Chapter 2757 Cause and Effect
Bai Shan was a little trembling and asked, "What needle?"
Manbao grinned and said to him, "Don't worry, the needle that can make you turn pale is harmless."
Bai Shan was worried and couldn't help but look at Daji.
Daji, who had been silent all this time, met the young master's gaze and said after a pause, "Young master, please listen to the young lady."
Bai Shan withdrew his gaze.
There were sounds of people moving around and crying out in pain outside. She knew that many soldiers were injured in this battle, so she left Daji and said, "You stay here and keep an eye on General Qibi. If anything goes wrong, come to me immediately."
Bai Shan and Da Ji agreed.
Bai Shan knew some medical knowledge and could judge the severity of the injury. It happened that he had to pretend to be injured and could not go out, so he could only do his best to help here.
Manbao hurried out to take care of the wounded outside. When she met General Qibi's personal guards, she said, "The arrowheads have been taken out of both of them. They are safe for now. I've left someone inside to take care of them. You can go about yourselves."
The guards looked at each other, and one of them said, "Sir Zhou, can we take a look at the general? Just a glance would be fine."
Manbao thought about it and nodded, "Let's go in and take a look."
They immediately lifted the curtain and went in. Bai Shan, who heard their conversation, had turned his head to the side and pretended to be asleep.
The bodyguards rushed forward to see Qibi Heli, and saw that his face was pale, and some blood had seeped out of the bandages wrapped around his body. There were three bloody arrows on the plate next to him, and three basins of blood on the ground.
Several people's faces were a little gloomy, and their eyes were red. "Master Zhou, is our general really okay?"
Manbao: "...Which eye of yours saw that he was okay?"
The guards' eyes became even redder.
Manbao couldn't bear to hear people crying, especially those grown men covered in blood. She softened her voice and said, "The arrow has been taken out, and it looks like his heart meridian is protected. But he lost too much blood, and he has previous injuries. I'm not sure if his body can heal with the help of medicine."
She paused and then said, "I can tell you in three days whether he survived."
The personal guards had been on the battlefield for a long time and naturally knew this. They asked again just to get Lord Zhou's confirmation.
After all, she was a miracle doctor who had saved countless dying people since she went to the battlefield. If she could say with certainty that the general was fine, then he must be alive.
The guards remained silent with red eyes.
When she turned around and saw Bai Shan lying beside her, her eyes became even redder.
A personal soldier seemed to want to say something to Zhou Man but stopped himself.
Seeing that he looked troubled, Manbao asked, "Just tell me what you want to say."
She felt uncomfortable watching him look so conflicted.
"Master Zhou, Master Bai was injured while trying to save our general. You have saved our general many times. I don't know how to repay your life-saving grace."
Another one couldn't help but say, "The general was injured by an arrow while trying to save Lord Bai." If Lord Bai was not on the battlefield, they would have protected the general and evacuated long ago.
Bai Shan had only been on the battlefield a few times, and he was always on the offensive, rarely retreating, so his speed was slow when he retreated. Because of this slow speed, Qibi Heli also slowed down to protect him.
Not only were there arrows flying all over the battlefield, but orders were also issued from the city wall, and more arrows were shot at them. The personal soldiers protected Qibi Heli, and Qibi Heli himself was quite capable, so he was able to deal with it calmly.
But Bai Shan was slightly inferior. At that time, an arrow was not blocked by the shield and shot straight towards Bai Shan. Qibi Heli suddenly pulled the opponent and turned sideways to cut off the arrow for him. Then his rear was lost, and he was hit by an arrow in the back when he turned around.
But in Bai Shan's eyes, he was just being pulled. When he came to his senses, Qibi Heli suddenly rushed forward because he was shot by an arrow. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the man with all his strength, and then pulled him and his horse away in the hail of arrows.
He was so nervous at the time that he didn't feel anything at all, but Qibi Heli's personal guards and Daji saw that Bai Shan was hit by two arrows in the back because he was protecting Qibi Heli's rear.
For a moment, it was hard to tell who was the savior of the other.
Manbao listened to the whole thing in silence. Finally, he kicked them all out and said, "There are two patients who need to recover now. Don't hang around here if you don't have anything to do. If you really have time, go to the front and help. The medical tent is very short-staffed right now."
Chopping wood, boiling water, and delivering medicine all require people.
The bodyguards were driven away.
Manbao went to deal with other wounded soldiers. This time, most of them were wounded by arrows. The Jin army even brought back many injured Goguryeo soldiers.
These Goguryeo soldiers had been abandoned, and many of them died in the hail of arrows along with the Jin army.
They were defeated on their own, and the Jin army was too lazy to kill them, so they just captured them and brought them back.
The living ones were dragged along with them to the battlefield to dig out the wounded and send them back to the medical tent, while the dead ones were temporarily abandoned on the battlefield.
At this time, they felt complicated as they watched the Jin army continuously throwing stones at the inner city and firing bows and crossbows at the city walls.
Just as they were daydreaming, they were kicked on the butt and fell to the ground. They turned their heads angrily to look over.
The Jin soldier who had kicked them placed a person they were carrying in front of them and scolded them, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and carry your man to the medical tent. We've already pulled you out, and you still think we can carry him over for you?"
When they looked closely, they saw that the man who had been put down had an arrow stuck in his stomach. He was pressing his stomach with his hand, lying on the ground with a pale face and not moving.
They came to their senses and immediately lifted the man up and took him to the medical tent.
Bai Erlang, who was standing in front of the medical tent sorting out the soldiers, saw this, frowned, and then arranged them in and lined them up for Manbao to see.
Even though Manbao had dug up a lot of arrowheads during this period, he still had a headache this time, especially because among these people there were not only Jin soldiers, but also Goguryeo soldiers. Some of them could not speak Mandarin, so it was inconvenient for Manbao to communicate with them.
When night fell, the attack in front stopped. Xue Gui thought for a while and waved his hand to order people to retreat, and retreated to the main camp with the medical tent.
The emperor in the small town also knew about this and had brought Duke Zhao and others to the camp.
As soon as they returned, the emperor asked in a deep voice, "How is it?"
Xue Gui and Governor Niu lowered their heads and said in shame, "We are ashamed to live up to your Majesty's high expectations."
The emperor frowned and sighed for a moment, "This is indeed not a good time to attack the city. I don't blame you for this."
He asked, "How is General Qibi?"
Manbao, who had been standing at the back with his head down, could only step out and report: "The arrow has been removed, but he is not out of danger yet."
The emperor asked, "Where is Bai Shan? I heard he was also seriously injured."
Manbao said, "He's better."
Manbao was afraid that he would ask Doctor Lu and others to see him, so he quickly said the best thing. "The arrow wound is not deep, and he is young, so he will recover quickly. He will be stable after taking a dose of medicine."
The emperor sighed when he thought of Qibi Heli, and then he stood up and said, "Let's go and see General Qibi."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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