Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1631 Pinglong and He Wangshu

  Before the real hot summer comes, the rainy season comes first.

  The raindrops hit the coir raincoat and the bamboo hat, crackling loudly, dense and dull.

  Just when Fei Qian in Guanzhong was idle and ready to make troubles, Yuan Shao in the front line really encountered trouble.

  Yuan Shao tightened his coir raincoat, and jumped off the blue-white war horse. The bluish-white war horse should have been more majestic in the first place, but now the rain has completely wet its mane, sticking strands to its head and neck, making it very uncomfortable. He moved his neck, like a person who stole private money and was caught on the spot, looking embarrassed and embarrassing.

  Following Yuan Shao was Wen Chou and Guo Tu. The muddy water and rain stained these people, no matter in their attire or their expressions, they were equally embarrassed.

  It is three miles away from the military camp. There is no village in front of the village or shops in the back. There is a separate camp surrounded by simple fences and covered with sparse grass and leaves.

   On the other side of the camp, another group of soldiers was guarding, and there was a huge earth pit about four or five feet in radius and two feet deep...

  The rain rolled up the earthy smell, as if everyone had been buried in the soil.

  There is no decent road here at all. There is a puddle in the east and another in the west, cutting the entire area into pieces, and there is not even a suitable place to stay.

  Yuan Shao walked up to a stone in front of the **** with a deep foot and a shallow foot, his face under the bamboo hat was gloomy.

  Guo Tu rolled his eyes and saw that Yuan Shao's boots were stained with a lot of muddy water, so he hurriedly asked his entourage to come forward to wipe Yuan Shao's boots.

  With a sullen face, Yuan Shao pushed away the attendants who came forward, and looked at the scene in front of him with a livid face.

  Standing on the rock and looking at it, you can already see what it looks like in the pit without getting close...

Dozens of corpses lay at the bottom of the pit in a haphazard manner, hands and feet intertwined with each other. The overnight rain washing and soaking made the bloodless skin of these dead people more white and translucent, like polished silver. The same piled up there, against the background of the gray-black land, it is extremely dazzling.

   "When will it happen!" Yuan Shao asked in a deep voice, "Tell me soon!"

  Guo Tu quickly shrank his head, wishing to immediately cast a shrinking technique, or some kind of invisibility method, so that Yuan Shao's attention would not be on himself.

  Wen Chou had no choice but to take a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Yesterday afternoon, the rain was torrential, and some soldiers were unwell, and after nightfall, there were...there were casualties..."

   What Yuan Shao was worried about for the past few days finally happened before his eyes. It is said here that it is a wounded barracks, but it is actually an epidemic camp where sick soldiers and civilians are gathered. Yuan Shao originally hoped that it was just a misunderstanding, a false alarm, but the naked and cruel reality in front of him gave Yuan Shao a heavy head-on blow.

  Yuan Shao stared blankly at the pit for a long time, finally closed his eyes, and waved at Wen Chou. Wen Chou understood, and quickly ordered the soldiers to start the burial. As shovelfuls of loess fell into the pit, the corpses in the pit gradually seemed to be written wrongly, and all traces of their existence were wiped away by scraping.

   "How many people are there in the camp?!" Yuan Shao turned his head and glared at Guo Tu, growling in a low voice, unable to hold back the anger and regret in his heart, "Where did this epidemic come from?!"

"This...report to my lord..." Guo Tu had no choice but to bend over and report, "There are more than 3,000 people in the camp, all of whom are leaking...At first, I thought it was the soldiers who had contracted the cold, but after seeing the number of people There are so many people, I know it’s not good... According to my speculation, this epidemic disease should be due to the inconvenience of transporting military rations before, so the wild food was eaten in the wild, and there were many raw and cold things... These days are rainy for days, so, so the wind and evil entered the body ...with this epidemic..."

"The army has its own laws! Even if there is an occasional wind and cold infection, how can there be such a large number!" Yuan Shao's face was livid, and he pointed to the middle of the pit, "Today the dead are dozens, what about tomorrow?! It is today, in the camp More than a dozen people were found to be vomiting and diarrhea! The wind in the camp is rumbling, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. If this continues, there is no need for Cao's bandits to attack, and the day when we will be defeated is not far away!"

Guo Tu hurriedly said: "The minister has ordered to patrol day and night. If anyone is sick, he will be transferred here immediately. If anyone hides and does not report, he will be punished... and clean up the filth of the camp. disease, the epidemic should be curbed so that it does not spread..."

   I don't know whether it was because of Guo Tu's report, or because the cold wind and rain fell on Yuan Shao's face, which somewhat reduced Yuan Shao's anger.

Wen Chou, who is the leader of the big camp, and Guo Tu, who is in charge of government affairs, are both responsible for the outbreak of the epidemic, but it cannot be said that it is entirely the responsibility of the two of them. After all, the two of them don't want to see the epidemic, and they don't want it to happen. of.

Yuan Shao took a deep breath, and said: "Gu has once again ordered the mobilization of military rations, and Gao Gaolang personally escorted them. It will arrive soon, and it will be a solution to the urgent need...The epidemic is sudden and extremely dangerous. You two must not take it lightly! Repeated orders are required, do not eat raw or cold, and those who violate the orders will be held accountable!"

  Wen Chou and Guo Tu hurriedly surrendered their hands.

  Among Yuan Shao’s limited knowledge of hygiene, not eating raw or cold food is Yuan Shao’s biggest preventive measure against diseases. In fact, some diseases are not completely transmitted through food...

Yuan Shao glanced at the pit, then at the crude camp, and was silent for a long time. He didn't know whether it was the feeling in his heart, or he was in the wind and rain. In this camp that seemed to be shrouded in death, he turned around and dropped the stone, stepped on his horse and returned to the camp...

  ...Here is the dividing line with grinning teeth...

   As night fell, a bonfire was lit in Cao Cao's tent, which on the one hand dispelled the dampness of the rainy weather and on the other hand provided light. On top of the bonfire, stood a small copper cauldron. In the copper cauldron, some porridge and soup were tumbling, exuding a tempting food aroma in the cold night.

  Cao Pi sat in front of the bonfire, smelling the smell of food in the copper cauldron, couldn't help but took a deep breath, with a somewhat intoxicated look on his face.

Cao Hong was also at the side, and put the branches he picked into the wooden basin by himself. There were five small fishes that had been stripped clean and their internal organs had been emptied—this was what his guards had harvested today— Then it was placed on the edge of the campfire and slowly smoked, and then some chopped wild vegetables were sprinkled in the copper kettle, so that the wild vegetables and the porridge rolled and fused together.

  The small fish was roasted by the flames of the bonfire, and after a while, it made a thin sound, exuding the sweet smell of fish, which attracted Cao Pi's full attention.

  Cao Pi stared at the small fish, which was only the length of a finger, without blinking his eyes, swallowing his saliva.

"A while ago, there were some big fish in this river. At that time, it was as big as an arm, and one fish was enough for a meal..." Cao Hong looked at the fire, and turned the branch with the fish in the other direction, "But now , these are considered big..."

  The flames danced, and the grilled fish sizzled.

  Cao Pi's stomach suddenly groaned, and he hurriedly covered it with his hands in embarrassment, but he couldn't cover it, and there was another groan, louder than before.

Cao Hong laughed loudly, and immediately said: "It's okay, it's okay, you can eat it when Sikong comes back... It's okay, I can eat even more when you are your age! I have to eat a lot in one meal. At that time, my father, every time I When eating..."

  Just when Cao Hong was about to tell Cao Pi about his childhood, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and Cao Cao walked in.

   "Brother!"

   "Father!"

  Cao Hong and Cao Pi hurriedly saluted.

  Cao Cao smiled, stretched his head to look at the copper cauldron, and saw some grilled fish, he couldn't help laughing, "That's right, I'm lucky today... I've got Lao Zilian..."

  Cao Hong smiled and said: "Brother worked tirelessly to inspect the barracks... I am just doing a little effort, it's nothing..."

  Cao Cao took off his cloak, handed it to the guards at the side, turned his head to Cao Pi and said, "Pi'er, how about leaving these to you? I have a few words to say to you, Uncle Zilian..."

   "Ah? Good!" Cao Pi happily took over Cao Hong's job, and then concentrated on looking at the copper kettle, and more importantly, watching the grilled fish...

  Cao Cao signaled, and walked to a corner of the tent with Cao Hong.

  The flames of the bonfire were shining, trying to drive away the cold and darkness in this corner, and also reflected the changing size and size of the two figures.

"...It has been rainy for days, and many of the soldiers' robes are wet. If this continues...it is not appropriate..." Cao Cao pondered, and said slowly, "There are still some variegated cloths in the rear camp, and I am going to distribute them to the soldiers. , more or less replaced by a robe..."

  Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and said, "Variety cloth? Big brother, this... we big guys always use..."

"I know this..." Cao Cao interrupted Cao Hong, and continued, "It's really not good if it is according to the law... But, where are we going to raise a large amount of crimson cloth to make military robes now? If we don't distribute them, these Most of the soldiers only have one robe, and this kind of weather...it's rainy for days and cold at night..."

   "This..." Cao Hong thought for a while, then nodded and said, "What brother said is really..."

   "Besides..." Cao Cao turned his head to look at Cao Pi, then lowered his voice, and said, "There is not much food and grass in the army...Zi Lian needs to prepare some soldiers...to catch rat meat to use as military funds..."

   "Rat meat?!" Cao Hong couldn't help but raised his brows, and even the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.

Although Cao Cao disturbed Yuan Shao's grain road, it did not mean that the grain and grass in Yuan Shao's territory could grow wings and fly directly to Cao Cao's camp. The pressure on the grain and grass in Cao Cao's camp also did not ease much, and because It has been rainy for days, the roads are inconvenient, and the food and grass that was originally planned to be transported are also stuck on the way, so the food and grass in the barracks are about to bottom out. If you don't prepare in advance, there may be chaos...

  Cao Cao glared at Cao Hong, his eyes were extremely sharp, as if a sharp light suddenly appeared in the darkness!

  Cao Hong's heart skipped a beat, he blinked, sighed slightly, and cupped his hands and said, "Only...Hong Zunling..."

  Cao Cao calmed down, patted Cao Hong on the shoulder, and said, "Zi Lian... It's been a few days... I guess Yuan Benchu ​​can't hold on anymore... The victory or defeat is in front of us, don't lose the big..."

   "Brother..." Cao Hong nodded and said, "Hong Li knows..."

Cao Cao remembered another incident and said, "Dry firewood is hard to find under the rainy weather, but we still have to tell the soldiers and generals that all edible food must be steamed... In addition, a certain person saw that there were still some defecation in the camp, so he should increase inspections. Severe punishment will never die..."

  Cao Hong nodded helplessly and said: "Well... I will send more patrolling personnel... These **** are just lazy... don't they want to take a few more steps?"

  Cao Cao is undoubtedly a very good at learning.

Although Cao Cao can't fully understand the purpose of some military regulations he found out from Fei Qian, it doesn't prevent him from using them quickly, such as strictly prohibiting casual excretion anywhere, strictly prohibiting the use of raw water, and regularly driving and cleaning mosquitoes Cao Cao learned 70% to 80% of the cumbersome regulations such as rats and lice. It's not as good as people like Fei Qian, but compared to before, it can be regarded as an improvement.

  Fei Qian couldn't think of this point.

To send 3,000 troops, for the sake of the overall order and safety of the mission, Feiqian also dispatched some veterans with Heluo household registration and other Shandong household registrations, less than 500 people, as the core force to prevent half of the mission. , these soldiers were transferred to become bandits...

   At the same time, it is tantamount to allowing these veterans with Shandong household registration to retire and return to their hometowns, and most of these veterans are willing. But what Fei Qian didn't expect was that after these soldiers came to Cao Cao's hands, Cao Cao would send people to kneel and lick them every day, and from these veterans, Cao Cao would get some regulations and laws that Fei Qian's soldiers obeyed...

  Cao Cao immediately used it almost without saying a word. In Cao Cao's view, since Fei Qian's soldiers can be so elite, then these regulations and laws must have their reasons. It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out now.

As a result, the sanitation and daily habits of Cao Cao's camp have undergone a great change. It's just that even Cao Hong was not used to this change at the beginning, but it was only at the request of Cao Cao. Made it down.

   "Father, Uncle Zilian," Cao Pi held up the grilled fish and greeted, "The grilling is done! The fish should be grilled!"

   "Oh? Okay, let's see how Pi'er's craftsmanship is?" Cao Cao smiled, and walked back to the campfire with Cao Hong.

   Cao Pi presented the grilled fish in his hand just like presenting a treasure.

"Well, it's grilled well! Not bad!" Although two or three grilled fish had already been burnt by Cao Pi, Cao Cao still praised, "Pi'er did a good job! Remember, a gentleman seeks benevolence when he stays away from the kitchen. Don’t be greedy for food and drink, if you are not a gentleman, you don’t have to be a cook..." Although these cooks can be done by guards or other entourages, it is not a disadvantage for Cao Pi to know a little bit.

  Cao Pi happily replied yes, and immediately the three of them began to share food.

A finger-sized fish naturally doesn’t have much weight. After Cao Pi ate it in two or three bites, he looked at the empty branches, licked his lips, and couldn’t help asking: “Father, did Pi’er hear it just now?” What rat meat? Is this rat meat... delicious?"

  Cao Cao paused while holding the wooden bowl, his gaze immediately turned cold: "How much have you heard?"

  Cao Pi was taken aback, and quickly said with a straight face: "My boy, I didn't hear anything, but I heard Uncle Zilian say the word "rat meat..."

  Cao Hong rolled his eyes, and said hastily: "Rat meat is not tasty... Is it because I haven't eaten enough of this fish? Come, I'll give you Uncle Zilian's one too..."

  Cao Pi looked at Cao Cao timidly, not daring to answer.

  Cao Cao frowned slightly, and said, "I still don't thank Uncle Zilian!"

  Cao Pi hurriedly thanked Cao Hong, and then took the grilled fish from Cao Hong.

   "Eat your fish well..." Cao Cao finally lowered his eyelids, stopped looking at Cao Pi, and continued to drink wild vegetable porridge.

Cao Cao originally just wanted to tell Cao Pi not to be too greedy, but he realized it after he said it. Now there is indeed a guy who is both Pinglong and Shu, so he couldn't help being stunned for a while, and then sighed slightly , shook his head, silently drinking porridge...

  (end of this chapter)