After several large-scale drills, the Wei army's attack was finally put on the agenda.

Rehears and actual combat are certainly different, but for the Wei army, being familiar with the use of bamboo rafts and how to arrange troops is indeed the key. As long as you are more skillful in these rehearsals, you can truly perform in actual combat.

For the Central Army, they have experienced many battles, not to mention the cities they captured, the march alone has reached tens of thousands of miles. Almost all of these soldiers come from the Central Plains. They are now fighting in Jiaozhou, thousands of miles apart. Without some perseverance and courage, they really cannot persist.

When soldiers from the north arrived in Jiaozhou, they first had to overcome the problem of disagreement in the local environment. Epidemic disease is the most realistic and must be solved. Many powerful teams in history have fallen on some inexplicable epidemics.

Once the epidemic spreads, an elite army may completely lose its combat effectiveness in a very short period of time. People in this era really don’t know what the cause of the epidemic is rampant, and sometimes it can even be attributed to the superior power of gods and ghosts.

Only Cao Liang knew that the so-called epidemic is actually an infectious disease, which is transmitted by invisible bacteria and viruses. To overcome the epidemic, it is not difficult or easy to say, but first of all, that is hygiene.

Cao Liang asked that at any time, he would not drink raw water first. Many clear and clean water actually contained countless bacteria and parasite eggs. Only by boiling the water can these bacteria be killed with the greatest probability.

Secondly, the treatment of excrement should not be careless. Whenever you go to the camp, Cao Liang asked the army to dig dry toilets and strictly prohibited urination and defecation everywhere. The excrement should be treated uniformly.

Secondly, there are strict isolation measures. Once an epidemic occurs, patients and close contacts must be isolated immediately. Lime water and high-purity soy beans are used to disinfect to avoid the spread and spread of the epidemic. If someone in the army dies due to illness, the body must be burned in time. War horses and livestock that have died of illness will be dealt with in accordance with this method and are prohibited from eating.

Finally, before going to the expedition, each army must prepare some herbs to prevent epidemics, and in each army, full-time doctors are arranged to treat the wounded and sick.

In fact, an army of tens of thousands of people is in a new and unfamiliar environment, and it is almost impossible to completely avoid the disease. However, after arriving in the south, the probability of soldiers in the north getting sick will be greatly increased.

Especially when those mosquitoes that seem harmless in the Central Plains, they bite a few times, but when they arrive in Jiaozhou, a mosquito may kill someone, let alone those unknown snakes, scorpions and venomous insects. The danger may be hidden around them and will kill people anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, during the expedition, Cao Liang specifically explained that he should put epidemic prevention work first and must not be careless. As long as Yang Hu can fulfill the four requirements he explained, the epidemic will not become a roadblock for the Wei army.

Yang Hu naturally obeyed Cao Liang. Whether in Yangzhou or in Jiaozhou, Yang Hu never ignored epidemic prevention work. Therefore, although there were occasional epidemics in the army along the way, due to proper isolation measures, the epidemics were never spread, allowing the entire army to maintain high fighting spirit.

The so-called disagreement of the environment is actually the main reason for immunity. People in Jiaozhou are used to living in Jiaozhou and can naturally develop immunity against some epidemics here. The Wei army came from afar and was extremely susceptible to viruses and bacteria here.

These invisible enemies are the most dangerous enemies.

It was precisely because of Cao Liang's four rules of epidemic prevention that the Wei army could stand firmly in the land of Jiaozhou.

To command an army of 80,000 people to fight in such an unfamiliar environment, Yang Hu needs to take care of all aspects. Epidemic prevention is certainly the top priority, but other issues cannot be ignored.

For example, the soldier's homesickness complex is far away from battles, and many people will suffer from homesickness. In mild cases, passive and lazy battles, and in severe cases, it will confuse the morale of the army, because homesickness is sometimes contagious.

At this time, if severe means are used to punish, it will be counterproductive. Therefore, the main treatment of this problem must be to guide. Yang Hu specially set up full-time officials in the army to provide psychological counseling and comfort to the soldiers with problems to alleviate their homesickness.

At the same time, we will continue to vigorously promote the reward mechanism, and there will be brave men under heavy rewards. This is true. The reward mechanism is an indispensable medicine to inspire morale in the military. Loyalty is not based on empty words. Only practical incentive measures can make soldiers work harder and the generals work harder.

The battle in Jieyang was just a small test for the Wei army, and it was not a tough battle. The Knight Camp alone was enough to easily win it.

But if we say that by analogy, it would be a big mistake to think that the Wei army would pacify Jiaozhou smoothly. Although the strength of the Jiaozhou army is not strong, Tao Ji has worked hard in Jiaozhou for so many years and still has some profound background. The difficulties brought to the Wei army by the Wu army's retreat to Panyu New City this time are enough to explain everything.

However, no matter how hard it is to crack, Yang Hu has never retreated. Yang Hu is good at steadfast, but his steps are extremely firm. Every step he takes is solid.

And we are step by step, moving forward steadily, never falling back.

Yang Hu also thought about the bamboo raft crossing the river this time. Although this was the first time for Yang Hu to fight in this way, since he could only use this method, Yang Hu had a very firm will, either he would not fight, and he would definitely fight well if he wanted to fight.

All the exercises were carried out according to Yang Hu's vision. After a month of repeated training, the Wei army had made great progress in controlling the bamboo rafts, which can be said to have met Yang Hu's requirements.

At this time, it is natural to start thinking about launching a full-scale attack.

There is no suspense about the choice of the location. Yang Hu has already determined to take action at this bend in Yushui. The Wei army is well aware of the hydrological situation here, and the six thousand Wei army, who are on the assault mission, are ready to go.
Chapter completed!