Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 78

Under the raging flames of war, the night became like day, and the flames were like red clouds weaving the sky, burning from the city gate to the zenith of the rear camp.

The sound of weapons intersecting, mixed with the shouts of soldiers charging into battle, and the sound of military drums rumbling again and again, pierced through the already precarious city gate, and poured into the ears of worried doctors in the rear camp.

The fierce battle is ahead, and the only thing they can do is to stick to the sick account and take care of the wounded who are sent in wave after wave.

"Lancet.[1]"

Immediately someone handed over a small three-inch machete, and Hu Zhilin whispered "Hold it", raised the knife with his hand and dropped it, and cleaned the wound surface two or three times.

The injured patient held a piece of sackcloth in his mouth, and his teeth almost broke through the piece of cloth, so he barely survived the ordeal.

Wu Yi immediately brought a bowl of "physiological saline" that had been mixed in a mixed manner, poured it all over the wound, and then quickly put gauze on him.

The last wounded soldier was carried away, and the next bloody body was brought before him. Wu Yi supported his exhausted body and numbly continued the work in front of him.

All the wounded who were slightly injured gritted their teeth and reluctantly returned to their tents, while the seriously injured stayed in the Nanding tent and were guarded by doctors in shifts at twelve o'clock.

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Relying on the momentum that Silla is bound to win, it took more than ten days to fight.

The [-] Xinluo army fought against the [-] Tang army with sick soldiers, which can be regarded as a close battle.

But everyone knows very well that if this siege battle turns into a protracted tug-of-war, then the Tang army, which is fighting away and has corpses, is bound to lose Maixiao City and have to retreat to a more distant place. within safe borders.

Silla saw this opportunity rightly, and made the last effort to fight the Tang army to the end.

While the battle on the front line was raging, the doctors in the back camp were also caught in a fierce battle with death for their lives.

These doctors who no longer distinguish between you and me can only rest for one or two hours a day. Almost as soon as they close their eyes, they are immediately awakened from their lethargy and rush to Nanding's tent.

Under such high-intensity work, even a young man like Wu Yi, who is almost in his twenties, can't bear it. Although Hu Zhilin is old, as the head of the surgeon, he insisted on staying up for two days and two nights without rest.

His eyes were already bloodshot, and his body was leaning against a tall student. Only his hands still had some strength, and he continued to slash with trembling.

Shen Hanshan and Qin Minghe also used the skills they had learned in surgery in the early years. Although they were not as sharp as Hu Zhilin, they still insisted on the front line, commanding and dispatching nervously and calmly.

There were also one or two students from Chang'an who couldn't bear such hardships, and couldn't help complaining: "Anyway, we're going to lose, so why not listen to General Li and go back to Chang'an earlier."

Before the words were finished, there was a burning pain on his face, and Shen Hanshan slapped him crisply and harshly, directly on his still dazed head.

"The soldiers on the front line have not yet conceded defeat, how can there be any reason for the officers of the rear battalion to say defeat? If anyone shakes the morale of the army again, they will not be punished immediately!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt, which shocked all the disciples who still had a few complaints in their hearts.

Shen Hanshan's cold and gloomy face mercilessly dispelled the last fluke thoughts in their hearts, and made them deeply realize that even if failure is in front of them, a traitor will never be allowed to appear in the Tang army.

So all of them put away their lazy thoughts and followed the orders of the doctors honestly.

Wu Yi looked at the standing teacher, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these students are really unworldly and innocent.

Under the cover of the nest, how can there be any eggs.Once the front line is lost, will anyone desperately protect these doctors in the rear?

The answer is obvious. Now everyone has become a grasshopper on a rope, a comrade-in-arms who share weal and woe and live and die together.Saving them is actually saving yourself.

However, he also has doubts similar to those of these students.

Can you win?

This kind of small war where tens of thousands of people compete for a city may only leave a few words of victory or defeat on a certain day in history, and it will not even be seriously studied by a few people, but it will ruin countless young and fresh words. lives, and ruined a family that was originally happy.

It was not until he was on the brink of war that Wu Yi truly realized the cruelty of war.

"Master..."

Li Jing's whisper broke his contemplation, "Are you afraid?"

Wu Yi sat paralyzed on the ground, took a breath, and answered frankly, "I'm not afraid, I'm just a little unwilling."

He has died and lived again, and he has long been very open about life and death, but he is a little unwilling to be buried under the hands of the Silla people.

"What about you?" He asked the half-grown boy in front of him.

Li Jing had only passed her thirteenth birthday a few months ago, so she really didn't know the age of the lustful Mu Shaoai, if she died like this in this frontier where no one buried her bones...

Wu Yi was stabbed by this thought, and he still had a pale smile on his face, waiting for Li Jing's answer.

Li Jing shook his head firmly: "I won't be afraid, as Dr. Shen said, the frontline soldiers are still fighting, how can we be easily afraid?"

He also sat side by side with Wu Yi, looking up at the war-dyed sky with his neck up, his eyes seemed to be dancing with fireworks.

"If we die here, Taiping will cry to death."

"That's right."

After honoring the emperor, the smile on the child's face became much less. If he and Li Jing died in the frontier again, it would be too cruel for the ten-year-old child.

"There are also parents, brothers and sisters. They must not want to hear the news of our death." Li Jing forced a smile and said to Wu Yi, "Even for them, we can't admit defeat!"

Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the child came to cheer him up.

He touched his forehead subconsciously, only to realize that his worry had been written on his face, and even his forehead was wrinkled.

Li Jing reached out and stroked his forehead lightly, as if wanting to smooth out all the wrinkled lines.

The young man's flexible fingertips brushed against his forehead, sliding down onto his face with an inexplicable tenderness.

"Master, there is one thing, I'm afraid I won't have a chance if I don't tell you again, that is..."

"Silla has retreated!"

This loud call came from the front line suddenly, like a thunderstorm in a severe drought, it quickly spread to every corner of the barracks, bringing ecstatic vitality.

Good news came one after another.

"Silla has withdrawn its troops, they have given up the siege!"

"The Xin Luo army has already called for peace! We won!"

The master and apprentice looked at each other in dismay, feeling a little dazed for a moment, not knowing what happened on the front line.

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Shen Hanshan hurried to Li Jinxing's big tent, and saw that the bloody and red-eyed general had taken off his blood-stained helmet, and was sitting in the tent laughing and panting.

"Heaven will not kill me, so that Xinluo will be infected!"

Shen Hanshan's eyebrows twitched: "Dare to ask the general, why did the people of Silla suddenly retreat?"

Li Jinxing narrowly won this battle, and while he was excited, he calmed down, put away the smile on his lips, and said seriously: "According to reports from our army's spies buried in Silla, smallpox suddenly spread in the Silla army. "

"God Bless General, I'm really happy to congratulate you." Shen Hanshan smiled slightly, as if he wasn't surprised.

Li Jinxing also sensed his calmness, thinking about another incident reported by the spies, he became suspicious: "I heard that Xu Rong was sentenced to death by the people of Silla, could it be related to him."

When Shen Hanshan heard the news of Xu Rong's death, there was finally a hint of emotion in his eyes.

"The general should understand that it is his way to treat others in the same way." Shen Hanshan looked at the front line in the north, and the stubborn figure of the young man seemed to be printed in Qinghan's eyes.

Li Jinxing was taken aback: "Did he spread the smallpox epidemic?"

Only then did Shen Hanshan tell the whole story: "There was a small-scale outbreak of smallpox in Meizhou in the past. At that time, the lower officials were ordered by the Queen of Heaven to collect a lot of pimples and scabs. It is extremely powerful, and cannot be compared with passing corpses, so it only takes a few days to destroy an army."

"So Xu Rong..."

"It's all on his own will." Shen Hanshan slowly closed his eyes, as if he had been destroyed by days of fatigue, but his face was still full of determination, "When he asked the old man to get these things, the old man knew , I'm afraid...he is ready to sacrifice himself."

"For such an important matter, why didn't the doctor discuss it with me in advance?"

"Tianhou's orders are from above, and I'm sorry that the officials dare not disobey." Shen Hanshan suddenly opened his eyes, staring deeply at the painful general in front of him, "Tianhou's orders are only used when there is no other way to ensure success. , even General Li Jinxing couldn’t tell.”

Li Jinxing couldn't help being startled, the Empress Dowager was far away from Chang'an, but she had already seen the military situation here, and laid out her own chess pieces.

Although this chess piece is used on the opponent, it is difficult to guarantee that the next one will not be used on his own head. Among the [-] Tang troops, how many people have already invested in the woman who is at the top of the zenith?

As if hearing the doubts in his heart, Shen Hanshan just smiled lightly: "The Empress Dowager's move is also for the stability of the frontier. No matter what the surname is in this world, it belongs to the Tang Dynasty. We will never allow foreigners to invade our Great Tang!"

His sonorous and forceful words, like a basin of cold water pouring on his head, woke up Li Jinxing from the worries of party feathers.

That's right, no matter who is responsible for it, defending Maixiao City and Tang's frontier is what he, the Anton Township Ambassador, should do first.

With mixed feelings in his heart, Shen Hanshan got up and said goodbye: "The affairs in Nanding's tent are busy, so I won't bother the general anymore."