Chapter 274

The incubation period of smallpox virus is generally about ten days.

In fact, there were already infected two days ago, but it was very rare, and the infected person did not think it was smallpox, but thought it was just ordinary measles and chickenpox.

Because there are 20,000 troops in this castle, and these soldiers are not very clean, it is normal to have measles and chickenpox. Basically, there are dozens of cases every day.

It was not until yesterday that a large-scale outbreak occurred in the military, which attracted the attention of the military doctors.

They saw at a glance that it was smallpox, and then suddenly lost their minds, because they were afraid of being infected themselves.

However, these military doctors are still smart, they did not disclose the news, but reported it directly to Zheng Tuo.

"How could this be? How could this be?"

"Shen Lang, must be Shen Lang, the beast's trick?"

"No, it won't be Shen Lang, it's Su Nan, yes it must be Su Nan."

"I wonder, why did he give me the castle so easily?"

Zheng Tuo only felt a dizziness in his head.

He was already cautious enough to send the death squad in first, then his son Zheng Long, and finally himself.

Moreover, any fruits, vegetables, grain and meat in the Marquis Mansion are given to the old and weak women and children of the Su family first, and the water is also given to them to drink first. After waiting for two or three days, everything is completely fine before letting the army eat the Marquis Mansion. food inside.

Zheng Tuo was not without defense against smallpox.

Checked every corner of the Marquis's Palace, there are indeed no living smallpox patients.

"Float, float..."

Zheng Tuo patted his head in pain.

He should be able to think of this, he should have thought that Su Nan would not give him the castle easily.

But he really couldn't refuse.

The Zheng family is a new-style aristocracy without real fiefs and castles.

So when the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan, the top castle in the world, was placed in front of him, how could he not occupy it?

How attractive is the gold of the Qiang Palace to Su Nan?

The Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion Castle was more than ten times more attractive to Zheng Tuo.

Of course, Zheng Tuo and Zheng Long are not worried, because they have been planted with cowpox and have been able to defend against smallpox, but they have not spread in the army.

Except for the Qiang country and the Su family, there is no large-scale cultivation of cowpox in the world.

First, the sanitation conditions in the eastern countries are much better. Even if some people are infected with smallpox, there are few large-scale outbreaks of smallpox.

Second, the defense against smallpox by vaccinia of the entire military is not the final decision of a certain general, and requires the approval of the court, and this proposal is not the most important thing in the court's view.

I even said something ugly. Recently, the Yueguo court has been in a state of exhaustion. Who has time to care about such things as cowpox?

Anyway, the smallpox epidemic broke out in the Qiang country before, but not in the country of Vietnam.

How to do? How to do?

Zheng Tuo was icy cold all over.

What a disaster!

"Is it too late to isolate now?" Zheng Tuo asked.

The military doctor shook his head. Every military camp has smallpox patients, which means that basically everyone is infected, but it has not yet erupted, or some people have had smallpox before, so they have immunity.

Zheng Tuo said, "How many people will die?"

The military doctor said: "If it is placed in the Qiang country, it will die more than 80% or 90%. If it was in the Baiyeguan military camp before, it will die about 70%, but it should be able to survive half of the life in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion."

Whether a smallpox patient can survive, the most important thing is to see the destiny, to see if the infection is severe smallpox.

The second is the medical environment.

If there are enough drugs and a good enough environment, the probability of death from complications will be greatly reduced.

And the condition of Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion is very good.

half dead?

Zheng Tuo closed his eyes, and the result was not bad.

And smallpox disease, from outbreak to death cycle is very short, this may also be good news.

It won't take long for results to appear.

At that time, if he still has 10,000 troops in his hands, it will still be more than enough to defend the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan.

In just ten days, it was too late for Ning Yuanxian to send an army to destroy him.

But the most urgent task is to destroy Shen Lang immediately.

Otherwise, smallpox such as castles will break out, and Shen Lang, this little beast, will definitely take the opportunity to make waves.

And when the smallpox broke out, every soldier would have a high fever, itching all over his body, and he would not be able to fight at all.

Zheng Tuo asked: "How many patients are infected with smallpox now?"

The military doctor said: "Hundreds of people have been found, but they are still increasing."

Zheng Tuo said: "Don't tell anyone this news, just tell the soldiers that they have chickenpox and measles."

"Yes!"

Zheng Tuo shouted: "Has the large catapult been installed yet?"

Zheng Long said: "It will take about two days."

Zheng Tuohan said: "Tomorrow, the catapult must be installed, otherwise all these craftsmen will be killed, all of them are stealing and tricking."

"Yes!"

"We only have one day to fight against Shen Lang tomorrow, and we must kill this little beast!"

………………

Under the butcher's knife, the work progress of these hundreds of craftsmen was indeed much faster.

The next day, more than a dozen trebuchets were fully installed.

Zheng Tuo ordered the soldiers who had herpes and chickenpox to recuperate in the barracks. He personally led a 5,000-strong army to protect the dozen or so trebuchets from the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan.

This damn terrain.

There is really only one road outside the castle, and it cannot be used at all. On this road of seven or eight meters wide, at most two trebuchets can be placed side by side.

And the 5,000 troops could not be placed at all.

Zheng Tuo personally threw a thousand elites to line up in front to protect the trebuchets behind...

After ten trebuchets are set up, they are then opened with all their strength.

It's not easy to do all this.

This ghost place is so narrow and cramped, it's almost like a dojo in a snail.

Now that the installation is finally complete, you can finally start killing.

Finally, it can be blasted and smashed.

At the intersection ahead, Shen Lang's army was so dense that as long as it hit a boulder, there would be huge casualties.

"preparation!"

Zheng Long gave an order.

All the trebuchets entered the final adjustment, and Hercules put hundreds of kilograms of stones on the throwing plate.

Get ready to shoot.

However at this time.

Suddenly there were whistles from among Shen Lang's army.

Then, they dispersed in a hurry and quickly backed away!

After a while, he directly exited the projectile range of these trebuchets and went directly to the next intersection to guard.

"Fuck!" Zheng Long yelled.

"The army advances three hundred paces!"

"The trebuchets are put away!"

Then Zheng's army advanced three hundred paces.

More than a dozen trebuchets followed.

It was opened again, and the boulder was put on it again, ready to be ejected.

However……

Shen Lang's army scattered once again, and once again retreated to the next intersection.

And so on and on.

Zheng Tuo and Zheng Long were about to explode with anger.

Shen Lang's army seemed to be teasing them.

When they finally got all the dozen or so trebuchets ready to launch, they immediately withdrew.

After a full five or six hours, it was thrown four or five times, but the result was almost zero.

All day long!

Guang was teased by Shen Lang's army.

More than a dozen trebuchets unfolded and folded, and when they folded and unfolded, they were tossed insanely several times.

However, this can be considered to achieve Zheng Tuo's goal, to drive Shen Lang out of this extremely narrow area and come to an open place.

In this way, his army of 20,000 people can conduct a large-scale encirclement and annihilation war.

But today is obviously not possible, because it is already dark!

Zheng Tuo ordered that the 5,000-strong army camped in place, and the subsequent army assembled far away.

Teams of Zheng's troops came out of the castle and assembled in the open area below the mountain.

In the end, an entire army of 15,000 troops formed an absolute advantage over Shen Lang's 2,000 cavalry, and even the number of cavalry was twice that of Shen Lang.

As long as the day dawns, he can attack Shen Lang.

Even Zheng Tuo's 4,000 cavalrymen are ready to go at any time, as long as Shen Lang's army runs away, they will immediately chase and kill them.

Night is not good for fighting, but not good for running away.

Zheng Long said: "Father, will Shen Lang run away tomorrow?"

Zheng Tuo said: "Now I hope he escapes and let us Zheng survive this smallpox crisis."

The Qiang cavalry has an advantage, they are very good at riding and shooting, but they also have a disadvantage, that is, the horses are short, their endurance is strong enough, but their sprint speed is not fast enough.

The main cavalry of the Yue Kingdom are tall horses, sprinting very fast.

Zheng Tuo's main cavalry has an advantage at short and medium distances. Once the Qiang cavalry shows their back to Zheng Tuo's cavalry, it is very disadvantageous.

Therefore, Shen Lang's Qiang cavalry always maintained a relatively long distance from Zheng Tuo.

In Zheng Tuo's military camp, bad news kept coming.

Today's smallpox outbreak suddenly became violent and concentrated.

There were only 300 people yesterday, but today it has suddenly increased to as many as 1,000 people.

And the doctor in the army told Zheng Tuo that there will be more tomorrow.

Although they do not know the incubation period of the smallpox virus, they can know the general pattern.

And the most terrifying thing is that several military doctors were also infected with smallpox.

Although Zheng Tuo has repeatedly stated that this is a rash, it will be contagious to a certain extent, but it will not be life-threatening.

But there are still some people in the army who are worried.

And right now.

A loud roar suddenly sounded in Shen Lang's barracks: "Zheng Tuo's army, you got smallpox, you got smallpox!"

It's a silly voice.

Immediately afterwards, two thousand people shouted in unison: "You got smallpox, you got smallpox."

Suddenly Zheng Tuo's army was in chaos.

Some soldiers were afraid of death and had long suspected that they had smallpox.

After being shouted by Shen Lang's army at this time, he was suddenly full of fear.

Zheng Tuo was shocked.

How did the little thief Shen Lang know?

During the day, all the troops he brought were in good health, with no smallpox visible.

Immediately afterwards, the big idiot in Shen Lang's barracks shouted: "Su Nan has poisoned the smallpox in the castle's food and water sources, and there will be more and more smallpox outbreaks in the future!"

"Every one of you has eaten the food in the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion and drank the water inside, so each of you will get sick!"

"Did you know about the smallpox plague that broke out in Qiang? Do you know who cured it?"

"It's me, Shen Lang!"

"Brothers in Zheng Tuo's army, do you want to live? It's very simple. Just take off your armor, throw away your weapons, and walk to my side, Shen Lang, and I will be able to give you the magic medicine and cure your smallpox. ."

It's really embarrassing, so many words can't be wrong.

And Zheng Tuo desperately "refutes rumors" here.

"Brothers, don't fall for Shen Lang's tricks. What you got isn't smallpox at all, it's just an ordinary poisonous rash. If it's smallpox, why am I, Zheng Tuo, not afraid, and why don't you run?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt a little relieved.

However, a moment later, a silly voice came from Shen Lang's barracks again.

"Zheng Tuo and Zheng Long are of course not afraid of smallpox, because he has been planted with cowpox a long time ago, and everyone in the Marquis Mansion in Zhenyuan has also been planted with cowpox, so they will never be infected with smallpox in their lives."

"Brothers in Zheng Tuo's army, your coach Zheng Tuo has concealed the truth and won't give you any treatment. He wants you to die!"

The Zheng Tuo army, who was already panicking, was even more panicked at this time.

Next, two thousand people in Shen Lang's barracks shouted in unison: "Smallpox, smallpox, smallpox!"

Zheng Tuo couldn't bear it any longer and shouted loudly, "All the cavalry mounted on their horses and slaughtered the Shen Lang bandit army."

Zheng Long said, "Father, it's not good to fight at night."

Zheng Tuo said: "Can I not know?"

But now the people in the army are in a panic. If they don't take advantage of the last bit of morale, they will be even more vulnerable when the smallpox outbreak becomes more serious tomorrow.

However, Zheng Tuo's cavalry had just assembled.

On Shen Lang's side, countless torches were lit, and all the Qiang cavalrymen mounted their horses and began to run away.

"Chase chase chase……"

Zheng Tuo gave the order, and then his 4,000 cavalry pursued frantically.

Their steeds are indeed much taller and sprint much faster.

But here is also night, the horses can't see the road clearly, and instinctively dare not gallop with all their strength.

Moreover, the Shen Lang cavalry escaped for a long time in advance.

Although Zheng Tuo's cavalry chased closer and closer.

But soon the horse's sprinting strength was exhausted, and the speed gradually slowed down.

And the cheap Shen Lang saw Zheng Tuo's cavalry slow down, and they also slowed down, always maintaining a distance.

Then, two thousand people shouted in unison: "Smallpox, smallpox, smallpox!"

Many of these 4,000 cavalrymen have not yet broken out of smallpox, but they already have the virus in their bodies.

Shen Lang shouted smallpox over and over again, causing a strong psychological suggestion.

Many people felt itchy on their bodies, and when they scratched, they actually found a rash, and they almost lost their minds.

After a short rest!

Zheng Tuo ordered the cavalry to charge again.

But the Shen Lang cavalry began to flee again, never engaging in battle.

Just chase and run.

It was like hide-and-seek in one night, chasing for hundreds of miles, but as a result, there was no battle.

Both armies were exhausted.

However, Shen Lang's army was flirting, while Zheng Tuo's cavalry was full of anxiety and almost collapsed!

It's almost dawn!

Shen Lang's army suddenly stopped teasing Zheng Tuo's cavalry and began to rush towards a place.

"Father, are you still chasing?" Zheng Long asked.

Zheng Tuo shook his head and said, "I can't chase, it's almost dawn."

Once the day dawned, the cavalry under his command would find that many people had chickenpox on their faces, and the shadow of the fear of smallpox would completely shroud.

By that time morale will collapse completely.

"Go back, go back quickly!" Zheng Tuo trembled.

Of course he was not reconciled, this night really held back countless anger.

Shen Lang, little beast, will one day smash your corpse into tens of thousands of pieces!

"The army returns to the camp, the army returns to the camp!"

Zheng Tuo gave an order.

The four thousand weary cavalry slowly returned to the camp.

After a moment.

Its daybreak!

Many of the cavalry were horrified to find that some had chickenpox all over their faces.

"You too, you too!"

"My God, there are so many faces."

"Smallpox, this is smallpox."

As soon as the incubation period came, smallpox broke out in quite a few people.

Zheng Tuo roared: "Go back to the castle, I will treat you at the castle."

Yet at this moment.

A strange scream came from behind.

Shen Lang's Qiang cavalry frantically chased him up.

And it's incredibly fast.

Because Shen Lang's cavalry has all changed horses, not far from here, he has prepared a large camp with more than 2,000 war horses.

Although the horses of the Qiang state were small, they were numerous, and it was the norm for one person to ride two horses.

"Kill, kill, kill..."

"Smallpox, smallpox, smallpox..."

Two thousand Qiang cavalry madly chased them up.

Zheng Long said: "Father, what should I do? Turn around and fight?"

Zheng Tuo looked at his cavalry, his horsepower was exhausted, and his morale almost collapsed.

But don't leave your back to the enemy.

"Turn around and fight, fight!"

Zheng Tuo ordered that the 4,000 cavalry turn around and prepare to fight against Shen Lang.

However, Shen Lang, the slut, his cavalry stopped again.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Start projecting in the air.

Zheng Tuo ordered: "Archery, archery!"

However, the cavalry of the Zheng family was inferior to the cavalry of the Qiang state, let alone the bow and arrow.

Shen Lang was able to hit Zheng Tuo's cavalry, but Zheng Tuo's cavalry was always a little short, and even if he could hit it, it would be a dead end.

This burst of shooting, suffered a big loss.

Zheng Tuo's cavalry was furious and could not help rushing forward, wanting to get close and shoot again.

But Shen Lang's cavalry retreated again, their horses were new, and they were so powerful that Zheng Tuo's cavalry couldn't catch up.

"Stop chasing, go back, go back!"

However, Zheng Tuo's cavalry just walked back.

Shen Lang's cavalry caught up, and once again attacked and harassed frantically, with bursts of cavalry shooting.

Zheng Tuo is really going crazy!

I have never met such a cheap opponent.

Run when you hit, chase when you retreat.

Endless raids, endless harassment.

He swears that he has never hated a person as much as he does today.

After three or four times.

The horses of Zheng Tuo's cavalry were exhausted to the extreme. He completely gave up fighting back, and the morale of his cavalry nearly collapsed due to the large-scale outbreak of smallpox.

"Don't turn around, go back to the castle, go back to the castle!"

"Return at full speed!"

Suddenly, more than 3,000 cavalrymen of Zheng Tuo did not turn their heads and ran desperately towards the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan.

And right now!

Shen Lang suddenly ordered: "Kill, kill!"

Then, his 2,000 cavalry began a frantic sprint.

The physically powerful warhorse galloped wildly, and the speed was extremely fast.

After approaching Zheng Tuo's cavalry, he launched a frantic salvo.

Dasha found a tree trunk together, spread his legs, and rushed into Zheng Tuo's cavalry formation.

"Brush, brush, brush..."

A big sweep.

Zheng Tuo didn't care anymore, he just ran with his head down.

that's it!

The four thousand collapsed cavalry were chased and killed by Shen Lang's two thousand Qiang cavalry.

Totally pressed.

The real defeat is like a mountain.

Countless casualties!

When Zheng Tuo returned to the barracks, he found that there were less than 2,000 cavalry around him.

More than half of the casualties fell behind!

It just makes people vomit blood!

After returning to the camp, the situation worsened.

Although I had already prepared in my heart, I knew that there would be a smallpox outbreak in the army today.

But I didn't expect there would be so many.

At a glance, countless people's faces are densely packed with chickenpox and measles.

And many people began to vomit and have diarrhea, and they started to run wild with high fever.

Zheng Tuo's scalp went numb, and he ordered, "Everyone returns to the castle, returns to the castle!"

Then, the 10,000-strong army returned to the castle of the Marquis Mansion in Zhenyuan.

This day and night not only did not kill Shen Lang, but damaged thousands of soldiers and horses.

Zheng Tuo's army all returned to the castle.

And Shen Lang's cavalry returned to that intersection once again, blocking the exit of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion again.

Everything seemed to return to the past.

Zheng Tuo almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Shen Lang, I fuck your mother, I fuck your mother!

………………

the following few days!

Zheng Tuo's army in the Marquis Mansion of Zhenyuan deteriorated day by day.

In the end, more than 80 to 90 percent of the soldiers got smallpox and died in pieces.

The whole castle is like hell.

The military doctor estimated very optimistically that the Marquis Mansion in Zhenyuan was in good condition, with enough medicinal materials and the best environment, so half of the people infected with smallpox could survive.

However, this optimistic doctor, he himself died.

Because, all the Chinese herbal medicines in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion are not clean.

Shen Lang shouted outside the castle all the time.

"Food is poisonous, water is poisonous."

"Smallpox, smallpox!"

As a result, the soldiers in the castle did not dare to drink water or eat at all.

As a result, the immune system is rapidly declining.

There are no medicinal herbs to reduce inflammation, not enough to eat, and not enough water to drink.

In fact, they don't know, as long as the water is boiled and drunk, nothing will happen.

And they have been infected with smallpox, but the food can be eaten boldly.

But Zheng Tuo's army didn't know.

More and more people are dying every day.

Because most of the people were infected with smallpox, there were almost no people who carried the corpses, nor did they guard the city.

Shen Lang's army became even more arrogant and came directly under the castle gate.

"Brothers in the castle, Shen Lang is a genius doctor who can cure smallpox."

"Shen Lang is a genius doctor who can treat smallpox."

In the end, dozens of cauldrons were lined up and started to boil the so-called magic medicine.

"The magic medicine cures smallpox, the magic medicine cures smallpox!"

"Brothers who want to live, escape."

Zheng Tuo immediately ordered the very few people who did not get smallpox to guard the gate of the castle, and anyone who dared to escape would be shot.

However, how could the Marquis's Mansion in Zhenyuan be so big.

Many soldiers with smallpox climbed down the city wall with ropes at night, and then rushed frantically towards Shen Lang's camp.

"Magic medicine, I want magic medicine, I want magic medicine!"

Then, each of them really got a bowl of magic medicine.

It's really amazing to drink this.

It really doesn't itch at all, the whole person is fluttering like a fairy, so comfortable.

Shen Lang shouted: "Brothers, is the magic medicine real?"

Everyone shouted: "Really magic medicine, really magic medicine."

In fact, what kind of bullshit magic medicine is this, it is just a Chinese herbal soup with ingredients.

After drinking it, the whole person is excited first, then anesthetized, and of course it doesn't itch.

The people in the castle were completely shocked when they saw this scene!

There really is a magic medicine!

It can really cure smallpox.

In the face of survival, what loyalty disappears.

Zheng Tuo's army in the castle tried their best to escape.

Also climb down with a rope at first.

Hit the door directly at the end.

Zheng Tuo's lineage refused to let the door open, so the two sides were at odds.

This infighting became more and more serious and evolved into a big fight.

The whole situation was completely out of control, and it turned into a pot of porridge!

Zheng Tuo watched this scene from the highest point of the castle.

He has completely lost control of the army.

At the beginning, the army was just a melee between the two sides. Those who wanted to rush out of the castle fought with those who were loyal to Zheng Tuo.

But the relationship between the enemy and ourselves is vague, and who knows who is from which camp.

So, a big fight broke out.

In fear, he will kill anyone he sees.

Inside the beautiful castle, it seems like a hell.

………………

"Empty, empty!"

Zheng Tuo looked at all this coldly, and tears kept pouring out.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."

Zheng Tuo really regretted it. If he had not been selfish at the beginning, he would directly lead a 20,000-strong army out of Baiye Pass to support Zhang Chong.

Then he is now the real hero.

However, who in this world is not selfish?

"I hate it, I hate it so much!" Zheng Tuo said sternly: "Shen Lang, little thief, I want to smash your corpse into ten thousand pieces!"

Then, Zheng Tuo asked: "Long'er, you said that if I go to the capital to apologize, will the monarch forgive me?"

Zheng Long shook his head and said, "Impossible. Your Majesty is so small, so mean and unkind, how could he possibly forgive you?"

Zheng Tuo trembled and said, "Then the world is so big, where can we go?"

Zheng Long said: "Go to Chu State! Even if you buy bones with a thousand pieces of gold, Chu State will give you a title. Although you may not have military power, there is no problem with prosperity."

Zheng Tuo shuddered and said, "Yes, go to Chu State, go to Chu State!"

Zheng Long said: "Father, we have to leave quickly and climb the wall in the clothes of ordinary pawns, and Shen Lang will definitely not find out!"

"Okay, okay, go now, go now!"

Then, Zheng Tuo and his son put on the clothes of ordinary soldiers and climbed down the wall from the back of the Marquis's Mansion in Zhenyuan. They didn't dare to walk at all, so they climbed down the crevice of the cliff little by little.

These two people's martial arts are so high that they climbed down from the cliff like this.

Two quarters later!

The two returned to the ground.

"Finally safe, safe."

"Go, go to Chu State, go to Chu State!"

Zheng Tuo looked at the chaotic Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion with incomparable infatuation and incomparable reluctance.

This magnificent castle belongs to him for half a month.

He almost replaced Su Nan and became a great aristocrat with a fief and an army, a great warlord.

The Zheng family is almost on the rise.

"Shen Lang, remember it for me, from now on, you and I will never die, never die!"

"Shen Lang, one day, I will smash your corpse into ten thousand pieces!"

Then, Zheng Tuo was about to run wildly to the west.

suddenly……

His stomach throbbed violently, and he collapsed to the ground.

In a moment!

A shadow appeared in front of him.

Princess Ning Jie.

Zheng Long knelt down abruptly, trembling and said, "Princess eldest, according to Your Majesty's secret decree, I have committed my crimes and made merits."

Zheng Tuo looked at his son in disbelief, and hissed, "You, you poisoned me?"

Zheng Long trembled and said: "Father, I'm sorry, I have no choice. The monarch gave me a secret order. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can't be both, so I can only kill my relatives righteously!"

After another moment, Shen Lang appeared beside Princess Ning Jie.

Zheng Long knelt down towards Shen Lang and said, "Young Master Shen, did you say that my sister Zheng Hongxian is in your Xuanwu Marquis Mansion? From now on, we are in-laws. I am willing to kill my relatives righteously, and I am willing to commit crimes!"

Shen Lang stepped forward and patted Zheng Long's shoulder lightly: "Well done, well done!"

Zheng Tuo looked at his son in disbelief, and then let out a shrill scream.

"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood spurted out!

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