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After Qiu Wu read the letter, he immediately handed it back to Zhao Ming with both hands, and then solemnly

Zhao Ming asked the two of them to go down and get ready.

Zhao Hanzhang, who was separated from them by a city, returned to the military camp with a cold air, dropped his spear and turned around to go to the wounded barracks.

Wounded soldiers were constantly being brought back. They were mainly injured by stones, arrows, and kerosene...

There are military doctors at the entrance sorting out the wounded soldiers, classifying them into priorities and having them carried to various areas for treatment.

In the Zhao army led by Zhao Hanzhang, there are only fifteen military doctors and eighty-six military guards, most of whom are women.

They were strong and skillful in their movements. As soon as they carried the wounded soldiers, they would stop the bleeding when it was time to stop it, saw the legs when they needed to, and dig out the arrows when they needed to.

Zhao Hanzhang rolled up his sleeves as he walked and asked the military doctor who came over, "Is there enough medicine for the wound?"

"It's enough. Luoyang has just sent a batch of medicinal materials, but there are not enough manpower. Commander, if we attack the city again tomorrow, I am afraid there will be more wounded soldiers."

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and then said: "I asked Ting Han to find some more people for you."

The military doctor should go down.

Zhao Hanzhang waved him off, and she rolled up her sleeves and went to help. Both she and Fu Tinghan had learned battlefield first aid from military doctors. Even the current scale of military treatment is based on their operations and training in the past few years.

It's a pity that talents with special skills like doctors are still rare. They have been trained for three years and there are currently only more than a hundred military doctors. However, there are many military doctors currently training and there are military nurses to help. The treatment and care of wounded soldiers are better than It was much better before.

But in Zhao Hanzhang's view, this is far from enough.

She stayed in the wounded barracks until night. After the wounded soldiers were basically taken care of and everyone was comforted, she left covered in blood.

The general in the central army has made arrangements and is waiting in the big tent.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't change his clothes, just wiped his hands and asked, "Is there any news from anywhere?"

General Zhao Zedao: "Back to the envoy, we have lost contact with Ningling in Meng County. However, according to the news, the general offensive has been launched. There should be attacks from the direction of Sui County and Wuping. The direction of Xiayi County is eighty miles away from us. There is an army everywhere."

Fu Tinghan handed over a piece of paper and said: "I just received the news. Three days ago, Shi Le quietly detached a large army and left Xiayi County. Judging from the movement, they went to Jizhou."

Zhao Hanzhang's eyes lit up and he asked, "How many people are there?"

"The scouts can't find them for the time being. They bypassed the city we have recovered, entered Qingzhou from the west of Yanzhou, and then headed towards Jizhou. All traces along the way were swept away."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "It seems that there are not many people left in Xiayi County by Shi Le. Now that Meng County and Ningling have been attacked, and we have recovered so much lost territory, he is likely to return to Yanzhou in order to preserve his strength."

Zhao Hanzhang knocked on the table and said: "Shi Le will definitely rescue Zhi Xiong and Taobao. He should give up Xiayi County to support Meng County, Ningling and Chen Yi."

A bearded man immediately stepped forward, bowed and said, "The general will be here."

"Tomorrow you lead two teams to guard the road from Xiayi County. Once you discover the enemy's situation, report it immediately!"

"only!"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Zhao Ze, Wuliang."

"The end will be here."

"We will continue our strong attack tomorrow. We will definitely capture Meng County within three days!"

"only!"

After they retreated, Zhao Hanzhang asked Fu Tinghan, "How much gunpowder can be made with the existing materials?"

Fu Tinghan said: "Ten pounds."

Zhao Hanzhang frowned.

Fu Tinghan looked at her brow and said, "I'll take people out to look for saltpeter and sulfur tomorrow."

He said: "There is equipment in the army. As long as I can find it, I can purify it even if it is rough."

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and nodded, "Bring more people."

Fu Tinghan agreed.

Because of the war, it was difficult to find even ordinary villagers nearby. Fu Tinghan led people to run far away before finding a few abandoned old people in a village.

The whole village was empty, except for five old people living together in a house.

In fact, they are not that old, one is even thirty-nine years old, but their hair is gray, their backs are stooped, and their faces are covered with wrinkles of hardship. All five of them are barefoot and naked.

Seeing Fu Tinghan riding a tall horse, they immediately hid in the house, trembling and afraid to come out.

It was Fu An who shouted several times outside, saying that they were Zhao Jiajun, and then the old people came out tremblingly. Their turbid eyes swept over the faces of the soldiers, and finally settled on Fu Tinghan.

Seeing his gentle temperament, handsomeness and nobility, they lowered their waists. As soon as they walked out of the threshold, they immediately knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "All the young men in the village were kidnapped by the barbarians or escaped. There are no young men in the village anymore." , and there is no food.”

Fu Tinghan stepped forward to help them up, took the grain bag handed over by Fu An and stuffed it into their hands, saying: "We are not here to recruit soldiers, nor are we here to collect food. The Zhao Army is retaking Meng County. If we are lucky enough to get you, With our help, this war may be able to end sooner, and those who have left home can come back sooner.”

The old people looked at each other and asked anxiously: "I wonder how we can help the general?"

"Are you going to make a human shield?" The old man touched the grain bag he just got and gritted his teeth and said, "It's not impossible, but this food is not enough and we won't be full. At least two more kilograms of grain must be given for us to eat. Go when you are full.”

When he said this, the other old people nodded immediately, "Yes, even if I die, I will be a dead ghost!"

Human shields are used to drive people and prisoners to make shields in front when attacking a city, attracting arrows from the towers, so that the troops behind can have time to rush up.

Shi Le and Liu Cong liked to drive the Han people and prisoners to use as human shields. Several cities were captured in this way, and the Han people suffered heavy casualties.

Fu Tinghan had never encountered such a thing, but he could imagine such a tragic situation just by hearing it. His heart trembled, and he shook his head and said: "It's not about being a human shield, but Zhao Jiajun needs to find something, but we are not familiar with this area, so we want to I want to ask some of my husbands."

Fu Tinghan described sulfur and saltpeter, "...it has a special smell, or is there a warm soup nearby?"

Fu Tinghan paused and then said: "There are dry toilets in your village or you know somewhere. The ones that take a long time and are particularly smelly are fine."

If you really can't find saltpeter, you can only find a solution from the toilet.

Finally, the five old men took Fu Tinghan to a toilet at the end of the village. A strong smell hit his nose, and Fu Tinghan couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose.

The old people said: "This is the place where our village stores manure water and compost."

Fu An covered his nose and said in disbelief: "Your village still hoards gold water together?"

Noble people are trouble, and dung water is dung water, and it is called gold water.

However, the old people did not say anything, and said: "This is what your Zhao Jiajun asked us to do. It is said that Governor Zhao came up with a new recipe for retting fertilizer. The fertilizer is retting quickly and well. Don't tell me, it's really fast, too." It worked so well, the harvest in the fields increased by 10% in those two years.”

"Alas, it's a pity that the good times did not last long. Who knew that the barbarians came again and captured our county seat. Two years of savings were gone in one go. We must have committed many sins in our previous lives, so we were reincarnated into troubled times in this life. "