Chapter 227 Competing for Attention
Lin Changning touched his nose a little guiltily. In war, as long as you can win, who cares about injuring a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of your own? They still have three thousand civilians behind them. Given the terrain here, without some risky and unconventional tactics, it would have been very difficult to win last night.
Getting stung by bees a few times is better than losing your life.
Lu Shan clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Commander, we won a great victory last night. We had two hundred wounded and sixty dead. Most of our men were fine, just stung a few times by bees..."
Lin Changning looked at Lu Shan, who was stammering, and asked, "What is it?"
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Shan said, "When we were counting the corpses, we found that many of the Tartars were not killed by us, but were stung to death by bees. Moreover, more than a dozen of our own soldiers who died in battle also seem to have been stung to death by bees."
Lin Changning fell silent: "Weren't we told to cover ourselves in mud? Why are our people being stung to death by bees?"
Lu Shan's face was not good, but he still told the truth: "More than a dozen people were stung to death by bees. Their bodies were almost covered in mud and water, and their skin was exposed. They had been stung nearly twenty or thirty times. They were already dead when the battle ended this morning. There were a few more, who must have died last night..."
Lin Changning's face darkened: "Are they from the Commandery or from Daxing?"
Lu Shan lowered his head and clasped his hands in a fist salute: "We are all from the Commandery."
Lin Changning shouted, "Idiot! You're asking for it!!!"
The most taboo thing in battle is to disobey military orders. If these dozen or so men had followed orders yesterday and covered themselves in thick mud, even if the mud had dried, it would have been able to withstand most of the bee stings.
"Have you finished compiling the situation report for the other side?"
Wan Jin looked up at Lin Changning with a hint of resentment: "Nine hundred and eighty people died on the other side. Yesterday, dozens of people should have escaped. Commander, the one you killed yesterday should have been a general. Many Tartars in the forest were stung to death by bees. Our people are currently processing the bodies. It will take about two hours to tally the battle achievements."
Lin Changning nodded: "Okay."
After saying that, Lin Changning picked up a piece of grass mud from the stone, pulled Wan Jin over, and directly applied the grass mud to Wan Jin's eyelids.
Wan Jin couldn't understand, but in any case, his family's commander wouldn't cheat him. Well, he might cheat him occasionally, but he would never harm him.
Wan Jin turned his head to the side, letting Lin Changning apply the grass mud to his face, the green juice dripping down Wan Jin's face.
Lin Changning sighed: "It's herbs that the villagers found. It doesn't hurt much after applying it for a while."
Wan Jin covered his face with the muddy grass, nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and glanced lightly at Lu Shan.
(Eye signal: See? In Qianhu's eyes, I'm still the most important person. Don't even think about competing with me!)
Lu Shan rolled his eyes, then turned to look at Lin Changning with a hint of envy in his eyes, and said longingly, "Commander, my face and hands hurt."
Lin Changning looked at the little bit of grass and mud left on the stone: "There's only a little bit left. You can take some and apply it yourself. I'll go find some more and give it to you later."
Lushan: ...
Why is it that the young man gets to be treated by the Commander-in-Chief, while he has to apply the medicine himself when it's his turn?
With these thoughts in mind, Lu Shan looked at Lin Changning with a mournful gaze.
"Commander, why did you apply the medicine to that kid but not me?"
Lin Changning found it somewhat amusing; he hadn't expected that two men could be so jealous of each other.
He casually picked up the remaining grass mud and placed it on Lu Shan's eyebrows, then explained, "Don't you think his eyelids are a bit unsightly?"
After saying that, Lin Changning shook his head and sighed, "You guys take a break. I'll chop the herbs into a paste and apply it to my warhorse. It works quite well."
Lu Shan nodded, glancing at Wan Jin smugly: "The commander just said you're ugly, hehe!"
Wan Jin jumped up and down in anger: "You're the ugly one! Your whole family is ugly! You brute, what right do you have to call me ugly?"
Lu Shan, in high spirits, led his horse away into the distance, completely ignoring what Wan Jin was saying.
It's just applying medicine, right? Qianhu applied it to him too, humph!
After Wan Jin calmed down, he led his horse to another place. He and the commander had a long-standing friendship, which was incomparable to that brute.
Even though the commander had just given him face, he was still the most important person in the commander's heart!
Lin Changning walked into the middle of a group of people, and they all stopped and knelt down to pay their respects to him.
Lin Changning hurriedly helped everyone up, saying there was no need for formalities. In fact, when she first met these people, they hadn't been very respectful to her.
However, after last night's battle, Lin Changning clearly felt a change in the people's attitude towards her. Some women and children helped her find medicinal herbs, and some of them mashed the herbs into a paste.
They had already started applying medicine to the soldiers around them, and some of the bolder ones also began helping the soldiers apply medicine to their warhorses.
The mud on Lin Changning's body had gradually dried, and some of it had fallen to the ground.
A woman hesitated for a moment when she saw the bump on Lin Changning's face, then slowly walked forward, carrying a pile of medicinal paste in her hands.
"Sir, the medicine on your face has fallen off. Let me apply some more for you."
Lin Changning thanked the woman and sat down on the stone. The woman gently rubbed Lin Changning's wound with her hand. It didn't hurt; it even felt a little itchy.
After wiping his face several times, the woman looked at the yellow mud on Lin Changning's face and said, "Sir, why don't you wash the mud off your face first? The yellow water on the ground is very dirty. It would be bad if it left a scar on your face. Bees are very poisonous."
Lin Changning scratched her head. She was covered in mud, so washing her face wouldn't be difficult.
Lin Changning sighed, and the woman patted him on the shoulder: "Please wait for me a moment, sir."
After saying this, the lady turned back and said something to a man. A moment later, the man tore open his coarse cloth clothes, turned around and ran away. When he returned, the torn clothes were soaked with water.
The woman took a simple handkerchief and jogged towards Lin Changning: "Sir, please don't be disgusted. My husband just washed his face. We'll apply the medicine after we wipe his face clean."
Lin Changning thanked the woman, took the simple handkerchief, wiped his face twice, and then wiped his face with the reverse side.
When a fair and handsome face appeared in front of the woman, she was stunned for a moment, then pinched a piece of it and applied it to Lin Changning's face.
It seemed as if she was sighing, "You are so handsome, I wonder which young lady will be blessed with such a handsome and capable husband in the future?"
Lin Changning gave a shy smile: "A man should strive to achieve great things and bring glory to his family. As for marriage, there's no rush..."
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