After twenty strokes of the cane, the soldiers' buttocks were cracked and dripping with blood. After all, forty strokes of the cane was not a joke. It really hurt their muscles and bones. Fortunately, the soldiers who executed them had restrained their strength, so even if their buttocks were cracked, at least they did not hurt their foundation.
After twenty strokes of the cane, each of them grimaced in pain. However, from the beginning to the end, not a single soldier cried out in pain.
They all gritted their teeth and endured.
When Du Qi saw the soldiers' expressions, he nodded in satisfaction. He turned to look at the auxiliary soldiers and said in a deep voice, "The cause of this conflict originated from the standing soldiers in charge of fighting. However, you were the ones who started the fight. "
"You took the initiative to beat up your own comrades. This should not be done. You were the backup and solved everything for the soldiers. However, if there were no soldiers fighting at the frontlines, would you be able to win one battle after another? "
"Just as I said just now, you and the soldiers who fight are a whole. If you are compared to a person, the standing soldiers are the fists, and you are the blood in the body. Even the other organs are responsible for supporting. "
"This is a whole. It can't do without anyone."
Du Qi said, "You have been humiliated. If you think it's unfair, you can complain to the superior. There will be officials at the level to solve it for you. It's wrong to make a move without permission. I will punish each of you twenty strokes of the cane. Are you convinced? "
"Convinced!"
The auxiliary soldiers spoke in unison.
At this moment, everyone had been convinced by Du Qi and no longer had any resentment.
They all felt ashamed.
This was originally a small matter, an insignificant matter. However, at this moment, it had turned into a big matter. Therefore, they all felt very guilty.
"Beat!"
Du Qi ordered directly.
One by one, the soldiers raised the canes in their hands and hit them fiercely.
The sound of the canes hitting each other continuously rang out.
The sound was incessant.
Many soldiers could not help but groan. However, from the beginning to the end, none of the auxiliary soldiers screamed. After twenty strokes of the cane, all of them were beaten until their buttocks were blooming. When they stood up, their buttocks were slightly raised. Their buttocks were very miserable.
Du Qi took care of the soldiers on both sides. Seeing that they were all convinced, he nodded slightly. Although he said that each of them would be punished 50 times, the punishment was different for each of them.
Du Qi said, "Now, all of you better remember this clearly. If anyone dares to lay their hands on their own people again, if anyone dares to look down on their own people again, then next time, it won't be the military rod that serves you, it will be the knife that serves you."
One by one, the soldiers shook their heads, indicating that they would never do it again. They ran into Du Qi's hands this time and did not dare to mess around anymore.
Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Disperse."
The soldiers all left like a swarm of bees, not daring to stay any longer. After all, they had been beaten up badly by Du Qi. They all limped away, and the surrounding soldiers also left.
Du Qi said, "Xue Rengui!"
"Here!"
Xue Rengui immediately replied.
Du Qi ordered, "Make some arrangements. Prepare some medicine and apply it to all the soldiers. After 40 strokes of the rod, their butts will all be bleeding. Since they are injured, we still have to take care of them. "
Xue Rengui said, "I understand."
Du Qi nodded and left with Shangguan Yi and Ma Zhou. The group returned to their previous resting place and sat down. At this time, dinner was already prepared. Not long after Du Qi finished eating, a soldier galloped over from behind on horseback.
The soldier came to Du Qi's side from behind and cupped his fists. "Your Majesty!"
Du Qi said, "What's the matter?"
The soldier took out a letter from his body and handed it to Du Qi. He said, "Your Majesty, this is a letter from Doctor Sun Simiao. Apart from that, Doctor Sun also sent some medicine over. "
As he spoke, the soldier directly took out a large bottle of medicine from his back and placed it in front of Du Qi.
Du Qi opened the letter and quickly browsed through it. When he finished reading, a smile appeared on his face. He ordered someone to bring a pen and paper and replied to Sun Simiao's letter, asking the soldier to send it back.
Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Sun sent a letter at this time. What's the matter?"
Du Qi said, "Sun Simiao's letter came at the right time. It can be said to be a timely rain. On our way south, we encountered a lot of mosquitoes at night. In fact, when we passed through the forest during the day, we also encountered them. Sun Simiao considered that we would encounter such a situation, so he sent a large bottle of medicine. This medicine can be applied to the body to achieve the effect of repelling mosquitoes and relieving itching. In the future, many more medicines will be sent one after another. This medicine was developed by the medical school. "
Shangguan Yi said in surprise, "Doctor Sun actually expected that we would encounter such a situation?"
He was very shocked.
He felt even more incredulous.
Du Qi shook his head and said, "Sun Simiao's letter said that he didn't expect the situation in Lingnan. It was because he heard the imperial court say that I was going south to Lingnan to suppress Li Shimin. It just so happened that Sun Simiao went to Lingnan when he was young and knew the climate and environment of Lingnan. "
"The area in Tianzhu is actually very similar to Lingnan. There are also many deep mountains and old forests, and there are also many mosquitoes. Therefore, in Tianzhu, they have already prepared mosquito repellent medicine. "
Du Qi said, "Now, they just mass-produced this developed medicine and sent it to us."
Shangguan Yi nodded after hearing this and said, "No matter what, this is too timely. For us now, with the mosquito repellent medicine, we can prevent our soldiers from being bitten by mosquitoes. This bite will cause a big bump, and it will be extremely itchy and very uncomfortable. "
Ma Zhou echoed, "Doctor Sun's move is too helpful to us. During this period of time, I have also discovered that the biggest difficulty in going south to Lingnan to deal with Li Shimin is not how strong our forces are, but whether our soldiers can adapt to the weather and environment of the south. "
After a pause, Ma Zhou said again, "With the mosquito repellent medicine, the soldiers can relax a little and won't be bitten by mosquitoes every day. After all, the smoke from burning wormwood is very ineffective in repelling mosquitoes. "
Du Qi nodded and said, "We are going south to Lingnan, but we don't have the right time or the right place. Now that we have the medicine, although the right place is not in our favor, it can be changed."
Immediately, he took out the cork of the medicine bottle.
He poured some of the medicine and smeared it on his arms, neck, and thighs. He smeared it on the main areas of the body. Furthermore, the medicine had a faint smell. It was precisely this smell that could stimulate the mosquitoes, causing them to stop biting people.
After Du Qi smeared it on himself, he handed it to Ma Zhou, Shangguan Yi, and the others, and let them smear it on.
Right now, only one bottle was sent by the soldiers, and more would be sent later. It was enough to solve the problem of all the soldiers in the army being bitten by mosquitoes. In this way, the big problem of Du Qi going south was completely solved, and there would not be too big of a problem. As for the problem of the hot weather, they could only grit their teeth and endure it. Moreover, it was only March now, and at least the weather was bearable.
The next morning.
After breakfast, the army set off for the south in a grandiose manner.
They went to Lingnan Province's Shaozhou.
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