Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 133 Sick again

Zhu Yuan always felt that his body was getting better day by day. Unexpectedly, maybe it was because he was too busy the day before, or maybe because he was greedy for the cold at night, and put too many ice cubes in the room. In short, early the next morning, Sick again.

Summer cold.

For the next three consecutive days, I suffered from fever, cough, and coma for a while. As a result, the entire Mingzhou was in a state of panic because of the illness of Mr. Yinghai Envoy. All the civil and military officials who were supposed to come came to visit immediately. Some officials from prefectures and counties came here after hearing the news, and many landlords and wealthy businessmen in the southeast were even more moved after hearing the news.

None of them were seen.

The captain of the navy personally guarded it. After a few months, he once again thought of his lord's confession, treating someone as his own son.

Nothing can happen to the little ancestor.

I have to say that summer colds are indeed more lingering than winter ones.

To some extent, Zhu Yuan saved himself this time because he remembered a medicine.

Dai Sanchun's prescription for Zhu Yuan didn't have much effect for two consecutive days, and Zhu Yuan, who was in a daze, asked if the girl next to her had Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, and then a series of words followed.

This is still the memory of the previous life.

When I was a child, Huoxiangzhengqi water would be prepared at home in summer. Whether it was heat stroke or a cold, the effect was very good. Therefore, even after decades, or even two lives, Zhu Yuan's memory is very deep.

Dai Sanchun is regarded as the top doctor at the moment, and he is also well-read, but after all, he can't escape the limitations of this era's lack of broad vision. Even if he has read the corresponding prescription before, he can't use it rashly. sick way.

In comparison, since the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water hundreds of years later can stand out from the countless prescriptions left over thousands of years and be widely promoted, it must have its own merits.

When Zhu Yuan was half-conscious, Xieyi hurriedly found Dai Sanchun, and when he heard "Huoxiang Zhengqi Water", Dai Sanchun immediately thought of the corresponding "Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder", which was the official medicine of the Song Dynasty. A prescription recorded in the classic "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription".

He also recited the prescription in front of Huagao, and explained the medical principles based on his own experience.

He also mentioned that in the corresponding volume of the Medical Code, there are dozens of prescriptions for treating typhoid fever, such as Bupleurum Decoction, Qinglong Decoction, etc. He thinks, it seems... this Huoxiangzhengqi powder, not too suitable.Because this prescription... roughly... is more suitable for treating cholera, and Xiao Hanlin has no symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.

The anxious Hua Gao wanted to hit someone.

Mr. Hua's thinking is very simple. What the little ancestor put forward vaguely must be right for the disease. Otherwise, could it be that you, Dai Sanchun, are more talented than Zhu Hanlin?

Dai Sanchun couldn't refute.

The original prescription had little effect for two days, and the prescription had to be changed.

Then try it.

Then, in just one day, after three meals of decoction, Zhu Yuan obviously improved a lot. Dai Sanchun was puzzled, and solemnly listed a case.

In a blink of an eye, it was July [-]th.

Zhu Yuan probably recovered, but Hua Gao felt that this Dinghai, the little ancestor really couldn't stay any longer, it was too hot, and it was best to find a place to escape the heat.

Zhu Yuan has no objection either.

According to the standards of later generations, Zhu Yuan feels that these days, the highest temperature may be 40 degrees. Even if you can enjoy the ice cooling that is difficult for ordinary people in this era, you can't stay in the house all the time. Once you go out, it will suddenly be cold. Sudden heat, but more likely to get sick.

On the other hand, there are differences in the direction of summer vacation.

Huagao hopes that Zhu Yuan will go to Jiulong Mountain in Cixi County, north of Dinghai, and Zhu Yuan wants to go to sea.

Finally a reason.

In the end, the captain of the navy failed to win over the envoy, and went to sea, and the destination was the main island of Zhoushan Island in Changguo Prefecture.

For Zhu Yuan's trip, Ying Haiwei's two thousand sailors escorted Zhu Yuan's 5000-seat boat to the ancient city of Changguo in the south center of Zhoushan Island, landed on the island, and then entered the central mountain. Settled down at the summer resort by the lake.

I have to say that although the distance is only about a hundred miles, the temperature on the island here, especially in the mountains, has dropped by at least half. Even in the daytime, it is only about 20 degrees, and Zhu Yuan has to wear a thick shirt at night.

Seeing Zhu Yuan getting better and settling down again, Wen Zaocai, who had been staying in Mingzhou for several days, finally hurried north again.

Prior to this, there was news in Jinling that Empress Ma sent someone to visit Zhu Yuan's condition, and also sent a bunch of precious medicines, and told Hua Gao and the people around Zhu Yuan to take good care of them.

After such a fuss for a while, Zhu Yuan slowed down no matter whether he was active or passive.

Once on the island, it is impossible to go to the sea. To deal with things, the captain of the navy personally limits it to two hours a day. The rest of the time is rested.

Just rest.

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Bianliang.

Wen Zao came here from Mingzhou, it was already the first day of the seventh lunar month.

Previously, the messenger team was divided into three, and Lao Zhu came to Bianliang, but there was no change.

Therefore, Lao Zhu also knew the news that Zhu Yuan was ill again in advance. Wen Zao arrived in person and explained the details in detail. He learned that it was the heat and fatigue, but he had improved, and he went to Zhoushan to escape the summer heat. Lao Zhu was relieved. But he still wrote a letter in his own hand and sent it back, asking Zhu Yuan to rest on the island this month and not to work too hard.

After all, everything the child can do has already been done.

Inside the Ming army camp in the east of Bianliang City.

After dismissing the rumors, Lao Zhu, who was also in unlined clothing because of the heat, started to deal with military affairs full of cases.

It has been half a month since I arrived in Bianliang on the [-]th of last month.

With a plan in place, many things are progressing smoothly at the moment.

West Line.

A few days ago, Xu Da personally led [-] troops out of Tongguan, and had already fought several battles with Li Siqi's troops who were entrenched in the pass. Because of the established strategy, the Ming army deliberately showed weakness and did not advance too far, so the two sides came to a stalemate.

The news of Xu Da's westward march must have spread to the north, and now Xu Da has returned secretly, leaving only his own flag, and Fu Youde took over as his subordinate, continuing to entangle with Li Siqi.

northwest direction.

On the second day after the plan was made in the middle of last month, Chang Yuchun also led [-] troops all the way to the Taiyuan city, and Wang Baobao retreated into the city, showing a steadfast attitude.

Wang Baobao stayed behind closed doors, Chang Yuchun also left a flag behind and hurried back.

The department was replaced by Feng Sheng.

According to the military order given by Lao Zhu, the siege of the city should continue without being too hasty. It would be best if Taiyuan could be captured.

The flaws in this are actually obvious.

Chang Yuchun had always been aggressive and plundered like fire, but he suddenly changed his strategy and began to turn to a stalemate. With Wang Baobao's intelligence, he must be able to see the difference.

Old Zhu was not too worried.

Since the beginning of the year, Wang Baobao had completely turned his back on Dadu because of the internal strife in the Yuan court. He even killed all the court officials in Taiyuan City at one point, and Emperor Zhizheng also deprived Wang Baobao of all his titles.

According to the judgment of the 23rd generation grandson of his own treasure, Wang Baobao is still loyal to the Yuan family in his bones, but because of the ignorance of the father and son, he will not make peace with the extension unless he is in a desperate situation.

At present, the Ming army did not appear to be approaching Dadu on the surface, but turned to the west. Emperor Zhizheng and his son must be very happy to see Wang Baobao defeated, and they will not easily contact the opponent.Wang Baobao is also a proud person, no matter how loyal he is, he will not put his hot face on the premise that most of them will not give him an explanation.

Therefore, even if Wang Baobao sees the clue, there is a high probability that he will not tell Dadu.Even...even if told, can Zhi Zhengdi and his son believe it?

Then there's the northern line.

Also according to the plan in the middle of last month, Lao Zhu sent his nephew Li Wenzhong to advance step by step, and he has successfully captured Cangzhou.

According to the intelligence from the front line, when Cangzhou was captured, the direction of most cities did change.

However, when Prime Minister Yuan also quickly defeated Li Wenzhong, killed nearly 2000 Ming soldiers, and filled the Weihe River from Cangzhou to Dadu for dozens of miles by digging boats and stacking rocks, the two sides stalemate on the Cangzhou front line. Most of them also returned to calm.

This is also a problem.

After all, Li Wenzhong's qualifications are not as good as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other generals. Therefore, according to Lao Zhu's personnel deployment, Yuan Ting judged that the Ming army would not go north in the short term. A sense of security, it can be regarded as stabilizing Zhi Zhengdi and his son.

The thing is, canals really matter.

If it wasn't for some dark strategy, the next step for the Ming army would be to go northward along the Weihe River, which belongs to the northern line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and connects the Yellow River with Dadu.

Advance along the waterway, this is the consistent practice of the Ming army.

After all, most of the Ming army were from the south, and, more importantly, by doing so, they could replenish supplies through waterways, which not only reduced the requisition of civilian husbands, but also reduced the consumption of roads.

Traditional expeditions of large armies usually consist of hundreds of thousands of troops, who have to follow hundreds of thousands of civilians. However, the Ming army broke this practice. With the help of water and river transportation, even if the current front line has already reached Cangzhou and left Tongguan in the west, the whole army still has to recruit civilians who are in charge of logistics. Less than 10 people.

At the moment, Prime Minister Yuan also quickly filled the Weihe River. At that time, from Cangzhou to Dadu, the Ming army could only turn to land.

Fortunately, this is the established strategy.

River transport can transport a large amount of supplies, but in terms of speed, a small number of ships may be faster than land, but for a [-]-level army to turn in, it is faster to go by land.

The problem is that the subsequent delivery of supplies can only be done by land.

If the siege of Dadu is protracted, it will be very troublesome.

In any case, after the north was successfully closed, this side also launched a surprise attack, first encircling the capital, and then talking about other things.

At the same time that the deployment of the front lines was completed, just two days ago, Chang Yuchun also led the first batch of [-] elite cavalry down the Yellow River.

Because most of the Ming army were from the south, Lao Zhu even attached great importance to it in recent years. At present, the total number of troops gathered in the north is 38, and the number of cavalry is only a little over 3.

There is not much shortage of horses, but mainly people.

Cavalry is too difficult to train.

Chang Yuchun directly took away half this time, and it was still the most elite half, which can be regarded as Lao Zhu's heavy bet.Even, for these 5000 people, Lao Zhu gave [-] horses at one time. When they landed in Zhigu in the future, one person and two horses would go straight to Juyongguan, Gubeikou and other passes in the north of Dadu.

People are nothing, and [-] horses were transported by water, and it took a lot of effort. For this reason, Lao Zhu secretly dispatched a group of sea ships from Laizhou.

Lao Zhu also issued a strict order to Chang Yuchun, even if the 5000 people are exhausted, the 'door' must be closed.

Of course, the strength of Chen Cang in the dark will not only be [-].

Next, another [-] elite infantry will also rush to Bohai Bay. This group of people will be led by He Wenhui, another adopted son of Lao Zhu. After joining Wu Zhen's troops, the total strength will reach [-].

According to the plan, Chang Yuchun's [-] cavalry troops will need to reach the northern passes of Dadu within two days.

The other 5000 people will also rush in lightly, planning to take only seven days of rations.

It is estimated that the journey of about [-] miles will be completed in four days at most. Lao Zhu also promised that if each department can reach each target pass within three days in advance, they will be credited once from top to bottom.

There are also many problems.

The first one is the sea route from Laizhou to Zhigu, which is more than [-] miles away. Lao Zhu is not worried about the ministries getting lost, but more worried about the weather conditions.

Only when there is a favorable wind, the various navies can raid Zhigu.

This requires waiting for the right time. Laizhou's navy has moved, and there is a lot of uncertainty here to follow up and cooperate.

What's more, after Zhigu landed, the cavalry rushed to attack, not to mention that in case of bad weather, most of the surrounding areas were also surrounded by rivers, and crossing the river was also a problem.

The Department of Surveying and Mapping has given a route that has been detected in advance and can be waded across the river.

Lao Zhu was not at ease, and had already dispatched officials from the Surveying and Mapping Department to quietly go to the surrounding areas of Dadu to investigate again to make sure everything was safe.

The plan was that the Ming army was very good at building pontoon bridges even if they couldn't wade through water. However, boats were needed to build pontoon bridges, which was also the focus of the investigation by the officials of the Surveying and Mapping Department this time.

The Ming army couldn't make ships fall from the sky, but in the north, since there are rivers, there will be no shortage of ships.

When the time comes, forced expropriation or forced robbery is the cheapest thing to do.

The bigger picture matters.

Just like going north from Cangzhou, the Ming army marched in the past, and there were strict military orders not to trample on the crops.

This time, even though it was almost the autumn harvest, many things could not be taken care of.

It's still the big picture.

Constantly reviewing the various reports on the desk in front of him, Lao Zhu sorted out these in his mind, and he couldn't help worrying about gains and losses.

Although these years have been ups and downs, except for the decisive battle with Chen Youliang on Poyang Lake, Lao Zhu has not had a similar mood for many years.

Not afraid of failure.

The Yuan court is decaying, internally divided, and it has hundreds of thousands of troops in its own hands. It is impossible to lose.

The question is, this time, can they completely get rid of Yuan Ting's roots in one go?
After thinking about it, Lao Zhu came up with an idea, and quickly made a decision, planning to send another team of envoys to Dadu, to ensure that the Zhengdi and his son would not let them escape.

Old Zhu even thought of the reason quickly.

Believe it or not, Emperor Zhizheng and his son, anyway, let's use Cangzhou as the boundary and let's not invade each other for the time being.

As for what will happen to the pair of envoys sent, they don't care.

As long as he can stabilize Zhizhengdi and his son and buy himself enough time, he can't care about anything else, even his own reputation.

There is victory or defeat in fame!
(End of this chapter)