Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

For seven consecutive days, the merchant ships outside Qinghe County were filled with a strong smell of medicine.

By using acupuncture and medicinal decoctions, Mr. Meng finally saved the lives of the boys in the intensive care unit.

It’s just that…these people’s faces are all covered with things, and disfigurement is inevitable.

Liu Xu once considered asking Mr. Meng to help her get some scar removal cream, but ultimately she decided against it.

Not to mention how precious the scar removal cream is, even if Mr. Meng is willing to let them use it, they themselves may not agree.

Compared to those soldiers in Southern Xinjiang who lost their lives, they were already lucky. If Elder Meng really used them, when they returned to the battlefield, other soldiers would probably feel unfair when they saw them.

As for those with mild symptoms, they are now in much better condition and will be fully recovered once the scabs fall off.

At the same time, the capital city has sent three batches of doctors, including imperial physicians, to southern Xinjiang, totaling more than one hundred doctors.

Xiao Yan also asked the Ministry of Revenue to purchase a large amount of lime and mugwort from drug dealers and send them over.

As for vinegar, there are workshops everywhere in Yongyue Prefecture and Yongze Prefecture, so you can purchase it nearby.

In the waters of Yongxin Prefecture, when Hu Ming learned that the other party was actually using smallpox, the anger in his eyes almost burned the letter paper in front of him.

"Beasts! These beasts!"

Smallpox! How dare these people do this! They don't take the lives of soldiers and civilians seriously at all!

No wonder Nanyue’s navy had only attacked them from a distance and never boarded their ships.

If his guess was correct, these people must have smeared the source of smallpox on the arrows. As long as these arrows came into contact with people, even if it was just a few people or even one person, everyone on the ship who had not had smallpox would be infected.

The generals under him were worried when they saw their commander so angry and thought the poison had no antidote.

Hu Ming finally suppressed the anger in his heart and passed the creed in his hand.

Everyone was furious after seeing it.

"These bastards! General, I'm going to kill them all!"

"Nan Yue deserves death!"

"No wonder, no wonder I've been safe and sound, I've had smallpox before!"

"Me too!"

"I haven't had it before. I did feel a little uncomfortable before and even had a few pimples, but they went away after a good night's sleep!"

"I'm in a similar situation as you."

Some of the dozen generals in the cabin were angry, while others were confused.

At this time, someone suddenly hesitated and asked: "Does that mean that the Hundred Poison Pills that the young lady gave me can actually cure smallpox?"

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes were focused on him. The general scratched his head embarrassedly, "I was just guessing!"

Hu Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this, but after a moment he shook his head, "It should have some effect. Didn't Miss Xu say that the previous detoxification prescription contained herbs for auxiliary treatment, so let everyone continue to take it. Forget about the Hundred Poison Pills, you all know how precious that thing is, so don't say such things anymore."

Otherwise, there is no guarantee that the soldiers under him will become dissatisfied.

However, since the detoxification prescription can serve as an auxiliary treatment, everyone should continue to drink it. First, it can prevent the opponent from developing new poisons. Second, perhaps after drinking this, soldiers with better physical fitness can also survive.

"Go back now and mobilize all the soldiers who have had smallpox. Also, those who have not had it, those with symptoms and those without, immediately separate them and send them back to the barracks first."

"Lieutenant General Liu, I'll leave these people to you! I'll have someone transfer some medicinal herbs and doctors from the city."

A general who looked rather thin clasped his fists and accepted the order.

"Everyone, would you be willing to come with me tomorrow to recover some interest for the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in our army?" Hu Ming looked at everyone with burning eyes, his eyes full of determination and hatred.

"We are willing to follow the general!" The generals shouted in unison, and their voices echoed throughout the cabin.

Lieutenant General Liu took the order and left. Hu Ming stood at the bow, looking at the sea in the distance, and secretly swore in his heart that he must make Nan Yue pay a heavy price.

On the second day, Hu Ming integrated and selected 100,000 naval forces, set sail, and dozens of warships quickly sailed towards the direction of Nanyue navy.

From generals to soldiers on the ship, everyone stared at the direction where Nan Yue was, with hatred in their eyes.

After all, King Annan was older than Nan Yiheng, and even though he felt that Nan Yue had a sure win this time, he did not take it lightly.

The Nanyue navy quickly discovered Dongsheng’s warships and immediately entered combat status.

However, this time Hu Ming and his men were no longer afraid of poison. The warships were traveling at the fastest speed, and the grenade launchers and crossbows on the ship were aimed at the enemy early on.

As soon as they reached the distance, Hu Ming immediately ordered an attack.

The King of Annan never expected that Hu Ming would be so brave this time, and his warships actually rushed directly towards their ships.

Are they going all out? Or... have they seen through their plan?

Soon he had no time to think about these things anymore, because Hu Ming actually discovered the warship he was on, and a large number of bombs and explosives were attacking this side.

Most of the warships in the front row had been captured by Dongsheng soldiers. These people seemed to be fearless of death. Even if they were injured, they would still grab the Nanyue army and hack them hard.

Such a fearless spirit frightened the previously confident Nanyue Army into panic.

Obviously, they had more troops than Dongsheng and their combat effectiveness was not inferior to theirs, but at this moment, they were beaten by the Canglan navy and fled in panic.

The ship that King Annan was on was sunk directly! If the secret guards hadn't acted quickly, he would have been soaked even if he didn't die.

Seeing the Nanyue warships surrounding him from behind, Hu Ming immediately sounded the drum to call back his troops.

In this battle, Dongsheng suffered five warships and nearly 20,000 casualties, in exchange for nearly three times the losses of the other side.

King Annan never expected that, although they had beaten the opponent badly a few days ago, he was hit so badly by Dongsheng today.

Hu Ming quickly retreated with the remaining warships and soldiers. Although the losses were not small, there was a determination of victory on everyone's face.

The warship did not return to the base camp. After Hu Ming made sure that the enemy had not caught up, he stopped to reorganize the army, count the casualties, and arrange for treatment of the wounded.

The reason why the Nanyue navy did not catch up was because King Annan did not know that Hu Ming was coming out in full force this time.

After all, both armies originally had about 200,000 naval forces, and they had suffered casualties in previous battles.

Although Nanyue had poison gas bombs and the source of smallpox poison, Dongsheng had an antidote, and smallpox needed time to develop, so in the beginning, apart from being scared by the "poison" and almost having their base camp attacked, as the antidote took effect, Hu Ming quickly boosted morale.

Even though many soldiers lost their combat effectiveness due to smallpox, Dongsheng's weapons were more powerful than Nanyue's! In this way, they resisted Nanyue's attacks again and again.

But there was also the King of Annan to blame. This old guy probably thought he would win, so he would withdraw his troops halfway through the battle, just like he was playing a trick on Dongsheng.

As a result, because of his underestimation of the enemy, the size of Nanyue’s navy was greatly reduced, and the strength of the army was directly reduced to 100,000.

In fact, as long as they catch up, even if they cannot capture Yongxin Prefecture, they can still inflict heavy damage on the Canglan navy.

Because Hu Ming mobilized almost 80% of the bombs to severely injure Nanyue this time, and the rest were left at the base camp just in case. There was very little explosives left on the warships now.

It’s a pity that the King of Annan missed this opportunity because he was afraid of death.

Not to mention the situation in Dongsheng, at this time in Nanyue, King Annan was furious.

"Waste! All of you are a bunch of waste!" King Annan roared, and the generals under him were all silent.