Chapter fifty-ninth strange diarrhea incident
After the news of taking down Longzhou City came, the whole army was filled with joy. I then ordered the entire army to rest for a night, and the next day, the troops were divided to capture Yanzhou City.
But the next evening, I just received the news that I had won Yanzhou City. Before I could have time to be happy, a very bad news came to me.
"What?? There are many soldiers in the army who are suffering from diarrhea? And it's happening on a large scale?!" I didn't believe my ears at all. "What's going on? When did it start?"
"Your Majesty, this matter starts from noon today. Soldiers have started to have diarrhea one after another. At the beginning of the army's generals didn't care, but at the beginning of the afternoon, a large area of soldiers began to have diarrhea. According to statistics, more than 40,000 soldiers in the entire army have begun to have diarrhea," said Shi Chu Luli, the chief of the army.
"Have they eaten anything this morning and noon?"
"There is no such dish. The food in the whole army is the same, but according to soldiers who have not had diarrhea, they have not drunk water for a day today."
"Drinking water? Are our soldiers drinking raw water or boiled water."
"Raw water is all boiled from the river and then drunk."
"Let's go, follow me to the military camp" said it was a military camp. In fact, most of them were private houses. Before our army was about to attack Hongzhou City, the prefect of the city guard opened the door and fled, and almost all the civilians also fled. Therefore, after the army entered the city, they lived directly in these empty houses.
After arriving at the military camp, there was already a huge stench, and there were soldiers' excrement everywhere. I looked around inside and walked out and said to Chu Luli.
"Give the orders and no one shall drink water until the order is received, including me, and shall be executed immediately."
"Yes, the emperor." Chu Luli took the order and left
"Lu Junyi, sent orders to the three armies to strictly prevent these three cities. All the troops stationed outside the city entered the city without ordering anyone to enter and exit the city at will."
"Yes, my servant obeys the order."
"Wu Song, put a pot on it, fill it with water, and light it up and bring it to a boil."
"yes."
Soon a marching pot was put up, and the water inside was boiled in a short while. I found three soldiers and ordered Wu Song, "Put them three to serve a bowl of water."
Everyone didn't know what I was doing, but they did it in trust in the emperor. After the three bowls of water were divided into the hands of the three soldiers, I said to one of them: "Drink." The soldier drank all the water that had just boiled without hesitation, and then stood there to wait for my order. After about a cup of tea, the water in the soldier's bowl turned into warm water. I said to another soldier: "Drink it." After about ten minutes, the water in the bowl almost completely became cold. I asked the last soldier to drink the water in the bowl and then stood there to observe their condition.
"How long does it take for today's soldiers to drink water and develop diarrhea?" I turned around and asked the marching leader Bo Wu Yong.
"It's about a quarter of an hour back. The soldiers first had a cramped stomach, and then they started to have diarrhea." Wu Yong replied. In ancient times, there were twelve hours a day, one hour and four hours a day, which is now about half an hour.
"Hmph, damn Xixia people, I want to kill all the Dangxiang tribes and Qiang people, otherwise it will be difficult to arouse my hatred." The evil fire in my stomach rushed upwards, not thinking that the army I brought was the invader.
Seeing that the time had passed about an hour, I said to the three soldiers: "How do you three feel? Do you feel any discomfort?"
"Go back to the emperor, no," the three of them said to me in unison.
"No? That's great! Lu Li, find a team of thousands of people to have a big pot of water boiled and distributed it to them. If no one has diarrhea, then the whole army can drink water." I said to Chu Luli with some excitement and said to him.
"Yes, the emperor, I will make arrangements now."
After watching Chu Luli leave, I looked at the sand table in front of me and said to Lu Junyi and Yue Fei: "Delu (made by Lu Junyi), Pengju (Yue Fei), are you talking about this too strange?"
"Yes, my elders, I think this matter should be done by Xixia. Their move must be to stop our army from advancing. Moreover, these soldiers with diarrhea in our army are now powerless. If Xixia sends generals to kill us, our army will be in danger. Fortunately, God blesses our emperor, so that our emperor will find that boiling water can crack this poison. It is really my emperor's wisdom."
"Hahaha, whoever says you are stupid in the future, I will take care of his mouth for you. You are stupid, and you can still practice flattery so well. Hahaha." My words caused Yue Fei and Wu Song to laugh, which made Lu Junyi look embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, after the test, the soldiers who drank boiling water did not show any symptoms of diarrhea again." Chu Luli came back and said to me, but before I could have time to be happy, he continued, "But those soldiers who had already started diarrhea could not stop diarrhea. The imperial doctors who followed the army used all their methods, but they did not work. I am worried that over time, these more than 40,000 soldiers would..."
"What do you think of?"
"Your Majesty, I know that someone may be able to cure this disease." Wu Yong said
"Oh, my dear, please tell me."
"Emperor, this person's name is An Daoquan, from Jiankang, Jiangsu (now Nanjing). This person opened a clinic in Jiankang City and is known as a miracle doctor. Some people even call him Sai Hua Tuo"
"Wu Song, go to Jiankang City quickly to invite An Daoquan!" After hearing what Wu Yong said, I immediately sent Wu Song to invite An Daoquan.
Chapter completed!