Behind Liu Chengdong, the young man who was about to collapse quickly took out the needle and thread, quickly stitched up the frightening but not deep wound, then applied the fragrant plaster, and then replaced the clean bandage.

"The wound showed no signs of being contaminated with evil spirit, and it will not be tightened in two days. However, in the next two days, it is better for the old village owner not to fight in person......"

Before he could finish the last word, the young man fainted.

Letting the two soldiers carry the young man away, Liu Chengdong asked another young man from the medical and health department, "Boy Qu, how much medicine do we have left?" In particular, the external plaster is explained in detail. ”

The young man surnamed Qu hesitated for a moment, but decided to call Liu Chengdong the old village owner, after all, there were no outsiders in the lobby. I saw him take out an account book and briefly introduce the consumption of medicines, "The medicinal materials for boiling Xiao Chai Hu Tang can also supply 950 people." ”

"There are less than 600 finished medicines to treat spring cold and spring heat."

"There are far fewer ointments to be applied externally to prevent evil qi from entering the body, and there are only 280 times left."

Liao Shikai pinched a strand of beard, and had a new understanding of the material consumption brought about by the war.

Zhang Yongnian and the three gentlemen glanced at each other, and they both saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

Originally, the consumption of medicine should not be so fast, but it couldn't stand Fang Lajun's tricks too vicious. The epidemic spread in the city, and Liu Chengdong could only give an order, but anyone who had a headache and brain fever or was injured could receive medical treatment.

Liu Chengdong thought for two minutes, gritted his teeth and said: "Leave twenty copies of the ointment, and the rest can be used as long as they are above the head of the team or have made meritorious contributions on the city wall." ”

"Other herbs and finished medicines, as long as there are symptomatic sergeants, can be used."

In most of the Great Zhou Xiang Army, ten people were in a group, and five people were in a team.

Liao Shikai raised a different opinion, "General, in this way, I am afraid that the medicine will not be able to support it for a few days." ”

Liu Chengdong touched the bandage on his head, felt the cool feeling brought by the ointment, and said with a wry smile:

"Fang Tianding will definitely continue to throw unclean corpses into the city, although our manpower has been filling in as soon as possible, but there are still a few days left before the epidemic breaks out on a large scale?"

"Just like the Qu boys said, at least three days and more than five days, the epidemic will be difficult to resist."

"Three days, three days at most. If Han Zhao's envoy hasn't sent troops to help by then, and my son-in-law hasn't called, Lao Tzu will take you to break through. ”

"In order to ensure the morale of the army, in order to be able to run out of more sergeants at that time, medicinal materials cannot be saved."

San Yanzi and Zhang Yongnian hurried to rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle. Liao Shikai returned to the main bookkeeper's room and stayed up all night to deal with the paperwork.

Liu Chengdong walked into the bedroom of the county magistrate in the past, covered the brocade quilt collected by Liao Shikai, crossed his hands behind his head, and stared at the top of the bed in the dim oil light.

"Han Zhaoji, I, Liu Chengdong, think that I am quite desperate in the war, and I have a lot of credit compared to others, you can't help but pay attention to it. Even if you don't send troops to help, at least you have to get an order to agree to the withdrawal of troops......"

"And my cheap son-in-law, is it right or wrong for Lao Tzu to ask you for help? If your kid is infected with the epidemic, Su Su will still recognize me as a father? But there is only Lao Tzu in the city, and there are hundreds of children in the village. ”

"That's it, Kong Ming's lantern has been released, let's take a step at a time......"

After a cup of tea, Liu Chengdong drove away the chaotic thoughts in his mind and turned off the lights to sleep.

With the current tangled battle situation in Deqing County, Fang Lajun did not dare to rush to the city at night, and their resistance to the epidemic was even lower.

The night battle can't be fought, but the constant harassment is still needed. So in the second half of the night, it passed under the several harassment raids organized by Fang Tianding, as well as the careful response of Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun.

In the early hours of the morning, Li Xiang led a convoy more than a mile long to Heping Town, next to the hills and mountains to rest.

"How much jerky is left?"

Li Xiang jumped out of the carriage, moving his neck and legs while asking Fang Weiliang, who was rushing over.

"There's not much left. According to the owner's instructions, our Zhuang Ding is not allowed to eat local meat in the south of the Yangtze River, for fear that it will not be clean. All the jerky had to be sealed in a jar and transported down the river, and the next batch of jerky did not arrive in Guangde County...... According to the standard of three taels per person, the car is only enough for 300 people to eat two meals. ”

Fang Weiliang bowed slightly, and without looking at the account books, he made the consumption of dried meat clear.

The spring in Jiangnan is rainy, and the possibility of deterioration of dried meat is much greater than that of rice, noodles, dried vegetables, and salt, which are the least likely to deteriorate.

Li Xiang didn't dare to take any chances, he was particularly concerned about any factors that might affect his combat strength.

In order not to lose his father, for the old villagers of Mingyuezhuang not to lose the old owner, for Mingyuezhuang to have a reliable backing, for the relationship between his father-in-law and son-in-law, and for the lives of hundreds of children trapped in Deqing County...... Li Xiang must rescue Liu Chengdong.

The owner of the village looked along the trail and seemed to be able to see the entrance to the mountain road to the southeast: Myosai Town.

"Let the people guarding Guangde County hurry up to deliver supplies, especially food, tents, tarpaulins and medicinal herbs." Li Xiang didn't reply, and quickly ran his brain, "From now on, the food of all the people must be consistent with that of Zhuang Ding." Put more salt and more sauce. ”

"The jerky is divided into two meals and eaten in half a day. Oh, I almost forgot, a lot of people haven't eaten meat in a long time, so ......"

"Every meal after that, first a bowl of thick porridge, then meat porridge."

After two tea breaks, the people who had worked for several hours lined up to receive the porridge, and were pleasantly surprised to find that there was a lot more salt sauce than before. The salty taste is undoubtedly the best comfort for these people who lack oil and salt.

However, smelling the smell of meat from the side of the three hundred Zhuang Ding and the more than two hundred new recruits, the stomachs of many people began to rumble again. Although I had rested twice before, and each time I had thick porridge with chopsticks to eat, the people who had pushed the cart for several hours were obviously not full.

Someone was dissatisfied, but no one stood up and said anything. After all, those martial artists are going to fight with Fang Lajun, and they, the people who transport supplies in the rear, can be content without starving.

In today's Jiangnan, how rare is it to be able to eat a few full meals?

The surprises are yet to come.

Half an hour later, the sky was bright, and the people smelled the aroma of meat porridge again, and they couldn't help but be surprised. The subordinate under Commander Li, a stout young man known as Da Niu, came to pass the word:

"After entering the mountain, you must be more tired and need to eat. From now on, your food will be the same as that of the farmer. ”

After another quarter of an hour, the well-fed and well-fed people hurried to set up the car, and Zhuang Ding and Wufu, who had drunk two meals of meat porridge, were even more energetic.

At three o'clock, Li Xiang led the convoy to Miaoxi Town. Almost at the same time, the battle in Deqing County began again.

Yesterday's big battle on the city wall turned into a crowded situation.

The two warring sides were deadlocked until dusk, and seeing that there was no point in continuing the battle, they each relented and let the sergeants who had been crowded together slowly disperse.

Many of the sergeants under Liu Chengdong's command were so tired that they could barely feel their legs. Fang Tianding's side was even more miserable, many sergeants could not go down the city smoothly after prostration, and fell directly to the ground.

Although he only fought Liu Chengdong for one round, Fang Tianding was deeply aware of Liu Chengdong's difficulty. Not to mention guarding the small county town of Deqing, he is actually so good in personal combat skills, Fang Tianding admires it from the bottom of his heart.

Fang Tianding was puzzled by the fact that he threw the infected corpse into the city, and the other party could actually boost the morale of the soldiers.

The south gate of the county seat, more than 300 meters away.

"General Fang, let's stand back. Liu Chengdong's hand has a three-bow bed crossbow and a few bed crossbows. In case ......"

Ying Ming was in a cold sweat and bitterly persuaded Fang Tianding, who insisted on getting close to check the battle situation.

Fang Tianding shook his head, "This will be retreating, not to mention that Liu Chengdong's guy is even more arrogant, what do the sergeants under us think?" ”

"Is General Ying Ming worried that Ben will be like the Liao general who ran a horse under the city outside Danzhou back then, and he will be torn apart by a big arrow with a three-bow bed crossbow?"

"Don't worry. He Liu Chengdong only had a few bed crossbows in his hands, and he had to put them on the north and east city walls to support the scene. And even if he concentrated the bed crossbow on the southern wall, he would not be blind, and he could see it clearly from here. ”

"Hmph. Ben Jiang wished that Liu Chengdong really gathered the bed crossbow together, and then Ben would just climb the city wall and come to a nest. ”

Today, the first wave of attacks ended, and the soldiers of the Fangla army retreated.

On the west and east walls combined, the Fangla army suffered more than 110 casualties, damaged two ladders, and a siege vehicle with a thick wooden roof.

Fang Tianding asked a few colonels who led the soldiers to attack the city, and the news he got almost made him doubt his life: the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Army did not decrease, but was even worse than yesterday?!

Either Liu Chengdong has a good way to fight the epidemic, or Liu Chengdong is very good at inspiring morale. No matter what the result was, Fang Tianding was shocked again.