Chapter 1098: The Seriousness of Salt Lack

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Zhang Yu began to surround Changsha City.

Sun Ce got food for several times but failed. Zhang Yu was very strict. They couldn't get any salt.

But this seems to be nothing, Sun Ce and the others had expected that Zhang Yu and the others would surround the city.

Without the salt, there is no big problem. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce formulated a more detailed strategy and often rewarded the soldiers.

Even, every few days, give them some wine.

Of course, only a part of the soldiers can drink these wines at a time.

Several armies drink in turn, and it takes several days, or even ten days, to drink once.

But the effect is very good. Although there is no salt when eating, it is a little weaker, but with wine, the soldiers can relieve their emotions.

Add rewards, and pay once a few days, and the soldiers will really stop making trouble.

After all, when eating, it's only for a short while, just swallow a few mouthfuls, and it's enough to fill your stomach.

Zhang Yu continued to stand still.

In the city, there was a lack of salt, and nothing happened for a month, and nothing serious happened to the soldiers.

In fact, during this month, they could occasionally eat salt, and Sun Ce sent people to collect it from the people in the city, and what they could collect was counted.

Letting soldiers eat salt once a few days seems to be quite good.

This month, there were no major disturbances.

The siege continued, and Zhang Yu hadn't stopped moving for a month, and a large amount of supplies were delivered.

Then, a strong fortification was built outside the city to trap all the soldiers and civilians in the city to death.

There has been a shortage of salt in the city for about a month.

Normal people, lack of salt for ten days, will appear fatigue, anorexia and other symptoms, and may also lead to neurasthenia.

At this time, there were obviously some problems with the army in the city, but there had been no recent wars and they hadn't attracted attention.

It's been a month,

Changsha City has gathered 500,000 troops, and Zhang Yu has already begun to arrange military missions, looking for an opportunity to go to war.

"Starting tomorrow, order the army to fill the moat."

Zhang Yu felt that it was necessary to give the army in the city some work and let them move around.

They haven't eaten salt for a month, and when they move around, they will find many problems.

The army in the city has been maintaining low-intensity exercise, and usually only drills for a while in the morning.

They've planned for a long-term defense.

Zhang Yu began to fill in the moat, which was the rhythm of the war, so the army in the city also began to mobilize and prepare.

"Quickly, bring up the stone and the log."

"Go to the warehouse to pull a little out, put it under the city, and move it up at any time."

"Let the soldiers block all the city gates with stones, and block them all, so as not to let the enemy enter through the city gates."

Preparations began in the city, but the soldiers felt unwell and weak after moving a little thing.

Problems soon surfaced. One or two, or a few, may be sick, or soldiers want to be lazy.

However, if this happens to tens of thousands of people, the problem becomes serious.

"Captain, call for a doctor quickly. The soldiers are sick on a large scale. Is this a plague?"

A general defending the city didn't dare to go to Sun Ce, so he went directly to find Zhou Yu.

After hearing this, Zhou Yu opened his eyes wide, took a few heavy breaths, and said, "Take me to see it."

Zhou Yu personally visited the barracks and sent some doctors there at the same time.

I did some inspections, especially to see the soldiers at work.

These soldiers were obviously weak. They had just moved, and they were sweating after not moving much.

Zhou Yu didn't dare to be careless and asked the doctor to check.

After checking hundreds of people, they couldn't find any reason.

"Captain, it's not like a plague, but the soldiers are all sick, and it's the same disease."

Millions of people have the same disease, but it is not a plague.

Can't hide it now.

Zhou Yu immediately sent someone to report to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was horrified and went to the barracks immediately.

"Gongjin, why do all the soldiers get sick together?"

When Sun Ce arrived at the barracks, he hurriedly asked.

Zhou Yu shook his head, not knowing.

Sun Ce ordered a thorough investigation and asked all the doctors to find out the cause of the disease immediately.

These military doctors didn't know, but they invited doctors outside, and a group of people gathered together, and quickly found out the reason.

It turns out that this is not only the case in the army, but also the people in the city.

After some investigation, they understood why.

This is all because they did not eat salt.

People who haven't eaten salt for a month, or who don't eat enough salt, feel fatigue all over the body is mild.

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others were shocked when they received the news.

"It's salt. Zhang Yu is really powerful. I have hundreds of thousands of troops. Is it possible that I will be defeated by salt?" Sun Ce sighed.

Sun Ce was depressed and the capital was surrounded, but at this time, such a serious thing happened.

Sun Ce didn't even ask for a plan, unless they could get salt from outside the city, what plan could they have.

Sun Ce didn't know what would happen if he still couldn't get the salt.

Once Zhang Yu attacks, is it possible to let the limp soldiers go to the city to fight?

If the money is enough, the soldiers can go up and work hard. He has hundreds of thousands of troops, and maybe he can really drag it out for a while.

But, so what, they will still fail.

"Comfort the soldiers, and give them more food and pay." Sun Ce finally left a word and went back.

He went to his own house.

It is their Sun family's own manor, where Mrs. Wu and his younger brother are both.

When Sun Ce went back, he didn't greet anyone else, but just sat in his yard drinking tea alone.

He was very melancholy, he was a hero, but now he was forced to this point.

This Sun Ce is a very proud person.

A proud person, at this time, encountered a kind of thing that he could not do.

On the battlefield, Sun Ce can be invincible vertically and horizontally.

However, what happened this time was already very difficult, and it would even ruin everything about him.

Zhang Yu surrounded the city, and it was impossible for them to get salt from outside the city.

The soldiers had no salt to eat and were getting weaker and weaker. It would be very easy to attack the city by then.

"Ce'er, are you troubled by the siege?" After Madam Wu found out, she came to see Sun Ce alone.

Sun Ce burst into tears, and said, "Mother, I'm afraid my son will ruin the entire Sun family."

Mrs. Wu was surprised, this Sun Ce has always been strong, and there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers around at this time.

"Mother, if you are defeated, you are doomed to fail before you fight. You don't need to kill people on the battlefield."

Sun Ce briefly explained the situation to Mrs. Wu.

How clever is this Mrs. Wu, in history, when Sun Ce just died, she was relied on to calm down the situation.

"Ce'er, do it boldly. I will ask your two younger brothers to pretend to be civilians and get out when the time comes. Don't worry."

Mrs. Wu said again: "We have a lot of banknotes in our hands. From now on, let them hide their names and live a good life. Ce'er is a hero, and he can do whatever he wants."

Mrs. Wu's words really comforted Sun Ce a lot, at least it made his burden less heavy.

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