Chapter 320 Twenty-two Years of Jian'an and the Great Pandemic in the World
In the West Palace of Luoyang, Cao Cao was sitting in the main hall.
He was the only one in the palace.
There were no candles throughout the room, only a turtle and crane longevity palace lantern was lit on the left and right sides of the screen.
The flickering candlelight could not let the entire hall pass through, reflecting Cao Cao's expressionless face, half shadow and half bright.
Hu Weijie reported everything Xun Yu said to him one by one.
Hearing the intertwining of trees and vines, Cao Cao was indifferent.
When he heard that Xun Yu swallowed medicine and committed suicide without hesitation, Cao Cao's face was slightly moved.
When he heard that Xun Yu would rather watch the big man die in the setting sun, a trace of surprising anger even flashed in his eyes.
Why.
Wen Ruo.
It will not have much impact on the Bashu region.
Then from today onwards, let me say goodbye to you.
Zhang Zhongjing's family was almost destroyed by the plague in his early years, so he determined to study medicine and often lived in Jingnan or Lingnan and other places to search for medicinal materials and study treatment methods.
Zhang Fei fled back to Xiabian, and Liu Bei could only hold on.
From the perspective of rationality and practical interests, the more severe the epidemic in the north, the better.
At that time, Cao Hong himself was also troubled by the plague that was rampant in the army. When he learned that people were migrating to Nanyang in large numbers, he did not stop it.
In the same year, Shen Chen sent people to Bashu and many experienced doctors from Jingzhou to look for Zhuge Liang.
How can the great Han continue to this day?
Guan Yu camped for dozens of miles behind Xieyuguan and fought a bloody battle with the two men. Finally, he used Xu Shu's strategy to defeat Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin. The two retreated to Yi County, and Liu Bei's army was greatly prestige.
However, since the situation on the front line in Guanzhong was still unclear, he did not know the actual situation of Liu Bei's specific troop mobilization in Yizhou, so he did not dare to make mistakes.
Sima Yi proposed a plan to Cao Cao. He believed that Liu Bei's army was retreating every step of the way, which must be to lure the enemy.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong immediately dispatched doctors and a large number of symptomatic medicinal materials to the front line to help Liu Bei solve the problem of plague in the army.
Finally, he wrote to Zhuge Liang asking about this matter, and Zhuge Liang suggested that he transfer Fazheng and Jia Xu to Hanzhong.
Cao Cao said the big man's sentence seriously, and then added: "It is announced to the outside world that Xun Lingjun has been working hard on state affairs for many years and died of illness."
Cao Cao came to fight with him personally, and the two sides faced off again.
With this plague, the population in the north dropped sharply, and the population in Yangzhou also dropped a lot. Only Jingzhou and Yizhou quickly controlled the spread of the epidemic and stopped losses in time, so that the epidemic did not expand.
Therefore, Liu Bei promulgated a reward system to the entire army to increase the morale of the army. At the same time, he retreated the army to Wudu and Hanzhong, and made Ma Chao the commander-in-chief of the Qiang and Di, and Lei Ding and others as deputy generals to intensify the training of soldiers.
After one operation, 120,000 troops emerged from his front line in Guanzhong, while 50,000 troops were hidden behind Bodao. The number of troops in Yizhou suddenly reached more than 200,000.
Cao's army formed a camp step by step, while Liu Bei's army retreated step by step.
Cao Cao's party members in the court wrote letters one after another asking the emperor to ascend the throne.
Therefore, Liu Bei was not worried that Sun Quan would launch a sudden attack.
"Let the "big Han" Shangshu Ling be given a grand burial."
At the beginning of the 22nd year of Jian'an, Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin's troops entered Xieyuguan.
At that time, the epidemic was fierce and swept the entire Han Dynasty in just a few months. The epidemic was also serious in Jingzhou and Yizhou. It took Shen Chen a lot of effort to quell the epidemic.
The second is the virtual reality on the front line.
Except for Guiyang County, which was lent to Sun Quan, the six counties in Jingnan are in name only. The five counties in Jingbei, Nanyang, Zhangling, Jiangxia, and Xiling are guarded by Shen Chen's army, Huang She's army, and Zhao Yun's army, which are very important. The southern county suddenly became empty.
By the end of the 22nd year of Jian'an, the plague in Jingzhou and Yizhou had been basically eliminated, and the affected population and scope were only a few hundred thousand people.
Although there is no mask, this can at least prevent more than 80% of infections.
At this time, the epidemic was still raging across the country, with the north, Xiliang, Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Huainan and Henan becoming the hardest-hit areas.
The second is that their combat effectiveness is not strong. Their nomadic nature means that their discipline is far less strict than that of the Han people. It is okay to fight with a small number of people and fight against the wind. If they really fight against the elite of Cao's army, it is tantamount to seeking death.
Due to the spread of the epidemic, a large number of civilian deaths occurred in Henan.
The former was written by Xu Shu and records Shen Chen as the protagonist and his conversations with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others.
Guan Yu was defeated and retreated to Jigu to hold on. Cao Cao was unable to attack repeatedly, and Cao Cao was worried that he would go too far and Liu Bei would force him to Tianshui, so he withdrew his troops.
When Zhang He arrived, the defenders at Chiting fled.
When Shen Chen learned about this, he quickly asked Zhang Zhongjing for help. He had sent someone to bribe the jailer and obtained Hua Tuo's lifetime work "Qing Nang Shu", which also contained some methods of dealing with the plague.
Later, Liu Bei withdrew Huang Zhong's 20,000 troops stationed in Jiangling to Jiangzhou, under the command of Tai Shici.
But now, because Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought in Guanzhong and Xiliang, many people were killed and injured. In addition, Guandong and the south continued to allocate food and grass, and the infected people spread everywhere, and gradually became popular among the army.
After several years of military restructuring and rectification, even the second-line county soldiers should be able to compete with the main army in Jiangdong.
Xun Yu was disappointed with him.
Lu Su died of the plague.
It is impossible for him to massacre sick people.
Zhuge Liang was in charge of Jiangzhou and handled official affairs in Jingzhou and Yizhou. Pang Tong was in charge of Shu County, Fazheng Jiaxu was in charge of Xiangyang, and Xu Shu followed Guan Yu to confront Xiahou Dun in Jin on the front line of Baoxie Road, but they were unable to get out.
On the contrary, there are not many infections in the Nanyang Basin.
In fact, Taishi Ci was already very old at this time.
Duke Wei had made an explanation when he sent him there.
It is more than two hundred miles from Xixian County to Xiabian, and there are mountain roads along the way, with countless pavilions in the middle. Liu Bei has placed a large number of sentries, scouts, beacon towers and camps in the mountains on both sides and in each pavilion, stretching for hundreds of miles.
Of course Shen Chen didn't know that a plague would sweep the world this year in history, but he knew how to prevent it.
Because Nanyang was temporarily controlled by Shen Chen's epidemic regulations and policies, and the situation was relatively mild, many people thought that Nanyang could be treated, so a large number of people chose to go to Nanyang with their families and families.
The latter was compiled by Shen Chen and many disciples, recording the meaning of the scriptures that Shen Chen taught his disciples.
The most important thing is that Shen Chen can take advantage of this opportunity to carry out cultural propaganda among the people in the north.
Except for Kong Rong, who had been killed long ago, and Ruan Yu, who died young, the other five of the Jian'an Seven Sons were all wiped out.
Both sides include their own main force, alien armies, incorporated rebels, and even second-line troops, totaling 30 to 400,000 people. The forces on both sides are intertwined, and they test back and forth from time to time. There are no large-scale wars, and small-scale fights continue.
All the people in the world are suffering. We are all Han after all, so why should we treat you as an enemy bandit just because you are a commoner in an enemy-occupied area?
Gushan Pavilion is a rural pavilion forty miles north of Xiabian. The road here is surrounded by dense hills and mountains on both sides. Liu Bei's army was stationed here before. When he heard that Cao's army was arriving, he withdrew to the rear.
He himself was a great Confucian of the time, and his works include "The Statements of Zhuzi" and "The Collection of Shen's Classics".
At this point, Shen Chen used his own advantages and conducted many analyzes with Zhou Buyi to study the pros and cons.
The deep gaze eventually turned into a trace of regret and painful remembrance.
However, Liu Bei also knew that the morale of these Qiang and Di people was not high. They came to surrender because of Ma Chao's prestige, and they might not necessarily fight for him wholeheartedly.
It includes an analysis of the shortcomings of the Han Dynasty, a description of human nature, and the concept of "unity of knowledge and action", etc.
Anyway, the epidemic in the south has been brought under control. Even if new epidemics continue to spread, the losses he will suffer will definitely be much smaller than Cao Cao.
Moreover, their departure would make Sun Quan happy.
However, with the two small victories at Gushanting and Xieyuguan, Liu Bei's troops were reduced to a defensive position, which gave Cao Jun a considerable advantage. Under such circumstances, the Chen Du court began to build momentum for it.
It is a lonely person who is struggling to support this withered and dilapidated country and keep it going for decades.
His face, a mixture of light and dark, was full of calm.
Especially for the people at the bottom, if one person is infected, the whole family will suffer. Sometimes the plague will wipe out the whole family and the entire clan when the plague comes, often even killing people in a township or a county.
In a short time, the plague in Jingzhou was eradicated.
Historically, he had died of illness ten years ago in the 11th year of Jian'an at the age of forty-one.
You have chosen the wrong path after all.
Liu Bei felt that what Zhuge Liang said was reasonable, so at the end of the 21st year of Jian'an, he summoned Fazheng and Jia Xu to Yizhou to follow him to fight against Cao Cao.
The situation on Liu Bei's side is actually relatively clear.
In October of the 21st year of Jian'an, after Cao's army retreated, Liu Bei learned from the pain.
Due to the disastrous defeat in Hefei, Sun Quan's importance in Liu Bei's heart went down a notch. Only the Jiangxia Navy, who was not good at land warfare, was left to guard the Yangtze River defense line in Jiangxia and Nanjun, which seemed to look down on him.
He stabbed out Zhang Fei halfway, defeated Cao's army, and fled in panic.
After waiting for the others to go out, Cao Cao put his hands on the table, rested his forehead on the table, and looked gloomy.
Now he is stationed in Jingzhou and Yizhou all year round and has good medical guarantee, which has allowed him to live ten more years.
The strategy of luring the enemy deep was his own arrangement. It would be fine against ordinary people, but against someone like Cao Cao, the ordinary strategy would not be effective. Instead, Cao Cao would see through it and counterattack.
His ovary.
Secondly, it’s also for myself.
There is no one in the world with such achievements.
He believed that the reason for his disastrous defeat at Gushanting was because he did not have a reliable military adviser around him to advise him.
This is to control the epidemic in the north and prevent the people in the north from suffering further disasters.
Ling Tong passed away.
The two sides still maintain the same situation as when Zhuge Liang left Qishan for the first time, with the two sides facing off.
Among the generals Liu Bei followed in the early days, Guan Zhang was the first, followed by Tai Shi Ci, and then Zhao Yun. Therefore, when Guan Zhang was on the front line, Tai Shi Ci became the pillar behind him.
When Sun Quan heard the news, he was furious.
Liu Xie was helpless, so at the end of April in the 22nd year of Jian'an, he sent Zongzheng Liu Ai's envoy Zhijie and the imperial censor to Chang'an to worship Cao Cao as the King of Wei.
After all, Sun Quan has always been afraid of them. Although Sun Quan is most afraid of Shen Chen, Shen Chen is being restrained in Nanyang. Once Fazheng and Jia Xu leave, there will be no one in Nanjun. If Sun Quan wants to attack Nanjun, he will definitely be happy to see this scene. .
For example, patients should be isolated, wash hands frequently and ventilate frequently, boil drinking water, avoid large gatherings outside, all troops should be stationed in camps for closed management, and people should have as little contact with each other as possible, etc.
Cao Jun pursued him all the way.
If Xun Lingjun requests to see him one last time, he must bring Xun Yu to him.
Because the 80,000 Nanyang army was guarded by Cao Hong and Xu Huang, the 50,000 Jiangxia navy and the 10,000 Zhao Yun soldiers were all troops deployed on the front line. After Liu Bei transferred 50,000 troops from Jingzhou, it meant that only 50,000 troops were left in the rear. There are more than 10,000 county soldiers scattered in various places.
Do you have to die for that rotten man?
When it came to saving the north, even if he had the thoughts of a saint and chose to help the enemy rule the people, he was powerless at that time.
After that, Zhang Zhongjing couldn't bear the suffering of the people in the north, so he asked Shen Chen to print "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" and "Qing Nang Shu" into books to help the people in the north.
The festival never said.
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Controlling the spread of the epidemic in the north can also help prevent the epidemic from recurring in the south.
Although Liu Bei sent envoys to appease him, he did so with the front foot and moved the soldiers and horses of Nanjun away. The significance is obviously self-evident.
So in a sense, the only troops that Jingzhou can mobilize are the Jiangxia navy.
Cao Cao then sent Zhang He as the vanguard and led five thousand men to attack Chiting.
Relying on Ma Chao's prestige, the Wudu Qiang people turned to him and immediately provided Liu Bei with tens of thousands more troops.
After arriving at Gushanting, there are only three pavilion towns left in Chiting, Qiubeiting and Wujie from Xiabian.
Among the 120,000 troops, the main force is still Guanzhang's 50,000 elite troops and 10,000 cavalry, followed by 10,000 Qiang troops, and the rest are all Qiang and Di people.
After Taishi Ci passed away, the whole world became desolate because of the plague.
I have given you the last chance.
Helping to control the plague at this time can just be a cultural invasion, win over the people, and pave the way for the future pacification of the north.
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I could only write a letter to Cao Cao to congratulate Cao Cao on becoming the Duke of Wei, and at the same time send an envoy to Liu Bei to express his deferential attitude that he would continue to attack Hefei when he was ready.
Therefore, letting the methods to treat the epidemic spread to the north is the best choice.
Even Taishi Ci, who lived ten more years, could not survive the epidemic and eventually died of the disease.
Unexpectedly, he fell into Sima Yi's treacherous plan and was ambushed in Gushan Pavilion. In fact, he lost many men and horses.
It was not until August of the 21st year of Jian'an, after eight months of confrontation, that Cao Cao finally accumulated a wave of food and grass, began to march into Lucheng, and personally led the army through Nanrong Qiu in Lucheng and arrived at Xiabenwai Gushan Pavilion.
If the loss of one million people in Jingzhou and Yizhou can be exchanged for the loss of five million people under Cao Cao's rule, then there will be too many obstacles to Ji Han's recovery of the north in the future confrontation between the north and the south.
Secondly, it is not a bad thing to let the plague go to enemy-occupied areas.
Cao Cao let out a long sigh.
But none of his main advisers were around at this time.
After Zhang Zhongjing read the "Qing Nang Shu", he added his own "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" and studied the right prescriptions.
Finally, Zhang Zhongjing appeared.
However, he did not directly take these soldiers and horses to the rear and hide them. Instead, he used the Yizhou soldiers and horses and the Qiang and Di people recruited by Ma Chao to change the reality.
In the future, there will be no more people like Gu in the world.
The festival departs from the command.
At the same time, Liu Xie also allowed Cao Cao to set up the emperor's banner and call him a policeman when he came in and out. He also gave Cao Cao twelve crowns, a gold-rooted chariot and six horses.
After being distributed to each county, the number of soldiers in each county was only one or two thousand.
At this time, adding the 30,000 people who were first transferred from Jingzhou, and the current 20,000, Jingzhou has already had 50,000 people transferred away, and the rear has become very empty.
Cao Zhi saw the damage caused by the plague with his own eyes and wrote "Speaking of the Epidemic Gas".
Strictly speaking, in history, the plague swept through the north where Cao Cao was located, Huainan where Sun Quan was located, and Jingzhou where Liu Bei was located.
When Liu Bei heard about this, he became furious and accused Cao Cao of violating the White Horse Alliance and seeking power to usurp the throne. He personally led the army and went out of Qishan Mountain to attack Tianshui.
Huo Jun passed away.
In the 21st year since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the world was still not at peace.
In addition to the troops on the front line and the troops hiding in the rear, these troops also include troops fighting the rebellion in Jingnan, as well as troops staying behind in various counties and Jiangzhou.
But until his death, Xun Yu did not want to see him.
Cao Cao was silent for a long time. A gentle breeze blew into the hall, causing the candlelight to sway slightly.
In February, Cao Cao personally went to Yi County and led his troops to attack.
After Sun Quan's defeat in Hefei in Jiangdong, Liu Bei sent envoys to comfort him and hoped that he could reorganize his troops and attack Hefei north.
For example, Zhang Zhongjing's family had more than 200 members, but less than ten died, and the infection was extremely rapid, which is the terrible thing about the plague.
Therefore, after learning that a large-scale epidemic occurred in the north, a large number of policies were immediately promulgated.
So that's a good thing.
When things are prosperous, the people suffer.
"only."
Death, people suffer.
After the two books were printed, they spread all over the world and were collected by all the aristocratic families. Even Cao Cao himself read them. Shen Chen himself had a certain status in the northern academic world.
But now he has lived for ten more years, perhaps because in history he was stationed in southern areas such as Jianchang Haihun and died of the poisonous insect miasma.
But considering the rationality and expected benefits, he should help.
From then on, Cao Cao's travels and regulations were no different from those of the emperor, except that he usurped the throne.
There are not many main front-line troops, only 100,000 in total, and the rest are second-line county soldiers or ethnic minority teams.
At this time, Zhang Zhongjing was in his later years and finally wrote the medical book "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases". When he learned that the plague was spreading again, he went to Xiangyang in person and handed the book to the government, hoping to provide some help.
First of all, except for the Nanyang Army and Jiangxia Army, which could not be mobilized, the rest of the troops were almost exhausted and all went to Jiangzhou.
It coincided with the great epidemic in the 22nd year of Jian'an, especially in the north.
Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang died of the epidemic because he went deep into the epidemic area to inspect the epidemic.
So they acquiesced in the matter and even opened the gate, so that at least 100,000 people moved to the south.
After that, Cao Jun besieged Bian for more than a month and repeatedly provoked Liu Bei. Liu Bei remained unmoved. Cao Jun finally dispersed after two months of siege.
What's wrong with being called a duke alone, even if you're called a king?
Wen Ruo, Wen Ruo.
In this case, even if Zhang Zhongjing later came to help and allowed Shen Chen to barely control the spread of the epidemic in Nanyang, it would continue to cause large-scale infections as new patients continued to arrive.
But by the end of the year, the epidemic in Jingzhou and Yizhou was finally under control. After hearing Zhang Zhongjing's request, Shen Chen did not hesitate and chose to print a large number of these books and send them to the north for sale.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Fei was very proud and continued to chase.
When Cao Cao learned of Xun Yu's choice, his heart was filled with mixed emotions, including discomfort, sadness, anger, reminiscence and other complex emotions.
Therefore, the current situation in Guanzhong is that Cao Cao's Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin's troops have blocked the exits of Baoxie Road and Chencang Road, and are confronting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. On the other side, Cao Cao personally leads the army and is stationed on the Tianshui line, fighting with Liu Bei who is stationed in Wudu Xiabian.
Confrontation.
How could he not be disappointed with Xun Yu?
What can be saved in this ruined country of the Han Dynasty?
If you are not alone.
The north was not so lucky. The impact of the plague was extremely serious. It affected all the places under Cao Cao's rule. Countless people died of the disease. Every family suffered from the pain of zombies and every room was filled with wailing mourning.
Finally left him.
This situation caused large-scale epidemic outbreaks in both Liu Bei's army and Cao Cao's army. In the end, one of the two sides withdrew to Chang'an, Guanzhong, and the other to Hanzhong Basin.
Because Jingzhou has already been governed to a certain extent, those who should be killed have been killed, the fields that should be confiscated have been collected, and the population has been greatly liberated, there is no point in leaving Fazheng Jiaxu in Jingzhou.
It is better to adopt a counter-lure strategy and send a vanguard to attack Chiting. Once Liu Bei catches up, he will immediately pretend to be defeated and retreat, taking the opportunity to ambush.
First of all, there is no way to stop it.
So he needs a wise military advisor to help him as a reference.
It's just that this kind of public interest is invisible and intangible, and is far less practical than the benefit of a large population loss in the north, so it is said to be an expected benefit rather than an actual benefit.
But when Zhang Zhongjing asked him to help, Shen Chen made his choice without any hesitation. These interests and emotional and rational analysis were also the results of his review after discussion with Zhou Buji.
Because Shen Chen is a conscientious person, even if there is no benefit in helping someone, as long as it is within his ability, he will still help when he needs to, and he will still save when he needs to save.
Children who have been caught in the rain will eventually hold up an umbrella for others.
Personally, I think this plague should be the beginning of the population decline in the Three Kingdoms. Even Cao Cao issued an edict saying that the plague came from heaven and many people died, so that no one would plow the fields, which made him very worried. There is also Cao Zhi's "On the Epidemic Gas"
" also recorded that every household was wiped out and exterminated. Historically, it basically swept the entire Han Dynasty. Although the specific number of people was not mentioned, I think it affected at least four to five million people. Records of many plagues before and after the end of the Han Dynasty only said that a certain year in a certain year
There is no record of the specific number of people who died or the extent of the epidemic in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu this time. Cao Cao and Cao Zhi were worried that there would be no one to farm because so many people died.
His military rations were not renewed, and the other one also wrote that many low-level people died, which is an extremely rare thing.