In the barrel, boiling hot water is filled, and the handyman mixes the water that has just been brought up from the river to make the water gradually drop and become warm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The water is good! Next come in and take a shower! ”

"One bucket per person! No bathing, the deadline is 10 minutes... Half a stick of incense! ”

"Pull it clean and go in again! Whoever dares to pull it inside, Lao Tzu will pull it on his head! ”

"Come on, Lao Li, you big barrels are stinky, don't rely on us to and pee for a while!"

"How to speak, how to speak! Lao Tzu brushed the wooden barrel clean, which is more fragrant than your couch! ”

"Lao Li! Why is this water so cold, and it is hotter! ”

"Hotter more? Do you think it's killing pigs and shaving? What to do so hot! Love washing, not washing! ”

"Yo he, when Lao Tzu finishes washing, throw you off the boat and take a bath in the river!"

The autumn rain has stopped, there are several big boats parked on the bank of the river next to Xunyang Village, many soldiers line up to board the ship, and there are many large wooden barrels in the cabin, which are set up for the soldiers who have been fighting for a day to take a hot bath.

Dubbed "mobile baths" by the soldiers, these boats were equipped with cauldrons of boiling water on which they could take hot baths, but this benefit was only available to the first boarders: it cost to boil water, and it was even more expensive to boil a lot of bath water.

The Zhou army conquered Xunyang Village in the western suburbs of Chen Guohuankou City in a battle today, because it was a battle in the rain, in order to prevent the soldiers from catching a cold and getting sick, so they could enjoy the benefits of taking a hot bath.

After taking a hot bath, there is still hot ginger water to drink, and you can also change into dry clothes, and the injured can be evacuated to Sanglu Island to recuperate.

This kind of treatment is not absent in other armies, but it is only the generals' troops and a small number of dead soldiers who are eligible to enjoy it, and under the command of King Xiyang, as long as he is the vanguard and the first to kill the enemy, whether he has made meritorious service or not, he can enjoy it.

But other soldiers also have a lot of benefits, a bucket of hot foot soaking water can soak the day's fatigue disappear, and bowls of hot pork bone soup can be eaten with all kinds of food, not to mention how refreshing it tastes.

Marching and fighting on rainy days is a chore, wet everywhere, even the bedding when camping, and during the rainy season, the soldiers jokingly call it 'water woe'.

This is different from the northerners who are not accustomed to drinking tea and call drinking tea 'water misfortune', it is the heart of the majority of grassroots soldiers, and it is called 'water disaster' when the flood is drowned, and it is called 'water misfortune' when it is tossed by water during the march.

It is rainy in the Jiangnan area, and it has been so troublesome to fight in the Jiangnan area in the rainy season since ancient times, but the army has made full preparations in this expedition, not to mention anything else, all kinds of firewood and grass are piled up.

These firewood are waterproofed, loaded on the ship and accompanied by the army, and can be used when camping to bake clothes and cook.

Even if it is a rainy day, as long as there are tents and barracks that do not leak during camping, everyone can change into dry clothes in time, and cover them with dry bedding when sleeping, the soldiers will no longer be afraid of 'water misfortune'.

The sound of tinkling in Xunyang Village on the shore is endless, this is the craftsmen of the Zhou army repairing the barracks, wall, arrow tower, building all kinds of buildings, and seizing the time to prepare all kinds of war equipment, just like Sangluozhou, at this time it is only about an hour before the end of the battle.

The Zhou army of Huangzhou has been 'thinking for a long time' about the Huangkou of Jiangzhou in Chen Guo, and all kinds of mature combat plans have been prepared, so when attacking Xunyangzhai, the follow-up fleet has been prepared, and once Xunyangzhai is taken, it will immediately start the 'reconstruction' work.

New trestles and wharves have been erected, a large number of berthing warships lined up along the river, constantly unloading supplies and soldiers, and a large number of war horses have landed one after another, indicating that the next battle is about to be dominated by land warfare.

A large number of 'prefabricated pieces' were unloaded from the ship and transported to the shore, where they were assembled next to Xunyang Village, and a new village of no small scale soon began to take shape.

Many wooden piles that have been sharpened have been transported here, all of which are materials prepared by the Xiyang City Carpentry Workshop several months ago, the same size of wood is hard, hit on the ground, and then nail it with horizontal wood and door nails, and a row of simple walls will be erected.

If the situation requires it, another row of walls can be erected, and then the two rows of wooden fences can be filled with earth and tamped, such fortifications, together with the assembled arrow towers, can withstand the enemy's attack.

Rows of stilted wooden houses or bamboo huts were built in the new village, which was to take into account that the ground was muddy on rainy days, so that the soldiers' campsites could not be soaked in water, and the stables and forage warehouses of the war horses were also particular, and they must not be flooded.

A horse has to eat many meals a day, and the feed is mainly forage, but these forages must be dry, if the horse eats wet forage, it will be loose and heavy, and it will be sick and unable to ride, which will seriously affect the combat effectiveness.

If the stable and its surroundings are too humid, it is easy to breed all kinds of mosquitoes, which can easily cause horses to suffer from diseases and infect each other.

"Everyone, please look over there, that fortress is the upper camp of the turbulent water, Chen Jun has been in the turbulent water for many years, and it was originally just a place for the army to be garrisoned, but since our army is here, the other party will probably increase the army to defend."

An arrow tower on the south side of Xunyang Village, Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen is leading several marching managers to check the terrain around Huangkou, and everyone has a clairvoyant mirror, looking at the bank of the Huangshui River on the south side of Huangkou City, where there is a fortress, which seems to be small in scale.

"According to our army's careful investigation, the fort is only a few hundred people stationed on weekdays, and the facilities are outdated, that is, to guard against ordinary robbers, but in the recent past, the defense of this fortress should be strengthened, that is, just in case."

"What are they going to guard against? Naturally, it is to prevent our army from building a dam in that area to stop the water, and when the water level rises, the dam will be opened to flood the city, which is the so-called 'water misfortune'."

The word water doom made Murong Sanzang, the head of the march on the side, fall into deep thought, of course, he was not thinking about how to make Huangkou suffer from water doom, but remembering a past incident in his own family.

Murong clan, the origin can be known from the surname, Murong Sanzang is a descendant of the Murong clan of the Yan royal family, his father Murong Shaozong is a famous general of the Wei State, and Hou Jing of Henan Province rebelled in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Murong Shaozong was ordered to take command of the crusade.

The fierce battle lasted for several months, and Murong Shaozong finally defeated Hou Jing, leaving only 800 remnants of the army to flee to the Liang State.

Hou Jing went to plague the Southern Dynasty, but the prefectures and counties he surrendered to the Western Wei when he rebelled were still in the hands of the Western Wei, Murong Shaozong led the troops to fight with the Western Wei army, and the defenders were very tenacious when besieging Yingchuan City, and he decided to attack with water after observing the terrain.

The Eastern Wei army built a dam in the upper reaches of the Weishui River next to the Yingchuan City, preparing to attack Yingchuan with water, one day, Murong Shaozong took a boat on the Weishui River, to check the loopholes in the defense of Yingchuan City, but suddenly the northeast wind blew, blowing Murong Shaozong's boat to Yingchuan City.

It was spring at that time, no one expected that the northeast wind would suddenly blow, and the Western Wei soldiers at the head of the city hooked the warship with a long hook and then fired arrows in a random manner, Murong Shaozong jumped into the water in a hurry to escape but drowned.

His father was killed, Murong Sanzang was three years old and didn't understand anything, and when he heard his family talk about this past in the future, he was saddened, and the shadow of 'water misfortune' has been haunting Murong Shaozong's heart.

"Regardless of whether our army attacks by water or not, this stockade must be attacked, otherwise if the other party opens a dam to release water, it will be our army outside the city who will be unlucky first."

"According to the widows, if the mouth cannot be attacked for a long time, this village can be attacked and dammed to store water..."

"The detailed work sent by the widow in the past understands that the turbulent water is very close to the city of Huangkou, like a moat, and you can even travel on it to spy on the city defense..."

Hearing Yu Wenwen say this, Murong Sanzang's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly admonished: "King, it's too risky to spy on the city defense by boat in the turbulent water, please think twice!" ”

It is said that in autumn and winter, there is only a north wind, but the southeast wind blows during the water war, and the turbulent water is located in the southeast of the city.