Chapter Thirty-Nine: The New Taishou? The old Taishou?

As mentioned last time, Zhou Tai personally led the last men and horses to charge the stronghold of the Shu army, fully demonstrating his extraordinary courage.

But he's destined to be a coffee table thing today—a cup. Since he rushed to the front, he was naturally the first to fall, and after he fell, his subordinates fell to the ground one after another.

But these are the most elite soldiers under Zhou Tai, and after the boss fell, they still fought to the death. There is a saying that there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. Zhou Tai is used to being fierce, and the soldiers he brought out are also fierce and abnormal, and he also has his characteristic of treating death as home.

As a result, this battle became the most tragic battle since the beginning of the war, of course, all the tragedy was for the Eastern Wu army, the Shu army just made faster reloading, releasing the gun, for them at most a little more tired, the hands were more sore, and the shoulders were more red and swollen by the recoil of the muskets.

The Eastern Wu soldiers rushed forward one after another, falling to the ground one by one, and the people behind were still rushing forward, the scene was similar to the scene in a movie that Liu Hou had seen before, the scene of the Eight-Nation Alliance charging against the Manchu cavalry.

The charge lasted about a stick of incense and ended with the exhaustion of the Eastern Wu soldiers. Recently, the Eastern Wu army had rushed to the front of the Shu army's position. It's a pity that the Shu army has placed a lot of obstacles in advance, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to clear or climb these obstacles in the rain of bullets.

At the most critical moment, people from the special forces also came up to help. The special forces played an important role in the early stage, cutting off the nearby sentry posts and urn listening personnel, but after the Shu army was discovered, they retreated back to rest on the spot, and after that, they rarely did anything, and only helped when the defense line was in danger.

They have fifty rounds of crossbow arrows, which are similar to machine guns on the battlefield, and the Eastern Wu army rushed into battle, too late to use those bulky tower shields, and many people didn't even have time to wear armor, so the horse crossbow, which is not particularly powerful, can also play a great role.

These special forces usually do not move until the enemy rushes within ten steps, and they generally aim at the enemy's face and throat. Under such circumstances, it is believed that no more than 20,000 Eastern Wu soldiers may not be able to break through the defense line of the Shu army.

After eliminating the elite of the Eastern Wu army, the Shu army saw several lanes full of corpses. Later, when cleaning up the battlefield, 8 or 9 thousand wounded soldiers were dug out of the pile of dead, including Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai was shot several times, but fortunately, he didn't hit the vital point, and he was allowed to pick up a life.

It's just that he has a few more scars on his body. Why are the scars described as "one" instead of "strips"? Because the scars this time are different from the previous ones, they are round holes instead of knife marks.

When the vulture entered the city, he was sent to attack the gates and walls. There was no longer any valuable stronghold in the city, so Liu Hou assigned him this challenging job. However, the vultures, who were holding back their strength and preparing to kill, were depressed to find that a large number of Eastern Wu troops who were originally stationed at the gates and city walls had long since disappeared.

The vulture was angry again. Where did these Eastern Wu soldiers go? It turned out that Xu Sheng took them away. After Xu Sheng asked Lu Xun to take away, he immediately gathered the scattered troops in the city, but he helplessly found that the shape was even worse, so he immediately sent a herald to withdraw the troops stationed at the gates and city walls from the city.

He himself led the remnants of the army to withdraw outside the city, and after the two phases converged, he followed Lu Xun's pace to implement the 36th plan. With Zhou Tai injured and captured, Lu Xun and Xu Sheng escaping, there is no suspense about the fall of Changsha City. However, there are many remnants of the Eastern Wu army in the city, and it is very troublesome to clean it up.

In particular, Lu Xun ordered a large number of holes to be dug, and many Eastern Wu soldiers were hiding in the holes, and it was difficult to find them all. In view of this, Liu Hou once again carried forward his spirit of fear of death, or the traditional virtue of a gentleman not standing under the dangerous wall, and stayed in the camp outside the city, not daring to enter the city.

Fortunately, there was a capable official Guo Youzhi, who was sent into the city by Liu Hou to preside over the overall situation, and he was very experienced in stabilizing the situation in a city after the war. However, after Guo Youzhi entered the city, he found that the situation in the city was very bad, and there was chaos everywhere. There were many rebels in the city, and there were many people.

And some restless people also took the opportunity to come out and make trouble, which also means that there are many troubled people. Later, Guo Youzhi came up with an idea: let Zhang Zhongjing be the Taishou of Changsha. Zhang Zhongjing once served as the Changsha Taishou many years ago, but he personally sat in the hall to treat the people's diseases, it is conceivable that a sentence of loving the people like a son is not enough to describe his love for the people. It can also be imagined how lofty his status is in the hearts of the people of Changsha.

If he is allowed to come forward to appease the people, the effect must be leveraged. Liu Hou was as good as a stream, and immediately ran to Zhang Zhongjing to talk about it. Who knew that Zhang Zhongjing refused. He still prefers to be a doctor, and treating diseases and saving people, and researching new medical techniques are the most important things in his life. He didn't want to delay his business in order to be a "mundane thing" like Taishou.

Liu Houhao said that in the end, he took a compromise solution, which was to let Zhang Zhongjing be an honorary taishou, and all specific affairs were handed over to Guo Youzhi to deal with. In other words, he only needs to show his face on key occasions, meet with the representatives of the people, visit the people, and let the people know that he is back to be a taishou.

For this, Zhang Zhongjing said that there is no pressure, because he himself wants to go deep into the people to treat the people, especially after the war, there will inevitably be a lot of injuries and diseases, and there will be a plague.

As a result, Zhang Zhongjing entered Changsha City as a taishou, but exercised the power of the director of the health bureau. The first thing he did after entering the city was to set up a Changsha branch of a people's hospital, and all the doctors who accompanied the army were requisitioned to serve in the hospital. The hospital treated a large number of wounded soldiers and sick civilians.

Among these wounded soldiers, there are those of the Shu army and the Eastern Wu army, of course, priority is given to the wounded soldiers of the Shu army. With so many wounded soldiers, the medical staff accompanying the army alone could not deal with them. He also recruited doctors from all over the city to serve in the hospital, and at the same time, he also recruited a large number of people as nurses to help treat the wounded.

Of course, there are women among the nurses, and the defense of men and women in this era is not so strict, and it is not new for women to come out to do things, but it is difficult for you to meet young and beautiful girls, most of these women are married "healthy women".

Isn't there a young and beautiful girl in Changsha City? Of course not, it's just that Zhang Zhongjing's criteria for choosing nurses are married "healthy women". Taking care of the wounded is not an easy task, not only tired, but also dirty, and often seeing bloody scenes and smelling blood.

Therefore, Zhang Zhongjing doesn't want delicate little girls, but wants some "healthy women" who are five big and three thick. In addition to "healthy women", there are more strong men. Because there are a large number of wounded people who need to be moved, this belongs to heavy body work, and it is more suitable for the old man to do it.

At the same time, Zhang Zhongjing also recruited a large number of people to improve environmental sanitation to prevent the occurrence of plague. Liu Hou once taught some basic environmental sanitation knowledge to Zuo Ci, who in turn passed them on to Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo and other doctors without reservation.

These doctors did not dare to take lightly the knowledge imparted by Zuo Ci, a fairy person, and in subsequent practice, they proved the correctness of this knowledge many times, so now these doctors generally attach great importance to environmental sanitation issues, and many doctors are no longer simple doctors, but have a tendency to change to health officials.

So, after cleaning up the corpses and cleaning the bloodstains, the whole city set off a wave of environmental sanitation. Dredging ditches, clearing backlogs, protecting water sources, rodent control, insecticide, and disinfection.

The Shu army brought a large amount of sulfur and lime, which was sprinkled with lime in many places that needed to be disinfected, such as places where corpses had fallen and where there were blood stains, and even some sewage was mixed with lime.

In short, Liu Hou gave Zhang Zhongjing a word: to ensure that there is no major epidemic after the war. Zhang Zhongjing agreed with this goal and led the health staff to work hard to ensure that Changsha was free of plague.

Zhang Zhongjing has a super appeal in Changsha City, which can be said to be a hundred responses, and the people are enthusiastic about the recruitment order he issued, and many people say that they will apply even if they are not paid.

Of course, Liu Hou never sent hungry soldiers, and he gave these people who came to help in response to the edict handsomely. In addition to providing everyone with two full meals, he also gave each of them a small amount of copper coins a day.

This made the people who responded to the edict very grateful, shocked, and convinced. The government has never given money to recruit conscripts, and it seems that Zhang Taishou is still interested in the people of Changsha.

Zhang Zhongjing's measures in the health sector were implemented smoothly, and the various decrees issued by Guo Youzhi under the guise of Zhang Zhongjing were gradually and effectively implemented.

Guo Youzhi divided the troops into countless sandwich squads and patrolled intensively around the city, each line of these squads was a squad, or ten people, a total of three lines: a line of rattan armor soldiers, a line of musketeers, and finally a line of vine armor soldiers. Combined with the musketeers on each side of the squad wearing rattan armor and the squadron mate, this brings the total number of people to a patrol of 32 people.

Innumerable patrols filled every street and alley, and a large number of ruffians and hooligans who took the opportunity to make trouble were caught and killed, and the rest shrank back and did not dare to come out to make trouble again, and order in the city was quickly restored.

At the same time, Guo Youzhi asked the captured Eastern Wu soldiers to identify the caves they knew, find out some of the caves where people were still hidden, and capture the Eastern Wu soldiers inside. Of course, there are also some caves that cannot be found, but these Eastern Wu soldiers did not eat or drink in the caves, and after hiding for a few days, they basically couldn't bear the hunger and thirst and ran out by themselves.

And when the streets are full of patrols, these hungry and soft-armed Dongwu soldiers can only be captured when they come out. It took seven days for the situation in Changsha City to completely calm down, and it was not until this time that Liu Hou, who had been living in the camp outside the city, calmly entered the city.

In this battle, Lu Xun and Xu Sheng took away more than 10,000 and almost 20,000 people, killed about 50,000 people, and captured more than 30,000 people by the Shu army, including a large number of wounded.

For Lu Xun, Xu Sheng and the troops they took away, Liu Hou did not order the pursuit, firstly, the Shu army was insufficient, and secondly, Lu Xun was scheming, and he had to go all out to deal with him.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Liu Hou simply let him go, and he still made every effort to stabilize the occupied area first is the most important thing at the moment.