Chapter 2710 Patience
"Prince, do you want to pursue this victory?"
Prince Gao: "...How can I win?"
Defending the city is also a victory, the generals thought to themselves.
"They've set up a checkpoint twenty miles outside Anshi City. How are we going to survive in Anshi City in the future? Second Prince, we must take back the land under Anshi City's jurisdiction at all costs."
Anshi City is a big city. The area eighty miles away belongs to Guo County. The Jin army set up a checkpoint twenty miles away, directly occupying more than half of the land in the northern suburbs of Anshi City, greatly reducing their future living space.
Prince Gao was hesitant and didn't want to send troops at this time. "What if it's a trap?"
"The imperial edict has already been issued. It shouldn't be a trap, right?"
But Prince Gao Er insisted that the city gates facing west and north remain closed.
But they quietly sent out scouts, "Watch their camps for any signs of troops leaving the camp, and carefully check all roads leading to our side."
"yes."
Manbao took the winnowing basket and placed it on the shelf. He simply flipped through the herbs and turned around to see Bai Shan and his men hurriedly riding past on horseback. The two of them only had time to nod before he went to the City Lord's Mansion.
At that time, the emperor and several generals and ministers lived there, while Manbao and the medical staff lived in a house next to it.
She clapped her hands and went back to the house where the students were making pills and powders.
Seeing Zhou Man come in, one student couldn't help but mutter, "Teacher, we're all going back to the capital, why are we still making pills and powders?"
There are also hemostatic kits. They started making them yesterday and have already made a lot.
Man Bao said, "These herbs were purchased for the war effort, using military funds. Even after the Eastern Expedition is over, these herbs will remain with the army. There are few doctors in the army, and it's unclear how long it will take them to deal with the problem. Since we have nothing to do right now, you can make more. If they don't need to be distributed to the other armies later, they can directly give them to the injured soldiers."
Everyone can only continue to focus on making medicine.
Manbao continued to check the medicinal herbs they had dug during this period. After cleaning them, he put them on a winnowing basket and took them out to dry.
Some medicinal materials need to be processed after drying, which involves quite a few steps.
Manbao took the dustpan out and placed it on the shelf. Bai Erlang, who lived next door to them, came over, grabbed a handful of herbs, unconsciously turned them over, and said in a low voice, "I think this is a bit strange."
Manbao glanced at him and slapped his hand away.
Bai Erlang stopped touching her herbs and continued to whisper, "Really, don't you think Bai Shan has been a little too busy lately?"
He invited him to go out and play together, and stroll around Liaodong City, oh, now it's Liaozhou City, but he didn't agree to go, and he also told him to go out less recently.
According to his understanding of Bai Shan, every time he went to a place, he had to appreciate the local scenery and customs.
Bai Erlang glanced at Zhou Man and said, "You can still make excuses like you're making medicine, but he didn't even make excuses. He just said he was busy. But what was he busy with?"
Manbao said: "They are busy dealing with the aftermath. Haven't you seen that they are compiling a list of people to be relocated recently?"
Bai Erlang said, "I asked, and Fang Sheren is responsible for this matter."
"Also," he lowered his voice, "I noticed that there are fewer soldiers in the main tent. Even General Ashina and General Xue are not in the tent."
Of course, it was impossible for all 60,000 of their soldiers to enter the city. The army was mainly stationed outside the city. Manbao had to appoint military doctors and students to take turns to guard the big tent. Not only did they take care of the wounded, but they also had to prescribe medicine for soldiers who had headaches or fevers.
Manbao looked at him and asked, "Why are you going to the big tent when you have nothing to do?"
Bai Erlang: "...I'm in charge of the Imperial Medical Bureau's pharmacy. I'll urge the military logistics officer to quickly deliver the next batch of medicinal materials."
Bai Erlang was used to urging people to come. The previous batch of medicinal materials was delayed, so he made two logistics trips a day. Now that the medicinal materials have arrived, even if they are about to return to the court, he is used to going over and reminding the logistics officers that even if they have returned to the court, their medicinal materials still need to be transported. How to deal with them is the business of the Imperial Medical Bureau, right?
After going back and forth a few times, I found that the tents in the camp seemed a little empty.
Some of the tents were not occupied enough. Originally, one tent was supposed to accommodate twenty people, but now only ten people lived in it. Some were simply empty. When he walked past, there was no strong smell at all. When he opened the tent, he found that it was empty, without even a quilt. No one had ever lived there.
Bai Erlang stared at the calm Zhou Man and said, "Tell me, do you know something but are hiding it from me?"
Manbao looked at him meaningfully and said, "Some things need to be understood by yourself. They can only be understood intuitively, but cannot be passed on."
Bai Erlang questioned, "You and Bai Shan also understand each other, isn't there any tradition?"
Man Bao said, "We haven't lived together since the army returned to Liaodong City. The only two things we've said to each other are, 'Get some rest.' 'You too, be careful.'"
"How do we pass it on?"
Bai Erlang looked at her sympathetically and said, "Compared to this, Bai Shan and I talked more than you did."
After all, the emperor has recently liked to take him to court, and he can always say a few words by standing next to Bai Shan.
From this conversation with Zhou Man, Bai Erlang confirmed his suspicion that the Eastern Expedition was not over yet, so he urged her, "You must keep our ginseng safe."
Manbao waved his hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I'll keep it well."
The ginseng is now placed in Koko's space, and is occasionally taken out to dry. Ginseng needs to be dried in the shade, so there is no rush, and she has plenty of time.
After Manbao had turned over the medicinal herbs, he would occasionally wonder where the soldiers who had left halfway were now.
They were hiding in the woods. A scout carefully circled back from outside and reported to the general sitting on the ground, "Only a few scouts were released through the small city gate. I didn't dare get too close. I saw them from hiding in the trees. They were heading towards Liaodong City."
General Ashina said, "They must be going to investigate the situation at the main tent. Stay where you are and be careful not to reveal your whereabouts."
A group of barbarians swatted a small insect to death and sighed, "General, we are heroes on horseback. How long do we have to stay in this forest?"
"Wait for news," General Ashina glanced at them and said, "Hold on tight! It's better to endure a little hardship now than to storm the city gates. Do you think climbing a siege ladder is that easy?"
Among ten people climbing the siege ladder, six will die, and three will be seriously injured. Only one can climb up the city wall, and the chance of survival of that one person is only 20%. Their role is to tie down the troops on the city wall so that the people below can break open the city gate.
They immediately stopped talking, as they didn't want to climb the siege ladder.
Emperor: I'm competing with you in patience
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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