The rise of the prince

Chapter 168 Sacrifice the Future
After pouring several pots of bloody water, the bandage was completed.

Li Ye couldn't move his right shoulder now, and even a slight movement would cause a heart-wrenching pain, and the wound might tear open.Qiu'er and Yue'er stopped crying, and Li Ye asked the two maids to take the sleeping He Qian to the bed next to him to sleep.

The little girl still had tears in the corners of her eyes, and she was sleeping soundly while clutching his palms tightly. Li Ye had no choice but to reluctantly move his body and sit on the edge of the bed.

Obviously she was physically and mentally exhausted, and mental exhaustion was often more difficult to sustain than physical exhaustion.Just like the line in the famous movie The Matrix series: The greatest strength and greatest flaw of human beings come from something called hope.

The spiritual world of human beings is the most fatal weakness, but also the most powerful force.

After everything stabilized, Qiu'er and Yue'er finally smiled.

But Wei Yubai, Wei Xingping, and Wei Chaoren had bad expressions on their faces, as if they were worried. Li Ye knew what they were worried about. They had been in Guanbei all year round and had been exposed to wars. This kind of thing often happened, so he understood the seriousness of the matter.

Although the wound on Li Ye's back was only superficial, the wound was deep and he lost a lot of blood, which was fatal enough in this age.

What is fatal is not the wound itself, but the infection and collateral damage.

Soldiers in this era are more likely to die not from enemy weapons, but from injuries. Once a wound is infected and causes a fever, it is almost a dead end. Whether it will be infected or not can only be left to fate.

The other is the injury to the bone. The bone marrow is mainly composed of fat. If it flows into the blood, it is very dangerous. At this time, it depends on luck. If the human body can form pus and discharge the bone marrow mixed in the blood, the person can live, and if responsible, he will have a fever and die.

The waiting of life and death is more tormenting and mentally tortured than immediate death.

But Li Ye was not worried, he said amusedly: "Don't worry, I won't have a fever."

All three of them were taken aback, "So the prince knows." Wei Yubai said softly.

"Of course I know." After all, he is also someone who has studied biology in high school. Li Ye smiled and said: "Remember my spirits, those wines are not the strongest, and the ones that just cleaned the wound are twice as strong. Such spirits cleanse wounds without inflammation and fever."

The three people's eyes widened when they heard this, Wei Yubai asked in disbelief, "Your Majesty is not lying?"

Li Ye shook his head: "When have I lied to you?"

Wei Yubai glanced at him, then nodded, the melancholy on his brows finally dissipated, but he was still worried after all, it seems that they still can't fully believe in the efficacy of alcohol disinfection, but it's not their fault, after all, any new thing can Impossible to be trusted immediately.

After that, Li Ye talked about what happened today in order to lighten the atmosphere. He can't rest now, and he must be in charge before the matter is over. After all, he is the only one in charge of the entire palace.

I have nothing to do to tell everyone what happened today. After all, everyone is very curious. Wei Yubai has already hesitated to speak, and wanted to ask several times.As he talked, everyone around was fascinated by the sound, the candles were dimly lit, and the figures were swaying. It was not until the sky outside the house was completely dark that Li Ye slowly finished speaking before everyone slowly regained their senses.

Wei Yubai was a little sad and distressed, forced a smile and said: "The son still said that he is a gentleman, but now it seems that he is just a brave warrior."

Wei Xingping also gasped: "If one kills four, you can go to Guanbei to be a brave general."

Li Ye bared his teeth in pain and grinned, "Ordinary people are forced to jump over the wall."

Wei Chaoren shook his head slowly: "The son is too modest. I have been guarding Guanbei for decades, and I have seen countless people. If this is a brave ordinary person like the son, he would have gone to Xijing, Liao Kingdom."

As he spoke, the old man sighed: "To be honest, it's normal for the prince to have little contact with military affairs, but the truth is that although he jumped the wall in a hurry, many people, whether they are Liao people or Jing people, would rather flee or be killed when life and death are at stake. If you are a prisoner, you will not jump over the wall if you are killed as an animal with no resistance, and the old man can't figure out why this is so."

Li fell silent, he knew what Wei Chaoren said was true, and he knew why it was true, but he couldn't explain it clearly to the old man, because it was a psychological problem.

Studies of later generations have confirmed that people have a tendency to "sacrifice the future and enjoy the present".

"Does Master Wei know that someone once told me such a story." Li Ye thought for a while, then held He Qian's hand and said to him: "A wise man passed by a village and saw a beggar squatting at the entrance of the village. The beggar said, I want to give you alms.

But now you have two choices, first, I will give you four coins today; second, I will not give you money today, but if you come here tomorrow, I will give you six coins, and you want today’s Siwen or tomorrow's Liuwen? "

Everyone was immediately attracted by his words, Yue'er saw that he had not spoken for a long time, and couldn't help being coquettish: "My lord, what happened next?"

"Later." Li Ye smiled slightly: "Then the beggar chose to ask for Siwen without hesitation."

Wei Xingping interjected: "This beggar is really stupid, won't he be getting two extra pennies in one day?"

Li Yedao: "That's right, so many villagers who passed by and watched at that time laughed at the beggar for being stupid, so the wise man gave them the same choice, four coins today, or six coins tomorrow? As a result, more than [-]% of the people wanted four coins."

Wei Chaoren frowned when he heard this, as if he had gained something, but he didn't understand.

Li Ye went on to say: "That's the reason. Those soldiers who can't jump over the wall until they die on the battlefield are the ones who choose Siwen, and their psychological state is the same.

Because they always think of postponing the current difficulties until the future to solve them, so as to paralyze themselves.

It's like being tired from work, thinking about doing it tomorrow; hearing that the Liao people are going to kill them, and getting scared, then thinking that it should be a few days later, so let's think about countermeasures tomorrow; I want to run first, and then I will slowly figure out what to do in the future, life-saving is the most important thing”

"How could it be like this? It shouldn't be a matter of life and death. It shouldn't be a desperate fight." Wei Xingping wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a reason, and his words were powerless.

However, Li Ye understands how much this psychological tendency of "sacrificing the future" affects human beings.

Most people, like Wei Xingping, take it for granted that human beings will naturally rise up and fight desperately when they are forced into a desperate situation. If things were really that easy, then the history of human development and progress would not be so tortuous and difficult.

On the contrary, a large number of psychological studies have confirmed that the psychological tendency of human beings to "sacrifice the future" in desperation will make people compromise again and again, triggering a series of adverse reactions: numbness, depression, carelessness, self-abandonment, loss of trust, indecision, carelessness , Mentally collapsed long before the body collapsed.

"The army is defeated like a mountain!" Wei Chaoren spit out a few words, Wei Yubai also sighed and nodded, it can be seen that compared with Wei Xingping's younger brother, his father and sister have experienced more and understand more. .

Li Ye nodded: "The same can generally be said."

(End of this chapter)