People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 80 Military Medical Battalion

The battlefield, which should have been dangerous and tragic, suddenly became calm after a brief exploratory attack by the Yellow Turban Army, and the two sides confronted each other across a city wall.

Inside the Yellow Turban camp, Wang Dang looked a little embarrassed: "Master, it's not that I can't take Pinggu, it's that you don't want to fight, so you can't blame me!"

I remember that before the war, I had made the bold statement that I could conquer the city in one day. I was full of confidence at that time, but I didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly.

After finding out why the soldiers were so fierce, not only did Xu Chen not want to fight to the death, but Wang Dang was actually unwilling to fight hard either.

But in order to save his own face, he could only put the blame on the leader Xu Chen.

Xu Chen naturally would not let Wang Dang not come to the stage, so he nodded in approval.

However, when Xu Chen looked at the top of Pinggu City, he couldn't help but sigh.

If the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers were normal, it would not be impossible for the Yellow Turbans to replicate their record of breaking through Yuyang in one day. However, it would not be worthwhile to attack like this now.

The Pinggu soldiers have become crazy under the stimulation of huge sums of money. The cost of fighting them to the death will increase exponentially.

When conditions are not favorable, one may have no choice but to fight the enemy head-on. When he went into exile with the Yellow Turbans before, he had no choice but to use all sorts of tricks and schemes, and at times he had to accept the loss of troops when risking his life.

So he killed Zou Jing just to give himself more options so that he wouldn't have to go down the wrong path when the situation was unfavorable.

There will be casualties in a war, this is inevitable, but now we have some financial resources and the situation is not so critical, so there is naturally no need to fight to the death with a bunch of lunatics.

"Master, what should our army do next?" Wang Dang came over and asked.

Xu Chen glanced at him and said, "This battle formation is General Wang's job. Why are you asking me how to fight next? Don't you have any ideas, General?"

Wang Dang choked for a moment, then laughed awkwardly: "Master, you are here, so there is no need to embarrass me with my humble opinion."

Xu Chen stared at the map without raising his head and said calmly: "Tell me about it. I believe in your wisdom."

Wang Dang thought for a moment after hearing this. After a while, he looked at Xu Chen and said tentatively, "How about we besiege the city and attack for reinforcements?"

Hearing this, Xu Chen stood up and gave him an approving look: "Let's follow General Wang's advice and surround him for a few days first!"

Soon, the Yellow Turban Army determined the next direction, and Wang Dang immediately went out of the tent to begin directing the defense. Since they were going to besiege the city, it was the Yellow Turbans who had to guard against the enemy army leaving the city to attack.

Xu Chen also walked out. Tian Shitou, who had been guarding outside the tent, immediately followed and guarded him with a group of about 20 personal soldiers.

Walking along the way, we arrived at a unique area behind the army.

Compared to other camps, this one is much simpler and cleaner. Not only have all the grass and trees on the ground been cleared, but chalk powder has also been sprinkled everywhere. There are also braziers everywhere steaming strips of cloth. After the steamed cloth is ready, soldiers wearing white scarves on their heads will scoop it up and dry it in the sun.

Going further in, there are sheds with a large number of wooden bed frames inside. Many injured and sick people can be seen lying on them receiving treatment and care from the accompanying military doctors.

Many of the treatments currently being used are simple and effective. For example, for patients with fractures, nurses will immediately make wooden splints to fix them. For simple minor wounds, they will immediately clean the dirt around the wound, apply some herbs prepared earlier, and then wrap it tightly with clean cloth strips that have been steamed and dried.

But there are also many unheard-of treatments that seem particularly creepy.

For example, at this moment, next to a bed, Zhang Zhongjing, dressed in white and wearing a hat on his head, was holding some special fine instruments in his hands, and was suturing a huge knife wound on a wounded man.

Xu Chen waved his hand and asked Tian Shitou and the others to wait outside the military medical camp so as not to disturb the work of the military doctors. He then walked lightly to Zhang Zhongjing's side.

He first observed Zhang Zhongjing and found that this guy was sweating profusely but was concentrating, and did not notice his arrival at all.

In this era, there were already surgical medical methods. The most famous case was Guan Yu's bone scraping treatment, and the genius doctor Hua Tuo was an expert in this field.

However, Zhang Zhongjing was not very proficient in surgery, and it was only with Xu Chen's encouragement that he tried the suturing method.

Huang Jin, who was receiving treatment, stared at Zhang Zhongjing's movements with wide eyes. Although he grimaced and screamed in pain, he gritted his teeth and dared not move.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjing was very skillful and he quickly completed the suturing. Not only did he breathe a sigh of relief, but the soldier also collapsed on the bed, gasping for breath.

"Zhongjing was able to be so skilled in suturing when he just started. His medical talent is truly amazing." Xu Chen spoke at this time. He knew that the next thing could be handed over to other military doctors.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhongjing had already started cleaning and packing up the equipment. Today's battle ended hastily with few casualties, and he had just treated the last wounded person.

Hearing the conversation, he realized that Xu Chen had arrived, and then smiled: "This is not a talent, but I have practiced with animal meat a lot before, so I am naturally more proficient now."

After a while, after packing up his things, Zhang Zhongjing took a look at the sutured wound that was about to be applied with medicine and bandaged, nodded, and seemed quite satisfied.

Although this suturing method looks creepy, it is indeed very effective and greatly helps the wound heal.

But then he sighed, he knew this was just the beginning, and the real hell was ahead.

"After suturing and bandaging like this, as long as there is no subsequent ulcer, it will slowly get better. As for whether the allicin you made is useful, we can only wait and see its effect later."

The so-called "gold ulcer" naturally means inflammation and infection, which is a big problem even for Zhang Zhongjing.

Perhaps he could use some medicinal herbs to suppress the onset of the ulcer as much as possible, but the specific effect was always left to fate. However, Xu Chen had developed something called allicin, which was said to be able to effectively suppress the disease, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.

As for belief, he still has some faith. Taoists and alchemists usually know some medical skills, and Xu Chen once followed the Taoist master Zhang Jiao, so there is no guarantee that he might know some special methods.

He was right about this. The fact that Xu Chen was able to produce allicin was partly due to the contribution of Taoist Zhang Jiao.

Of course, the thing is made, and Xu Chen himself doesn’t know whether it is reliable or not, so now he just wants to try out its effect.

(End of this chapter)