Song Dynasty

Chapter 174 War Syndrome

Immediately, Wang Shen said to Du Shu: "Appointment, the people of Qichun are all dead, and there is a great epidemic in the city. Naturally, I am confident in taking this city. However, before that, we have to prepare in advance."

Du Shu: "Please also give instructions on defense."

Wang Shen: "The bones of a large number of people need to be collected. The people of the whole city died because of me. How can they be left in the wilderness? You ask the people in the Xingyuan to prepare coffins for backup."

Du Shu: "I'm afraid we won't be able to find so much wood. Besides, there are too many deaths. How can we collect them? It will take time and labor!"

Wang Shen nodded: "Then let's bury them together. However, the buried bones should be wrapped in reeds as much as possible. In addition, the artisans must be asked to burn a large amount of lime for disinfection."

"Lime is easy to handle. Most of the mountains here are limestone, which can easily burn tens of thousands of catties."

Wang Shen: "In addition, ask the doctor to prescribe soups for relieving heat and preventing epidemics, and send people to control the medicine shops in Qi and Huangzhou counties, and collect the required medicinal materials. I will continue to issue IOUs, and when the war subsides, I will be compensated in copper coins at market prices. People."

Du Shu: "Yes, General."

At this time, Chen Da who was standing beside Wang Shen suddenly said, "Congratulations, General."

Wang Shen was very surprised: "Where does the joy come from?"

Chen Da was in charge of picking up the people who went out of the city to seek a living. He was also the leader of the intelligence agency, so he knew the enemy's situation clearly. It's only two thousand, and the food and grass are scarce, and there is a big epidemic in the city, and the city will be broken in the morning and evening, and the villain will celebrate the Lord in advance."

Wang Shen was in great pain and shouted: "Shut up, so many people have died, you still come to congratulate me, do you want to trap someone in an unrighteous place?"

Seeing that he was about to lose his temper, Du Shu hurriedly waved his hand at Chen Da, and said with a wry smile: "Judge Chen Jun, seeing so many people died, Wang Jun felt very uncomfortable, why don't you say it, why don't you step back quickly? "

But Chen Da didn't leave: "My lord, there is one more important thing to report, my little one, please show me to the general."

Wang Shen was annoyed: "You haven't had any serious business."

Chen Da: "My lord, the morale of the army is a little unstable."

Wang Shen was shocked: "The morale of the army is unstable, what's going on?"

Chen Da: "In the few days when my lord returned to Huangzhou to fight against the bandit army, the army's large and small battalions roared several times."

"Ying Xiao?" Wang Shen was taken aback, "Why don't I know about this, you should report the truth."

"The scale of the camp is not large, and every time an incident occurs, it is quickly suppressed by the officers of the battalion. It is estimated that the generals are also afraid of the general's punishment, so they conceal it." Chen Da said cautiously: " It didn't cause much trouble, and the general doesn't need to be upset. It's just that the subordinates feel that this incident can be regarded as a bad sign, so they can't be careless."

It turned out that Wang Shen set up camps and camps based on the system of the Western Army. Each battalion built a camp separately, and set up a large number of deer camps, horse rejections, and trenches.

Even if something happens in one battalion and one village, the chaos cannot easily spread to the entire army.

Therefore, together with Ying Xiao, they were quickly suppressed by the general leading the army.

Now the Sizhou army is very large, and Wang Shen has the posture of opening his teeth and building a government.The power of the generals leading the troops of each army has also gradually increased, and they are not easy to mess with.Even though Chen Da was a vicious man, he didn't dare to touch their bad luck lightly.

Hearing what he said, Wang Shen breathed a sigh of relief: "Chen Da, tell me in detail." He was also surprised, his own army knew best.The soldiers of Sizhou are all good families, and they have undergone strict training on weekdays. They only have discipline in their eyes, so how could they blow up the camp.

Chen Da: "Actually, those who camped were all captured soldiers who were still alive, not the main force of our Sizhou army."

It turned out that when the Sizhou army attacked Qichun, thousands of Kong Yanzhou's prisoners were captured earlier. Because Wang Shen was short of troops, he organized these soldiers separately, dispatched officers, issued weapons, and ordered them to attack the city.

After a month of bloody battle, the casualties reached [-]% unexpectedly, with only a thousand people left.

What I saw every day were the flying flesh and the companions who fell to the ground and died. The spirits of these captured soldiers collapsed, and many strange things happened in the prisoner camp.

Someone slept until midnight, suddenly uttered a loud wail in his dream, and then cried loudly.

Someone is talking to someone, and as they talk, their eyes straighten.Then he grabbed a rock and threw it at the person's head.

There were two people who were as close as brothers before, and suddenly became a ball.

There are also people who cry all day long, saying that they are in severe pain all over their bodies, and they ask the doctor to come and see, but they can't see what's going on.

Every time something like this happens, it is a small commotion, especially in the middle of the night, which can easily cause camp screams.

During this period of time, the officers in charge of the prisoner camp were all made nervous and suppressed a few rioters, but not only did the team fail to return to normal, such things became more and more serious.

Chen Da: "My lord, it would be most appropriate to kill all these captives at once. However, the military envoy, you are benevolent, and you formed an army of these captives to attack the city. At any rate, you did your best. Impossible. Blindly suppressing the captive army is not the answer, and the subordinates have no claim, so I am here to report."

"War Syndrome." In an instant, this term came to Wang Shen's mind.Generally speaking, such situations will happen to post-war veterans, which is a very troublesome thing.If it is not handled properly, there will be big problems.

It's okay now, but something happened to the captive soldiers.However, if the battle is delayed like this, there might be troubles with the Sizhou Army.

Fortunately, the troops began to take turns to take vacations, which finally allowed the soldiers who were always in a state of tension to get a moment of relaxation.

Wang Shen thought for a while, and felt that this matter should not be careless, so he said, "Chen Da, I will handle this matter myself. After you go down, gather all the prisoners who look wrong."

"Yes, this subordinate will go and tie them up."

Wang Shen said angrily: "Who told you to tie them up? They are all sick. They are sick here." While speaking, he stretched out his finger and pointed to his head: "Forget it, I don't need you anymore, Du Shut up, you can handle this matter. Gather all the patients and find a clean and comfortable place to settle them down. In addition, not only the prisoners, but also the soldiers in our Sizhou Army who found something wrong should also be recuperated. Make the doctors happy Soothing decoction, let them take it."

Du Shu is a good person, but because of his character, the soldiers and local officials are very affectionate when they see him.

Let him come forward, but it can also appease the scholar's heart.

Du Shu: "The soldiers of the Sizhou Army should also concentrate on recuperation/"

"Yes, they may seem to be fine now, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the future, and nothing will happen again."

(End of this chapter)