Free Web NovelChapter 2323: Chapter 2298: Terrified
The medical tent was equipped with torches and lamps, making it brightly lit. The army doctor had been waiting, but upon seeing the arrows on General Guo and Junior General Guo, their complexion changed, "This..."
How to treat this?
Fortunately, the army doctor was experienced and quickly reacted, immediately ordering, "Bring the scissors over, cut the arrow feathers first, hurry and boil the hemostatic medicine..."
Manbao also quickly entered, rolled up her sleeves and said, "I have emergency hemostatic pills, the hemostatic medicine needs to be boiled, but first apply the medicine to revitalize the blood."
She recited a string of medicine names and said to Zhou Liru, "Quickly go fetch the medicines and boil them."
Zhou Liru repeated the names and after confirming with his little aunt that there was no mistake, he went to fetch the medicines.
Manbao first checked on General Guo, felt his pulse, and immediately turned around to check on Junior General Guo; he still had some consciousness, struggling to open his eyes, vaguely saw Zhou Man, his mouth moved, but no sound came out.
Junior General Guo didn’t realize his voice wasn’t coming out, he just felt someone patting his shoulder, and faintly heard someone speaking to him, "Rest assured."
So he peacefully lost consciousness.
The army doctor saw Zhou Man directly give up on General Guo, couldn’t help but touch him; the pulse was almost inaudible, and observed the position of the three arrows, he gritted his teeth, also turned to leave, and rushed to Junior General Guo.
The soldiers in the medical tent brought scissors, Manbao took them, held the arrow shafts and cut the feathers, leaving only a short section.
The army doctor was shocked, asking, "How can you pull out the arrow like this?"
Manbao said, "Pulling out the arrow at this position would mean death, so it needs to be dug out."
The arrow had barbs, pulling it out would bring out a lot of blood and flesh, elsewhere might be fine, but this position was very dangerous.
The army doctor understood, but digging out would...
"It might drag out even more flesh and blood."
Manbao said, "I’ll carefully separate some veins and arteries."
Manbao was quick to peel back his armor and used scissors to cut open all the clothing on his upper body.
Bai Shan brought her medicine chest in, took a look and then took out a hemostatic pack to replace the medicine pack on his chest.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan each brought a basin of hot water in, everyone methodically wiped the bloodstains from his body.
Manbao inserted needles to stop the bleeding and protect the heart pulse.
Junior General Guo had two arrows, one in the right rear back and one in the left front chest, Manbao and the army doctor first dealt with the one on the right rear back.
Pulling arrows was an area the army doctor was very familiar with; among the injuries brought to him, at least six out of ten would require arrow extraction, so he was very experienced, even before Manbao pressed his back, he had already placed one hand on his back and quickly pulled out the arrowhead with force.
He used the right amount of strength, not much flesh and blood came out, but there was still a gurgle of blood pouring outwards, Manbao swiftly pressed a medicine pack over it, after a while found the bleeding slowing down, then removed it to check, confirmed there was no residue inside, quickly cleaned the wound and then sewed it up.
The army doctor was stunned at her sewing speed, "Won’t the wound split open?"
Manbao said, "If the texture is correct, it won’t, veins and flesh are symmetrical..."
Manbao sewed halfway, felt his pulse, her expression changed slightly, she turned her head and told Zhou Liru, who had just returned with medicine, "You check his blood, he needs a transfusion."
Zhou Liru’s eyes lit up, immediately agreed.
Bai Erlang became enthused, put down the basin, "I’ll help too." freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Liu Huan also put his down, "Me too."
So the three of them ran off.
The army doctor hearing about the blood transfusion also had his eyes lit up, he had specifically inquired about this Imperial Doctor Zhou, knew she had an expert skill in transfusion for treating trauma, he also wanted to see it, but...
He looked at Zhou Man who was focused on sewing, wanting to watch her sew.
After contemplating, he stepped forward and pushed Bai Shan holding the lamp aside, snatched the lamp from his hand and smilingly said, "Young Master Bai, let me handle this."
Bai Shan:...
He simply turned around and went out, looking at the distant firelight forming a line in Wang City, Junior General Meng hadn’t returned, obviously they were still fighting.
It seemed bad to him, he called Assistant General Nie, "Who’s in charge in the army now?"
Assistant General Nie said, "I inquired, below General Guo are General Zhao and General Li, but both followed into the city, also uncertain if there’s danger, currently from what I know, Junior General Meng is actually the one in charge."
Bai Shan said, "Nothing in the medical tent is to be disclosed, have our people guard the medical tent, not a word of news is to get out, if anyone outside asks, just say General Guo is still being rescued."
They all knew, General Guo couldn’t be saved, Bai Shan had felt the general’s hand earlier, it was already cool, couldn’t feel any pulse.
But the incident with the commander could throw the army into chaos.
Assistant General Nie agreed.
Bai Shan paced around the spot, still said, "Where are those two orderlies?"
They were responsible for taking Zhou Man and the others to see General Ashina, thus weren’t under General Guo’s command, naturally hadn’t gone to the front line, continuously protecting Zhou Man with Assistant General Nie’s team.
Assistant General Nie turned to find the two. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Bai Shan then wrote a letter, took out Manbao’s seal and stamped it to hand over to them, "You head out overnight to find the Chief Steward, report the situation here to him."
The two orderlies exchanged a glance, did not move.
Bai Shan said, "General Guo... has fallen."
The orderlies were shocked, their complexion changed drastically.
Bai Shan said, "As you know, Kucha was just conquered, the Chief Steward spent two months taking five cities, the hearts of the people within the cities are not settled, once this matter gets out, the five cities could all rebel, then the Chief Steward’s retreat would be severed."
"North is the Western Turkic, west is Yanqi, south is Yutian, this route out of Kucha must not be cut off, otherwise..."
Otherwise, the twenty thousand troops will be encircled, it might only be possible to penetrate through the vast desert to break through, but that desert is so terrifying, how could they cross it?
The two orderlies shivered, immediately reached out to take the letter, solemnly responding.
Bai Shan said to Assistant General Nie, "Prepare horses and provisions for them."
Assistant General Nie agreed, led the two down to arrange.
A quarter of an hour later someone led two horses to say goodbye.
Bai Shan escorted them to the road, watched them mount the horses and swiftly disappear into the night while leading an extra horse.
Assistant General Nie was actually also a bit worried, they weren’t far from Xizhou, they could quickly escape from Kucha now, but after escaping then what?
If the five cities in Kucha rebel, the army becomes trapped here, Xizhou surely can’t be defended.
Be aware that the garrison in Xizhou is only about a thousand.
The nearest city of Great Jin to Xizhou is Yizhou, don’t think about it, hardly any garrison there; if borrowing troops, it must be from Yumen Pass, which requires crossing the desert to return.
Assistant General Nie was troubled and also fearful; if the troops become trapped, the emperor’s efforts in the Western Regions over the past few years would be wasted, expending so much manpower and resources.
