Three Kingdoms

This winter in Huguan is obviously not easy to live through, but what is even more difficult is the Lejin troops outside the city.

Huguan was attacked, and Huguan City was naturally closed. All production and life were suppressed to a minimum, and the atmosphere in the entire city was gloomy and depressing.

As for Cao Jun's military camp outside the Huguan Pass, although it seemed very impressive as it stretched, in fact, it gradually showed signs of fatigue as time went on.

After the Huguan garrison withstood Le Jin's three-axe attack, Cao Jun gradually became quiet. The generals of Cao's army, led by Le Jin, just set up formations under the city as a routine every day, and then carried out painless attacks. Both sides moved their muscles and then withdrew directly.

But everyone knows that this does not mean the end of the war. On the contrary, it means that both sides are waiting for the final blow.

The cold winter slows down the decay of corpses, but no matter how cold the climate is, as soon as a person dies, the internal organs begin to decay within a few hours, especially the intestines...

Cao Jun simply disposed of the corpses near his camp, but most of the corpses were piled under the wall of Huguan Pass. Although they had been burned with kerosene several times, the corpses that had not been completely burned or were half burned had corpse oil and corpse odor that complemented each other.

This almost blended, almost rotten smell lingers on the bricks and stones of Huguan Pass, and then penetrates, just like the greasy tabletops and chairs of a street food restaurant, which cannot be wiped clean even if it is wiped .

"Everyone wear a mask!" ” The team leader above Huguan patrolled back and forth, “Don’t forget the doctor’s orders! Don’t forget to get a bowl of purifying water when you get there! If anyone has vomiting or diarrhea, report it truthfully! Delaying treatment is harming yourself and others! Do you know? Everyone who heard it screamed..."

"Everything is known!" 』

"clear! 』

"squeak……"

To deal with the plague, the Hundred Medical Center has developed a set of relatively safe methods.

Of course, this is winter, and there are relatively few insects, so simple management is not a big problem. Once spring begins, these corpses will become a paradise for insects, and then it will become even more troublesome. Now only rudimentary means of defense against the plague are needed.

In fact, the starting point for the development of Chinese traditional medicine is very high. Taking simple hemorrhoids as an example, Zhang Zhongjing already had a prescription for treating hemorrhoids in the Han Dynasty, which was further improved in the Tang Dynasty. In the West, until Louis XV, red-hot iron rods were still used to treat...

Inheritance is the core focus.

In the history of Chinese civilization, whether it is literature or medicine, whether it is agriculture or industry, there is a context to follow, and corresponding evidence can be found. There are records, cultural relics, and evidence from many different directions, which can be clearly understood. See how China's civilization is moving forward step by step...

Fei Qian's wall-hanging is naturally not among the Five Elements, but as for other civilizations, it's hard to say if there are too many isolated evidences.

After all, it is difficult for a single, accidental, or something that cannot be circumstantially supported to support the entire huge civilization system.

Just like Fei Qian's development of gunpowder, he cannot do it alone. He also needs to go from mineral processing to mining, to refining and compounding. If there is a slight deviation, problems will occur.

Obviously, Shandong has not realized this yet, as if it is also working on gunpowder, but where does the gunpowder come from?

There is no preliminary experiment, no basic knowledge, no matching subject branches, and no corresponding skilled production studio...

So Cao Jun couldn't hold on.

It is difficult to support a single tree. Even if Le Jin has more troops than Zhao Yan, he still cannot conquer Huguan Pass.

Le Jin also knew this. He and Zhao Yan were waiting for new opportunities and new points of support. What Le Jin didn't expect was that the support he expected was no longer able to hold up.

The stalemate in Huguan gradually showed some signs of loosening. At the beginning, this sign only involved the changes of more than 20 people...

On the Taihang Mountain Road, Yan Rou and his group of more than 20 people were traveling from north to south.

The advantage of having fewer people in the mountains is that it is easier to hide your whereabouts, but the trouble lies in supplies. Several people were injured on the way, all because their injuries could not be treated, and the dry food had been eaten long ago.

The cold weather and lack of supplies made it difficult for Yan Rou and others.

"Where are we going now?" ” someone asked.

"Go to Danghu Pass..." Yan Rou replied, and then fiddled with the bow in his hand.

The bowstring got wet, so we had to take it off first and find a chance to dry it, otherwise it would be useless.

"But we are blocked now..." Yan Rou wrapped the bow arm, "We need to find an intersection..."

Someone else asked, "What is Cao Jun doing here?" 』

Yan Rou shook her head, "I don't know...but it won't be a good thing anyway..."

While talking, someone suddenly called someone's name in a low voice. Yan Rou suddenly stood up and looked over there. After a while, someone whispered: "Old Shitou is dead." 』

Stone, wood, dog's egg, dog's leftover are all cheap names.

The humbler the name, the more it contains the most basic wishes...

alive.

But even so, it's still rare.

Everyone around him fell silent.

Yan Rou was silent for a moment, and then said: "Keep the knife for him, and take the rest... away..."

As a warrior, in life, he holds a sword, and in death, he buries with a sword.

"...Should we bury him?" ” someone asked in a low voice.

Yan Rou was silent again and shook her head. After a pause, he said, "One person just piles a stone for him...Old Stone, alive is like a stone, dead...still like a stone..."

Everyone did so.

They found some stones for Lao Shitou, piled them next to Lao Shitou, and then took away Lao Shitou's bow and arrows and armor.

After staying for a while, everyone continued to move forward.

In the same area, at the other end of the mountain road, a dozen Cao Jun scouts were also coming over the ridge.

Due to the cover of the mountains and rocks, the two sides had not yet seen each other, but not long after, the forwards of the two sides suddenly collided with each other, and they were already fighting in one place without even having time to warn the people behind!

At this moment, Yan Rou was stunned for a moment, but only for a moment. He suddenly threw away the debris in his hand, then raised his sword and rushed forward!

Yan Rou jumped and ran along the rapid mountain road while shouting: "How many people——"

Someone in front responded, "Yish——"

"Look up!" ! "Someone shouted again, and then arrows were shot from the ridge on one side.

Yan Rou rushed forward with her head down, her feet jumping quickly left and right on the rocks, like an antelope jumping in the mountains.

A Cao Jun scout was fighting against Yan Rou's men. While he was gnashing his teeth, suddenly something went dark. When he looked up suddenly, he saw that Yan Rou had jumped directly from the rock, and the sword flashed past like lightning!

"kill! 』The head was bleeding with blood, spinning, and leaping high. Before it could fall, Yan Rou rushed out again, and the blood flashed as the sword was swung!

Yan Rou was like a tiger and leopard. After she pounced into the sheep, she caused a bloody storm!

Almost in an instant, after nearly half of Cao Jun's scouts were destroyed, the few Cao Jun scouts who fell behind immediately turned around and fled without saying a word.

Yan Rou's men chased after them and tried to kill them with bows and arrows, but under the cover of rocks and shrubs on the mountain road, the shooting field of view was not very good. "Three escaped..."

Yan Rou wiped the blood on the body of Cao Jun's scout, then touched the corpse, "Look for them all, take away everything you need to eat and use!" Is anyone injured? 』

"Two sons are injured!" "Someone shouted.

Yan Rou ran over and looked at the injured.

"He...he..." The person pressing the injured man's abdomen choked, "The intestines are broken..."

"..." Yan Rou was silent, like a stone.

The injured person raised his head, stared at Yan Rou, and said with difficulty: "Here... give me a good time..."

Yan Rou knelt down beside the injured person and held the injured person's head in her arms.

"Ai Lilili... Immortal God... the soul of the warrior... rest in peace..."

Yan Rou sang a simple song, pierced the wounded man's chest with his sword, and then waited for the wounded man to take his last breath in his arms before gently placing the wounded man on the ground.

"Ai Lilili... Immortal God... the soul of the warrior... rest in peace..."

The rest of the people gathered around the injured man and sang softly together.

"Chief..." After a while, someone whispered, "We...what are we fighting?" What are we fighting for? 』

War, these two words, seem to make some people inexplicably excited when they are spoken, and when they are used, they scream for blood to flow into rivers, but for those who are actually on the battlefield, this war also means What are you wearing?

glory?

justice?

wealth?

Yan Rou was silent.

He suddenly remembered that he initially joined the war just to repay a favor.

Repay Liu Yu's kindness.

But now...

Is he still repaying Liu Yu's kindness?

Suddenly, Yan Rou felt an inexplicable sense of fatigue creep into his heart.

"After fighting this time..." Yan Rou raised her head and looked at the surrounding comrades, "We will go back to the grassland and desert, ask the hussars for a piece of pasture, graze cattle and sheep, and find some wives for everyone, so that we can live the rest of our lives peacefully." ...and take the heroic spirits of the warriors who died along the way back to the desert together... okay? 』

"good! 』

"I don't want to fight anymore..."

"Go back to the desert. After this fight, go back to the desert!" 』

Everyone seemed to be more excited again, while Yan Rou lowered her head and looked at her hands.

There is the blood of enemies and the blood of comrades on the hands.

The blood has solidified, penetrated into the finger joints, soaked into the folds of the skin, and seems to be attached to the bones, seeping into the bones...

War, it never knows what mercy is.

Whether you are a person who likes war or a person who hates war, whether you are strong or weak, once you are caught in the vortex of war, you must try your best until you finally fall.

The same is true for Koto.

Although the people of Jiangdong tried very hard to avoid being affected by the war, the war between Feiqian and Cao Cao north of the Yangtze River still affected the people of Jiangdong greatly.

However, at the beginning, this impact seemed to be positive.

As Cao Cao launched his attack on Heluo, Jiangdong's overall economy became more prosperous for a while.

Some people knew the reason for this, while others were confused and had no idea why it was like this. They thought Jiangdong could stay alone and stay out of the war.

The subsequent changes gave the Jiangdong people a vicious blow!

When Jiangdong first advanced, it successively conquered many counties and towns on the Yangtze River, and once approached Sichuan and Shu. It was unparalleled for a while. However, this scenery soon came to a standstill. As the war intensified, the barbarians in the Wuling area began to make trouble again and successively conquered many counties in Wuling County.

However, the Nanman Shanyue rebellion was not the first time for Jiangdong. Many Jiangdong people also sighed and cursed, and then continued to do whatever they should do, not taking the Wulingman rebellion seriously at all. thing.

After all, in the minds of Jiangdong people, these Wuling barbarians are like seasonal allergic rhinitis. Although it will be somewhat uncomfortable for Jiangdong people for a certain period of time, after this period, the symptoms will be relieved, and then they will be the same as healthy people. .

Compared with the Wulingman rebellion, what most people in Jiangdong are worried about is the price of food that suddenly stands in front of them like a giant wall!

Suddenly, the grain seemed to have wings and flew straight up!

Only at this moment did anyone wake up to the inexplicable period of economic prosperity in Jiangdong at the beginning, and why a large number of coins suddenly appeared in circulation on the market...

Money is only valuable when you can buy something.

Cao Cao and Fei Qian fought in Heluo. Until the final outcome of the war was known, commercial activities would basically come to a standstill. Moreover, many farmers would be redeployed as laborers to transport grain and grass, which would inevitably lead to insufficient farming and food shortages.

So now Jiangdong is not short of money, but short of food.

"Things are tough..."

Sun Quan stood in front of the window lintel and sighed softly.

Sun Quan, who had returned to the political center, was filled with emotion.

Sun Quan said slowly, "In the past, when we first marched to the north, we were unable to advance because of lack of food... Later, we often sighed that if we had food and grass, we could have settled the world... Thinking about it, we can't help but sigh... But now... it seems... It’s similar..."

"...There are indeed similarities, but there are also differences..." Zhang Zhao replied in a low voice.

"different? ” Sun Quan knocked on the window lintel and repeated these two words.

If Sun Jian had abundant food and grass back then, the Sun family would have settled in the Central Plains a long time ago. Every time he thought of this incident, Sun Quan was filled with regret. Now, Sun Quan once again encountered a food problem.

Regarding the strategy of sending troops to Sichuan and Sichuan, although Zhou Yu supported it, his low voice continued.

Jiangdong's partial peace is a complex issue.

From the beginning, Sun Jian killed the local governor for no reason for power, which was a shame. Sun Ce was worshiped by Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu once regarded him as his nephew, but Sun Ce did not object. Later, he openly opposed Yuan Shu, resulting in losing him again. However, Sun Quan's position was unfair, and his brother died and his kindness was lost. At the same time, there were rumors in Jiangdong that Mrs. Sun was angry to death by Sun Quan, so even filial piety was somewhat unbearable...

How could such an unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unjust regime convince the Jiangdong gentry?

Although Sun Shiwan claimed to be the Great Emperor in the later period, in fact, his official position was the lowest among the Three Kingdoms. The title of Great Emperor was just self-deception, and it was difficult to be recognized by the nobles and people in other regions.

In terms of economy, Jiangdong's development level is still relatively low, which means that the overall foundation is relatively weak and cannot support large-scale soldiers for long-term operations. This is also an important reason for the weakness of Jiangdong's offensive.

At the same time, because of the war in the Central Plains, refugees from the north fled to the south. These ordinary refugees generally have nothing to offer. On the one hand, these refugees promote the economic development of Jiangdong with cheap workmanship, but on the other hand, cheap refugees also cause the natives of Jiangdong to lose a lot of job opportunities. Conflicts are inevitable.

If Sun Quan had the courage to utilize cheap labor on a large scale, develop Jiangdong land on a large scale, and erode the territory of the Vietnamese barbarians in Shanxi, some conflicts would be solved to some extent. Unfortunately, neither Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, nor Zhang Zhaolu Su could do so. Do it. Maybe he didn't have such a vision, maybe he saw it but didn't do it, but no matter what, this led to many conflicts in Jiangdong, which were very complicated, causing friction and conflicts in all aspects of society.

The various trivial matters, the intense pressure from all aspects, and the military stagnation and failure made Sun Quan almost breathless.

Zhou Yu is in poor health and has serious problems. It is impossible for Sun Quan to let Zhou Yu go to Chang'an, so now he can only let Zhou Yu recuperate as much as possible. This makes Sun Quan dare not trouble Zhou Yu even if he encounters a problem now. If Zhou Yu accidentally dies from overwork, Jiangdong will collapse immediately without any hesitation.

Therefore, Sun Quan could only discuss with Zhang Zhao.

There was nothing wrong with looking for Zhang Zhao. After all, the people's livelihood, government affairs, food and logistics matters were indeed the scope of Zhang Zhao's responsibility. But Zhang Zhao, it is obviously impossible for him to betray his own ass for Sun Quan...

"In the past, it was Yuan Jiujiu's selfish desire. Today... it is not what one person wants, but the business of the market..." Zhang Zhao glanced at Sun Quan, ignoring Sun Quan's increasingly ugly expression, "It's a shame." Things are done by the people, not against the lord. 』

Sun Quan endured it, held it in, and then asked in as steady a voice as possible: "In this case, could Duke Zhang just let the soldiers on the front line starve?" 』

Zhang Zhao had already made a calculation and said: "My lord Mingjian, the allocation of money and food has been completed this year, and there is no difference...General Zhu's request for food is just an excuse to avoid the war...not to mention the art of war, Eating one enemy can be worth ten... I have long heard that Sichuan and Sichuan are rich. If we are really in urgent need of food and grass, why not just eat at the enemy? 』