Chapter 42: Quelling the Rebellion in Southern Xinjiang (3)
"This prison army has seen Rong Shuai here." Xiao Shaokang turned over and dismounted, and Shi Shiran saluted him.
Xiao Shaokang took the lead in saluting Rong Jingcheng, even if he had his face, Rong Jingcheng would naturally return the color. After greeting each other, the army brought by Du Yunjin and Xiao Shaokang was led by the deputy general and stationed in the camp outside the city to recuperate, while Du Yunjin and Xiao Shaokang slowly entered the city with Rong Jingcheng.
This is indeed a completely different scenery from the imperial capital and the crescent city, the local climate is hot, the people are wearing short shirts and thin clothes, and even then they are sweating from the sun, and people wearing armor such as Du Yunjin are even more unbearable heat.
Rong Jingcheng explained to the two of them while marching: "Most of our sergeants are transferred from the north, which is not suitable for the local climate, coupled with the prevalence of local poisonous fog, and the hot weather, one person can often implicate dozens of people in a few days, so it has been lost more than half before the war. ”
Speaking of this, Du Yunjin naturally turned his attention to Xiao Shaokang, he can't go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, and second, he can't strategize and win thousands of miles away, his only use is his mastery of medical skills, maybe he can resolve the dilemma at this time.
Xiao Shaokang's expression was more stern than usual, and he listened to Rong Jingcheng's description very quietly, constantly recalling in his mind about the prevention and treatment methods of such diseases. Hot weather can be good or bad for the disease, but it is really bad for infectious diseases, it can spread the disease more quickly than usual, and if the disease is diagnosed a minute or two late, it may have already spread.
The group stopped and walked until dusk before arriving at the county warden's office in Long Island County. The county guard of Changdao County had fled with all his belongings as early as when the Yi people first came to invade, and the imperial court was angry at his behavior, and issued a document to pursue him, and caught him in Yizhou, a critical place in the Central Plains in southern Xinjiang, and Yizhou Taishou was ordered to kill this person on the spot, and hung it on the city tower for seven days to set an example. After that, the imperial court appointed several county guards one after another, all of whom died in a few days after taking office, so that no one in the court dared to serve as the county guard of Long Island again, and this position was vacant, and when Rong Jingcheng led the army to arrive, the affairs of the county guard were taken over by him.
Du Yunjin and Xiao Shaokang were led by Rong Jingcheng's personal soldiers to the south and west wings in the backyard of the county guard's mansion, and the east wing became Rong Jingcheng's study and bedroom.
Even in the county guard's mansion, Du Yunjin does not have a maid to serve him, not because of anything else, but because people like Rong Jingcheng who have been in the army all the year round usually use their own soldiers to take care of their own affairs, and it is very troublesome to use a maid if it is not suitable. When Du Yunjin didn't return to the imperial capital, he was also used to living like this, and he didn't feel any inconvenience at the moment, but the king of Yu who went to the battlefield for the first time was probably a little unaccustomed to it.
Du Yunjin imagined the helpless picture of Xiao Shaokang, who had always been pampered, in his mind, and couldn't help but snicker.
"Du Xianxian, the hot water you want."
The soldiers knocked on the door, and after getting Du Yunjin's response, they moved in the wooden barrel full of hot water.
The weather here was very difficult to adapt to, and after they went out, Du Yunjin closed the door and began to untie the armor soaked in sweat. She was not in good health, and she especially didn't like the slimy feeling on her body, so the first thing she thought of after settling down was to wash it properly.
Their armor was made of the finest iron, which was strong and difficult for ordinary swords and spears to penetrate, but it was ...... Du Yunjin only wore a shirt, picked up the armor on the table and pondered. At that time, I was galloping on the Gobi Desert and didn't think there was anything wrong with the armor, but when I arrived in southern Xinjiang, it seemed that it was a little unsuitable. First of all, the armor is very heavy, which is not conducive to the flexibility of the soldier's body, and once sweating, it will be penetrated, and it cannot be dried for a long time, which will more or less affect the morale of the soldier, and it is easy to contract the wind and cold, leading to the concurrent spread of other diseases.
It seems that the first problem in dealing with the Yi people is to change the armor. A kind of armor that is light and flexible, and is not easily soaked by sweat.
The water in the barrel was steaming, like the early morning of the winter day in the imperial capital, and the white earth was covered with a thin layer of mist. Inside the mist, a familiar figure slowly walked towards her. She reached out to him, and he affectionately stroked her falling hair, and whispered in her ear, "Jin'er, hard work." ”
Such a familiar voice made Du Yunjin unable to stop crying, she used her weak body to support Changdao County, all because she shouldered his future fate. The heavier it was, the more she had to carry it, she didn't want to see him fall into a sad and ridiculous situation again, she wanted to see his smile, a bright smile, a smile for a long time.
"Ah Yu ......"
Her outstretched hand fell into the air, and only then did she remember that she was already in Long Island County, and that person was still in the imperial capital. It's been two months since she left the imperial capital, I don't know how he's doing? Although Xiao Feng has woken up, after all, he has never been biased, Xiao Yuli is pressing forward step by step, even Baili Guang is backwater, and there is no other credible person around him. In every correspondence, he only said four simple words, he only told him that he was fine, but she always felt that he was not doing very well, she only hoped that she could destroy the Yi people as soon as possible, return to the imperial capital as soon as possible, return to his side, and see with her own eyes whether he was doing well or not.
For the first time, she deeply hated why she had to take the "Dream Break" in the first place, if there was no "Dream Break", she would still be the Du Yunjin of the past, Du Yunjin with good martial arts. She could carry her spear and lead the soldiers to kill the Yi people directly, instead of hiding in the county guard mansion like she is now thinking of various countermeasures.
If she was still the former Du Yunjin, she would have protected him a long time ago!
"Sister-in-law?"
Xiao Shaokang's voice suddenly came from outside the door, Du Yunjin woke up from her contemplation, and she grabbed the regular clothes that were on the side and put them on her body before opening the door for Xiao Shaokang.
Unlike Du Yunjin, Xiao Shaokang was still wearing armor, and his cheeks were flushed, revealing elation.
"Sister-in-law, I found it." He handed the small porcelain vase in his hand to Du Yunjin and shook it like a treasure.
"Found what?" Du Yunjin took the small porcelain bottle in his hand puzzled, this bottle was full of pills, as for what kind of pills, he had to ask Xiao Shaokang to know.
"Sister-in-law asked for the pill."
The pill she wanted, Du Yunjin subconsciously held the porcelain bottle tightly. Even if she can't get back to her former self, at least it's great to make her less soft.
"But sister-in-law, this pill was originally refined by me in the past, and I have tried it a few times, and the effect is good, but there are some later symptoms. The eldest sister-in-law should not take it unless she has to. ”
Xiao Shaokang looked at the small porcelain bottle held by her Qianqianyu fingers and said worriedly.