Time flies Before you know it, it's the beginning of winter At this time, northern China has long been covered by wind and snow, and in Jingzhou, it is also full of winter slaughter At the beginning of winter, the first frost has been laid, and the visible bamboo leaves have begun to pull up the leaves, and a thin layer of coarse ice has formed on the pond pool, but it has not reached the extent that it can stand people. \ In the early morning, the outside world is also white, and at noon, the less warm sun drives away the frost and snow.
And Cao Chong has been on the front line for more than a month.
After more than a month of military career, Cao Chong looked a lot stronger, because he often walked around the barracks and visited sages, so Cao Chong's face was much darker than before.
Cao Chong originally looked like a noble son, even if he didn't have powder on his face, it was still like powder, which made people feel weak, but now, the dark skin on Cao Chong's body and the muscles on his arms of some scale are not easy to underestimate.
In the past few days, after Cao Cao pacified the people of the four counties of Jingnan, he quickly moved the temporary seat to Jiangling City in the southern county.
Nanjun is run through by the Yangtze River, and now the other half is still in the hands of Sun Quan When Cao Cao left Changsha City, by the way, most of the soldiers in Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling County were extracted, and a total of 30,000 people were drawn out and organized into an army, which is now led by Han Xuan, of course, Cao Chong also has the official position of a marching Sima in it.
This is also one of the reasons why Cao Chong has been busy recently.
Because Han Xuan and the others were rewarded by Cao Cao, even if they were a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it, not to mention that this army of 30,000 people was still led by their own people, which made the families of the four counties of Jingnan even more have nothing to say.
Cao Chong became a marching horse, so naturally he let the people around him find an official position.
Zhou Budo is a literati, he doesn't need any official position, as long as he is recruited, plus there is a relationship with Cao Chong, the official position will not be small, rather than letting the first official position of his career be in the military, it is better not to have an official position, Zhou Budo as a staff member, in the big tent to make suggestions.
Hao Zhao was originally a Yamen general, and the military lord was actually not low, although Cao Chong was a marching horse, he couldn't promote Hao Zhao much.
Zhou Dufu Gaoyi was a centurion, and he was directly promoted to Qu Lieutenant by Cao Chong, but he was still responsible for his own safety, and he was the role of a guard.
As for Guo Xiao, these people were not particularly keen on military positions, so they became Cao Chong's staff, and for a time, among the more than 30,000 people in the four counties of Jingnan, 10,000 were controlled by Cao Chong.
If another person controlled these 10,000 people, Han Xuan would naturally have an opinion, but Cao Chong was Cao Cao's son and knew him well, so it did not arouse Han Xuan's disgust.
In these days, the water of the Yangtze River is getting smaller and smaller day by day, and in some slow-flowing sections, even some ice floes appear, one-third of the river channel is exposed with river sand, and on the narrowest section of the river, you stand on the river bank, and you can even shoot arrows to the opposite bank.
At this time, the natural risk of the Yangtze River is almost useless.
It stands to reason that this is Cao Cao's best time to attack, but Cao Cao did not act, and the biggest reason is naturally due to military illness.
A month ago, this disease was a certain omen, and it spread like a plague in the barracks, but fortunately, under Cao Chong's advice, there were many healers in the army, but as time went by, more and more people became ill.
Originally, a healer only needed to be in charge of one patient, but now he needs to be in charge of five or ten, not to mention whether these healers have the energy to be in charge of these people, even if they have energy, they are not enough medicinal materials.
It is important to know that this schistosomiasis is very difficult to treat in this era, and the main effect of those medicinal materials is to suppress the disease, kill the schistosomiasis inside, and achieve the degree that the disease is controlled.
But there is medicine that can suppress the condition, it does not mean that the medicine is enough Chen Ming Chen Liangpu's prescription is called Qingspleen Drink, and the prescription is 12 grams of Bupleurum chinensis, 12 grams of skullcap, 6 grams of green skin, 10 grams of Magnolia officinalis, 10 grams of grass fruit, 10 grams of Fabanxia, 12 grams of Poria cocos, 12 grams of gardenia, 10 grams of Coptis chinensis, 15 grams of honeysuckle, and 6 grams of licorice.
Although these medicinal materials are not particularly difficult to find, they can't stand the crowd Tens of thousands of people got sick together, and the medicinal materials needed were geometric At this time in the world, where are there so many medicinal materials, even if there are so many medicinal materials, it is impossible to transport them to this place so quickly.
So even if Cao Cao used all his strength, he still only got enough medicinal materials for 10,000 people, and as for the others, there were really no medicinal materials, whether it was life or death, it was a headache for the various responsible persons.
The plague {schistosomiasis} was rampant, and the morale of the army was a little unstable.
This is the reason why Cao Cao didn't do it, he had to eliminate the hidden dangers in the army first.
Fortunately, this plague is not without a trace, as early as the eve of the war, Cao Chong wrote a letter to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao did not pay much attention to it at that time, so it became the current situation.
Cao Chong explained in his previous letter that it was because of the water, so Cao Cao made a decision immediately, and issued a military order in the army at that time: only boiling water can be used, and the sick soldiers are not allowed to eat and drink with the non-sick soldiers, and directly isolate those patients.
Because of Cao Chong's previous letter, Cao Cao even went to see Cao Chong in person once, hoping that Cao Chong could have a solution, but Cao Chong was not a doctor, and the previous letter was also predicted by his traverser's eyes, as for the treatment method, Cao Chong really didn't know.
Cao Chong thought that he was familiar with books and knew that there were many miasma in the south, so he advised Cao Cao to boil the water before drinking.
Cao Cao praised Cao Chong's knowledge on the surface, but the sad look on his face did not decrease much.
If there is no way to even write to Cao Chong, who wrote a letter to himself, then who else will have a way Cao Chong naturally had no choice, but immediately recommended Chen Ming, and Chen Ming lived up to expectations, although there were very few medicinal materials, but the epidemic was temporarily controlled, and Cao Jun was concerned about the prevention of service disease, and there was not much of a problem for a while.
Of course, this is just an illusion If there are not enough medicinal materials, the labor disease will still break out, and when the time comes, one by one will have a big belly, and the hands and feet will be weak How to fight How to win battles Therefore, everyone in Cao's camp understood that facing them was a war with a quick victory, and if it could be resolved quickly, with Jiangdong's medicinal material reserves that had not fought for many years, it should be able to treat these tens of thousands of people.
But if he couldn't make a quick decision, even if Cao Cao was unwilling, he had to retreat and ask the family for medicinal materials.
Therefore, the quick battle is a crucial thing for the current Cao Jun: