Chapter 155 Emergency Treatment
Lady Hou knew Xie Wanniang's abilities, and upon hearing this, she immediately nodded in agreement, "Then I'll trouble you."
She secured the job for the accompanying military doctor. Although the doctor, being her subordinate, wouldn't hold a grudge against her for making the decision directly, he only had two hands, and even if he risked his life, the number of people he could save was still quite limited.
Human life is at stake, and since Xie Wanniang and the young girl she brought were willing to help, how could the Lady of the Marquis refuse?
Seeing that she agreed without hesitation, the caravan leader couldn't help but feel a little more confident in Xie Wanniang and Xiaomei.
He took his accompanying military doctor, Xie Wanniang, Xiaomei, and others, under the guise of "helping," and insisted on riding back at full speed to the place where corpses still lay strewn about.
To his surprise, as soon as the carriage stopped, before he could even ask for help, all the doctors and helpers, including the elderly accompanying military doctor, quickly got out of the carriage or dismounted and immediately got to work without saying a word.
Although they had not formally studied medicine, Haitang and Atai had learned first aid and trauma treatment from Xie Wanniang. They automatically stood beside Xie Wanniang and Xiaomei to be their assistants.
The two retired soldiers who accompanied and protected Xie Wanniang were ordered by her and Xiaomei to run around carrying the wounded and delivering items.
The military doctor and his two apprentices were equally busy.
The three rescue teams, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, busied themselves without a care in the world.
They acted swiftly, racing against time, yet remained organized and highly efficient.
After observing for a moment, the caravan leader immediately concluded from the almost identical cooperation patterns of the three rescue teams that their rescue methods actually originated from the same source.
He secretly rejoiced that he hadn't rashly voiced his doubts because of Xie Wanniang and Xiaomei's age and gender. Otherwise, if one of them got angry and refused to lend a hand, who knows how many more of his guards and bodyguards would have died.
He beckoned over his trusted attendant and gave him a few instructions.
The attendant accepted the order and left, while the caravan leader personally stood in a position where Xie Wanniang and the others could see him as soon as they looked up, so that he could respond immediately when they had any material needs.
As the head of the caravan, with his full cooperation, Xie Wanniang and the others could get whatever they needed immediately, making the rescue much more efficient.
Through everyone's concerted efforts, many people who might have died were pulled back from the brink of death. Many more who might have been left with disabilities are now expected to fully recover and return to their original state thanks to Xie Wanniang and the others' timely treatment.
When the emergency treatment was almost finished, the old military doctor personally went to negotiate with the caravan leader, asking him to immediately free up more wagons to send the wounded who needed further treatment or timely medication to the county clinic for treatment.
The caravan leader had already been doing this, because he had noticed that Xie Wanniang and the others had only done simple treatment and had not followed the proper procedures of cleaning, applying medicine, and bandaging.
He was knowledgeable and experienced, and after a little thought, he guessed that what they had done was only emergency treatment, and that the person would definitely need to be sent to a hospital for further treatment afterward.
Upon hearing the old army doctor's request, he immediately ordered all the available carriages to be brought over, and carefully loaded the wounded who needed to be sent to the county clinic onto the carriages in an orderly manner.
The old military doctor, seeing that he had taken the initiative, couldn't help but admire him more.
So when he asked if he could trouble the old military doctor to go to the county clinic with him, the old military doctor hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
The caravan leader thanked them repeatedly. While the old army doctor ran to report to Madam Hou, he ran over and asked Xie Wanniang and Xiaomei to help them to the end and see it through to the end.
It's not that he's like a stubborn plaster that's hard to remove once it's stuck to someone; it's just that he's come to realize that Xie Wanniang and the others' methods of handling the situation are not something any ordinary doctor can use skillfully.
He feared that if these people dropped out halfway, his men would lose more lives due to improper handling by other doctors.
Xie Wanniang shared his concerns, so when the other party presented her with generous gifts and requested that she and Xiaomei accompany him, she readily agreed.
She accepted the generous gift, of course, since she wasn't a marquis's wife; she was short of money and had indeed helped the caravan twice.
One time was when he broke through the bandits' encirclement, giving the caravan's guards a chance to rush out and seek help; the other time was when he spared no effort to save lives, preventing the caravan from suffering too many casualties.
Although she was primarily helping herself the first time, the caravan did indeed benefit in the end.
Not to mention that they were implicated by the caravan and thus became the bandits' targets for elimination.
From both a moral and logical standpoint, she felt perfectly justified in accepting such a generous gift.
After bidding farewell to Lady Hou and her daughter, Xie Wanniang and the others followed the convoy transporting the wounded to Yi County.
Lady Hou and her daughter walked with the team responsible for escorting the bandits alive. Since these bandits had all infiltrated from outside the Great Wall, they planned to interrogate them and then send them directly to the nearest garrison camp for custody.
Of course, two of them also went into the city with Xie Wanniang and the others.
Previously, the caravan had sent guards to the county government for help. Now that the matter is settled, they no longer need the county government to send anyone over, but they still have to go to the county government to explain the ins and outs of the matter.
As key figures in helping the caravan resolve its problems, the testimony of Lady Hou and her side was indispensable. Therefore, without the caravan leader even having to speak, Lady Hou's captain of guards automatically dispatched two guards who had been involved throughout the entire process.
With such a major incident, the county government no longer cared whether Xie Wanniang and her group and the merchants had missed the deadline for closing the city gates. Upon receiving the request for assistance, the county magistrate immediately dispatched the county constable and several yamen runners out of the city.
Although they were not very useful in killing enemies, they were, after all, representatives sent by the local government. With such a big incident happening in the county, they had to find out the ins and outs as soon as possible.
The two groups met head-on only about 300 meters from the town gate. The caravan guards, who were leading the way, saw the familiar faces of the driver and his entourage and quickly led the county magistrate and others over.
"What are you doing here? Those bandits..."
"We've met a benefactor! Those bandits are either dead or captured by the benefactor's guards." The speaker had a look of relief on his face, as if he had just escaped a disaster. "I can't talk to you now. The carriage is full of wounded people. We need to get them to the county clinic for treatment."
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