Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 185 Take Liang Guo and Receive Hua Tuo
Lu Fan, governor of the eastern part of Runan County, defended Ruyin City to the death. After repelling Guo Gong's attacks many times, Shu Shao, the new minister appointed by Yuan Shu, led an army to attack the rear. Chen Gui, the former minister of Pei, was defeated. He fled to Xiapi and asked Liu Bei for help.

Guo Gong was shocked, worried that he would be attacked, and had retreated from Runan to the north of Peiguo.

On September 24th in the autumn of the first year of Xingping, Feng Yao ordered Wei Yan to lead 6000 people to attack Yan County of Liang State, and Wang Hu led 6000 people to attack Bo County. With swift and violent momentum, the city was breached in only half a day, and more than [-] enemies were killed. Liang Guoxiang was killed by the rebels, and thousands of others surrendered to Feng Yao.

Liang Wang Liu Mi was terrified and hid in a commoner's house. Feng Yao found it out. Considering that Liu Mi was just a prince with no soldiers and no power, he did not pose any threat to him, and killing him would not do any good, so he let Liang Wang Liu Mi go. .

Next, Feng Yao wrote about the various counties. The magistrates of Dang County, Xiayi, Yushu, Yu County and other county magistrates in Liang State were afraid of Feng Yao's power, so they all surrendered to Feng Yao.

In just three days, the entire territory of Liang State belonged to Feng Yao, and Feng Yaoxin took over [-] surrendered soldiers, bringing the total force to [-].

Xu Shujin said: "Although the Liang State has been won, it is separated from Runan by Qiao, Jianping, Taiqiu and other counties in the Pei State. , Open up the passage between Liang Guo and Runan!"

"Yuan Zhi's plan is not bad, and I have exactly the same intention!" Feng Yao said.

Feng Yao summoned Liu Shun, the commander of the scouts, and asked, "I asked you to send someone to guard Hua Tuo's house in Qiao County. Has there been any result?"

Liu Shun nodded and said: "The scouts have come to report in secret. Hua Tuo has returned home after learning that there are swordsmen in his hometown again. I am going to take the time to report to you, my lord!"

Feng Yao was overjoyed and led his army to Qiao County. Seeing Feng Yao's army approaching, the guards of Qiao County did not dare to fight, so they abandoned the city and fled. Feng Yao entered Qiao County and ordered Liu Shun to bring money to invite Hua Tuo. An hour later, Liu Shun brought back the gift money intact, "My lord, Hua Tuo refused to accept the gift, and refused to come to see him! Do you want to forcibly plunder it?"

"No, Hua Tuo is arrogant and arrogant. If he comes here by force, he will keep his body, but also his heart. I can only invite him personally!" Feng Yao said.

Afterwards, Feng Yao ordered Liu Shun to lead the way, took fifty entourages, Xu Chu and Xu Ding, and went out of the city to Hua Tuo's house.

Hua Tuo's home was not far from the city, only about ten miles away, and he arrived there in a short ride on horseback.

This is a very ordinary courtyard. If Liu Shun hadn't said that this was Hua Tuo's house, Feng Yao would have thought he had gone to the wrong place.

There was no sign of practicing medicine at the gate of the courtyard. Knowing that doctors like to be quiet, Feng Yao ordered Yang Wu to wait outside the courtyard with his entire entourage, except Liu Shun, Xu Chu, and Xu Ding.

After entering the yard, Feng Yao found a teenager in the yard drying medicinal herbs. In the yard, there were about a dozen round bamboo dustpans, all of which were covered with various herbs.

Feng Yao was curious, so he walked over and took a look, most of them didn't recognize him, but there was a dustpan that contained cocklebur, which Feng Yao still knew, and he could often see it by the roadside and ditch, every time The thorn balls that stick to the pants, but this is not bad, if the dog passes under the cocklebur, it will be miserable, and the thorn balls that are guaranteed to stick to the whole body come back, and it is difficult to remove.

"Is this also a kind of medicine?" Feng Yao suddenly became interested, carefully picked up a few cocklebur seeds and asked.

The young man was turning over a dustpan full of unknown bugs. Seeing Feng Yao's question, he raised his head and looked at Feng Yao strangely. He didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and continued to do his own thing.

Just as Feng Yao was about to ask the young man some more questions, at this moment the door of the main room creaked, and the doors opened to both sides, and an old man with white beard and hair and a red face walked out.

The old man seemed to have other business, he came over and whispered a few words to the young man drying the medicine, the young man immediately left respectfully.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Strangely, the old man walked not far in front of Feng Yao, his pupils narrowed, and he looked up and down at Feng Yao and Xu Chu, Xu Ding, and Liu Shun behind Feng Yao.

Xu Chu immediately stepped forward, bowed to the old man, and said, "Doctor Hua, do you still recognize me? I am Xu Dali from Xujiazhuang!"

The old man was Hua Tuo himself whom Feng Yao wanted to visit.

Hua Tuo glanced at Xu Xuan in surprise, and then laughed loudly: "So it's you boy!! But, you look so strong, you don't look like a sick person, why did you think of visiting the old man here again?" What? Oh, yes, I heard that not long ago, the entire Xu Family Village moved to Runan, where did you come from?"

While speaking, Hua Tuo turned his face suspiciously and looked at Feng Yao.

Although Feng Yao has not spoken, judging from Feng Yao's momentum, it is obvious that Xu Chu and others are the leaders.

At this time, Xu Ding also walked forward with a smile, and said loudly: "Doctor Hua, this is my master! The current prefect of Runan County!"

Hua Tuo's eyes froze sharply, and the divine light suddenly appeared, but he regained his composure in a blink of an eye, and said calmly: "It turns out that Mr. Feng Fu is here! I don't know what to do with the old man?"

Feng Yao smiled slightly, and didn't care about Hua Tuo's arrogance. Before coming, he had already thought of a way to deal with Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo was a man who did not seek fame or wealth, and was only obsessed with studying medicine. This is also related to Hua Tuo's life experience. When Hua Tuo was young, his family died of the plague. When Hua Tuo was old, he married a wife and had children. Later, his wife and children died in the plague again, and Hua Tuo was the only one who survived. After Hua Tuo grieved, his disposition changed drastically. He vowed to find a cure for the plague and never let the world experience his pain again.

A few days ago, when Hua Tuo went on a trip, he went to Chang'an to practice medicine and help the world.

If Hua Tuo is sought for fame and fortune, that is the greatest insult to Hua Tuo.

Feng Yao didn't believe it at first, so he deliberately sent Liu Shun here first. Now that he knew that Hua Tuo was really doing it for medicine, he immediately put away his contempt. Not only was he not angry at Hua Tuo's cold and arrogant attitude, but he was a little happy. Talented people are what Feng Yao wants most.

"Doctor Hua! I'm here for your medical career! I want to help you make your medical skills benefit more people!" Feng Yao said.

Hua Tuo's eyes lit up, he stared at Feng Yao again, and said, "How can you help me?"

Feng Yao will immediately build a medical clinic in Pingyu and prepare to recruit a large number of apprentices. He invites Hua Tuo to sit in charge and provide everything needed for medical research to explain to Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo nodded, looked at Feng Yao with respect, but still hesitated.

Seeing this, Feng Yao immediately described some peculiarities of modern medicine to Hua Tuo. Although Feng Yao didn't understand it and just described it briefly, it aroused Hua Tuo's great interest. After Feng Yao finished speaking, he said excitedly: "Mr. Feng! Tell me those methods!"

Feng Yao was just talking nonsense. In fact, he doesn't know the specific method. Moreover, modern medicine depends on equipment and electricity. It may be difficult to achieve this in a short time. Feng Yao dare not tell Hua Tuo the truth I could only say: "Doctor Hua! This is exactly what you want to study! That's why I invite you to go to Pingyu and concentrate on studying medicine, so that I can easily tell you what I know!"

(End of this chapter)