plague, it is often difficult for people to respond effectively. In terms of the larger social background, various natural and man-made disasters have already been seriously affected before the plague comes. destroyed social production.
Xue Qingzhao said: "We passed a deserted town before. I wonder if General Li still remembers it?"
"Well, isn't it said that they have all moved away from the town not far south of Tianshen Mountain? How could it become a plague?"
"I didn't move. Later I thought about it for a long time. There were a lot of things inside and outside the house at that time, such as furniture and some previous objects. If they had all moved away, why weren't these valuable things taken away? "Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Yuguo narrowed his eyes: "You mean, the people here..."
"Yes, they all probably died after being infected with the plague. After they died, the nearby government buried the dead people in this place hastily. The plague existed in the air, and our large army spent the night in a nearby forest. Very Many people may have been infected," Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Huguo stood up immediately, but he knew that if the plague was announced at this time, it would probably cause the army to mutiny, which would have immeasurable consequences.
"Now we should conduct a thorough investigation to see if there are red rashes on everyone's bodies. If there are red rashes, it means that they have been infected with the plague. However, generally, warriors have strong body resistance and are unlikely to be infected with such diseases, but ordinary people are different. Already." Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Yuguo's heart was heavy. Looking at the soldier lying on the ground moaning and unable to be saved, his heart was cut with a knife. These were his brothers who had come out of Pingjin Prison. He wanted to bring back all of them without leaving any one behind. Home, but now... But now this so-called bringing home has become almost a luxury.
Li Yuguo thought for a while, then came outside and said: "It's morning, let's stop for a moment. We are now thirty thousand brothers, so Dr. Xue plans to give everyone a physical examination. Next, we have to continue marching, and I'm afraid we will have to march in a hurry. , so I plan to divide the troops and horses into two groups, one for rapid march and one for slow march."
Xue Qingzhao came outside and nodded to Li Yuguo. The two men endured the pressure and looked at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
After inspection, it was found that a total of 8,000 people were infected with the plague. Some were still in the incubation period. However, those who did not have red rashes on their bodies could eliminate the plague viruses in their bodies as long as they took some reasonable medicines. But those who had red rashes on their bodies People are hopeless.
"General Li." Xue Qingzhao walked up and said. He smiled slightly and looked very free and easy: "I'll stay. King Pingnan's pursuers are behind us, and I can't go back."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Huguo cursed.
But at this time, Xue Qingzhao took off his belt, and with a crash, his pants fell down. It turned out that Xue Qingzhao's thighs were already covered with herpes: "I have been treating my brothers these past few days, and they have already been covered with herpes." It’s already infected, I just hid it from you and never told you... "
"General, is this a plague?" A soldier walked out of the team.
Li Yuguo frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's going to disrupt the army's military service!"
"General, don't lie to us. I know that General, you love your soldiers like your own children and care about us very much. In order to cheer us up, you paid for it yourself and prepared so many delicious food. We are not fools. "The little soldier smiled and said, "My parents died in the plague, and they also had such a red rash on their bodies at that time."
As he said that, the soldier took off his armor and found a lot of red rashes.
Li Yuguo raised his head and closed his eyes, feeling sour in his heart that he almost shed tears.