kingnovel Chapter 436 is about the plague.
Chapter 436 is about the plague.
Helian Yue's reaction was not as strong; he simply watched the two sides quietly.
Seeing that the opposing team consisted of only a small number of people, Qin Yu was overjoyed and completely oblivious to the listless appearance of his opponents.
"Charge! Slaughter them all!"
He shouted excitedly, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and charged forward with his knife raised.
When the two sides clashed, the small group of Northern Barbarians barely managed to exchange two blows before Qin Yu's men slaughtered them all without leaving a trace.
Qin Yu laughed loudly, "With my intervention, not a single one of these audacious barbarians will escape!"
The horses stood silently among the corpses of the northern barbarians, some of them splattered with blood.
Qin Yu instinctively felt that they were frightened, and seeing that they were all plump and strong, he ordered his men to take them back to the military camp.
When Gu Yunqi saw him walking ahead with a proud and imposing air, why did he have a bad feeling?
Helian Yue looked through his binoculars at the Northern Barbarians lying on the ground, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with them.
Was he overthinking it? Was the other party just trying to test them?
When Jingyue heard in his tent that Qin Yu had returned with his men, he was somewhat surprised. It had only been half an hour.
Upon hearing that Qin Yu wanted to eat roasted meat and drink alcohol tonight, he waved his hand and said, "Let him be. After all, he won once."
"The soldiers have worked hard lately and deserve a reward."
That evening, they lit a bonfire on the ground where the snow had melted. Qin Yu drank and ate heartily, while several lackeys flattered him, making him beam with pride.
The horses that had been brought back from the battlefield during the day were listless at the pasture.
The horse feeder, upon seeing them, assumed they were simply unaccustomed to their new environment and didn't even notice the rashes that had sprouted on their bellies when he raised his torch.
Qin Yu felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach halfway through his drink, so he got up to relieve himself and came back to continue drinking.
Unexpectedly, his stomach started to feel uncomfortable again a little while later. He thought it might be because the meat wasn't cooked through.
After sitting for a while, he felt dizzy and thought it was because he was tired from fighting the enemy that day. He said a few words and went back to his tent to sleep.
The next day, not only the horses from the previous day were at the grazing area, but also the horses that were originally there were listless.
The man feeding the horses scratched his head and threw them some more hay.
Qin Yu had been missing since he went to bed last night. When his lackey Jia went to look for him, he was shocked to find half of Qin Yu hanging from the bed.
He was thinking of dragging Qin Yu's half of his body onto the bed, but as soon as his hand touched Qin Yu, he was burned and jumped back.
Turning the person over, Qin Yu's face was flushed, and there was sweat on the tip of his nose.
He reached his hand to his forehead, then immediately pulled it back.
It's hot! Extremely hot! No wonder I haven't gotten up yet!
"Quickly! Summon the army doctor! General Qin has a fever!"
He ran out of the tent and shouted, and soon the army doctor rushed over.
After taking Qin Yu's pulse for a while, it was found to be too erratic to be easily discernible.
Unfortunately, the man's body was getting hotter and hotter, so he had to bleed Qin Yu and prescribe some medicine to treat the fever.
Dog Henchman A went to brew the medicine, while Dog Henchman B used freshly melted snow to wipe Qin Yu's body and cool him down.
He didn't pay much attention to the few red spots on Qin Yu's neck. It was normal to get bitten by insects when spring came and some crawled out.
Jingyue was looking at the map, thinking about the next attack, when the horse feeder rushed in in a panic.
"General! General! Our horses seem to be acting strangely."
The man feeding the horses was sweating profusely, probably from checking on so many horses.
Jingyue told him to speak slowly, and after catching his breath, he began to talk about the strange thing he had just noticed.
Their horses were in good spirits last night, but this morning they looked like wilted eggplants.
When he went to check at noon, he found that half of them had already fallen to the ground!
The northern barbarians brought back yesterday were even more formidable; they were lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
He realized something was wrong and rushed over; this was no small matter!
"General, I also found rashes on the horses' bellies, but I don't know why."
As he spoke, Jingyue's brows furrowed. Horses were indispensable combat partners on the battlefield, and they absolutely could not be allowed to get into trouble!
He strode toward the horse farm, followed closely by the military doctor who had just returned from Qin Yu's place.
Before half an incense stick's time had passed, the horse feeder discovered that even more horses had collapsed.
The military doctor went forward to check and found that not only the northern barbarian horses, but also their horses had rashes on their bellies.
After diagnosing the condition as feverish, he instructed the horse feeder to brew some cooling herbs for the horse to drink first.
"Medic! Doctor! You're here! I've finally found you!"
The centurion also came running over, panting, and without saying a word, grabbed the medic and ran.
The medic almost fell over as he was being pulled, and told him to slow down a bit and ask what happened and who was in trouble.
The centurion rattled off a long list of names, leaving the medic somewhat bewildered.
Upon arriving at the soldiers' encampment, his expression gradually became serious.
One or two people may have wind-heat syndrome, but surely not all of them can be wind-heat syndrome?
Thinking of something, he lifted up someone's sleeve and saw a bright red rash on their arm that was extremely glaring.
The medic jumped to his feet and frantically shouted at the centurion, "Isolate all those with fevers! Quickly!"
The centurion's heart skipped a beat; realizing the seriousness of the situation, he immediately took action.
Realizing that Qin Yu's condition was even more serious than theirs, the military doctor immediately ran towards the other tent.
Dog Leg A felt a little dizzy and wanted him to take a look when he saw him.
Before he could even speak, he was pushed into the tent, along with the lackey B who was keeping watch at the door.
The two were completely baffled when the army doctor asked, "Besides the two of you, has anyone else entered this tent?"
The henchmen A and B shook their heads, and the military doctor's expression softened somewhat.
"Drink some of the medicine I just had you brew yourself, and make sure no one comes in."
"You don't need to go out; someone will bring your food."
Fearing they wouldn't listen, he made up a story: "We have spies infiltrated our ranks, so you must not leave and must protect Deputy General Qin."
Upon hearing this, the two men, who had been suspicious, immediately became alert and promised not to go out.
The military doctor turned around and walked a distance before realizing that his entire back was soaked.
When Jingyue arrived, he saw him walk a few steps quickly, and he hurriedly retreated to a great distance.
"General, tell everyone else to quickly boil water with perilla leaves! Everyone must drink it!"
Jingyue probably already knew what had happened, and quickly nodded to pass on the order.
People started developing fevers and diarrhea, and several military doctors were busy covering their mouths and noses with thick cloths.
The entire army smelled of mugwort, and even without the medics saying anything, the soldiers knew what had happened.
Jingyue had someone take stock of the remaining medicinal herbs and found that after all the fuss today, there weren't many left.
He immediately sent a message back to the capital, hoping that Jun Shuyan could arrange for the shipment to be delivered as soon as possible.
Half a day passed and they still couldn't control it. Jingyue paced back and forth, extremely flustered.
Having fought so many wars, he had never encountered a plague before, and now he really didn't know what to do.
Helian Yue had already heard the news, and he and Gu Yunqi were already wearing the masks and gloves that Wen Luozhi had prepared for them.
"I'll never call Luo Zhi a nagging old woman again," Gu Yunqi said as he took the rest of the food.
When Wen Luozhi left, she insisted on giving them these strange things, saying that if anyone caught a cold or something, they had to wear them.
He initially thought it was troublesome, but unexpectedly it came in handy.
The two sneaked into Jingyue's tent and put down the several large packages.
"Elder Jing, these things are for covering your mouth and nose."
"That's all; give it to the sick first."
Jingyue nodded quickly and mentioned the medicine.