The main camp of the government army’s central route, in the central army tent.

Zhang Chen lay on the marching bed with a pale face, his left shoulder wrapped in thick gauze, and the blood that had seeped out had turned dark red.

Just one day later, the majestic Marshal Zhang became so weak.

There is no way. No matter how strong a man is, he cannot defeat the fierce and wolfish tactics of the military doctor.

After bringing him back to the camp yesterday, the doctor found that the lead had penetrated the cotton armor and embedded in the Marshal's shoulder blade. He then followed the method in "Military Chinese Medicine Prescriptions" and poured mercury into the wound to make it react with the lead to form amalgam. After a while, he poured out the mercury and replaced it with mercury until the lead dissolved by itself...

And traditional thinking holds that mercury can also be used for disinfection.

Therefore, the fact that early human surgical operations could "kill three people in one go" was not just a European invention.

The doctor applied golden wound medicine to Zhang Chen, boiled some herbs for oral administration, and tried everything he could, but he started to have a fever since midnight yesterday...

This means that the carbuncle poison has entered the body.

This is what the soldiers fear the most. Once you have a fever, you can only hope for the best. If you can't make it through, you will die.

Marshal Zhang's fever came so suddenly and fiercely that it was very likely that he had encountered the most poisonous kind. I'm afraid he is in great danger.

Zhang Chen was a soldier who had fought in many battles, so he knew all about this. Looking at his son and his generals who looked serious, he smiled weakly and said,

"A general who keeps a clay pot close to his well is doomed to die in battle. You don't have to do the same. The fortune teller said that I would always be involved in bloody disasters in my life, but I was able to turn misfortune into fortune every time. I have been lucky enough to grow from a private to where I am today. No one can be lucky all the time, right?"

"Father..." Zhang Chengyin shed tears and said, "Stop talking and have a good rest."

"Who knows if I can wake up again after falling asleep?" Zhang Chen shook his head and sighed, "I have killed so many brothers. I have to give an explanation to the remaining sons before I can rest assured."

"Marshal, no one blames you!" Deputy General Lu Kanshan choked up and said, "We brothers are willing to go through life and death with you!"

"Alas..." Zhang Chen sighed again, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his right hand, and asked, "Where is Eunuch Pang?"

"They urged us to attack again early this morning, but we just sent them back." Lu Kanshan snorted, most likely using physical methods to persuade them.

"Don't make things difficult for the soldiers. No matter how many eggs you throw against the rocks, they will only break into a pile of egg drop soup." Zhang Chen said the most important thing first, swallowed hard and said, "With this battle, we have a clear conscience. But the question is, will the emperor think so? I don't think so..."

"Damn it! It's all the old emperor's fault!" A lieutenant general stomped his feet in anger and said, "If it wasn't for this damned guy who killed Grandpa Hai, how could the Jiangnan Group rebel?!"

"Keep your voice down, or the people from the East Factory will hear you!" Lu Kanshan glared at him.

"If I die on the way, you will put all the blame on me, saying that I ordered the withdrawal. Anyway, I am dead, so I can be considered to have made the best use of my resources." Zhang Chen took a breath and said calmly, "If the eunuch who supervises the army stops us, Cheng Yin will kill him."

"Okay, neither male nor female, it's disgusting to look at!" Zhang Chengyin nodded in response.

"Marshal!" The subordinates choked up and said, "We can't let the young marshal get involved!"

"Listen to me..." Zhang Chen said to everyone, "You should also make plans early. After this battle, we know that the emperor will lose, but the emperor will definitely not think so. He will definitely come back. When the time comes, he will inevitably use you to make trouble..."

After saying this, he closed his eyes tiredly, and the generals had to leave sadly.

Zhang Chengyin was the only one left in the central army tent to take care of his father. Zhang Chen suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his son, and said with his last bit of strength: "After killing the eunuch who supervises the army, you can run away. In this chaotic situation, no one will issue a warrant to arrest you..."

"My son doesn't want to live on the run for the rest of his life, so he might as well die with me!" Zhang Chengyin said with red eyes.

“Don’t worry, the world will be at peace in a year at the shortest, or two years at the longest…” Zhang Chen said weakly, and this time he really fell into a coma.

Zhang Chengyin touched his forehead and it was as hot as a burning charcoal!

With tears in her eyes, she quickly put an ice cotton towel on her father's forehead to cool him down.

~~

When Zhang Chen woke up again, he found that although he was still very weak, his fever had subsided and he was lying in a moving carriage.

Hearing the sound of a large army marching outside the car, Zhang Chen raised his right hand with difficulty and knocked on the car.

The car door swung open, Zhang Chengyin poked his head in and cheered, "Father, you're finally awake!"

Upon hearing the news, all the generals turned their horses over and were overjoyed to see that his life was no longer in danger. The morale of the entire army was also boosted!

"Is it really God's blessing that I have turned danger into safety again?" Zhang Chen was completely confused.

"It's not God's blessing!" Zhang Chengyin looked a little strange, and jumped onto the carriage, closed the door and said, "It's the rebels... Oh, the leaders of the Tangshan garrison, Commander Zheng and Military Commissioner Cai, they actually knew about my father's condition and sent someone to deliver the magic medicine 'Shengsheng Creation Liquid'..."

"My father had already fainted due to a high fever, and we couldn't take care of anything else. We followed their instructions and gave him an injection... I didn't expect his fever to go away in just two days!"

The so-called "life-creating liquid" is naturally penicillin. But Zhao Hao felt that the name "penicillin" was too revealing and not sad enough, so he gave it this name out of spite.

After 20 years of continuous research, researchers from Jiangnan Medical College have tried almost all substrates that can be used to cultivate Penicillium, and finally found that using Hami melons produced in Gansu, they can cultivate 1,000 times more Penicillium strains.

Therefore, the annual production of "Life-giving Liquid" can treat thousands of critically ill patients, barely enough for the internal use of the group and the coast guard. It is still extremely precious and strictly prohibited from being leaked...

Zhang Chen heard that Qi Jiguang was cured by this miraculous medicine, and he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to use it.

"Why do they do this..." Marshal Zhang couldn't help but be moved.

"The people who came said that although the two armies are now facing each other, they are all Chinese men. Their leaders admire you and our Central Army very much, and hope to have a chance to drink with you in the future, so their commander gave his quota to you." Zhang Chengyin said with an increasingly strange expression:

"Now the soldiers have even less will to fight. As soon as father's fever subsides, we will withdraw our troops."

"Alas, this situation is much bigger than the emperor's." Zhang Chen sighed repeatedly, "No wonder... By the way, did you kill Eunuch Pang?"

"No." Zhang Chengyin shook his head and said, "Not long after my father fell into a coma, the messenger we sent out brought back Wang Shaobao's order. He asked us to try harder, and if it doesn't work, we should withdraw our troops..."

"Haha..." Zhang Chen couldn't help but laugh. Marshal Wang is really a wonderful person and he is responsible.

"Eunuch Pang knew he couldn't stop it, so he left a harsh remark and ran back to the capital to file a complaint." Zhang Chengyin said, then stopped talking.

"Is there anything else you are hiding from me?" Zhang Chen frowned.

"Yes, the scouts who were left behind discovered that the rebels in Tangshan were clearing those iron coils and re-laying the tracks, apparently preparing for an attack." Zhang Chengyin whispered.

"It's normal." Zhang Chen was not surprised at all. If it were him, he would also boldly launch a counterattack if he found the enemy so vulnerable.

"Should we get out of the way, or..." Zhang Chengyin became more and more vague.

Seeing that his young and energetic son had no intention of fighting, Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh that this injection was really effective.

It’s really not cheap…

"Let's wait and see." Zhang Chen thought for a moment and told Zhang Chengyin, "Send more scouts to keep a close eye on it."

"Yes, father commander." Zhang Chengyin responded quickly in a deep voice.

"You shouldn't go there in person..." Zhang Chen said with lingering fear.

"Hey." Zhang Chengyin didn't want to show off. He didn't want to compete with others in shooting at all...

~~

Tangshan City.

A hot air balloon with a blue silk surface slowly rose up. The scout, who was wrapped tightly in fur, wearing windproof glasses and leather gloves, carefully searched the surroundings with a high-powered telescope, and landed on the open space behind the artillery position before the gas in the cylinder ran out.

When the scout announced that the three enemy lines had all retreated fifty miles away, and the Baoding troops, who arrived the latest, were already a hundred miles away, Tangshan City immediately became a sea of ​​celebration.

The citizens were immediately overjoyed. They dropped their work and rushed to the streets, beating drums and gongs and cheering wildly!

Tang Hulu did not stop it, but only asked the City Hall and the Public Security Bureau to maintain order and not let the joy turn into tragedy.

Everyone has been busy for a whole winter, working intensively day and night, and spent the Spring Festival in the factory. The accumulated stress and fatigue can be imagined.

Now that the government troops have finally been repelled, the people of Tangshan must be given a proper release!

Not only did we repel the government troops, but our army remained unscathed...Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Strictly speaking, there were still a dozen gunners who were injured due to operating errors, or were injured by the recoil of the cannon, or had their feet comminuted by dropped shells... Fortunately, none of them were in danger of life.

However, the citizens still paid the greatest respect to their own soldiers.

The popular song "Marine Corps March" once again resounded through the streets of Tangshan.

The phrase "Invincible in battle, peace is ushered in; the elders welcome the return of the soldiers. Fill the cups with fine wine and offer them to the soldiers and their families!" is the best description of this moment.

But the admiring looks of the young girls and wives made the militiamen feel a little embarrassed.

Of course they were happy to have driven away the enemy. But from beginning to end, they didn't even fire a single shot, they just watched the others fire their cannons... They couldn't even brag about being awesome, so what was the point of worshipping them?

If they had known this would happen, they would have fought hard to join the artillery regiment.

At this time, a shocking news completely ignited their emotions - Commander Zheng was going to organize troops to pursue the invading enemy!

Members of various militia battalions and workers' guards hurriedly urged their captains to volunteer to fight!

This time, we can't just watch the fun...