Three Kingdoms

Who is the master of the earth?

It's the sun.

If the sun sneezes, the earth will be doomed.

But sometimes, some people mistakenly think that they are one of the masters of the earth and the soul of all things. Otherwise, why would there be a primate subject? But whenever humans try to stand up and get this title, there will always be something that will teach the arrogant humans a lesson.

If the history of the earth is condensed into a one-hour film, then human beings are just a species that appears in the last second of the last minute of such an hour-long film...

Then this last-second species can mean that it is the master of the earth?

Maybe, it's like some people always feel that they are smart and can control everything.

Just like the war between Cao and Sun this time, people on both sides thought that they were the masters of the war, but it was not them who decided the winner on the battlefield...

Yes, the plague is coming.

No one can tell the origin of the plague, or rather the beginning of the whole event.

As the temperature rises, the Guangling people who were originally hiding in the mountains found that the food they carried was exhausted, which meant that they had to find more food...

The hope of returning home was dashed after two or three explorations. Because Jiang Dongjun still didn't leave, they were like hungry ghosts, searching back and forth on the land of Guangling over and over again, looking for any flesh and blood that they had missed before and could eat.

No matter what, food is always guaranteed. These Guangling people hidden in the mountains and forests began to emerge from the caves like prairie dogs in search of food.

But the problem is that Jiangdong soldiers are also looking for food. During their confrontation with Cao Jun, how to reduce the pressure on food and grass in the rear is also a required task for the army general. Collecting food on the spot is naturally the responsibility of the Jiangdong auxiliary soldiers.

All the serious wild vegetables were gathered up by Jiangdong soldiers, and what was left for these Guangling people was naturally some less "serious" food...

A child held a big mouse and ran excitedly to the cave on the mountainside.

A big gray-black mouse dangled in the baby's hand.

"uncle! look! I got it! 』

"Hey, you have some skills...how did you fight?" 』

"I just saw this guy squatting in the grass, and then I found a rock and banged it!" Haha, I got it! 』

"Let me see...well, little guy...it's already dead...can't be eaten..."

"ah? Why? ! I just did it! 』

"This is already dead... When you hit it, it was probably already dead... You can't eat the dead... This is the rule, I'll dig a hole for you, come and bury it... You have to live." Yes, only the living ones can be eaten..."

The little guy was unwilling to give in, but he had no choice but to put the mouse in the hole dug by the adults. After watching the soil cover it, he asked, "Why can't we eat the dead ones?" Aren’t the people we eat all beaten to death..."

"Well, you have to eat freshly killed ones... Freshly killed ones are soft when pinched and can be eaten. But they have been dead for a long time and are hard when pinched and cannot be eaten..." Uncle Hunter taught the little boy his experience, " Do you remember it? 』

The little boy's emotions came and went quickly. He nodded and stood up, "I'll look for it again and I'll definitely find something to eat!" 』

The hunter watched the baby run away with a smile on his face. After a while, it turned into a sad look, and then he became a little more confused, "These days...why are so many rats dying..." 』

Rats hide in dark corners most of the time and will not appear in the wilderness unless necessary. But in the past two days, for some unknown reason, some rats can be seen during the day, even on mountain roads or in the grass. Some rats can also be seen.

And most of them are dead rats.

This made the hunter a little worried.

Although the hunter didn't understand why, he instinctively felt that this was not a good sign...

……(?_?)……

"What's this? I ask you what is this? ! 』

"mouse……"

"I'm just asking you why there are so many rats!" 』

"Aren't these all dead rats?" 』

"dead mouse! I know they are dead rats, but why are there so many dead rats in the camp! "In the vanguard camp of Jiangdong Army, Xie Zan glared at the army's logistics officer.

But the chief officer’s logistics were also helpless.

Dead rats? That’s normal. Where are there no dead rats?

But the problem is that in the past few days, the number of dead rats has suddenly increased. The number of rats picked up in the camp has continued to increase, and rats have even begun to die outside in batches. These things have disappeared from the corners where they were supposed to be hidden. , crawling out in groups under the planks of the camp, the ruins of the city, and the dark ditches, and then staggered to the light, shaking a few times as if going crazy, and then died...

What's even more strange is that these rats died openly in the middle of the road, on the beds in the camp, and in Xie Zan's Chinese army tent!

This was originally a residential town, and later became a military camp for Jiangdong Army.

Whether it's a town or a military camp, there are always some small animals and bugs.

In this unnamed town where the Jiangdong Army's vanguard was stationed, if these rats hadn't crawled out on their own initiative, no one would have known that there were so many rats in this town and the military camp on the edge of the town!

As a pioneer, Xie Zan wanted to gain merit and was not here to deal with dead rats. The inexplicable appearance of these dead rats obviously affected the morale of the Jiangdong Army. Many Jiangdong soldiers began to talk, saying that this was God's warning is retribution for Jiang Dongjun's crimes during this period.

Xie Zan didn't believe in retribution at all, and it wasn't something he was worried about. What he was worried about was that when Sun Quan or some superior leader arrived here, some embarrassing situation would occur, which would lead to his being in this situation. The military operation has lost its original merit!

Although it was said that his merits were not many originally...

Then there can be no negligence at all!

Seeing that Sun Quan is about to go to the front line in person, such a strange phenomenon occurs around the vanguard camp and inside the town. So what is the reason and problem? If Xie Zan cannot give a satisfactory answer, then Sun Quan will definitely not take the blame for Xie Zan!

"explain! What exactly is this for? ! Xie Zan said angrily, "Why are there so many dead rats?" ! 』

"Could it be... because it rained a few days ago?" "The logistics clerk in the military camp said, "It rained continuously the past few days, and then didn't these things dig holes in the ground... The rainwater poured into the holes..."

The logistics officer clapped his hands with great certainty, "That must be the case!" Either drowned or suffocated! 』

Xie Zan frowned slightly, then thought for a moment, nodded, and accepted the statement, "That's okay... this matter..."

Before Xie Zan could finish his words, soldiers came to report, "Report to the captain!" Oh no! Someone is sick! 』

……（￣□￣）｜｜……

The disease will not be merciful just because the opponent is weak. On the contrary, it will bully the weak and fear the strong and become more and more cruel to the weak.

Among the Guangling refugees hiding in caves, the first to become sick were the old and the weak.

The child is ill.

At the beginning, these children seemed to just have severe stomachaches, as if they were gluttonous and ruined their stomachs. They did not get any attention from the adults. They just scolded them a few times and ignored them. .

The child's mother came to take a look, but neither the child's mother nor the child himself had much decision-making ability, nor the ability to detect any symptoms, so they could only let the child lie down in the hay in the cave to rest. .

As a result, the child's symptoms became more and more serious, and he started to have a fever. He groaned because of the fever, talked nonsense, and curled up like a shrimp about to be cooked.

At the beginning, these refugees did not realize that this was a plague. The young mother held her child, tried her best to soothe the child's body twisted in pain, and kept wiping the saliva and tears that flowed out of the child uncontrollably. But soon, these mothers were also infected...

Many people began to suffer from the same symptoms, first stomachache, diarrhea, then pain, fever, and then convulsions in a coma, shaking like a thatched house in a storm, and may be destroyed at any time.

Many people died of torture within two or three days.

Immediately, because of pain, fear, or other reasons, someone jumped from the mountain stream at night when they couldn't bear it anymore. The roaring sound echoed in the valley, like the evil ghosts in hell in the darkness. Howling among them.

Then among the refugees in the cave, the already weak order began to collapse.

These Guangling refugees began to flee their "shelter", some fled deeper into the mountains, some went to the nearest village, some died on the road, and some were arrested again and became Labor service...

A new storm began to form on this piece of land and swept across it, carrying countless creatures and began to swallow up one life after another.

Most of the human beings in this storm are still in a state of confusion.

……(*?Д?*)……

"No way? 』

"It can't be true?" 』

"Maybe it's just an isolated case, it can't be a plague?" 』

The idea of ​​luck, no matter whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, as long as human beings have it.

Under normal circumstances, some luck can only affect a few people at most, but if the person holding the fluke mentality is a leader or a commander, then it will affect more than just one or two people...

From the first time the word "plague" was mentioned in history to the present day of the Han Dynasty, it was always accompanied by a large number of deaths.

Although birth, old age, sickness and death are normal conditions in life, in addition to those that can be directly seen, the enemies faced by mankind also include many opponents that cannot be directly seen. Natural and man-made disasters are also common in human history, but once it falls to oneself, When I saw it on my head, I was still a little stunned and couldn't believe it.

Not so unlucky?

It's like war.

When the war just broke out, or before it broke out, the people were always full of worries, but also blindly confident.

"How long can I fight?" Three or two months at most! 』

"Koto must win!" 』

"When will this war end?" 』

"It's quick, it's quick..."

The plague is like this kind of war, like a nightmare. Everyone hopes that this nightmare will end soon, but the problem is that this nightmare does not operate according to human ideas, and it is often not as short-lived as imagined. That's it. The first ones to be attacked are always those who are careless, those who think they are the greatest and smartest, those who like to judge and point fingers all the time but are defenseless.

During the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there were many plagues. How many of these plagues are plagues cannot be determined, but I believe this thing will not be absent.

The gregarious nature of human beings and the lack of effective isolation make the spread and spread of plague possible.

As the name suggests, plague originally only targeted rodents such as rats, including but not limited to rats, such as flatheads, marmots, etc., which may have plague bacteria. For example, those stupid guys in later generations, who ran live broadcasts or something, ran to get close to the wild flat-headed brother, it is very likely that they were infected with the plague because of this moment of intimacy...

In this battle, the people of Guangling County suffered numerous casualties. Jiangdong's army certainly didn't have much thought to deal with the corpses of the dead Guangling people. The villages that had been massacred could only be set on fire, so who would bother to bury them?

In these villages, there are not only humans, but also various small animals, microorganisms, bacteria and fungi. In winter, when the temperature is low, the speed of these transmissions can be suppressed in the wild. However, when the temperature rises, these animals begin to Looking for food everywhere, a large number of germs carried by the rotting corpses infected the water sources and began to spread, and the plague inevitably occurred.

Jiangdong Army has encountered the plague more than once before, and they even encountered such a situation when they conquered South Vietnam, but this does not mean that Jiangdong Army can resist the plague for a few more rounds.

Know and do, there is always a huge and trench. Just like those in later generations who clearly have ready-made homework to copy, but when problems arise, they still copy like shit.

Xie Zan copied it like a piece of shit.

Has Jiangdong never encountered a plague?

Obviously not.

Then no one summarized it?

Apparently not.

But the day after the first case of illness was discovered, Xie Zan still felt that the problem was not big.

Isn’t it just an individual problem of individual people?

Doesn’t it all have to be a plague?

If it was just the wind and cold, wouldn't the fuss have alarmed the Lord of Jiangdong? If something went wrong, could he still wear his hat?

The next day, a few more people got sick, and the single digits jumped to double digits.

Xie Zan was a little panicked, but managed to maintain his composure. He did not take any measures in the military camp or town. He only gave some hints to the logistics officer and asked him to move these seriously ill soldiers to remote areas. Some corners to go.

The third day.

The condition of the seriously ill soldier worsened, he went crazy because of the pain, and even attacked other soldiers nearby.

The soldiers who believed in ghosts and gods began to claim that these people were possessed by "evil ghosts", and then began to sell some self-made amulets that were said to be immune to being harmed by "evil ghosts"...

Xie Zan was sweating, and a small amount of sweat kept appearing on his forehead, and then flowed down his face. Logically speaking, he should make a decision, indicating that there may be a plague here, and seal off the soldiers who come into contact with the patients, and isolate the entire town. However, the correct measures are not in the direction of the best interests.

Promotion!

Get rich!

Shining on the lintel!

One wife, two concubines, three lovers, a small courtyard with ten or twenty apartments, and thirty or forty shops, this is the life Xie Zan wants! Instead of becoming a monkey in a cage, and then having to bear the cauldron of plague!

Xie Zan knew how terrible the plague was, but he felt in his heart that the plague "should not" continue to spread...

If the plague is reported, it means that Xie Zan not only has to bear most of the blame, but also has to be controlled and closed. Xie Zan even has to be with these soldiers of the plague to ensure that the morale of these soldiers will not be affected. This led to mutiny and wavering.

This is an uncontrollable fear about the future, and once the plague is reported, it means that these Jiangdong troops, including Xie Zan, will not be able to go home for at least a long time!

These Jiangdong Army soldiers are not alone in their families. There are seniors and juniors in their families. They originally thought they could go home after the war is over. But now if the plague is reported, they will still be here even after the war is over. Stay until the plague is determined to be completely over!

Xie Zan believes that when the time comes, the angry and desperate Jiangdong soldiers will tear themselves into pieces!

so……

Maybe it will heal on its own in two days?

tenth day.

The situation has completely gotten out of control.

At least Xie Zan has lost control of the situation...

The unknown fear hangs over the towns and barracks, and the soldiers are also spreading rumors among themselves. The shapes of the corpses that were not buried in time are described in the barracks in a creepy way.

The Han Dynasty paid great attention to funerals. Such crude and even hasty burials naturally had a moderate impact on the soldiers in Jiangdong. Even if everything in the army is kept simple and the customs and habits of the Han Dynasty are not discussed, in the process of burying the soldiers who died of illness, new soldiers will be exposed to the pathogen, and then they will inevitably be infected...

The plague germs mutate the fleas' stomachs, making them feel that they are never full, so they eat like crazy, biting from one body to another. Because the flea's stomach is twisted and knotted, the flea feeds The blood will not be digested by the flea at all, but is injected into the second body, thus completing the infection of the bacteria.

More and more patients appeared, and the area that originally housed the patients could not accommodate them. These new patients had to be kept in their original places, and then new infections occurred...