After inspecting the city, we found that among the tens of thousands of people in the city, only those on the edge of the city and some lonely elderly people with limited mobility did not have time to cover their mouths and noses with wet towels. Most of the people were quite obedient, even if they were The symptoms are not obvious, just drink some hot water and it will go away.
Most of those who were poisoned died, about one or two thousand people, and only a few dozen people were still breathing and could be saved.
Nie Chen arranged for people to send the poisoned people to Li Yuanjun, and then pulled all the corpses to an open space to prevent people from approaching them. They waited until the rain stopped before cremating them.
After finishing these things, Nie Chen, even though he was wearing armor, his clothes were wet underneath, and he felt bitingly cold. He asked the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest, and he also returned to the Yamen.
After returning to the bedroom, he saw Weng Qiuchan taking a hot bath. He was so happy that he took off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub to soak with her.
"Oh, it's so comfortable. The lives of the people in the city and the soldiers have been saved. I can finally take a hot bath. It's so comfortable and warm."
"You are warm when you are warm, and comfortable when you are comfortable. What do you mean by holding me? Let me go!"
In the bathtub, Nie Chen was leaning on the edge of the bathtub, still holding his beloved wife tightly in his arms, closing his eyes, enjoying the tenderness of this moment.
Weng Qiuchan rolled her eyes at him and held the edge of the tub with her hands, maintaining this awkward posture to satisfy the greed of the man beneath her.
"Hey, after this fight, can I rest for two days?"
Weng Qiuchan asked, holding Nie Chen's head gently.
"Yes, you can rest for two days. It's still raining outside. When will the rain stop? When we can walk in two days, we can join forces with Da Zhuang to fight against Liu Hu.
In the past few days, as long as Liu Hu stops poisoning, everything will be basically fine.
The heavy rain came at a good time, saving us all and giving us time to train our troops and prepare for the counterattack. "
"That's good. If Liu Hu is defeated or killed, my father's coffin can be returned to Qingfeng Village and he can be buried in peace."
While Weng Qiuchan was talking, she massaged Nie Chen's shoulders to help him relax and relieve his fatigue.
Nie Chen is also enjoying the comfort of the rest of his life after the war.
"Come on, come on, after we finish defeating Liu Hu, we'll go grab the county seat, and then...
Woo...ow...don't press it, yours is too big, I can't breathe..."
"hiss……"
"Um……"
As two voices came, the sound of water splashing was heard in the room.
Heavy rain fell intermittently for three days, and the road became increasingly muddy. There was no movement in the military camp outside the city, and the soldiers in the city had nothing to do except take turns standing guard.
Nie Chen has not been idle in the past three days. He found some empty houses and after vacating them, he trained the new recruits separately to familiarize them with weapons and generals and improve their combat effectiveness.
On the Dazhuang side, because of the rain, more people were recruited. Because they could not chop wood for hunting on rainy days, the people who already had no food were even more miserable. In the end, they were heartbroken and gritted their teeth and went to the mountains to work. The soldiers are gone.
Of course, Qingfeng Village is not a charity. Only those who serve as soldiers have food and money, and they are paid monthly. Those who come to serve as soldiers do not care about their wives, children, and children at home.
But in this era, it has become normal for people to go hungry. If there is food at home, the labor force eats it first. It would be good if the others can drink some water porridge. The labor force who eats the most at home is gone, and the remaining people dig wild vegetables to eat. Bark grass roots also survive.
However, it is impossible for all the hundreds of thousands of people in Qingshui County to serve as soldiers. Most people still can't worry about their families and stay to farm.
But despite this, Da Zhuang has also recruited seven or eight thousand men in the past few days. Fortunately, Qingfeng Village has sufficient supplies to equip them.
Da Zhuang was a serious soldier, and he was merciless in his training. Even if it was raining heavily, he would have the recruits train in the heavy rain. They would stand in a military posture, stab, slash, and shoot without missing a beat.
Da Zhuang himself has shared the joys and sorrows with them, and has been guiding their training in the rain.
Because Da Zhuang knows that with the military strength in the city, it is really difficult to defeat the county guard, and his side is the best hope.
In order to train soldiers and horses, in order to avenge the boss, he was willing to suffer no matter how much he suffered.
As for the new recruits, they were originally people who couldn't even eat. Now that they have food to eat, pay, and can survive, what else do they ask for? They are willing to do anything they are asked to do.
They all come from lower-class backgrounds, and it is normal to hoe the fields in the rain, and everyone can endure the hardship.
During these three days, Da Zhuang taught them how to practice marksmanship, sprint, block, and return fire. He also taught them how to practice archery, how to repeat crossbows, and how to use battle formations.
If you hear the drum, you will advance, if you ring the gold, you will retreat, you can read the order flag, you can follow the general to charge forward, and other things that need to be learned in war.
Three days is not enough for the new recruits to become elites, but it can be regarded as barely mastering some basic knowledge needed to fight. After a few actual battles, they can become veterans.
Three days later, the heavy rain ended, and Da Zhuang pulled the soldiers out for training as usual.
At noon, a shadow guard came up the mountain on horseback, and Da Zhuang met him personally.
"General Fang, my lord, come here and ask me to ask you how your troops are doing. Do you have the strength to fight?"
the masked woman asked.
Da Zhuang nodded and said,
"On my side, although they are all new recruits and their fighting spirit is not as strong as the veterans in the city, their training intensity is very high, and they hate the county guard very much, so they are still capable of fighting.
I now have a total of eight thousand people. As long as the lord needs it and gives an order, we can descend from the mountain and attack the enemy! "
"Okay, General Fang, I will report to my lord. My lord has said that if you can fight here, then in two days, when the road is dry, you can go down the mountain. At noon, join forces with the city's defenders inside and outside to attack the county together. The defending army."
"Okay, I understand. When the time comes, I will personally lead the troops down the mountain."
After Da Zhuang finished speaking, he turned around and went back to training the soldiers.
This time, he ordered the kitchen to provide delicious food and drinks so that everyone could eat three meals a day.
Whenever there is a war, the soldiers must be fed first, otherwise they will not have the strength to fight.
Da Zhuang is preparing for the war intensively. He is here alone, and he has to do everything. The pressure is quite high, and he is indeed a capable person, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner.
As the leader said, Da Zhuang may not be a qualified commander and strategist, but if you give him something to do, he will try his best to do it well, and he is also flexible.
