Chapter 1025 Coincidentally
In the camp, moans and wailing could be heard endlessly.
At least two to three thousand people lay in separate camps separated by trenches.
Doctors ran around and recruited a large number of people to take care of them.
They had all read books like "Female Diseases" (first edition), but after careful comparison, they found that most of the diseases did not match up. They were at a loss and had no idea what was going on.
The imperial doctor ordered Huangfu Fanghui to even accompany the army to the south, but he couldn't explain why, so he could only pick out the ones he recognized and give them symptomatic treatment.
"It has been rainy since late spring, and many potholes are filled with water. This is called 'stagnant water'. Too much stagnant water breeds mosquitoes. This is malaria. Diagnose and treat it according to the prescription." As he spoke, he picked up a pen to sign an order and issued the order. medicinal materials.
It's hard to say whether the medicinal materials are useful.
There was a prescription for treating malaria in the late Han Dynasty, but according to his observation, the effect was very poor. Perhaps, only medicinal materials produced in special places can have better effects?
But now there is no other way, it is better than nothing.
Malaria is very troublesome.
He talked with the emperor about the emperor's opinion that mosquitoes are most likely to breed in stagnant water, and that rivers that are constantly flowing are better. After a mosquito bites a person who is suffering from abuse, it is easy to spread the "suffering insect" to other people. As time goes by, more and more people are sick in the camp, and eventually it is out of control.
The emperor also believed that mosquitoes could only fly dozens of steps, or at most a hundred steps, so it was enough to clean up the stagnant ponds within a hundred steps.
Huangfu Fanghui was skeptical about this, but the emperor insisted on writing it in.
During this expedition, this was done in the military camp, and many ponds were filled in, but the problem was that it could not be perfect.
With such a large army, there are so many rivers, lakes and ponds around them that it is impossible to fill them up.
The camps stretched far away, and trenches were set up between each individual camp to prevent the camp roar from spreading or the enemy taking down one camp after conquering it. In short, it was impossible not to be bitten by mosquitoes.
But this move does reduce the possibility of abuse, and is generally effective. Otherwise, more people may die.
"The rain has stopped in the past few days. Let the woodcutter sergeants go out in large numbers and come back to chop more dry firewood." Huangfu Fang replied again.
"Fengtu Disease" also recommends drinking hot water.
Why just a suggestion? Because it's hard to do.
Let's not talk about being restricted from woodcutting, Liang Jun is not like this. But speaking of the surrounding environment, there are many lakes, swamps, water, grass and reeds. These things do not need to be burned at all. They need to be collected in large quantities, which is very laborious and simply not enough. Setting up a camp and setting up a stronghold is a very important advantage for woodcutter.
Furthermore, it has been raining for days, which adds to the difficulty.
The sergeants may not even be able to eat hot meals, so they can only chew dry food that has been preserved for some time and drink raw water.
As for the small amount of coal (coal) that appeared in the Han Dynasty, it was too small, and it was impossible to transport it over long distances. There was no such capability.
Huangfu Fanghui signed the order and summarized it at the same time.
The book "Earth Diseases" needs to be deleted and added again. The hotter and humid the place, the more dangerous it is and the easier it is to get sick. It seems that "bugs" and "epidemic insects" not only come from the water, but also from the earth, air and wind. There are both, and the overall situation is much better than in the relatively dry and cold north.
At the same time, he also discovered a phenomenon: Shouchun was much better.
It seems that the sooner a city is turned into a city and the more complete the surrounding changes are, the less likely it is to get sick, while a sparsely populated wasteland where wild beasts are infested is much more dangerous.
At the end of writing, he simply put down the pen.
This battle shouldn’t be fought in summer. If we wait until winter, won’t there be much fewer pests and diseases? At least the mosquitoes are gone.
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In the camp, Zhang Shuo had just finished dressing up.
The sergeants were not in good spirits.
Without him, it rained every day, the camp was so wet, hair almost grew on my body, and it was extremely uncomfortable.
Not to mention that people continued to fall ill and were sent to the rear camps for isolation, which hurt morale.
By the way, if you can't eat hot rice or hot soup, it's okay for a few days, but if it happens often, then your morale is really low.
However, after the military order was issued, they quickly formed the team and were ready to set off.
Xu Liu, the general of Zu Yue's army, had already set off in advance with two to three thousand men, following the enemy's tracks all the way and pursuing them in the direction of Hefei.
Liang Jun, as his successor, set off one day later.
There is no doubt that this is a bold move.
Zhang Shuo judged that after Shanya retreated, the Jin navy on the Huai River in the north would definitely retreat as well.
In this way, there will be no worries about the future.
As for whether there will be fresh troops to support the Jin army, it should not happen.
Li Zhong in Xuzhou and Lekai in Nanyang would launch attacks to contain some of the enemy forces.
Li Chong might not be able to contain many people. After all, the water in the lower reaches of the Huai River is strong and the river is more open. If you are not careful, you will be left on the south bank. Going south from Xuzhou to Jianye is the most difficult of all routes, and also the most difficult one. The most undesirable thing is unless the defenders collapse at the first touch.
Lucky can contain some people.
In fact, this is enough. The most capable troops of the Jin State are the Jingzhou soldiers. Just contain them. The Jin Dynasty always regarded Huaiyin as the "North Palace" and Huainan as the "West Palace". The generals who guarded these two places often had " The general title with the words "North" and "West" can open a mansion, but since the ancestors of the present generation have engaged in trouble and Huainan has been corrupted, the title of "West Palace" may fly to the governor of Jingzhou. As for whether "Beifu" will change its owner, it is difficult to say.
After the army was organized and ready to set off, Cai Yi, the supervisor, hesitated to speak.
It's not that he's afraid, it's his duty.
To be honest, if he were in Zhang Shuo's position, he would definitely do the same thing and go south to pursue him. But now that he is a supervisor, his responsibilities are different, so he has to consider other aspects.
After Zhang Shuo tried to draw the sword and put it into the sheath, he saw Cai Yi's expression of hesitation and asked, "Why is Yuanzi like this?"
Since Zhang Shuo asked, Cai Yi stopped hiding and said directly: "Captain, what if the Jin navy on the Huaihe River does not retreat? By then the army will be far away in Hefei, and the rear food road will be cut off. How long can it last?" Zhang Shuo pondered for a moment and said: "If everything is done It is necessary to act with extreme caution, which is what is said in martial arts: "Strengthen the stronghold and fight stupidly." This time I was supposed to attack Huainan, but unexpectedly the Jin people came so quickly, and now it was the enemy who attacked and we defended. Retreat, what’s the point of not pursuing? ”
"What if the thieves pretend to retreat to lure the enemy?" Cai Yi asked.
"It is always necessary to chase." Zhang Shuo insisted: "Now the counties in Huainan are waiting to see if they can catch up to Hefei City. Even if they are unable to capture it, the counties in the north of Huainan may change their flags. Others -"< br>
At this point, he turned to look north and said: "The Jiangdong navy is really annoying. It cuts off the retreat at every turn and cuts off our food routes. This is a really worrying thing. Therefore, we need to follow Cao Wei's old wisdom and set up farming in Huainan to raise supplies nearby. ”
"Tuntian?" Cai Yi was really shocked and couldn't help but look at Zhang Shuo a few more times.
"In the past, Deng Ai was stationed in the Huaihe River, with 20,000 people in the north of the Huaihe River and 30,000 people in the south of the Huaihe River. There were always 40,000 people on the 12th day of the lunar month, and they stayed in the fields. In six or seven years, 30 million dendrobium grains were accumulated in the Huaihe River." Zhang Shuo said: "It's a pity that many of the fields we cultivated back then have been left uncultivated. If I still control Huainan, I will recruit soldiers and people to repair the ponds and irrigation canals this winter. When the crops in Huainan are harvested, what should I fear if the Huainan water is cut off?"
Cai Yi lost his voice for a moment.
Zhang Shuo is more of a field general than a war general.
His main purpose in going south turned out to be to expand the occupied area so that the rear could safely farm and accumulate grain.
"Don't try to persuade me too much." Zhang Shuo came out first, his voice coming from far away: "I don't dare to enter at this time, it's too late to regret it."
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June 25th, Tianshui.
There is a front-line military newspaper every few days, most of which are about the northern grasslands, which is what Shao Xun is most concerned about.
As for what was sent from Zhang Shuo's camp, he didn't care much.
It's just a bit surprising.
Zu Yue dragged her around, and sure enough, something happened.
According to the original plan, Zu made an appointment in Shouchun to start an uprising, and then incited as many people as possible to join in, cooperating with Zhang Shuo's troops going south, and changing the color of Huainan.
But the first step failed.
There was a long delay, one moment asking for food, grass and equipment to paralyze the Jianye court; one moment adjusting defenses, disbanding or sending away unreliable tribesmen; one moment going to Xuzhou to move the generals and their families, otherwise they would not want to follow the rebellion, all in all a lot of things. , the result was that the Jianye court sensed something was wrong.
Shao Xun was basically certain that the Jianye court had already concluded discussions and started appointing officials and mobilizing troops some time before Zu Yue took action.
Zu Yue paralyzed them, and they also paralyzed Zu Yue.
So by the time Zu Yue took action, the main force of the Jin army had already arrived at Chaohu. By the time Xu Liu went south, Liyang Water and Land Commander Lu Wan had already arrived in Hefei, and the vanguards of both sides collided head-on.
Zhang Shuo decided to go south to Chengde and fight with the Jin army's main force on land and water. It was quite risky because his back was unstable.
But Shao Xun didn't stop him.
As the saying goes, there is no need for Zhang Shuo to write this self-clarifying letter if he will not accept his fate.
What's the use?
If he were to escape alone and escape back to Huaibei, he should be beheaded. You are the governor, you have full power and full responsibility. It is impossible for you to have been vaccinated in advance and not be held accountable.
Shao Xun is not very clear about the current war process.
He even suspected that the navy had been completely wiped out, which was a problem.
Therefore, today he decided to reply to Zhang Shuo with a letter written by his secretary Lu Chen.
"A few key points. First, repair the Erxiashi Mountain City and Shuizhai to accommodate the navy's garrison."
This is actually to give the navy a place to avoid war and build a fleet.
Although the existence of a fleet is always laughed at, it is not useless. Combined with water fortresses, wooden piles and even iron cables, a channel connecting the north and the south can be barely maintained.
But this cannot be accomplished in a short time, it will take at least several months.
"Secondly, if we can control Shaopei, we will repair the Pochi. If we can't, we will seize fertile farmland as much as possible. I will send Hu Han and Dingzhuang to farm the fields."
Farming is a must, because even if there is a water fortress, it may still be destroyed and the north and south will be separated again when the navy's combat power is far inferior to Jiangdong.
In other words, crossing the river from Henan to attack Huainan often only has a short window of a few months, and the sustained capability is insufficient. If grain can be harvested in Huainan, this dilemma can be greatly alleviated. The Jiangdong Navy will not even come over by then, because it will be of little use.
"Third, take good care of the ancestral soldiers and don't let them escape."
Zhang Shuo came to report that Zu Huan led 3,000 people eastward to collect the counties. Halfway through the journey, the army made a noise and dispersed half of the people.
Where do these people go? Of course I ran back to Xuzhou to reunite with my family.
Most of the remaining soldiers and horses in Zu Yue's hands are also mentally unstable and must be guarded against.
"Fourth, if you encounter a major epidemic, don't force it, do what you can."
"Fifth, don't kill and surrender."
"Sixth, withdraw the proton troops. Too many of them died."
"That's all. You will consider your sentences and polish them, and send them out as soon as you finish them."
"I obey the order." Lu Chen responded.
Shao Xun nodded, then stood in front of the map and looked carefully at the Yinshan Mountains that stretched from east to west.
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