The ruts overloaded the accumulated water, which shocked a pool of mosquitoes.

Ji Shihe patted his arm, flew away the flattened mosquito bullet, then wiped his sweat, and walked towards the city gate.

At this moment, the sound of gathering soldiers suddenly sounded in a military camp outside the city, followed by a wave of noise higher and higher.

Ji Shihe waved his hand and asked his nephew to escort military rations into the city, but he stayed outside.

"Grand." Xuancheng Ling Jicheng came over and said politely.

Ji Shihe glanced at his son and smiled without realizing it.

It was mid-July, and it was the hottest time, but my son was meticulously wearing an official robe, as if he was not afraid of the heat, and he felt a little shy when he thought about it. Don’t blame the Ji family for being so, he was so happy.

He was the prefect of Xuancheng, and his son Ji Cheng was the commander of Xuancheng. He got two officials in one family. This is really a good match.

The foundation for the Ji family in Xuancheng was laid for a century, and future generations would thank them.

"What are you running around here? How important is the head of a county? Don't miss the military and national affairs." Ji Shihe scolded him with a stern face.

"Grandma said it." Ji Cheng was humbly taught, and then said, "The resources required for the army to go to war have been distributed, and it is enough for one month. Grandma just needs to put the new grain into the palace."

After saying that, he asked in a low voice: "Is the food and grass still enough?"

"You can still support me." Ji Shihe Yi whispered: "Jiangbei has surrendered in a large area, and Henan's food and grass will be transported next month. Be patient first, it's time, and you must not make a mistake. If you get angry, these two officials in my family may not be able to keep it."

After hearing this, Ji Cheng nodded seriously and said, "Grandma said yes."

It would be fine if there was no investment, but the Ji family had already invested so much, not only money and food, but also the lives of the patriarchs, the consumption of the accumulated favors, etc., and the value was immeasurable. As long as one prefect and one county magistrate were kept, they could slowly make money back, and they might even be promoted to the family.

The Zhou family in Yixing, Shen family in Wukang, and Qian family in Great Wall have been tossing for hundreds of years, and they have already obtained half of it.

The other half needs to be continuous, that is, at least three consecutive generations of officials are officials. The family must have some cultural heritage, otherwise you will not be able to join that circle, you will not be able to know the county Chung-chan, or the state Chung-chan.

If you don’t know these people, no one will say good things to your family, and no one will praise your children, how can you get into the county and be ranked among the gentry?

"This group of people went to war, is it okay?" Ji Shihe pointed to the sergeant who was lined up in the camp and said.

"The Silver Spear Army will send hundreds of people to the formation, so there should be no serious trouble." Ji Cheng said.

"Why are there only a few hundred people?" Ji Shihe frowned.

"I am reluctant to ask for help." Ji Cheng said, "This is a soldier who has recovered from illness. It seems to be from several buildings. It was temporarily transferred and organized. It was led by a leader named Tang Xiang. Xuancheng has more than 3,000 soldiers, and my family has a thousand soldiers, and the rest have collected two thousand."

In fact, Ji Cheng was right, this was indeed a silver spear and a local soldier after recovering from illness.

The so-called recovery from the disease is actually mainly caused by "mild symptoms" such as fever and diarrhea. It occurred one after another in a few months after crossing the river. It reached its peak in June and has been relieved this month.

Whether it is the military doctor or the medical treatment person invited from Xuancheng, they cannot tell what disease they have.

In the end, we can only summarize it in the four words "not adapting to the environment".

It looks very crude, but there is no way. Medical knowledge is just like this. "Treat Disease" has listed many types of diseases, but compared to the number of diseases that really exist in the world, it is still a drop in the bucket.

There are many people who are not accustomed to the local environment, accounting for about half of them.

Some people get better after a few days of illness, some people get better after ten or half a month, while others get sick within two months and are weak all over, and of course some people have not survived.

As for those diseases that are clearly included in the "Treat Disease" catalog, such as malaria, diarrhea (dysenteria, i.e. dysentery), there are many people who die.

While the Ji family and his son were talking, several people came out of the city.

The leader was Tang Xiang, who was also surrounded by an official who had just come from Jiangbei recently. Looking at Ji Shi and had never seen him, Ji Cheng went forward to salute and said, "General Tang, Dr. Wang."

Ji Shihe also stepped forward to salute, and the two returned the salute.

After the ceremony, Tang Xiang glanced at the Ji father and son and said, "You can do it yourself, I have something to do."

The Ji father and son then retired.

Tang Xiang looked at "Dr. Wang" again and said, "Don't just worry about writing books, think of a solution."

"Okay." Dr. Wang responded.

His name is Wang Jin, and he is the son of Wang Bing, the inner historian of Wuyuan, and a member of the Donghai Wang clan.

He is not young anymore, and is over thirty years old. He has been staying in his hometown and doing nothing.

Of course, this is not completely true.

This person has a quirk, that is, he can cure diseases and does not charge money. But there is one thing that he does not follow the old method at all, and depends entirely on his own understanding. Sometimes he will come up with some method after slapping his head and then follow this.

If you can accept this, he will give you free treatment. If you don’t accept it, he will watch you die and will not frown.

If you are tired, tired or in a bad mood, then go out to travel and have fun, or chat with others. A typical scholar's child who is extremely bored and tries to find some fun in life.

When Shao Xun asked if there were any talented talents in Donghai, someone recommended this fellow villager, so he was discovered, joined the Imperial Medical Office, went south with the army to record the epidemic in the army, and by the way, he improved the book "Tremella Disease" and this kind of book must be released regularly, because new diseases can be added at any time.

"You said yesterday that the Wu people were alive with insects, which sounds like a fallacy." Before leaving, Tang Xiang turned his head and said.

"It's not what I said, the emperor said." Wang Jin replied expressionlessly.

Tang Xiang’s room.

Wang Jin smiled and said, "The emperor also said that some people with Wu may have virulent insects (malaria parasites) that cause malaria. They were sucked by mosquitoes and then passed on to others. I collected a bowl of blood and looked for them all for a day, but I didn't see the poisonous insects. Do you believe the emperor's words?"

Tang Xiang dared not speak out.

Wang Jin laughed and said, "Actually, I believe it a little. Before coming here, the emperor talked about the Bixiao Palace.

Speaking of malaria in Jiangnan, the four words "survival with insects". The implication is that many people in Wu have had scar disease and recovered later, but the poisonous insects did not die and were still alive in their bodies. Therefore, some people will still have an attack, but they are very mild (mild), while others will not have an attack again (asymptomatic). However, if mosquitoes suck their blood and then bite the northern people, the northern people may not be able to withstand it."

Tang Xiang sighed. The little poisonous insect didn't want to do anything!

Even if you put dozens of Wu soldiers in front of him, he would dare to catch the knife and rush up alone, but the poisonous insects cannot be seen or touched, but there is no way to do anything.

In fact, it makes sense to survive with insects (asymptomatic, but carrying scar worms, that is, incomplete immunity)

The refugees from the north who went south were swept by malaria and died a large number of people, but many people survived. Are there poisonous insects in their internal organs and blood? It is hard to say.

"You'd better write a book well." Tang Xiang said, "Last time I saw you remembered several different scar diseases, and I was so scared. This time I was really hurt by poisonous insect pits. It would be better to live in the city. Don't see me off when I left."

Wang Jin bowed his hand, but he didn't give it to him.

*******

On July 22, the sun shines brightly and the heat is hard to bear.

However, within the past seven days, the team of three or four thousand people led by Tang Xiang has experienced two baptisms of heavy rains.

The tent is not at all responsible. When I sleep, my whole body is soaked. Many people are burned again and even talk nonsense.

He had to be placed in the army of the Song and Heavy Department, and asked the accompanying army to take good care of the young people. In fact, how good can the conditions in the wilderness be? Whether it can be cured depends entirely on whether it is hard to be healthy.

The outline of Wuhu City appeared far ahead.

While climbing up to look, Tang Xiang found that the road seemed to be flooded.

Shicheng Wei Liu Xiaoshu led 500 people as the vanguard and advanced hard in the yellow mud soup.

The mud completely covered the legs of the trousers, and the soles of the straw sandals were covered with mud.

Five hundred people slowly approached the city wall with a very slow and funny movement, and Liu Xiaoshu's heart even reached his throat.

If someone shoots arrows on the city wall at this time, they will be a living target.

The south gate of Wuhu seemed to be open, and a large group of people walked out.

Liu Xiaoshu stroked his hand to the hilt of the knife, and the members were also on guard.

Fortunately, the defenders stopped at the door. After a while, several people stepped forward and shouted, "But the Daliang King's Army?"

"That's right." Liu Xiaoshu raised his chest and responded loudly.

"It's considered that you've been waiting for you." The leader on the opposite side seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "If you don't come again, someone will rebel."

Liu Xiaoshu speeded up and muddy water splashed everywhere for a moment.

After walking to a high ground, he tried hard and asked, "Where is Shanxia?"

"Leave." The man replied, "If he doesn't leave, it will be impossible for me to surrender."

"Why are you leaving? Where are you going?"

"I was going to stick to it, but he was sick and drowsy. The staff and the generals of the staff were discouraged and carried him onto the boat and back to Jianye."

"How many people have you taken away?"

"There should be eight thousand."

"How do you know?"

"As the people from the Ruxuwu Navy said, many of them also returned to Jianye. Most of the remaining ones were Huainan, Lujiang, and Xuancheng people. They were unwilling to follow Jianye, so they gathered in Wuhu and surrendered to Daliang with us."

"The defeat is like a mountain of fall." Liu Xiaoshu sighed, then waved his hand and said, "Let everyone in the city come out and hand over the equipment."

"As for the order." The opposite side responded, then went back to convey the order.

Liu Xiaoshu ran back to where Tang Xiang stood and reported the matter.

Tang Xiang nodded and said, "No wonder Jiangbei attacked Dongguan. Ruxuwu was so smooth. It turned out that there were two empty cities."

After saying that, he looked up at the scorching sun in the air and said, "You mother! After several days of march, dozens of people fell to the ground in the sunshine. Finally, they arrived at the place."

On the 22nd, Liang Jun controlled Wuhu.

After a few days of rest, a messenger came to Wanling: He reported that the Jingzhou Navy had won a complete victory, and Wang Bin's family burned himself.

The counties in Jiangzhou surrendered to Zhuge Hui one after another.
Chapter completed!