Great Tang Southern Emperor

Li Zhen was about to explain, when suddenly her stomach churned, and she said with a bitter face, "I'll let Wang Can explain to you, I'll squat for a while..."

After speaking, he ran away without a trace.

Seeing the trace of Li Zhen leaving, Wang Can said, "General Xue, have you seen it now? It is true that His Highness was also infected with dysentery, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, every time His Highness appeared in front of others, he always put on makeup. Even the diarrhea is endured and endured, until I can't help it, I will run to a place where there is no one to solve it."

"So that's the case." Xue Rengui nodded knowingly, without saying anything, and continued to ask: "Then you continue to talk about the business, what is the situation? Haven't you gotten rid of the other party's tracking? Why have you been tricked again? "

"The thing is like this. At that time, His Highness received your letter from Feige..." Wang Can talked about the events of that day.

Chapter 439 Serial Ship (No.17)

2 Chapter 17 Serial Boats (No.[-] more)

That day, after Li Zhen received Xue Rengui's letter from Feige, the team came to the side of a turbulent river.

Looking at the churning river, Li Zhen frowned deeply: "It seems that this heavy rain has had a great impact on this river. It was marked on the map before that it was just an ordinary river, less than one foot deep. The width is no more than ten feet, the current is gentle, there are no hidden reefs, and you can ride an elephant directly. But now the river is at least twice as deep, and the width has reached thirty feet. I'm afraid the undercurrent at the bottom of the river will be even more terrifying, let alone riding an elephant, even if a pontoon bridge is built, it may not be successful."

Fang Yiai nodded and said: "Yes, Your Highness, please take a look. It is stated on this map that this river is the last section of a river named Luanjiang. Although this river is not long, its tributaries are densely covered. It is also the last section of the river where the chaotic river enters the sea. What needs to be taken over is all the water flowing from the upstream. It rained so much a few days ago, and the upstream must have accumulated a lot of water, which means that what is taken over here is the entire upstream river. The full amount of precipitation in this period, the current should be turbulent and turbulent. More importantly, this situation will continue for a long time. If it rains again during this period, the situation will be even worse, and we will be blocked here I don't know how long."

"How can we do that? We are in a hurry to join Rengui and the others." Li Zhen frowned and said, "Everyone think of a way, how can a living person suffocate to death with urine? Since we can't pass here, let everyone disperse, Check to see if there are any places that are too narrow upstream and downstream. Also, Du Qiuran."

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?" The man named Du Qiuran was a frail young man with fair skin and a thin body. He looked more like a scholar than a soldier.But Li Zhen knew that this Du Qiuran was actually the captain of the first brigade of the Shenji Battalion, a ruthless character who killed people without batting an eyelid. He was the only one who didn't vomit out when he finally collected the body when he confronted Lin Yi's jumping camp that day. The firmness of mind is no worse than that of Fang Yiai, Xue Rengui and others.

"If you are like this, your Shenji Battalion should stop exploring the upstream and downstream. Your task is to build ships..."

Du Qiuran said strangely: "Your Highness, in such a big water, it is not safe even to use a boat? A big boat takes time, but a small boat is not as safe as a pontoon. Maybe the whole boat will be gone after the waves hit."

"Who told you that you have to use a boat to cross the river to build a boat?" Li Zhen asked back.

"Ah?" Du Qiuran was even more puzzled, what do you mean?Build a boat but cross the river without a boat?Then why do you build a boat?Why not build big ships?

Li Zhen had no choice but to explain patiently: "Do you know about the Battle of Chibi?"

"Of course I know this." Although Du Qiuran wondered why Li Zhen asked this, he still replied truthfully: "In order to unify the whole country, Cao Cao dispatched 20 troops, claiming 80 to attack Jiangdong. Facing Cao Cao's strength, Sun Quan and Liu Bei Self-proclaimed that it is almost impossible to be Cao Cao's opponent in a single confrontation, so the two parties joined forces to resist Cao Cao. Finally, on the Yangtze River, the two sides formed a battle. Burned down Cao Cao's 20 troops—Your Highness, anyone who has gone to school should know about this, why do you ask this?"

"Then do you know why Cao Cao failed?"

"I know." Du Qiuran nodded and said, "There are three reasons for Cao Cao's failure: First, Cao Cao was arrogant and complacent, and underestimated the enemy. Because he eliminated Yuan Shao and Liu Biao successively along the way, he became complacent and complacent, and did not release the Wu-Shu coalition forces at all. In my eyes, there was no doubt when Huang Gai came to surrender, which provided a prerequisite for the future fire attack of the Wu-Shu coalition forces;

The second is that Cao Cao's army is chaotic and not good at water warfare.Most of Cao's troops were from the north, and they were not used to water warfare. The soldiers suffered from seasickness, and finally recruited and surrendered the Jingzhou army. In the end, they fell into Zhou Yu's trick and beheaded the Jingzhou general Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. Stable, not to be used too much.It just so happened that Pang Tong presented the serial ship plan at this time, but he did not know that it was the serial ship that eventually led to his failure;

The third is that Cao Cao’s army also had the same problem as ours. A plague broke out in the army. This is proved by history: "Three Kingdoms·Zhou Yu Biography" says: "Quan Sui sent Yu and Cheng Pu and others to fight back together Cao Gong, met in Chibi.At that time, Cao Gong's army was already sick. On the first day of the first day of the battle, the Duke's army was defeated and led to Jiangbei. '

"Three Kingdoms · Emperor Wu Ji" records: "Going to Chibi is not good for preparing for war."As a result of the great epidemic, many officials died, and the army was led back. '

All of these prove that a plague broke out in Cao Cao's army at that time.It was precisely because of the outbreak of the plague that the army's combat power declined, and many people died, which eventually led to this defeat. "

"The summary is very good. It seems that your book is well read." Li Zhen nodded approvingly and said: "You also said just now that one of the reasons why Cao Cao failed was the chain ship. Then tell me about the chain ship. pros and cons, right?"

"The shortcoming of the chain ship is obvious, that is, the ships are too concentrated, and it is difficult to disperse. As long as the enemy attacks with fire, it is almost certain to die. But this cannot be said that the chain ship has no advantages. The advantage of the chain ship is that it is stable and resistant. It is strong in wind and waves. After all, it is composed of so many boats. Walking on it is almost the same as walking on flat ground... I understand, Your Highness, you mean to use chain boats..." Du Qiuran is not a fool, Li Zhen's words have already reached this point, why doesn't he understand Li Zhen's meaning?

"Your Highness, are you planning to use small boats to form big boats according to the composition of chain boats, so as to enhance the boat's ability to withstand wind and waves..." Speaking of this, Du Qiuran slapped his thigh: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Anyway, we just It’s just for crossing the river, not for water fights, so why bother with those things? As long as it allows us to cross the river, it’s over.”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "That's what I mean, when do you think you can finish it?"

"It's simple, one day is enough." Du Qiuran said proudly: "As long as we give our subordinates one day, we can build hundreds of small boats. If we can have brothers from other battalions to help, then this time will still be enough." Even shorter, connecting these small boats, no matter how strong the wind and waves are, they will definitely be able to safely escort the brothers across the river."

"That's good, then you go to work, I will send some people to help you."

"Yes, thank you Your Highness."

Chapter 440 Hit (No.18)

Chapter 2 Thirteen Hit (No.18 more)

Sending Du Qiuran away, Li Zhenzheng was planning to go upstream to have a look, but the brat came over: "Your Highness, we found a large number of footprints and felled trees in the woods by the river, the imprints are very fresh, definitely not more than half a month old, This shows that there is likely to be a large tribe nearby."

"Tribe? Great, I can finally take a break." Li Zhen was overjoyed. Although there was no danger during this journey, the climate in Nanyang is humid. After walking in the jungle for a while, I felt that my clothes were wet. He felt uncomfortable all over. If it wasn't for the unknown situation, he would have gone to find a place to warm up.It was a surprise to find a tribe now.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Find this tribe immediately, and then destroy them."

"Yes." The brat replied loudly.

The tribe was quickly found. It was on a hillside not far from Linhe, with mountains behind and water in front, and the terrain was very advantageous.This is a tribe that lives on hunting, and all the men in the tribe are powerful fighters with very strong fighting power.It's just that this strength is relative to Nanyang. Under the impact of the Boys' Army, they were almost defeated in one blow. After rushing for a while, the Boys' Army retreated.

"Your Highness, those natives ran too fast, and they were familiar with the terrain. They all got into the forest and disappeared without a trace. We didn't know the situation in the forest, so we didn't dare to chase them too deep, so we let them run away. .”

"It's okay, we're just resting here for a day, there's no need to kill them." Li Zhen said indifferently: "And what a pity to kill them. Write down this place, such a good place, after we leave, these natives should return Will come back. When we completely occupy this place in the future, these will be the strongest slaves."

The brat grinned: "Yes, this subordinate understands."

After resting in the camp for a day, the Shenji Camp has also rushed out five hundred small boats, grouped ten of them into a group, and connected them all in series to become a miniature version of the chain boat. The buoyancy of the boat is extremely strong, not to mention people, even elephants can be carried there.

With the help of the chain boat, the Boys successfully crossed the chaotic river and continued on the road.

But just as everyone crossed the chaotic river and was about to head towards Yueshang City, dysentery broke out.

"Wait a minute, are you saying that you were already sick before entering Yueshang?" When Wang Can said this, Xue Rengui suddenly interrupted: "Since you are all infected, who will kill Yueshang?" down?"

"Your subordinate has not finished speaking, please continue to listen to General Xue, you will know the answer soon."

Xue Rengui also realized that he was a little impatient, and urged: "Then you continue to talk."

"Is such that……"

After the dysentery broke out in the army, only a small number of people were infected at first, but it still made Li Zhen realize that he had really been recruited this time. Even if he ordered the troops to stop and rest in place, and sent the infected patients to Isolate and order the medic to start treatment.

Ordinarily, what Li Zhen did was right. Dysentery is not a major infectious disease. As long as it is detected and treated in time, it will basically not kill people.But this time the dysentery is different from the previous ones. The previous dysentery was mainly transmitted through water and food, but this time the dysentery can be transmitted through the air, and its power is greatly increased. The doctor who went to treat it not only failed to cure Their disease, on the contrary, they themselves were infected, and after they came out, they transmitted the pathogens they infected to other people...Caught off guard, most of the people in the army were infected, and Li Zhen was caught off guard. .

But at this moment, this army seemed to be found in Yueshang City not far away, so under the leadership of the city lord, three thousand troops rushed towards the youth army.

"The result? You are all infected, who saved you?" Hearing this, Xue Rengui couldn't help asking again.

"No one saved us, we saved ourselves."

"What do you mean?"

"My subordinates have said before that only the majority of people were infected with the plague, and a small part was not infected. Among them, the most complete one is the Shenji Camp. None of the more than 1000 people in the Shenji Camp were infected. With their presence, not only did we not suffer any damage, but we killed all of Yueshang's city guards and took advantage of the situation to occupy Yueshang City."

"Shenji Battalion? Yes, why did I forget this? If any team is not infected, it can only be the Shenji Battalion." Xue Rengui suddenly realized.

The Shenji Battalion is different from other battalions. This is an army with hot weapons. There are a lot of gunpowder and explosives in the army, which is extremely dangerous.This also led to the fact that during the march, the Shenji Battalion basically couldn't walk with the main force, but hung far behind the main force. The explosion of the firearms in the Shenji Battalion will not affect the safety of the main force.

But now it seems that this regulation can not only guarantee the safety of the main army, but also leave a breath of vitality for the young army at a critical moment-you can see it after thinking about it. According to the speculation of Gu Mingzi and other military doctors, the reason why he was infected with dysentery this time , but the military doctor did not find it. It is very likely that the enemy planted the dysentery pathogen on the tribal aborigines and did not drop it in the water, so it was not observed by the microscope.And in the process of chasing and killing or transporting corpses, the Boys' Army would inevitably come into contact with the natives, and they would be infected silently like this.

However, when the other young soldiers were fighting with the natives, the Shenji Battalion was still rushing to make serial boats outside. Not to mention going to the tribe to rest, they didn't even have time to catch their breath, so naturally they wouldn't come into contact with the natives.After making the serial boats, one day had passed, and the youth army started a new journey. The Shenji Battalion was hung far behind again, and still had no contact with the main army, nor was it infected.

Under such circumstances, the Shenji Battalion became the most well-preserved army in the youth army, and when the enemy attacked, it stood in front of all the brothers and successfully defeated the city guards of Yueshang City , and took advantage of the trend to occupy Yueshang City, looting all the medicinal materials in the city.With enough medicinal materials, coupled with the superb medical skills of the military medical battalion, the death time of dysentery patients was delayed.