Chapter 2185 Plan
Bai Shan asked, "Did the horse thieves escape?"
"Yes, they broke through a gap, and Governor Duan personally led his men to pursue them. Our soldier was blocking the front and was hit by a knife and fell off his horse..."
Bai Shan then said, "There will be many more people who will fall from their horses, and some will even be stabbed in the chest."
Manbao counted the hemostatic drugs and immediately wrote out several prescriptions to a medicine boy. "Go get the medicine immediately. If there isn't enough here, send someone to my camp in the back to get some."
They had just replenished their medicinal materials in Liangzhou City a few days ago.
As soon as the person went out, someone immediately carried someone and rushed over here. "He fell off his horse and was trampled."
Manbao took a look at his crushed leg and said, "Saw it off."
The military doctor had already taken out the saw and handed it to Manbao, but Manbao shook his head and said, "You do it. I'm not skilled enough."
Manbao had no experience in this, and had never even tried it on an anthropomorphic model before, but the military doctor was very experienced. He might not be good at other things, but he was pretty good at sawing off legs.
The soldier had fainted from the pain, so Manbao gave him acupuncture to relieve the pain and save his life, and then everyone started to take action.
The military doctor was looking for the place to saw off the leg while explaining to Manbao how to cut off the leg so that the bleeding would be less...
Manbao listened carefully and helped him.
The unconscious man woke up from the pain. Bai Shan quickly stuffed a cloth into him. Man Bao took a look and said, "Give him Ma Fei San first. If he's in too much pain, he'll have cardiac arrest."
As he spoke, he changed his acupuncture techniques, trying to alleviate his pain as much as possible.
The military doctor paused. He also had a prescription for pain relief in his hand, but the one left by the previous military doctor was the one memorized by the old medicine boy who had followed the old military doctor.
The efficacy is just so-so, but better than nothing, so...
Seeing the military doctor was stunned, Manbao turned to Bai Shan and said, "Go catch him."
Bai Shan nodded and turned to leave.
He knows the recipe for Ma Fei San.
Manbao used acupuncture to stop the bleeding and turned around to deal with other patients.
Ma Fei San was brought up soon, and after the medicine took effect, they began to continue their work.
The legs were sawed off and thrown into the wooden barrel, and then Manbao began to surround and sew them up.
The military doctor could not help with these matters. He knew how to saw off the leg in a way that avoided the main blood vessels and nerves, which would reduce bleeding and increase the chances of healing when the wound was burned afterwards, but he did not know much about suturing.
Manbao carefully treated the incision, sewed it up to stop the bleeding, and then applied medicine. "The saw is made of iron, and iron rusts easily. The wound is likely to worsen. I will prescribe him a prescription to stop the bleeding and prevent the wound from decaying. I hope that Master Tianzun will bless him."
The military doctor was stunned. "Who is Master Tianzun?"
"Taishang Laojun."
The military doctor said tactfully, "They believe in mountain gods, well, maybe wolf gods, or Buddha..."
Manbao readily changed his words and said, "I hope the gods they believe in will bless them, and our ancestors Bian Que and Hua Tuo will also bless them."
The military doctor remained silent.
The military doctor treated his other injuries, bandaged him, and then had him carried out. It would take at least half a month to know whether he could survive.
A wave of injured people came in, and the people in the medical tent were busy all the time. Finally, patients with minor injuries in the true sense appeared. Some of them had broken their heads, and some had cuts on their bodies, but the wounds were not very deep.
As soon as Manbao and the others saw these lightly injured patients, they knew that the battle should be over, or at least close to the end, and they didn't need to continue chasing them.
Zhou Liru finally walked away from the wooden bed, and took Bai Erlang and Liu Huanman to move around the tent, stitching people up, bandaging them, and applying medicine...
As more people came, most of the newly arrived injured could not even enter the medical tent and were directly carried outside.
So Zhou Liru took his men out and treated the wounds in the hot sun.
Manbao and the military doctor were responsible for the severely and moderately injured patients in the medical tent.
With the addition of Zhou Man and others, the medical tent, which could only handle about a quarter of the injuries, suddenly accommodated many seriously ill and moderately ill patients who should have been abandoned.
When Governor Duan came over with a murderous look on his face, he saw the rear full of wounded soldiers. He was startled and his face darkened. He asked, "So many people were injured?"
The logistics officer who had already done a preliminary inventory came up and said, "Sir, there are thirty-eight dead and one hundred and sixty-nine wounded, twelve of whom are seriously injured, and the rest are mostly lightly wounded."
He paused and said, "The wound on my shoulder, for example, has been classified as a minor one for now."
Governor Duan: "...What are you doing? Shouldn't minor injuries be treated as well? Why are you classifying them as minor injuries?"
The logistics officer said, "This is the division method used by military doctors. We originally agreed to treat minor injuries first and then the serious ones. But when Lady Zhou arrived, she started rescuing all those who she thought still had a chance of survival. So, these brothers with missing arms and legs weren't in a serious condition by comparison, so they could only be temporarily classified as minor injuries..."
Governor Duan went straight into the medical tent and saw Zhou Liru squatting on the ground adjusting the bones of a soldier who was howling like a ghost. The girl was obviously only about ten years old, but no one knew where she got the courage from. She let four soldiers hold the man down, relaxed her legs, and then pulled them forward with all her strength. After pulling them several times, she reached out to touch his bones, and sometimes she even massaged the injured leg directly.
When the bone was finally straightened, she began to apply ointment. It was done in no time, and then she fastened the board in place. "Alright, stop screaming. Don't move your legs from now on. They'll grow back after a while."
He added, "I'll give you a recipe for raw bones later."
The logistics officer who had caught up with them continued to whisper in Governor Duan's ear, "Sir, this is the second thing I want to tell you. Lord Zhou and Doctor Zhou prescribed a lot of other medicines, and those herbs are not among those purchased by the army, so..."
"So what? You don't want to treat me anymore?" Governor Duan glanced at him and asked, "Put away the prescription. We'll talk about it when we get back."
Logistics: "...Sir, Logistics has no money."
Governor Duan stroked his chin and said, "Let's buy on credit with those herbal medicine vendors first, and then find a pharmacy to buy on credit as well."
"Where can we get the money to pay it back?"
"Wait until the autumn harvest. When the autumn tax revenue comes in, we can cry to the court and transfer the money to pay off the debt. If that doesn't work, we can ask His Majesty to see if the Ministry of Revenue can provide some support."
Although he thought it was impossible, the officials in the Ministry of Revenue were the most biased and certainly could not see the difficulties they were facing in Liangzhou.
However, he can still get some of the taxes paid to the court, but it's a pity that his political achievements may be hit or miss again. If this continues, he may never be able to leave Liangzhou in his life.
Thinking of this, Governor Duan looked at the medical tent with even brighter eyes. If they were willing to say a few good words to the prince, perhaps there might be a chance.
So Governor Duan smiled and walked towards the medical tent with enthusiasm.
Bai Shan, who had come out with a basin of blood, was startled when he saw him, then he also greeted him enthusiastically, "Master Duan, is the bandit suppression over?"
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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