Chapter 403: The body is alive, but the heart is dead

Hearing that the injured were being sent up the mountain, Song Yuqiu could no longer sit still, "I want to go save them!"

There were limited doctors and conditions in the Green Forest Alliance, so she went there to save as many people as possible.

"I'll go with you." Xie Zhuoning stood up immediately.

Ling Xiao wanted to object, fearing that they were in danger, but before he could open his mouth, Xia Ju stood in front of him.

So the words on his lips became, "Then...then I'll go too."

Several people came to the place where the wounded were placed. Seeing the bloody and wailing figures, Song Yuqiu immediately rolled up his sleeves and began to treat their wounds. "I need a few people to help."

Xie Zhuoning nodded to show that he understood, and immediately went to the back hill to find the women who were sewing the tarpaulin. "Has anyone among you studied medicine? It doesn't matter if you haven't, just be brave and careful."

Everyone looked at each other, and soon, several women actually stood up.

Xichuan is surrounded by mountains. Before they went up the mountains, they were all herbalists in the village.

Xie Zhuoning scanned everyone's faces one by one, and finally paused at Chun Mei's face at the end. He was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything more and asked them to follow him.

Song Yuqiu was busy and exhausted, but when he saw his sister Zhuoning brought so many helpers, his eyebrows relaxed a lot, "It's just right, these minor injuries will be handed over to you to deal with, and leave one to come and help me."

Chun Mei stood up without hesitation and said, "Let me do it. My father used to be a doctor in the village, and I used to help him."

"Then it's you," Song Yuqiu didn't have time to choose and continued to treat him, "Take out the axe from my box."

Chun Mei was stunned, "Ah?"

Use an axe to treat the wound?

But she was only stunned for a moment, then she obediently took out an axe from Song Yuqiu's medicine box and handed it over.

As she turned the pages, her forehead throbbed at the various knives, hammers, tweezers and scissors inside.

This doesn't look like a doctor's box, it looks more like a carpenter's.

But when she saw Song Yuqiu heal the wound in just a few moves, she was instantly filled with admiration for her.

"Doctor Song, the Second Master is dying!"

Hearing this, Song Yuqiu didn't even have time to catch his breath and immediately ran straight to the second in command.

The second in command was hit by several arrows and had many wounds. He kept vomiting blood and even started talking nonsense in a confused state.

Song Yuqiu listened attentively and was amused. "As expected of an educated man, he still remembers to recite the Three Character Classic at this time."

She asked for some strong liquor and began to disinfect the second in command's wounds one by one.

With so many wounds, it was almost as easy to eliminate them as if they were soaked in a wine jar. The severe pain made the second in command scream "Ah", and he suddenly became much more sober.

"Awake? Awake is the best. I'm going to start pulling out the arrow. Just bear with it!"

Before Song Yuqiu finished his words, he exerted force suddenly and an arrow was pulled out in an instant. The barb was covered with blood and flesh, and you can see how painful it was.

The second in command's face turned pale with pain, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat. However, when he saw Chun Mei standing beside him, he actually swallowed back his screams, "No...it doesn't hurt..."

Song Yuqiu seemed to notice something and immediately said, "Chunmei, go and wipe the blood and sweat off his face."

"Okay." Chun Mei did as she was told.

Now the second in command's attention has been drawn over there.

Song Yuqiu struck while the iron was hot and moved quickly, pulling out three arrows in a row without giving the second in command time to react.

When he finally reacted, he screamed like a pig being slaughtered: "Ah!!!"

"How is it? Are you okay?" Song Yuqiu asked with a smile.

The second in command clenched his teeth and squeezed out the words, "Okay..."

A man can't say no.

Especially in front of the girl he loves.

Song Yuqiu said: "If it works, then let's turn it over and remove the arrow from its buttocks."

The arrow was shot wickedly and hit him right in the butt.

In order to facilitate transportation, the arrow feathers have been cut off, leaving only the shear head in the flesh.

The second in command asked stiffly, "You can pull it off, but can you not take off your pants?"

Song Yuqiu raised an eyebrow, "How can I pull it out without taking off my pants?"

Of that arrow, only the tip was left, and I had to cut a hole in it with a knife before I could use tweezers to get it out, so I had to cut the pants open completely.

"Okay, stop wasting time. You're going to die if you keep wasting time!"

Facing Song Yuqiu's urging, the second in command secretly glanced at Chunmei beside him, then resigned himself to his fate and turned over and lay down.

He thought, it's so shameful, I might as well die.

Xie Zhuoning stood by and coordinated the placement of the injured.

She had seen these things when she was in Beiguan, and she was very familiar with doing them.

When Xiao Jinxuan came back, he saw that everything was in order, meticulous and proper, and no casualties died or suffered worse injuries.

A little smile appeared in his eyes, "Aning, you did a great job."

Xie Zhuoning raised his lips and said, "I dare not take credit for this, it's all their credit."

It was A-Yu who never stopped for a moment, and the female soldiers who moved among the wounded and bandaged them.

"Well, give them credit!" Xiao Jinxuan said, then asked, "What about Lai Lao Er?"

If he hadn't discovered it in time this time, he would have had to pay many times the price to win.

Xie Zhuoning thought for a moment and said, "The person is alive, but his heart is dead."

Xiao Jinxuan: “Hmm?”

"At least he's alive." Xie Zhuoning asked him, "How's the situation down the mountain?"

Xiao Jinxuan said, "He Wenjun's son led the team and attacked again."

Xie Zhuoning was slightly surprised, "Then why are there no injured people?"

"He wants to challenge me one on one."

"Huh? Why is he so upset?"

"I don't know." Xiao Jinxuan shook his head, "But when he left, he had all the roads down the mountain dug up."

The Xichuan Army is planning to adopt a siege tactic.

Cut off the Green Forest Alliance's retreat route and trap all of them in the mountains. When they run out of ammunition and food, that will be their death.

Xie Zhuoning smiled when he heard this, "I was afraid they wouldn't use this trick."

They cut off the bridge lock in front of them themselves and inflicted heavy damage on the Xichuan Army in the back hill, making them feel that it was hopeless to go up the hill and they could only adopt siege tactics at the foot of the hill.

As a result, the Xichuan army was slowed down and could only stay at the foot of the mountain for a long time.

The Green Forest Alliance can also avoid direct confrontation with the army and reduce casualties.

As for being besieged to death?

Does not exist.

Once Yang Lie's army arrived, the Xichuan Army had no time to pay attention to the Green Forest Alliance.

Looking at the sky that was about to brighten in the distance, Xie Zhuoning murmured, "The next few days will be sunny."

…

After besieging the Green Forest Alliance for several days in a row, many people in the Xichuan Army could no longer sit still.

They found He Ming and firmly demanded that he send troops.

"How long can we hold out here? If this continues, the general will die!"

"Not only that, I think this is very wrong. The leader of the other side is so powerful, why did he not put up any resistance when we surrounded him? Does he have any backup plan?"

But He Ming was stubborn and insisted, "You just think too highly of them. They are just better than me in fighting, but they are from humble backgrounds, so what strategies can they have? If we continue to besiege them for a few more days, they will run out of food and grass, and will naturally surrender. This is called defeating the enemy without fighting. By then, won't they respectfully send my father out like an ancestor?"

This statement was echoed by many people close to him, but those who had fought with Xiao Jinxuan did not agree.

If the opponent was just a reckless man, they would not have failed to conquer the Green Forest Alliance until now.

While He Ming was talking, the scouts came to report one after another -

"Report—the western camp was attacked by the enemy!"

"Report - Dongying granary has been occupied!"

"Report - a large army is approaching from the north, there may be tens of thousands of troops!"

Reporting one after another, He Ming and his companions were so confused that they were disoriented.

"What's going on? When did the Green Forest Alliance come down the mountain? Is there a way we don't know about?"

"No, they are not from the Green Forest Alliance," the scout replied breathlessly, "they are from the Nanyang Army!"