On the south bank of the Han River, where Liu Bei's camp is located.

It was noon when Guan Yu arrived by boat, and Liu Bei sat under the canopy in the camp, watching the officials in the camp.

These officials were trimming their hair with scissors, Guan Yu walked briskly, and when he approached, he saw Liu Bei waving to him, and after a little salute, he sat on the side of the orange canopy, and some waiters brought him a cyan canopy.

Liu Bei took a long breath and handed the scissors in his hand to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, the sergeant is difficult to withstand the scorching heat, and the thieves rely on the strong city, and the officials are already sad." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at it, and Guan Yu also saw a row of wooden plates in front of him, which contained cropped hair, many grease, lice, and the like.

Since the dispatch of troops, Xiakou has been successfully captured in the early stage, and now Huang Quan and Shamoke have attacked Wuchang on the south bank, and confronted He Qi and Buqi; On the north bank, Huang Zhong and Li Yan attacked Jiangxia City and confronted Han Dang.

Guan Yu's navy confronted Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's sailors on the river, and the three fronts were each fighting, and the Wu army was tenacious and never torn.

If any line of defense is torn apart, the overall defense line of the Wu army can collapse one by one.

But Sun Quan sent all the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, leaving his cousin Wu Fen and the crown prince Sun Deng, so that Lu Fan guarded Huainan, and all the troops that could be mobilized were piled up on the battlefield in Jiangxia.

This is different from what the Han army expected, the terrain of Jiangxia can also be regarded as dangerous, and it is more advantageous to defend the downstream, although there is an advantage in defending the enemy from the upstream, but it is far inferior to the area of Chaisang and Poyang Lake.

What the Han army expected was that the defenders of Jiangxia and Wuchang would hold on for more than a month, delay the Han army's offensive speed, drag the war into midsummer, and then delay the Han army's advance with the scorching heat.

The hotter the weather, the more unfriendly it is to the heavily armored troops and siege troops.

The strategy of the Wu army should be to defend Jiangxia here for more than a month, take advantage of the scorching heat to delay it for more than a month, and then transfer the battlefield to Chaisang, which is 500 miles downstream, to extend the supply line, so that the Han army can divide its troops to guard both sides of the strait, and divide the strength of the Han army on the frontal battlefield.

Then confronted Chaisang, waiting for the Wei army to move south from Wuyang Pass to reopen the Jiangxia station and relieve the Wu army from the frontal battlefield.

But the development of the war has exceeded Liu Bei's expectations, and Sun Quan even dared to personally lead the army to fight.

After suffering a big loss in Hefei and Maicheng, this time the troops of the whole country came to Jiangxia to defend it, and there was no sign of retreating from Chaisang.

As a result, Huang Zhong on the north bank, Huang Quan on the south bank, and Jingzhou Naval Division on the middle road were all difficult to make contributions, and the increasingly hot, humid, and dreary climate, as well as the battle line that was difficult to advance, also made the morale of the army increasingly low.

At this time, looking back at the Wankou battle fought by Ma Chao and Tian Xin, up to Liu Bei and down to the military officials, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

From the beginning of the 21st year of Jian'an, there was a nationwide plague, and the plague that appeared on the battlefield in Jingzhou after last autumn, although it was suppressed, it also took the lives of Fa Zheng, Dong He, Sun Jiao and others, and the officials and people who died due to the epidemic are even more difficult to count.

Now the two sides are facing each other, the Han army is afraid of the plague, and the Wu army is also afraid of the plague.

Thanks to Tian Xin's "Twelve Strategies for Epidemic Prevention and Rescue", both sides have targeted arrangements to deal with the epidemic diseases that will definitely breed in the hot and humid environment.

But because of the "Twelve Strategies for Epidemic Prevention and Rescue", the commanders of both sides have felt the vein of the spread of the plague, although they are afraid of the epidemic, they can barely control and drive it...... Possibility.

The plague of man-made and purposeful is the most terrible.

Even based on Tian Xin's book, the cause of Huo Quzhi's death can be explained, and many ingenious and unpreventable assassination methods can be developed.

For example, some people have begun to question the cause of death of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, that is, some people sent infected clothes and items to Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, so that they died of the epidemic in their prime.

Perhaps it was because of the bizarre cause of Emperor Ling's death that several Han family doctors who lived in seclusion in the mountains studied the epidemic and learned something, so they taught Tian Xin.

How old is Tian Xincai, how could he compile the "Twelve Strategies for Epidemic Prevention and Rescue", it must be the wisdom of the ancestors, but I don't know if these twelve strategies are complete twelve strategies.

Judging from the situation of leaving a hand in the family heirloom culture of each family today, Tian Xin will definitely leave a hand as the foundation of the Tian family's family heirloom culture.

This also means...... If Tian Xin uses the plague to kill people, it is almost impossible to prevent it.

In this case, Liu Bei's main formation was on the south bank of the Han River, a hundred miles away from Xiakou, to ensure that there was a sufficient safe distance from the front-line army; Sun Quan was similar, and more than 30,000 people from this formation were stationed in Laishan on the other side of Fankou to avoid the army from gathering and being wiped out by the plague.

The more cautious the two sides are, the less they dare to gather too many troops in an area, and after the forces are apportioned, there will be no advantage in local battles.

For the Han army, the strength was further apportioned, and the disadvantage was greater when attacking fortifications.

There was no progress on the front, and Tian Xin took his headquarters and nearly 40,000 troops in the rear to break his hair, which led to the impeachment of Tian Xin by many people.

And Tian Xin also sent ten pairs of scissors, saying that cutting the hair of the officials short, or shaving their hair can prevent the epidemic and prevent heatstroke, what do you think of Liu Bei?

If the decisive battle with the Wu army is lost, no matter how much the army suffers, it is also acceptable.

But if the epidemic swept the whole army, and after being infected, he could not walk or wield a sword, then defeat would be like the annihilation of the whole army.

In the face of war, it is a matter of life and death, a matter of dreams, and all etiquette and rules can be changed.

In Liu Bei's camp, Guan Yu was speechless for a while, and he wanted to take the initiative to scold Tian Xin when he saw Liu Bei, but looking at Liu Bei's attitude, it seemed that he also wanted the officers in the army to trim their hair.

The ancient people of Wuyue had the custom of cutting off their hair, and it was not because it was too humid and hot that they had to trim their hair?

It didn't take long for more than a dozen sergeants who cut their hair short and shaved their hair forward, all of them very uncomfortable, I don't know whether they were shy or embarrassed, they looked at each other and forced a smile.

And their shaved short hair pile is almost full of grease, and there is a tendency to stick together with a handful, among which there are more lice, and there are also shaved prickly heat.

Liu Bei asked a soldier with blood on his head: "How do you feel?" ”

"It's tingling, it's cool, it's uplifting."

Liu Bei asked a few more officials, and then sent them to wash their hair, and the water for washing their hair was the gray water of plants and trees specially explained by Tian Xin.

Liu Bei never had a smile on his face: "Yun Chang guess, after our army breaks its hair, when will the thief army break its hair?" ”

Guan Yu raised his hand and stroked his beard: "Your Majesty, it is not beneficial to fight today." ”

"I know, but I can't get rid of my hatred."

Liu Bei got up, lifted the hair in the bamboo basket, and poured it into the prepared fire, which was also explained by Tian Xin, and it was better to burn the filth and filth of the hair.

He took a few steps back and looked at the fireworks rising in front of him: "Sun Quan gathered a large army to defend Jiangxia and Wuchang, which is an insight into our army's strategy. Otherwise, with Jiangdong's civil and military wisdom, how could it be seen through? ”

Huang Zu guarded Jiangxia, and Sun Ce never came in after fighting all his life.

Taking Jiangxia and Wuchang is the real bottom line of this Eastern Crusade.

By the way, give the middle army and the rear army a real combat experience, so that they can make meritorious contributions, catch up with the front army and the left army, and level the distance between the five armies.

But Sun Quan didn't know where to take the reassuring pill, and led the army of the country to come up, and the war came to a stalemate.

If there is enough grain in the rear, the holding will be holding each other.

The longer they can hold each other, the more unfavorable it will be to the Han army.

After the sharpness is worn off, what is the difference between the Han army and the Wu army?

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, who was following him: "If you retire from the army, won't you be laughed at by the thieves?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the sailor to fight Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to the death."

Guan Yu asked for battle, but Liu Bei was not allowed: "Wait a few days first, I want to see when the thief army will break off." If he loses his hair, I will withdraw my army. ”

After speaking, he turned around and handed the scissors to Guan Yu again: "After Yun Chang returns to the camp, he will send the officials to build this thing, whether the hair is broken or not is up to the officials, and it cannot be forced." ”

Guan Yu caught it, and listened to Liu Bei ask: "Yun Chang, Xiaoxian has always been belligerent, why don't you go to the table to fight?" ”

Guan Yu was slightly stunned: "Yes, the minister will supervise." ”