Chapter Seventy-Six: "Tuberculosis"

After everything was arranged, Shi Bin was also about to lead the crowd to leave Xinzhou, but he suddenly stopped when he walked to the gate of the city, glanced at Wang San, and the two turned around and retreated to the city.

This action was very puzzled, and everyone wanted to ask about it, but at this time, Shi Bin's prestige was in full swing, and the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty, and they would be punished for asking questions at will, so even if there was a problem, they had to follow back first.

"Brother Xian, do you think there are some things that are not good for us to retreat like this?" Shi Bin asked with a little confusion.

It is estimated that the words are not accurate, Wang San didn't understand the meaning of Shi Bin's words at first, so he talked about his, "Big brother, we attacked Xinzhou because we disguised ourselves as Yuan soldiers, and the Yuan soldiers were not all annihilated by us. ”

It's really inappropriate, the army has a password with a number and a joint, and it was only after the post guard was arrested that the password was obtained.

And the password for the sneak attack on Xinzhou must have been changed, and the number of the check was also stricter, so it should not be retreated in the military uniform of the Yuan people.

"What the virtuous brother said is even, this is exactly what the brother meant, the question is how can we retreat?"

"The younger brother thinks we should change our clothes again, this time into ordinary people's clothes." Wang San said seriously.

Shi Bin immediately agreed with his opinion, and immediately bought some old clothes from the people in the city.

Of course, the people knew what was going on, and at first they insisted on not accepting it, because they had already received a lot of benefits from Shi Bin and them, and it was really nothing to give back to a set of rag clothes.

Just when everyone was shaken and prepared to buy it no longer with money, it was forced by Shi Bin with a military order.

Of course, it is not good to be too arbitrary, and this time he explained in detail, saying that it is difficult for ordinary people to wear a new set of clothes in three years, let alone now, so even patched clothes cost money.

These words soon reached the ears of the people in the city, and they all praised this as the real king's army, expressed their firm support for Shi Bin's resistance to the Yuan, and expected him to lead his troops to completely defeat the Yuan people

Out of Xinzhou, these hundreds of mighty soldiers disguised themselves as a group of ragged and yellow-faced refugees and headed towards Taiyuan.

By the time the real Yuan reinforcements arrived, the grain and grass in Xinzhou City had become a pile of grass and ashes, and the commander of the army was so angry that his organs were torn apart and he roared wildly in the sky.

and vowed to crush Shi Bin, a group of fanatics who dared to despise the Dayuan warriors so much.

After two battles, the troops have gained a certain amount of experience in fighting in the north, but they have also exposed many problems, such as the lack of adaptation to water and soil, the depletion of troops, the difficulty of logistical supply, and the fact that the use of firearms is too affected by the weather.

The most serious thing is the lack of adaptation. The climate in the south is humid, and the climate in the north is very dry, and some soldiers with sensitive constitutions have serious fire phenomena when they get to the north.

Although the climate in the hilly areas is still relatively humid, there are still many people with sore throats, nosebleeds and blood in their sputum, which can frighten many soldiers.

Even though Shi Bin repeatedly emphasized that this was just a fire phenomenon caused by dryness, the soldiers under his command still panicked.

After all, they don't have much medical knowledge, and they have never seen nosebleeds and phlegm blood flowing together. Even if it is acceptable that the nosebleed is on fire, but the cough caused by an itchy throat and a little phlegm and blood can easily be thought of as tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis was absolutely incurable at that time, and it would be contagious, once the soldiers decided that this situation was tuberculosis, the army would definitely be disheartened, and they could only retreat south, and there was even the possibility of being defeated and annihilated by the Yuan people.

Before he could wake up from the big victory, he was immediately pulled back by this frightening fake news.

After thinking about the experience along the way, I can only admit that it is really easier said than done, and it is far from enough to be proud.

Sitting on the ground and looking at a group of soldiers who were still high-spirited two days ago and are depressed today, Shi Bin felt helpless.

The most laughable thing is that some soldiers who think they have tuberculosis ask other brothers to stay away from him so as not to be "infected"; Some soldiers, fearing that they would be infected, deliberately isolated and excluded their comrades who they thought they had tuberculosis.

Of course, he knew that drinking plenty of water would definitely help, and it might have an immediate effect, but it was impossible to think about where there was water first when marching and fighting.

If that's the case, then what kind of war are you going to fight, just go home and farm.

The matter is already extremely urgent, and if we don't find a solution, we can really only retreat, although we have gained a lot, but it is also a forced retreat, which is not glorious.

So Shi Bin issued a military order: know everything, say everything; Those who speak are not guilty, and those who hear are full of precepts; If there is, it will be changed, and if it is not, it will be encouraged. If there is an effective solution to this problem, a reward of 200 taels of silver will be awarded.

But after a long time, there was still no movement, Wang San and Jia Ling knew that every second was of the essence at this time, so they worked together with several other brothers, hoping to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a small commotion in the camp interrupted the thoughts of several people, and the irritable Shi Bin was full of fire and nowhere to go, but there was such an eye-opening explosives bag, and Wang San could only pray for him.

Walking to the noisy crowd angrily, Shi Bin shouted, "What's the matter? At such an urgent moment, I don't know if there must be any commotion, so as not to leak our army's hiding? ”

Seeing the commander coming over, a soldier who looked like a small colonel walked out and said, "The humble post was just dealing with a guy who leaked his secrets, but he didn't accept the disposition to make such a big move. ”

was already restless about how to stabilize the morale of the army, but he actually jumped out again and might have leaked the soldiers who had already leaked his hiding, which made Shi Bin even more angry, and without saying a word, he directly ordered to be executed on the spot.

When the big knife was about to cut off the soldier's six and a half pounds from his body, the man howled loudly: "I can cure tuberculosis!" ”

I just regretted the comrade who was about to go on the road, this way of dying is really a bit worthless. After hearing this, everyone immediately came to their senses again, knowing that that guy would probably be able to save his life.

"Say! If you tell the truth again, you will be punished for both crimes, and you will be dismantled! Shi Bin said with a cold face.

The soldier was still afraid of the amnesty, lest he make a mistake, and knelt on the ground and whispered, "Your Excellency, you are right about the 'tuberculosis.' That's just getting on fire. ”

Seeing that the soldier was so sure that it was a fire, and that he must have known something useful, he motioned for him to continue.

"The subordinates did not deliberately expose their hiding in the camp, but went out of the forest to the nearby villagers' houses to have a look, wondering how they could prevent this, and as a result, the subordinates found something interesting."

Villagers' homes? Something interesting? Indeed, those who live in the north all year round should have a way to deal with the fire.

It is estimated that he was in the bureau, his mind was confused, and he actually forgot that he could go to the people's house to ask for advice.

"Get up and speak, and if it really works, you will not be executed, but you will be beaten with thirty sticks." Shi Bin's face softened a lot, but he still looked serious.

Knowing that he would not die, the soldier was much more relaxed. He stood up and calmed down, and said calmly: "My lord, my subordinates found that they all like to put pots of water at home in those villagers' houses, and they all like to wear headscarves, and some guards of high-ranking families seem to be chewing something in their mouths. ”

Hearing this, Shi Bin suddenly realized that the water was used to increase the humidity in the house; The headscarf reminded him of the Arabs who lived in dry areas all year round, and used the headscarf as a mask to protect their nose and mouth. Isn't that the doorman chewing tea leaves?

He took a deep breath, as if he had stood up again from the huge pressure, and began to look at the non-commissioned officer who violated the military order kindly: "Your method is good, but the merit is the merit and the demerit, and now the march will record this punishment, but the merit is the merit and the demerit is the demerit, and the official does not make the merit and demerit offset." When you return to Tanzhou, you will go and receive thirty military sticks, and then come to me to receive the reward of two hundred taels of silver. ”

The pawn thought that leaving a life was the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and it was Shi Bin's benevolence and virtue, but he didn't expect that he would also give a reward of 200 pieces of silver, which made the pawn make up his mind to work hard with Shi Bin.

Before leaving, Shi Bin asked the pawn where his family lived, and said that if he had an accident, his family would still receive this reward.

This time, all the entourage soldiers returned to their hearts and decided to follow Shi Bin.

After this matter was done, Shi Bin looked back and thought about it carefully, it was indeed his thinking that was solidified, and he only wanted this handful of human cats to find a way in this mountain forest, but he forgot that there were many ready-made 'masters' outside.

Since he had come up with a way, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he naturally had to implement it immediately, so he immediately sent Wang San to purchase tea.

However, before leaving the camp, Wang San was stopped by Jia Ling and brought back to Shi Bin, she explained: "Commander Shi, not all tea can clear the fire, and tea is also hot and cool. ”

This is unheard of knowledge by Shi Bin and Wang San, and according to their understanding, tea is defeated.

Seeing the two of them like this, Jia Ling immediately explained this, it turned out that mint, honeysuckle, green tea, chrysanthemum tea, lemon, grass cassia, dandelion, mulberry leaves, and bitter dices all have the effect of clearing heat and removing fire. However, black tea, Pu'er tea, and longan red date tea are all warm teas, and the more you drink them in the dry areas of the north, the more you become more popular.

As we all know, any product has advantages and disadvantages, and even if Shi Bin's grass people can afford to drink good tea now, it doesn't mean that they will buy good tea, so they asked Jia Ling again.

"Madam, this tea must also be good and bad, we should buy good tea, so how to distinguish the good and bad of this tea?" Shi Bin asked modestly.

"Simple, from the appearance point of view, the color, size, length, thickness, and shape of the tea are required to be consistent and uniform. If it is of different lengths and sizes, it is likely to be picked extensively; The colors are changeable, the shapes are varied, and it is likely to be crudely made. From the point of view of color, the tea should be fresh and bright, if the color is dark, it is definitely not a good tea. Also smell the aroma, the tea fragrance is known as "the world's first fragrance", where it can be called a good tea, must have a pleasing aroma, or elegant, or strong, as long as it makes people relax and feel far away, there is a sense of openness, if there is smoke or peculiar smell is not a good tea. ”

Knowing this, Wang San, who knew how to procure, entered Xinzhou City again.