Volume 15 The Angry Waves of the South China Sea - South Vietnam Volume 10 Poisonous Springs
The main force of the South Vietnamese army panicked and ran all the way to Xiangshui, and the gate of Longgu opened by itself. The 200,000 troops of the Qin army were covered, and after a brief battle, they defeated the 5,000 Xiwan defenders of Longgu and captured a large number of grain and grass and tens of thousands of Xiou people!
Fusu also did not treat the captured Xi'ou soldiers and civilians harshly, except for all their weapons, everything else was as usual. A few days later, 10,000 Fusu soldiers were stationed in Longgu and were responsible for the transfer of grain and grass, and the rest of the army went straight to Xiangshui out of Longgu to pursue the South Vietnamese rout!
On this day, most of the Qin army crossed the mountains and mountains, pursued all the way to the vicinity of Xiangshui, and came to a large mountain area that stretched for hundreds of miles, Xishan!
At this time, the weather was getting hotter, and the Qin army had rushed to the mountain road all morning, and they were very thirsty. Fusu also wiped the hot sweat on his forehead, looked at the scorching sun, swallowed his saliva, and ordered: "Someone, order the army to find a water source and camp on the spot for lunch!" Whoa!"
The Qin army was also tired, so they rested one after another, and sent scouts to look for water sources everywhere and prepare to move the camp for lunch.
After a while, the rebuke soldier reported: "Your Excellency, there is no other water source nearby, only a large spring has been found in a mountain col in the west, which is enough for the army to drink!" Fusu was overjoyed and immediately ordered the three armies to move to another place for lunch.
When the Qin soldiers heard that there was water, they immediately jumped with joy, and they didn't need to urge, they flew away. In the distance, I heard the sound of the spring water, and there was a puddle of water with a length and width of more than ten zhang below the spring. Under the light of the sun, this turquoise water dust exudes an alluring charm!
"There's water!" The Qin soldiers who led the way cheered, rushed forward, grabbed a good position, plunged into the water, and drank a painful heart. After drinking enough water, the Qin soldiers of the former army shook their heads with satisfaction and lay down on the grass beside them to rest!
Later, the main force of the Qin army was also entering the mountain col and coming to the spring!
Just as the Qin army of the brigade was about to run to the spring and drink it bitterly, suddenly thousands of Qin soldiers in the front army held their lower abdomen and shouted. After a while, I vomited and diarrhea, and I couldn't even speak!
When the middle and rear troops of the Qin army saw such a miserable appearance of the brothers in the front army, how could they still dare to drink water, they were immediately discouraged, and their faces changed color.
The news quickly reached Fusu's ears, and Fusu was immediately shocked, and hurriedly rode his horse to the spring, where thousands of soldiers were holding their stomachs and moaning in pain on the grass. Fusu was anxious and shouted, "Where is the former military medical officer?"
Several personal soldiers brought the two medical officers of the former army to see Fusu, but they were pitiful for the two medical officers who were disheveled. The whole body is filthy, and the face is pale, obviously dying!
Fusu was furious: "Didn't Ben Jun say that you must be careful when drinking or eating in this southern wilderness, and you must be tested by a medical officer!" You two fools, but you have even poisoned yourself, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!"
The two medical officers were furious when they saw Fusu, and they were suddenly frightened by a quarter of their lives left, and whimpered: "Jun, Jun, your lord's life, the little and the villain have tested and tested the spring water." It is indeed non-toxic! But no, I don't know why, why it's like this, like this!" The two of them were already inarticulate and sobbing when they spoke, and Fusu barely heard what the two were saying!
Fusu was stunned: "I have tested the spring water." Then why are you still poisoned!?" Hurriedly said: "Then you don't know what kind of poison is in it?" When the two medics spoke again, their mouths were full of whining. I can't hear what I'm saying anymore!
Fusu was in a hurry, and ordered: "Come, quickly order all the medical officers to come forward and see what poison the sergeant has been in?" Whoa!"
Soon. The medical officers of the Zhonghou Army rushed up one after another, and were ordered to check on the thousands of Qin army soldiers who had been poisoned, but they all stared dryly and had no clue.
Fusu was thirsty. and on fire, he was suddenly a little anxious, and Ren Huan and the others were helpless! Suddenly, seeing that Meng Long also caught up with the Chinese army, Fu Su saw the life-saving straw, and hurriedly greeted him and asked: "Mr. Meng, why do you see why these soldiers of our army have become like this after drinking these spring water?"
Meng Long jumped off his horse and checked the poisoned Qin army, his face changed a little and said, "I heard that there are some poisonous springs in the deep mountains and wild mountains of Lingnan, it seems that this is it!" Judging by the symptoms of the sergeants' poisoning, it should be the so-called 'dumb spring'. The middle one vomits, nausea, diarrhea, slurred speech, and eventually collapses, spasms and dies! This kind of poisonous water is different from ordinary poisonous water, it looks the same on the surface, it is still clear and cold, and it is difficult for ordinary medical officers to distinguish it!"
"Dumb Spring!?" Fusu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of Zhuge Liang's expedition to the Southern Wilderness in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it seemed that he had also encountered this kind of poisonous spring! Hurriedly pulled Meng Long aside and said, "Brother, haven't you watched too much in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!?" Is there such a poisonous fountain in this world!?"
Meng Long smiled bitterly: "I lied to you, I did hear of it!" In this ancient wilderness, there is no possibility, maybe there are still many ancient beasts that have not been extinct!"
Fusu was stunned for a long time, and Fang smiled bitterly: "It seems that my luck is indeed good, this has happened to me!" By the way, since you know that there is such a poisonous spring, is there a way to crack it?" Meng Long smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said: "I can't help it, I've only heard of it, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes, my old nest of 60,000 mountains is far away from here!"
Fusu stared at him for a long time, and when he saw Meng Long's innocent appearance, he was sure that Meng Long was not joking with him, and said with a wry smile: "That's miserable, now that the army has no water, if you continue to move forward, it's strange if you don't die of thirst!" You must know that there are at least two or three days to go before the elephant water! Along the way, even if they encounter spring water again, who would dare to drink it!"
Meng Long scratched his head, and suddenly remembered: "By the way, the South Vietnamese army just passed through here a few days ago, why can they pass here safely?"
Fusu suddenly woke up and said: "Yes, since those South Vietnamese troops can pass safely, it means that there must be another water source here!" Meng Long and Fusu glanced at each other, and immediately smiled: "Groundwater!"
Fusu immediately ordered: "Come on, the spring water here is not drinkable, immediately send a sergeant to find moist soil and dig the ground for a spring!" Whoa!"
The Qin army received the order and sent tens of thousands of Qin troops to search for places where it was possible to dig up springs. And Fusu and the Qin army of the brigade had no choice but to look at the large pool of clear spring water in front of them in this valley to quench their thirst, and the anger became bigger and bigger, and they were almost crazy with thirst!
An hour later, the good news came: the minority sergeants living in the desert area of the Qin State reported that they had found a large amount of wet soil in a depression in the north, and dozens of clear springs had been dug up!
Fusu was overjoyed and said, "Have you ever drunk it?" Is it safe?" The sergeant replied excitedly: "Back to the king, the junior general and others have let a few war horses drink it, and there is no hindrance, you can drink it!"
Fusu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Quick, lead the way, and the army will move to the camp!" Suddenly, the Qin army was thirsty on the ground, and the Qin army suddenly perked up and rushed to the long-awaited clear spring! Thousands of poisoned sergeants had no choice but to carry them on stretchers and follow them all the way!
"Whew. Happy, happy!" Almost drank all the water from the water bladder, Fusu exhaled happily.
The generals of the Qin army were also full of drinks, lying comfortably on the ground, burping!
At this time, the medical officer hurriedly reported again: "Your Majesty, the situation of the soldiers in the poisoned land is not good, many of them have convulsions so badly, some have begun to vomit blood, if there is no way to treat them, I am afraid that someone will die in another hour or so!"
Fusu listened. I was speechless for a moment, and then I remembered that there were still thousands of poisoned soldiers who urgently needed to be treated! But Ren Fusu is both civil and military, and his talent is peerless. The poison of this poisonous spring, Fusu, can only stare dryly!
When he was helpless, a soldier suddenly rushed to him. Hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, there is a South Vietnamese who claims to be an old friend of the monarch with hundreds of soldiers to meet Jin to see the monarch and Meng Shaodong!"
Hearing this, Meng Long crawled straight up, and happily approached Fusu's side and said, "Your Majesty, it's Yang Nan." His old nest is nearby, maybe he has a way to detoxify!"
Fusu also almost crooked his mouth and said, "Yes, come here, please hurry!" No. I'm going to see you in person!" The surrounding generals were suddenly puzzled: "Why does this gentleman still have an old man in South Vietnam?" I also got up to see what was going on!
As soon as Fusu arrived at the mouth of the valley, he saw a tall, thin and tall young man in a sackcloth and a short shirt at the mouth of the valley, followed by hundreds of brute soldiers dressed in shirtless shirts and short skirts of animal skins! There were quite a few Qin soldiers who were nervously clenching their swords and guns and confronting the barbarians, and the atmosphere was quite unfriendly!
Fusu laughed and said, "It's nice to have friends from afar!" Old friend, it's been a long time, how are you?" Yang Nan understood, and greeted him with a smile: "Your Excellency, after many years, your demeanor is better than before!"
The two hugged each other with great joy, and Fusu whispered in Yang Nan's ear: "Good boy, it's been more than 20 years, and I finally see you!" By the way, what do I call you, I can't call you Yang Nan, right?" Yang Nan also whispered: "You can just call me Moro, this is my current name!"
Fusu understood, let go of Yang Nan, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Lord Moro Shaodong, I heard that your lady is about to give birth, why do you have time to come to see me?" Moro smiled and said, "Hongfu on the throne, Humble Jing has just given birth to a son!" No, as soon as the dog was born, he rushed to see you!"
The generals couldn't help but look at each other when they saw that Fusu and Moro were really talking affectionately like old friends. Qiang Kui touched his head and said in surprise: "Your Excellency still has an old friend in this southern wasteland!?" It's weird! How come I've never heard of it!?"
Li Xin was also a little confused and said: "Yes, I have been with you for many years, and I have heard of it from the end!" Did it fall from the sky!?"
The generals were puzzled, and Fusu had already come to the generals with Moro's hand, and introduced with a smile: "Generals, this is the master of the Shaodong of Cangwu Cave, Moro, when Benjun traveled in Chu in the past, he met by chance, and he can be a close friend, and today I heard that Benjun led the troops to Lingnan, and specially brought troops to help!" Fusu's face does not change color, and he lies boldly!
But the people believed it and hurriedly greeted Moro! Only Wuxin and the others were muttering in their hearts: "We have been by your side all the year round, it seems that we have never seen such a person in Chudi!?" Although I was suspicious, I didn't dare to ask, and the king said yes!
I heard Meng Long laugh and said, "Brother Moro, the Lord of Duoyan Cave has allowed Brother Xian to come to help!?" Moro smiled: "My father-in-law is very stubborn, he has always taken a neutral attitude before, and he does not help each other: he is neither willing to send troops to help the South Vietnamese army, nor does he want to help the Qin army, but he makes me anxious!" Now that the South Vietnamese army has been defeated and withdrawn from Xiou, and Luo Ying, the king of Luo Yue, has also died in battle, I have taken this opportunity to persuade him, and it just so happens that the clumsy Jing has already been produced, so I sent troops to help in the starry night!"
Meng Long breathed a sigh of relief. Hurriedly said: "You came too timely, there are thousands of Qin soldiers in the current army who have been poisoned by the dumb spring, and they are in danger, I don't know if the virtuous brother can solve it?" Yang Nan smiled: "Carving insect little skill ear, see me solve it!"
Fusu was overjoyed and said: "Great, the Lord of the Moro Shao Cave can really be said to be the lucky star of my Qin army!" Moro smiled: "Why should you be polite. Just call me Moro or Brother Virtuous! Without further ado, please step back and lead the way!"
Fusu nodded and said, "Brother Xian, please!" At that moment, everyone hurried to the wounded barracks!
In the wounded barracks, thousands of poisoned Qin soldiers wailed in pain in their tents. The limbs kept twitching and spasming, and many people had vomited gall and sweat, and were vomiting blood! Seeing that the generals were shocked, he said in his heart: "It's good that I didn't drink it just now, otherwise I would have suffered!"
Yang Nan looked at it, and his face was a little heavy. Fusu hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, how about it, can there be a way to solve it?"
Yang Nan said in a low voice: "Actually, this so-called 'dumb spring' is not a very strange thing, it is just a spring water containing copper salt, which is what we call copper sulfate or bile alum in the later world. Call it bile water! It is estimated that the spring water you drink is born on the copper vein, which is why this strange poisonous spring is formed! The water does not appear to be very toxic on the surface. But drinking it can cause copper poisoning, and the symptoms are: vomiting, nausea, and lack of clarity. Even if it can't be treated, it will eventually collapse, spasm and die! To rescue is actually very simple, this bile water is acidic, as long as it is neutralized with alkaline things, copper hydroxide and calcium sulfate precipitation will be formed. It's equivalent to washing Wei, and you can detoxify!"
The generals saw Fusu and Moro muttering something to the other, and vaguely heard something, bile water, copper sulfate, copper hydroxide, calcium sulfate, or something, all of them were misty and rustling. I don't know why!
Fusu realized: "I see, I thought it was really a miracle of heaven and earth!?" Hurriedly said: "Then how do we find so many alkaline things at once?" You know, thousands of people have been poisoned!" Yang Nan said with a smile: "Before I came, I estimated that the king didn't know that this place was sinister, and he might drink the poisonous spring by mistake, so he had already come to the antidote thing!" This is an alkaline substance similar to lime naturally formed in my mountain, melt a bucket of water the size of a fist, let the soldiers in the poisoned area drink two bowls each, it is estimated that it will be almost detoxified by night!"
Fusu was overjoyed and said, "Great! Then I'll have to worry about arranging it!" Moro nodded, and ordered the cavemen to bring hundreds of buckets of water, and then took out pieces of gray-white limestone and put them into the water, and in a short time, the limestone melted and melted into the water!
Then, according to Moro's instructions, the Qin army cooperated with the cave masters and poured two bowls of lime water on each of the poisoned Qin soldiers.
Sure enough, soon, the symptoms of poisoning the Qin soldiers were alleviated. In the evening, when Fusu and the generals looked again, basically all the Qin troops had stopped vomiting and spasms, and their complexions gradually became normal. It's just that these people have been vomiting and diarrhea for nearly an afternoon, and they are already very weak, and I am afraid that they will have to recuperate for a few days before they recover!
Fusu finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and rejoiced: "Fortunately, fortunately!" If it weren't for Brother Xian coming sooner, my thousands of soldiers in Daqin would have to explain here!"
Moro said with a smile: "The king's blessings are profound, and the heavens should be auspicious, and everything can be auspicious!" As he spoke, he secretly squeezed his eyes at Fusu! The generals were also very suspicious at once: "Why is it that as soon as you enter southern Xinjiang, someone will come to help you every time there is a catastrophe, could it be that God really blesses you!" I can't help but feel more confident for a while!
Fusu laughed and said, "Brother Chengxian Jiyan, come here!" A feast is held in the tent, and this gentleman wants to take the wind for the virtuous brother of Moro to express his gratitude!"
The generals then remembered, as if they were so busy that they didn't eat at noon, and their stomachs were rumbling with hunger! Lianxin followed Fusu and flocked to the handsome tent!
The sky has just darkened, the tent is already brightly lit, the voices are boiling, the generals are shouting and drinking toasts, gulping wine, the atmosphere in the tent is very warm!
Fusu raised his glass and said with a smile: "Generals, today thousands of my soldiers have to get out of the great disaster, all thanks to the merits of the Moro Shaodong Master, come, we will toast him!" The generals responded with a bang and raised their glasses accordingly. Moro didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly raised his glass and said with a smile: "A little thing, with a lot of effort, how dare you be so loved by the king and the generals!" Say, drink it all!
The generals couldn't help but be very happy when they saw that Moro was very bold and very angry with the Qin people, and they accepted Moro even more!
Ren Huan thought about it and said, "Mo Luo Shao Cave Master, I wonder if there is a similar poisonous spring in front of you?" If so, our army must take precautions!" The generals also thought about it, and said: "Yes, if there is, be careful!" Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to dig the ground for a spring every time!"
Moro thought for a while and said, "There should be a poisonous spring, the local natives call him 'Ripping Spring'!" Fusu was a little curious: "What is 'Pulling Bird Spring'?" Black and thin Yang Nan said: "Because this spring is highly poisonous!" On the surface, it looks like the spring is green and green, just like normal spring water, but this spring keeps coming out of the spring water with bursts of poisonous gas, covering the area around the spring for dozens of feet! All the birds and finches that fly low from this point on are all poisoned by the 'ripping off' one by one, hence the name 'Ripping Bird Spring'! In fact, this 'Pulling Bird Spring' can not only poison the birds and sparrows, but anyone who enters the spring within 10 zhang of the spring, staying for a while, even the cattle will be poisoned, let alone people!"
The generals suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: this spring water is even more powerful, and you can kill people without drinking it! Fusu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Fortunately, there is a virtuous brother here, otherwise it will hurt my army's life!" In the future, the virtuous brother will lead the way, and it will be good to find the water source on his behalf!"
Moro arched his hand and said, "Dare not obey your fate!"
The crowd put their hearts back into their stomachs this time, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively again, and there was jubilation in the handsome tent!