Chapter 306: The Quanrong Destroyed the Country
The medical level of the Quanrong has always been lower than that of the Dajin.
For them, smallpox, which even the Dajin people were afraid of, basically meant death if they were infected.
Dajin at least has some herbs for clearing away heat and detoxifying, as well as relatively mature nursing techniques, so at least half of those with good physical fitness can survive.
Logically speaking, the Quanrong people should have better physical fitness than the Dajin people because they ate meat all year round.
However, their resistance to smallpox was not as good as Dajin's.
Not all of the more than 1,800 prisoners were infected.
But after such close contact, no more than 300 people were able to escape.
That is to say, nearly 1,500 people contracted smallpox and returned home with the disease.
Although the Quanrong were called barbaric beasts by the Six Kingdoms, their social structure was very complete.
Cannibalism only refers to eating people from other countries as military rations during wars. They also have relatives, friends and social interactions.
Even if these released captives are alone, they still have a few friends, and naturally there will be people to visit them after they have escaped death.
The virus spread in this way, and by the time someone was found to have smallpox symptoms, it was too late.
Xu Zuyin thought the time was about right so he let the matter ferment for a few more days.
He then reorganized the army, leaving only a few hundred men to guard the city while the rest of the army marched straight to attack the court of the Quanrong king.
War is all about momentum.
The people of Quanrong are now in a panic and the whole country is shrouded in gloom. They simply cannot muster the energy and spirit to deal with Dajin.
When the King of Quanrong heard that the Jin army was marching straight in, he thought he was smart and sent envoys to negotiate.
The Quanrong are now trapped by smallpox and are naturally weak, but they are also on the defensive.
If the Jin army insisted on attacking at this time, they would be courting their own death.
The epidemic does not discriminate against anyone. If your troops are infected with the disease, they will die too.
There is no need to lose both sides.
Xu Zuyin smiled coldly and chopped the messenger to death.
The arrow was on the string and had to be shot. At this point he could only believe that cowpox was indeed effective.
If his 30,000-strong army is still unable to destroy the Quanrong, then both sides will perish together.
When they were halfway there, Xu Zuyin had already told his soldiers that the antidote he had received a few days ago was actually a miracle drug that could prevent smallpox.
At first, everyone was a little scared, and when they heard that smallpox was raging in the barbarians, they began to back off.
But General Xu also said that he himself had never had smallpox and the original city defenders knew about it.
Since he dared to attack the Quanrong at this time, it proved that the magic medicine was definitely effective.
Most people have a tendency to believe in authority.
If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. If the tall people don't hit it, it proves that the sky will not fall.
As the top leader of Beirong City, General Xu has both money and power, so he should be much more afraid of death than these poor soldiers.
Since they are facing smallpox, what is there for them to be afraid of?
General Xu had led troops for many years and was well aware of the rogue nature of his soldiers. After explaining the pros and cons, he drew a big picture.
This time, their expedition into the grassland and attacking Huanglong directly was their first achievement.
If the Quanrong were really destroyed, everyone would be promoted.
This is not the main thing. The main thing is that there are countless gold, silver and jewels in the royal court. Every one of them will benefit all the brothers.
Even if one dies in battle, people will still offer tributes to his wife, children, and hometown by erecting a monument.
Fighting the national war against the plague should be treated with treatment worthy of the danger.
The soldiers were overwhelmed by the benefits, their blood boiling and they couldn't wait to find a dog to fight with him.
On one side is the depressed army that has been wailing everywhere for half a month without stopping to hold funerals, and on the other side is the fierce and powerful army that is eager to win military merits.
The contrast is simply too stark.
The confrontation between the two sides of the soldiers on the battlefield showed the passive sabotage and defeat of the Inu Rong army.
This mentality is easy to understand.
If the strength of both sides is not equal due to other reasons, the Quanrong people still think that killing one is enough to save money, killing two will make a profit, and then jumping at the end.
But they had smallpox.
Facing the Jin soldiers rushing towards them, he instead gave a relieved sly smile.
I don't have the strength to chop you, and you think you can get away with it
Come on, come in contact, if you get close to us you will get smallpox too.
The pain of waiting to die slowly and helplessly is more torturous than being stabbed.
It's worth it to have so many people supporting them.
The inaction of the Quanrong soldiers greatly facilitated the charge of the Jin army.
The general's order was like a tiger rushing down the mountain. Suddenly, the sky was filled with shouts of killing and the flashing of swords and sabers.
The current Quanrong is like a wooden ship hollowed out by termites. It looks tall and solid, but in fact it is full of holes and rotten.
Seeing that the situation was not right, some nobles who had not been infected by the disease and were still quite strong fled to the Dongyi with their assets and slaves.
Some others who have connections also disguise themselves and try to find ways to make a living.
The territory of the Quanrong Kingdom was vast and relatively scattered, so it was not easy for Xu Zuyin to destroy them all in one fell swoop.
But the escape of the people in the royal city actually helped him a lot.
When he attacked the royal city, the wealthy businessmen and nobles who evacuated in advance also brought the virus out.
Several cities surrounding the royal city were also infected one after another, and it felt like using torches to ignite dry grass.
Sparks flew and ignited one pile after another, eventually forming a sea of fire that could not be stopped.
After the Jin army found out that they would not be infected with smallpox, they became more energetic and vigorous, and they advanced rapidly with unstoppable force.
The royal court was destroyed and all members of the Quanrong royal family were captured. Even though a dozen Quanrong cities had not yet fallen, it heralded the collapse of the Quanrong regime.
Bao Beibei did not rush to order the massacre of the Quanrong people. He just collected resources and food while moving towards other cities based on the royal city.
Massacre in a city is likely to cause resistance.
They actually don't have to do anything but leave it alone and make sure the plague doesn't die out.
Anyway, the people of Dajin would not be infected. Even if they did not take up the butcher knife, smallpox would kill people for them.
The Quanrong people did not have the awareness of burning corpses and patient supplies to prevent infection.
With the deliberate indulgence of the people of Dajin, smallpox became more and more serious, and almost nine out of ten houses in the royal city were empty.
The nobles who fled the royal city brought with them a large number of slaves, and they felt relieved after checking that they were not infected with smallpox.
Little did people know that the incubation period of smallpox is ten to fifteen days, and patients generally have no obvious symptoms and look no different from normal people.
But at this point the virus has already begun to multiply in the body, and if you come into contact with them too much, you're basically doomed.
Viruses are just like bugs. They can be transformed into lines or surfaces, and it is very easy for them to spread.
That's not just two people who are infected, it's a toilet pit that has exploded and filled the whole village with fragrance.
Bao Beibei just watched coldly.
I watched as the bodies of the Quanrong people fell one after another and piled up like a mountain, and I watched as the smoke from cooking fires in the cities became less and less.
With sufficient military supplies, the Jin army did not even need to rush to attack the city.
Just eat and drink when it’s time to do so, and wait until the smoke from the city reaches a certain level before taking action.
They really didn't know how many people there were in the city, but as long as there were people, they had to eat.
If you want to eat, you have to cook. If even the smoke from the cooking stove is cut off, I guess not many people can survive.
The city was filled with the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and the air was filled with the smell of death. Even those who were not infected with the disease had lost their energy and spirit.
They all showed a collective indifference towards the attack of Dajin.
They even preferred to face the butcher knife of the Jin people rather than wait quietly for smallpox to take them away.
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