There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After preparing troops and horses in Changsha for a few days, the potters began to advance by land and water, heading for Wuling County.

The four counties in Jingnan, bordering Jiangxia and Nanjun, are Wuling County and Changsha County. Now the main city of Changsha is already in his pocket, and the guards in the other counties have also been evacuated by Liu Pan. It can be said that it is necessary to completely calm down Changsha. Easy as pie.

If Wuling County is taken again, Lingling and Guiyang County will be cut off from Nanjun by potters. Even if he does not attack, Liu Bei will not be able to command across the two counties. At that time, there is no need to send troops, as long as people are sent to lobby, the two counties can surrender immediately without using troops.

Chapter 858 Toxic Miasma

The Jinling Army passed through Changsha and entered the boundary of Wuling County.

Jingnan area is very vast, similar to Changsha County and Wuling County, if the land of one county is changed to the north, it can almost catch up with the territory of a state.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the economic development areas of the Han Dynasty were developed around the Yellow River Basin, and the development level of the border was relatively low.

In places like Wuling, although the area is extremely vast, the economic and people's livelihood development in the county is really not very good. Many places still exist in the form of tribes. Sometimes there is almost no decent distance between one county town and another county town. The roads, in some places, even give potters the feeling of a tropical rainforest.

It's like traveling back to ancient times.

The road from Changsha to Wuling is extremely difficult. Not to mention the muddy road along the way, there are some places where you can't see the road, just like the road waded by wild animals.

According to scout reports, Pang Tong's soldiers and horses had gathered in Suo County, but after Liu Pan led the Changsha defeated army to join him, Pang Tong transferred all the soldiers and horses to Kongyi City.

For potters, it really doesn't make much sense to seize one city and one pool in Wuling County, or count cities and counties.

The urgent need for delay now is to find a way to defeat Pang Tong's main force. As long as Pang Tong is defeated, it will be very easy to pacify these small broken counties in Wuling County.

Otherwise, even if the city is taken down, it doesn't make much sense, and Pang Tong will take it back, wasting his military power.

The problem is that although Wuling County has a large area, it is not well maintained, and there are many mountains and forests, which makes it look very backward. It is indeed quite troublesome for the army to move from one place to another.

When the potters and others finally arrived at Kongyi City, they got the information that Pang Tong's troops had moved to the direction of Yuanling.

In desperation, the pottery merchant first ordered the three armies to attack the city of Kongyi, and then stationed supplies in the city. After resting for two days, he headed towards Yuanling.

But when the Jinling army arrived in Yuanling, they found that Pang Tong's troops had moved from Yuanling to another place two days ago.

Gan Ning of the Jinling Army was the first to get angry when he heard the news.

The water thief leader stabbed the ground fiercely with his knife, and shouted angrily: "Pang Tong, a shameless ugly thief, came all the way from Nanjun to Jingnan, but he didn't even dare to hit him face to face. Hiding east and west for a while, what kind of play is this? I’m so suffocated to death!”

The pottery merchant also smiled helplessly, and said, "This Pang Tong is more or less superficial about guerrilla warfare."

Gan Ning looked at him puzzled, "What is guerrilla warfare?"

The potter pondered for a while, and said: "Swimming means walking, hitting means hitting. The general meaning is swimming and attacking. The essence of it is that the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy stays and disturbs, the enemy is tired and we attack, and the enemy retreats and pursues."

Gan Ning waited for the big eyes, thought carefully for a while, and said, "The problem is, Pang Tong is now the enemy advancing and retreating, and he has not seen him do anything else?"

The Tao merchant sighed and said: "So, he just got a taste of some butt hairs, and it's not very useful."

Gan Ning hurriedly said: "Since the opponent is only superficial, then according to the Prime Minister's opinion, how should we fight this battle?"

"Continue to inquire about the opponent's position. If you continue to chase, you must confront his main force. Otherwise, the southern part of Jingzhou will be settled in no time."

Gan Ning grinned when he heard the words, and sighed, "Isn't it the same as not saying anything?"

After being inquired by the school affairs office, the pottery merchant knew that Pang Tong's troops were currently withdrawing to Qianyang City.

Another long distance migration.

Faced with this situation, the potters had no choice but to continue to Qianyang. Along the way, the road was still muddy and there were jungles everywhere. From time to time, wild beasts even appeared to attack the soldiers of the Jinling Army.

But it is clear that these beasts have found the wrong target.

The soldiers of the Jinling Army were all holding their breaths. They beat the beasts like the Jingzhou Army. Wherever they passed, the tigers and leopards were frightened, the wolves turned away, and all the ghosts and monsters retreated. The Tao Army became a nightmare for the small animal kingdom.

Based on this, the pottery merchant had no choice but to call out the slogan, demanding that the soldiers of the armed forces stop this kind of killing immediately, and they must love nature and wild animals.

However, these are only superficial difficulties after all. The most dangerous situation begins when a soldier begins to develop red rashes all over his body.

At first, a soldier under Zhou Tai started to develop a rash and itched all over his body. The soldiers of the three armies didn't take it seriously for a while, so they didn't report it.

But what followed was that the rash began to spread in a large area among the potters' army, and the condition of the people who got the rash became more and more serious, not only itching all over the body, but also accompanied by some symptoms of high fever. People have already appeared in a state of being unable to march.

When the news reached the potter, the potter knew that something was wrong.

This may be what Sha Moke said to himself at the beginning, but replaced by his understanding of the poisonous miasma, which is an infectious disease.

According to the medical officer's report, the miasma poisoning the soldiers of the three armies is not fatal, but it has seriously affected the morale and state of the three armies. Many soldiers have developed high fever, let alone marching, and they can't even stand still. up.

In desperation, the potters immediately asked the three armies to set up camp in the same place, and took isolation measures to separate ordinary soldiers from ordinary soldiers. The three armies were ordered to make simple temporary masks from their personal clothes, and they were not allowed to wait for orders. tampering.

Although such a hasty handling method reduced the number of sick soldiers, it still could not stop the increase of sick soldiers, and the potters were temporarily unable to set off, and they fell into a stalemate for a while.

A few days later, the news was heard by Pang Tong of Qianyang.

After hearing this, Pang Tong was immediately overjoyed.

"Jin Junshou's move is really brilliant! No matter how capable the potter is, what can he do in the face of miasma poison? Now his army is out of shape, and it is difficult to even march, so he can only stay where he is and wait to die."

Jin Xuan arched his hands and said: "Although the miasma poison in the Wuling mountain forest is cured, it will not kill people. Generally, the body of the sick person can heal itself within two months."

Pang Tong heard the words: "So, I have to quickly attack the potters within two months?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Jin Xuan slowly advised Pang Tong, looking determined to win: "People who are poisoned by miasma are usually in a village or a pavilion in Wuling. Generally, one person can get it, and they live nearby. It must be obtained, I predict that within [-] days to a month, half of the potters' army will suffer from miasma, and then they will recover on their own after two months, so let's set the right time, wait for [-] days, and then go back to the hospital. Start marching on the potters, and things will happen."

Pang Tong suddenly realized, and said again: "But I don't understand, since miasma disease can make Tao Jun go, why can't our army not?"

Jin Xuan smiled and said: "This is experience, and it's all thanks to the guidance of the old soldiers in our Wuling Army. It is said that the miasma poisonous gas originates from dense forests, and it is most explosive in damp places after spring. For a while, the general has been using veterans in the army as guides to avoid places prone to miasma. They have spent their entire lives in Wuling. What haven’t they seen? They come here every year. Yes, I have had miasma poisoning countless times in my life, so I am naturally very experienced! It is beyond the reach of the Jinling Army."

When Pang Tong heard this, he suddenly realized.

At this time, a soldier came to report that Zhang Fei asked to see him.

Chapter 859 Zhang Fei's Mood

Although Pang Tong is Zhang Fei's superior, Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's third younger brother. Just because of this relationship, Pang Tong has no choice but to give Zhang Fei face. he.

Pang Tong told the soldier, "Go ahead and invite General Yide to come in."

When I was young, I saw Zhang Fei striding into the hall with his head held high.

"The general has met Pang Situ." Zhang Fei saluted Pang Tong respectfully and politely.

Pang Tong motioned Zhang Fei to sit down, and asked, "Why is Yide here?"

Zhang Fei is a straightforward person, and he doesn't talk nonsense. He said directly to Pang Tong: "Situ, I heard that the potter's army stopped on the way to Qianyang, and they didn't move forward for several days. According to the inference of the last general, I think the pottery merchants must have been hindered by something, otherwise it wouldn't be like this, and it will be cut off at the end of the day, and the pottery merchants have run out of food."

Hearing this, Pang Tong revealed a smile.