Man Tanghong

Chapter 109 Being a hero comes at a price

It is absolutely impossible for manpower to throw a giant log weighing two hundred catties or even heavier like a spear, and it is even more impossible to throw it farther than an arrow.

"The Turks have retreated, you don't have to pour oil on the tree trunks anymore."

Li Yuanji took a few breaths of cold air to relieve the pain in his hands, and gave instructions to the guards.

The guards all stopped what they were doing as if they had been cast some kind of spell, and looked at him with fiery eyes and awe.

Li Yuanji was a little uncomfortable with their gaze, and couldn't help but said, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Among the guards, there was a team leader who said in a blunt tone: "Your Highness is brave, the only thing I have ever seen in my life."

The other guards nodded heavily.

Li Yuanji said angrily: "No matter how brave you are, you are still a human being, why don't you hurry up and ask the imperial physician for me."

Although Li Yuanji took a lot of protective measures and ordered the guards to try to avoid the place where the bow nails were when pouring oil on the giant log, he was still burned.

Being a hero is not so easy to do, and there is a price to pay for being a hero.

Those who have become heroes and are not covered in blood or scars are all deceitful.

"His Royal Highness is injured?!"

The guards exclaimed and quickly gathered around Li Yuanji.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji had no choice but to repeat, "Hurry up and ask the imperial physician for me!"

The team of guards hurriedly ordered a person to help Li Yuanji get the imperial physician, and the rest of them still surrounded Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji simply ignored them, found a giant log that had not been poured with fire oil, sat on the bow nail, gritted his teeth, sucked in his breath, and endured the pain from his hand.

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen rushed to where Li Yuanji was after Li Yuanji sat on the bow nail.

Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen looked at Li Yuanji in the same way that the guards looked at Li Yuanji, their eyes filled with passion and awe.

Xie Shufang was still criticizing those soldiers for not seeing the world just now, but after he met Li Yuanji, he also acted as if he had never seen the world.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."

Li Zhongwen was the first to speak, and he stumbled a little while speaking. While speaking, he stared at Li Yuanji fiercely, as if he wanted to see something different from Li Yuanji.

It was he who brought someone to help Li Yuanji chop the giant log, and it was also he who brought it to sharpen a section of the giant log, and then nailed iron nails and bow nails to the giant log.

He was also the first to discover that the pillar of fire was the giant log he led someone to cut down.

After he discovered this, he immediately sent people to Li Yuanji's side to see how Li Yuanji projected these giant trees.

When the person he sent came back to him and talked nonsense for a long time with an exaggerated expression, and then told him clearly that the giant tree was projected by Li Yuanji, they were all dumbfounded.

He couldn't believe that manpower could do such a thing.

So he sent another person to look at it. By the way, he also found Xie Shufang who was stunned by the pillars of fire, and wanted to ask Li Yuanji about his force.

As a result, the first sentence when two people meet each other is to ask each other.

He asked Xie Shufang how Li Yuanji's force was, and Xie Shufang asked him when the craftsmen in Weize Pass forged such fierce weapons.

The two got together, and while commanding soldiers and horses to deal with the Turks, they answered each other's questions.

After a long period of debate, and the person who was sent out to check came back, with the same exaggerated expression, he said in nonsense that it was the giant tree projected by Li Yuanji.

Only then did he completely determine that it was the giant tree projected by Li Yuanji.

Xie Shufang also found out about it.

The shock of him and Xie Shufang cannot be described in words.

"Is there grass growing on me?"

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Zhongwen, then at Xie Shufang, and said helplessly.

He really couldn't stand the two big men, looking at him with indescribable eyes.

Li Zhongwen was fine, at least he said something.

Xie Shufang didn't say a word, just stared at him fiercely, and when he couldn't see anything unusual, he ran to the other side to look.

"Your Highness doesn't have grass growing on his body, and the ministers just can't believe that His Highness can project a giant tree weighing more than a hundred catties."

Li Zhongwen replied and continued to stare at Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Zhongwen, and said angrily, "Do you want me to demonstrate it to you?"

Li Zhongwen didn't seem to have heard Li Yuanji's bad tone, and it seemed like he wanted Li Yuanji to demonstrate it again.

But before he could speak, the guards around Li Yuanji spoke first.

"His Highness is already injured, do you want to make His Highness hurt more? Are you guilty?"

If it was before, the guards would never dare to talk to Li Zhongwen like this.

Although Wei Zeguan knew that Li Yuanji looked down on Li Zhongwen, Li Zhongwen was still a high-ranking official. Li Yuanji could reprimand him or even beat him, but all the guards still had to be respectful in front of him.

But it was different now. The bravery shown by Li Yuanji gave them enough confidence, so even in the face of Li Zhongwen, they could say a few tough words.

"His Royal Highness is injured?"

Xie Shufang exclaimed, with a nervous expression on his face, ready to step forward to check.

Li Zhongwen froze for a moment, and also showed a trace of worry.

Li Yuanji didn't wait for Xie Shufang to approach, so he blocked Xie Shufang not far away.

"It's just a fire burn, nothing serious."

Xie Shufang was still a little worried.

The same is true of Li Zhongwen.

Li Yuanji said again: "Although the Turks have retreated, no one knows when they will make a comeback. This time the Turks attacked Weize Pass, and Weize Pass also suffered heavy losses. You should count the casualties of the soldiers as soon as possible. Redistribute troops to various places, and bring the wounded soldiers back to the pass to heal their wounds."

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji added, "The soldiers fought hard all day, not only did not have enough rice, some of them were too tired to get up.

You should also quickly ask the Huotou army to send them some food and drink, so that they can eat and rest as soon as possible. "

When Xie Shufang heard this, he said to Li Zhongwen without hesitation: "Leave this matter to General Li. I will stay here to protect His Highness."

Li Zhongwen was one step slower than Xie Shufang, and could only nod his head with a bitter face.

Li Yuanji gave Xie Shufang a blank look.

Xie Shufang wanted to stay and protect him, and he clearly wanted to see how he was different from others, and why he could do things that human beings could not.

"Since you are idle, then send a few people out to see if Su Dingfang has caught up with Liu Heita."

Su Dingfang went to chase Liu Heitai, and he chased him for several hours, from day to night, and there has been no news so far.

So Li Yuanji was a little worried about Su Dingfang.

Although Liu Heitai was beaten on the ground by the coalition forces commanded by Li Shimin when he was in Mingshui City, the lineup commanded by Li Shimin, let alone beating Liu Heitai, even if they came here to fight the Turkic people, they could still fight against them. beat.

So Liu Heita is not weak, but Li Shimin is too strong.

Although Su Dingfang smashed Liu Heita's camp by surprise and caught Liu Heita by surprise, there is no guarantee that Liu Heita will not have any fallbacks.

Su Dingfang has been chasing Liu Heitai for so long, and it is very likely that he will be tricked by Liu Heitai.

Li Yuanji didn't mention Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang almost forgot that Su Dingfang was still chasing Liu Heita.

After all, Li Yuanji had dealt too much impact on him, and he still hasn't recovered from it.

"The minister immediately sent someone to look at it."

Xie Shufang hastily agreed.

After Li Yuanji dismissed Xie Shufang and Li Zhongwen, he sat quietly where he was waiting for the imperial physician.

Not long after, an old man with a black and white beard and a little medicine boy appeared on the city wall with a respectful face accompanied by a man who looked like a young man.

It was only when the three of them approached that Li Yuanji saw clearly that the person who looked like a young man was already very old.

He just looks younger, stronger than the old man, and taller than the old man, but when he walks in and sees the white hair peeking out from under his hat, he realizes that he may be older than the old man high.

"Minister Feng Heling, see Your Highness."

When the old man arrived in front of Li Yuanji, he immediately bowed to salute, and the waist of the little medicine boy beside him was even lower.

Only the old man who looked tender did not move.

Li Yuanji glanced at the old man, but didn't care.

After all, in this era of special respect for the elderly, if the old man is over [-] years old, and he has not been an official in the Tang Dynasty, nor is he a subject of his ruling the land, no one will say anything if he is not saluted.

"I don't know where His Highness is injured, please tell Your Highness clearly so that I can diagnose His Highness."

The old man, that is, the imperial physician, said with a little respect.

Li Yuanji took down a series of protective measures in his hands, and the guards used torches to illuminate Li Yuanji's location.

Li Yuanji spread out his hand. There was a burnt skin on the palm, and there was still a faint smell. On the edge of the palm, there were still some slight burns, and some blisters appeared.

The guards' eyes widened.

Li Yuanji didn't shout or scream, they thought the injury on Li Yuanji's hand was not serious.

Only after looking at it now did I know that Li Yuanji's hand injury was very serious.

The reason why Li Yuanji didn't yell or yell was because he was more patient.

The imperial physician's expression changed, "His Royal Highness's burn is a bit serious."

Li Yuanji nodded.

The imperial doctor said again: "This is not a place for diagnosis and treatment, please return to Guancheng to heal your wounds with your Highness."

Li Yuanji's burns were too serious, and some ointments for treating burns that the imperial physician always prepared were not effective at all, and needed to be re-prepared to adapt to the ointment.

Leaving Li Yuanji here, and then preparing the ointment, it would take some time to go back and forth, and Li Yuanji would have to endure more pain.

So the imperial physician asked Li Yuanji to go back to Guancheng to heal his injuries. After he prepared the ointment, he could use it immediately to reduce the pain Li Yuanji endured.

"Try the medicine I prescribed."

The old man who had been standing aside suddenly spoke, and took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve.

(End of this chapter)