Chapter 1,160: The Battle of Kongtong Mountain, Chapter 1,160: The entire army was annihilated. More than 600 people were affected that night. They were all killed by Qiu Wen. He didn’t bother to dig holes, so he directly poured kerosene on them and burned the corpses everywhere along the way.
It's a little bit of fire.
It was getting brighter. The soldiers had been walking all night, and they were tired, sleepy, and exhausted. At this moment, the ground in front of them trembled, a thunderous sound roared in the air, and a black line appeared two miles away.
"It's the cavalry! The Jin cavalry is coming!"
Qiu Jingzhong's army was in chaos, and countless soldiers turned around and ran wildly.
Qiu Jingzhong was furious. He drew his sword and stepped forward, killing more than a dozen people. He shouted, "If you dare to run away again, you will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers were suppressed and no one dared to run around anymore. Qiu Jingzhong ordered his third son Qiu Pai: "You lead the cavalry up to fight and buy me time!"
Qiu Jingzhong also had 3,000 cavalry, more than 3,000 horses captured from Zhang Ting'an's cavalry, and selected 3,000 men to form a cavalry, led by his third son Qiu Pai.
"Follow the order!"
Qiu Pai took the order arrow and shouted: "The cavalry follow me!"
He led three thousand cavalry to fight.
Qiu Jingzhong immediately ordered the front army to "form a crossbow array!"
His team was more than ten miles long, and it would take at least a quarter of an hour to assemble them all. It was too late, so he had to organize the front army first.
Thousands of former soldiers quickly formed a three-row crossbow formation, raising their bows, arrows and crossbows, ready to fire at any time.
The three thousand cavalry formed by Qiu Jingzhong were far from well-trained and were no match for the well-trained Jin cavalry. They were defeated by the Jin cavalry in just a moment, with nearly a thousand casualties. The remaining less than two thousand people turned around and fled south in panic.
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An accident happened. The cavalry running in front turned out to be one of our own who had fled. The leading general was Qiu Pai. He was hit by two arrows, his shoulder was injured, and he was covered in blood. He was galloping on his horse in embarrassment.
The crossbowmen looked at each other, their cavalry turned into human shields, and they could no longer shoot.
Qiu Jingzhong was worried about his son's injury and could no longer fire arrows. He had to order: "Remove the crossbow formation and replace it with a spear formation!"
But it was useless to change the spear array. They still had to face the impact of their own cavalry. In just a moment, a sandstorm kicked up by the cavalry came out. The sand and dust filled the air and their line of sight dropped sharply.
In the sand and dust, the cavalry came like a violent storm. Countless cavalry rushed into the crowd of soldiers, spears piercing the body, heads flying, blood splashing everywhere, and the enemy soldiers fell down one by one like a dead body.
The morale was low and the exhausted Flying Bear Guards still had the physical strength and courage to fight the powerful Jin cavalry. The soldiers shouted and fled in the wilderness. If they couldn't run anymore, they knelt down and begged for mercy.
There were also many soldiers who knew how to swim and jumped into the Bian River and swam to the other side.
This pursuit storm lasted for nearly an hour before gradually calming down. The tens of thousands of troops that were more than ten miles long had disappeared and turned into groups of captured soldiers. They were escorted by cavalry and quickly moved westward, close to the river.
There were too many soldiers of Zhu Si's army who died of illness, so they had to stay away from the river to be safer.
A soldier found Qiu Jingzhong's body. He was lying on the side of the river, his head buried in the water, his back was pierced by a spear, and he still held a sword in his hand. He may have wanted to climb into the river, and finally fell to death by the river.
Qiu Pai's body was also found. He died in the first wave of attack. He was not killed by the Jin army, but was pierced by more than a dozen spears from his own army. Many of his soldiers died in this way.
The sand and dust filled the air, and they panicked and ran into the spear array of their own army.
Qiu Wen also died in the rebellion. He refused to surrender. Instead, he led three thousand soldiers to fight to the death with the Jin cavalry. In the end, the entire army was destroyed. They were all killed by the Jin army and no one survived.
General Li Mian tried to swim to the other side, but was shot dead in the river by the Jin army's archers and cavalry. Thousands of people jumped into the water to escape, or were shot dead, or were dragged down by their armor and drowned in the water. The soldiers who finally swam across the other side and escaped were not killed.
to five hundred people.
The chief officers escorting the rear army convoy were Qiu Yuan and Hou Xicai. They promptly ordered more than 10,000 rear army soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender, and luckily escaped with their lives.
In this battle, Qiu Jingzhong's army was completely destroyed. More than 50,000 people were captured and more than 10,000 people were killed.
Considering that the plague was raging, Li Bing ordered all the corpses to be piled up and burned, and then dug deep pits to cover them. This was the correct way to dispose of the corpses. They must be burned and buried deeply. The corpses buried by Zhu Si's army and Qiu Jingzhong's army had to dig up the soil.
, re-incinerated and then buried.
The cavalry took the prisoners of war to the observation camp and isolation camp to the west. There were not many people fleeing there, so they could be used to observe the epidemic situation of the prisoners of war.
At noon the next day, Li Bing led 10,000 cavalry to Songcheng County. He asked more than a thousand soldiers to take protective measures, put on hoods, masks, gloves, and leather boots. They followed dozens of military doctors into the city to check the situation.
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This plague should be acute cholera, which is extremely lethal. It will occur two or three days after infection. The body will have a fever, followed by vomiting and diarrhea, especially unstoppable diarrhea. The elderly and infirm will die of dehydration overnight, or
If you die of heart failure, a strong person can only survive for three to four days at most.
An hour later, the soldiers came out to report, "There are still thousands of people alive in the military camp, and there are more than a thousand elderly people found in civilian houses. They are unwilling to leave their homes."
Li Bing ordered all living soldiers and residents to be evacuated and set up a camp outside the city for treatment.
The next day, Li Bing ordered soldiers to search the entire city to make sure there were no survivors. Li Bing ordered the city to be poured with kerosene and burned.
A raging fire engulfed the entire Songcheng County. The fire burned for three days and three nights, burning the entire city to ashes.
Li Bing spent another half month digging out the bodies of all the deceased people, burning them and burying them. The plague in Songzhou was finally stopped by the fire, but the plague spread in neighboring states and was brought to Bian by the retreating Xiao Wanding army.
The outbreak broke out in Bianzhou, Caozhou, Huazhou, and eastern Zhengzhou soon.
The people in the four states were in great panic and fled east and west with their families and families. However, Zhu Si ordered the Hulao Pass to be closed and the people in the four states were not allowed to flee westward.
Desperate people flocked to Puzhou and Yanzhou in large numbers. Li Bing's army turned into a disaster relief army and marched into Bianzhou to rescue the fleeing people. At the same time, a large number of ships loaded with food, medicinal materials, tents and other supplies arrived in Puzhou.
The Yellow River pier docks in the state.
The Jin army established the largest rescue camp in Puyang County to resettle the people who fled from the four states.
This plague was not only a disease crisis, but it was also an opportunity, which enabled the Jin army to completely recover the Central Plains east of Hulao Pass. Zhu Si's territory was only Henan Prefecture, and his army still had 80,000 people.
By the end of November, a cold wave from the north swept south of the Yellow River, and the temperature dropped sharply. Light snow began to fall in Hebei and the Central Plains, and the rivers froze. The plague was no longer as active as before, and the degree of infection was significantly reduced.
It's time.
However, the reduction in the spread of the plague does not mean that it disappeared. In fact, the plague did not completely disappear until three years later. In the end, more than 300,000 people died in the Central Plains, which brought huge disasters to the Central Plains region and greatly damaged their vitality.
, it was not until ten years later that he gradually recovered.
In Chang'an, the bustling market remains, and the impact of the Central Plains epidemic has not been felt at all. At noon, the flower boats on Xi'anmenwai Street began to parade with singing and dancing again, and both sides of the Cao River were crowded with people watching the parade.
Starting from last year, the flower boat parade is no longer held every day, but once every Friday or October. It is held at noon on the fifth day and in the evening on the tenth day. King Guo and Song of Jin Dynasty previously opposed the flower boat parade as being too extravagant, but the dancers dressed in
The sarong performance lacked charm, so Guo Song specifically approved that the flower boat dancers could wear satin dresses, but they were not allowed to use the most gorgeous Shu brocade.
Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty also banned the use of Shu brocade for clothing many times, but in the end there was no result. Due to its gorgeousness and wealth, Shu brocade has always been the most favored fabric for dresses among powerful women, surpassing the famous Lake silk and satin.
In front of the second-floor window of Mingzhu Restaurant, Bai Juyi and Xue Qing were drinking while watching the graceful dance of the dancers on the boat.
Bai Juyi is currently serving as the secretary of the Provincial School of Congbapin. In fact, he works as a book editor in Hongwen Hall and at the same time accompanies the prince to study. His work is very free and he has more time, so he also serves as the editor of the people's livelihood column of "Chang'an Express"
The main writer writes articles in newspapers under the pseudonym Bai Ding.
He actually took over Guo Jincheng's position. After Guo Jincheng resigned from the newspaper, he recommended Bai Juyi to the newspaper to take over his column.
"Hey! The prince basically doesn't come out now. I haven't had a drink with him for a long time." Bai Juyi raised his glass and sighed.
Xue Qing smiled slightly and said: "He came to work because His Highness the King of Jin wanted him to know more about people's livelihood and hone his character. He has been working for more than a year and it's time to go back. After all, he is the prince, and many people are watching him.
He is not safe outside."
After a pause, Xue Qing smiled again and said: "He was studying in Hongwen Hall in the morning, weren't you with him? Don't you even have time to drink?"