After Li Jing heard about the sequelae of vaccination with cowpox, he frowned and was silent for a while. He sighed:
"In this case, it is impossible to inoculate the army with cowpox in advance."
Qin Ming nodded slightly and said:
"Even if there are no sequelae, it is unrealistic to inoculate an army with cowpox at the same time."
"After all, there are a hundred thousand soldiers from You Wuwei, Zuo Xiaowei and various places in Longyou Road."
"If we want to vaccinate all these people with cowpox in a short period of time, we would need at least several thousand cows."
"In addition, there is the most important point. Although the method of vaccination to prevent smallpox was thought up by my tutor, I am not sure whether it can prevent it or not."
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate to get vaccinated hastily."
Li Jing nodded upon hearing this.
At this time, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, suddenly said:
"General Manager, are you worried that the party members will repeat their old tricks and use the same method to deal with us?"
Li Jing nodded and said:
"We do have this concern."
Li Daozong turned to look at Qin Ming and asked:
"Qin joined the army, do you have any preventive measures for this?"
Qin Ming thought for a while and said:
"Plague spreads fastest in closed places, such as Lanzhou City."
"Now, the party's cavalry has blocked the entire city of Lanzhou, creating an environment for the spread of the plague."
"Therefore, as long as we are not trapped by the enemy, it will be difficult for them to use this method to deal with us."
"In addition, you can also issue an order. From now on, if anyone in the army is sick or has any discomfort, he needs to report it as soon as possible."
"Including the patient and those who have been in contact with him or her, they will be quarantined and observed in isolation for fifteen days."
"The same goes for enemy prisoners."
"This way, we can keep the army safe."
Li Jing and Li Daozong looked at each other and nodded.
"I will send an order to the entire army right now."
"In addition, the general manager will also allocate a special place in Dingxi City to house these patients."
While several people were talking, Sun Simiao had already perfected the epidemic prevention manual.
He handed the epidemic prevention manual to Qin Ming and said:
"Please ask the mountain chief to take a look."
Qin Ming took the manual and looked through it, nodding his head during the process.
Sun Simiao, who is worthy of being called the King of Medicine, not only added many prescriptions to treat the plague, but also proposed a method of burning mugwort to drive away mosquitoes and flies.
Qin Ming handed the manual to Li Jing and said:
"Next, Duke Lao Wei asked someone to deliver the manual to Lanzhou City."
Li Jing nodded slightly, took the manual from Qin Ming, turned to the guard aside and said:
"Make ten copies of the manual."
The personal guard held the manual and bowed to answer.
After the guards left, Li Jing bowed his hands to Qin Ming and others and said:
"Qin Canjun, Sun Zhenren, I have something important to do here, so I'll excuse you now."
Taoist priest Sun slapped the Taoist priest on the head.
"General Manager, please help yourself."
Qin Ming returned the courtesy and said:
"General Manager, I want to go find some cows to prepare for emergencies, so I'm leaving first."
Li Jing was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hands and said:
"Then Lao Qin will join the army."
After Qin Ming and his party left, Li Jing returned to the sand table.
He glanced at everyone present with his sharp eyes.
"Have you all noted down the locations of the enemy troops on the sand table?"
A group of scouts quickly bowed and responded:
"take note of it."
Li Jing nodded slightly and said solemnly:
"This time, I'll give you two a task."
"One, before noon tomorrow, find out the location of the enemy's main force. Two, send the epidemic prevention manual to Lanzhou City."
A group of scouts bowed and responded.
Li Jing waved his hand and said:
"Later, I will order people to send the epidemic prevention manual and clairvoyance and other equipment to the west gate. You go down and prepare first."
"Here."
After the scouts left, the other generals in the room gathered around the sand table again.
Li Daozong asked:
"General Manager, the enemy's movements are unknown now. Should we follow the original plan and head towards Yuzhong tomorrow?"
After hearing this, Li Jing thought for a while and said:
"Based on the current intelligence, Wang Liulang was obviously deliberately released by Tuyuhun. The purpose is to create the illusion that Lanzhou City is in danger for us."
"Just imagine, how would we have responded without Xiao Jian's later intelligence?"
Duan Zhixuan immediately replied:
"Capture Yuzhong City immediately, and then immediately rush to rescue Lanzhou City."
Li Jing nodded and said:
"That's right. Lanzhou is an important military town, and it is located at a key location on the Longyou Road. Once captured by Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun will cut off our connection with the land west of Hexi and the countries in the Western Regions."
"Moreover, Lanzhou City has high walls and thick walls. It will not be easy for us to recapture it."
"Therefore, we will definitely step up our march and head towards Lanzhou as quickly as possible."
"But the fact is that the party sent the plague to Lanzhou and besieged Lanzhou. But the Tuyuhun army is probably ambushing in the mountains and forests outside Lanzhou City."
As he spoke, Li Jing took the bamboo pole and made gestures on the sand table at places such as Shifogou, Xigou, Lannigou, and Liujiahu Ridge.
"If we advance rashly, we are likely to be attacked by Tuyuhun's army."
When Yuchi Gong heard this, he suddenly remembered Qin Ming's analysis a few days ago, so he clapped his hands and said excitedly:
"I know, Tuyuhun wants to surround the area and call for reinforcements."
When Li Jing and others heard the words "round the place to call for aid", they couldn't help but chew it carefully, and their eyes lit up.
Li Jing stroked his long beard and praised:
"Jingde's words are very wonderful. He can sum up such exquisite words. I think that during these years, Jingde spent a lot of time studying the art of war."
At the same time, Li Daozong also said sourly:
"Well, you idiot, you really have fulfilled the old saying, you will be impressed after three days of separation! I admire you."
Before Yuchi Gong answered, Xue Wanche on the side couldn't help but stood up and said:
"Gong Wei, Prince of the County, you think too highly of Yuchi Heitan."
"How could such a reckless man say such a thing? It was that boy Qin Ming who said this about surrounding the area for reinforcements."
Yuchi Gong was furious when he heard this.
He pointed at Xue Wanche and roared:
"Thief, who do you think is reckless? You are the reckless one, and your whole family is reckless."
When Xue Wanche heard this, his eyes widened in anger, he stared at Yuchi Gong fiercely, and said:
"Heitan Tou, are you itchy? If you have the guts to go out with someone, let's have a good discussion."
Yuchi Gong glanced at Xue Wanche with some disdain and sneered:
"Just fight, who is afraid of whom?"
Li Jing's face turned dark when he heard this and said angrily:
"Bastard, have you two forgotten where this is? Do you still have this manager in your eyes? Do you still have the imperial court?"
After Yuchi Gong and Xue Wanche heard this, they immediately woke up, bowed their eyebrows and bowed their hands towards Li Jing, saying:
"The general will eventually realize his mistake."
Li Jing snorted and said:
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be punished by military law."
"Also, you just said that it was Qin Shenjun who proposed encircling the point for reinforcements?"
Yuchi Gong and the other two nodded.
"Then tell me, tell me, under what circumstances did he say this."
Yuchi Gong nodded and passed the news back to the scout from the night before yesterday.
It is clear that the party members threatened the defenders in the city with the lives of the people. After leaving the city to fight, they not only did not take this opportunity to continue to weaken the defenders, but instead led the troops to besiege Lanzhou City.
Based on this analysis, Qin Ming concluded that the enemy might have learned about the movement of the army, so they wanted to concentrate their forces and defeat the reinforcements first, so they came up with the rhetoric of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements.
After hearing this, Li Jing nodded repeatedly, and became more determined to accept a disciple.
"Yes, yes. The analysis makes sense. Judging from the current situation, Tuyuhun's current target is us."
Li Daozong frowned and said:
"Now that Lanzhou has been plagued by barbarians, I think it will be safe in a short time."
"In this case, should we head towards Yuzhong City tomorrow?"
Li Jing stroked his long beard and said with a smile:
"Of course we have to attack Yuzhong City, and not only do we have to attack, but we also have to fight with all our strength."
"Since they want to surround the spot and call for reinforcements, let's give them a trick, use their tricks, and play with them."
The generals were stunned for a moment, and then a look of understanding appeared on their faces.
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