Chapter 1080

With the continuous advance of the western expedition army, there was a little more withered grass in the originally desolate Gobi desert. The hungry horses couldn't wait to eat it and clean it. Moreover, with the continuous advance of the army, there were more and more withered grass and even low shrubs.

"We finally got out of the Gobi desert." Hou Junji shouted when he saw that the front was no longer desolate.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers cheered one after another, and suddenly the shadow over the whole army waved away. They finally created a miracle. Hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the vast Gobi desert for two thousand miles, which has never been done in previous dynasties. Today, the Tang army has done it, and there is little loss.

Of course, there are many reasons for this. There are not only Hou Junji's foresight of going out early to turn snow into water, but also the emergency of storing water with a firearm to monitor the water dragon car. What's more, Qixin He Li is familiar with the terrain and the key to sending water by one person and three horses.

"According to the map, there is a river fifty miles ahead. The whole army accelerates. At night, we will camp by the river!" Hou Junji looked at the map in his hand and determined the location. He couldn't help but work hard.

"Yes, general!" a group of soldiers shouted with their chapped lips. They saw that they had been short of water for too long. Now the water from Qixin Heli was about to run out, and they urgently needed to replenish water.

At that moment, the soldiers were no longer stingy. They drank the little water left, and poured all the rest to the horses. The whole army immediately accelerated and drove to the river.

"Almost there!" with the army moving forward, there are more and more dead grass along the way. Although spring has begun, the northwest is bitter and cold, and the grassland here has not turned green.

Finally, with the expectation of all the soldiers, a small glacier finally appeared in front. The weather here is very cold and the river has not thawed.

"Ice drilling for water!" Hou Junji ordered with a wave of his big hand. A group of soldiers went down the river to drill ice for water. Many more soldiers were extremely thirsty and couldn't wait to drink the ice water they had just hit.

"No water!"

Suddenly an urgent voice came and stopped the soldiers from drinking water.

When they turned back, they found that it was mo Jiazi who spoke. The water source urgently needed by the army was in front of them, and he opposed the army to drink water to quench their thirst.

"What does Marquis Mo mean? Why can't you drink water? This is not the water of the firearm prison?" Xin liao'er frowned.

Merton sneered: "if general Xin wants to die young, you can drink it!"

Xin liao'er was stunned and looked at the kettle in his hand. Even though he was extremely hungry and thirsty, he could not drink it. Although he was reckless, he was not stupid, let alone the magical means of Mohist Zi. Everyone knew that he could see that Mohist Zi was not going well, but even he had to believe what Mohist Zi said. This is the power of Mohist Zi.

He is now sure that if he drinks the river by force, there is a great chance of an accident.

"What's the matter? Is it that Gaochang imitated the Xiongnu's epidemic in the water source?" Xue Wanjun, Niu JINDA and others came in a hurry and asked.

In an instant, Xin liao'er was so clever that he quickly threw away the water bag in his hand. You know, putting dead cattle and sheep bodies in the water to cause plague is a common means used by all parts of the grassland. Even the champion Hou Huo Qubing died in this move, let alone a little Xin liao'er.

"The whole army has stopped drinking water. The general has sent military medical officers to the upstream and downstream to check the water source and will return soon?" Hou Junji is not as ignorant as Xin liaoer. He has been prepared for this move in the sand table exercise and has sent someone to check it.

Xin liao'er's face turned red. At the beginning, he also remembered it in the military deduction, but now he was too hungry and thirsty to forget it. If he really drank the epidemic water, the consequences would be unimaginable. Although he didn't dare to compare with Huo to get sick, he didn't want to die young.

Soon, the military medical officer hurried back and reported to Hou Junji: "general, it has been found out that there are no dead cattle and sheep bodies thirty miles upstream and downstream, and there is no epidemic disease in this water."

Since the rise of doctors, a large number of military doctors have been trained for the military in recent years. Now there is no need to recruit doctors from doctors when marching and fighting. Military medical officers alone are enough. This time, the western expedition army carried a number of military medical officers.

Hearing the report from the military medical officer, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was great news that there was no epidemic in the water. A group of soldiers could finally replenish water at ease.

"Isn't it all right? It's really a dog meddling with mice." Xin liao'er snorted coldly and muttered dissatisfied with Mo Jiazi,

However, when he just handed the water to his mouth, suddenly a soldier who drew water fell to the ground with his stomach in his arms and cried out for pain.

Xin Liao's face suddenly froze and quickly put down the water bag in his hand.

"What's the matter? Doesn't it mean that there is no epidemic disease in the river?" Hou Junji roared at the military medical officer. These soldiers have survived across the Gobi desert for two thousand miles. Now they have come out of the Gobi desert and found a water source. It would be too bad if they are damaged.

"I don't know my humble position! There are really no dead cattle and sheep in the river." the military medical officer said in fear.

"Ah! My stomach hurts too!" suddenly another soldier who had drunk water cried out for pain. Soon, almost all the soldiers who had drunk river water cried out for pain with their stomachs in their arms.

Xin liao'er immediately looked embarrassed. If Mohist School hadn't stopped him, he would not have escaped.

"Yes! Mojiazi!"

Xin liao'er suddenly turned around. The Mo family stopped the soldiers from drinking water in advance. He must know something.

Other generals also reacted and got up to look at Merton.

Hou Junji turned his eyes and angrily scolded Xin liao'er: "it's really unkind. Mo offered wine to save you, but you didn't appreciate it."

Xin liao'er said with a ashamed face, "Xin is ignorant and doesn't understand the good intentions of mohou. Please don't remember the villains, and ask mohou to rescue these soldiers."

Merton didn't want to see them perform. Then he waved his hand and said, "general Xin is serious. They are all colleagues in the army. How can Mo stand idly by."

Merton came forward and touched a sore soldier's round tummy. He frowned and said, "how much water did you drink?"

The wounded soldier was ashamed. He was so thirsty that he couldn't help drinking a lot of water for a moment.

"Mo heard that people who are extremely hungry can't help eating more when they encounter food, but the food is not absorbed. The body still feels very hungry and wants to drink water. Moreover, it's strange that the cold river water doesn't hurt!"

People suddenly thought that after drinking water, the soldier still felt thirsty and kept drinking water. Even if normal people drink so much cold water, I'm afraid they will have stomachache.

"Induce him to vomit, or his life will be worried!" Merton said to the military doctor.

"Yes!" the Military Medical Officer immediately came forward. Soon, the full-bodied soldier vomited a lot of water, which was a little better.

"What about you?" Merton asked another soldier with stomachache.

"The villain only drank half a pot of water!" the soldier replied reluctantly.

Hou Junji asked, "this soldier doesn't drink much water. I don't know why he still has unbearable pain?"

Merton explained: "I don't know if general Hou still remembers what Mo said about looking for plum to quench thirst. In fact, there is the second half of this allusion. After Cao Jun obtained the water source, the soldiers drank water wantonly, and more than half of them had abdominal pain, and hundreds of soldiers died. At that time, the doctors called this behavior water poisoning."

"Ah! Water poisoning!" Hou Junji was shocked when he heard the speech. Although he was deeply suspicious of water poisoning, he didn't expect to be poisoned by drinking water on weekdays. However, the scene in front of him made him have to believe what Mozi said.

Compared with Cao Jun, when the western expedition army crossed the Gobi desert for two thousand miles, I'm afraid the soldiers were more short of water. If they drank a lot of water, they would be more poisoned.

"There is a way to detoxify!" Hou Junji asked.

Merton nodded and said, "however, the Mohists have experimented with this phenomenon many times. Finally, they found that water poisoning can be solved by just putting some salt in the drinking water and turning it into salt water. Of course, they can't drink a lot of water or salt water, and it's best to boil salt water."

Hou Junji then waved his hand and said, "do as Marquis Mo said. All the rivers must be boiled and put a small amount of salt for the soldiers of the whole army