Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

Peace talks are over! The envoys from the three countries all left with satisfaction.

There was no doubt about this result. After all, it was almost the same as they expected. Even the defeated Xixia was extremely satisfied.

Although the Song Dynasty won the two battles of Pingxia City, Xixia did not pay a high price for peace this time. However, just for the title of proclaimed vassal, the Song Dynasty easily let Xixia go. As expected, it was still the same style as before. The only difference is that the Song Dynasty refused to deliver Sui coins and reopened the market, which made Weiming Awu very disappointed.

In the past, he could have pulled the Liao State to put pressure on the Song Dynasty to achieve his goal. However, the Liao State was attracted by the huge benefits of the Song Dynasty's Silk Road plan and was naturally unwilling to share the benefits of the Silk Road with Xixia. Suppress Xixia and make Xixia accept this status quo.

The Liao envoy was also very proud. The success of the peace talks showed that Liao was still the talker of affairs among the countries.

Although the Song Dynasty was unwilling to mediate, it still complied with the request, avoiding excessive weakening of Xixia and allowing it to continue to contain the Song Dynasty, while the Liao Kingdom stood aloof and reaped the benefits.

As for the Qingtang envoy, he was even more proud. He knew that the Song Dynasty did not dare to offend the three kingdoms of Liao, Xia and Qingtang continuously, and could only appease Qingtang.

What surprised him even more was that the Song Dynasty court made an exception and gave him copper, iron and other military supplies, which made Qingtang, who originally lacked iron, overjoyed.

"The Song Dynasty is still the same Song Dynasty. Even if it defeats Xixia twice in a row, it is still the weak and bullyable Song Dynasty." The Qingtang envoy said proudly.

However, they did not know that the Song Dynasty had changed. The Qingtang envoy had just left, and the Song Dynasty immediately began to implement the plan to destroy Qingtang.

In the weapons prison.

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On the shooting range, Zhao Xu tried his best to draw a strong bow, let go slightly, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye with the whistling sound.

"The officials are very skilled!" Fan Zheng complimented from the side.

Zhao Xu also exercised regularly under Fan Zheng's medical prescription. His body was already extremely strong and he could easily draw a strong bow.

"Fan Aiqing is exaggerating. How can I compare to the soldiers in the army." Zhao Xu touched the thick armor on his body and said modestly, but with a proud look on his face.

He came to the Armory Supervision today not to practice bow and arrow, but to personally test the cotton armor's ability to withstand the cold.

"Okay, this thing really keeps out the cold!" Zhao Xu said with great joy. He had just tried the weapons a few times in the weapons inspection and was covered in hot sweat.

Zeng Bu, the privy envoy who was accompanying him, also loved the cotton armor and said, "Fan Taicheng, how many cotton armors do the weapons inspector have in total, which can be enough for the Western Expedition army."

The Battle of Qingtang is related to the national destiny of the Song Dynasty to unify the world! Zhao Xu led the privy envoy Zeng Bu to visit the Ordnance Supervision in person, which shows how much he attached great importance to this war.

Fan Zheng said, "Master Zeng, the Ordnance Supervisor can supply 20,000 sets of cotton armor for the Western Expedition Army!"

"Twenty thousand sets of cotton armor?" Zeng Bu suddenly looked surprised.

Twenty thousand sets of cotton armor are enough to equip an army of 20,000 people. When Li Jing defeated the Eastern Turks, he only brought 3,000 cavalry. Of course, the Song Dynasty was different from the Tang Dynasty. According to the cautious attitude of the Song Dynasty in fighting wars, there would definitely be opposition when 3,000 cavalry troops went to annihilate Qingtang.

The Song Dynasty's 20,000 army had just defeated Qingtang's 100,000 cavalry. In addition, the Song army had a sneak attack this time. The 20,000 army equipped with cotton armor gave the Song Dynasty enough confidence to attack Qingtang.

"Okay, Fan Aiqing did a good job!" Zhao Xu praised, letting Fan Zheng take charge of the Arms Supervision was his most correct decision.

Zeng Bu also looked slightly unnatural, remembering that when Fan Zheng proposed the concept of cotton armor, the entire military was opposed to it.

Although the cotton armor is light, its defensive power is poor. The military even scoffed at Fan Zheng's words about what kind of military supervision to build and what the soldiers used. Start mass production.

Now that Mianjia will become the number one contributor to the Song Dynasty's destruction of Qingtang, the military can only say one thing: It smells so good.

"By the way, how are the preparations of the Rhodiola rosea doctors?" Zhao Xu asked with concern. If they want to destroy Qingtang, the air epidemic is what the Song army must face. Rhodiola rosea that can prevent and treat air epidemic will be the top priority. .

Fan Zheng cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, officials. The terrain in the Hehuang Valley is low, and there is no risk of the epidemic. Only leaving the Hehuang area to attack Qingtang will pose the risk of the epidemic. The doctors already have a lot of Rhodiola rosea in stock." , At the same time, Wei Chen asked the drug dealers to purchase Rhodiola rosea from the Tubo ministries in advance at a high price. He should have returned by now, and it will definitely not delay our army's actions."

Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng with satisfaction. Everyone thought he trusted Fan Zheng too much, but they didn't know that Fan Zheng planned everything in advance and never let him down.

Zeng Bu couldn't help but sigh. Fan Zheng was talented and advocated reform, but it was a pity that he was not the same person as the New Party. Otherwise, the New Party's reforms would have gotten twice the result with half the effort.

However, Fan Zheng suddenly sighed and said: "Actually, when Fan was in the court, he didn't say anything about the winter march, in addition to the gas plague, there was another disease."

"Besides the qi epidemic, are there other diseases?" Zhao Xu exclaimed.

He originally thought that after solving the gas epidemic, everything would be fine. He did not expect that there would be other diseases. Could it be that the great detour strategy was going to have another setback.

Zeng Bu frowned and said, "What Fan Taicheng said is frostbite!"

Everyone knows that winter is cold and frostbite is the biggest problem in winter. Especially when there is a snowstorm on the grassland, cattle and sheep are killed and injured everywhere, and there are even a few people who freeze to death and get frostbite.

During winter marches, cold is the biggest enemy. Especially since Qingtang has a higher terrain, it may be even colder in winter.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Frostbite is no longer a problem for doctors. They have even used frostbite to cure other diseases. The emergence of cotton armor has made winter combat no longer a hidden danger. As for exposed skin, you only need to apply oil wax to prevent cold. Yes, there may be other cotton products to keep out the cold.”

In the later generations' strategy of taking the Tiger Mountain, there is a secret code that is the wax used to prevent the cold. In ancient times, it was common to use oil wax to prevent the cold.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Princess Yelu Nanyin of Liao Kingdom's bright red mole was cured by using the frostbitten skin of the extremely cold place.

"Then what is the disease that Fan Taicheng mentioned?" Zeng Bu asked puzzledly.

Fan Zheng replied: "The disease mentioned by the official is snow blindness!"

"Snow blindness?" Zeng Bu and Zhao Xu couldn't help but were stunned. They knew that Fan Zheng used evil prescriptions to ask Shen Wang Zhao Bai to raise pigs and solved the problem of night blindness in the people of the world. Why did another snow blindness suddenly appear?

Fan Zheng explained: "Snow blindness and night blindness are almost the same. As the name suggests, snow blindness causes blindness in the eyes in snowy weather."

"Snow can also make eyes blind?" Zhao Xu said in surprise. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

Zeng Bu suddenly remembered a past incident, and said with a solemn expression: "Let me tell you, there is indeed a case like this in the army. During the march in the snow, the sky and the earth are all white. If a person looks at things for a long time, his eyes will sting and he will shed tears. Severe cases can even lead to blindness.”

"Is this happening?" Zhao Xu was shocked.

The Song army is preparing to destroy Qingtang in winter, so it is inevitable to march in the snow. Snow blindness may become a major obstacle to the Song army and even affect its combat effectiveness.

Zeng Bu looked at Fan Zheng on the side and thought: "Snow blindness is a disease. Since Fan Taicheng can cure night blindness, snow blindness must not be a problem for Fan Taicheng!"

Only then did Zhao Xu realize that he didn't know that Fan Zheng was trying to sell his skin. He said angrily: "Since it is a disease, it must be the responsibility of the doctor. If Fan Taicheng cannot solve the disease, I will definitely punish him without mercy."