idyllic tranquility

Yecheng, on the border of the Xia State, faced with the continuous harassment and plunder by the Beimeng Kingdom in recent months, the people and soldiers on the frontier suffered unspeakably. The villages outside the city were burned, killed, and plundered. Running, and the work of defending against enemies in border cities is also facing difficulties.

Having lived and worked in peace and contentment for decades, the army of the Xia Kingdom was wiped out in the political struggle, and most of the rest were soldiers for a living. The Beimeng cavalry who grew up on horseback charged over. It is easy to disperse the Xia State army, and the soldiers who lack positive combat experience often flee around in disregard of military discipline.On the battlefield of head-on confrontation, Xia's army often ended in defeat, and had to retreat to the city to defend the city.

However, the strength of the Beimeng Kingdom outside the city has increased significantly recently, and if this continues, it may form a siege.For a while, the pressure on Yecheng, which has accepted most of the surrounding villages and towns to avoid disasters, has increased greatly. Not to mention the consumption of food and grass, it is difficult to replenish the equipment for defending the city. If this continues, Yecheng will become a city in a few days. The lonely city is not far from the day of being trapped to death.

Fortunately, Xia Guo's ruling class did not listen to the rhetoric of the Zhuhe faction, and sent reinforcements to the border.

The old emperor was old and didn't have enough energy to coordinate the dispatch and deployment of troops, but he didn't want to lose his security at the end of the day. When he was given a bad reputation by the historian for losing his country, he sent his third son to go there Frontier organization war.

On the one hand, Xiao Zhi, the general who accompanied the army, took the tiger talisman for dispatching troops and sent reinforcements to the military camps in various places at a speed of [-] miles, and integrated the troops from all over the place to go to Yecheng.

On the other side, the third prince, who had already been mentally prepared, took the secret weapon made in a hurry and a small number of soldiers and horses to set off lightly. After leaving the capital, he quickly ran in the direction of Yecheng, and headed towards the several grain stores that passed by on the way. A rich city collects food and grass.

When Xiao Zhi's advance troops arrived, Yecheng had been besieged for half a month, and it was the time when the food was exhausted as much as possible, and the sound of horses, horns and fluttering flags of the reinforcements of one hundred thousand troops encouraged the people in the city Soldiers and common people should join forces inside and out, and the Beimeng enemy army avoids its edge, defeats the encircling soldiers, retreats to the north, and integrates the army.

So far, the two armies have confronted each other, and the battle has become stalemate, and it has become a see-saw state.

Xia Guo, Yecheng Daying.

"Your Highness, the first batch of recurve compound bows have been tested and received the best response in the cavalry battalion. They can be used as a surprise soldier during a surprise attack, and they will also be of great use in the city guards."

Although he is well aware of the power of the recurve compound bow, Xiao Zhi can't help but be excited whenever he thinks of the moment when it exerts its real power on the battlefield.

"Since that's the case, I will hand over these bows and arrows to you. I believe you can make the most of them. As for the city defense... the time for the counterattack is still not yet ripe. Since the enemy is willing to spend so much, we will accompany him consumption." The third prince moved his gaze away from the map of the surrounding cities, and looked in the direction of the enemy barracks with a cold glint in his eyes.

"Your Highness, this is probably a conspiracy by the capital. They connected with foreign enemies to trap His Highness in Ye City. I am afraid that the capital will change over time..."

The fact that His Highness the Third Highness was sent out to the capital to defend against foreign enemies was not just his own request to take orders as a last resort, but the result of a multi-party game. Naturally, His Highnesses contributed to the flames, but who can be 100% sure that there is no emperor? What about secretly pushing?

If there is really an emperor's handwriting in it, then this His Majesty's thoughts are unfathomable, and the tricks of the princes cannot be guaranteed not to be seen through.But the emperor's physical condition was indeed in a worrying situation. In this way, no one would know whether he would be the one who was turned against the general until the end.

This is a gamble that puts life and death on the line.

"So, we need a big battle that will determine the outcome. Not only must we completely defeat the Beimeng Army, but we must also retain the troops returning to Beijing to escort..."

The third prince's words made Xiao Zhi's heart tremble, and he suddenly thought of the batch of combo crossbows sent by the Li family a few days ago, and the tone of the third prince's sure to win made him unconsciously think of the one who was implicated by him but The young man who always gave him endless surprises had a complicated mood. He was delighted with the great help He Ning had brought them, but at the same time worried that this young man who did not want to be involved in court disputes would get deeper and deeper.

In this way, on the surface, the three princes were caught in the battle of Yecheng at the border, and fought against the Beimeng enemy army for three days and one battle for five days.Xia Jun had nothing to do with this group of Beimeng soldiers who robbed and ran away on the border, and the Beimeng army knew that Ye City had a supervising army, but the third prince of Xia Guo had nothing to do with Xia Guobing who was hiding in the city.

The stalemate war continued until the coming of winter, Beimeng Kingdom was planning to make a big fortune, and the situation in Xia Kingdom's capital also reached a critical moment of rapid change, the third prince finally waited for the so-called opportunity.

In winter, the Northern Meng Army intends to plunder and has no intention of fighting; the situation in the capital is tense and all parties pay less attention to border wars; what is important is that after half a year of manufacturing and accumulation, the combo crossbow in the hands of the third prince has become a crossbow. In terms of scale, these big killers also have the ability to affect the situation of the battle.

With the right time, place and people, the Xia army took advantage of the scattered forces of the enemy to burn, kill and plunder the surrounding villages and towns, and successfully divided and devoured the elite soldiers of the enemy.

The Xia army, who had been unable to take down the Beimeng cavalry for a long time, with the force support of the combo crossbow, not only disrupted the cavalry's rushing charge, some even penetrated the thick armor of the heavy cavalry, and at the worst, they were able to kill these cavalry. After shooting down the dismounted cavalry, what awaited these dismounted cavalrymen were the spears and sharp blades of Xia Guo's infantry.

At the same time, outside the gate of Yecheng, the Beimeng camp, which had dispatched most of its elite soldiers, was also attacked by Xia Jun frantically. Coupled with the troops who had been ambushing on the two wings of the camp since night, Xia Jun not only defeated the Beimeng camp , and chased all the way to the interior of the grassland before giving up.

The surrounding countries were staring at each other, but the military confrontation between the Xia and Meng countries ended in a sudden and rapid battle. The Beimeng Kingdom was defeated and fled, while the Xia Kingdom was victorious, and its territory expanded hundreds of miles north.Surrounding countries that watch the excitement and wait for the opportunity to see the big things and wait for the opportunity have broken their glasses (if there is one), and secretly received the plan to go to the Xia Kingdom to fight the autumn wind. Find a way to find out the details of Xia Guo.

Under the dispatch and rectification of the third prince, Xia's army returned after a great victory, leaving enough troops to stabilize the border deployment, and rushed to the capital with the remaining [-] troops who had experienced the baptism of war, under the slogan "Qing Jun's side".

Most of the [-] elite soldiers are from the local army. After the war, the large force should return to the establishment, and only a small part will have the opportunity to go to Beijing to listen to it. But at this moment, no general with a little brain will say anything about returning to the establishment. , if this trip is successful, who would not want to fight for the opportunity to be famous in history?

...Beili Village...

The war between the Xia Kingdom and the Beimeng Kingdom not only affected the border towns, the inland of the Central Plains became the first choice for the refugees because of the abundance of food and grass and the fertile land.

Since the summer of this year, the number of refugees inside and outside Yiyang City has increased day by day. The porridge and food provided by wealthy households alone are far from meeting the survival needs of the refugees. Order to discuss the resettlement of refugees.

Dingzhong Town has also resettled a large number of refugees. Although the county magistrate can recruit refugees to build roads, bridges, and city walls, etc., and provide them with enough food, the job opportunities that can be provided in the town are limited, and high-intensity work can only be done. Young and strong refugees can be recruited, but those children and the elderly who do not have young adults in their families will face begging.

Fortunately, the recent assembly line operation of the He family in Beili Village has provided a lot of job opportunities, and refugees with a little carpentry skills have an additional place to live.

Moreover, with the deepening of summer, the watermelons in Beili Village and several surrounding villages have also reached maturity, and the manpower in the village has suddenly become tense, and the villagers who are used to saving are willing to pay some food to hire refugees. Guard the melon fields and pick watermelons.

However, the lively summer brings not only harvest, but also disease.

It is already very difficult for a large number of refugees gathered in one place to survive, and the living environment does not have the most basic health protection.The unsanitary conditions combined with the hot summer are conducive to the production and spread of bacteria and viruses.However, in the harsh production environment, the already very thin refugees are more likely to get sick. Those who get sick and cannot receive timely medical treatment not only suffer themselves, but also become the source of disease transmission.

Throughout the ages, natural disasters and wars have always easily caused people to lose their homes, resulting in displacement and a large number of refugees.If these gathered refugees are not properly evacuated in time, they will often bring various headaches to these areas. Among them, the "plague" with strong transmission and lethality is even more frightening.

These so-called "plagues" may be influenza, malaria, etc. These diseases may seem very common or common in modern times, but at this time they are the sickles that harvest life in the hands of death.

Fortunately, the prefect of Yiyang City is a seasoned politician who knows the pros and cons. He has already sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the refugees, and even organized manpower to dispose of the dead bodies in a timely manner from the very beginning.

Nowadays, more and more refugees are gathering, and the huge number of patients has led to a "remarkable" number of patients. The magistrate, who can't be idle for a moment, heard the news and quickly put down his work, organized people to isolate the patients, and notified the subordinate counties to do a good job of prevention. .

He Ning, who once went to Dingzhong Town to deliver goods and purchase wood, is also aware of the problem of disease transmission. Compared with other surrounding villages and towns, Beili Village accommodates more refugees and is more prone to problems, such as infectious diseases. Can't take it too seriously.Therefore, as soon as he returned to the village, He Ning had a deep talk with Uncle He.

On the second day, Uncle He took the good wine that He Ning brought back from the town to the village chief's house and had dinner for several hours.

Afterwards, Beili Village added a requirement to maintain daily hygiene for the displaced helpers it recruited, and even called on the villagers to give up the huts for night watch in the melon fields to the refugees sleeping in the wild, which invisibly achieved the effect of dispersing the refugees.

Under the attention of He Ning, the He family adopted many behaviors that were puzzling to the villagers, not to mention asking the refugees to clean the livestock sheds every day, laying hay and spreading lime powder, and even burning one at home every day. The vinegar of time.

This made the villagers who passed by He's house smell the strong smell of acetic acid, all shook their heads and sighed at their extravagant way.While slandering the He family for making money in recent years but spending it at a rate comparable to running water, they really can't live; while secretly thinking about the prevention of infectious diseases mentioned at the village chief's meeting.

At first, the villagers didn't care about it, but seeing that the He family paid so much attention to it, while laughing at their fuss, they couldn't help but wonder, did the He family have any gossip that they didn't know about?Is the actual situation really so serious?

Humans are so strange that they don't want to believe what others say clearly, but believe their own suspicions instead.

However, as a result of the suspicion, the villagers paid more attention to hygiene, which is a good thing.

However, displacement brings more than just infectious disease problems...