Chapter 428 Emperor Wu’s Hope: Han Army’s Miasma
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 428 Emperor Wu’s Hope: Han Army’s Miasma
The prosperity of the world is all for the benefit of the future. The earth and soil of the world are all for the benefit of the future.
This saying that was widely circulated in later generations came from "Historical Records" and was regarded as truth by many people in later generations.
And what can affect a person’s interests?
That is the position.
For decades since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there have been constant disputes in the world, and what they are fighting for is stance.
From Shi Hui's point of view, it is impossible for him to retreat now.
From Zhu Bao's point of view, Shi Hui's resolute attitude of resisting the Han army made him very happy.
But from Yu Fan's standpoint, or from Sun Quan's standpoint, Shi Hui's decision undoubtedly touched the interests of Jiangdong.
As a minister who was recently favored by Sun Quan, and as one of the leaders of the Jiangdong gentry, Yu Fan could not sit back and watch Shi Hui harm Jiangdong's interests in front of him.
So after the banquet ended, Yu Fan took Sun Huan to find Shi Hui.
When Shi Hui saw Yu Fan coming to him with a serious look on his face, he knew what Yu Fan's purpose was.
So before Yu Fan could say anything, he took the lead and said to Yu Fan and Sun Huan: "I have made up my mind, and I hope that you, the two gentlemen, will work for your great cause and don't hinder me."
Hearing Shi Hui's words using Sun Quan's great achievements as an excuse, Yu Fan kept sneering in his heart.
It's for the great cause of your scholar family.
As a knowledgeable scholar, Yu Fan certainly knew that the Jiaozhou Shi clan was nominally subordinate to Sun Quan, and even showed great respect to the Jiaozhou governor sent by Sun Quan, but this was all superficial.
The military and political power in Jiaozhou was actually still in the hands of the Shi clan headed by Shi Xie.
The Shi family and the Sun family are called monarchs and ministers, but they are actually allies.
After understanding this, Yu Fan certainly didn't believe Shi Hui's words.
"Since this is a plan for the great cause of the Supreme Being, the situation has changed. The general should report it to the Supreme Being and wait for the next instruction from the Supreme Being."
Since Shi Hui used Sun Quan as a big hat to blame Yu Fan, then Yu Fan, who was eloquent, could naturally use Sun Quan as his name to make Shi Hui lose the reason to send troops.
Yu Fan's verbal retaliation was of course to the point, but Yu Fan forgot one thing, that is, no matter how sharp his words are, they cannot be compared to the soldiers in his hands.
Seeing that Yu Fan had already reached this point, Shi Hui didn't want to say any more superficial words.
His eyes turned cold when he looked at Yu Fan, and then he shouted: "Here comes someone!"
Under Shi Hui's loud shout, several soldiers quickly ran in from outside the tent.
When Yu Fan saw Shi Hui's almost unseen scene, a look of shock appeared on his face.
He didn't expect Shi Hui to be so courageous.
Even Sun Huan, who had just been sitting aside and watching the development of the situation, was so frightened when he saw this that he couldn't help but put his hand on the blade at his waist.
He also knew that Shi Xie and Sun Quan actually had an equal relationship. Although Shi Xie was quite respectful to Sun Quan on the surface, he did not expect that Shi Hui, Shi Xie's son, would be disobedient in front of him.
The reactions of Yu Fan and Sun Huan fell into Shi Hui's eyes, causing some arrogance to appear in his eyes.
Yelang's arrogance is not just about Nanzhong, it is also true for Shi Hui who has lived in Jiaozhou since he was a child and has never seen the outside world.
Sun Quan was just an unreachable lord of Jiangdong, and his deterrent power against him was not great at all.
The only person Shi Hui has been afraid of since he was a child is his father Shi Xie, but before coming here, Shi Xie asked him to do it freely.
With Shi Xie's promise, who would Shi Hui be afraid of?
However, although Shi Hui is arrogant, he is not a reckless person. He has no plans to completely break up with Sun Quan now.
After summoning his soldiers to quietly surround Yu Fan and Sun Huan, Shi Hui did not make his soldiers draw swords against him as Yu Fan suspected.
Shi Hui, who was outside the encirclement, just glanced at Yu Fan, and then said threateningly: "Jianye and Qielan are thousands of miles away. If we report everything to the Supreme, wouldn't it delay the Supreme's important affairs? I hope Mr. Yu will understand."
Hui’s painstaking efforts.”
After saying this, Shi Hui asked the soldiers in front of him to take a few steps forward and narrowed the circle surrounding Yu Fan and Sun Huan.
Facing the approach of several tough soldiers, Yu Fan suddenly calmed down.
What Shi Hui just said was actually: The sky is high and the industry is far away. The safety of you two does not depend on Sun Quan, but on me.
What is arrogance? This is it.
But facing Shi Hui's arrogance, Yu Fan had no choice.
He and Sun Huan went south this time with troops and horses, but in order not to attract Zhang Fei's attention in Jingzhou, Sun Quan only let Yu Fan and Sun Huan lead more than a thousand Wu troops south.
And currently, there are tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers outside Qielan City, far more than the Wu army.
If Shi Hui had any evil intentions towards him, it would be an easy matter.
As for whether Shi Hui would be wary of Sun Quan's anger afterwards, Yu Fan was not confident about this.
Isn't it reasonable that miasma is rampant in the south, and the water and soil disobey and die suddenly?
After realizing this, Yu Fan held down Sun Huan's hand that was about to draw the sword.
After stopping Sun Huan's attempt to resist, Yu Fan had no choice but to bow to Shi Hui and said against his will: "What the general said is reasonable."
Yu Fan's words represent that he agreed to Shi Hui's "expedient measure" under the threat of life and death.
After Yu Fan lowered his head, a smile appeared on Shi Hui's face.
Despite his reputation, Yu Fan is not a fool after all.
Seeing that Yu Fan had already surrendered, Shi Hui waved his hand with satisfaction and ordered the soldiers surrounding Yu Fan to retreat.
After the siege around him was lifted, Yu Fan took Sun Huan and quickly left Shi Hui's tent.
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
Seeing the departing figures of Yu Fan and Sun Huan, the confidant beside Shi Hui couldn't help but remind him: "General?"
This question was a reminder to Shi Hui from his confidants.
However, facing this reminder, Shi Hui did not react.
Now is not the time to take action against Yu Fan and Sun Huan.
Always think about defeat first and then victory. If he loses this battle, he doesn't have to worry about Shi Xie. As for Sun Quan, since Yu Fan and Sun Huan are here, he doesn't have to worry too much.
Shi Hui just told his cronies: "Send someone to monitor every move of Yu Fan and Sun Huan, and be sure not to let any letters between them leak out."
The cronies nodded to Shi Hui and accepted the order, and then led a group of soldiers out of Shi Hui's tent.
After everyone else left, Shi Hui returned to his seat, picked up a bamboo slip on the desk and read it.
The content of this bamboo slip is excerpted from "Historical Records", and this content tells the story of one person.
That man's name was Zhao Tuo, the "Emperor Wu of South Vietnam" in the early Western Han Dynasty.
Shi Hui didn't know how many times he had read Zhao Tuo's deeds, but every time he read it, it always inspired the growing ambition in his heart.
Back then, Zhao Tuo was able to separate Lingnan and establish himself as emperor. The current situation is so similar to that of the late Qin Dynasty, so why can't he do the same?
The world should not be divided into three points, it should be divided into four points!
After Deng Ai led his army to leave Qiongdu County, under the guidance of Meng Huo, they marched all the way towards Xangqi County.
Along the way, Meng Huo, who was impressed by Zhuge Liang, devoted himself to explaining the situation in Xangqi County to Deng Ai in detail.
If we want to explain clearly the situation in Zangzhou County, we have to mention Zhu Bao.
Zhu Bao and Yong Kai were both born in Nanzhong.
But unlike Yongkai and Gaoding, before Zhu Bao rebelled against the Han Dynasty, he was the legitimate governor of Zangda.
Due to Zhu Bao's family background, he has served as the prefect of Zanggan for nearly ten years.
Such a long period of time was enough for Zhu Bao to turn Cangqi County into his private property.
Therefore, when Yong Kai contacted the Nanzhong counties to rebel, Zhu Bao's county encountered the least resistance.
Even most of the people in Xianggao County only recognized Zhu Bao and did not know that there was an emperor of the Han Dynasty.
This means that Zhu Bao has a foundation in Xianggao County that ordinary people cannot imagine.
And this kind of foundation will undoubtedly make it more difficult for Deng Ai to pacify Zanggao County.
Apart from this point, what worries Deng Ai the most is that, according to Meng Huo, Xangqi County has the most widespread miasma among the four counties in Nanzhong due to its terrain.
Miasma can be regarded as a different kind of plague in this world.
In the areas where it spreads, ordinary people can't even think of living in peace.
Deng Ai's worries soon became a reality.
Just after Deng Ai led his army into the territory of Zangqi County, some soldiers in the army fell ill due to miasma.
After Deng Ai learned about this incident, he immediately ordered to find Meng Huo to inquire about the matter.
After Meng Huo learned that some Han troops were infected with miasma, his first reaction was that Deng Ai was suspicious of him.
After all, Zhuge Liang asked him to serve as a guide, but as a result, the Han army was infected with the miasma when they first entered Xangqi County. This is his dereliction of duty.
Or there is a more sinister idea, that is, Deng Ai may think that he did this intentionally.
But for this matter, Meng Huo cannot be entirely blamed.
Although Meng Huo was from Nanzhong, his base camp was Yizhou County, not Zanggao County.
In this case, he knew very well about the common miasma-filled places in Xangqi County, but this did not mean that he had a complete understanding of the terrain of Xangqi County. This was probably not the case even for Zhu Bao.
In addition, the miasma sometimes moves according to the direction of the wind, which greatly deepens its instability.
In front of Deng Ai, Meng Huo anxiously explained these reasons to him.
Meng Huo had heard that Deng Ai was Mi Yang's favorite general. Deng Ai's status was not comparable to that of a subordinated general like him.
Facing Meng Huo's somewhat eager explanation, Deng Ai felt helpless.
Even though he didn't know much about Nanzhong, he still knew that Meng Huo couldn't completely prevent this incident.
Moreover, if Meng Huo really wanted to be disadvantageous to the Han army, he could have deliberately led the Han army to a place where the miasma was dense, and there would have been many Han armies who fell like that.
The reason why Deng Ai came to Meng Huo was just to ask Meng Huo about his method of saving the Han army.
After understanding what Deng Ai wanted to do with him, Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief.
As for Deng Ai's request, others may not be able to do it, but Meng Huo has a way.
Miasma generally has two meanings in the current world. One is the general name for various infectious diseases prevalent in southern China.
The other is a toxic gas emitted by the carcasses of dead animals in the mountains and forests under the influence of hot and humid air.
Judging from the current situation of the Han army, the miasma they suffered from belongs to the second situation.
Otherwise, if it was an infectious disease, only that part of the Han army would not fall.
Faced with this second situation, Meng Huo informed Deng Ai of the prescription passed down by his ancestors.
After getting the specific prescription, Deng Ai quickly called the military Chinese medicine doctor and asked him to cooperate with Meng Huo to find the herbs that could treat the miasma as soon as possible.
After doing this, Deng Ai followed Meng Huo's suggestion and moved the army's camp to an open area.
The open space means good ventilation, which can prevent Han troops from being harmed by miasma to a large extent.
After completing this matter, Deng Ai wrote a report on the matter and sent it to Zhuge Liang immediately.
Although they fought separately, Deng Ai was just a separate army, and he was still Zhuge Liang's subordinate in terms of the command structure.
Now that the Han army had to station for treatment because of the miasma, this would inevitably disrupt Zhuge Liang's original deployment. For such a major event, Deng Ai had to report.
What Deng Ai didn't expect was that not long after he sent the military report, Zhu Bao soon learned about it.
When Zhu Bao learned about this, he was overjoyed and immediately came to meet Shi Hui outside the city in person.
When he met Shi Hui, Zhu Bao unexpectedly did not find Yu Fan and Sun Huan. But now that he had a great opportunity, he could not think about the whereabouts of those two people.
Zhu Bao quickly shared the information he had found with Shi Hui.
After Shi Hui learned this information, he was no less excited than Zhu Bao.
However, Shi Hui quickly calmed down and asked Zhu Bao about the source of this information.
Seeing that Shi Hui was worried, Zhu Bao smiled and informed Shi Hui of the source of the information.
"The general doesn't know something, but the miasma in this county is dense. Hundreds of years ago, people often accidentally fell into the miasma and their lives were in danger.
Later, in order to prevent the villagers from suffering, our ancestors worked hard for several generations and developed a prescription to cure the miasma.
However, most of the medicinal materials in the prescription are unique to this county. If ordinary people want to collect the medicinal materials for the prescription, they must seek help from people in this county.
This time, some Han thieves approached the villagers of this county to collect medicinal materials for them, and according to the villagers, the amount of medicinal materials collected by the Han army was not large."
After listening to Zhu Bao's explanation, Shi Hui's worries disappeared.
The reason why he was suspicious of this information just now was because it was known from the recent information that Zhuge Liang was a man who was good at using tricks.
Shi Hui was worried that the information about the miasma in the Han army would be Zhuge Liang's trick to lure the enemy. Now that he understood the source of the information, Shi Hui no longer worried about this.
Zhu Bao had been in charge of the county for ten years, and the people in the entire county were very surrendered to him. Under such circumstances, it was normal for Zhu Bao to learn about the movements of the Han army through the mouths of the villagers.
After confirming that this piece of information was correct, Shi Hui's heart suddenly became alive.
The large number of medicinal materials collected by the Han army means that many people in the Han army have been infected with miasma, which will definitely greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Han army.
How could he miss such a good opportunity?
(End of chapter)
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