Battle for hegemony at the end of the Qin Dynasty in the military god system

Chapter 264 Plague?

Just when the Liangshan Army was recruiting soldiers along the road to expand its armaments.The remnants of the Xiongnu who escaped from Yangzhou, that is, King Youxian with more than ten thousand troops along the way, are trying their best to return to the grassland.This group of Huns had never gone deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains. When they came to the hinterland of the Central Plains for the first time, they couldn't hide their joy and looted everywhere.

King Youxian put his arms around a woman and said excitedly: "The woman in the Central Plains is Shui Ling." He touched and squeezed it from time to time.

Li An frowned and looked at the woman struggling in King Youxian's arms, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I think we are not out of danger yet. If we are still so showy, the enemy will definitely notice us."

"It doesn't matter, they are confronting the Maodun army at the moment! How can they have time to pay attention to us." King Youxian replied nonchalantly, it seems that only the woman in front of him is the most important thing at this moment.

Seeing King Youxian's attitude, Li An felt an ominous feeling in his heart, and he was very superstitious about this feeling.This feeling of vigilance has saved me many times, and now it reappears, is there another unfortunate thing going to happen?He thought about it carefully, and felt that there was nothing that could threaten him. There were at least 2 horses on his side, and they were all brave cavalry. There is no army in Qianli that can threaten him.

Just when Li An was thinking about the problem carefully, some of his subordinates came to report in a panic. There was a large-scale diarrhea in the army, and some people had high fever.

Li An slapped his head and said viciously, "I knew it wasn't that simple."

King Youxian, who was teasing the woman, once again ordered nonchalantly: "Li An, go and see what's going on? Is someone causing trouble?"

Li An also thought that the soldiers had eaten something bad, so of course he didn't pay much attention to it. Hearing King Youxian's order, he replied, "I'll go and see what's going on." The soldier who reported the letter reprimanded: "Why are you nervous? Isn't it just a few people who have diarrhea? They are not dead anymore."

The soldier who reported the letter wanted to say something more, but was glared back by the angry Li An.The soldier got up resentfully, and led Li An to the back camp.

The situation at this time was even worse than what the soldiers reported. The Xiongnu warriors in the rear camp who were still alive and well yesterday fell to the ground and groaned.The soldier who reported the letter saw the situation in front of him and reported to Li An: "General, the situation seems to be worse than before."

Li An took a deep breath and shouted in his heart: "This is definitely not a simple diarrhea, it must be a mass poisoning incident." Li An glanced around and found that there was not a single standing soldier in the entire rear army camp. .The soldier who brought the news left the rear army and asked slightly worriedly: "Do you know what is going on?"

The soldier tried to recall, and replied uncertainly: "The specific situation is not very clear, I just know that the brothers in the rear army's supply camp first had this situation, and then not long after, brothers in other camps in the rear camp also had diarrhea and high fever. At the beginning, someone reported to the general of the rear battalion, and the general of the rear battalion went to investigate in person, thinking it was just a common cold or diarrhea, and ordered the military doctor to come to investigate and treat, but did not pay much attention. But after the general returned to the camp , He himself also developed diarrhea and fever symptoms. This is why he ordered the younger one to come and report to the Youxian King, hoping that the Youxian King will pay attention to it."

A terrible word suddenly flashed in Ang Li's mind, that is 'plague'.Li An was heartbroken, the plague was terrible. He had heard from his grandfather that once a plague broke out in a certain village in the Central Plains. After a few days, there was no one alive in the entire village. What was even more frightening was that the plague could infect everyone who appeared there. .

Li An felt that if it was really a plague, he would have to find another place.Li An returned to Youxian King's camp with the soldiers who reported the letter, met with Youxian King, and reported what happened in the rear army camp to Youxian King.King Youxian was a little puzzled that so many soldiers had these symptoms, he pushed away the woman beside him, put on his robe, strode up to Li An, and asked in a deep voice, "General Li, is someone playing tricks?"

Li An replied noncommittally: "No one was found to be causing trouble. This happened too suddenly. The specific reason is not yet known. I suggest that the back camp be sealed off and send people to investigate."

King Youxian didn't think as much as Li An, and he didn't have the concept of plague in his mind, so he said to Li An: "General Li, don't bother, take a few people with me to the back camp, I want to Your ingenuity will definitely be able to find out the truth."

Li An had suspected on the way back that what was happening there was a plague, so why would he go to find out now?So he excused himself and said, "Your Majesty, you are ridiculous. Li An needs to go back to the camp to make some preparations. Why don't you, Your Majesty, take someone to go first, and I will arrive later."

King Youxian didn't think too much, nodded, and didn't embarrass Li An, and took a few of his men to the back camp.And Li An just watched Youxian King leave, and didn't leave for a long time.

The soldier who reported the letter saw that Li An had no intention of returning to his tent, and asked, "What is General Li looking at? Didn't he say he was going back to his tent?"

Li An's answer made the soldiers a little puzzled: "I'm looking at how much strength the Youxian King has left."

After Li An said this, he walked slowly towards his residence. Li An returned to his residence and rested for a while. Counting the time, it is estimated that King Youxian will be back soon. Li An pulled up a square scarf He surrounded his face, covered his mouth and nose with cloth, and led his horse to the tent of King Youxian.

Li An did not enter immediately, but asked the guard at the door if King Youxian had returned and if there was anything unusual.

The guard's answer made Li An even more convinced that the illness in the rear camp was the plague.It turned out that King Youxian also suddenly felt abdominal pain after he left, and his whole body was dry and hot.Many of the soldiers who followed King Youxian to investigate the situation were in the same situation as King Youxian.

Li An felt that he shouldn't have gone in. After all, this was a plague. Although his grandfather had taught him a simple way to prevent it, Li An still had no confidence in avoiding the infection.

The guard at the door did not give Li An any more chance to think. He turned around and entered the camp, reporting Li An's arrival to King Youxian.In desperation, Li An had no choice but to enter the camp to meet King Youxian.

Seeing Li An dressed like this, King Youxian smiled weakly and said, "Why is General Li dressed like a son and daughter? Could it be that he wants a woman?" In the Xiongnu, the status of women is low, and they are just a tool for Hun men to vent and give birth.So when the Huns plundered everywhere, they would often rob some women to play with, but Li An never did anything to rob women.It may be because he is a descendant of Li Mu and cannot do such evil deeds.

Li An smiled shyly, and said respectfully: "I also have a cough, and I am afraid that it will affect everyone, so I brought a square scarf."

(End of this chapter)