At the third year of Dihuang (22 AD), at the turn of June, on the Han River in Nanjun, three thousand miles away from Weicheng County, Jizhou, Yan You's camp was the "General Nayan" on the bank of Yan You.

June is the rainy season in Jingzhou, and most of the soldiers in Yan You's army are northerners, such as Dou Rong, who are Guanzhong people.

"This ghost weather."

Dou Rong touched his clothes that were always wet. He couldn't help but curse with a good temper.

Logically speaking, it should be refreshing when the light rain falls, but there is often rain or wind. With the high temperature in the middle of summer, the whole world seems to be a big steamer, making people feel smooth all over their body. These days, the grains and utensils are moldy very quickly, and occasionally there are sunny days. The soldiers happily took out their clothes to dry. However, when they saw at night, they not only did not dry, but became even more fashionable.

The attack on Green Forest has lasted for more than half a year, but after the head coach Yan You analyzed the previous defeat of Jingzhou Mu, he felt that the focus of dealing with Green Forest was on siege and was not in a hurry to advance.

"In the years since the Green Forest's rebellion, Jianghan has been disturbed several times. The counties around Yundu are actually nine out of ten families. In addition, Green Forest has plundered a large number of people and is entrenched in Yundu's county. It seems to be powerful, but in fact it is mostly old and weak, and it has more than tens of thousands of mouths."

Yan You had a clear idea and could never let Green Forest choose the battlefield they were familiar with: "If we block it and cut off the salt and grain, these bandits had no production inside and no relief from grains of rice outside, either they could only stay in a corner and scatter. Or they were forced to leave the entrenched mountains and forests and fight me in a decisive battle!"

The salt from Nanjun and Jiangxia, as long as the salt from Bashu well from the west and the stone salt from Wulingman, were transported through the river Han River. Yan You did not trust the local Wujun officials and directly sent troops to control the defense of the rivers in various places, strictly controlling the entry and exit of salt, making each county even more scarce.

The same is true for food. Any act of dared to transport food to several counties around Green Forest will be severely punished. The local people themselves do not have enough food and cannot help Green Forest. As for the powerful... Last year, Green Forest Tuan'anlu County and abducted women, the powerful Jiangxia would rather stand on the side of the government. After all, Yan You and Dou Rong's army had a slightly better military discipline than other royal divisions.

After a few months, Lu Lin really couldn't stand it.

Because the source of salt is cut off, many people have swollen bodies and suffer from various diseases. They feel that they are not strong enough. Salt has become an extremely precious thing and even kills a piece of coarse salt.

A lack of salt means cutting flesh with a blunt knife, and a lack of food means killing people with a quick knife.

Most Qu Shuai in Green Forest has no knowledge. He has been used to robbing in the past few years and is not concerned about farming production. The 50,000 people controlled by the control have to eat 50,000 stones of grain per month. As the food he plundered last year was exhausted, he could only dig tubes everywhere in the mountains and forests to pick berries to satisfy his hunger.

There were also coach Qu to lead a team to rob, but the surrounding counties did not even have much population left. They were either captured by the Green Forest or moved by Yan You, and they could no longer collect food. Go away to attack cities along the Han River, and they would be hit hard by Yan You, who was prepared for it.

Under such consumption, many Green Forest thieves could not bear it. Under Yan You's lenient and surrender attack, some people gradually came out to surrender, and they had no good ending. They handcuffed them and took them to the rear to work as hard labor until they died. Only a few smart people were left to seal their official positions, allowing them to eat full in silk and continue to attack the Green Forest.

Seeing that the arrogant Green Forest was so embarrassed, Deputy Generals such as Dou Rong, Cen Peng, Ren Guang and other military officers all praised Yan You: "If you defeat others without fighting, you will be good at it. The general is worthy of being the number one general in the world."

Even though Yan You was steady, he was praised a little. Everyone felt that the green forest would definitely not be able to hold on before the autumn. However, soon, General Bo Renguang, who was ordered to accept the surrender on the front line, discovered a piece of news that the good and bad luck were unpredictable.

Some bandits who came out of the green forest surrendered were weak, with weak feet and smelly bodies. They were obviously hot, but they were trembling with coldness. After a day, they yelled hard and got rid of themselves naked, vomited and diarrhea, and the next day...

Death directly!

This situation made Ren Guang and all the officers and soldiers look back a hundred steps.

"Malaria cold is a disease of malaria cold!"

...

Malaria and cold disease are malaria.

In the Jingchu area, it is said that Emperor Zhuanxu had three sons in ancient times. After his death, he became a disease-spreading ghost. One of them lived in the Han River in the Yangtze River and spread malaria. In the south, the heat in the summer, the heat in the near summer, and the malaria was often caused. Malaria was just one of them, but it was also an extremely fierce one.

Once it became popular, it affected a wide range and continued for years, so that the "Malaria Temple" was often erected in the local area to worship it.

No one knows how malaria occurs in Green Forest Mountain. Perhaps it is because the damp and hot climate has become a breeding ground; perhaps it is because the Daqu coach has greedy and captured too many people and gathered together, which has led to the spread; or it is because he is too weak in salt and food shortage.

Anyway, when the Green Forest Army Que's commanders reacted, many people had already fallen down on each hill. Their symptoms were different, including malaria every two days, malaria every many days, cold malaria first, hot and then cold, and malaria first, hot but not cold. In the absence of doctors and medicine or even food, most people with the disease had one result: death.

In Yundu County and Lulin Mountain, in just over a month, they have become ghosts. Tens of thousands of people have been infected with diseases. There are even a few delicious food and drinks. People like them are inevitably suffering from malaria. It is no wonder that ordinary Green Forest soldiers regard malaria as a cruel and cruelty like a tiger.

For a time, the corpses of the green forest were everywhere, and mosquitoes and flies were everywhere, which further exacerbated the spread of the epidemic.

Some people knelt in front of the Malaria Temple and cried and worshiped, while some people dragged their sick body to escape from Green Forest Mountain, but the government troops outside were also infected and had already withdrawn to Jianghan. Compared with the plague god, what is the Green Forest Army?

In the Green Forest Mountain, several surviving coaches also quarreled about the future of the Green Forest Army.

"If you continue like this, you will just sit back and wait for death!"

The fierce-tempered Nanyang man Ma Wu was the one who insisted on withdrawing: "Who hasn't experienced a few plagues? You should know that once you get infected, there is almost no cure. You either have to bear it or lie on the ground and wait for death!"

"I won't talk about no food or salt. The green forest has become a big plague house. I think there are all epidemics around me, and I have to get infected with my breathing. I have to escape."

Abandoning the infected person and allowing those who still have a chance to live to leave quickly. A consensus was quickly reached. Only one of the two Daqu commanders, Wang Kuang, who had the same name as the Xin Dynasty Taishi, asked weakly: "Young and strong can leave, but what should those old and weak who are not infected?"

The coaches of the Qu looked at each other, no one cared about this, but they all swear to say: "When the epidemic is over, we will come to save them when we get the food and salt."

It is okay to escape, but there are huge differences in where to escape.

"It should go south."

Daqu coach Wang Kuang had his own idea and suggested: "Last year, the partial army followed the Han River and captured Jingling County. We should walk this road again and go to Yunmengze for a while. After the epidemic is over, we can bring the old and weak to the nearest."

Although Wang Kuang was the leader of the Green Forest's first loyalty, he was just a fisherman after all, with limited knowledge and only stared at Jiangxia, Nanjun. This is his hometown. Even if a major epidemic occurs, he will not be willing to abandon it.

Moreover, in Nanjun, Jiangxia's powerful armed forces were weak, and they were still in a weak area. They just went to Yunmengze to win over small groups of thieves. They could soon recover their power and continue to live a life of looting.

But as a native of a foreign county, Wang Chang and Ma Wu had his own ideas.

"It should go north!"

Wang Chang, a native of Yingchuan, suggested: "Climbing Green Forest Mountain, Nanyang, Sui County, and Caiyang are all rich places. When you get there, you can open up another world!"

Wang Chang's name was Yan Qing. He was originally a small landlord. He fled to the Green Forest because his younger brother took revenge and killed people. He was unwilling to be a thief for the rest of his life, so he said this.

The conservative Qu coach expressed their opposition. They were not familiar with Nanyang, and the powerful and powerful there, and the strong fortresses were comparable to those in the county and could not be easily defeated.

Ma Wu, who had gone to Nanyang for a walk and attacked the Fifth Reunification Mission, said, "The Chongling hero Liu Bosheng, once discovered my identity as the commander of the Green Forest, and still held banquets and entertainment. He often sent his tribe members to the Green Forest to give salt and cloth. We can go north and contact him to work together!"

This is a line dispute. The two sides argued, and finally reached the point of drawing their swords. In the end, Wang Feng, another Daqu coach who first rebelled, stood up to do peace.

"Since there are benefits and reasons, why not divide the tribe into two, go south and north?"

This is indeed a way. Running in two directions can also make the damn General Nayan Yan You not know which side to pursue.

So everyone parted happily: Wang Feng led his team out of Xinshi and headed to Sui County, the gateway of Nanyang.

Wang Kuang also led his people to go out to Yundu and entered Jingling.

The only thing that was not very happy was Wang Chang. When he was in the branch, he was determined to go north to do big things, but was asked by Daqu to join the team going south.

"Shishou Yan Qing and Qu captured Jingling last year. They are familiar with it. You are indispensable to going south."

Wang Chang had few troops in control and most of them died in the epidemic. How could he compare to the Daqu coaches? He could only agree with aggrievedly.

In late June, the young and strong soldiers of the Green Forest Army left the base camp and began to break out in two groups in order to find a way out.

More than 10,000 Green Forest Army soldiers heading north set out from Xinshi, so they are called Xinshi soldiers.

More than 10,000 people heading south wanted to go down the river, so they were called Xiajiang soldiers.

When the two armies parted ways, Wang Kuang, the general of Daqu, who led the Jiang soldiers, looked back at the place where he had fought for several years, and was reluctant to leave. The malaria people who were lying and unable to move were abandoned, and the elderly, weak, women and children who could not walk could only look at them from afar, not knowing what to do in the future.

Wang Kuang only secretly swore: "We will definitely come back!"

However, Ma Wu, who was finally able to take people back to his hometown in Nanyang, was very happy. He didn't even look back at the Green Forest Mountain behind him, and felt even more happy.

"Finally, there's no need to come back!"

...

It was also at the end of June that Weicheng County, Jizhou was not attacked by the plague god. Di Lun, Ma Yuan, Geng Chun and others were nervously planning an attack on the Li family of Wu'an.

Two thousand militiamen were commanded by Ma Yuan, while Geng Yan led him to train for more than two months, and was the main force in attacking Wushi County.

Wu Lun transferred 500 people from Liyang to command himself, together with the temporary recruitment of the strong men,

In addition, there were a thousand young and strong men who were temporarily recruited by the Fifth Reunion. As auxiliary soldiers transporting food and fodder, they followed the Fifth Reunion to Liangqi County, fifty miles north of Yecheng.

First, we should ensure the food and fodder of the front army, and second, we should approach Zhao territory to prevent the rebellion of the former dynasty of Zhao Liu, an ally of the Li family, from rebelling against the royal army in Guandong.

Three things... As the commander, I am a little far away from the front army, so I can avoid the fact that I have to interfere in the specific command and play micro-fucking.

Just before the three armies set off, Ma Yuan and Di Lun learned two great news from the county government.

What Ma Yuan heard was: His daughter is pregnant!

What the fifth family learned was that my wife was happy!

...

ps: In the third year, a major epidemic was reported, and half of the dead were scattered and taken away. - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Liu Xuan"
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