Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 470 See Tricks and Tricks
Lu Xun was wearing armor, and the heavy sense of restraint made him uncomfortable for the first time, but he still held a bamboo shield inlaid with iron to cover the arrows, and climbed to the height of the bow to observe the enemy's situation.

He saw that the opponent's attack had slowed down, and he no longer threw the hook line to the side of the boat, so he thought to himself that he flinched?

As a result, he saw pirates on the opposite ship slipping into the sea along the rope, swimming towards the merchant ship with a hammer and chisel in their hands, and immediately reacted, shouting: "They want to chisel the ship!"

"Bow and arrow, shoot them dead!"

As soon as these words came out, the archers on both sides of the ship stretched out their bodies one after another and pointed their bows at the swimming pirates. Immediately, several people on the opposite side were hit by arrows and died in the sea.

Seeing Guan Cheng, he ordered his side to shoot arrows and fight back. The Qingzhou pirates took advantage of the numbers, and the Youzhou army's archers were suppressed for a while and couldn't hold their heads up.

Seeing this, Lu Xun ordered the ship's side guard to be raised again to block the arrows, and at the same time open the arrow holes on the ship's side guard so that the archers could hide behind and shoot arrows.

The pirates who swam over were also chicken thieves. They dived into the sea and touched the side of Zhen's merchant ship by diving.

As soon as he got close to the side of the boat, he immediately reached the dead end of the bow and arrow. The Youzhou army had no choice but to watch the opposite side digging the boat.

Lu Xun looked over and saw those pirates were digging the boat with red eyes while enduring the biting sea water.

Even if these people stayed for a while longer, they might freeze to death in the sea, but now they are not afraid of death. Lu Xun was also shocked by his desperate way of fighting for a while.

He hesitated for a moment, Tian Yu had already tied a rope around his waist, and shouted: "Let me down!"

The other soldiers hesitated for a moment. Seeing Tian Yu's loud urging, they quickly tightened the rope and hoisted Tian Yu out of the boat. .

Seeing Guan Cheng, he ordered the pirates to shoot arrows at Tian Yu. For a while, several arrows hit Tian Yu's armor, and there was a lot of danger. Then the other soldiers came to their senses and got out of the boat with ropes, some with long halberds, some Take the shield and go to help Tian Yu block the arrows.

Yuan Xi was standing at the bow of the boat and shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow, shoot all the opponents to death!"

He drew his bow and shot towards Guan Cheng, but the moment the arrow left the bow, the waves hit, the bow of the boat tilted slightly, and he lost his aim, not knowing where it went wrong.

Guan Cheng laughed loudly when he saw this, but when he heard the sound of the wind, an arrow shot towards his face, which made him subconsciously lower his head in fright. The arrow hit the iron helmet on his forehead, and immediately made him take two steps back, dizzy dizzy.

He was scared out of his wits, and quickly got down to dodge, and with a whoosh, another arrow flew past his scalp.

Yuan Xi saw that the other general was hiding behind the ship's side and did not dare to show his head, so he said to Lu Lingqi who was firing arrows, "The ship is shaking so much, how can you shoot so accurately?"

Lu Lingqi killed a pirate who was probing in the sea with one arrow, and said without turning her head: "It's not easy, the ship is bumping up and down, and there are pauses at the highest point and the lowest point, it is a good time to shoot the arrow."

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded, why did he forget this, Lu Lingqi discovered this so quickly, doesn't it seem that she is mentally retarded?

The two sides came and went, and after another wave of pirates who launched the boat were all stabbed to death by the halberd, Guan Cheng finally gave up and let the boats retreat a little, and surrounded the Zhen family's merchant ship from a distance.

Seeing Yuan Xi, he felt a headache. Unlike land where he could run away, the two sides entangled to death at sea. If naval warfare in this era cannot establish an absolute advantage, it can only be a war of attrition, and this consumes the number of soldiers on both sides. The number of pirates in Qingzhou is obviously much higher.

Lu Xun was holding a binoculars, with a serious face, and said to Yuan Xi: "Gongsun's boat started to escape."

Yuan Xi observed through the binoculars, and saw the remaining dilapidated warships of the Gongsun family speeding up and fleeing north.

Just now the Qingzhou pirate fleet took the opportunity to separate seven or eight ships to intercept the Gongsun warships who wanted to come to support them. The Qingzhou pirates had rich experience in naval warfare and had an advantage in numbers, beating the Gongsun ships to flee in a hurry.

The Qingzhou pirates did not go after him, but circled around and slowly surrounded Yuan Xi.

Guan Hai stood at the bow of the boat, holding the knife high in his hand. He and Guan Cheng had cooperated many times, and they had already become familiar with each other. No one could escape from the hands of the two of them!

Yuan Xi thought in his heart that it would be great if he had a few cannons. None of the dozens of boats present could run away. Now that there are no long-range weapons, the opponent can only fight for consumption. , Youzhou Army will be exhausted sooner or later.

Lu Xun said: "Young master, it's not good to come up to the opposite side, let's hang up the sail and leave the encirclement first?"

Yuan Xi nodded, "According to Boyan's words, the fleet will return to Youzhou!"

As a result, within half an hour of the trip, Lu Xun saw through the binoculars the inside of the Huangxian port, and several sea ships sailed out, quickly approaching Yuan Xi's retreating route.

This is pirate reinforcements coming to intercept!
Lu Xun said: "Intercept the front and cut off the retreat from the rear. Now it's a bit troublesome."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's okay, spend time with them slowly, wait for the opportunity to burn their sails, let's leave if we want."

The two sides chased and fled, and fought for a full day. At night, when the Youzhou army had used up all the rockets and fireworks, they finally burned almost all the sails on the opposite side.

Just when the Youzhou army thought that the other side had nothing to do, Guan Hai and Guan Cheng looked at each other, and suddenly burst into laughter. They waved their hands, and a pirate dragged a brand new sail and rushed up from the bilge!
Within a short while, more than 20 warships were all replaced with brand new sails. Under the blowing of the wind, their speed increased greatly, and they came to encircle Yuan Xi's fleet!

Lu Xun saw him, looked at Yuan Xi, saw Yuan Xi nodded, and ordered someone to carry out two large fireworks several feet long.

Everyone set it up and ignited it, and saw flames emanating from the bottom of the fireworks, soaring towards the sky, and two huge flame flowers bloomed in the night sky tens of feet high.

Guan Cheng looked at the sky, the bright moon was hanging high, and the fading fireworks turned into bits of debris, but he sneered in his heart, this thing can only be ignited, and its lethality is very poor.

He raised the long knife in his hand high, "Go!"

"Kill them all!"

Night battles are extremely dangerous. Falling into the sea in the dark is almost a mortal situation, so both sides dare not venture forward and fight extremely conservatively. Rather than killing the enemy, it is better to harass each other so that the other party cannot sleep.

The Qingzhou Pirates were not impatient, and made up their minds to spend it slowly with the opponent. Anyway, if they continued to fight like this, within a day, the opponent's morale would collapse from exhaustion.

In the cabin of the Youzhou Army, several doctors were treating the wounded who were shot by arrows. They pulled out the arrows, cleaned the blood around the wound, took out the bamboo tubes around them, and poured some golden liquid on the clean linen , and then suddenly applied to the wound.

The wounded screamed loudly. Obviously, the liquid was extremely irritating, but the doctor did not blink, and applied a layer of herbal medicine on it, and then the wound was bandaged.

Immediately the doctor took out a piece of something, handed it to the soldier and said, "Chew yourself slowly, don't swallow it."

The soldier took it, peeled the skin, put it in his mouth, bit it hard, and immediately grinned.

If Yuan Xi was present, he would recognize that this is what he experimentally promoted.

garlic.

In this era, although Yuan Xi could not produce penicillin, Gu later thought of something that could be substituted.

Allicin.

Although the effect is much worse than that of penicillin, it is already the most effective antibacterial and disinfectant that Yuan Xi can think of to increase resistance.

Garlic is native to the Pamir Plateau in central Asia and the Tianshan Mountains in China. It was introduced and cultivated by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions in China during the Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, garlic has become a common plant.

Volume [-] of Zhang Hua's "Natural History" records: "Zhang Qian returned to the Western Regions and obtained garlic, guava, walnut, shallot, alfalfa, and coriander." When you flow around the absolute domain, you can get garlic, grapes, and alfalfa."

Garlic contains allicin. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that garlic can treat various sores caused by constipation, prolapse of the intestines, and convulsions in children. Modern medicine believes that garlic can improve immunity and improve the transformation ability of human lymphoid T cells, macrophages and other immune systems. .

Fresh garlic, sliced ​​or mashed and eaten raw, supports heart health and is often used to repel parasites in the intestines.

Yuan Xi didn't pay much attention to it at first, but later discovered that the medicine Hua Tuo prescribed to Chen Deng included the method of using garlic to repel insects, and he suddenly realized that garlic is a good thing in this era!

People in this era have realized the bactericidal effect of garlic, and some people often use garlic to strengthen their bodies.

After Yuan Xi and Hua Tuo mentioned this idea, Hua Tuo began to experiment with garlic, and found that on the battlefield, after garlic was mashed, it could indeed inhibit wound inflammation and ulceration.

Although it is very irritating and the effect is not obvious, it is considered very good for this era when penicillin cannot be produced.

Moreover, the extraction of allicin is not complicated. As long as there is a distilled water device, garlic can be mashed and soaked in distilled water for a period of time to obtain a golden yellow liquid, which is crude allicin.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, there have been bronze stills in China. A similar vessel was unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Haihun, and it was mostly used to distill essential oils. Therefore, under the promotion of Yuan Xi, he made a tube of allicin and carried it with him. It is already a favorite of doctors. standard.

However, the disadvantage of allicin is that it is not easy to preserve. In most cases, it will fail within ten days.

The Qingzhou pirates did not have this kind of treatment. They were injured at sea and basically waited to die. In addition to those who died in the sea today, hundreds of people were killed or injured.

But Guan Hai and Guan Cheng didn't care at all, there were nearly 2000 boats and more than [-] pirates down the road, and the pile also killed the opposite side!
After the two sides fought all night, the sky gradually revealed light, and when a fish belly was exposed, Guan Hai and Guan Cheng saw that the speed of the merchant ship on the opposite side was much slower, and he knew that the other party was tired, and it was time to launch a general attack!

(End of this chapter)