Lu Xun once said that if you are not afraid of gangsters knowing martial arts, you should be afraid of gangsters being educated.

Although this sentence doesn't sound so nice, it is a very real sentence.

It is actually a very appropriate word to describe the current situation.

The Xiongnu is like the gangster who knows martial arts, and the Han is the educated gangster.

When warriors kill people, they need to see blood, and it can make you feel scared when you see it.

But when intellectuals kill people, they don't show any blood, and they even let you die without knowing how.

From the perspective of deterrence effect, it is of course better to kill with blood, but in the long run, it is more appropriate to kill without blood.

There are some things that last a lifetime, the kind of things that can make you feel terrible from the bottom of your heart.

Not only the Han army, but also the previous Qin army, the Zhao army during the Warring States period, etc.

When facing the nomads, they all used strategies and tactics.

Therefore, in the minds of these people, the farming civilization in the south is a cunning and scheming opponent.

Considering this aspect, Chai Wu's inference is also reasonable.

As for Zhang Buyi...

"That's right, soldiers, there is a trick! If you contact them in advance, they may run away, but no matter how fast the logistics are, they can't compare to ours. When they sent out their scouts to explore, they couldn't find the location of the army.

, plus there are still large armies fighting on the front line, so naturally they will not retreat easily."

Zhang Buyi straightened his chest, although he still felt a little relieved, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Who allowed himself to be the boss here?

Who made his own decision and made the Han army the big winner?

Do we want him to say his true words now?

That's absolutely impossible. Don't even think about it. It's now here. Even if you bite the bullet, you have to admit that all this is within your expectations. Otherwise, what will happen to morale?

Do you still want the face of a great general like yourself?

"As for strategy and tactics, you have to use them flexibly and consider the situation on the battlefield before making a decision. In fact, it's not that difficult. Just look for the opportunity, pop it out, and you're done!" Zhang Buyi continued to speak arrogantly, with a look on his face.

There was no trace of any nervousness at all.

On this day, the Han army continued to fight steadily.

However, compared to the previous days, we have advanced ten miles more today.

But for the last ten miles, people dismounted and walked, leading their horses along with them.

With this ten-mile buffer, tomorrow's army can directly meet the Xiongnu's logistics troops.

As for the main force of the Huns, I'm sorry, Zhang Buyi hasn't received any news yet.

The latest information is that the scouts have dispersed for more than 300 miles, and still no trace of the main Xiongnu force has been found.

On the contrary, we found many scattered tribes of Huns. The number of cattle and sheep they carried was not large, and the number of people was not large. They were mostly composed of slightly older men and men who were about to reach adulthood.

The scouts observed these people from a distance and did not come near, and the Huns seemed to have no sense of precaution at all.

This is not because the Huns were completely unprepared, but because they placed their scouts at the far end, and there were not many scouts near the battlefield.

Basically, they were placed on the west side, mainly to detect the Han army around the Great Wall. They did not expect that the Han army would appear behind them.

And war is like this. It is impossible for everyone to be careful in all aspects, let alone take care of all directions.

Even the Han army cannot.

Rather than competing on the battlefield, the competition is about which of the two sides can perform more brilliantly.

Rather, it was a competition to see who of the two sides made fewer mistakes on the battlefield.

There are no winners in wars, but for the sake of the future, some wars must be fought.

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The next morning.

The night in the grassland is still a bit cool.

It was not a good night sleeping without clothes. There was no tent, it was a bit cool, and my body was wet. In such an environment, people can easily get sick.

"Wait, where did the water come from?" Seeing many soldiers drinking water and eating dried meat, Zhang Buyi looked around and his face turned dark.

"The water in the river, living water, tastes sweet and delicious!" Someone pointed to a place not far away.

The army almost always marched along the river, which was a necessary factor for marching and camping.

"What a fool!" Zhang Buyi's head exploded instantly and he shouted quickly: "You are not allowed to drink it. Go and notify everyone and throw away the water!"

"General, today is no longer a good time to light a fire. We still have a long way to go. We can't let the soldiers rush to fight with thirsty mouths, right?" Chai Wu also heard Zhang Buyi's shout and hurriedly

He came out to dissuade him.

"You know nothing!" Zhang Buyi cursed fiercely at Chai Wu.

We are already very close to the front line. In fact, since the last fire was lit yesterday morning, the entire army has not raised any fire.

The storage capacity of the water bag is limited, and the water boiled yesterday was basically consumed last night.

People always feel thirsty when they wake up in the morning, but the Han army asked not to drink raw water, but now they can't light a fire, what should they do?

Is it possible to die of thirst by relying on a river?

Aren't you afraid of being laughed to death by those brothers who died in the battle?

The more Zhang Buyi thought about it, the angrier he became, and he strictly restrained himself all the way. Unexpectedly, something went wrong at the last minute.

He pointed to the west angrily and said: "The Huns are upstream of us. There are tens of millions of livestock and hundreds of thousands of people there. They also drink water from this river. People drink water from the upper reaches of the livestock. We drink here."

The water they drank was what they drank. Do you want to die? I poured it all!"

The people below may not understand, but Zhang Buyi is very clear about these details.

Mainly due to the influence of Wang Buxu.

In the country, when the army is setting up camp, the water source must be given priority to river water. The bigger the water source, the better.

Secondly, the water must be boiled for a period of time before drinking.

It's so strict in China, let alone on the grasslands.

It’s not like Wang Buxu has never told you that drinking water for people should be five miles upstream of the drinking water for livestock, and it must be boiled before drinking.

Among them, the main cause of water pollution on grasslands comes from livestock.

One is when the livestock drinks it directly, and the second is when the livestock acts like a coquettish excrement near the water source, and the feces will penetrate into the ground and enter the water source.

Although pollution in a short period of time may not be that serious, it is a long-term pollution behavior that can directly bring diseases to people.

But Wang was not hungry, he was completely frightened.

The cause of Huo Qubing's death is not recorded in detail in the history books, and it is very possible that the medical environment of that era failed to find the cause.

Considering Huo Qubing's life trajectory and the timeline of his death, the cause of his death is most likely due to drinking contaminated water during the war.

As for why no soldiers were affected, we can only say that history books will not record those soldiers whose deaths were similar to Huo Qubing's, unless they all reached Huo Qubing's level, or were at a lower level than Huo Qubing, but this is obviously impossible.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, a large number of hydatid diseases still occur in pastoral areas.

Therefore, the rules formulated by Wang Buxu may seem strict and harsh, even unreasonable, but in fact the effect is very obvious.

Zhang Buyi was also thinking.

It's absolutely impossible to live without water. I can't stand a day at home without drinking water, let alone today, which requires large-scale mobile operations.

Zhang Buyi was thinking hard when a drop of morning dew suddenly fell down his hair and landed directly on the grass on the ground.

Zhang Buyi's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this water?

"Look for grass on the ground that has not been gnawed by livestock. There is some dew on it. You can drink it directly. Try to collect some after drinking. Save some for drinking today!" Zhang Buyi directly ordered.

A safe water source is to dig a well now, and dig it a little deeper.

But this is obviously unrealistic. There is not that much time. Besides, there are more than 40,000 people here, and three or two wells are simply not enough.

Most of the well water needs to be dug until water can seep out and then dug for a while. Then through the accumulation of time, the groundwater will continue to seep out, and then the soil will settle down, leaving clean water.

Even in places with ample water, you have to wait for more than a day after digging before you can drink it.

So, it's too late.

The second one is rain and dew.

This is also the safest and does not cause as many sources of pollution as later generations.

Moreover, even in future generations, if heavy metals exceed the standard at most, drinking a small amount will not be a big problem and will not directly lead to illness and loss of life.

Although there is little dew, it is still water.

It took a while, and I almost lost my temper and didn't drink enough at once, but it was better than nothing, and I finally felt less thirsty.

Because some people find it troublesome, they simply pick off the leaves stained with water droplets, hold them in their hands and put them in their mouths to suck, then rub them and chew them twice.
To be continued...