Several division chiefs of the Western Expeditionary Army came over to report that a quarter of the people in the army began to feel headaches and palpitations, and some people had difficulty breathing. And Jingwen himself felt this way, and he immediately remembered a disease that was often mentioned in later generations - altitude sickness.

Altitude sickness also refers to people who live at low altitudes, and suddenly arrive at high altitudes, and the body will produce a kind of headache, palpitation, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing in places with low oxygen and low pressure. Altitude sickness actually refers to people at low altitudes who arrive at the plateau, so it is called altitude sickness. This altitude sickness increases with altitude. And this is also related to the body element, and the poor body element is also associated with a high incidence rate. Now Jingwen can be said to be in the whole army with a relatively poor physique, so he is sick. And those soldiers who are sick may be people who are in poor health.

"Rest in place!" Jingwen ordered.

Jingwen is really having a headache now, he didn't think of altitude sickness before. Once they reach the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they will probably have altitude sickness, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the whole army will be greatly reduced, and they will not be able to fight at all. At this time, it is the home of the Tibetan people, who have lived here since childhood, so they are not afraid of altitude sickness at all. They can exert 100% combat capability on the plateau, while ordinary soldiers in the Central Plains can only exert half of them when they arrive here, or even half of them are good.

In this case, the 20,000 soldiers brought by Jingwen may be able to be used as 10,000, or even not. Moreover, if the combat time is too long and the strenuous exercise is too long, then I am afraid that various problems will arise, and ordinary people will not be able to stand it.

Next, the expeditionary army did not continue to advance, but rested in place. They put the soldiers who didn't get sick in charge of setting up the tents. The soldiers who fell ill immediately rested, and Jingwen also rested in place.

"According to my military theories in the past, wounding a person is actually more costly to the enemy than killing a person. If one person is wounded, the enemy will have to spend one person to take care of him, and one more person to protect him, and even someone to carry out his task in his place. In this way, if one person is wounded, it is equivalent to dragging down four enemies, which is more profitable than killing one person. Now we have a quarter of the wounded. In fact, it is almost impossible to fight. If you insist on going on, then I'm afraid that if you meet organized people, you may not be able to win the battle at all! Jing Wen thought helplessly in his heart.

Now Jingwen didn't expect that when he encountered this kind of altitude sickness, he was afraid that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers would be weakened. Moreover, with a quarter of the wounded soldiers, I am afraid that these wounded soldiers will not only not be able to fight, but will need others to take care of them, which will be a drag on the manpower. Once the manpower is dragged down, there are more than 20,000 soldiers on his side. But in reality, there were only a few thousand people who could fight. Thousands, for hundreds of thousands of people on the entire plateau, I'm afraid that's a bit insufficient.

"Jieshuai, you have to think of a way!" said the Chief of Military Affairs.

"What can I do? This is simply an unsolvable problem. The Tibetans came down from the plateau. Almost unaffected. But when we go up from the bottom, that's the real difficulty. Now you can see that a quarter of us have become ill and will not be able to live for a few days. I'm afraid that more and more people will get sick, and I'm afraid that we will all be even more miserable in the future. In such a place where the land is higher than our Central Plains, it is very difficult for us to have any combat capability at all. Jingwen said.

The military chief then said: "Doesn't this give the Tubo people a natural male pass?" They are not afraid of our Datang attack. On the contrary, you can attack my Datang at any time? ”

"Yes!" Jingwen said.

And when everyone heard this, they were speechless for a while. They can only fight themselves, but they can't fight back. And now I want to fight back, but it ends up like this, obviously everyone can't stand it. However, the hard facts are in front of us, and everyone cannot but accept them.

The director of service also asked: "Then why didn't we encounter this kind of thing in Tuyuhun half a month ago?" ”

"The land of Tuyuhun is not as high as that of Tubo." Jingwen replied.

According to the understanding of the foreground, Tuyuhun is probably equivalent to the Qinghai area in later generations, and the average altitude of Qinghai is mainly below 3,000 meters, while the Tibetan area is mainly above 3,000 meters. Altitude sickness must appear at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, so there is no onset of illness when Tuyuhun is in Tuyuhun.

"Jie Shuai, what should we do now? Do you want to go on the offensive? The Chief of Military Affairs asked.

Jingwen was also a little hesitant, he actually didn't want to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Now that most of the armed forces of Tibet have been annihilated, and then Songtsen Gampo has been captured, the country has lost the ability to resist. The dragons in Tubo have no leader, and it is best to attack at this time, and at this time to attack them in Tubo is scattered, and the effect obtained is also the best. But now we have to overcome altitude sickness, and if we don't overcome it, we won't be able to fight at all. This can be said to be the death hole of ordinary soldiers, the death hole of soldiers living at low altitudes.

"Rest where you are!" Jingwen said.

And Yuriko walked in at this time and said, "General, why am I okay?" I also live in a very low place in the Wa Kingdom, how can there be no problems? ”

"Women are much less likely to develop the disease than men!" Jingwen said.

If you want to talk about the theoretical understanding of altitude sickness, I am afraid that Jingwen knows more than anyone else. Jingwen once wanted to travel to Tibet, but later failed to make the trip for some reasons. However, I found a lot of information about altitude sickness through the Internet. Jingwen knows that altitude sickness is more common in men, and the incidence of women is much lower than that of men, so it is normal for Yuriko not to get sick easily. Jingwen could only let the soldiers rest in place next, and there was no good way. Jingwen wants to continue to observe, if Tubo has no organization, then I am afraid it can still be a firefight.

"Yuriko, let the ninja under your command who is not sick go and catch a tongue back, if you catch the noble, it is best." Jingwen said.

"Okay!" Yuriko said.

Jingwen also wanted to grab a tongue and come back for interrogation to see what the situation of the Tubo people was now. If the Tibetans are ready for war, then let's talk about it depending on the situation! If they weren't prepared, thousands would have been enough to fight them. (To be continued......)