The Great Queen Mau Lewat
Chapter 428 Side story (A Fei the princess of Jin)
It had been a month since Jingu started leading the war. The Jin Kingdom really urged the Nan kingdom. Now the Nan warriors began to lose their fighting spirit. Not a few of them openly began to complain.
" We're going to lose.. I don't want to die. "
" My wife is pregnant. I didn't want my son to be an orphan when he was born. "
" I'm not even married, I don't want to die before marriage. "
" It's so sad about our lives. Forced to lose our lives just because we're soldiers. I want to stop being a soldier then. Our fate is not even better than those civilians who are very lucky to be untouched by the Jin forces. "
The desperate chatter of the Nan warriors as they thought of their fate.
Nan's troops are almost every day pressed for a situation, as if resigned to their lives. Hoping that the war would end soon and they could return despite the lifeless condition of the body.
Seeing the situation that was not supportive, when the meeting took place the Nan army leaders began to look for solutions.
" General, we must find a solution to defeat the Jin army. Moreover, the spirit of the soldiers has also dimmed if it continues like this it is only a matter of time until our troops will actually lose. " Say one of the commanders of Nan's forces.
Seeing the general still silent, one of the other commanders spoke up.
" General, if we cannot fight them in the usual way. Why don't we try it another way. As the saying goes, one door is closed and the other opens. "
The other four commanders exchanged glances, except for Jingu who remained silent as if he could read in which direction one of his comrades was talking.
The commander opened a map and spoke again, "The camp while the Jin army is here and the river is their source of water. "
" you mean.. " One of the commanders started to guess.
" right. We're going to poison their water source. I'm sure this way we can win this war. "
Jingu who heard the plan instantly snorted as if ridiculing. It brought the attention of everyone there.
" Is there anything you want to say Commander Liang, ah I mean His Highness the prince. " Obviously this is a provocative sentence. The commander who had previously spoken was indeed known to have an unfavorable relationship with Jingu.
" Is the Nan Kingdom so loser that it even resorted to cunning means to win the war. Even though we win later. I would be too embarrassed to admit it. "
Instead of being angry, the commander casually said. " Prince, maybe you don't know. It's a strategy, you probably don't know anything considering you didn't grow up on the battlefield but rather lived peacefully behind the palace walls."
He continued, "you know, on the battlefield life is the most important of all. As for self-esteem, it doesn't matter. Because the most important thing right now is to win the battle. You probably won't get the Emperor's punishment if we lose considering you're his son. But not with us. The Emperor must have punished all of us for not being able to. So think from our point of view. "
That remark seemed to be an insult to Jingu. It was as if he was in a military camp and got the position of commander of the army because of his princely status. I don't understand the difficulties of living on the battlefield.
Jingu's hands were clenched tightly.
" You know life is important. But did you realize that your plan would also harm civilians who were around the river. Are you also going to kill them, innocent people? " Jingu said holding back anger.
" It doesn't matter as long as the victim isn't Nan's people. " It was so easy that the commander spoke that Jingu's anger had really reached the crown.
No one helped Jingu speak, as if to prove that they agreed with one of his co-commanders.
" all right. Whatever you. Just do as you please. " Jingu left the meeting room and was reluctant to turn his head even though the general had already called out to him. No matter what else he might get punished.
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A few days later, at the Jin Kingdom army camp. One by one the soldiers began to fall ill, most of them had diarrhea and vomiting.
" When did they experience this? " Task A Fei when examining one of the soldiers. Their bodies are limp due to lack of fluids. Not only that, their faces also looked pale with sunken eyes.
A Fei had just returned from the next town after purchasing the medicinal ingredients requirement for supplies at the military base so he had no idea if they were experiencing this.
" Why didn't you tell me right away? " Said A Fei annoyed.
" I'm sorry Princess. I didn't expect it to be this bad. At first I just thought this might hurt. "
A Fei saw the regretful look of commander Yan making him unable to return to spurt out his anger. He only hoped that what his army experienced was not a plague.
Unfortunately, that hope did not happen. The Jin army is falling more and more. The next day not only Jin troops were affected by diarrhea, many Jin residents also experienced the same thing.
" How did it go? have you guys checked it? " A Fei asked the healers who served in the camp.
" I'm sorry Princess, but all the food ingredients we checked but still no poison found there. "
" The source of drinking water has also been checked by the princess and the results are the same. "
A Fei again exhaled in despair when he heard the reports of the healers. He scratched his dizzy head because he could not find the cause of the pain of most of the Jin troops.
" Have you not found the cause yet? " A Feng asked his twin brother after there were only the two of them. Either countless times for the umpteenth time the crown prince of Jin asked the same question.
" I don't know either, brother. If these poisons were easy for me to cure them, but after several times checking the food and water source, there was absolutely no poison found there. I doubt this is not a case of poisoning. "
" If this isn't a case of poisoning, then what do you think is the cause of all of them? "
A Fei turned the chair facing straight Sima Feng. His face looked seriously at the brother.
" Suddenly I remembered something. Mothers used to say that bloody cough or TB caused by bacteria. But doctors believe the cause of the disease is due to damage to the lungs. I asked the teacher and he also said that it was caused by bacteria. When I asked, what is bacteria. He explained that it was a kind of very small living thing that could not be seen by the eye. " A Fei is clear.
Given that the medical knowledge is still not so developed so it is very reasonable if it is not known about viruses or bacteria. Treatment is still simple and the most complicated is only about poisons and bidders.
" So you think this is caused by bacteria? " Sima Feng started to conclude.
A Fei nodded. "really. I don't know what bacteria form. But I believe this plague was caused by him. "
Sima Feng seemed to be thinking hard, it made A Fei curious.
" What are you thinking, brother? "
Looking at A Fei, Sima Feng said seriously. " I just think the bacteria are so small yet terrible. They are capable of making people suffer. You must think so too, right? "
Don't ask me. I never even saw it myself. I don't know shit. Monologue A Fei in heart.
" What steps should we take to treat them. You know for yourself how this plague has spread beyond military encampments. There are dozens of people reported to have experienced the same. They vomit with long diarrhea. " Common Sima Feng with his question.
A Fei thought in silence.
After waiting in silence. A Fei's reply made Sima Feng wantonly to hit him.
" I don't know.. " Said A Fei hesitated. And then quickly he added.
" But I'll take a look at the teacher's notebook first and see how to deal with this. " His welcome when he saw Sima Feng was about to scold him again.
Luckily A Fei always brought the note that Lucy left behind with some of her journals that did not escape the list of Jin's daughter's luggage.
In between the pain of the Jin army. Suddenly Nan's forces returned to attack. The healthy number of Jin troops did little to make the defense weak. For the first time, the Jin kingdom suffered defeat.