The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

After such a result is achieved.Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei's [-] troops gradually withdrew from outside Linzi City, leaving only a thousand troops stationed in a line of defense, always on guard against Liu Zheng's army in Linzi City.

The peace talks between the two sides officially ended, and a battle in Qingzhou came to an end at the end of May.

Of course, many of Liu Zheng's generals did not understand why Liu Zheng had to choose peace talks at this time when he clearly had the upper hand.

The person who can least understand Liu Zheng's behavior is naturally Lu Bu.

Lu Bu cooperated with Zang Ba to attack Liu Bei on the outskirts of Linzi City for more than half a month.For the past half month, he has been eager to try, wanting to fight again with the three Liu Bei brothers.

Completely defeat Liu Bei so that he can have more opportunities to perform in front of Liu Zheng.

However, not only did Liu Zheng not let him show any performance, but he directly sent people to go to the peace talks, so that the war ended in an anticlimactic manner, as if a pot of cold water had been poured on Lu Bu who was eager to try.

"My lord, why do we suddenly give up half of Qingzhou through peace talks when we clearly have the upper hand? This confuses me!"

Lu Bu couldn't figure out why Liu Zheng had to give up half of Qingzhou to negotiate peace with the other party, so he couldn't help asking Liu Zheng. His question was also a doubt in the hearts of many other people, such as Zang Ba and even many people in the Yellow Turban Army. A little confused, but other people didn't have the courage to ask, but only Lu Bu had the courage.

Liu Zheng knew that Lu Bu was just a fool who specialized in doing such annoying things. With his character, he was very unpopular with superiors.

However, due to Lu Bu's strength, Liu Zheng, who knew that he still had some usefulness, would not blame him. On the contrary, Liu Zheng also knew that other people also had this confusion, so he opened his mouth to explain to these people.

"General Fengxian, if Liu Bei has no reinforcements and only [-] soldiers and horses are in the city of Linzi, I will naturally not choose peace talks, but will launch an attack after besieging him for a period of time. At that time, they defeated them in one fell swoop, but unfortunately at the critical moment, they had Gongsun Zan's [-] troops rushing to help, and their strength was almost the same as ours, which greatly reduced our chances of winning!"

"Although we may not lose to the coalition forces of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, even if we win, it will definitely be a disastrous victory. Besides, if we fight Liu Bei's coalition forces in Qingzhou, the back and forth fighting of the [-] troops will definitely not be over in a short time. Yes, the two sides will fight for at least several months, which is not good for the people of Qingzhou, so peace talks are actually the best choice."

"On the one hand, it allows me to wait for the previous wars, and the consumption of soldiers and horses has eased. At the same time, it will not delay the spring plowing of the people under my command, so that the people of Qingzhou who have been devastated by the war all year round can breathe a sigh of relief."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth and explained why he didn't choose to attack.

Of course, these few excuses alone could not completely convince the soldiers below, and then Liu Zheng spoke again.

"Of course, if I choose peace talks based on these few reasons, I would be underestimating me, Liu Zheng. In fact, I chose peace talks for two other purposes."

"One is that the imperial court's attack on Qingzhou cost a lot of money. If we forcibly wiped out all the imperial court's soldiers and horses, occupying the entire Qingzhou, the strength of our territory will naturally be greatly improved. After capturing Qingzhou and Xuzhou in a row, the imperial court's strength will drop. It is bound to become more and more fearful of our army, and the imperial court may choose to temporarily reconcile with Yuan Shao and deal with our army with all their strength, that is not what I want to see."

"And if we choose to give up half of Qingzhou and let the imperial court occupy it, our army can ease the relationship with the imperial court. At the same time, Qingzhou and Jizhou are not bordering each other. Our army does not have to directly confront Yuan Shao's troops, and at the same time let the imperial court occupy Qingzhou. , the imperial court has more room for choice, intensifies the relationship between the imperial court and Yuan Shao, and makes them fight more fiercely, our army can profit from it, and watch them compete with each other to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Qingzhou is connected to Jizhou. Once Liu Zheng occupies Qingzhou, then Liu Zheng's and Yuan Shao's territory will be considered to be connected together.Although Yuan Shao said that he had some food and grass deals with Liu Zheng, in reality Yuan Shao was quite an ambitious guy, and he would not let Liu Zheng become bigger.

At that time, the relationship with the imperial court is bound to be temporarily relieved. This kind of tit-for-tat relationship, Yuan Shao and the imperial court will temporarily suspend their troops, and the imperial court will go all out to deal with Liu Zheng. Naturally, Yuan Shao will not sit idly by. Let's deal with Liu Zheng together. Liu Zheng just gave up half of Qingzhou because he didn't want to see this happen.

Anyway, Qingzhou has been disturbed by the Yellow Turban Army for several years, and there is not much money to be made in the whole Qingzhou, not to mention that it is only half of Qingzhou, which is actually a mess. Let the imperial court regain control. Coming here to garrison, not only can't collect much military salary and tax burden in Qingzhou, but also have to spend money to appease the local people.

Such a result is extremely beneficial to Liu Zheng, with multiple benefits.

Then why did Liu Zheng put himself at a disadvantage for just half of Qingzhou?

Chapter 618 The Plague

Liu Zheng's words immediately caught the eyes of Zhang Zhao, Chen Deng and others. Although they were a little puzzled about Liu Zheng's decision to choose peace talks, they could actually think of some stakes in it. However, after hearing Liu Zheng's explanation After that, the trace of doubt that was still in my heart disappeared.

Instead, he secretly praised Liu Zheng's beauty in his heart.

Naturally, Lu Bu didn't understand what Liu Zheng said, but he wouldn't admit that he didn't understand. He just nodded and stopped talking, pretending that he already understood.

After the battle in Qingzhou ended, Liu Zheng immediately appointed Zang Ba as the governor of Qingzhou, in charge of the defense of all parts of Qingzhou.Chen Deng manages the government affairs of counties and counties in Qingzhou for Qingzhou Mu. Of course, the main purpose is to appease the people in Qingzhou so that the people in Qingzhou can restore order and get busy with spring plowing as soon as possible.

After all, the end of May is already relatively late. If we don’t hurry up, we’re afraid that another year will be wasted this year. By then, there will be no food in winter. The people in Qingzhou will starve to death, and Liu Zheng himself will suffer from the headache.

Of course, under the discussion of Liu Zheng and Zhang Ning, Liu Zheng organized all these Yellow Turban troops into his command.

Because of Zhang Mancheng's death, the last blood of the Yellow Turban Army was completely cut off. At this time, only the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army remnants were left. Zhang Ning also lost her ambition to reorganize the Yellow Turban Army. Under this fate, after all, Zhang Ning is still only a daughter, she is not a man.

Although she tried her best to inherit the will of Zhang Jiao, General Tiangong, she always felt powerless. That feeling of powerlessness almost made her despair several times, but it was all because of Liu Zheng, who saved her many times. Liu Zheng made her feel at ease Become a woman and follow Liu Zheng's side.

Liu Zheng promised Zhang Ning that if he seized the world in the future, he would accept the Yellow Turban Sect as the state religion. At that time, it would also meet the expectations of General Zhang Jiao, and Zhang Ning obeyed Liu Zheng contentedly.

Let Liu Zheng collect the remaining Yellow Turban Army, and arrange these Yellow Turban Army into Liu Zheng's major military camps in batches.

The main reason is that the soldiers hired by Liu Zheng and Tai Shici suffered a lot of losses. In this battle to aid Qingzhou and surprise Xuzhou, these legions suffered relatively large losses, while those under Zhang Ning The Yellow Turban Army is also a Qingzhou soldier, and they are all the best among the Yellow Turban Army if they can survive until now. A good army can be formed by just picking one.

Liu Zheng brought them all back to Yangzhou for three months of training to form a new army. They were all broken up and scattered into various barracks under Liu Zheng's command, which was also a mark of completely erasing their Yellow Turban Army.

On the Qingzhou side, only Zang Ba's more than [-] bandits were left, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's remaining naval forces were in charge of supporting the Donglai coast.

As for the rest of the troops, they will all be sent back to various places to recuperate for the time being.

Of course, Liu Zheng's personal soldiers and these camps under Lu Bu's subordinates have other uses, and Liu Zheng keeps them with him for the time being.

Liu Zheng led his troops, and shortly after leaving Qingzhou, a great plague began to spread here.

At the beginning, he was a soldier stationed in Zang Ba's army in Linzi City, Qingzhou.

Several bandit soldiers had been recuperating in the barracks because they were injured on the battlefield, but within a few days, they had a high fever and even coughed.

Such a situation was just an example, and did not attract the attention of the superiors. Everyone just transported these bandit soldiers to a place for burial as if they were killed in battle on the battlefield.

But after the deaths of these people, more patients appeared in the barracks one after another. Dozens of people died of this symptom, and after calling in the military doctor for observation, they didn't get better at all. The military doctor concluded that it was a plague.

Immediately aroused Zang Ba's vigilance, Zang Ba hurriedly informed Liu Zheng of the news.

And when Liu Zheng sent the news from Zang Ba, he had already discovered that someone in his army was infected with the plague.

Because among the soldiers and horses he brought back from Qingzhou, some people died suddenly, accompanied by high fever and coughing. These symptoms immediately made Liu Zheng think of the plague that turned pale.

The plague virus may have been the most deadly natural disaster during the period of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

This plague did not break out suddenly, but because of successive wars in Qingzhou, the environment, corpses, and when the weather was still cool, bacteria were easy to breed and spread, and it was easy to break out mass infectious diseases.

Regarding the plague, Liu Zheng was actually not worried at first, because this kind of thing was no longer a rare thing for the people of the Han Dynasty, and everyone had already seen it for a long time.

During the decades at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the great plague was almost continuous, once or twice a year, and the number of deaths was so large that it was impossible to count.

In just 30 years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were twelve clearly recorded national plagues.During the plague epidemic, many families were destroyed and the consequences were tragic.In the once-prosperous Central Plains, there was such a tragic situation: "Every family suffers from the pain of a dead body, and there is mourning in every room, or the door is closed and the family dies, or the family dies."

Moreover, although the plague is a discoloration, as long as it is protected, it will not cause nationwide casualties. At most, it will kill one village after another, within the scope of the region.

But this time the plague that broke out from Qingzhou had a huge impact.

First of all, when the plague broke out, Liu Zheng and Liu Bei didn't know about it. After Liu Zheng became aware of the plague at this time, both Liu Zheng and Liu Bei had already led their troops, left Qingzhou, and returned to their respective territories.

As a result, the plague that occurred in Qingzhou was brought to the entire Central Plains along the road.

Liu Bei took the plague from Qingzhou to Yanzhou, and Gongsun Zan's people to Jizhou.

And Liu Zheng went south along the road, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, all infected.

In addition, one didn't know that it was a plague at first, and some of the dead soldiers' bodies were not properly disposed of, which made the plague spread faster. For a while, the plague appeared all over the Central Plains.

This time Liu Zheng couldn't sit still.

He immediately ordered soldiers, horses and people from all over the place to close the city and prohibit travel. At the same time, he ordered military doctors from all over the place to start to deal with it.

Liu Zheng himself went to Wu Jun and returned to his mansion in the fastest time.

He is going to find his famous doctor, Zhang Zhongjing!

Zhang Zhongjing's unique skill is nothing but fighting the plague.

Chapter 619 Zhang Zhongjing's Ability

This kind of plague happened more than once. When Liu Zheng met Zhang Zhongjing for the first time, Zhang Zhongjing was near Runan, specializing in investigating the plague that occurred in Runan.

In ancient times, it was called typhoid fever.

According to Liu Zheng's impression, during the Three Kingdoms period, there was indeed a plague that shocked the whole country and had a profound impact.

That plague killed and injured at least tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty. Even four of the famous Jian'an Seven Sons at that time died in the plague.

As for the plagues that are prevalent in small areas, there are too many of them. Zhang Zhongjing, known as the sage of medicine, decided to study medicine because a plague that occurred in Nanyang killed and injured more than half of Zhang Zhongjing's clan. Two-thirds of the population died from the plague.

Even Zhang Muyu's biological parents died in this plague. After witnessing the tragedy of the plague in the world, Zhang Zhongjing determined to challenge typhoid fever and wanted to be a doctor who could save the suffering in the world.

Although the later Zhang Zhongjing, after following Liu Zheng, has been living in Jiaozhou, there are few plagues in Jiaozhou area, but it does not mean that Zhang Zhongjing has given up the research on plague.

Not only did he not give up, but he paid attention to it. Under Liu Zheng, Zhang Zhongjing has trained many disciples these days, and the best among them is Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu.

With these disciples, Zhang Zhongjing seldom worried about the medical problems in Liu Zheng's barracks, so Zhang Zhongjing had a lot of time to study the plague.

In addition, after the Jiaozhou area and Yangzhou area were taken by Liu Zheng, Zhang Zhongjing had more medicinal materials to choose from in these two areas, which made Zhang Zhongjing's research on the plague more refined.

When Liu Zheng encountered the plague, Zhang Zhongjing was the first thing he thought of, because Liu Zheng knew that only Zhang Zhongjing could solve the current situation.

After Liu Zheng got married, Zhang Zhongjing moved from Jiaozhou to Liu Zheng's mansion in Yangzhou, and lived with Zhang Muyu. First, he could take care of Zhang Muyu. Second, Liu Zheng's mansion was the safest place to protect his family. Zhang Zhongjing.

Liu Zheng hurried back to his mansion, and he didn't even have time to take a look at his newborn son, so he found Zhang Zhongjing directly.

Zhang Zhongjing planted some medicinal materials he had researched in the backyard, and Liu Zheng rushed in and yelled at Zhang Zhongjing.

"Mr. Zhongjing is not good! It is not good!"

Zhang Zhongjing stood up from the ground, frowned when he saw Liu Zheng flustered, and asked immediately.

"what happened?"

Maybe Liu Zheng wouldn't be so nervous about other things, but Liu Zheng couldn't help making jokes about the plague.Even though he was always calm and calm, at this moment, he was a little anxious.

"The plague, the plague broke out in Qingzhou, causing it to spread to my soldiers and horses. Now there are hundreds of patients in the army. I think only you, Mr. Zhongjing, can do something about it."

As soon as Zhang Zhongjing heard the word plague, his expression darkened immediately, and he seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter. However, Zhang Zhongjing had done some research on this thing after all, and he didn't feel as flustered as Liu Zheng, so he immediately comforted Liu Zheng.

"Don't worry, I'll go and have a look."

Zhang Zhongjing turned his head and entered the house, then carried a box on his back, pulled Liu Zheng and started walking towards the barracks.

On the way to the barracks, Zhang Zhongjing had already started to ask Liu Zheng some details, such as the symptoms of the plague, and what were the specific manifestations. After learning about these conditions, Zhang Zhongjing began to order Liu Zheng to take some measures to prevent the plague.

First of all, the first point is to set up border quarantine stations to test each other between cities and towns to prevent the spread of the virus.

The second point is to control the source of the disease, and let the sick people be isolated in a centralized manner, so that it is convenient to observe.

The third point is to set up special medical care to treat these sick people.

The fourth point is to exempt the sick from various taxes.

The fifth point is to clean up the environment and improve the living conditions of patients, especially pay attention to drinking water. In ancient times, infectious diseases were mostly transmitted by water sources.

Zhang Zhongjing's description made Liu Zheng immediately nod his head in agreement, and began to give orders.

Not long after, Zhang Zhongjing came to Liu Zheng's barracks. In the barracks, there were already some barracks that were sick. I had no choice but to wait for a famous doctor like Zhang Zhongjing to come and see.

Zhang Zhongjing looked gloomy, and observed the patients one by one. He did not directly contact the patients, but stood one meter away from the patients, looked up and down the appearance of the patients, and then asked some patients whose consciousness was still clear, how did they feel? Sample.

After asking one by one, Zhang Zhongjing's gloomy face finally improved a bit.

Withdrew from the barracks, Liu Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to ask Zhang Zhongjing.

"Mr. Zhongjing, how are you doing?"

Zhang Zhongjing exhaled, and then said: "Fortunately, this plague is not serious."

Plague doesn't just refer to a disease, but a collective name for severe infectious diseases. No one can say what the specific disease is. After all, the current medicine is not as advanced as that of later generations, and Liu Zheng didn't ask Zhang Zhongjing about it carefully. What exactly is the plague.

Even if Zhang Zhongjing talked to him about those things for three days and three nights, Liu Zheng would not be able to figure them out. What Liu Zheng cared about was whether Zhang Zhongjing could treat the disease.

"It's not serious, so Mr. Zhongjing means it can be treated?"

"It's hard to say whether it can be cured. I'll prepare a dose of medicine first and try it. Although it can't be cured, it should be able to curb the spread of this plague."

Zhang Zhongjing didn't say anything to Liu Zheng. The most important thing now is that Liu Zheng didn't dare to disturb Zhang Zhongjing when it came to treating the plague.

In addition, it is useless for him to stay here. What's more, the people under his command are worried that Liu Zheng will also contract the disease, and advise Liu Zheng to leave here earlier.

Liu Zheng knew what he was capable of, and he couldn't help much by staying, so he could only leave first.

After returning to the mansion, Zhang Muyu, Cai Yao and others rushed over to welcome them. They also heard some news from the servants, and they were all waiting at the door, not knowing what happened.

When Liu Zheng came back, he was accompanied by Zhang Ning.

However, Liu Zheng did not introduce Zhang Ning to Cai Yao and Zhang Muyu because he had something important to go to Zhang Zhongjing before. Now when he came back, Zhang Ning had met Cai Yao and Zhang Muyu and got to know each other , which saves Liu Zheng to introduce it again.

Actually, Cai Yao and Zhang Muyu had met Zhang Ning before.

I also know that Zhang Ning and Liu Zheng have a vague relationship.

However, everyone knows it well, and there will be no complaints about it.

6 Twenty Chapters Sweeping the Central Plains

After all, when they decided to marry Liu Zheng, they knew that it was impossible for an outstanding person like Liu Zheng to fall in love with only one woman, and there would definitely be Yingying Yanyan by Liu Zheng's side.

They never thought of occupying Liu Zheng alone.