Overlord!

Chapter 9

The sun rises slowly in winter, and this weak sunlight can neither illuminate the heavy darkness nor dispel the chill on the edge of Chaohu Lake.

When the sun just broke dawn, Sun Ce got up immediately with the generals in the army and began to patrol the camp.

When Sun Ce stepped out of the tent, he saw Lu Fan already wearing a black smock, patrolling the middle of the camp holding a whip to prevent people from making noise and bumping into each other.

Cheng Pu is already organizing the soldiers to light a fire and cook for the soldiers.

Before the soldiers woke up, Sun Ce took advantage of this time to summon all the generals and ordered: "When the soldiers wake up, count the injuries and downsizing immediately. Under my command, even the dead soldiers must have dignity. Don't let the soldiers wake up. Its dead body is in the wilderness, at least it must be buried in the ground. The soldiers who survived must not give up and must be treated with all their strength. Is there a military doctor in the army?"

Sun He cupped his hands and said, "General, I have two officers under my command who have some medical skills."

Jiang Qin also cupped his hands and said, "General, I have a military official under my command, who used to be a doctor."

Other generals also spoke one after another. There are nearly 3000 people in the army, and a total of eight people have a little knowledge of medicine.

But this little medical skill is really just a little bit, and it can usually help soldiers see their illnesses and bandage their wounds.Among the professional doctors, there is only one under Jiang Qin's command.

Sun Ce said: "Let your doctor gather all the soldiers who have a little bit of medical skills and serve as military doctors to take care of the wounded and sick soldiers. Go around and see if there are any herbs. If you can gather a little bit, it is a little bit."

Following Sun Ce's arrangement, everyone got busy.After the soldiers had finished eating, the statistical results were compiled.

Cheng Pu reported to Sun Cehui with a heavy heart: "Bo Fu, there were six wounded soldiers, sick patients, and frozen dead last night, and 16 others were frostbitten and sick. The problem now is that they don't know that their fever is just a cold. Still have typhoid."

"The wind and cold are fine. If it is typhoid, it may cause a large-scale plague."

Typhoid fever was the most important plague at the end of the Han Dynasty. The population of the Han Dynasty dropped from 6000 million to about [-] million during the Battle of Chibi in just a few decades. The troubled times were one of the reasons, and the other important reasons were plague and typhoid fever .

Five of the seven sons of Jian'an died of the plague, so that once typhoid fever appeared, every family would feel the pain of zombies, and every room would cry.Either close the door and die, or lose the family and die.

The common people thought that the epidemic was caused by ghosts and gods.So the foolish people hung amulets and hated it.This also led to serious religious overtones at the end of the Han Dynasty and the prevalence of witches.For example, under Sun Ce's rule, Yu Ji "made talisman water to cure diseases, and Wu Huiren was troublesome".In Romance, it was this witch who killed Sun Ce.

So Sun Ce paid great attention to the plague, and immediately said: "Let Sun He take people to bury the dead. I will personally comfort the wounded."

Cheng Pu quickly stopped and said: "Bo Fu, absolutely not. What if it is a plague and evil spirits enter your body, and you are also infected with the plague?"

Sun Ce waved his hand calmly and said, "If it's typhoid fever, absolutely not. This kind of plague is mainly caused by not paying attention to food hygiene. I don't touch their feces, sewage and food, so I won't be infected at all. I Last night, the entire army was ordered to pay attention to hygiene. But it is not enough for these wounded soldiers, water pollution is the biggest hidden danger. Chenggong, you will arrange for people to take care of them with clean boiling water."

Sun Ce's calm self-confidence and calm demeanor gave Cheng Pu great psychological confidence. He will be the courage of the army, and the general will be like this. He immediately lost his fear and accompanied Sun Ce to the place where the wounded soldiers gathered.

In fact, the number of injuries was far more than 16 people. In the two battles yesterday alone, there were more than 30 wounded soldiers. Fortunately, these people had been bandaged up according to Sun Ce's instructions yesterday.

Lang Zhong was able to concentrate on dealing with the injury from last night.

Sixteen wounded and sick were lying on the ground and wailing all over the place, especially two soldiers whose toes were frozen off. The doctor was cutting off his toes with a dagger and gouging out the frozen meat. It was torture, and the soldiers screamed hysterically.

Cheng Pu took the initiative and said, "I have already arranged three carriages to carry these wounded soldiers. At the same time, I will arrange military doctors to stay in the rear camp and take good care of them."

Sun Ce nodded and continued to look at the wounded.In such a short time, one sick soldier had already died.

The military doctor walked up to Sun Ce, sighed and said, "General, he stayed up all night and finally couldn't stand it, so let's bury him together."

Sun Ce waved to Chen Wu, and Chen Wu immediately arranged for two soldiers to carry the dead away.

Sun Ce comforted and encouraged each of the remaining soldiers, until the last one, Sun Ce's body froze suddenly. This wounded soldier was Wang Dou whom he had communicated with yesterday.

This teenage child was curled up on the ground in pain at this moment, his face was as pale as a dead person.In this very cold winter, he only has a short brown coat on his body, and he doesn't even have a pair of trousers, so he is easily frozen and has problems.

The extreme pain made him completely unable to open his eyes, but in this cold winter, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Even if Sun Ce squatted beside him, he didn't respond.

Sun Ce took a closer look and found that his whole body was already convulsed in pain, and he couldn't even hold his most precious pair of straw sandals.

The military doctor at the side shook his head at Sun Ce and said, "General, if there is no herbal medicine, he might not be able to survive tomorrow."

Sun Ce held the long knife tightly, almost biting his steel teeth, how could the Central Plains be reduced to such a situation!There is not even a little herbal medicine to cure the disease and save the life, so I can only watch the soldiers die!

When Wang Dou heard the sound, big teardrops rolled down his dirty face. Under the dirty face, a pair of eyes that still kept the innocence of a child opened weakly.

The child's eyes couldn't hide things, they were full of fear, worry and deep doubts.

Wang Dou raised his eyes with difficulty, looked at Sun Ce and asked, "General, am I going to die?"

As he spoke, he began to cry again, and said aggrievedly: "General, I don't want to die. I heard from the veterans yesterday that they have never experienced what it's like to be a woman, so I'm sorry for suffering so much."

Sun Ce took a deep breath and said to him: "You hold on, as long as you don't die, if we reach Jiangdong, I will reward you with a virtuous woman and help you get married in person."

"Really?" Wang Dou looked forward.

"Really!" Sun Ce replied firmly.

Wang Dou's eyes were crooked with a smile, but he burst into tears with a smile: "General, I'm afraid I can't wait for this day. Why do we have to fight? If there is no war, my parents will not die. If we hadn’t fought, my elder sister wouldn’t have been stranded in Huainan, where she was ravaged to death by the powerful. If there hadn’t been a war, we wouldn’t have wandered around without even a few herbs.”

Its voice is sad, and those who hear it are sad, and those who listen are weeping.

When a man is about to die, his words are good, and when a bird is about to die, his voice is also sad.What if the army reaches Jiangdong?How many people will continue to die?

People around all felt the miserable situation, and the whole army was in a hurry like stray dogs.

Sun Ce, however, was firm in his attitude, and with a tough voice, he looked around the crowd and said, "The reason why we fight is not to kill and loot, nor to claim the throne, nor even to restore the Han dynasty. Countless heroes now leave their homeland and their wives and entrust them to the Under my command, I only want to help the world together, help the crisis and the chaos."

"We opened up Jiangdong in order to create a pure land. In this land, doctors can safely collect medicinal herbs, cure diseases and save lives. The government does not impose excessive taxes, and the people can live and work in peace. There is no war in the four directions, and all of you can enjoy peace with your wives !"

"The current world is chaotic and difficult. If we succeed, we can build a peaceful and prosperous world in Jiangdong!"

Everyone is all moved!He looked at Sun Ce seriously.

The general is so loyal and strong, and his words are generous, everyone is moved by his ambition, and their hearts are full of enthusiasm!
If there is such a Jiangdong, it must be the Dazhizhou County that everyone yearns for.

Wang Dou also had longing on his face, grabbed Sun Ce's hand as if grasping a life-saving straw, and asked pantingly, "General... can we really live this kind of life?"

Sun Ce helped him into the luggage cart, let him lie down on the cart to rest, and then said to him affirmatively: "survive, follow me to Jiangdong, I guarantee that each of you will live this kind of life."

A cart is a cart with a heavy load lying on it.

This is the most important logistics supply vehicle at the moment, a vehicle used to transport military supplies such as weapons, clothing and food.It is mainly drawn by horses and cattle.According to the detailed list in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic": "A cart of grain is 25 shi", "Empty carts travel seventy miles a day, and heavy carts travel fifty miles a day."

In fact, the carts in the army were able to carry food, and there were three horses to carry the wounded and sick, and the extra food had to be carried by the soldiers.

This was originally a matter of complaints, but just after witnessing the scene where the general loves his soldiers like his son and has great ambitions, the soldiers volunteered to help carry the food.

At this moment, all the soldiers believe that if they bear the burden of the whole army today, if they are injured or sick tomorrow, the general will never leave them alone.

Those who hold salaries for everyone should not let them be choked by the wind and snow.

Under the unity of all, the morale of the whole army was like a rainbow, and they marched slowly towards the east.

Sun Ce personally led Jiang Qin's more than ten cavalry to patrol the surrounding area, strictly preventing soldiers from corrupting military discipline, looting civilians, raping, prostitution, and women.

With the assistance of all the generals, the army is currently under threat and ban, and anyone who dares to disturb the people will be punished without mercy!
But after walking for a day, Sun Ce found that his worries were completely unnecessary.

There are not many people along the way for soldiers to disturb the people.

There are deserted fields everywhere, and there are not even a few huts, but there are a few in the deserted townships and villages. There are ruins everywhere, and there are a few common people's houses with bare walls, and people are dying.

After inquiring with them, Sun Ce found out that the rebellious soldiers had visited here many times, and all those who could escape had fled to the powerful Wubao.

The army camped in the middle of a deserted li at night. In the Han Dynasty, ten li was a pavilion, and ten pavilions were a township. The li was roughly equivalent to the village level in later generations, but the scale was smaller.

Here, Lizheng fled early, and the few remaining civilians did not dare to stay when they saw the army, and fled into the mountains early.The dozens of vacant houses can be used by the soldiers of the Sun family to avoid the cold at night.

Although these houses have already been desolate, Lu Fan still led the soldiers to patrol around, strictly enforced military discipline, and strictly prohibited the soldiers from taking needles and threads from the people.

Cheng Pu settled his soldiers, found Sun Ce, and said, "Bo Fu, there is bad news or good news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Sun Ce said with a smile, "Is there any good news? You must listen to it first."

"The good news is that many heroes defected here today. In addition to the soldiers recruited along the way, there are more than 500 new soldiers today."

The so-called enlisted soldiers are actually asking the refugees in the ravine of death, I have food here, do you want to join us in the army?

Rather than recruiting young adults, it is better to say that it is accepting refugees.

Nowadays, most of the armies under the command of the princes are virtuous, driving refugees into soldiers and plundering the Quartet.Including the well-known Liu Bei, when he rushed to help Xuzhou, he also used more than a thousand soldiers and Youzhou Karasuma Zahuqi slightly killed thousands of hungry people.This strategy is the looting of looting.

However, those heroes who defected to Sun Ce's account were relatively strong, and they were heroes in the Jiangbiao area.

Sun Ce was busy with strict military discipline, and he didn't have time to identify them one by one. He planned to find an opportunity to pick out all the elite inside.

"What about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that due to the increase in the number of people, the food and grass will not last long. If there is no income, the food will soon run out."

Sun Ce didn't frown, but couldn't help laughing.

This world is so ironic, it is possible to carry more than 3000 knives, and starve to death.

The main reason is that the economy of the Eastern Han Dynasty was completely supported by the powerful manor economy.

Especially in this troubled time, common people have defected to the powerful Wubao.

Outside Wubao, there are large tracts of abandoned land.What is the concept of this blockbuster?
Cao Cao can find a place to farm at random, and he can reclaim millions of acres of good farmland a year.

Any official in Huainan who can go to the county and seriously resume production will be able to recruit tens of thousands of farmers, reclaim wasteland, develop irrigation, and restore agriculture.

The problem faced by the great Han Dynasty was not land annexation at all, but heavy taxes, so that the people starved to death everywhere, and they all hid themselves under the powerful subordinates and became their trilogy.

After all, the population of this land that has raised 6000 million people is declining sharply. In a few years, ten houses will be empty, and only a few million people will be left.Under such circumstances, tens of millions of mu or even hundreds of millions of mu of fertile land have been abandoned, so there is no basis for land mergers.

And Haoqiang led his troops to hide in Wubao, and their manor formed its own complete ecology, from persuading farming and mulberry, to animal husbandry, and even manual production and ordnance building.

Except for some harsh goods such as salt, iron, silk, and tea, which they cannot produce out of thin air and need commercial trade, they are basically an independent kingdom and do not need foreign exchanges.

Cheng Pu saw that Sun Ce could still laugh, so he gained confidence and said, "Bo Fu, your calm demeanor really has the legacy of a prince. During the battle between Dong Zhuo and Luyang, Dong Zhuo's prefect Hu Zhen supervised Lv Bu. Waiting for the generals to lead the troops to Luyang to meet the battle. At that time, the prince and my subordinates were drinking and talking and laughing, when Hu Zhen's Qingqi suddenly arrived, and the whole army was shocked."

"Junhou ordered the troops to reorganize their lineup and not to move rashly, while he drank and talked and laughed freely. After Xiliang cavalry gradually gathered, Junhou slowly got up and left his seat, commanding the soldiers to enter the city in an orderly manner."

"Hu Zhen saw that our soldiers and horses were neat and disciplined, so he didn't dare to attack the city, so he led the crowd away."

Sun Ce turned his head and glanced at Cheng Pu, this elegant general, with a serious expression on his face at the moment.

"Bofu, do you understand what I mean?"

(End of this chapter)