Heavy raindrops hit the roof, and the rain slowly slid down along the thatch of the roof, passed the eaves, and dripped to the ground again, making a constant ticking sound.
In December of the first year of Chuping, it rained heavily in the Huayin Mountain area. The carriages in the county government warehouse braved the heavy rain, splashing mud and water, and rushed towards the warehouse amidst the shouts of officers at all levels transporting grain and auxiliary troops.
Drive away.
"One, two, three, harder!"
"Come again, try harder."
"one two three!"
"Okay, it's out, it's out."
Qianzhao, wearing a raincoat, and several soldiers struggled to push a carriage that got stuck in the mud. The driver kept beating the horses, and the horses trampled the muddy water with their hooves and kept neighing. It took a long time to finally get out of the mud pit.
Trains of carriages were unloaded in the hay shed built at the entrance of the warehouse. Water was still leaking in the hay shed, but no one could care about it. Once the grain and grass were wet by rain, they would become damp and moldy, so everyone had to work harder to remove them as soon as possible.
The grain is sent to the warehouse for storage.
The auxiliary troops were constantly busy coming and going. The almost new carriages were just unloaded and were soon driven back into the rain. Then came the second and third rounds until the evening, responsible for transporting these carriages.
The 8,000 auxiliary soldiers who were carrying grain and grass were relieved. A total of about 2,000 carts were finally completed.
The master who calculated the grain and grass recorded the grain and grass delivered to the warehouse on paper and pen. After a while, when the last batch of corn and wheat entered the warehouse, he stopped writing, took a breath, and reported to Qianzhao.
"General, the inventory has been correct. In addition to the losses on the road, this batch of food and grass totals 70,000 dan. They are all here, enough to feed the army for more than a month."
The chief bookkeeper submits the account books to Qianzhao for acceptance.
Not only did Qianzhao come from a powerful family, but he was also a disciple of a great Confucian scholar, so he was naturally literate. After checking to make sure it was correct, he signed his name and said, "I have worked hard these past few months. Let me tell you brothers, I have a good meal today."
Okay, everyone will be rewarded, wait for two days of rest, and then return."
"Oh oh oh oh oh!"
The auxiliary soldiers who had worked hard all day were waiting for this moment and cheered excitedly.
At this time, a galloping horse came at a gallop. He dismounted in front of Qianzhao and said: "General Qianzhao, Zhou Mu is back. The messenger said that he has arrived at Changjian River ten miles outside the city. General Wu Anguo asked if you would go with him to meet him.
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Wu Anguo did not go out with the army, but stayed in Huayin. Now the first batch of grain and grass finally arrived after more than 20 days, and Qianzhao and he became the highest military commander of Huayin.
Hearing the words of Wu Anguo's soldiers, Qianzhao nodded: "Okay, lead the way."
After that, he called a few guards to go with him.
After reuniting with Wu Anguo, the gates of Huayin County were opened wide. The two led dozens of cavalry and rushed out of the city. Behind them were thousands of supporting troops. Horse hooves stepped on the muddy water, and rows of soldiers stepped on the muddy ground.
The water splashed in all directions, trickling into small yellow rivers.
Qianzhao and Wu Anguo did not know the situation on the front line. They just thought that the fighting on the front line was not going well and retreated to the rear normally. Therefore, they did not prepare anything, including doctors, food, warm clothes, etc.
But when they arrived, they realized something was wrong.
It was a scene that shocked them.
The mountains and plains are full of people with their families and families. The sky is gloomy and the wind and rain are swaying. One by one, carrying the old and the young, they are struggling to walk forward in the rain. With every step they take, someone will fall.
In the Changjian River, a tributary of the Wei River in the east of the city, winter weeds and basil are drifting in the wind, and the people and soldiers are stumbling in the rain like weeds.
In an era without antibiotics, a rainy day could cause you to get seriously ill. However, these people were all sallow and thin, like catkins blown by the wind, as if they might be swept away by the heavy rain at any time.
What shocked them the most was that the morale of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses was low. They were all walking hard in the rain with their heads hanging down and dejected. Some even lost their weapons. They were completely without the high-spirited mental state they had when they just set out for the battle.
Seeing this situation, the two of them looked at each other and couldn't help but understand that they had lost the battle.
After a moment of silence, Qianzhao finally came to his senses and said to the soldiers beside him: "Go, go back to the city and give instructions to the city's Chinese medicine doctors to cook medicinal soup to dispel the cold. Then let the kitchen light a fire for cooking immediately, and all the cotton-padded clothes and quilts stored in the warehouse will be
take out."
"only!"
The soldiers immediately went back to deliver the order.
After the messenger left, the two men immediately got off their horses and went to greet him.
Liu Bei walked haggardly at the front of the team, and was supported by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. His face was pale. When he saw the two of them coming to see the ceremony, he weakly waved his hands and said: "Don't be too polite. Come on, escort the soldiers and people into the city."
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"Escort the soldiers and people into the city!"
Wu Anguo waved his hand, and his soldiers, who were wearing raincoats that had been prepared for a long time and had been recuperating for a long time, stepped forward one after another, either to help carry the frame or to support them, and escorted the people and soldiers into the city.
Before dark, nearly 100,000 people entered the city one after another, and all the houses and courtyards in the city were crowded with people.
Doctors all over the city are going crazy.
Traditional Chinese medicine is extensive and profound. As early as two thousand years ago, there was research on medicine after being exposed to rain.
Medical Confucians in the Han Dynasty were not divided into different families, and many great Confucians were also good doctors.
In addition, Hua Tuo once taught in Taishan Academy, so Qingzhou trained many military doctors.
However, nearly 100,000 people were exposed to the rain, and there was almost a huge amount of decoction to be made. The medicinal materials in stock were simply not enough. In the next few days, all the spare medicinal materials to ward off the cold were used up, and it was still not enough.
Therefore, many people were infected with wind-cold. Although it did not cause a plague, wind-cold was not a trivial matter in the Han Dynasty. If it was more serious, it would lead to pneumonia, which could easily kill people.
For a time, the whole city was full of patients, barely hanging on to the ginger and scallion white soup that was repeatedly boiled, waiting for the arrival of subsequent medicinal materials.
Liu Bei himself was also ill. He had a high fever for two days and was lying in bed with a pale face. His condition was not very good.
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In traditional Chinese medicine, wind-cold is actually caused by being overworked or suffering from cold after the body has not recovered, which is commonly known as the invasion of external evils.
Logically speaking, since the generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Feidian, Wei Huangzhong, Zhang Liao and Guanhai did not contract the disease, it means that their bodies were as strong as cattle and their yang energy was very strong. Even if they were caught in the rain, external evil could not invade and make them sick.
In fact, not only them, but most of the soldiers, including the army, are not sick, because as combat soldiers, they are all carefully selected, young and strong warriors, who are much stronger than ordinary people.
Therefore, except for a small number of soldiers and Liu Bei, most of the people who got the cold syndrome this time were ordinary people who were weak and had been hungry for a long time.
Liu Bei has also been involved in wars for many years, and his physical condition is not much worse than that of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, so he should not be able to get sick.
But he happened to be sick.
This is indeed incredible.
What makes the military doctors even more troubled is that many common people can be cured according to the treatment method of Huatuo Sect.
After all, the disease of wind and cold is almost equivalent to the modern cold. Both Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing are very good at this disease. Winter is a common climate with wind and cold, so the army prepared a large amount of medicinal materials.
Now that the grain road has been opened, a steady stream of grain, grass and medicinal materials are being transported to Huayin every day. After the first few days, the situation has improved a lot.
Only Liu Bei was still ill and could not get better, which made Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others almost die.
A few days later, Chen Mu finally arrived in Huayin.
Towards the middle of December, after more than a month of trekking across thousands of mountains and rivers, thousands of miles from Qingzhou, as soon as we entered the city, we learned that Liu Bei was seriously ill.
Outside Huayin City, a white horse galloped wildly. Chen Mu looked solemn. While driving Ziying, he asked Guan Yu: "Second brother, what is going on? Everything is fine. Why did the eldest brother suddenly get sick in the rain?"
Guan Yu's face didn't look very good, and he sighed: "Brother is really going his own way this time."
"what happened."
Chen Mu's heart sank. Could it be that there was another trick that didn't follow the script?
Guan Yu said: "Originally, we had already reached Zuo Fengyi, which was very close to Chang'an. The eldest brother suddenly changed his mind and wanted to lead the people to evacuate. As a result, we were ambushed by Xu Rong on the road and suffered a huge defeat. Originally, this was nothing, but
Later, he heard that Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin had succeeded in a surprise attack on Chang'an, had entered the city, and almost rescued the emperor, and now he became even more seriously ill."
The rainy weather for the past two days has stopped. Although it has not rained or snowed again, the sky is still slightly gloomy, and the soil on the ground is still wet. The horse's hooves step in the puddles, chasing the purple shadow claws, yellow flying lightning and dark clouds to chase the snow.
The horse's legs were dyed black.
Hearing Guan Yu's words, Chen Mu's mood reached the bottom due to the gloomy weather. His face turned slightly dark and he asked in a low voice: "You didn't give me any advice?"
Zhang Fei explained: "Fourth brother, you can't blame me for this. I was in an ambush at Baqiao."
"I....."
Guan Yu opened his mouth, which eventually turned into a sigh.
He had witnessed the miserable situation of the people in Xiagui County and Zuo Fengyi with his own eyes. If it were recorded in history books, the current situation of these two places would basically be described as "Eating each other" and "Eating each other". That's it.
past.
But only by seeing it with your own eyes can you understand what kind of hell it has become.
The whole city is covered with thick bones, the rotten smell in the air is mixed with the weird smell of broth, the people's eyes are red, and the teeth have turned black. What kind of purgatory scene is that?
Guan Yu couldn't describe it.
But he knew that maybe it was not a bad thing for Liu Bei to make such a choice under such circumstances.
At least for Guan Yu, he couldn't bear to see such a scene.
The whole journey was silent.
The three brothers flew into the city and quickly arrived at the mansion in the city.
In Huayin County today, a small county town is crowded with people, and soldiers are coming and going on the streets.
Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and others also evacuated here after their defeat.
The city of about two to three square kilometers was suddenly crowded with more than 100,000 people, and it was so packed that it seemed like a huge crowd and a lively atmosphere.
But only when you see it with your own eyes will you know that what is hidden under this crowd is desolation and deathly silence.
Chen Mu crossed the street, scanned the entire city, and dismounted with a cold face.
This battle is really true.
The original plan was to save Liu Bian's life, so he just asked Yan Zhong to find a way to achieve a small defeat.
Including Tian Feng's imprisonment and Yan Zhong's food and grass routine, everything was part of Chen Mu's plan.
Because Tian Feng has such a character, and Yan Zhong really only has this way.
But what he didn't expect was that his big brother would actually play a good hand of cards to pieces.
It is indeed impossible for human beings to remain sane forever.