Chapter 340 The donor

Wang Pu is really sick.At the beginning, Guo Shao thought that Zhang Yongde was pretending to be sick, but Wang Pu didn't need to pretend.

Cough cough cough.Wang Pu asked a maid to help her up and coughed for a while. She put a cloth pillow on her back and sat up, saying with a sick look on her face. It was really rude to meet like this...

Guo Shaogang came to his house and met Wang Pu in his bedroom.

The room was very warm, but there was a strong smell of Chinese medicine floating around somewhere, which was very pungent.

People in high positions are sick and there are special people serving them, and there are often people who want to visit them, but the situation is not bad.

Wang Pu seems to be in his early fifties and is in his prime, but he is indeed a little weak and looks thinner after he gets sick.

Guo Shao hurriedly stepped forward to support him and said, "The King of Envoy is in good health, but what do you care about the common etiquette?" I asked the Empress Dowager for an order and invited a few imperial doctors from Taichang Temple (the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple is Zuo You) to come and see you.

Although Wang Pu was bedridden, his face was not very bloody and his illness was obvious, but it was not as serious as he was confused.He said: Thank you General Guo for your kindness.

Guo Shao said: I will lead my troops out of the capital soon and I will no longer visit Wang Envoy again.

At this time, Wang Pu suddenly sighed and said slowly: I have never regretted that I have been a small official to a Privy Councilor.But when the weather is not over, I cannot see the unification of the world and the return of Youzhou, and I cannot see the overall situation that has affected hundreds of years... I am really a little regretful.If General Guo accidentally remembered me, poured a cup of wine on the ground and called me to tell me.

After hearing this, Guo Shao suddenly remembered a poem: On the day when the king's army settled in the Central Plains, he did not forget to tell his husband about his family sacrifice.

He hurriedly said kindly: I heard that the King of Envoy was just because he was infected with the cold. Just keep your illness safe and you will be cured soon.

Wang Puwei said.

Guo Shao said again: The recent strategic level has been based on the deployment of Wang Envoy, Xiang Gong rested in Guzhen. After the weather was warm, the Great Zhou army attacked Shu from both the north and east roads.

Wang Pu nodded: In this way, it is better than just staring at Hanzhong's chances of winning.

Guo Shao only felt that his heart was shrouded in an inexplicable sadness... a very faint and lingering emotion.

It's not sadness. Although he appreciates Wang Pu's talent, his friendship is not deep. If you want to worry about his illness, you will be so sad that you can only make a show. Of course, you can't gloat. Wang Pu and others are his allies and very capable allies.

So my heart was a little sad, as if this feeling was just sad.

Guo Shao said a few more words to him and told him to rest more and rest assured to recuperate, leaving behind a bunch of good medicinal herbs such as ginseng and not much.

...When he returned to his residence, Guo Shao passed by a larger restaurant and ordered a few good dishes to deliver to his residence.

He took the initiative to get close to the little Taoist Qingxu when she thought the food was pretty good today.

Guo Shao asked: Can your master Chen Tuan cure wind and cold?It is not ordinary wind and cold, but may also cause other diseases, and many doctors have not cured it...

Qingxu frowned: I was puzzled just now, but as expected, this is called being attentive to show your diligence for nothing!

Guo Shao said in surprise: You can't just say so harshly, I will admit that you just want to cram the Buddha's feet.But there is nothing wrong with you. I ask you for help. Wouldn’t it be nicer to you or shout at you?

Qingxu said earnestly: Donor Guo, you have to figure it out.My master and I are both Taoist priests, not doctors. If we know how to cure diseases, why are we not good at being Taoist priests or changing careers?

Her single eyelids and delicate face were her tone, but her tone was like this, Guo Shao felt inexplicably funny.

But he was not in the mood to joke with her, and immediately said: The Queen Mother's serious illness was not cured by Chen Tuan's elixir and your cultivation method?

Qingxu said: That's when a blind cat hits a dead mouse, it's just the right thing to do, it's not that we have medical skills.The elixir and inner elixir were originally used by Taoism to drive away fire. The Queen Mother happened to use it because of the fire poison invading the body. Unexpectedly, she tried it.Now we ask us to treat any difficult and complicated diseases. How do I know how to treat them?

Wind and cold are cold poisons, and there is no pill to drive away cold poisons?Guo Shao asked.

Qingxu said with an unhappy look: I can’t explain it clearly to the outsider!My master is now in Huashan. If you don’t believe what I said, you will send someone to ask him.

Guo Shao has no choice... In this world, colds and fevers can kill people. Maybe Wang Pu caused symptoms such as pneumonia because of a cold, but he couldn't understand it. After all, he was not from a doctor.

He still didn't want to see Wang Pu die of such illness. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter as Qingxu said and planned to send someone to Huashan to find Chen Tuan.

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As the first lunar month passes, the festive atmosphere has gone away, and there is a busy scene everywhere.

In the countryside, people who drive cattle to plow the fields, carry fat water, and bend over to work with straw hats can be seen everywhere.

The officials of various yamen are most concerned about agriculture this season, but the military institutions in Tokyo are completely ignoring the busy farming industry and are still stepping up preparations for war.

The guards of the Northern Route Army who reinforced the Northern Route Army have begun to be mobilized one after another; the Eastern Route Army, which is mainly responsible for the Palace Front Office, will not be in trouble for more than a month... Because Shu is already on guard against the Northern Route, there is no need to hide it anymore, but the authenticity of Shu's use of troops on the Eastern Route should still be in speculation and inference.

Ten spacious and suitable house-renovation armor workshops have been requisitioned in the outer city of Tokyo. There are two or three workshops organized in one house; including forging iron plates, stamped hammers, and some craftsmen who forged edges and corners by hand and assembled armor with rivets.

The division of labor and cooperation in each arrogance manufacturing process is done. On average, one set of forging hammers can make about a set of four pieces of armor in a day, which is twenty or thirty times faster than the full hand-crafted and refined work of the chain mail iron cloth shirt.

Of course, the armor with only four pieces of armor is not comprehensive in protection and cannot be compared with changing the lock.

Guo Shao predicts that he will be able to make 800 to 900 sets of streamlined armor by the end of February.

He was not satisfied with this speed, but due to the scale, he had no choice but to do anything for the time being.

First of all, the supply of raw materials is slow, and then the funds and manpower are insufficient, and the area is not large. The houses in Tokyo are private industries, and forced requisitions can easily cause conflicts, and even the workshops occupy land must be spent.

...The local town soldiers and guards commanded by Xiang Gong were less armed, and the elite soldiers in the front office of the lower hall were more well equipped.

Guo Shao allocated the first batch of 300 armors to the guards who reinforced Xiang Gong.

By the end of February, more than 500 pairs of plate armor were completed.

Guo Shao directly equipped the first command of the Tiger Ben Army's left wing First Army, and this command itself was a heavy infantry and horse deployed in front of the battle formation, which was previously covered with ring lock armor.

Now he has been supplemented with five hundred pairs of plate armor again, and has truly become a heavy infantry commander with excellent equipment and strong defense; soldiers wear chain mail and skirt armor in the moving parts, and head, shoulders, chest, and arm mail... Guo Shao tried it and was basically immune to long-range bows and crossbows. In addition to hammer blunt weapons, it is difficult to cause effective damage to them.

Before going to the war, the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army built some iron masks to improve facial defense, making the commanding soldiers persistently pursue defense.

When Guo Shao's army went on war, he was shocked by the lineup of the first command.

In the military camp, more than 500 people were covered in iron, and the brand new plate armor was shining with the unique cold light of metal. From a distance, it looked like a group of mechas.

Except for the fingers exposed from the linen gloves, the soldiers had almost no part of their bodies exposed.

There is an iron helmet on it, and even the face is also iron-faced, only the eye sockets are exposed outside, which can't even be distinguished at first glance. There are many erect gaps in the mouth and nose position to breathe, and it looks like the teeth exposed by skeletons.

This is probably the ultimate infantry equipment in the era of cold weapons. Unlike the world's concept of focusing on maneuvering and lightweight, Guo Shao felt that his path seemed to be beginning to deviate from the mainstream.

...Guo Shao still sent Fu Ermei to the palace and Li Yuan'er to Li Chuyun's house.

After making preparations, he led more than 16,000 people in the left wing of the Hu Ben Army, more than 21,000 people in the control of cranes and horses, and more than 21,000 people in the control of cranes and bows and arrows. He left Tokyo at the end of February and headed south first.

At this time, the weather has completely warmed up, green everywhere, and flowers are blooming, which is a good time to be full of vitality.

After the new formation of the Hu Ben Army, there was a big battle in the right wing.

But Guo Shao did not do his best to train troops this time, but to try his best to fight and decide the war against Shu Kingdom, so he still chose the left wing of the Hu Ben Army, which had been proven by actual combat, as the main force of the Eastern Route Army.

Guo Shao led his army to Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan City). Tokyo used to be without any obstacles and the road was very flat.

At this time, the movements of the Zhou Dynasty's army were no longer confidential... On the endless plains, the roads parallel between the fields were full of troops.

There are many people from far and near looking into the fields, looking at this grand scene; in this place with good vision, the marching scene is very conspicuous.

Apart from gathering the guards on duty on the road, most of the troops did not scrupulously suppress the pressure because everyone went out to march and camped with a lot of things.

People were carrying mules and horses, and there were many civilians behind the army who were pushing wheelbarrows and driving donkey carts. If the team was not very orderly and there were flags everywhere, it would look more like a large group of people fleeing famines in large numbers.

Guo Shao's central army also had a passenger carriage... Everyone would rather ride a horse than ride a carriage. It is one thing that the terrain on the plain is flat, but the roads in the wild are not smooth at all. Taking a carriage is a torture.

But there was a woman sitting in the carriage.

Aunt Sun, a half-old woman in her forties, has no appearance.

With such a woman in the army, the soldiers obviously would not think that the general led the woman to relieve boredom on the journey; otherwise, at least he should bring a younger one.

However, Jing Niang, who is wearing leather armor, is more suitable for relieving boredom.

Guo Shao specially customized a pair of breastplate for him, with two semicircular outlines stamped on the breastplate. He thought she would feel more comfortable wearing this way. Unexpectedly, he was not grateful for his kindness, and Guo Shao was scolded.

Of course, Jing Niang didn't wear that piece of plate armor either.