Chapter 38: The Aftermath
According to Qiu Yan, there was a plague in the local area two months ago, and Han co-authored the wounded camp to try to suppress the plague, but it had no effect. Seeing that winter is about to begin, after winter, some plagues will be more severe than summer, especially cholera, typhoid, pneumonic plague and influenza, densely populated areas are the hardest hit areas, not to mention military camps, but the king of Jin actually turned a blind eye.
If you think about it, two or three months ago was the node when Gong Shu Kuo began to intermittently get sick, King Jin was reported by the Han ensemble, Gong Shu Kuo was not there, and King Jin himself concurrently served as the Tai Lieutenant, either he made his own decisions, and he made a name for himself out of a desire to win, and he pressed it down, or he just didn't take it seriously.
As the saying goes, after a catastrophe, there must be a pandemic, and the King of Jin did not realize the seriousness without the assistance of his uncle Kuo, which shows that the King of Jin has relied on Uncle Kuo to a serious extent in major decisions, and he has no personal opinions.
Thinking of this, Bai Liyan remained silent, completely insignificant, and continued to follow Qiu Yan in the wounded camp to familiarize herself with the facilities and staffing of the wounded camp.
It was a little late, and Bailiyan was called back by Wang Shuo's personal soldiers with the army and went to Wang Shuo's military tent. Wang Shuo wiped the iron sword he carried, and looked at it while wiping, at this time, Baili Yan entered the account:
"Father-in-law!" Baili Yan gave a deep salute.
"Well, how is the situation in the wounded camp."
"I have seen that there are no major injuries as there is no fighting. But ......"
"But what?" Wang Shuo put away the iron sword and looked at Bailiyan.
"I just asked the medical officer Ling Qiu Yan, according to him, the plague epidemic in Caicheng fifty miles away, and it has been more than two months since the incident, I am worried that once it spreads, I may cause the army to be in danger, I don't know if my father-in-law knows about it."
"This matter was mentioned by the old general Han He before, and he ordered Qiu Yan to send people to Caicheng to treat the plague, but the effect was very small. However, the king has never made a decision, because his father thinks that military affairs should be given priority at the moment, and if such local government affairs are too deeply involved, I am afraid that the military aircraft will be leaked. Therefore, there is no need for the prince to say much about this matter. ”
Wang Shuo obviously thought that the army was fifty miles away from Caicheng, and there was no possibility of infection at all. As long as the army is restrained and does not go to Caicheng, everything can be safe.
But how did he know that germs can be transmitted through air, water, and contact, especially typhoid, pneumonic plague, cholera and other diseases, each one is more powerful than the other. Once it spreads, it's a matter of minutes to die.
Now that Wang Shuo said this, it meant that he would not allow him to participate in the cooperation, but would go all out to prepare to attack Xianguo.
But for some reason, Fengyangjun of Xianguo was supposed to arrive at the Northern Army before Wang Shuo and meet with Han He. Later, Han He and Fengyangjun joined forces with the 20,000 troops of Xianguo to capture the border fortress. But today, Wang Shuo arrived first, and he didn't see Fengyangjun's figure for a long time.
In fact, on the eighth day after Wang Shuo left Pingtang City, Fengyang Jun Jiang He went to Pingtang City to meet the King of Jin. But the conditions between King Jin and Fengyangjun were not negotiated, and they dragged on for more than ten days.
The reason is that Jiang He, the king of Fengyang, before the Xianguo army against the Xian king Jiang Hai, had a secret discussion with other princes and doctors, and raised troops to join the Jin army to crusade against the Xian king Jiang Hai, and then helped Jiang He to be the king.
But leading the Jin army into Xianguo, even a fool can see it, isn't this leading a wolf into the house.
But Fengyangjun patted his chest at that time, and he was able to persuade King Ji Wei of Jin that after helping him to be the queen, the two countries would raise an army together to attack Zhiguo, take back the land and cities that were forcibly occupied by Zhiguo, and divide Zhiguo's land together, so wouldn't it be leveled.
In fact, Fengyangjun also made a small calculation, once he succeeded to the throne, at this time the Jin army was still stationed in Xianguo, it was easy to invite the gods to send the gods, he immediately declared war with Zhiguo, and dragged the Jin army into the water.
But the problem is that King Jin doesn't think so, he intends to cut the flesh of the Xianguo, and let Fengyangjun come out in order to be famous, and send troops in the name of overthrowing the Xianwang, and when the time comes, Fengyangjun will have no value.
But before going to war, you have to tell the world that you are a righteous army when you start a war, so the problem lies in the "edict to the world".
Fengyangjun asked to help him as the king and protect the entire territory of Xianguo, but the king of Jin didn't want to do it, and the king of Jin only wanted to use the perverse behavior of Jiang Hai, the king of Xian, and the king of Jin responded to the invitation of Yangjun to raise an army to fight.
In this way, when the time comes, it will become a matter of course for the Jin State to encroach on the land of the Xian State, and all the culprits will become Fengyangjun, Fengyangjun will see this situation, how can he follow your wishes.
So the two sides were deadlocked for more than ten days, and now Fengyangjun has become a mermaid, isn't it easy for you to compromise, so Fengyangjun was put under house arrest, and then starved for three days, and there were a few vicious dogs leashed outside, barking 24 hours a day, so scared that Fengyangjun's soul could only compromise if he did not possess his body.
If you want to say that this powerful person, many of them have not seen much of the world, and they think that they have a little connections and power, so they can pull the tiger skin everywhere and pull the banner, where do they know that people want to eat your meat.
So Fengyangjun honestly told the world to draw a charge, and then took the Jin army warship, stretching for dozens of miles, by the third son of the Jin king, Ji Chang, escorted a large number of baggage surveillance and accompaniment, stunned than Wang Shuo six days later than the dock to the designated dock.
Later, Ji Chang led a small part of the infantry army to protect Fengyangjun to the camp of the Northern Army and joined Han He and Wang Shuo.
On this day, Bai Liyan received "training" in the injury camp, mainly in the treatment of bandages, fractures, and trauma. Cold weapon slashing, subject to the current technology and medicine, the injury is basically bandaged, there is no other way. Bailiyan has been mainly seeing a doctor for many years, and the bandaging of open wounds is very unfamiliar.
"Shizi, it seems that this method was not taught by the old man and the other Langzhong."
Qiu Yan saw at a glance that Baili Yan's technique was not taught by him. At this time, Bai Liyan nodded and said:
"Exactly. This method can make the forearm wound quickly tightened, reduce the pain, if there are herbs to stop the bleeding, bandaged for three or two days, the wound can be healed at the beginning, and the technique is simple and easy to learn, if the soldiers can learn it, it can greatly reduce the burden of the wounded camp. ”
"Well, this method is very good, it's not early today, and tomorrow, the son can teach others, and then promote it." Qiu Yan was very satisfied, and he learned it on the spot, and he was able to get started immediately.
Bailiyan's method is nothing new, it is an ordinary hospital bandaging technique, but it is a little rusty after not practicing for many years, once it starts, the recovery is also very fast, and the bandaging effect will be very good.
It's just that the conditions are too backward, there is no sterilized gauze and absorbent cotton, they are all strips of cloth, and they are not sterilized, they are all coarse cloths that are torn casually, and they are torn wherever they are.
After dealing with the trivial matters at hand, Bailiyan picked up the medicine box and left the injured camp, and went to the camp to receive food first.
The barracks implement strict food rationing, and each person is given three wooden chips a day in a non-war state, and one is returned for a meal, and the three are used up, and the commander is responsible for distributing them the next day, so as to prevent people from eating and drinking by cheating. In wartime, there are other measures to divide the meal.
The corps commander is basically the lowest level of officers in the army, in fact, he is not even an officer, and there are only five people in a corps commander, including himself, which is only equivalent to half of the full squad or a combat group of the modern army.
There are also chiefs, centurions, chiefs, commanders and other positions, and there is no perfect military service system at present, and there is no incentive for military merit titles similar to those after the Qin Shang Dynasty changed the law, that is, the earliest military rank system, so all the big soldiers and generals from civilian backgrounds are basically senior, and the promotion space is limited.
The low agricultural productivity determines that it is the norm for soldiers to eat without food, but families can enjoy incentives for reducing and exempting forced labor and land taxes, which can be regarded as a disguised salary system.
After the death of the war, the family members can receive a pension of rice and grain, and at the same time, they will be exempted from taxes and labor for a certain number of years. Of course, this is in the case of victory, and in the case of defeat, instead of bereavement, it is possible to resume the conscription of the martyrs' fields.
Only the generals have extra rice and grain every month as a salary, and the number of stones is used to judge the difference in military treatment between generals, and the higher the number of stones per month, the higher the military rank.
All the way to the camp, a large number of people were crowded under the darkness of the night, some holding pottery bowls and some holding wooden bowls.
Bai Liyan took the initiative to line up with a rice bowl, because he was Langzhong, his status in the army was actually higher than that of the middle and lower military attachés. Because most of the soldiers expected to be carried down from the battlefield to save their lives or relieve their suffering, the first three types of people in the barracks could not be offended.
The first is the general who kills the main one, the second is the gang leader, and the third is Lang Zhong, all of which cannot afford to offend.
I waited in line all the way to say a cup of tea, and when I waited for the man to serve the meal, I actually gave the dry rice for the first time. Seeing this, Bai Liyan asked the man:
"Guy Wang, why did you start cooking tonight and add vegetable soup."
"Where do I and the other small people know this, the grain officer tells us to do whatever we want. If it's not too much, I still think it's too much, and if it's too much, I'll pay it back. ”
"Forget it, I don't have enough to eat." Bai Liyan walked back with the rice bowl, secretly thinking in her heart.
This sudden addition of food is obviously not a good phenomenon, and if it is not good, it will lead to war.
The state of the army camping is two and a half meals, and the current productivity is limited, it is very good to eat well, and it is impossible to count on eating well, and it is often a meal of gloss and light cake in the morning, a piece of light cake or rice at noon, and gruel and cake in the evening.
Because I had to practice in the morning, I had to patrol the camp, guard the sentry, and practice at noon, and basically sleep at night, so the amount of food was less, and no matter how much I ate at night, there was no place to spend my energy.
In addition, the big-headed soldiers basically did not have any additional meals, the cakes were generally salty, and the coarse salt was added, and the treatment of meals was different depending on the position and environment.
During the war, as long as you can catch up with food, you basically have three meals a day, and you are basically full. There are vegetables in different positions, like Bailiyan, who does not go to the front line to rush to kill and enjoys the treatment of middle- and lower-level officers, there is vegetable soup at every meal, which is actually a kind of pickled vegetables, and there are all kinds of pickles.
No matter how much work you run, there is also meat, of course, not all of them. There are also small stoves at the level of Wang Shuo and Han He that can be eaten.
As for meat products, they are almost scarce, and meat needs to be replenished only if they are rewarded for winning battles and when morale is low and morale is needed. Of course, it is not absolute, each person has the opportunity to eat meat three times a month, such as salted meat steamed or bacon.
Today, suddenly the dinner was changed to dry rice and cakes, and Bai Liyan also added an extra spoonful of vegetable soup, obviously preparing for tomorrow's journey, otherwise what is the point of eating a meal tonight.
Thinking of this, Bailiyan walked back and went back to his camp. About ten minutes later, when I came to the camp of the Chinese army, my camp tent was set up 30 meters opposite Wang Shuo's tent.
"Carriage? It's still a salty carriage! At least at the level of the monarch and the marquis. ”
As long as you look at the number of horses and the specifications of the carriage, you will know what level it is, and the style of the carriage is different for different princes. What was parked in front of Wang Shuo's big tent was obviously the carriage of the nobles of Xianguo. After Han He and Wang Shuo joined forces, the army stood by and did not move, and it seemed that it was this one who was waiting.