After the Blue Moon Festival, the short-term psychological comfort is over, and the rest is the same old talk in the military: training and killing enemies.
It's already starting to get hot here in mid-March, and I'm covered in sweat even if I move a little bit. The monks with lower cultivation levels felt very hot after training, and the ordinary soldiers felt it even more.
So Shen Hao had to speak again, reminding Chen Zifang to pay attention to providing enough light salt water for the soldiers on the front line of each army.
Salt is not a street commodity, nor is it a cheap commodity. Even if the price is limited by the government because it is a necessity, it is definitely not to the extent that you can get as much as you want. It can be mixed with water for the whole army to drink. The idea of talking about "luxury".
During the previous battle in Jianchuan, Shen Hao mentioned to Chen Zifang that light salt water could better replenish physical strength. Chen Zifang did do what he did at that time, and the effect was good, but at that time life and death were at stake, and the military commander would not care about the details, so he would naturally use all available methods to ensure the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. But now it is not so easy to spread it to the entire army.
If the results of "Liangbaikai" and "Emergency Team" were not straightforward and obvious to all, Shen Hao's idea of "salt water" would definitely have a lot of controversy, and some people would even jump out and ridicule Shen Hao. However, learning from past mistakes, no one jumped out to criticize Shen Hao in the end, leaving the decision-making power in Zuo Yuliang's hands.
Of course, Zuo Yuliang still agreed to Shen Hao's suggestion, but he also made restrictions: only the front-line combat establishments could distribute salt water to the soldiers to drink during wartime, and the rest of the establishments and non-wartimes could only drink cold water.
Shen Hao knew that it was difficult to obtain salt in this world. It was all slowly dried out in coastal areas. The techniques and craftsmanship were naturally not high, and there were even very few places where monks' methods were used. It seems that although they know the importance of salt, no monk is willing to think about how it can improve production and efficiency.
Therefore, Shen Hao really wanted to bring technology from another world to benefit the public, but he found that he was half-baked and only knew some theoretical formulas, but the practical operation and popularity were extremely low, so he could only think about it in the long term. Let’s talk about it later when I have some free time.
Later, according to Chen Zifang's excited feedback, the frontline soldiers' physical strength during the war was indeed better than before after being distributed with salt water. He also said that in the future, salt would also be used as a combat readiness material and began to increase supply to the military. This has become a note and reported to the Ministry of War.
The reason why we are so hasty is because the war situation has become bloody again since mid-March. Zuo Yuliang will try his best to promote the method that can improve the physical strength of the soldiers, even if it is more expensive.
In early March, the distribution of troops in Jianchuan and Baektu Gorge was still being adjusted, but by mid-March, the fighting became more intense.
Zuo Yuliang's method was simple and crude, not at all like the cunning and vicious style he used when he captured Jianchuan. Instead, he chose an upright style to directly attack the enemy on the opposite side in front of Baektu Gorge with an additional 30,000 superior troops. Go on the offensive.
At the same time, in the north of Baekdu Gorge, in the direction of Jianchuan, the Jianchuan troops who came in advantage of the victory began to slowly press towards the boundary of Baektu Gorge. The barbarians were forced to allocate some of their manpower to deal with the pressure from Jianchuan. This further stretched their forces.
Based on the news reported earlier, Shen Hao was surprised to find that the barbarians still did not reach a unified opinion on the Royal Court under such an urgent situation. Even the Red-eyed Wolf Clan did not have the courage to abandon the Red Earth Clan and establish the Royal Court independently. Otherwise, if Baekdu Gorge is in such a crisis, the Bear Clan and Monkey Clan related to the Hongtu Clan would not be able to help.
At least it seems that things within the barbarians are more urgent than the Jingjiu Dynasty but difficult to reconcile.
Anyway, based on Shen Hao's current understanding of military affairs, his feeling is that Zuo Yuliang is already preparing to launch a new round of big moves, most likely Baektu Gorge.
Opening the Baektu Gorge will directly threaten Sambichu and directly separate the barbarians' main food producing area from their hinterland. This would most likely force the barbarians, who had not yet reached a unified stance, to assume a decisive battle stance in front of Sambichu.
If it is true as Shen Hao thinks, the decisive battle begins in a hurry, then the Jingjiu Dynasty's chance of winning is definitely much higher than that of the barbarians. When the time comes to decide the outcome in a battle, it will affect not only the affairs in the south, but also the internal affairs of the Jingjiu Dynasty.
The recent news from Blackwater has gradually confirmed Shen Hao's previous guesses. That is, the war in the south does not seem to be directly related to the "big test" of the royal family within the country, but in terms of time, the "big test" of the royal family follows the war in the south.
Previously, Jianchuan was opened up by Zuo Yuliang, and the "big test" immediately passed a lot of preliminary preparation time and entered the fierce stage of fighting for the "knife handle" of the imperial city. Now anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that Zuo Yuliang will launch a new round of offensive. Will he achieve results again as quickly as before?
Due to the awareness of the weakness of the barbarians and the outstanding performance of the famous general Zuo Yuliang, most people would think that there is a high possibility that the war situation will improve again. Therefore, the "big exam" will be accelerated again.
The most representative incident was on March 19th. The eldest prince Yang Baicheng was attacked by an unidentified dead man while having a night banquet with a cultivator clan leader. He was slashed twice in the back. Fortunately, he was wearing high-grade soft armor for protection. And the guardian of a magic weapon on his body helped him offset a large part of the damage, otherwise Yang Baicheng's end would be worrying.
Although the attack failed in the end, the leader of the cultivator died on the spot. And this cultivator clan leader is also a cultivator in the Yuan Dan Realm. This shows how dangerous the attacker is.
Of course, if Yang Baicheng can survive, then those dead soldiers who did not kill him will have no chance of survival. He drank the poison pill directly and committed suicide.
The furious Yang Baicheng focused his suspicion on the second prince, the Qianwang Yang Ye. Because the two are similar in age, have similar apparent strength, and have obvious conflicts in their power structure, it can be said that they have always been at odds with each other. Now that Yang Baicheng was almost dead, the first thing he thought of was his second brother, and then an act of revenge.
It is a pity that Yang Baicheng's actions in anger were not strictly organized and planned. At the beginning of the operation, he was noticed by Yang Ye's subordinates who were highly vigilant. The two fought in the streets of the Imperial City, each with dozens of casualties. This is nothing, but if the monk does it and it's on the street, the impact will be too great.
It is said that information released by the Ministry of Punishment afterwards stated that the street fight between Yang Baicheng and Yang Ye directly resulted in serious injuries to three people, dozens of minor injuries, and the destruction of more than ten houses. Fortunately, no one died.
But the emperor was still furious and directly ordered the Major Case Department of the Ministry of Punishment to imprison Yang Baicheng and Yang Yeji. It's almost April now, and there is no news about its release...
