Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 834 Looking for materials

   After reading the letter, Qiuwu immediately returned it to Zhao Ming with both hands, and solemnly

   Zhao Ming asked the two of them to go down and prepare.

   Zhao Hanzhang, who was separated from them by a city, returned to the barracks with a cold body, dropped his spear and turned to the wounded barracks.

  Wounded soldiers were brought back continuously, they were mainly wounded by stones and arrows, as well as kerosene...

  At the entrance, there are military doctors sorting out the wounded soldiers, prioritizing the wounded soldiers, and having them carried to various areas for treatment.

  In the Zhao family army led by Zhao Hanzhang, there are only fifteen military doctors and eighty-six military nurses, most of whom are women.

  They have great strength and skilled movements. Once the wounded soldiers are lifted, those who should stop bleeding should stop bleeding, those who should saw their legs should be sawed, and those who should dig arrows should be dug.

  Zhao Hanzhang rolled up his sleeves as he walked, and asked the general doctor who rushed over, "Is there enough medicine?"

   "It's not enough. Luoyang has just sent a batch of medicinal materials, but there are not enough manpower. If you attack the city tomorrow, the number of wounded soldiers may increase."

   Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Ting Han to find some more people for you."

  Military doctor should always come down.

  Zhao Hanzhang waved him off to help, she rolled up her sleeves and went to help. Both she and Fu Tinghan had learned battlefield first aid from military doctors, and even now the military treatment can have the current scale, based on their management and training in the past few years.

It's a pity that special talents like doctors are still rare. They have been trained for three years, and there are only more than one hundred military doctors. However, there are many military doctors currently training, and there are military nurses to help. It was much better before.

  But in Zhao Hanzhang's view, this is far from enough.

  She stayed in the wounded barracks until night. After the wounded soldiers were basically dealt with and everyone was appeased, she left covered in blood.

  The central army general has made arrangements and is waiting in the big tent.

  Zhao Hanzhang didn't change his clothes, but just wiped his hands and asked, "Is there any news anywhere?"

General Zhao Ze said: "Return to the envoy, we have lost contact with Ningling in Meng County, but listening to the movement, the general offensive has been launched. There should be attacks from the direction of Sui County and Wuping, and the direction of Xiayi County is 80 miles away from us. There's the shadow of an army here."

  Fu Tinghan handed over a piece of paper and said: "I just received the news that three days ago, Shi Le quietly sent out a large army and left Xiayi County. Looking at the trend, it is going to Jizhou."

   Zhao Hanzhang's eyes brightened slightly, and he asked, "How many people are there?"

   "The scouts couldn't find it for the time being. They bypassed the city we had recovered, entered Qingzhou from the west of Yanzhou, and then rushed towards Jizhou. All traces along the way were swept away."

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "It seems that there are not many people left by Shi Le in Xiayi County. Now that Meng County and Ningling have been attacked by force, and we have regained so much lost ground, he will probably return to Yanzhou to preserve his strength."

  Zhao Hanzhang knocked on the table and said: "Shi Le will definitely save Zhixiong and Taobao. He should give up Xiayi County to support Meng County and Ningling, Chen Yi."

  A bearded man immediately stepped forward, bowed and said, "The end is here."

   "Tomorrow, you will take two teams to defend the road from Xiayi County. Once you find the enemy, report it immediately!"

   "Wei!"

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "Zhao Ze, Wuliang."

   "The end is here."

   "Continue to attack tomorrow, within three days, Meng County is bound to be taken!"

   "Wei!"

   Waiting for them to retreat, Zhao Hanzhang asked Fu Tinghan, "How much gunpowder can be made from the existing materials?"

  Fu Tinghan said: "Ten catties."

  Zhao Hanzhang frowned.

  Fu Tinghan looked at her brow and said, "I'll take someone out tomorrow to find saltpeter and sulfur."

  He said: "There is equipment in the army, as long as I can find it, even if it is rough, I can purify it."

  Zhao Hanzhang nodded after thinking for a while, "You bring more people."

  Fu Tinghan should go down.

  Because of the war, it was difficult to find even an ordinary villager here. Fu Tinghan led people to run a long distance before finding a few abandoned old people in a village.

  The whole village is empty, only five old people live together in one house.

  In fact, they are not very old, one is even only thirty-nine years old, but his hair is gray, his back is stooped, and his face is covered with wrinkles of hardship. All five of them are barefoot and naked.

  Seeing Fu Tinghan riding a tall horse, they immediately hid in the house, trembling and afraid to come out.

   It was Fu An who yelled several times outside, saying that they were Zhao Jiajun, and then the old people came out tremblingly, their muddy eyes swept across the faces of the soldiers, and finally settled on Fu Tinghan.

Seeing that he was gentle, handsome and noble, their waists became even lower. As soon as they stepped out of the threshold, they immediately knelt down and said in trembling voices: "All the young and strong men in the village were captured by the barbarians or escaped. There are no strong men in the village. , and no food."

Fu Tinghan stepped forward to help them up, took the grain bags handed over by Fu An and stuffed them into their hands, saying: "We are not here to recruit soldiers, nor are we here to collect grain. The Zhao family army is recovering Meng County. If we are lucky enough to get your Help, this battle may end sooner, and the people who left their hometowns can come back sooner."

  The old people looked at each other and asked nervously, "I don't know what I can do for the general?"

"Are you going to be a human shield?" The old man touched the grain bag he had just obtained, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's not impossible, but this grain is not enough, and we can't eat enough. At least two catties of grain should be given for us to eat." Go only when you are full."

  When he said this, the other old people nodded immediately, "Yes, even if I die, I will be a dead ghost!"

  The human shield is to drive the people and captives to make a shield in front when attacking the city, attracting arrows on the tower, so that the army behind can have time to rush up.

  Shi Le and Liu Cong liked to drive away the Han people and captives to serve as human shields. Several cities were beaten down in this way, and the Han people suffered heavy casualties.

Fu Tinghan had never encountered such a thing, but he could imagine such a tragic situation just by hearing it. His heart trembled, and he shook his head and said: "It's not a human shield, but Zhao Jiajun needs to find something, but we are not familiar with this area, so I want to I would like to ask some old husbands."

  Fu Tinghan described sulfur and saltpeter, "...there is a special smell, or is there warm soup nearby?"

  Fu Tinghan paused and then said: "Your village or somewhere you know has dry toilets, the ones that last a long time and smell bad are fine."

   If you can't find saltpeter, you can only find a way from the toilet.

  The last five old people took Fu Tinghan to a latrine at the end of the village. A strong stench came to his nostrils, and Fu Tinghan couldn't help covering his mouth and nose.

  The old people said: "This is where our village stores manure and compost."

  Fu An covered his nose in disbelief: "Your village is still hoarding gold and water together?"

   Noble people are troublesome, dung water is dung water, and it is also called golden water.

But the old people didn't say anything, and said: "You Zhao's army came to ask us to do this. It is said that Governor Zhao made a new recipe for retting, and the retting is fast and good. Don't say it, it's really fast. It’s easy to use, and the harvest in the field has increased by 10% in those two years.”

"Oh, it's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Who knew that the barbarians came again and knocked down our county town. Our two-year savings will be wiped out. We must have committed a lot of crimes in our previous life, so we were reborn in troubled times in this life. "

  (end of this chapter)