410. The plague in the army
As dawn approached, Li Huguo and his party were marching. At this time, I don’t know how many days have passed. I rested during the day and marched at night to save everyone’s lives and be able to return safely.
But while marching, a buddy suddenly fell down. When Li Huguo and Xue Qingzhao stepped forward, Xue Qingzhao's face looked very ugly.
Li Yuguo did not pursue the previous incident. In fact, according to Xue Qingzhao's crime, he should have been killed. However, there was no military doctor in Li Yuguo's army, so he could only make up for his merits. After all, people are injured every day and people are sick every day. Although Li Yuguo understands medical skills, he is not proficient after all.
Moreover, Li Hugo also has to lead troops to fight. In this way, if he goes to save people, no one will lead the team.
"It's a plague." Xue Qingzhao said with a calm expression.
"What?!" Li Hugo was shocked and immediately pulled the curtain of the tent, and he said, "You can't talk nonsense!"
Xue Qingzhao no longer has a man's roots, and he is also open-minded. He regrets his previous affairs very much. After all, he almost ruined the innocence of a girl, so even though Xue Qingzhao was unhappy with Wuyou, she had no choice.
"Human life is at stake, I won't joke about human life!" As he said that, Xue Qingzhao opened the soldier's clothes. Li Hugo saw the 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, somewhat similar to the Black Death in the West. Whenever the plague occurs, a large number of people often die, and the people suffer. Similarly, a plague can cause an elite army to collapse in an instant.
"Where did this plague come from?" Li Hugo said.
Li Huguo is also very familiar with plagues. According to his familiarity, plagues are 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, causing serious consequences.
The direct consequences of floods and earthquakes are the large-scale deaths of people and livestock. If a large number of human and animal corpses are not processed in time, it is easy to form a source of infection for epidemics. Droughts and locust plagues cause crops to be poor and food is insufficient, which leads to deaths of people and livestock and the formation of infections. The second is social factors, including wars and famines. Wars are not uncommon in the world today, such as wars when dynasties alternate, fighting among nations, and peasant uprisings of all sizes.
After the war, corpses were everywhere, and countless casualties were killed or injured. If they were not handled properly, it was easy to form epidemics. When these natural or man-made disasters arise, people will migrate to avoid disasters. Migration makes epidemics widely spread between people. Even if they do not live or migrate, people gather and have frequent contact, which is very likely to lead to the spread of epidemics.
Therefore, if one person gets sick, the whole family and even the whole village may suffer. When facing the plague, it is often difficult for people to deal with it effectively. In terms of the large social background, various natural and man-made disasters have seriously damaged social production before the plague comes.
Xue Qingzhao said: "We passed by an unmanned town before. I wonder if General Li, do you still remember it?"
"Well, in the town not far south of Tianshen Mountain, didn't they say they had all moved away? How could it turn into a plague?"
"I didn't move away. Later, I thought about it for a long time. At that time, there were many things inside and outside the house, such as furniture, and some previous items. If they had moved away, why were these valuable things not taken away?" Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Hugo narrowed his eyes: "You mean, the people here..."
"Yes, it should be that all of them were infected with the plague and died. After the death, the nearby government buried the dead in this place, and the plague existed in the air. Our large army spent a night in a nearby woods at that time, and many people were infected." Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Yuguo stood up immediately, but he knew that if the plague was announced at this time, it would likely cause the army to mutiny, and in this way, it would cause immeasurable consequences.
"Now we should thoroughly investigate whether there are rashes on everyone. If there are rashes, it means that they are infected with plague. However, ordinary warriors have strong physical resistance and are unlikely to be infected with such diseases, but ordinary people are different." Xue Qingzhao said.
Li Yuguo's heart was heavy. Looking at the soldier who was lying on the ground and moaning but was hopeless, his heart was as if he had cut off his heart. These were his brothers from Pingjin Pass. He wanted to take all of them home without leaving them, but now... but now...but now, the so-called taking home has become almost luxurious.
Li Yuguo thought for a while and came outside and said, "It's morning, everyone stops first. We are now 30,000 brothers, so Doctor Xue plans to give you a physical examination. Next, we want to continue the march, and I'm afraid we will march urgently, so I plan to divide the troops into two groups, one urgently march, and the other slow march."
Xue Qingzhao came outside and nodded to Li Hugo. The two men endured the pressure and looked at each other tacitly.
After examination, a total of 8,000 people were infected with the plague, and some were still in the incubation period. However, those who did not have rashes on their bodies could eliminate the plague vaccines in their bodies as long as they took some medicine reasonably. However, those who had rashes on their bodies were no longer helpful.
"General Li." Xue Qingzhao walked up and said, and he smiled slightly, looking very free and easy: "I'll stay here, we are the pursuers of King Pingnan behind us, and I can't go back anymore."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Hugo cursed.
But at this time, Xue Qingzhao untied his belt, and with a thud, his pants fell off. It turned out that Xue Qingzhao's thighs were covered with herpes: "I have been infected for the past few days, but I have been hiding it from you and I have never said it..."
"General, is it a plague?" A soldier walked out of the team.
Li Hugo frowned and said, "What nonsense is it? It's a military law that disrupts the morale of the army!"
"General, don't lie to us. I know that General, you love soldiers like me. You are very concerned about us. In order to cheer us up, you paid for so many delicious foods. No one is a fool." The little soldier smiled and said, "My parents died in the plague. At that time, they also had such rashes on their bodies."
As he said that, the little soldier had a lot of rashes following his armor.
Chapter completed!