The great man will live forever

Chapter 29 The Balance of Power

Outside Ganquan Palace,

Wei Qing, Liu Han, and Li Guang came to see Jia.

"How about I go change clothes?"

At this time, there was still blood on Li Guang's body.

"No, why not? We made a big mistake this time. Your Majesty might feel better if he sees you like this."

As Liu Han spoke, he touched a few handfuls of blood from Li Guang's body and wiped it on himself.
"General, come and wipe it too."

Liu Han not only touched himself, but also touched Wei Qing's body.

"No, you are just clever." Wei Qing refused.

"Okay!" Liu Han had no choice but to blame you.

Li Guang smiled and said, "General Liu, you are really smart. In this way, your Majesty will probably not blame us."

Wei Qing was walking in front. When he arrived at Ganquan Palace, his face was a little cold. He hesitated for a moment and handed the sword in his hand to Yu Linwei at the side.

In the past, when he met the emperor, he did not need to untie his sword, but this time, he took the initiative to untie it, and he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

"Meet Your Majesty."

Looking at the three people kneeling on the ground, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a little angry, but when he saw Li Guang covered in blood and Liu Han with slight blood stains, he felt better.

"injured?"

Liu Han quickly said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. They are all the enemy's. General Li Guang fought very bravely and almost captured Xin Zhao. I basically stayed behind."

Liu Che didn't look at him, but looked at Wei Qing, "That's good, is there really a path?"

"Yes, there is a small road in Yingying Stream, which can only be passed by two or three people. During the dry season, you can go straight to Ganquan Palace from outside the fortress. This was discovered by Zhao Xin and I before. We walked through it once with General Li Guang. "

"How many people did Xin Zhao bring?"

"About 4000 people, all the best among the best."

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forgave Wei Qing in his heart, he immediately became vigilant.
"Wei Qing, no matter what the reason is, when the two armies are facing each other and you leave your post without authorization, if a war breaks out on the front line and my one hundred thousand troops make a mistake, can you bear the responsibility?"

"At that time, our spies found Zhao Xin's people. Everything was extremely urgent. The soldiers on the front line could not move. Otherwise, Yi Zhixie would definitely send a large army to entangle us and not let us protect him. I deserve to die for my crime. I only want to protect him. , not thoughtful enough.”

No matter whether you are wrong or not, admit your mistake first and then talk about it.

"The Tiger Ben Army has not yet been included in the Sima Mansion. You mobilized it with the Tiger Talisman? Why did Liu Han and Zhao Ponu listen to you?"

The Huben Army is Liu Che's reserve force for the imperial army. They can only listen to him. Wei Qing can mobilize them. If they want to rebel, wouldn't it be easy?
As Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spoke, he glanced at Liu Han abruptly, which made Liu Han break into a cold sweat. He felt as if there was a sword pointed directly at him, and it might stab him at any time.

"I am guilty of death! The incident happened suddenly. I am not in a hurry to report it. I can only mobilize it with the tiger charm."

Wei Qing said, slowly taking out the tiger charm.

Dongfang Shuo on the side stretched out his hand, obviously wanting to take back the tiger talisman. Wei Qing opened his eyes wide, looked at him for a few seconds, and handed over the tiger talisman.

Dongfang Shuo handed the Tiger Talisman to Liu Che, and Liu Che held it for a few seconds. Looking at Liu Che holding the Tiger Talisman in his hand, Wei Qing's face flashed with disappointment and frustration.

Liu Che suddenly said: "In the third year of Jianyuan, something happened in Dongou. The Empress Dowager refused to give me this tiger talisman, so I had to send Yan Zhu to use the staff with you to mobilize the Kuaiji army. From then on, I got the power to command military affairs. You Do you also want to perform such a performance for me?"

Even though Liu Che knew that Wei Qing was thinking about him, the sensitivity of military power and the emperor's suspicion made him slap Wei Qing. Liu Han on the side lowered his head. He understood even more how terrifying the emperor was, especially the one emperor for all eternity. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the king. This is a feudal society where imperial power is supreme.

Wei Qingcheng said in fear: "I don't even dare to die!"

Liu Che looked at Liu Han, who had his head lowered, and asked, "Let's leave it like this for now. Liu Han, what are the casualties?"

Liu Han quickly kowtowed and said: "I am guilty. I wanted to annihilate Zhao Xin and capture the traitor alive, but he ran too fast. He was like a rabbit. He was as timid as a mouse. He ran away when he saw me. I kept chasing him. But the roads in the mountains are narrow and our superior strength cannot be used. He even left 300 men behind.

In the end, we did not catch up with him and let him run away. In Bailangfa, our army suffered 613 casualties, killed 289 enemy people, and captured 11 people. In Yingjian, our army suffered 1032 casualties, the enemy suffered 562 casualties, and captured 9 people.

I am ashamed of Your Majesty, and even mobilized the army without permission. I deserve death for my crime. "

Anyway, whether there is any mistake and whether there is any merit, first say that you are wrong and admit your guilt first. The emperor cannot be at fault. The faults are all his subordinates.

Li Guang on the side also said quickly: "Your Majesty, according to General Liu's order, I personally led people to stop the attack at Eagle Stream. However, Zhao Xin is an elite and wanted to escape. I did not keep him, and I will be punished with death."

"Okay, at least 800 people are left. Don't die. You are all guilty of death. Who will fight for me? The Tiger Army has never been on the battlefield, and Zhao Xin's army is elite. It is already very good to be able to fight like this. "Originally, you have meritorious service, but mobilizing the army privately is a capital crime, so let's just think that the merits and demerits are equal to each other, are you convinced?"

"Yes! Your Majesty is wise." Liu Han felt even more depressed. He didn't catch anything, and his men suffered more than 600 casualties.

"You guys go down and have a rest. General Li, please be careful and don't always rush to the front. I still want you to fight the Huns for me."

"promise!"

After several people resigned, Liu Che said calmly: "First send Zhao Ponu to lead 5000 people to Ganquan Palace, then send Li Guang to lead 5000 people to cut off the Xiongnu's retreat, and 2 people to block the Xiongnu at Bailanggao. Liu Han's arrangement is very good. It's reasonable and has the style of a general, but it's a pity that Xin Zhao ran away.

Qu Bing said that he would be an excellent general. I have seen it this time. Yes, yes, he is worthy of the blood of my Liu family.

Take decisive action. If it weren't for him this time, I might be in danger. "

Dongfang Shuo on the side reminded: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because he has the blood of the Liu family that we have to guard against him."

"I want to employ people based on their talents. Can't my Liu family have generals and command thousands of troops? My mind is not that narrow-minded. This person needs to be used as well as defended. Wei Qing will definitely reliable?

Even my untrained disciples of the Yulin dared to transfer without authorization. He, Wei Qing, became more and more courageous and transferred without announcing it. Only Emperor Gao had done this when he joined Han Xin's camp, and my father Huang did it when he joined Zhou Yafu's Xiliu camp. Humph, I didn’t even say hello beforehand. "

At this moment, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's idea of ​​supporting Huo Qubing and decentralizing power to Wei Qing became stronger and stronger. In the past, there might have been only Huo Qubing, but now Liu Han was added.

The key to imperial power lies in checks and balances, and Liu Che has become increasingly slippery with these.

Dongfang Shuo on the side just stood and said nothing. He was always loyal to His Majesty.

After returning to the military camp, Liu Han first came to the wounded barracks. Looking at the busy military camp and the wailing soldiers, he felt a little heartbroken.

"General!"

Several bandaged soldiers saluted, but were stopped by Liu Han.

"Don't be too polite and have a good rest. I will let the military doctor treat you well."

He didn't dare to stay any longer for fear of being sad. They were all living creatures. A few days ago he was a soldier under his command, but now he was wailing and rolling. Who wouldn't feel bad to see it?

He called the head of the military doctor, Que Tianhua, who was about 50 years old and managed more than 20 military doctors.

Ever since Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, there have been certain statistics on the efficacy of medical drugs.

Over the course of thousands of years of human development, the properties of different drugs have been constantly updated.

It can be said that the reason why traditional Chinese medicine is powerful is its accumulation of pharmacological information on different drugs.

Suitable drug formulas can be given to different patients. This is the power of qualified Chinese medicine.

In the Han Dynasty, special medical institutions were set up in the Duwei Mansion and Marquis Departments within the army.

These institutions are not only responsible for arranging military doctors, but also preparing medical supplies and drugs in advance.This ensures the need for a large amount of medicine in the event of war on the front line.

"There are 3 people in the army, but only more than 20 military doctors?"

Knowing this situation, Liu Han was a little surprised. This was too far off. It would take at least several hundred to meet his expectations.

Que Tianhua hesitated for a moment and then said: "General, our Huben camp has not yet been incorporated into the formal military system of the Han army. Except for this time, there has been no war, so there are very few military camps. Besides, we are cavalry and have many military doctors. It’s a burden.”

"Okay, think of a way to find some more military doctors and train them more. We don't have enough money and medicine. Tell me, think of a way to save the lives of these wounded people."

This time, 400 people were seriously injured, 500 were slightly injured, and only about a thousand people died immediately.

Of course, in the Western Han Dynasty, unless they were high-ranking generals, soldiers who were seriously injured were basically waiting for death. Very few survived, and even those who were slightly injured would die if they were not handled well.

Anyway, once injured, it is easy to become infected. Once infected, the mortality rate is extremely high.

"Have the cloths that bandaged them been boiled in boiling water? Are there any anti-inflammatory drugs for the wounds?"

Que Tianhua asked doubtfully: "It was boiled in boiling water, why?"

"From now on, we will bandage soldiers like this. It can be disinfected. This is an order."

"Yes, general, the medicine you mentioned is the ancient prescription: three qian of honeysuckle, two qian of white snake grass, one qian of angelica root, three and a half qian of rhubarb, dried in the sun, made into powder, applied to the wound, it has a certain effect, and it can also be taken orally , boil it into juice for wiping.”

Liu Han thought of penicillin in later generations, but it was a pity that it could not be made.

One is that he doesn’t know how to do it, and the other is that the productivity is not up to standard.

"Okay, please pay more attention to the money, medicinal materials, and manpower. If it's not enough, feel free to tell me."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)