Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 75

Not only Li Jinxing, everyone present was confused in their hearts. Tang Jun has lost his harmony, and the right time and place may not be able to take advantage of it. What good strategy can reverse the current situation?

Xu Rong said lightly: "It's very simple, use the way of others, and treat the body of others."

Li Jinxing pondered for a moment, and quickly vetoed the proposal: "The Silla people have already used this trick, and they will definitely not be fooled by me. What's more, there is no rule in Silla not to kill prisoners. I am afraid this method can only be used." It was in vain to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers."

Xu Rongdan smiled slightly, as if he had expected Li Jinxing's answer.

"Jin Famin is insidious and cunning. He first invited soldiers to my dynasty to destroy Goguryeo, and then bit me back at Tang Dynasty after unifying the Three Kingdoms. This kind of capricious villain is naturally no more benevolent than General Zhai."

Xu Rong's voice trembled slightly on the word "Gaoguryeo", like a fallen leaf unintentionally crossing the autumn pond, and soon dispersed into faint ripples.

"Since Silla is so ruthless, we don't have to be polite to them. As far as my subordinates know, lungworms can be spread not only through the air, but also through drinking water. They may not accept our soldiers' prisoners, but they must not." Eating, not drinking..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Yi and Yi Que cut him off.

"Absolutely not!"

Shen Hanshan glanced at Wu Yi coldly: "Why did it ever get your turn to speak here?"

Wu Yi knew that he was overstepping, and also knew what the teacher meant for him to be patient, but he still couldn't hold back his anger. Just as he was about to speak, someone grabbed his wrist firmly.

He looked back and met Yi Que's eyes signaling him to keep quiet.

The two pairs of clear eyes looked at each other, already knowing what each other wanted to say.

And here, Yi Que did have more say than Wu Yi.Wu Yi had no choice but to take a step back, and turned his head towards Shen Hanshan: "The student is disrespectful."

"It doesn't matter if you lose your manners, as long as you don't lose the virtue of being a doctor." Shen Hanshan's light-hearted eyes swept across Xu Rong's face before falling on Yi Que, "What is Mr. Yi's opinion?" ?”

Yi Que said sternly: "Spreading lungworms in the drinking water can certainly make the Xinluo army sick, but it will inevitably harm the innocent people of Xinluo. If you win this battle, you will also lose the reputation that Tang Jun has built up over the decades, and I think it would be unwise to lose a lot because of a small loss."

Xu Rong couldn't help but sneered: "It's because our army has always acted benevolently that we gave the enemy an opportunity. Do we have to wait for the entire Tang army to be wiped out before regretting today's benevolence and morality?"

The words "annihilated" were like a small knife, stabbing hard into Li Jinxing's already wavering heart.

Although what Xu Rong said was a bit cruel, it was true. Because of his emphasis on benevolence, justice and morality, tens of thousands of soldiers were in crisis.And the method he proposed, although vicious and more vicious than the Xinluo army, is still a way to win.

Seeing the slightly shaken look on his face, Shen Hanshan didn't hold back any longer. He exchanged glances with Hu Zhilin and Qin Minghe, and then said: "Xu Rong's method is absolutely unacceptable. The river runs through the four seas, once lungworms are scattered from the drinking water, all the seas will be full of sick men. One thousand enemies are injured, and eight hundred are self-injured. This kind of victory is probably not what the emperor and empress would like to see."

Xu Rong was still not reconciled: "It is better to win badly than to lose cleanly. The enemy has no scruples, and our military affairs have to be thoughtful. How can we fight?"

"How to fight is naturally something that General Li needs to consider. Why is it your turn to be anxious?" Shen Hanshan smiled, but his eyes were cold, "I heard that you were originally an orphan of Goguryeo, so naturally you hate Silla to the bone. It is reasonable to want to use this battle to avenge the country. But since you are a Tang people, you have to learn the rules of the Tang people, do you understand?"

Shen Hanshan's nature is wild and unrestrained, and he seldom puts on the posture of a teacher to speak harshly, but his every word and every word points to Xu Rong's wounded heart, almost showing no sympathy.

Xu Rongqiang supported the smile on his face: "Students are taught, but as the doctor said, the students are now officials of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally there is no such thing as national hatred and family hatred, but seeing our soldiers suffering and suffering, I feel anxious That's all."

The two confronted each other, and the scorching summer air seemed to be a little hotter. A gust of warm wind passed through the soles of the feet, like a heat wave that scalded the feet, making people feel a little restless.

"Dr. Shen is right." Li Jinxing's calm sentence ended the dispute between the two, "How to fight is something that the old man and his advisers have to consider. As for the imperial physicians, they should return to Chang'an in time to report their orders."

Shen Hanshan stared and said: "I was ordered to come here, one is to investigate the clues of this matter, and the other is to help the military doctors and do our part for the soldiers here. Now that the war is imminent, how can we escape?"

Hu Zhilin also echoed: "Yes, although the old man is not as good at epidemic disease as Dr. Shen, he is still good at surgery. Wouldn't it be ridiculous to come here for nothing!"

Seeing that both of them had made their attitude clear, Qin Minghe no longer remained silent, nodded and said: "Since we are here, there is absolutely no reason to retreat halfway. The battle is coming soon, and we are determined to fight with the general to the end."

A group of younger students also said in unison: "Students are willing to follow the teacher and serve our army like a dog!"

Li Jinxing looked at the unwavering expressions on the faces of the guests who came from afar, and couldn't help feeling a surge of enthusiasm in his heart.

"Okay!" He finished his sentence, looked around, his eyes were full of pride, as if the enthusiasm of his youth had returned to his half-old body, "with the help of all the imperial physicians, we will definitely help our army Get through this calamity!"

"At that time, the general owes us the celebration banquet, and we have to make up for it!" Shen Hanshan also returned him with a generous smile.

Li Jinxing laughed loudly: "With the doctor's words, this battle will surely be won!"

As soon as these words came out, like a flame that ignited the torch flame, it immediately ignited the blood in everyone's hearts.

I don't know who took the lead, but everyone shouted loudly: "This battle must be won!"

The loud voice pierced through the thick military tents, and the three armies seemed to be infected by this passionate emotion, and soon set off waves of high-spirited shouts.The roar of the soldiers went straight into the sky, and it seemed that even the sky trembled slightly.

Wu Yi also clenched his fists involuntarily, with an indescribable agitation in his chest.

After all, he was born in a stable and harmonious contemporary society. Not to mention regular military battles, even the small detour where our great and wise leadership group went astray has long been rectified, and there is no way for his generation to continue. go down.

And the real war is right in front of his eyes, so how can he not be excited for a man of seven feet?

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After the blood boiled, the chilly situation was in front of him.

Although Yi Que had isolated the sick soldiers early, there were still two or three scattered people who continued to show symptoms of passing corpses.

Wu Yi knows very well that the incubation period of tuberculosis can be very short or very long, and it is not yet known how many people have been infected with this disease that slowly consumes people to death.

The only good news is that the source of its infection is the sputum containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If you don’t get sick and don’t cough up sputum, you don’t have to worry too much about infection.

While working hard in the army, he also had to be shocked by the huge strength of the Tang army.

The fully armed soldiers held sharp weapons and practiced with real knives and guns under the scorching sun. Their sweat condensed into strings and rolled down the earlobe into the scorched soil.

Compared with the Daming Palace, which has different scenery throughout the year, this picture is really much more deterrent.

While being shocked by the strength of the army, Wu Yi also discovered a problem.

That's what the medics do with the wounded.

In the small-scale friction with the Silla army, there were some incidents of bloodshed and injuries, and the wounded soldiers were not arranged in a special place, but instead returned to their original military tents to recuperate.

Such a non-centralized distribution of the wounded will keep the doctors busy running between the various military tents, and it is difficult to find out the abnormalities of the wounded in time, let alone observe the progress of each wounded's condition in real time.

Such a situation reminded Wu Yi of a well-known nurse teacher.

Her name is Nightingale.

Nightingale discovered this situation in the army at the beginning, so he suggested that all the patients should be gathered in the same place so that the nurses could take care of the injured patients.Unexpectedly, it was this small measure that greatly reduced the death rate of the wounded.

And this kind of place dedicated to taking care of the seriously wounded was later known as the intensive care unit.

After spending a day in the army, he decided to follow the example of the Goddess with the Lamp after some on-the-spot investigations, and proposed this suggestion to Yi Que.

"You mean, gather all the soldiers who are in danger of life in a place close to the military doctor, and set up several separate sick accounts?"

"Yes." Wu Yi briefly listed several advantages of doing so, "First, it can make it easier for military doctors to take care of critically ill patients; second, it can also gather patients in a relatively clean and tidy place; third, it can avoid The sick are disturbed by others in the army, and they have a clean environment for self-cultivation."

Wu Yi spoke clearly and logically, but Yi Que also seriously considered this matter.

"I will make this suggestion to the general tomorrow. After all, these sick records should have a name. What should I choose?"

Wu Yi had already thought about this question.

"Why not, let's call it Nanding Tent."

"Nanting tent?" Yi Que obviously didn't understand that the name contained a tribute to Nightingale, the goddess of lanterns, and he lowered his eyes and thought deeply, "That's right, the military doctor lives in the south of the whole army, so the Nanding tent is also considered A concise and clear name."

Unexpectedly, he explained for himself first, so Wu Yi just smiled and said nothing, letting him misunderstand.