The entire Liangzhou Prefecture.
There was silence for a moment.
poison!
Liu Chang's move is simply too poisonous!
Use the plague to kill people!
As we all know, in ancient times, plagues were almost irreversible natural disasters. Plague has always been the most terrifying threat to mankind. Some plagues even directly change history!
"White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. A hundred people have lost one thing, and the thought of it will break people's hearts." This is the most true portrayal of ancient plagues.
Why did the population decline so rapidly during the Three Kingdoms period?
Some people would say that it is because of population depletion due to war.
actually not.
What really consumes the population is the plague brought by war. Because the medical conditions in ancient times were poor, the awareness of prevention was not strong. Once a plague breaks out, it will be uncontrollable and devastating.
Once the plague spreads, at least half of the people in a state or county will die.
Chinese history.
During the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, the capital city of Jiankang had a population of more than 400,000. During Hou Jing's Rebellion, Jiankang was besieged for several months. There was a serious shortage of food in the city. Some people died of starvation, and their bodies were randomly thrown into the Qinhuai River. The drinking water was contaminated by carrion, causing a large-scale plague. After the war, there were only tens of thousands of people left alive in the city. people.
This is a quite horrific death ratio.
Not to mention the plagues in world history, such as the Black Death and the Spanish Flu, which easily killed millions and tens of millions, which was extremely terrifying.
Throughout the ages, plagues have always been treated with disdain.
But every year, because the territory of the Longyan Dynasty is too large, there will always be plagues breaking out in a few places, but there will also be specialized agencies to take some measures against these plagues.
recently.
Malaria occurs frequently in Changzhou within Liangzhou. Liangzhou has controlled the source and water source, and is preparing for the next step...
but now……
Liu Chang's vicious plan made these people hold their breath.
Plague kills people?
Release the refugees to Dunhuang?
In that case, if the plague begins to spread, what will happen to the 400,000 people in Dunhuang?
Liu Chang wanted to use the plague as an "accident", and then make the 90,000 Yinzhou soldiers lose their combat effectiveness, so that both Liu and his son would become infected.
He did not hesitate to use 400,000 people from Dunhuang to accompany him in the burial!
Chen Ping even forgot to breathe.
Almost 400,000 people were buried with them, just to kill two people?
Just to bring Yinzhou’s development momentum to an abrupt halt?
Is it worth it?
But he almost only thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Liu Chang, please handle this matter, but remember to keep it secret, keep it secret, keep it secret!"
"yes!"
Liu Chang took the order and went.
Others, until now, were still scared to death.
Chen Ping is crazy!
He was driven crazy by Liu Dahao!
Crazy enough to disregard all consequences and burn everything!
When Liu Chang left Liangzhou Mansion, he immediately found several soldiers, each riding a horse on the road. Changzhou is not far from Liangzhou, only about three days away.
What he didn't expect was...
At this time, outside Liangzhou Mansion, among the crowd, there was a man with a popular face. After seeing Liu Chang preparing Xinruan and a few days of dry food, he felt that this was a bit unusual, so he followed him secretly. .
…
From Cheshi to Dunhuang, it would take nearly a month no matter how fast the Yinzhou army marched.
The straight-line distance is actually about the same as Loulan to Yinzhou.
But it is obvious that the Dunhuang road is better than the Loulan road. At least the desert along the Dunhuang road is not so scary and cannibalistic. Most of it is Gobi and there are not many deserts.
But it's still the same drought and sandy weather, which makes people very uncomfortable.
Qing Yangshuo was praising all the way: "If a canal is built on this road, it will be a miracle in the world! The young master will benefit the Western Regions and his name will definitely go down in history!"
This time, I chose this path.
In addition to the purpose of capturing Dunhuang, Liu Zheng of course also wanted to conduct an on-the-spot investigation of the conditions on this road. You know, the road from Dunhuang to the Western Regions is the famous Hexi Corridor in history!
This is also the reason why Liu Zheng chose this place as the starting point of the Grand Canal. Because the Hexi Corridor starts from Wushaoling in the east and ends at Yumenguan in the west, between Nanshan and Beishan in the north and south. It is about 900 kilometers long and several kilometers to nearly 100 kilometers wide. It is a long and narrow flat land running from northwest to northeast. It is shaped like a corridor, so it is called Hexi Corridor.
Then why is it called Hexi?
This is an important point.
The Hexi Corridor is on the west side of the Yellow River! In this way, together with the Yellow River and the water sources from the southern and northern mountains, in Liu Zheng's design, there is nothing wrong with making this the starting point of the Grand Canal. The diversion of water from the east to the west is completely achievable.
There are three inner flow basins in the Hexi Corridor, including the Shule River system, the Heihe River system, the Beida River system, and the Shiyang River system. These water systems are extremely important for the construction of the Grand Canal.
The Yellow River and the water source of the Qilian Mountains are the most important resources of the Grand Canal.
Liu Zheng had to figure it out.
And actually the most important point.
That is, in fact, the Silk Road from Yinzhou to Loulan is not the real historical Silk Road!
The Silk Road in history originally started from the Hexi Corridor.
But Liu Zheng...
But we want to make this place the starting point of the Grand Canal!
The project is huge and there are many places that need to be inspected.
Therefore, Liu Zheng was considered very busy. Hearing Qingyang Shuo's words, he also laughed and said, "I just don't know how Chen Ping will deal with us taking Dunhuang. He can be in charge of Liangzhou for so many years, and he can't do it with nothing."
Qingyang Shuo also smiled and said: "Now that the Yinzhou Army is a triumphant army, it is shut out with great fanfare. Chen Ping does not dare to go against the people of the world. Then there are only two ways, one, Hongmen Banquet, two, provoke Zheng Yuxing... …”
Liu Zheng nodded after hearing this.
Although he was not in Longyan, he knew that Longyan must have been turned upside down because of his imperial examination system and everyone was in danger.
The old emperor has used him as a sword.
But Liu Zheng is not afraid...
Since you want to use it, I will make it sharper and thicker!
The most important thing is to take this opportunity to develop your own strength!
Under such circumstances, Zheng Yuxing was really likely to follow the Third Prince's lead and have some kind of conflict with himself.
But no matter what.
All this will be faced.
Now, he is an unsheathed sword!
No matter where he goes, he fights wherever he goes. Even in the worst case scenario, Liu Zheng is not afraid of confronting the Liangzhou Army!
at this time.
Suddenly Jiang Xuan came running out of breath: "Brother Young Master, Brother Young Master, something serious has happened!"
Liu Zheng and Qingyang Shuo looked at each other and quickly asked what was going on.
Jiang Xuan's face turned pale: "Someone in the team has malaria!"
"What?"
Qingyang Shuo's expression changed drastically and he almost jumped out of his wheelchair.
Liu Zheng also frowned slightly.
malaria?
This was a kind of plague in ancient times. Once it spreads, it would be difficult to deal with.
He asked anxiously: "How many people?"
Jiang Xuan grimaced: "I haven't paid much attention in the past few days, and thousands of people have been infected..."
The two of them felt their hearts sink.
