Chapter 37: The Master
Wang Shuo's army traveled thousands of miles all the way, and finally arrived at the end of the trip, the northern army camp fifty miles west of Caicheng, the northern army of the northern county of the Jin Kingdom, and Han He, the general of the expedition, set up a banquet in the handsome tent to wash the dust for Wang Shuo.
"Hehaha...... General Wang Shuo came from afar, and the journey was smooth or not. ”
"All the way thanks to General Han's help, it was smooth."
"You and I are loyal to the country, and the old man can be lazy. However, this young old man never remembered General Wang Shuo mentioning it. Dare to ask General Wang, who is this, why is he wearing a white shirt instead of armor? Han He's gaze fell on Bai Liyan, who was standing beside Wang Shuo, and he looked up and down, suddenly feeling frightened.
The young man has a tiger on his back, thick eyebrows, big eyes, thin lips, a high nose, a positive person, and a proud sharpness between his eyebrows, giving people a surging heroic spirit from the bottom up and from the inside out.
Wang Shuo glanced at Baili Yan, his mood was extremely complicated, he covered up the different color in his eyes and said:
"This is Bai Liyan, the son of the Qi Kingdom, is now the son-in-law of the last general, because he is proficient in medical skills, the last general will take him with the army to relieve the pain of my soldiers' illness."
"Oh, it was originally a proton of Qiguo, but how could it be General Wang's son-in-law?"
"It was given marriage by the king six years ago, and when this battle is understood, he will marry the little girl."
"I see, but the old man knows that the disguisson Baili Yan is only fifteen or sixteen years old, why is he born so strong."
"General Han didn't know, the son of the world worshiped under the master of gunnery Saiqian, so he was trained since he was a child, and he also knew how to use medicine, and he also cured the little girl's gall, and a few days ago the envoy of the Song State Liao Han got a carbuncle, which was also healed by the son."
"Yes, I never thought that I would have such medical skills at such a young age. However, after all, the prince of Qi is the prince of the Qi Kingdom, and General Wang Shuo needs to be cautious about charging into battle. ”
"The last general should be careful." Wang Shuo said, looked at Bailiyan and said, "Shizi, I haven't seen the old general Han He, the general of Zhengbei. ”
"No!" Bai Liyan bowed to Han He: "I've seen General Han." ”
"The prince is exempt. Since the prince has been with the army, presumably General Wang Shuo has already explained the military discipline in detail to you, although the prince is the proton of the country, there is no need to rush to kill in front of the battle, but the battle array is not child's play, and the prince should be careful. ”
"Teachings of General Xie Han."
"Well, since it is Langzhong, and he goes to the wounded camp to report on his work, the old man still has military affairs to discuss with General Wang Shuo, so step down!"
"No!"
After Bai Liyan withdrew from the military tent, Han He and Wang Shuo continued:
"General Wang Shuo, what is the general's opinion in this battle of Xianguo."
Wang Shuo twisted his chin and frowned, he said:
"I can't hide it from General Han, although our army in the first war of Xianguo was numerous, although the weapons were fine, and the grain and grass were abundant, compared to the old army of Xianguo who had fought for a long time, it was really difficult to have a big chance of victory."
"Well, the old man also knows this. Before General Wang Shuo left, didn't he mention the pros and cons of this battle to my king? ”
"The last general has said it, but my king is bent on fighting, and Xiangguo is also of the same mind, so it is difficult for the last general to do, I don't know if General Han has a good plan?"
"According to the old man's opinion, this battle should be sooner rather than later." When the words fell, Han He stood up and went to Wang Shuo and whispered: "General Wang can know that Zhiguo has reached the junction of the three kingdoms of Chen Bingxian, Jin, and Zhi. ”
Wang Shuo was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked:
"Where's the news?"
"The old man Tanma came deep into the territory of Zhiguo, and the Zhiguo Gongliang clan led the army to the border of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, if our army attacks Xian, if it is unable to win for a long time, Zhiguo will join forces with Xianguo to attack me, if our army is defeated, Zhiguo will enter from the north. If our army wins, Zhiguo will turn to attack Xian. No matter what the situation, it is harmless to Zhiguo, and it is to take advantage of the fire to rob. ”
"In that case, what is the old general's plan?"
Wang Shuo asked, Han He explained the plan in detail, he said:
"The old man thought that in this battle, the main force of our army's cavalry should be secretly Chen Bing and the border of the Three Kingdoms, in order to prevent Zhiguo from sneaking up and outflanking our army's rear road. At the same time, the navy patrolled in the upper reaches of the territory of the Jinguo in Wangqinjiang to prevent Zhiguo from penetrating into our territory, crossing the Wangqinjiang River, and attacking our hinterland in the east. ”
"Well, but in this way, the strength of our army to attack Xian is not comparable to that of Xianguo."
"No, the Xianguo is now in civil strife undecided, the main force of the Xianguo is not on the border, but scattered in various places and cannot be assembled, it is difficult to assemble quickly within a month, and the field battle with our army is decisive, and the border cities are not connected, most of them are based on traitors.
Therefore, our army can first break through the city of the Xian army, and then Xiao will surrender to other rebels, so that it will be powerful first, and then forced to surrender. If you can't force down and attack the city, you can save our army's strength. This is to attack the heart for the top, attack the city for the bottom, supplemented by the powerful, and force it to surrender the city. ”
Han He believed that it was better to start a war sooner rather than later, and to fight steadily, first besieging the Xian army to control the city, and then forcing the rebel army to surrender the city, clenched his fists and stretched forward.
Taking advantage of the main force of the Xianguo field to quell the rebellion in the whole country, he first tried to sharpen the Jin army, and then waited for the Xianguo to come to his senses, and then cleaned up the regular army of the Xianguo and solved the main force of the Xian army through field warfare.
To say that Han He is worthy of being one of the few veteran generals in the Jin army, he has analyzed the situation so thoroughly.
And not long after Bai Liyan left the big tent, he inquired all the way to the injured camp.
The wounded camp is roughly equivalent to today's field hospital, but the conditions are limited, and basically it can only deal with minor injuries and diseases, and the mortality rate of major trauma is extremely high, which is useless at all, and is more just psychological comfort.
When entering the wounded camp, you must find the medical officer of the wounded camp, and the medical officer order is responsible for the distribution and dispatch of all military doctors and langzhong in the entire legion.
Seeing the patrol soldiers coming towards him, Bai Liyan stepped forward and asked:
"Dare to ask this brother, where is the order of the medical officer of the wounded camp."
"Go inside, and the biggest military tent on the right is the medical officer's tent."
"Thank you!"
Bailiyan followed the direction to the big tent, walked out more than 200 meters, and sure enough, found a large military tent, inside and outside are middle-aged and elderly people who are not wearing armor, no mistake, it should be Langzhong.
Bailiyan walked into the big tent, many Lang Zhong in the tent were doing things, a table was placed horizontally on the inside of the north, and an old man in a gray robe sat in front of the case, looking at the bamboo slips.
"Dare to be a respectful driver, but it's an order from the medical officer of the injured camp?" Bai Liyan stepped forward and asked boldly.
The old man looked up and saw a young man dressed in white:
"Who you are, and what are you?"
"Baili Yan, the prince of Xiaqi Country, came to report with the army because he was proficient in medical skills."
When they heard about the prince of Qiguo, everyone was shocked. The old man looked up and down carefully, stood up and asked in detail:
"Are you really the prince of the country?"
"In the next is exactly, this is under the military tooth card, please ask the medical officer to take a look."
Bai Liyan stepped forward, and the old man looked at it carefully, and then asked again:
"The old man is clumsy, and I ask the prince to forgive me." The medical officer ordered the tooth tag to be returned and apologized.
"The medical officer ordered to excuse me, and this son of the world is ordered to report on his work, no different from others."
"How dare you. Since the son of the world is the son of the country, he deserves to be worshiped by this. It's just that the prince is the son of a country, why is it here? ”
"It was ordered by my father-in-law, General Wang Shuo."
"Oh...... I see. The old man's surname is Qiu, his name is Yan, and he is ordered by the medical officer of the injured camp, please come with the old man. ”
Qiu Yan said as he walked, and soon came to the outside of the tent, and explained the situation of the wounded camp in detail, and the two came to several military tents to give Bailiyan propaganda and education:
"Your Royal Highness, most of the sergeants here went deep into the enemy's territory to work carefully, and they were accidentally pursued by the rebels and escaped with their lives. Your Royal Highness is the prince of the world, and you must know that this sword has no eyes and life and death. ”
"Know what you need to know. It's just that there is something unclear, and I hope that the medical officer will give advice. ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"When I came down, I saw the army in the army running in private, but at this time, I saw that there were not many injuries in the army, why was the injured camp so busy."
"It turned out to be for this. At present, the army has not yet engaged the enemy, and it is said that it is time for leisure. It's just that the prince doesn't know, this year's drought has been several months, and the crops have not been harvested, especially in Xianguo, a large number of hungry people have poured into the Jin country, competing with the people of the Jin country for food, and many people have starved to death for several months. The roadsides were full of starvation, no one collected the corpses, and over time the stench permeated the plague.
The northern army is stationed here, fifty miles to the east is Caicheng, Caicheng plague epidemic, Han Lao General is worried about the plague and the army, so he ordered the wounded camp Langzhong to deal with the epidemic. It's been two months now, and it's not getting better. ”
"In this case, General Han can report to King Jin."
"There was a report, but for some reason it didn't happen."