Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 51
At noon in June, the sun was so scorching that it seemed to be able to ignite withered grass, but the further south we went, the hotter the weather became, with almost no wind, so hot that even the sound of cicadas disappeared.

Cars rattled, horses rustled, the army was marching, dust was flying, and the sound of clashing armor could be heard endlessly.

In such a hot and scorching weather, marching for days is boring, and it is indeed hard work.

Although almost all the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty were veterans of the Southern and Northern Wars, and all of them were brave and good at fighting, marching under the sun required strong will and endurance.

Ma Shuo led the front army to lead the way, Zhao Kuangyin was in the middle army, and Cao Bin led the rear army to the rear.

Except for Zhao Kuangyin, the lord of the Song Dynasty, and several high-ranking civil servants such as Zhao Pu sitting in the carriage, the commanders of the army such as Cao Bin and Dang Jin did not receive any preferential treatment, and marched silently under the scorching sun.

This is the ethics of ancient soldiers. In this era of charisma leading the army, this is also the example that a qualified commander must do.Not to mention other people, from the general to the soldier, everyone must wear armor, swords, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons.

Under such a heavy load, walking under the hot sun, it is conceivable that all the people are already sweating profusely.

On the third day of the march, among the rear army led by Cao Bin, there were already a hundred people suffering from heat stroke, but it was not known whether it was because of the scarcity of medical officers in the army, or because the army had developed a habit over the years. , I could only grit my teeth in secret to resist, even if it was an officer above the commander, the medical officer would just prescribe some medicine when he came, but there would be no place to decoct the medicine for a while, so he could only resist until the night when he was cooking and resting.And during the march, you can only let the comrades with good relations around you help and tie them to the horse, and continue to march.

After Ye Chen discovered this phenomenon, while secretly lamenting that human life in this era is as cheap as grass, after consulting Cao Bin, he called the military medical officer and the person in charge of logistics and food, and asked them to prepare a large amount of salt and sugar water for heat stroke. The sergeant poured it down.

Ye Chen's treatment method has been proven in later generations, so there is nothing wrong with it, and these sergeants are also in excellent physical condition.So, soon the military medical officer came to report with a look of admiration that the symptoms of the heatstroke sergeant who was lying on the carriage and tied to the horse had been relieved, he was able to eat liquid food, and the high fever all over his body had subsided.

This method was quickly spread from the rear army to the middle army and the front army, and nearly [-] heat stroke patients were easily cured.Including dozens of military medical officers, the whole army contacted Ye Chen again and again about the miraculous means of saving Ma Gangzi by borrowing his life a few days ago. Chen is regarded as an unborn miracle doctor.Including some high-ranking generals, they all showed a little more respect for Ye Chen in their expressions and words.

Ye Chen didn't feel much complacent. When a military medical officer came to ask for advice, he couldn't tell the military medical officer that heatstroke was nothing more than a serious electrolyte deficiency, and the method of drinking salt water and sugar water was just a common practice in the army of later generations. One of the easiest ways to treat heat stroke.In fact, people in this era couldn't understand what he said, so in the end he could only tell the military doctor arbitrarily not to ask why, but to just do it.

Zhao Kuangyin ruled the army very strictly. Even though it was almost impossible to fight along the way, he still strictly followed the requirements of marching and fighting. There were a lot of riding posts that should be thrown out, and camping and resting on the way were also arranged strictly according to tactical requirements.

On the fourth day after the departure, Ye Chen and Wang Chao rode horses on the left and right, and followed Cao Bin all the time. The whole body was sweating like rain, as if water had been splashed, and then the face was covered with dust and sweat. After rushing through it, or wiping it casually with your hands, it is a muddy face.

Seeing that they were about to go out of the border of Hedong Road and reach the territory of Jingji Road [now northern Henan Province], a military order came from the Chinese army ahead, and the army rested on the spot.Without waiting for Cao Bin's order, the lieutenants below had already made arrangements, and the commanders and envoys of each chamber and army had already dispatched mobile posts and warning posts.

There is a small forest next to it. Cao Bin's soldiers stepped forward and skillfully cleared out a clean place for Cao Bin to enjoy the cool and rest.

Ye Chen just learned from Wang Chao that the former army of the army has been stationed outside Xinxiang County, less than [-] miles away from Kaifeng, Tokyo. It takes half a day today and one day tomorrow to arrive in Kaifeng.

In his later life, Ye Chen visited Xinxiang City, Henan Province, and visited the nearby scenic spots. Now that the army was resting, he became a little curious and wanted to compare the changes in the terrain between the previous life and the later life.

Thinking of this, he rode alone, ran to a small hill on the right side of the army, and looked around.

Looking at the rivers and mountains in Xinxiang, Ye Chen felt like the sea has changed.Four or five miles away, there is a faint village. At the end of the world in the southeast, it is also the end of the army. There is a small city, which should be Xinxiang County.Ye Chen faintly felt that where he was at this time was the new urban area of ​​Xinxiang City in the future.

It is not the first time for Ye Chen to come to Xinxiang. Although there are some problems in the time span, the buildings do not have a shadow of a thousand years later. Fortunately, the location of the mountains and rivers has not changed much.

Ye Chen sighed inwardly, and was about to go down the hill to find Cao Bin.

At this moment, Ye Chen saw that in the northwest of the hill, there was a group of seven or eight soldiers, led by a school lieutenant, escorting a burly but ragged man, walking towards this side cursing.

It wasn't just the Song sergeant who was cursing, the big man was also angrily arguing about something.Faintly heard, mainly saying that he is not a Khitan spy.

Ye Chen glanced at it, and didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but suddenly felt that the big man looked familiar, and after a little thought in his mind, he remembered it.

"It's him! How could he come here, but he shouldn't be a Khitan spy."

This big man who was regarded as a spy by Song Youdong Detective Cavalry turned out to be Li Junhao, the leader of the South Gang in Yongle Border City. After Ye Chen came to this world, he was the first martial arts master he had ever seen who had the ability to fly over walls and kill more than 20 ordinary fighters by himself. It was Li Junhao.Ye Chen was in the border town of Yongle at that time, and he accidentally witnessed more than 20 Khitan gang assassins Li Junhao, but in the end, most of the casualties were killed by the latter and he walked away. The scene at that time had a great impact on Ye Chen. Feeling more and more insecure.

Moreover, Ye Chen also knew that Liu Nan had a deep friendship with Li Junhao, and even the latter knew that the former was the secret agent of Song Dynasty.

In fact, many of the information that Liu Nan inquired in the past received a lot of help from Li Junhao, and even some military information was collected and inquired by the Southern Gang, and then sold to the Song Army through Liu Nan.

That's why Ye Chen was sure that Li Junhao couldn't be a Khitan spy.

Li Junhao was extremely depressed at this time. He led his gang to escape from the border city of Yongle that day, and found that the water and land roads back to the south had been blocked by the Khitan army, so he decisively ordered the more than 200 gangs who followed him to reorganize They each dived into the river and over the mountains to escape, and agreed to meet up in Lijia Town on the outskirts of Kaifeng.

But unexpectedly, he was already being followed by the Khitan gang masters, and attracted a group of Khitan soldiers to hunt him down.Fortunately, he has strong martial arts skills and rich experience. After fighting all the way, he hides to heal his injuries.

Nearly a month later, his injuries improved, and he came out of hiding. As luck would have it, he met a lone Khitan scout, killed him, and changed his clothes. After passing the blockade of the Khitan road, they came to the territory of the Song Dynasty.

When he came to the Great Song Dynasty, Li Junhao naturally took off his Khitan military uniform, but because he threw away his own shoes, and the quality of Khitan military shoes was really good, he was not willing to throw them away and wore them all the way south.

When Li Junhao came to Xinxiang County, he accidentally knew that two brothers under his command had been arrested by the Xinxiang County Government. , It is impossible to break into the prison to save people.

Just when he was worried, he learned that the Song army had retreated and passed through Xinxiang.He thought of Liu Nan, so he wanted to contact Liu Nan, ask Liu Nan to find an acquaintance, and rely on the relationship to find a way to rescue the two brothers.

Therefore, he came to the vicinity of Dajun, looking for an opportunity to contact Liu Nan.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got close to the army, he was spotted by the mobile sentry of the Song Dynasty, and because he was wearing a weapon and had a cold and stern look on his face, it seemed that he was not a kind person. The captain who led the team recognized him and arrested him as a spy.

Originally, with Li Junhao's skill, if he resisted, this team of roaming sentries would be no match for him, but on the one hand, Li Junhao thought he was not a spy and wanted to contact Liu Nan.On the other hand, it is because he knows that if he resists, he will not be able to explain clearly, and even if he is confirmed as a spy, even if he escapes from this team of mobile sentries, he will definitely alarm the army and cause the army to chase and kill , near Kaifeng, this is simply a dead end.

Therefore, in the end, Li Junhao was arrested without a fight, and was captured by this team of Da Song detective cavalry.

Although Ye Chen and Li Junhao knew each other, they didn't have any friendship. After thinking about it, he decided not to get involved in this matter.

But just as he rode down the hill, he heard Li Junhao yelling that he was looking for Liu Nan.Ye Chen was stunned, thinking of Liu Nan's friendship with him and the tragic ending, he sighed and walked towards the team of patrolling guards escorting Li Junhao.

"See Lieutenant Ye Qi." From a distance, the team of roaming sentries saw Ye Chen jogging towards them, and stopped voluntarily.

Ye Chen is now an officer of the seventh rank, and the whole army knows that after returning to Kaifeng, Ye Chen's official rank will be raised by several ranks, and he will be awarded the title of knighthood.In the eyes of these ordinary sergeants and captains, he is definitely a big shot with unlimited future, not to mention that Ye Chen is a disciple of a master and an unborn genius doctor. Even the fourth and fifth rank generals in the army would not dare to neglect such a character, let alone Ye Chen. Not to mention ordinary sergeants.

(End of this chapter)