Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 353 The Scourge of Jingbei Plague
In September of 196 A.D., Zhu Wei captured the four counties in Jingnan in one fell swoop, and has since become a powerful force in the south of the Yangtze River, and his reputation has spread to the world.

With the end of the war in the four counties of Jingnan, Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha County, did not expect the arrival of Zulang's army in Changsha County. There was no soldier in the city to resist, so he had to open the city and surrender, but he was unwilling to become an official after that. Under Zhu Wei's tent, Zhu Wei, together with Yang Ling, Jin Wei, and Huang Zhong, who had surrendered in You County before, were sent back to Yuzhang under house arrest for the time being.

As for Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling County, who was in Linyuan County, he also did not expect that the [-] horse archers brought by Mu Lan and Teng Yuyan would come suddenly. Although there were still [-] soldiers in the city, they were not prepared.

Mu Lan led [-] soldiers pretending to be a caravan to deceive the city gate of Linyuan County, and then Teng Yuyan led [-] cavalry archers to forcibly rush into Linyuan County and directly entered the city.

Jinxuan, the prefect of Wuling, was unwilling to be defeated, and led troops to resist in the city. He was shot and killed by Teng Yuyan in front of the prefect's temple. He and the soldiers ceased fighting and surrendered.

Following Zhu Wei's follow-up leadership to Linyuan County, Gong Zhi was named the prefect of Wuling County to control the political affairs of Wuling County. In this way, except for Changsha County, Zhu Wei has no prefect for the time being, and the other three counties have stabilized the government. system.

Of course, Zhu Wei also promoted him to the post of prefect of Wuling County because of his good loyalty, and this Gong Zhi was also a civil servant recognized by the Three Kingdoms game system.

"Gong Zhi, civil servant, city of Wuling, age 39, loyalty 78, official term 0, soldier 0, intelligence 63, politics 58, force 44, charisma 50, land finger 40, water finger 19, training 0, morale 0."

Gong Zhi's loyalty can be regarded as the most loyal among the four Jingnan counties who surrendered this time. At the same time, his intelligence and political level are also considered good, so Zhu Wei directly appointed him to govern Wuling County.

After that, Zhu Wei reorganized the soldiers who surrendered in the four counties of Jingnan this time, and selected [-] soldiers from them to form the Jingnan Battalion. Four thousand crossbowmen were also incorporated into the Jingnan Battalion, and Dong Xi was assigned to the Jingnan Battalion as the deputy general.

In addition, Zhu Wei eliminated [-] auxiliary soldiers from these surrendered soldiers, and asked them to find land and farm in Chanling County.

In this way, on the one hand, it can be used as a logistics auxiliary for the Jingnan Camp in Wei Yan, providing part of the military food supply for the Jingnan Camp through the farmland, and reducing the burden of Wuling County in providing grain and grass supplies for the Jingnan Camp. Called out to fight in emergencies.

At the same time, Zhu Wei recruited about 5000 young soldiers between the ages of fourteen and fourteen from the four counties in Jingnan, replacing the [-] crossbowmen who had been divided into Zhu Weizhong's barracks.

In this way, Zhu Wei's attack on the four counties of Jingnan did not lose many soldiers and horses this time. On the contrary, after taking down the soldiers from the four counties of Jingnan, he added nearly [-] more soldiers.

Then Zhu Wei began to look for a suitable river bank in Chanling County to build the Jingnan River Waterproof Land Village, and across the Yangtze River is Jiangling in Nanyang County, so this Jiangnan Waterproof Land Village in Jingnan can be regarded as the same Jiangling Cai Mao's army faced off across the river.

This time, Zhu Wei's raid on the four counties in Jingnan started almost from the dispatch of troops in July, and ended with the capture of Linyuan County in mid-to-late August. It took about two months.

However, Liu Biao from Xiangyang in Jingbei did not take any action, because Liu Biao had no time to take care of the affairs of the four counties in Jingnan.

Some situations were also mentioned in the previous article. Just before Zhu Wei sent troops to the four counties of Jingnan, Zhang Ji led his troops into Nanyang County to attack Xiangcheng for food. Compared with Zhu Wei's threat in the four counties of Jingnan, Zhang Ji relied on Xiangyang City is closer, so Liu Biao's attention is mainly on Zhang Ji's side.

As a result, when Zhang Ji was killed by an arrow and Zhang Xiu replaced Zhang Ji to lead the rest of the army, he still garrisoned in Nanyang County and did not leave. Therefore, Liu Biao had to send someone to recruit Zhang Xiu and let Zhang Xiu stay in Wancheng to garrison and raise troops. , it can be regarded as the stability of the war in Nanyang County.

But after that, a plague broke out in Nanyang County due to the disaster of war, and the plague also spread to Nanjun. As a result, Jingbei was plagued by the plague everywhere. Displaced and spread everywhere.

Liu Biao had to send troops to strictly prevent the flow of people, so Liu Biao was really beyond the reach of the four counties in Jingnan.

In addition, Zhu Wei deliberately ordered Tai Shici to use troops in Jiangxia to respond falsely, and pretended to attack Nanjun and Nanyang counties, so Liu Biao had to use troops to defend Jiangxia. He supported the Jingnan military order, but he was not very willing to send troops, just an excuse to delay.

Therefore, after Zhu Wei took down the four counties in southern Jing and built a defensive naval and army stronghold in Chanling County, Liu Biao in Jingbei could only accept the fact that he had lost the four counties in southern Jing.

However, afterwards, Zhu Wei also felt that the timing of his attack on the four Jingnan counties was really coincidental. At first, Zhu Wei really didn't think much about it, but after thinking about it, it should be that Wang Yuyan based on the situation in Jingbei Nanjun and Nanyang counties. And deliberately choose the time to fight.

At the same time, Zhu Wei could not help realizing the horror of the plague later. After Zhu Wei returned to Yuzhang, he checked the information in Jingbei and found out that the plague in Nanyang and Nanjun killed at least [-] people on Liu Biao's side, but More people died than a war, almost one-tenth of the population of Jingzhou, which was prosperous under Liu Biao.

Even Liu Biao's army had plagues spreading. In fact, Liu Biao's army could not stand a big battle during this period of time.

However, even if Zhu Wei knew the news, he probably wouldn't dare to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Jingbei at this time. Apart from the fact that he couldn't find an excuse for his name, he was frightened by the plague.

In these years, it is really impossible to find a suitable doctor to treat this plague. After all, the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing lives in Nanyang County. At this moment, even his own family members can't cure it, let alone other people.

Zhu Wei felt fortunate that the natural barriers of the Yangtze River also blocked the spread of the plague to Yuzhang and the four counties of Jingnan. Otherwise, he probably would have launched a national disease prevention campaign.

As for Jiangxia, some plagues have spread, but Tai Shici has shrunk his manpower to Xiling City and Guishe Gorge in Zhu County, so there are plague outbreaks in the peripheral counties, and most of the counties in Jiangxia are still stable.

At the same time, the official handling of the plague was also very cruel in this year. All the sick and suspected sick people were imprisoned to fend for themselves, and the movement of the people was strictly prohibited. This slowly calmed down the plague before the arrival of the winter of 196.

In fact, local people are also afraid of the spread of the plague, and will actively cooperate with the government to do such a cruel thing, so they don't need much effort from the government.

In many places, the gentry and powerful families came forward to preside over such things, which can be regarded as the government and the people fighting the plague together.

Due to the plague in Jingbei, Zhu Wei took the initiative to bury the corpses after every battle in the four counties of Jingnan, and sprinkled lime powder on them. After all, Zhu Wei's battle in the four counties of Jingnan basically took place in summer. If the corpse is not treated, it is easy to rot and cause germs to spread the disease.

However, this time Zhu Wei's conquest of the four Jingnan counties did not involve too cruel blood and blood fighting, so there were not many casualties, so there was no problem after the corpses were disposed of.

Of course, because of the existence of Zhu Wei, the soul of later generations, Zhu Weijun strictly ordered to drink boiled water and not eat raw food casually.

So in November 196 AD, Zhu Wei finally returned to Yuzhang...

(End of this chapter)