After entering late April, battle reports from the east came one after another.

Just like last year, the Wang family in Guangning was unlucky in the battle with the thieves.

Changsun's tribe completely retreated into Changshan.

The Dugu tribe went to Pingshu.

Chen Yougen sent Lan Wu, the general of Yijing Town, to fight with him, but he was also defeated.

Shao Xun listened to Chen Yougen's idea and did not interfere.

The troops on the middle and west roads also remained stationary.

On the last day of April, he continued to sit in the manor and review official documents. By the way, he met with the imperial physician Ling Huangfu who was introduced by Liang Fen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and returned.

The Huangfu family and the Liang family are basically related to each other.

Liang Liu was the son of Huangfu Mi's aunt, Huangfu Fanghui's father.

Liang Fen's wife was also born in the Huangfu family.

The relationship between the two families is truly inseparable.

Huangfu Fanghui came back from Jingzhou. After hearing that Shao Xun had compiled a book called "Endogenous Diseases", he happily took up the post of imperial physician and included some of the diseases he discovered in it.

Shao Xun rummaged through the pages and found that Huangfu Fanghui had listed a separate item for Jingzhou, and the first item recorded under it was "Water Poison Disease."

After reading the symptoms carefully, isn’t this schistosomiasis!

Huangfu Fanghui believed that there were "gu insects" in the water, which multiplied in large numbers after entering the human body. "Insects eat the five internal organs", causing the sick people to become as skinny as wood and have distended abdomens.

He even speculated that Cao Cao had a major epidemic in his army during his southern expedition, which was caused by water poisonous disease.

The writing is quite detailed!

Shao Xun was not very clear about other diseases, but he knew very well about schistosomiasis. After all, it had been vigorously publicized by later generations.

He thought for a while, could this disease be cured at this time? Sadly, it couldn't.

Is it possible to prevent it? It’s also very difficult. I can only say it’s better than nothing.

Before sending Huangfu off, he drew a Hubei snail on a piece of paper and ordered to kill it - in fact, he just wanted to have peace of mind, which was impossible to do.

But does this move have no effect at all? Not necessarily.

Let people realize that the intermediate host is also valuable, and some people may have escaped it. Unfortunately, most people in the world probably don't believe him and think he is talking nonsense.

Huangfu went back to write the customs under "Bingzhou Category", while Shao Xun continued to review.

Yu Zhi, the Shaofu Supervisor, reported on the progress of the ink used for woodblock printing: Unfortunately, the progress is limited.

Shao Xun had no choice because he didn't know the formula either.

This kind of ancient technological innovation sometimes takes decades, hundreds or even hundreds of years to bear fruit.

Investing a lot of manpower and material resources to show superiors' attention only shortens the process. If you really want to achieve results, you need a little luck, because this is a trial and error process.

The crux is in the ink, let's get on with it.

The third copy was sent by Guang Chengze.

They bred a kind of draft horse that was strong and gentle, and they said they could try horse plowing.

This made Shao Xun silent for a long time.

In fact, the manorial economy is more suitable for horse farming, but the small-scale peasant economy is not so good.

He remembered that in later generations there used to be a lot of horse farming in the Northeast.

To put it simply, as far as the north is concerned, horses plow faster and can plow more land in a unit of time (such as during farming hours), but the plowing is shallow.

Oxen plowing speed is slow, plowing less per unit time, but plowing deeply.

When there are few people and plenty of land, extensive planting can be done in a large area. Extensive planting can yield a small harvest, which is more profitable than intensive farming and is suitable for horse farming.

When there are many people and little land, intensive farming is necessary and cattle farming is suitable.

Ma Geng pursues per capita output value and low yield per mu.

The pursuit of cattle farming is the yield per mu, and the per capita output value is low.

Should we give it a try? Shao Xun was hesitant, but finally decided to set up a pilot project.

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After reviewing the official letter, he quietly waited for news from the east.

At the same time, he issued the first order, and Dong Wu led 3,000 "blind men" to go northward and enter Xinxing.

On the Daijun side, Chen Yougen actually had no control over which direction the enemy came from. In fact, he cast several nets, and the final place where he closed the net was unexpected.

On the tenth day of May, the Qiyi River Valley was extremely peaceful.

Chen Yougen climbed the high slope for the last time to explore the terrain.

Pingshu County stands far in the north.

Several miles south from the city, there are many springs and crisscrossing creeks, which eventually merge into the Qiyi River.

Most of the streams run from north to south, and some even go around the city. In May, the water in the streams swells and flows endlessly. Occasionally there are shoals dotted there, which can be used for people and horses to cross.

The deputy governor of the Luoyan Army arrived at the training camp and led 600 infantrymen to camp in the woods behind a stream on the easternmost side and wait quietly.

Behind them, two or three miles away, there were more than 3,000 infantry and cavalrymen of the Wei family.

Behind a hill a few miles to the southeast, the main cavalry of the Luoyan Army was resting.

In the city due north, the streets are almost filled with cavalry. These are the 1,500 cavalry brought by Liu Hezhu - there is no way, the city is not big, and I have tried every means to cram in so many people.

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Another 1,500 riders were stationed in a forest in the northeast.

To put it simply, Chen Yougen planned to attract the enemy to this preset battlefield, then intercept them head-on, and attack from both sides to annihilate the enemy forces in one fell swoop and boost their morale.

The only difficulty with this plan is whether it can withstand the front.

At this time, Chen Yougen especially hoped that the Youzhou Cavalry Governor would be here. Unfortunately, the King of Liang had transferred them to Hongnong and was ready to provide assistance to Hedong. It was impossible for them to come here in a short time.

The dull sound of horse hooves sounded in the east.

Chen Yougen was shocked, and a sickly flush appeared on his face.

He really liked this kind of head-on fight with fists and fists.

He looked around and saw that there was a big tree on the hillside. He immediately climbed up and took a closer look.

On the eastern horizon, more than a thousand riders appeared in the eyelids.

They looked panicked and embarrassed. As they ran, they looked back in fear.

A larger cloud of smoke appeared behind them.

The ferocious-looking Xianbei cavalry followed closely behind, their hoofbeats sounding like thunder.

Even during the charge, their formation was still not too loose, and generally still showed an arrow shape.

Maybe they saw streams, woods and other obstacles ahead, and the Xianbei people's formation changed: the cavalry on both wings began to move forward at higher speeds, outflanking them from the south and the north, trying to completely annihilate the more than a thousand cavalry.

They had won so many battles that they looked down upon the Wuhuan people and charged in without any scruples.

Even during the charge, one of the leading generals looked at Pingshu County from a distance and saw that the flag was crooked at the top of the city and the people were stumbling and running away. After that, they laughed and were extremely arrogant.

"Crash!" The fleeing Wuhuan cavalry rushed to a ford after paying the price of more than a hundred casualties.

Someone actually thoughtfully put up a small flag in the ford, as if they were afraid that others wouldn't know that you can cross the river here.

Countless horse legs stepped into the river water in an instant, causing huge splashes of water. At the same time, a crowd of people yelled at the horses, causing chaos.

Chen Yougen waited quietly on the hillside.

More than 500 Wuhuan cavalrymen who had escaped back had already landed ashore and reached the west side of the creek. There were about a hundred cavalrymen in the middle of the river and about 400 more cavalrymen on the other side.

Seeing that it was too late to cross the river, they abandoned their horses in despair and waded directly across the river.

Suddenly there were cries and cries everywhere, and stumbling figures could be seen everywhere.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Countless arrows fell after themselves. The five or six hundred horsemen who had crossed the river dispersed and disappeared on the grassland to the west. Dozens of people who were crossing the river screamed and fell to the ground. As for those who had abandoned it,

There were also casualties among those crossing the river.

The frothy muddy water and the bright red blood mixed together, mixed with the cries of pain, cries and even begging for mercy, playing a cruel music of death.

The Xianbei people began to cross the river in pursuit.

They are fierce and brave.

After hundreds of horsemen crossed the river, they pursued the fleeing Wuhuan cavalry. Those who were crossing the river looked in the direction of Pingshu County in the distance, as if they planned to go straight into the city to see if they could scare away the Wuhuan people, and then go to the city to have a good time.

"Dong dong dong..." Just as the Xianbei people were chasing after them with great momentum, two thousand cavalry turned out from behind the hills in the southeast.

They had excellent riding skills and steadily controlled the speed of their horses. The cavalry archers spread out to the two wings, and the horsemen and cavalry came out in large numbers, charging as a whole, and killed the Xianbei cavalry who were squeezing towards the river bank.

"Dong dong dong..." Almost at the same time, 1,500 Jie cavalry rushed out from the woods in the northeast. With lightning speed, they rushed from the side and rear into the thicket of Xianbei cavalry wandering on the river bank.
To be continued...