From the several earth platforms piled up quickly from the south of Jiaozhou city, you can see the civil work that is gradually approaching the city, but for a while, there are no cracking measures or actions on the city head; in a blink of an eye, it has been breached from the southeast. The original range of the river embankment approached below the 100-step range under the root of the wall; only then did I see a sparse arrow shooting from the top of the city, but it was blocked by the preset mud cover.
But the progress of the siege was limited to this. For a while, the defenders in the city could not come out to counterattack, and the rebels could not attack it temporarily; because this is a large city with high walls and thick walls; they want to cut off the river and drain the moat. I’m sorry, the Red River and its tributaries are not small ditches. Just building a dyke and dam is a long-running project.
I want a fire attack, sorry, this is a river surrounded by water sources in the city, it can be said that water is extremely convenient; want a water attack? With the kung fu and manpower that can block the Red River and flood it with water, Jiaozhou City should almost be knocked down.
As for attacking in caves, I'm sorry that digging a tunnel on the edge of the Red River is not fast enough to drown. It is not an easy task to find thick trees that can be used to construct various equipment on the Honghe Plain with a high degree of agricultural development. In fact, the local building materials are all from the mountainous areas that flow through the upper reaches of the Red River.
If this is the case, it will be easy to handle, but just to push the built siege equipment into the city to play its role, you need to overcome the three obstacles of the river embankment, the river channel and the breast wall under the obstruction and counterattack of the defenders. Up.
It can be said that when Gao Pian built the city of Daluo, he considered the possibility of long-term besieged and besieged on the plain water-net zone where there is no danger to defend, and the layout of the city defense was carried out one by one. Targeted prevention and countermeasures.
With this big city as its support and support, with sufficient materials to be guarded for a long time, any force that wants to occupy and control Jiaozhou will not be able to ignore and bypass the biggest obstacle and trouble;
This is the water and land transportation hub and the heartland of the seven states in southern and northern areas where the Red River Plain is located; once it changes hands, it can be used as a support base and backing support, and it is very convenient to rely on the advantages of water transportation to divide forces to attack and pacify various places.
When Daluo City was built in Gaopian that year, the soldiers and civilians of Jiaozhou, led by the former capital guard Cai Xi, withstood several siege by tens of thousands of troops from Annan with a sub-city; finally, Pang Xunzhi broke out in the Central Plains. In chaos and long waiting for reinforcements, the soldiers in the city were killed and wounded and morale was low. Only when the Nanzhao Army failed to break through the siege did the Nanzhao Army succeed.
Therefore, the current countermeasure is still to siege and attack the heart; the real key lies in the changes in the heart of the city. Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian's eyes seemed to have penetrated the heavy city wall, and landed in the inner city where the wealthy families lived.
But I did not expect that one day, I will need to negotiate with these people who should be overthrown and beaten;
If it’s someone else, you might be able to persevere for a while in Jiaozhou City, but most of their farms, and even relatives and tenants are in the hands of the rebels; and under the immediate and powerful circumstances, they need to make corresponding changes. It is possible to keep all this by choosing to come.
Otherwise, even if you succeed in holding Jiaozhou in the future, but lose the foundation accumulated by these generations in the locality, the so-called name of the so-called rich and powerful households will become a joke in a certain sense;
At least, as a real threat in a certain sense, Zhou Huaian didn't mind to distribute these rebellious assets that dared to fight the rebels to other local forces that were attached to him; and to further train and arm them to go. To annex and occupy more rebellious party foundations who are not obedient to education, ignorant of interest, and ignorant of the general trend.
"Report to the leader... My husband is patrolling the outer camp."
Qu Chengyu walked over and said in a low voice.
"I found that several people from the city tried to sneak in, wanting to do the lobbying and anti-Ge thing..."
"It's just that they have been seized by patrols, or the camp where they are located has been taken out...under interrogation..."
"You did a good job..."
Zhou Huaian nodded slightly for sure.
"This generation wanted to repeat the old tricks, but made a mistake.. Tie people to the flagpole and show them to the public..."
"Then, I will arrange those relatives related to the defending sergeant and soldiers to take turns to shout before the battle to be regarded as a return..."
"Besides, how did you persuade Fan Chuo?"
Zhou Huaian continued to inquire.
"My husband has already loosened his attitude after he took advantage of his interests..."
Qu Chengyu is a way of talking.
"It's just that the guy said that he would like to meet the leader to ask if there is something..."
"Is it.."
Zhou Huai'an didn't care when he was slightly surprised.
"Then see him for the first time."
Only then he was diverted by another burst of news. Because there have been dozens of reports of infections in military camps under siege;
But it is not an intestinal infectious disease of vomiting and diarrhea, but a typical tropical disease symptom of chills, fever, night sweats and loss of strength. This is exactly what Zhou Huai'an has always worried and expected. Since ancient times, the Central Plains army has been frustrated and attrited in the wild areas of southern Xinjiang, and one of the important factors is the various tropical diseases that are prevalent in the local area;
Although in most cases, most of them (such as cholera) can be eliminated and prevented through strict observance of hygienic habits and efforts to keep the environment clean and tidy, such as high temperature sterilization and fire roasting, vinegar fumigation, lime and other disinfection methods. , Dysentery); but the malaria-like infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes and flies are still somewhat overwhelming.
It should be understood that although the pyrethrum native to Europe was not introduced to China until the 20th century; there are already products similar to mosquito coils in this era; the wormwood and yellow sticks are twisted into ropes, and they are ignited at night and slowly smoked to drive them. Mosquitoes, compared to curtains that most people can't afford or incense that can only be used by large families, can be described as a cheap solution for poor families;
Therefore, similar medicinal straw rope products were also produced in large quantities in Canton and widely used in the military expedition to Annan. Nevertheless, there is still a chance of being bitten by local mosquitoes during daily work and labor activities, and there is a certain probability of contracting local subtropical diseases.
However, there is no other way. At present, we can only rely on physical fitness to survive, and then further strengthen the management of environmental sanitation, such as burning reeds near the camp and staying away from sinkholes where mosquitoes and flies are easy to breed, to reduce Corresponding to the probability of infection.
Although Zhou Huaian also knows the principles of artemisinin and Artemisia annua, which are alternatives to malaria specific medicines; however, under the current crude conditions, to extract effective ingredients and make medicines, obviously there is still a long way to go. Go; As for the cinchona tree native to America, it is still out of reach.
At present, these dozens of cases have not been discovered until they hit Jiaozhou City. It is already a kind of luck. The main thing is to select soldiers from the southern region as much as possible, and use those newly attached Long March soldiers and Guan Jian. , As the forerunner and guide of the army, the scout, and the team that goes out to patrol sentries and raise food, this avoids the worst result.
Because these soldiers and officials have formed antibodies and immunity in a certain sense during the long process of local defense (compared to those who have not survived). (End of this chapter)