Chapter 2688 War
Bai Erlangshen left with her in a refreshed mood. In order to make management easier, he ran to his room to pack his bags and left with his two guards.
Oh, they were given to him by Mingda to protect Bai Jilang's safety.
He wants to live in the doctor's tent.
He handed the bundle to the guards and was almost in tears as he and Manbao walked out of the city. "You don't know how difficult it is to manage the armory. I don't want to manage it at all, but Bai Shan said this is the easiest. If this doesn't work, His Majesty will definitely be angry."
Although I'm here to get some credit, I can't just sit there and do nothing, right?
Manbao also complained to him, "It's hard to manage the medical bills. This Eastern Expedition is different from the last Western Expedition."
She said, "During the Western Expedition, General Ashina's men took care of the supply and logistics. We only cared about treating patients and using whatever medicine was available. But here, we have to take care of everything ourselves. The advantage is that we have a lot more medicine, so we won't run out of what we need. But the disadvantages are too many. You'll understand when you go there. Oh, I'm so tired~"
Manbao said, "When we get to the medical tent, you have to help me."
Bai Erlang was no stranger to this. During the Western Expedition, he helped manage this with Bai Shanyin or Liu Huan. He was familiar with registering and organizing medicinal materials.
He can also apply medicine, bandage and hand over knives to people. Generally, minor injuries are not difficult for him to treat.
Bai Erlang rolled his eyes and asked, "How about calling Liu Huan as well?"
Manbao shook his head and refused. "He is from the Ministry of Industry and came here for a proper job. My temple is not big and I don't need so many talented people."
Liu Huan has a superior and everyone follows his orders, unlike Bai Erlang who is an extra-staff member. He was picked out from the Hanlin Academy because the emperor wanted him to make a contribution.
It can be moved wherever it is needed, so Manbao has no psychological burden to use it.
The two of them rode back to the medical tent. Manbao took him directly to the pharmacy and called Wen Tiandong over. "Even though you already know each other, let me introduce him again. This is Bai Hanlin. He will be responsible for the logistics of our Imperial Medical Bureau from now on. Wen Tiandong, you will assist him."
Wen Tiandong responded respectfully and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The teacher was indeed very capable. When their medicinal materials were replaced, the teacher turned around and called the prince consort to guard the place, to see who would dare to meddle again.
Bai Erlang toured the pharmacy and the warehouse at the back, amazed. "So many herbs? And this is just the first batch?"
Manbao nodded.
Bai Erlang was shocked. "I remember that during the Western Expedition, the entire army only had this much medicinal materials for the entire journey, right?"
Man Bao said, "This time, our Imperial Medical Bureau prepared in advance. Not only did the Ministry of Revenue allocate five million yuan, but the Empress and others also raised over ten million yuan. This is far more than the medical expenses during the Western Expedition."
In the past, when the army set out, the medical expenses were saved from the food and fodder provided by the Ministry of Revenue. Basically, they were medicines for stopping bleeding and replenishing blood, and there was nothing more.
It is also because the medicinal materials were prepared in full this time that the soldiers' survival rate is so high.
Bai Erlang took the list and compared it with the others, then asked, "When will the next batch of herbs arrive?"
Manbao shook his head, "On the way, no news yet."
"The next war isn't far off. These should be enough, right?"
"Looking at the number of casualties, I hope Your Majesty and the others will cherish their lives."
The emperor was taking his generals to survey the terrain on site. He also wanted to capture Liaodong City at the lowest cost.
He stood on the high ground and looked towards Liaodong City. He said to the Duke of Zhao: "Tomorrow we will send troops to besiege Liaodong City and lure the garrison of Gaimu City to come to our aid. We can set up an ambush here..."
Duke Zhao also thought this place was suitable for an ambush and said, "We can also lure the troops out of Liaodong City."
"We've captured Xuantu and Hengshan, and time is running out. They'll definitely want to fight for them back. If we lose once..."
Ashina immediately said, "I am willing to be the bait."
The emperor nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Okay, go ahead."
Since they were going to feign defeat, the military doctors couldn't go too far forward, at least not in large numbers. So Zhou Man only selected eight students with good riding skills, four male students and four female students. The nine of them carried medicine boxes and accompanied the old military doctor.
The army was stationed forty miles away from Liaodong City. When General Ashina and his men went to besiege the city, they stayed behind with the remaining troops. Manbao rode a horse with Xibing and a small group of soldiers to a high ground, and stood on tiptoe to look towards Liaodong City.
General Ashina led his men in a quarrel under the city gate. The people of Liaodong City could not stand it and opened the city gate. Some generals led their troops out to fight with General Ashina. They fought for an hour and charged twice. The other side probably found that they could not win, and General Ashina could not kill them all or attack into the city, so he sounded the horn to withdraw his troops.
The garrison in Liaodong City retreated back to the city. General Ashina only had his men chase and kill them for a while, but when arrows were shot down from the city gate, he immediately ordered his men to retreat and also withdrew.
Of course, when they evacuated, they took away all the corpses and wounded soldiers that could be taken away.
Manbao heard the voice and turned around to ride on his horse, "Let's go back."
When they ran back, a soldier had already come back to inform them, shouting, "The general is withdrawing his troops—"
The medical tent and the kitchen were busy at the same time. Manbao dismounted and ordered, "Prepare two more pots and boil water. Start boiling the medicine now. Are all the medicine bags ready?"
Zhou Liru followed behind and said, "Everything is ready."
Manbao nodded and said, "Let Wen Tiandong sort the injured."
The soldiers carried back all the corpses and wounded soldiers, put the dead ones aside, and carried the breathing ones to the medical tent.
General Ashina wiped his face and began to count the number of people. At the same time, he asked people to keep an eye on Liaodong City to see if anyone came out to clean up the battlefield.
There are still more knife wounds and arrow wounds, but this time the proportion of arrow wounds is larger.
Fortunately, not all arrowheads have barbs.
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief and asked everyone to prepare for the operation.
Having experienced this once before, this time the students were orderly and at least their faces weren't pale.
Manbao took out the arrow and immediately pressed the wound with the medicine bag with one hand while taking out a needle to stop the bleeding with the other hand. After a while, he picked up the medicine bag and began to suture him to stop the bleeding.
Xibing went to deal with minor injuries, and Manbao is now alone again.
After Wen Tiandong had sorted out the patients, he came over to help. The busiest place at the moment was the medical tent.
It wasn't until the afternoon that they finished treating all the wounded. After washing their hands, everyone squatted in the camp with steamed buns to eat while watching them deal with the bodies.
For those who died in battle, their wooden signs should be collected and sent back to their families along with the pension.
The bodies were burned, and most of them turned into ashes to nourish the land. Some of them were from the same hometown, and they would take a handful back to their families as a remembrance.
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(End of this chapter)
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