Eight hundred and fiftieth eight chapters poisonous miasma
The Jinling Army passed through Changsha and entered the territory of Wuling County.
The Jingnan area is very vast, similar to places like Changsha County and Wuling County. If one of its counties were located in the north, it would be almost as large as a state.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the economic development areas of the Han Dynasty were developed around the Yellow River Basin, and the degree of development on the border was relatively low.
Although places like Wuling cover an extremely vast area, the economy and people's livelihood development in the county are really not very good. Many places still exist in the form of tribes. Sometimes there is almost no decent village between one county and another.
The roads, in some places, even give potters the feeling of a tropical rain forest.
It's like traveling back in time to ancient times.
The road from Changsha to Wuling is extremely difficult to walk. Not to mention the muddy road along the way, there are places where you can't even see the road, just like a road trodden by wild animals.
According to the scouts' reports, Pang Tong's troops were originally gathered in Suo County, but after Liu Pan led the defeated Changsha army to join him, Pang Tong moved all his troops to Kongyi City.
For the pottery merchants, it really didn't make much sense to capture one city and one pond in Wuling County, or several cities and counties.
The urgent delay now is to find a way to defeat Pang Tong's main force. As long as Pang Tong is defeated, it will be very easy to pacify small and broken counties like Wuling County.
Otherwise, even if the city is taken, it won't be of much significance. Pang Tong will still take it back, which will be a waste of military power.
The problem is that although Wuling County is large, its roads are not well maintained and there are many mountains and forests, making it very backward. It is indeed quite troublesome for the army to move from one place to another.
When the pottery merchant and others finally arrived at Kongzi City, they received information that Pang Tong's troops had already moved in the direction of Yuanling.
In desperation, the pottery merchant ordered the three armies to attack Kongyi City, then stationed supplies in the city, rested for two days, and then headed for Yuanling.
But when the Jinling army arrived at Yuanling, they found that Pang Tong's troops had moved from Yuanling to another place two days ago.
When he learned the news, Gan Ning of the Jinling Army was the first to be angry.
The leader of the water thieves stabbed the ground with his knife and shouted angrily: "Pang Tong, this shameless ugly thief, came all the way from Nanjun to Jingnan, but he didn't even dare to fight him in person.
Hiding here and there for a while, what kind of strategy is this? It will really kill me!"
The pottery merchant also smiled helplessly and said: "This Pang Tong is somewhat superficial in guerrilla warfare."
Gan Ning looked at him in confusion: "What is guerrilla warfare?"
Tao Shang pondered for a while and said: "Wandering means walking, and striking means hitting. The rough meaning is swimming and attacking. The essence is that when the enemy advances, I retreat, when the enemy is stationed, I harass, when the enemy is tired, I attack, and when the enemy retreats, I pursue."
Gan Ning waited with big eyes, thought carefully for a while, and said: "The problem is, Pang Tong is just retreating when the enemy advances, and he hasn't shown any use for other things?"
Tao Shang sighed and said: "So, he just got a taste of it, and it's not of much use."
Gan Ning hurriedly said: "Since the opponent is only superficial, according to the Prime Minister's opinion, how should we fight this battle?"
"Continue to explore the opponent's position, continue to pursue... we must confront his main force, otherwise the peace of southern Jingzhou will be far away."
Gan Ning grinned when he heard this and sighed: "Isn't it the same as if I didn't say anything?"
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After inquiring by the school affairs office, Tao Shang learned that Pang Tong's troops were currently withdrawing to Qianyang City.
It's another long-distance migration.
Faced with this situation, the pottery merchants had no choice but to continue marching to Qianyang. Along the way, the roads were still muddy and there were jungles everywhere. From time to time, wild beasts even appeared and attacked the soldiers of the Jinling Army.
But it's obvious that these beasts have found the wrong target.
The soldiers of the Jinling Army were all holding their breath. They treated the wild beasts as if they were the Jingzhou Army. Wherever they passed, tigers and leopards became frightened, jackals and wolves fled, and all the demons and monsters fled. Tao's army became a nightmare in the small animal kingdom.
Based on this, the pottery merchants had no choice but to use slogans, asking the soldiers of the three armies to immediately stop this cruel and killing behavior and to care for nature and protect wild animals.
However, these are only superficial difficulties after all. The most dangerous situation begins when a soldier starts to develop red rashes all over his body...
At first, one of Zhou Tai's soldiers began to develop a rash and itched all over his body. The officers and soldiers of the three armies did not take it seriously for a while and did not report it.
But what followed was that the rash began to spread over a large area among Tao Shang's army, and the condition of those who got the rash became more and more serious. Not only did they feel itchy all over, but they also had some symptoms of high fever. Many of them were itchy.
People have become unable to march.
When the news reached the pottery merchant, he knew something was wrong.
This may be the poisonous miasma that Shamoko told himself at the beginning... In his understanding, it is an infectious disease.
According to the medical officer's report, the miasma currently infected by the soldiers of the three armies is not fatal, but it has seriously affected the morale and condition of the three armies. Many soldiers have developed high fever and cannot even stand still, let alone marching.
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In desperation, the pottery merchant immediately asked the three armies to set up camp on the spot, and took isolation measures to separate ordinary soldiers and ordinary soldiers to set up camp. The three armies were ordered to make simple temporary masks with their personal clothes, and they were on standby.
Move without permission.
Such a hasty handling method, although it reduced the number of sick soldiers, still could not stop the increase in sick soldiers, and the pottery merchants were temporarily unable to travel, and they were in a deadlock for a while.
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A few days later, the news was heard by Pang Tong of Qianyang.
After Pang Tong heard this, he was overjoyed.
"This move by Governor Jin is indeed a clever one! No matter how talented the pottery merchant is, what can he do in the face of the miasma? Now his three armies are no longer in shape, and even marching is difficult. He can only stay where he is and wait for death."
Jin Xuan cupped his hands and said: "Although the miasma in the Wuling Mountains and forests can be cured, it will not cause death. Generally, the body of the sick person can heal itself within two months."
Pang Tong heard this and said: "So, I have to quickly attack the pottery merchants within two months?"
"Don't be in a hurry." Jin Xuan slowly admonished Pang Tong, as if he was determined to win: "Those who are poisoned by the miasma usually live in a village or a pavilion in Wuling. Generally, one person can get it, and they live close to each other.
We will definitely get it. I predict that within 20 days to a month, half of the people in Tao Shang's army suffering from miasma will definitely recover, and then they will recover after two months. In this way, we will time it carefully and wait until 20 days later.
If you start to enter the pottery business, you will definitely succeed."
Pang Tong suddenly realized, and said: "But I don't understand. If Tao's army can get rid of the miasma, why can't our army?"
Jin Xuan smiled and said: "This is based on experience, and it is all thanks to our veterans in the Wuling Army who led the way. It is said that this miasma originates from dense forests, and is most explosive in humid places after spring. We have moved the three armies here."
For some time, General Mo has been using veterans in the army as guides to avoid places prone to miasma. They have all spent their lives in Wuling. What haven’t they seen? They come here every year.
Yes, I have suffered from miasma so many times in my life, so of course I am very experienced! It is beyond the reach of the Jinling Army."
When Pang Tong heard this, he suddenly realized.
At this time, a soldier came to report that it was Zhang Fei who asked to see him.