As Sun Chenglong hoped, the pace of the Ming army was indeed delayed, but what delayed the pace of the Ming army was not the mud after the flooding of rivers, but the epidemic that Qin Feng was worried about.

The outbreak of the epidemic was beyond Qin Feng's expectations. When he discovered this, Qin Feng had no choice but to order the entire army to stop moving forward. Before the epidemic was completely cured, it was extremely dangerous to let the soldiers enter the epidemic area. The army was originally a place where the crowd was highly concentrated. Once it was infected, the epidemic would be enough to make a powerful army disappear.

Kun County was the first place where the Ming army discovered a large-scale outbreak.

Sun Chenglong's inhumane behavior completely angered Qin Feng, which made Qin Feng decide to crush the Chu army in Xiangzhou in the toughest posture, and annihilate all the Chu army in Xiangzhou. Kun County was the first obstacle on the marching road. According to earlier information, as one of the entire Xiangshan Fortress defense group, Kuncheng had 5,000 troops stationed, and tens of thousands of people were stationed in the city.

But when Canglang Camp arrived in Kuncheng, their scouts were surprised to find that the gates of Kuncheng were wide open and there was no defensive soldiers on the city. They even saw a few dead bodies at the gate.

The scout sent one person to enter the county town with courage, but the one who had just entered the county town immediately retreated, his face pale.

The city has become hell.

After receiving this news, some people dared to take a step forward immediately. Instead, they retreated for more than ten miles, set up a camp, and sent messengers back to report to the emperor.

As the messenger came back, all the military doctors in the Central Army camp, they brought a lot of herbs and trucks of lime.

The military doctors wrapped themselves tightly into Kuncheng. After an hour, they came out and jumped into the pool drained with lime water, washed themselves like shrimps that had been put into a pot and then got up and entered the camp.

"Kuncheng is over." The military doctor in the lead shook his head and said, "In addition to the dead, there are many people who are about to die, as well as those who are waiting to die in despair. Those who can run must have run away."

"Are there anyone dead?" asked immediately.

"have!"

"Is there any treatment?"

"I can't explain it clearly. Maybe there are still people inside that have not been infected with the epidemic, and maybe some are still very light." The military doctor said.

He nodded immediately: "Since that's the case, I still have to save it. Doctor, I will set up another battalion outside the city and send 500 soldiers to your command. Save as much as you can!"

"It's all this, do your part and leave your fate. General Ma, your soldiers must be careful. The herbs we bring to prevent epidemics must be taken every day. In addition, the camp must pay attention to hygiene and disinfect them more with raw ash. People who go out of the camp must clean them before they can be put into the camp. There is no need to send people out of the camp during this period. I don't know how the epidemic has expanded at this time." The military doctor reminded.

"I understand, but the scouts still have to be released. The scope of this epidemic must be clearly investigated and prevented, so that they can be more purposeful." He immediately said a little heavy.

They are not afraid of fighting with the enemy face to face, but the thing that is invisible and intangible is the most terrifying thing.

The Ming army, who was preparing to march in large numbers, immediately stopped moving forward. The most important thing now is not combat, but prevention and control of the epidemic.

Some soldiers immediately carried out more than 3,000 corpses from Kuncheng. Some of them were already rotten because they died earlier and the temperature gradually increased. There was only one way for these corpses, which was to burn them all with a fire.

In addition to these dead people, nearly five thousand living people were found in the city. Without exception, they were all locked up in the camp that was immediately established and treated by military doctors. Only those who were confirmed to be uninfected will be released.

Now that a large number of people are needed, he is not willing to let his soldiers enter this ghost-like city, then these identified survivors become the targets of driving.

The entire city needs to be disinfected.

Now the team in Suqian is about to become a professional master of lime burning. Even though dozens of lime cellars have been built, the supply is still in short supply.

The military doctor led the survivors of Kuncheng carefully sprayed potions and lime water in the city. All the creatures in the city were almost killed by them. In Kuncheng, even in the present, there were probably not a few mice left.

After half a month, the military doctor confirmed that there was no danger in Kuncheng and that the army could enter. At this time, half of the nearly five thousand living people in the city were dead.

Not only were scouts sent immediately, but other departments of the Ming Dynasty also sent their own scouts, and the Eagle Nest spies under Tian Kang were even out of their way. They must confirm the scope and extent of the epidemic this time.

Not only were all the generals and soldiers worried, but even Emperor Qin Feng was uneasy. This was the first time they encountered such a large-scale, severe epidemic. The information brought back from the scouts who kept coming back was getting wider and wider in Qin Feng's time-lapse epidemic map.

This uneasiness finally disappeared with Shu Chang and Shu Wan's arrival. Not only did the brother and sister come, but the Ming Medical College almost came out in full swing. Not only did the teachers, but even the students were brought over. In order to allow these people to quickly arrive at the epidemic area, the Ming Dynasty's railway and navy transported them to the fastest speed. The various medicinal materials transported from the Ming Dynasty, the six eastern counties and other regions were already piled up like mountains.

As soon as Shu Chang arrived, he brought a group of doctors into a large tent specially prepared for him. At his request, the bodies of several dead sick people were also sent to the big tent. After a half-day passed, Shu Chang, who was covered in smell, got out of the big tent, and with a hint of fatigue, he was about to go to see Qin Feng.

He was naturally stopped outside.

Looking at Eunuch Le who was blocking him, Shu Chang raised his eyebrows angrily.

"Mr. Shu, you are like this, but you can't see the emperor." Eunuch Le grabbed Shu Chang who wanted to break in. He was a little short of being able to push the door of the Grandmaster. Unfortunately, Shu Chang's martial arts foundation fell into his hands, like a chicken falling into the hands of a tiger. He couldn't do anything except spit. He watched Eunuch Le cut off all his legs and pressed it into a large wooden barrel. The taste of lime water made Shu Chang cough.

"Bastard, what kind of epidemic can get into my body? Let me go." Shu Chang yelled angrily.

However, Eunuch Le ignored his anger and washed Shu Chang like a big prawn. Then he picked him up and put clean clothes on him from an eunuch.

Shu Chang, who was furious, strode inward while looking at Eunuch Le threateningly, "Stinky eunuch, wait, don't let you take off a layer of skin, I won't call Shu crazy."

Eunuch Le smiled dryly and watched Shu Chang walk into the tent with his arms. Even Dr. Shu could not see His Majesty the Emperor without disinfection. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but was afraid of anything.

Qin Feng, who was reading the memorial, suddenly burst into laughter when he saw Shu Chang: "Shu Xiazi, your red skin is so beautiful."

Shu Chang said angrily: "My face is red, my neck is red, my hands are red, you can see it, and my body is red, you can see it, you have a perspective eye! Dear eunuch, I will let him take a good look at my power, well, let him pull it for a few days, it is a good choice."

"I heard you threaten him. I'm very curious. How did you let him eat what you gave me to achieve the consequences you wanted?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"I, Doctor Shu." Shu Chang proudly raised his thumbs up and pointed at himself, "I want to clean him up, get some seasonings for him, and still need to let him eat?"

Qin Feng laughed, "It seems that he will stay away from you in the future. OK, let's not joke, get back to the point, how is the matter?"

"A very powerful epidemic!" Shu Chang no longer smiled, "The onset is extremely fierce and very fast. Judging from the information collected by the military doctor earlier, it will not exceed ten days from infection to onset to death."

"So amazing?" Qin Feng's face changed color, "How can I treat it?"

"Of course there is a way!" Shu Chang shrugged, "After dissecting the bodies, we have basically figured out the cause of the disease. The junior sister has already brought people to make medicine. After the medicine is prepared, we will find a few infected people to try it to see the effect. The disease is not difficult to cure. The key is that it occurs too quickly and it is also spread quickly, so it is difficult to prevent large-scale infection of this disease without sufficient preparation. Our army has done a very good job of preparing, so there is no need to worry too much about this thing. We will prepare another preventive medicine soup, and the army can move forward."

Qin Feng breathed a long sigh and pointed to the place on the hanging map that was coiled with red lines. "Did you see it? The places with red lines have already discovered the epidemic. The places outside the red lines are close to Xiangshan and Xiangzhou County City. I guess these places are definitely not feeling well now."

"Of course it's not good." Shu Chang sneered: "Even if I haven't seen it in those places, I can guess it. As long as one person enters those places and they don't discover it in time and clear the infected person out, it will be infected immediately and can no longer be controlled. The denser the population, the more terrifying it is."

"It seems you have to work hard. I want to march as soon as possible, take down these places and start treatment quickly. I don't want Xiangzhou to become a dead land." Qin Feng said with a serious expression. "The place where our spies arrived, the scene was already terrible."

"Don't worry, I brought enough doctors. As long as I finally confirmed the prescription, I can prepare it in large quantities quickly. Preparing medicine is not a difficult task. Just find more people to help you. But you must ensure that the medicinal materials are sufficient."
Chapter completed!