On the second day, Chen Wen first returned to the former Zhejiang-Fujian Governor's Office in Quzhou Prefecture City. Now, as the chief administrative civil servant of Zhejiang Ming Army, Sun Yu's conduct was discussed with Sun Yu in a pretentious manner. But in fact, it was all nonsense. Then he returned to the camp where he had already been occupied by auxiliary soldiers and civilians and continued to pretend to be a sufficient source of troops.

After nightfall, Chen Wen quietly left the camp and chased the army that had already set off. This arrangement was nothing more than to delay some of the time when the Qing army was discovered. His target was to garrison the Eight Banners on the Northern Line.

Chen Wen had already set off, but it still took some time to go on the way. Fortunately, there were only Ming army's post stations and beacon towers between Quzhou and Zhuji County where Anhua Town was located. If the Qing army wanted to spread the news there, they had to take a quick horse to detour through Yanzhou Prefecture, head north to Hangzhou, cross the Qiantang River and then head south to Zhuji. It took too much time along the way, and even the Qing army in Quzhou immediately saw Chen Wen's intention. By the time they sent the news to Zhuji, it would be eight years late.

However, in order to prevent floods, Chengchou or the Qing Dynasty, there were some other ways to speed up the transmission of news, Chen Wen still created some illusions for sending troops to cover up his intentions. Of course, more importantly, it was to let the Qing army on the other side discover it a few days later, so that his room for maneuver would be greater and the risks that Quzhou would have to bear were smaller.

As for destroying the Eight Banners in Hangzhou and relieving the threat from the Northern Line, the two battalions of Pujiang and Dongyang can be released, and Chen Wen can return to Quzhou with five station barracks and fight the Qing army on the front line in Quzhou with the Yiwu Camp and most of the Lishui Camp in Quzhou.

The army was moving rapidly on the waterway of Qujiang-Dongyang River, but it was no better than those soldiers who were finally relieved of the depressing atmosphere brought by the stalemate. Chen Wen was also worried about another thing, that is, the situation at the Anhua Town Castle did not seem to be very good.

On May 20, the seventh year of Yongli, the hot summer had already replaced the storm and rain in late spring and early summer. However, the bastion in Anhua Town still seemed to be the same as the Qing army was at the city, but the low walls and wooden stakes on the periphery were much more broken, and the filth on the city walls and under the city was far more than before. At least from the surface, it was indeed like this.

At that time, it was the hottest time of the day. Yu Shizhong, the commander of the bastion, forced himself to climb up from the bed, took the water handed over by an auxiliary soldier who heard the noise, and poured it into his throat that was so dry that it could ignite the fire.

Not only him, the Qing army's disgusting attack method has lasted for nearly a month and it has not stopped until a few days ago. In the past few days, in addition to the horses probing the horses still observing the situation of the bastion defenders as usual and separating the contact with the outside world, the Qing army in the brigade no longer appeared at the city. I just don't know whether it was defeated by the heat that had just arrived, or whether it was the same as the inside of the bastion and had to give up the attack.

After nearly a month of bacterial warfare, although the corpses used by the Qing army were not infected with any fatal plague when they were alive, the disease caused by the rotten corpses itself still had a significant impact on the defenders.

First, the wounded soldiers in the first confrontation, and then they developed into some auxiliary soldiers responsible for cleaning up filth. Soon, I don’t know how it was infected among the soldiers, and even the military doctor named Hao could not avoid it.

Yu Shizhong knew that the military doctor named Hao was good at trauma and injury. Yu was not a layman in these epidemics, but he was not as proficient as the former. But he didn't expect that even he had never heard of the folk remedies, such as smoked vinegar, were far less effective than imagined. Only burning wormwood seemed to be of some use, but the inventory was too small, and now he has used up all of them.

In fact, in the past month, it is difficult to count how many wooden barrels of disease have been thrown by the Qing army. If there was no burning mugwort and no direct drinking of unboiled water, I would probably not be able to hold on. But even so, nearly half of the auxiliary soldiers have been infected with different degrees of disease among the defenders, and one-third of the soldiers have been infected with the disease, and the officers are even worse than this. Even Yu Shizhong and the military judges of the Lenbuo are no exception.

Compared to the judge of the military, Yu Shizhong was actually pretty good. When he got up from the bed, he was not only weak in his limbs and dizzy in his head, but at least he was very clear in consciousness.

"When is it now?"

There are too many soldiers who are sick, and the original wounded and sick center is no longer enough. Many barracks have become wounded and sick centers, and the rooms of senior officers like Yu Shizhong are even more equipped with uninfected auxiliary soldiers.

"Report to the general, it's not been a moment."

"It's all over the place."

As he said that, Yu Shizhong got up and wanted to wear clothes and armor. The auxiliary soldier knew that the guard general had a stubborn temper and ran out without saying a word. Because he knew that the eloquent officer was only useful for speaking. He was a small auxiliary soldier. Unless he lured Yu Shizhong to scold him for a while, the weak guard general lost his strength, there was no other way to stop him.

After a while, Yu Shizhong's armor was put on, and his helmet was already in his hand. He just waited to leave the house and then put it on his head to prevent the feathers on it from being damaged. However, this set of chain mail that usually doesn't feel heavy on the surface now seems to be weighing thousands of pounds. Just putting it on will result in white hair sweat on his head, which is really beyond his imagination.

"It seems that my body is still not good."

The bitter smile had not ended, but the door was opened again. The auxiliary soldier rushed over immediately with the officer named Chu, but when he arrived at the door, he stopped when he saw that Yu Shizhong was not strange.

"Brother Yu, do you know that you are a patient now? Why are you going out on this hot day?"

"I have to go up to the city and show my face..."

"No, your current task is to recuperate." Seeing that Yu Shizhong was unmoved, the military supervisor named Chu had to say: "Brother Yu, even if you don't care about yourself, you have to care about everyone. If you look like this, how can you maintain the morale in the army?"

"Brother Chu, you don't understand. I haven't shown up for several days. The Tartars' horses can't see me, and sooner or later they will become suspicious. Think about it, if the Tartars find that even I am sick, they will not attack immediately. But look at how should the soldiers below fight like this?"

He was not incomprehensible about what Yu Shizhong said, but as an officer in charge, he must also be responsible for the entire army. "Since that's the case, it's better to change someone, put on your armor, and go up and do it."

"This is absolutely not possible. The scouts in the army are all sharp-eyed people. Even if they can't see clearly, they can always recognize me. If they find that they are fake, wouldn't they tell themselves?!"

"This..." Chu Jianjun thought about it, but did not let the door open at all. "That's not OK. You are sick now. If you are so ignorant of yourself with Brother Cheng, when will you get sick? I am the military officer. This time you have to listen to me and go back and rest first. Let's talk about the city patrol and be healthy!"

Seeing that the military supervisor still refused to let go of the road, Yu Shizhong slapped the table with a bang.

"The general said that the general is in charge of war and the military supervising life. Just as the military chief officer is in charge of military supplies, the military judge is in charge of military laws and regulations, and the staff officer is in charge of planning and planning, the principle that each performs his duties is the foundation for my Zhejiang King's Division to be able to stick to this day. Patrol is war, not life, and I have not violated the military laws and regulations. Even if you temporarily act as the judge Cheng Jun, you can't control me!" After saying that, Yu Shizhong pushed away the thin military supervisor and then walked step by step towards the steps of climbing the city.

Seeing this, the military inspector had to follow after a moment of stunned till he was stunned, followed by Yu Shouzhong, and did not dare to leave at all.

Soon, the two of them climbed to the top of the city, one after another. When Shizhong and the military inspector approached, the soldiers guarding the city saluted one after another, and then continued their responsibilities.

The sun was scorching like fire, and even the air was already a little hot. The more you walked, the more Yu Shizhong felt the softer the ground under his feet. When he walked around clockwise, he soon saw the Qing army cavalry in the distance, and seemed to have noticed his figure and rode his horse forward.

Seeing this, Yu Shizhong stood there, took out the telescope in his leather case and looked for a while before continuing to patrol.

From the north to the city, Yu Shizhong first walked to the city wall on the east side of the main fort, then walked to the south, and then walked to the west wall facing Da Chenjiang.

The breeze carried by the water flow made him feel a little cool, and even the feeling of being a little nauseated had faded a lot. After slowly walking through this section, Yu Shizhong quickly returned to the north city wall and confirmed that he had been around the city for a week before slowly walking down the steps and then walking towards his residence.
Chapter completed!