The next day, the sky cleared and the heavy rain that had been going on for many days gradually stopped, and the Xian army continued to erect pontoon bridges and reinforced more than 7,000 troops to the west bank during the night. By the night of the fourth day, the pontoon bridge had been repaired to the west shore less than 100 steps, so it took a night to lay wooden planks to strengthen the pontoon bridge, and the two sides of the bank were repaired before dawn on the fifth day.

The Xian army then began to cross the river, Bailiyan at the same time pushed the front line forward thirty miles, almost at the level of the northern section of the Huwei River, Du Ruixun retreated to the west of the Huwei River two days ago to continue the confrontation, and the news of the entry of the Zhi army into Dekang at the same time, the time became more and more urgent.

Due to the rain for several days, Bailiyan fell ill in the camp tent, sore and weak, with high fever, Zhou Kong was anxious to go crazy when he heard the news, and rushed across the pontoon bridge to enter the camp to visit the sick as soon as possible, and touched Bailiyan's forehead, which was hot and scary.

"The fever is so bad, why don't you rest, have you taken medicine!"

"After eating, a little illness is not a big deal, just raise it for a few days."

Bai Liyan casually picked up the brown medicine bottle on the table and shook it a few times, Zhou Kong snatched it with one hand and glanced at it, looked at him and complained:

"Everything is a medicine, I really think that this medicine can cure all diseases."

"This is a good thing, the effect is better than the decoction, the two-pronged approach will get twice the result with half the effort."

Aspirin has a general antipyretic effect, but it has side effects on the stomach and intestines, so it is rarely used to reduce fever in modern times. Ruitian Pharmaceutical Factory actually has Zhongcheng decoction, powder, and pills to reduce fever and clear heat, and the army has them all on stand.

However, the common problem of herbal prescriptions is that they are slow to act, and fast-acting herbal formulas are all toxic side effects or contraindications. Although antibiotics are available, Bailiyan is also aware of the dangers of antibiotics, so he does not advocate non-essential antibiotic treatment.

However, this time the wounded soldiers of the guard army can be "blessed", the Guardian No. 1 antibiotic is still in the clinical testing stage, a large number of tests have been done in the early stage, a lot of data has been collected, this time it is just used to rescue severe infections, collect a large number of first-hand clinical trial data, will help to understand in more detail the pharmacodynamics, physiological metabolism and side effects of the drug, and then accelerate the medical application of antibiotics.

Zhou Kong kept struggling with her condition, and Bai Liyan was a little annoyed that she didn't make trouble, and then she said:

"What about Mr. Zongbo? Didn't I come with you? ”

"The envoy of Zhiguo arrived in Yangdu three days ago, and Mr. Guan Long was in Feixiaqi, so someone had to give advice, so he stayed in Yangdu temporarily. However, Mr. Guan Long, General Lu, is almost here, you can ask him for details. ”

"Fortunately, our army sent troops first, if we wait for the envoys of Zhiguo to arrive, it will be a little passive."

Whether the envoys of Zhiguo arrived or not, the political outcome of whether to move first or send troops later was very different.

Before the envoys of Zhiguo made negotiations, the Xian army could be deduced as defending the country, and it was not credible to say that once the two armies died, the war could not be mediated by a third country, unless the third country pulled a sideline.

If you wait for the envoys of Zhiguo to negotiate, and then send troops if the two sides are unhappy, it is equivalent to giving King Zhi a slap in the face, so that he can't get off the stage, King Zhi's face can't get over, he doesn't dare to make big moves, and there will definitely be no less small actions.

Of course, the Xian army sent troops first, and King Zhi would also make small moves, but it greatly weakened Zhiguo's confidence to pull the bias and even fully intervene. At least the two armies of Wei Xian were dead before the Zhi army took over Dekang, and it was impossible for Zhiguo to openly jump out to persuade peace. If he forcibly intervenes to pull the bias frame, with Du Ruixun's current situation, and then borrow the courage of King Zhi, he will have to weigh it.

"How's Mooney, is he well?"

"It's just right, but the battle in Hukou Bay didn't dare to reveal it to him, I'm afraid that he will die in the Central Plains if he knows the result, and he can't afford to die, which will be troublesome."

"Hehe, he, he must have killed me in this life."

After watching the shelling in Pingliu County, and learning that the guards had suffered more than 100,000 casualties, Mooney fell ill the next day, and after returning to Yangducheng, Bailiyan showed him the concentrated fire of the rifles and shotgun revolvers of the New Army Centurion, and then collapsed on the bed for a day without getting off the ground, and was directly frightened.

Bai Liyan had previously told him that he should be glad that he did not go on the Northern Expedition at this moment, otherwise there would be no return.

About half an hour passed, Lu Gao, Guan, Longxiang, Ye Xin and others arrived at the camp one after another to visit the sick, and learned from Lu Gao's mouth that King Zhi put forward three conditions, one of which was that Dekang would be the territory of Zhiguo from now on, and the Xian army was not allowed to cross the Sishui River to enter the territory without permission, otherwise it would be regarded as an invasion, which was expected.

Second, smuggling was rampant in Changyin County, Zhiguo, and land transportation in the Sishui River section of Changyin and Helong counties was temporarily opened to the outside world.

Third, this year, there is a drought in the south of the country, and there is a shortage of forage, so we will not open the passage of horses, cattle and sheep of the Xianjun army until this year and next summer, until the pastures are restored.

That is to say, the 400,000 horses brought back by the Xian army to the mainland, after the end of the war, may have to stay in the mainland for the whole year next year, and the grain and forage consumed in a year is enough to eat the rice rations of three million people for a year.

After the expansion of the Xian country, although the territory has 11 counties and counties, it cannot raise 400,000 high-quality military horses, not counting the pack horses, donkeys, mules, unicorn and other livestock raised by the army and the people, if this is all taken into account, the rations of seven or eight million people a year are still too little, if there is no pasture grazing in the Qianyue Mountain, the Xian country simply cannot raise so many livestock.

However, there must be two major prerequisites for the above three articles, one is that the Xian army has not landed, and the other is that Dekang is in the hands of the Zhi army, if the passage to the west is controlled by the Xian army, any of the three proposed by the Zhi State will not be valid.

The act of "starting immediately" refers to the arrival of the envoys of Zhiguo in the Xianjun army, but before that, the Xian army had already crossed the river and died, how to say this. Take a step back and say, now you can't see the people of the Zhijun in life, and you can't see the corpse of the Zhijun in death, you said that it is your territory, and there are still patriots squatting on it, what is going on.

As for Xingcheng Zhaocheng, it is not to mention coercion, the role of Zhaocheng is platinum mine, and the role of Xingcheng is a port, and now Xianguo can get more and purer platinum from the hands of Western Tapir, and it doesn't matter if Zhaocheng is lost for a while.

And before the war, Bailiyan had already made a deployment, so he prevented the Zhi army from stabbing him in the back, so he withdrew the technicians in advance and transferred out the property.

The problem of horses has limited impact in the short term, especially after laying down the old land of Sun Guo, there are plains and grasslands, and it is not easy to release horses.

It is also expected that King Zhi fell into the well like this, but unexpectedly King Zhi dared to borrow the hot potato of Dekang, and the plan of the Gongliang clan was indispensable here, but he was calculated once and caught off guard.

However, whether it is the Gongliang clan or the king of Zhi, they are all in line with Du Ruixun's thoughts before the war, and seriously underestimated the national strength of the Xian army, although Gongliang Xiu has seen the artillery of the Xian army, but it is just a solid bullet, if he knows that a cannonball can kill more than a dozen people and dozens of people, most of them will not dare to take such a risk, and even prevent King Zhi from taking over to avoid annihilation.

But that's fine, Lu Yao knows that the horsepower has been popular for a long time, and this in-law doesn't give him some color to convince him, and it will not be easy to wait for his son-in-law to come to the door in the future to clean him up.

That night, the west side of the Huwei River guard camp, Du Ruixun was anxious like sitting on pins and needles, the Xian army reached the river, not to mention, the pontoon bridge was repaired within five days, and the population of nearly 400,000 people crossed the river in one day, and the cannons had been set up outside the camp in a row facing the guard camp, and the situation suddenly slipped from the banner to the abyss.

"General Du, the Xian Army's earth-shaking fire is only less than three miles away from our army, and most of our army's earth-shaking fire is destroyed under the bombardment of the Xian army, and our army is at an absolute disadvantage.

Metropolitan Governor Zhao Cuo said anxiously, and Du Ruixun said in a deep voice:

"It is undeniable that the Xian army is indeed powerful in the sky, but our army is not useless, this commander thought of a plan a few days ago, and thought that it could be of great use, so he had ordered people to go to various places in advance to mobilize farm tools and copper shovels, and now there are still thousands of copper shovels and shovels in the army, and tonight all armies and battalions immediately began to dig trenches and holes, the more the better.

Tomorrow, if the Xian army bombards our army, each battalion will drill into the trenches and holes, and if there is any shortage, the people and horses will be withdrawn to the range of the Xian army's earth-shattering fire to avoid the bombardment. ”

At this time, Du Ruixun remembered to dig trenches and cat's ear holes, of course, to a large extent, Bailiyan inspired him, making him think that the Xian army had taught the trench offensive cat's ear hole tactics in Qianyue Mountain, in order to avoid the bombardment and air raids of the Jinxuedi people's boulders, and he pondered that he could also deal with the Xian army's explosive shrapnel grenades.

When everyone heard the plan, their chests were bright, and they all agreed, and Du Ruixun asked the general Wang Xie at this time:

"Where is Zhijun now?"

"Counting up, there is still one day before Iwaki, but most of them are infantry troops, and I am afraid they may not be able to catch up with the pace of the Xian army."

"How can they all be infantry troops, cavalry of the Zhi army."

Du Ruixun asked with fire, and Wang Xie said helplessly:

"The closest to Dekang is the soldiers and horses of the Gongliang clan, and King Zhi has only equipped a very small number of horses to guard against the Gongliang clan, and the Gongliang army is fed in the south because there is no war, so it is impossible to mobilize more soldiers and horses for a while."

"It's not like that!"

Du Ruixun scolded, feeling more and more bad in his heart.

Because the main force of the Gongliang clan is closest to Dekang, it can only be taken over by the Gongliang army, but how can the time be rushed, and the king of Zhi guards against the Gongliang clan all the year round, so the Gongliang clan only retains a very small number of cavalry and mobile troops in terms of war horses, even if there are war horses, most of the time they have to be brought to the southern grasslands to breed and breed, and they are recalled in wartime, so most of the people who took over Dekang are infantry troops.

Of course, there are no horses to take a boat, and it is faster to take a boat, but the combat strength of the Zhiguo naval army is average, and it is extremely hasty to reach a secret agreement with the Weiguo, and there is no warning signal in the Sishui River all year round, and the Zhiguo naval army is more stationed on the eastern line to resist the invasion of the Jin army, and the naval army of the Sishui River on the western line is seriously insufficient.

The patrol speed is very fast, but it can't fit many people, and there is not a single artillery, and I saw more than twenty or thirty artillery pieces on the side of the 10,000-stone battleship of the Xian Army from a distance, and I was scared to death.

Political behavior must be relied on by national strength, and national strength is nothing more than the military and the economy, and if the economy is not good, the military must be strong, so it must rely on the army to fight the world.

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