Chapter 39: The Beginning of the War

Eyes hurriedly swept by, Baili Yan picked up the curtain into the tent, lit the oil lamp and sat down, outside the curtain was facing Wang Shuo's big tent, about less than half a tea time, Wang Shuo's tent came out of three or five people, Baili Yan looked fixedly, among them there was Xi Chang.

Ji Chang is surrounded by Wang Shuo and Han He, and there is also a man in brocade, in his forties, it is obvious that it cannot be Lang Zhong and Shangjia, it should be a nobleman. The group talked for a while, and then the brocade-clothed man got into a carriage and drove out of the camp, followed by the cavalry of the Xian State and the Jin State.

After a while, Wang Shuo saw that there was light in Bailiyan's account, so he walked by himself.

Bailiyan put down her job and stood up and stepped forward:

"Father-in-law!"

"Please sit down."

"Father-in-law Xie. I don't know who the passenger is just now, and the son of Chang is also there. ”

"This is a military plane, and it is not for you to know. The prince of the world should rest tonight, and at three o'clock tomorrow, the army will set off with camp and baggage, without delay. ”

"No!"

The words fell, and Wang Shuo turned to leave.

Since entering the Northern Army, Wang Shuo has judged the two of them, and they have spoken as if they had swallowed steel nails, and they were fierce and unsmiling.

Wang Shuo came out of the account with his front foot, and Ji Chang followed in:

"Young Master Yan, don't come unharmed!" Ji Chang's words were sarcastic and sarcastic, his right hand was pressed on the sword pier, and his eyes were empty with his toes.

I don't know where he got his confidence, Bailiyan couldn't get used to it, so he continued to sit and paddle and said:

"It turned out to be the son of Jichang, a rare guest."

"Wrong, it's a general, Yan Gongzi should be called a general, otherwise he should be a general."

"Okay, General Jichang." Baili Yan Yin and Yang were weird, and continued to paddle and said, "I don't know what advice I have." ”

"Yan Gongzi worships under the Saiqian Sect, but now he is shrinking in the injured camp as a turtle with a shrunken head, could it be that everyone in Feiqi is so timid as a mouse, hehaha......"

Ji Chang laughed. Bai Liyan didn't think so at all, he said:

"Qi people are hamsters, then General Ji Chang must be a cat, and cats are not tigers, so it seems that General Ji Chang is willing to be a cat, right?"

As soon as the words fell, Ji Chang's face changed rapidly:

"Bailiyan, An dares to insult the general!"

"What do you say, the general said that I am a hamster, and the general is in the hamster's tent, what is the difference between him and a cat."

"You!" Ji Changqi's eyes were black, and his right hand rubbed the iron sword in the sheath and instigated, quite a sword turned out to be Bai Liyan's impulse: "This general is not quick to talk to you, there is a kind of battlefield to see the high, you can have a kind." ”

Bai Liyan put down the rice basin, wiped her mouth with a cloth towel, and then stood up and said with a smile:

"If General Ji Chang can save the dead and help the wounded by the camp doctor, my son can also see the real chapter on the battlefield, is General Ji Chang willing to do it."

"Rats, cowards, shrunken turtles, you are all rats."

Ji Chang scolded angrily, Bai Liyan was still indifferent, he said:

"If this son is a rat, what about General Chang."

"You, you...... Okay, Gongzi Yan, wait for you, sooner or later, you will return it doubly, and we'll see! ”

Ji Chang was angry, brushed his sleeves away, and did not forget to draw his sword to vent his anger, and slashed his sword in the military tent, opening a big hole vertically.

"Phew, I'm sick in the head!" Bailiyan scolded.

Ji Chang came to provoke, nothing more than to ridicule himself, but he couldn't succeed, but he was ridiculed by himself, but it is conceivable that this guy has a grudge and will not give up.

But it's okay, this guy has a lot of blood, a simple brain, this time to attack Xianguo, this guy will inevitably fight the bloody charge into battle and make contributions, in case he dies of carelessness, it is possible.

Although Han He won't let him take risks, this guy has a simple brain and a very low command ability, so he can't guarantee that he can do anything out of the ordinary if his brain is hot.

The next day, just after midnight, the gang made a meal, and then each person was given two light cakes, and walked while eating. Han He and Wang Shuo urged the army to pull out the camp and set off to the west, and Bailiyan rode a horse to follow the rear army and slowly walked.

Caicheng to the west is the border of Xianguo, the infantry of the three armies marched slowly, only walked about forty miles a day, walked out of three days to reach the border of Xian and Jin, Han He sent a large cavalry to cross the border, and went to contact Jiang He, the king of Fengyang, under the guidance of Jiang He's army, the army crossed the border in a big way, and entered Xianguo. And on the second day, he took over the border city of Xianguo and Jin State.

As the name suggests, "ridge merchants" are one of the richest cities in the border cities of Xianguo and Jin Kingdom, and it is also the first city to capture after the rebellion of Fengyangjun. Only by conquering the land of the commercial canal can there be a steady stream of gold, silver and copper coins.

The Jin army did not spend a soldier to occupy the ridge mall, and then recruited the rebels to go down to seven cities one after another, and then Langcheng encountered two thousand Xian troops to defend it, Han He and Wang Shuo immediately led the army to encircle, with 15,000 people with heavy weapons to attack Langcheng.

After all the way to the west for seven days, and then down thirteen cities, so far, the Jin army has occupied one-third of the land east of the Xianguo Wangqin River, twenty-two large and small cities, the Jin army is in a big westward march to the Wangqin River, in Jiulipo encountered the main force of the Xian army to defend Jiulipo and did not retreat.

Because of the high ground, the Jin army and the initial battle to a draw, but the Jin army is many, do not occupy the advantage, the battle is actually the Jin army lost for a while, although Han He in the east of Jiulipo under the village confrontation.

On this day, the big tent of the Chinese army of Han He:

"General Wang Shuo, Tan Malai reported, the general of Jiulipo is Wei Dan, a veteran of the Xian State, and there are about 60,000 troops blocking Jiulipo."

"Shhh...... Where did you get 60,000 horses?! Wang Shuo was suspicious: "The Xian State has an army of 240,000, most of which are divided into various places to suppress rebellions, why did Wei Dan call 60,000 Xian troops." ”

This is also what the old man suspects. But in yesterday's battle, our army almost lost, and Wei Dan occupied Jiulipo, and it was extremely unfavorable for our army to attack from a high position. The old man thought that our army should divide its troops to bypass Jiuli Mountain and attack it behind. ”

"But after Jiuli Mountain is a low-lying land, and you still have to attack on your back."

Wang Shuo said, Han He nodded in affirmation:

"yes...... Nine miles of slope nine miles of slope, nine miles wide from east to west, stretching from north to south, and the Xian army has long been prepared to wait for work, if our army attacks, even if it is broken, it will suffer heavy losses, if it is delayed for a long time, the reinforcements of the Xian army may come unexpectedly. ”

Jiulipo, spanning nine miles from east to west, spanning hundreds of kilometers from north to south, is dominated by hilly landforms. The Jin army marched from east to west and was blocked at Jiulipo head-on.

The general of the Xian army who held Jiulipo was Wei Dan, the general of the Eastern Expedition, who was older than Han He and had extremely rich combat experience.

Soon after the civil strife in Xian, Wei Dan was ordered to cross the river to quell the rebellion, and soon after the Jin army invaded, Wei Dan immediately turned around and crossed the river, and deployed defenses in Jiulipo, which came five days earlier than the Jin army, which can be said to occupy the right time and place.

At the same time that Han He and Wang Shuo were discussing the attack on Jiulipo, Bailiyan was anxious to deal with the soldiers transported back from the front. Yesterday there was a battle, and the slaughter lasted until dark, and from the evening onwards, the wounded soldiers continued to be brought back, and one after another until the morning, more than 2,000 people were brought back, and they were busy all night.

At this time, a sergeant came behind Bailiyan and said:

"Baili Langzhong, the medical officer ordered you to go to the camp to discuss matters quickly."

"Do you know what?" Bai Liyan asked, continuing to bandage the wounded.

"I don't know."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

After bandaging and washing away the blood on his hands, Bailiyan rushed to Qiu Yan's camp:

"I don't know what's important with the medical officer's order."

"The prince came just in time, and the old man was about to discuss something with the prince. The prince of the world is the main treatment of diseases, and what is his opinion on the disease of diarrhea. ”

"Diarrhea? Could it be that there is diarrhea in the army! ”

Bailiyan was shocked, there may be a lot of diarrhea, eating and drinking Lazar minor and major illnesses may be caused, and even malignant infectious diseases may also cause diarrhea.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan said again:

"Why did the medical officer say that?"

"That's right, this morning's cooking, after the meal, some sergeants occasionally feel unwell, abdominal pain and diarrhea, the old man and others to diagnose and consult, but no cause is missing."

"Shhh...... And here's the thing. ”

Bailiyan was puzzled, he also ate breakfast, and he didn't see diarrhea. If it was an infectious disease, it shouldn't have broken out just after arriving at Jiulipo along the way. However, Qiu Yan's statement is also reasonable, he has always been in the army, to put it bluntly, he is a barefoot doctor, he has no problem dealing with common diseases, and he is helpless when encountering incurable diseases.

Thinking about it, Baili Yan said:

"Where's the diarrhea soldiers?"

"The Chinese army battalions are in their respective tents."

"Let's go down and have a look."

Turning to leave, Bai Liyan went to the camp of the Chinese army.

The Chinese army was in good order and did not cause widespread riots because of diarrhea. All the way to the diarrhea soldiers, all pale and lifeless, sick lying in the camp tent dying. Bailiyan then asked them centurion:

"All of your sergeants have such symptoms?"

"Three or four out of ten are like this, not everyone. Dare to ask Lang Zhong, what is this disease? ”

"I'll make up my mind when I've seen it."

Bailiyan entered the tent and checked the diarrhea soldier nearby.

When the eyelids were opened, there were signs of dilation in the pupils, the tongue coating was red, and it looked like an internal fire, but the hands and feet were cold, the pulse was disordered, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and there were no symptoms of cold and flu runny nose, much like the irregular heartbeat after poisoning.

However, abdominal pain, dizziness, and sore throat are a bit like tonsil inflammation before a cold strikes, but there is no obvious abnormality in the tonsils.

Seeing this, Bailiyan basically denied the possibility of a single disease. If you get sick, you should have a serious pathological reaction, but there are none.

"I ask you, yesterday was the battle, you can go and fight."

"We were ordered to guard the camp, so we did not go to the front of the battle."

The centurion said truthfully, and Bailiyan continued to ask:

"And when are you waiting for dinner this morning?"

"At three o'clock, it's the last meal."

"Shhh...... Last meal? That's the last diner to get the disease. ”

"Exactly, how does Baili Langzhong know."

"This disease has been raised in my heart, and I have no worries about my life for the time being."

Bailiyan said affirmatively, and the centurion was still puzzled:

"How can I heal it?"

"Go, first go to the pot to boil water, and then put salt to alleviate this disease. If you have diarrhea after taking salt water, there is no need to worry. ”

Bai Liyan was worried that the diarrhea sergeant was likely to be hit by a miasma, which led to diarrhea and diarrhea, coupled with the lack of adaptation to water and soil, citing local water sources, which led to the onset of the disease, and it was impossible to control the disease for a while. Drinking salt water can only simply relieve the physiological discomfort caused by diarrhea, replenish salt and electrolytes, and promote diarrhea and detoxification, but it is fundamentally difficult to relieve.

After explaining in detail to the centurion, Bailiyan quickly went to the Chinese army's big tent to inform Wang Shuo.

Walking to the big tent of the Chinese army, the sergeant blocked the way:

"Please inform General Han He and Wang Shuo, this son has an urgent military situation."

"You wait!"

The sergeant turned away, and when he was young, Wang Shuo walked out of the Chinese military tent and came:

"The prince is not injured to rescue the wounded, what emergency army information is there for me."

"Father-in-law, can you take a step to speak?"

Wang Shuo peeked left and right, and then said:

"Come with me."

When the two came to no one's place, Wang Shuo hurriedly asked:

"What is your urgent military situation?"

"Father-in-law, there is a miasma under our army, and my father-in-law can know it."

"Miasma? Nonsense. This place is a plain to the east, and it is a nine-mile slope to the west. ”

"Within a radius of eighty miles on the road where my father-in-law came, it can be seen that there are villages and towns, and there are plains nearby, and why is there no one cultivating them."

"Hiss......" Wang Shuo immediately frowned: "Go on." ”

"This place is also at the foot of the Jiuli Slope, and the Xian army camps are all standing on the hills, and as the saying goes, between the mountains and jungles, the water network must grow in the swamps, especially in the plains under the hills. Now there are no villages within a radius of 80 miles, and there are no farmers and mulberries, isn't it a strange thing.

Moreover, the last people in the Chinese army to eat this morning had diarrhea in three or four out of ten, although the number was in the minority, but most of them were infirm, if the three meals were irregular for a long time, and the hunger was full, the harm of miasma would spread among the army, and the army would be self-defeating over time. ”

"This ...... Is this true? ”

"There is sixty percent certainty, and I even suspect that today is only the second day of our army's encampment, and if there are a few more days, the number of people suffering from this disease in our army will increase day by day, and then the Xian army will come to attack at night, and our army will not be captured."

"In that case, can it be healed?" Wang Shuo asked urgently.

"You have to move to camp before you can be healed, otherwise you will suffer for a long time."

"The method of moving the camp is not advisable, now it is difficult to ride a tiger, if our army moves the camp, the Xianjun Wei Dan will definitely follow and kill. The stakes are so high, who else knows"

"For the time being, only the next person will know, but after returning to the camp, it is necessary to inform the medical officer's order."

"The prince immediately returned to the wounded camp, and he had to inform Qiu Yan that he must not let others know about it."

"No!"

Bailiyan concluded that it was a miasma attacking, and it was obvious that there was not even a village within a radius of eighty miles, nor was there a field ridge, just because this place was not suitable for human habitation.

To the west is a hilly landform and to the east is a large plain, and there is a high probability of swamps in this landform feature.

However, such a rich plain area is uninhabited, and it is likely that there was a mudslide in the early days of the hills, which buried the swamps near the bottom of the mountain, and the Xianguo is located in the tropics and subtropics, which produced miasma over time.