Zhao Yu knew that Hu Decai and Qi Chong could be said to be 'making a fuss' and becoming famous, and it would not be long before their names would spread throughout the army, and although this matter was in justice and loyalty, no lord would like to dare to commit a crime. Thinking that there are such two thorns on the side under his hands, one of them dares to lead the army to mutiny if he is unhappy, and no one can sleep well, especially this time they have offended the Eighth Army up and down a lot.

For such two living treasures that His Majesty likes, naturally no one is asking for their own trouble, but no one can guarantee which 'unbearable' will do it. It is not difficult to make a person disappear quietly in the army, but it is easier to make a person die a very normal death on the battlefield. Zhao Yu, who knew the way of it, naturally couldn't help but take precautions, so he could only leave the two 'scourges' by his side with a bluff.

Considering the actual situation of the two, Zhao Yu placed Hu Decai in the baggage brigade transportation regiment as the deputy commander, specializing in his own driving; Qi Zhong was arranged to serve as the deputy commander of the Second Regiment of the Pro-Guard Brigade, specializing in the vigilance and protection of the driving and palace. The reason why they are allowed to be deputies is because their level is lacking, otherwise they would not still be in the team now, and the soldiers of the two in the past have now risen fast to control, and it would be a bit stumbling to let them be the team leader.

When talking to the two, Tian Zhong already had a rough plan, and he did things more ruthlessly, demanding that the Guanghua army would be sent down within five days. The generals who participated in the meeting also had the intention of making meritorious service and atoning for their sins, and now they were forced into a corner, and if they wanted to re-erect the military flag of the Eighth Army and not let their colleagues look down on them, they could only fight against the water.

Time is pressing, and the generals resign. Tian Zhong went to the Eighth Army alone, Zhao Yu was naturally not at ease, and allowed him to select twenty generals from the accompanying imperial guards, and sent a team of soldiers from the personal guard camp to go with him. What he didn't expect was that Tan Fei also took the opportunity to resign as the commander of the guard battalion, hoping to go to the Eighth Army with Tian Zhong for training.

Zhao Hao was a little surprised at first when he suddenly resigned, and he didn't know that he was ordered by Wang Yinglin to decide to leave the guard camp. But he thought about it and felt that it was also an opportunity, and the complex and chaotic situation could allow him to get some training and lay the foundation for leading an army alone in the future. So he ordered him to be the deputy commander of the Eighth Army of the Forbidden Army and concurrently serve as the military commander, and went to Dengcheng with Tian Zhong to take up his post.

Sending off the people of the Eighth Army, Zhao Yu ordered Shao Chenquan, the deputy commander of the First Brigade of the Imperial Palace, to lead the post of the commander of the capital, and to lead the city guard of Fancheng with the First Brigade Duyu Hou Chengran, and to guard the city with the Imperial Front Cavalry Brigade, monitor the enemy in the direction of Nanyang, and respond to the Eighth Army in Dengcheng. And Tan Fei's sudden resignation made it difficult for him, the position of commander of the guard battalion, although the position is not high, but the position is extremely important, not just anyone can do it, and in principle, he will not be promoted from the guard battalion.

I couldn't find a suitable person for a while, Zhao Yu looked at Ni Liang who was guarding beside him, come on, just choose him! Ni Liang is the first commander of the guard battalion, he is very familiar with the business and procedures, and he can do it without adaptation, and now most of the imperial guards have withdrawn to the Jiangdong region, and he has no soldiers to manage, just an idler, so he simply let him go back to his old job.

So Ni Liang, the commander of the imperial guards, also served as the commander of the guard battalion, and he has always taken the protection of His Majesty's safety as his own responsibility, and he is happy to accept it, so His Majesty has no reason to drive him away!

After resting for two days, the Imperial Naval Army came to Fancheng under the leadership of Zheng Yong, accompanied by Lin Zhiwu, the Huguang transport envoy, and Pan Niandai, the commander of the Sixth Army, who came to meet him. It turned out that the heavy rain before was that the river was swelling and the current increased, and the fleet had to stop in Yicheng for temporary shelter, and due to the difficulty in transporting grain and grass, the Jingxiang Governor's Mansion also went to Yicheng to get grain, which happened to coincide with Lin Zhiwu escorting grain and grass here, and learned that His Majesty had arrived in Fancheng, Jiang Cheng was seriously ill and could only let the two come to greet him.

The matter of Fancheng was over, Zhao Yu ordered the first part of the naval army to stay in Fancheng, assist the Guanghua army, and then assist in guarding the ferry to block the enemy's reinforcements, so he abandoned the car and boarded the ship the next day and returned to Yicheng. He boarded the imperial boat and went down the river, when the water level of the Han River was soaring and the water surface was wide, and due to the war, the merchant ships on the river were cut off, and only a few fishing boats were fishing on the shore.

"How is Jiang Dushuai's body?" Zhao Yu was talking with Lin Zhiwu, Zheng Yong, Ni Liang and a few others on the deck, and he asked.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Dushuai was seriously injured this time, and his external injuries have healed, but when he hit the boat, he was afraid of injuring his internal organs, and now his body is weak, lying on the couch, his shape is upright, he is sweating profusely after walking more than ten steps, panting like a cow, and he needs someone to support him." Lin Zhiwu replied with a sigh.

"Yes, Du Shuai learned that His Majesty personally recruited Jingxiang, so he wanted to go to Suizhou to greet him, but his health was sick, and it became more and more serious, so he could only lie on the couch to recuperate, and he often blamed himself for this!" Pan Nian also chimed in.

"It seems that Jiang Dushuai has injured his vitality and is difficult to recover for a while, so when I arrive, let him return to Beijing to recuperate, and he will no longer have to be entangled in mundane things." Zhao Yu's face was gloomy when he heard this, he understood that Jiang Cheng's body was not optimistic, and it was more serious than he thought, and he also sighed.

"Your Majesty, after Du Shuai was wounded, he was anxious to conquer Xiangyang, and he still stayed up all night to coordinate the military, and the doctors in the army were clumsy and could not treat the symptoms, and the needles and stones were ineffective, which also delayed the condition. The last general heard that the doctors of the Imperial Hospital were quite skilled and skilled, and asked His Majesty for permission to diagnose and treat the commander. Pan Nian Shili pleaded.

"Jiang Dushuai has worked hard and made great achievements, but he is a minister of my court, I will naturally not be stingy, I should be like this!" Zhao Yu raised his hand and asked him to excuse himself.

"Your Majesty is good at medicine, of course, he will not sit idly by, and will definitely try his best to save him." Ni Liang listened to Pan Nian's words, but felt harsh, as if His Majesty was unkind, and replied with a gloomy face.

"Ni Dushuai, the last general has no disrespect, he is really in a hurry." Pan Nian saw that Ni Liang's words were disrespectful, his face was not safe, and he knew that his words were serious, so he quickly explained.

"Don't worry!" Seeing this, Zhao Yu waved his hand, pondered for a moment, turned his face and whispered to Wang De, "I have captured a good ginseng in the South Wangfu of Yangzhou Town, but I have brought it with me. ”

"Official, the little one has been carefully collected, and it is in the cabin. Do you want to give it to Jiang Dushuai......" Wang De replied.

"That's good, take it and show me!" Zhao Yu said with a happy face.

"Yes, the little ones are going!" Wang De immediately went back to the cabin to get something.

Although a few people on the side didn't hear what His Majesty said, they saw that the emperor said solemnly, and the thing came from the Nanwang Mansion of Mengyuan Town, and was personally collected by the introspective governor, and they were all curious. After a while, I saw Wang De walking over with a two-foot-long brocade package, and then carefully placed it on the table, unwrapped the wrapping, revealing a sandalwood box inside.

When a few people saw this, they felt that the box must be a very precious thing, and they thought that it was a gift to Jiang Dushuai, which must be a panacea collected by His Majesty, and maybe it would have the effect of reviving the dead. And Wang De opened the box in the expectant gaze of everyone, and there was a layer of red satin inside, and watched it uncover the mystery with wide eyes.

"Woo ......" But after the satin was revealed, everyone sighed in disappointment.

"What do you mean by that? Isn't this thing good? Zhao Yu looked at a few people and said suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, this is just a branch of the party ginseng, although it is bigger, it is not a rare thing!" Lin Zhiwu said jokingly.

"That's it, just now I said that Jiang Shuai worked hard and made great achievements, but he only gave him a branch of ginseng, Your Majesty was a little stingy!" Ni Liang said with a look of disdain on his face.

"How can a gift from Your Majesty be measured in silver, even if it is just an ordinary thing, it is a grace!" Pan Nian didn't dare to be as presumptuous as the two of them, and tried to round the field for His Majesty with a smiling face.

"You...... You really don't know gold and jade! Zhao Yu listened to it, but he was even more distracted, stretched out his hand to nod Pan Nian, and brought Ni Liang and the two said angrily. But after opening his mouth a few times, he didn't know how to condemn them. He suddenly remembered that this was the Song Dynasty, not the later generations, and this thing was really worthless in this era.

Modern Chinese almost all know that ginseng is warm, sweet and slightly bitter, has the functions of greatly tonifying vitality, quenching thirst, invigorating qi and calming the nerves, etc., and can be used to treat fatigue injury, loss of appetite, long-term illness and weakness, spleen deficiency and discharge, weak cough and pulse, palpitations, insomnia, limb fatigue and other qi and blood deficiency diseases. It is a precious Chinese medicinal material, and it is also a strong tonic medicine that is beneficial to the whole body, especially the wild ginseng in eastern Liaodong is very rare than gold.

Zhao Yu arrived in this era to know that the standards of ancient times were different from those of modern times. Before the Tang Dynasty, ginseng was divided into three types according to different origins: Shangdang ginseng, Liao ginseng, and Korean ginseng. Liao ginseng is ginseng produced in Northeast China, Korean ginseng is ginseng produced in North Korea, and the herbs of all dynasties agree that the ginseng produced by Shangdang is of the best quality. At that time, the ginseng eaten by Chinese was mainly produced in the Shangdang area, so it was called "Shangdang ginseng", and the rare Liao ginseng in modern times could only be subordinated to it, but now ginseng is still only regarded as an ordinary ingredient, at most it is a common medicinal material, not a precious thing.

For example, Su Shi said in a letter to his friend Wang Dingguo, "If you want to send a letter, you will only send more dried dates and ginseng." If there is no convenience, there is no need to send people, how can you work thousands of miles away? In a letter to Zhang Zhifu, he said, "In case someone comes from the south, it is necessary to send a few catties of ginseng and dried dates." Obviously, for Su Shi, ginseng, like dried dates, is a food that satisfies the desire of "appetite", rather than a good medicine to maintain its value. At every turn, people are asked to bring "a few catties" along the way, which also shows that this kind of food was not expensive at that time.

Even in "Mengxi Writings", it is recorded that Wang Anshi suffers from asthma and needs to be treated with purple ginseng but cannot get it, and purple ginseng is only one of the Shangdang ginseng, but it grows on Zituan Mountain, which is relatively rare. A friend sent a few taels, but Wang Anshi insisted on refusing it, saying: "There is no purple ginseng in my life, and I live to this day." However, Zhao Yu thought that from the point of view of Su Shi's consumption of ginseng "day and night" in order to satisfy his desire for "mouth", ordinary codonopsis was still an ordinary thing at least in the Northern Song Dynasty......