Chen Li's luck was not too good.

In fact, when the Beiban came over, he still felt that he was lucky, and the ten army sticks he received had been almost raised, and he could go into battle to kill the enemy.

In terms of heroically killing the enemy, Chen Li really doesn't lose to anyone, especially now that he has the intention of making meritorious contributions, he is even more brave when he rushes to kill. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, he rushed too quickly, broke away from the squad, went deep into the enemy formation, was attacked by several northern barbarians, and in the end he was stabbed, fell from his horse, and fell into his head and fainted.

By the time he woke up, the shouts of killing were no longer around, and it was obvious that the battlefield had shifted. It was dark, and it was the darkest time before dawn. Chen Li felt a chill on his body, reached out and touched his waist, staining his hand with warm blood.

His knife was actually not very deep, thanks to his good skills, he dodged at the critical moment, and the scimitar of the Northern Barbarian cut a long wound on his waist, but it did not hurt his internal organs. If it hadn't been for the sudden tripping of his horse and throwing him off, he would have at least been able to go back to the city.

But now—Chen Li moved slightly, and immediately felt a sharp pain in his ankle—when he was thrown off the horse, his right foot was still in the stirrup and was dislocated. And with such a movement, the wound on his waist burst open, and the blood immediately flowed faster.

Finished. Chen Li fell to the ground in a daze. He had seen his brothers bleeding to death, most of them still very peaceful, some as if they had fallen asleep. A comrade who almost died of excessive bleeding said that at that time, his body was only cold, as if lying in a snow nest in winter, and gradually he became numb and wanted to fall asleep - as long as he fell asleep, he was finished.

Chen Li felt that his eyelids were sinking now. The shouting continued, indicating that the battle was still going on a little further away, which meant that there was no one to clean the battlefield now, let alone save him.

There were corpses all around, and Chen Li desperately pricked up his ears, hoping to hear the sound of horses' hooves—with a horse, he would be able to go back—but there was no movement except for the shouts of killing not far away.

Can't go back...... Chen Li thought desperately. This is probably the result of the soldiers who have been in the army, as the old saying goes: if the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. It's just that he's a little unwilling! He was not yet thirty years old, had not yet married a wife and had children, and had not even left any incense. Hey, even if he doesn't have a son, if he has married jujube flowers, the little monkey will always give him incense in the future, but now......

Lights suddenly appeared in the distance. Chen Li was overjoyed at first, and then immediately clenched the saber beside him - if it was a northern barbarian, then he would rather give himself a knife.

"Let's see if there's anyone alive!" It was a crisp girl's voice, "As long as it's our people, we have to check!" ”

The flickering lights moved like countless eyes, and Chen Li saw a group of people, all dressed in hand-woven coarse cloth from the northwest, in groups of three—two carrying something like a bedboard, and another following alongside—scattered like a stream of water, turning around the battlefield.

"Here's one, take it away!"

"There's it too, take it away!"

The voices were neither high nor low, and the shouting and killing in the distance didn't seem to affect them much, Chen Li stared at it, and it took a while to react: "I'm here!" ”

"There's someone here!" The girl who gave the order just now ran over quickly, and the angry lantern in her hand shook at Chen Li's body and shouted, "Come on, he's bleeding!" ”

She shouted as she opened the strange tie around her waist and squatted down to untie Chen Li's clothes.

"Hey-" Chen Li only had time to scream, the girl had already ripped off his clothes, quickly sprinkled a layer of medicinal powder on the wound on his waist, and then tightly bound the wound with a cloth belt: "Quick, carry it to first aid!" ”

As she spoke, she pulled a large wine bag off her shoulder and stuffed it into Chen Li's mouth: "Take a few sips!" ”

Chen Li was ignorant, subconsciously opened his mouth, and was immediately poured into a few mouthfuls of sweet and salty liquid. Before he could taste what he was drinking, two sturdy women came running up with the "bed board", carried him onto the "bed board", pulled the wide cloth straps nailed on both sides of the "bed board", tied him to the "bed board", lifted him up and left.

The girl followed closely and pressed Chen Li's waist with her hand, Chen Li vaguely heard her muttering: "Shiatsu to stop bleeding, this is it, it should be right...... When a tourniquet is not available, compress the hemostatic ......"

What is this all about? Chen Li was inexplicable. The wound on his waist hurt so badly, but he no longer had the strength to object, so he could only let these men carry him and trot all the way to the city gate.

"Master Hou, that's the princess's people over there!" On the city wall, Dingbei Hou's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and the voice of the guards around him was as small as a mosquito.

The battle outside has not yet been over, although the Northwest Army has repelled the Northern Barbarians for five miles, but after all, it is still fighting, and the princess of the county has taken people out of the city.

"The man in charge of the city gate originally wanted to stop him...... "the guard muttered, "but the princess, she has a token in her hand......"

Dingbei Hou's face darkened. That token must have been given to her by Shen Shu! This bastard boy actually gave his daughter-in-law all the tokens that he could get out of the city, which is simply lawless!

"Give it to me immediately—" Dingbei Hou was about to say to stop Jiang Shi back, but suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking.

It was the darkest time before dawn, so the sparkling lights were all too clearly visible: a river of lights spread out like a cobweb, or paused, or flowed forward, or backward, outside the dark city, where the battle had just begun.

"Someone's back?" Dingbei Hou squinted his eyes. The points of light moved steadily and quickly until they moved back into the city gates, towards the clearing.

The open space inside the gate was very conspicuous, because it was so bright that it seemed as if all the lights and candles of the city had gathered.

"What's that?" The Marquis of Dingbei squinted his eyes and saw a few people carrying something like a door panel, and a blood-stained sergeant lying on it, and sent straight into different tents.

"It's Lang Zhong and the military doctors—" The guard was stuck by an unfamiliar word, and he couldn't remember it for a long time, so he had to say, "The place of diagnosis and treatment ......" What is the name of the word? What kind of hand or something, it's really an unheard of word.

Dingbei Hou looked at it for a moment, and then moved his gaze to the outside of the city, and saw that the spider web-like light band changed again: most of the light points began to move into the city, and the light points that had just returned to the city moved outward, crossing through, but staggered from each other, at first glance it seemed a little chaotic, but when you looked closely, it felt orderly.

"Lord Hou, the princess is about to ...... injured brothers" They can only wait for the battle to completely end before they can clean up the battlefield, and during this time, some people may lose their lives because of delays. But now the princess is leading this ambulance team, but you don't have to wait for the battle to end to save people!

He didn't finish his words, because Dingbei Hou's face told him that there was no need to say more, everyone knew it.

Dieyi didn't dare to loosen her hand a little until she entered the tent. She had been half-bending over and pressing the wound, and she felt her back and fingers stiffen.

"Princess, this is bleeding!"

"Bring it up." Taohua had just finished cleaning a deep and long wound with a wounded soldier, moved his position and handed him over to Ding Langzhong, who came up with a needle and thread, and turned his head to see the person carried in by Dieyi, "Don't let go, continue to hold it!" ”

Dieyi had just straightened up, and when she heard this, she immediately bent down again, and pressed her almost unconscious fingers again.

When Chen Li's belt around his waist was untied, he found that he had not had a lot of blood from the wound when he ran over all the way. Even now that the woman was cleaning the wound, the blood was not gushing out as he had imagined. Is the blood in your body about to run dry? But now he felt as if he wasn't going to die.

Wait, what did the woman who got him back say? Princess! This, this is the princess? The woman who was cleaning his wounds was the princess?

Of course, Chen Li had seen the princess of the county, but it was only a glance from a distance, at that time, the princess of the county was surrounded by guards and maids, and it was impossible for a small soldier like him to come closer, but he felt that the princess of the county looked indeed noble and honorable. But now, the noble princess of the county, dressed in the same coarse cloth robe as everyone else, and with blood stains on both hands, came to clean his wounds in person.

"To be stitched." Chen Li heard the woman in front of him say in pain, "What about anesthetic?" The light of the lamp and candle was unusually bright, and Chen Li could clearly see that the princess's hair was not even tied up, but was braided and hung down behind her back, like an unmarried girl in some village in the northwest. There was no fat powder on his face, but those eyes were black and bright, and when they were suddenly raised, they were indescribably sharp, which made Chen Li a little afraid to look directly.

Immediately, another young woman brought a bowl of medicine to Chen Li. The smell of that medicine was extremely strong, Chen Li instinctively opened his mouth, and was about to ask what kind of medicine this was, but the princess had already said undoubtedly: "Hurry up and drink it!" ”

Now that she has stood up straight, a little more distance, Chen Li only feels that she is simply the only beauty she has ever seen in her life, more delicate and delicate than the woman in the northwest, but the heroism between her eyebrows is not inferior at all. Chen Li didn't know what glamorous and intimidating words were elegant, but he only felt that he couldn't afford to disobey, and subconsciously opened his mouth and swallowed the small bowl of something that was really difficult to drink.

"Debridement is complete, ready for sutures." When Chen Li heard the princess say this, the two women who carried him moved him to a table, and then carried the "bed board" and went out, as if there was no longer their business here.

Chen Li was surprised to find that after drinking the bowl of medicine, his wound didn't seem to be so painful, but a wave of sleepiness came up, and he wanted to sleep. But then his eyes widened, because the face that came to him was extremely familiar: "Why you?" "Isn't this surnamed Ding?

It's just that at this time, Ding Langzhong is not at all the same as the one he beat up a few days ago. He was also wearing a white coarse cloth robe, his face was stained with a few blood stains, his sleeves were rolled up high, and he held something like needle and thread in his hand, turning a deaf ear to Chen Li's words, and bowing his head to examine his wounds.

"I don't need you-" Chen Li was about to struggle, and someone rushed in carrying a bloody sergeant: "Princess, this one has been stabbed in the abdomen, and his intestines are flowing out!" But there is still gas! ”

Intestines coming out? Chen Li also looked over, he didn't know what the sergeant's name was, but he vaguely remembered that it was someone from the left camp who had seen it before he left the city. He was bloody in the light, and his chest rose and fell faintly, almost imperceptibly.

"Ding Langzhong is in charge of that one!" The princess immediately gave an order, "Xiao Ding Langzhong, you come and stitch him!" ”

Xiao Ding Langzhong? is also surnamed Ding, isn't he the son of the surname Ding? Chen Li still wanted to object, but the medicinal properties had already attacked, and he was not very conscious, so he could only lie on the table, feeling like a pig to be slaughtered. In the drowsiness, he faintly heard a voice saying with a little sadness: "Princess, this person is out of breath......

Out of gas? Is that the left battalion sergeant who said that all the intestines were flowing out? Chen Li thought drowsily: Was he killed by the surnamed Ding again? However, when the intestines come out, people should have died......

"Princess, this one is stabbed in the abdomen!" Another voice broke into the tent, it was a female voice, probably very sharp because of nervousness, which shook Chen Li a little more sober.

He could feel the flesh around his waist as if something was being pricked, but the pain was mild. He wanted to turn his head to take a look, but his head was very heavy, and his body didn't obey the call at all, only his ears seemed to be useful, and he heard the princess say again: "The body is carried out, Ding Langzhong, ready to operate on him!" ”

The princess's voice sounded as cold as ice, hard as stone, and a little higher than before, as if she were rebuking someone. Chen Li desperately raised his heavy eyelids to look over, but only saw Ding Lang's back in the middle, thin and silent.

Chen Li didn't know that after he fell asleep, such situations were still happening one after another, and not only in this tent in Ding Langzhong.

When the sky was bright, the Northwest Army would push the Beiban back for ten miles, stationed a part of the soldiers and horses at the dangerous place, and the rest would return to the military camp outside the city after cleaning up the battlefield.

Sergeant Xu was very fortunate to suffer only a few abrasions, the most serious injury was a Northern Barbarian rider slashed at his shoulder, the blade was blocked by the leather armor lining, did not cut the flesh, only smashed his shoulder out of bruises, one left arm a little unable to lift.

But it's nothing. This time, the Beiban was like a pack of hungry wolves, and it was a night attack, and the battle was very fierce, and there were corpses everywhere on the battlefield. Sergeant Xu, together with two brothers from the same team, rummaged through the pile of corpses, and the people from his own side were about to be sent back to the city, and the corpses of the northern barbarians were piled up and set on fire.

"Not a single living person?" A sergeant muttered, dragging out the body of a Northwest sergeant who had been stabbed in the chest, and sighed to wipe his eyes that were still wide open, "Brother, go in peace, Master Hou will definitely take care of your family." ”

For every soldier who died in battle, the Dingbei Hou Mansion will give a sum of compensation silver, which is said to be given by the imperial court, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that the imperial court even has to deduct and delay the salary, not to mention the pension silver, this money is indispensable to the Dingbei Hou Mansion itself pasted in.

This is also one of the reasons why the Northwest Army has always been subordinate to the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and the Dingbei Hou Mansion cherishes them more than the imperial court, so they naturally have to be loyal.

Sergeant Xu became even more nervous. When the number of people in the camp was counted, he didn't see Chen Li, and now that most of the battlefield has been cleaned, he didn't even see a single living person, could it be that Chen Li actually died in battle?

Every time he fought with the Northern Barbarians, there were brothers who were good friends on weekdays who died, but Chen Li was good at it, and he had good luck over the years, and he was always fine, so that it became natural for habit, and Sergeant Xu was not psychologically prepared for his death.

"I, where is my brother......" A crying voice came from not far away, and a young sergeant was desperately picking up the corpses, "I remember that my brother was slashed here, and he must be here!" ”

"Brother, don't worry, maybe I'm mistaken." The sergeant next to him comforted him, "Maybe your brother is not seriously injured and has moved to another place, and we will look for it again." ”

The young sergeant was still raging: "Impossible! My brother was stabbed in the stomach, his intestines were about to come out, and it was impossible to go anywhere else! I'm not mistaken, it's next to this stump—if it weren't for this stump standing in my way, I'd have been able to go over and save my brother!" ”

However, he didn't pass, but was swept away by the torrent of battle, step by step away from the fallen brother, and now he looked back and looked, and the person was gone?

"Perhaps, maybe someone has saved me?" The other sergeant was unsure of the tunnel.

"Who will come to the rescue?" The young sergeant's tears were already about to fall, "As soon as the battle is over, we will clean up the battlefield, who else is ...... earlier than us"

The other young sergeant said a little recklessly: "The intestines are all flowing out, and this is not at all-"

Before he could finish speaking, he was punched in the waist by the sergeant just now, and swallowed back half of his words. Everyone knows that this battle was fought for most of the night, and if all the intestines really flowed out, they would die if they were found at this time. The sergeant originally wanted to comfort him, saying that it didn't matter if he couldn't find it, because most of the people he found were dead, but could he say this? It's so speechless.

Seeing that the sergeant who had lost his brother really turned his head to stare at the one who was talking, and looked like he wanted to come over and fight, the sergeant who was sandwiched in the middle was anxious, but suddenly remembered something: "Didn't you say that the princess of the county brought an ambulance team?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the young sergeant's eyes suddenly lit up: "My brother, will it be the princess of the county who rescued him?" ”

No, I have to say yes at this point. The sergeant in the middle stubbornly said, "I heard that this ambulance team is dedicated to rescuing wounded soldiers, maybe ......."

"But—" The young sergeant's eyes dimmed again, "this battle has just ended, and the princess of the county will not come faster than us in the city." ”

"This is not necessarily ......" Sergeant Xu was inspired by these words, "We looked all the way just now, and there was no living brother, this is not right...... "After every battle, there are always injured and not dead sergeants waiting to be saved, this time they are all dead, it's really too coincidental, right?"

"Really?" The young sergeant was hopeful again, "So, where is the princess of the county now?" ”

Sergeant Xu also wanted to know: "Most likely, it's in the city?" I remember that the princess of the county requisitioned a private house, saying that she was going to make a ward......"

Indeed, Chen Li and the others are now in that private house.

His body was a little chilly, and his head was very heavy, and Chen Li knew that he was having a fever. A middle-aged woman came over and brought him a bowl of soup: "Are you awake?" You have a big wound on your body, and it's normal to have a fever now, so drink this medicine. Lie still, just call us if there's anything to do, and we'll change your dressing at night. ”

Chen Li turned his head and looked around, and found that there were six people lying in the small room, and the woman gave each of them a bowl of soup and medicine.

"Hey, bro—" The young man lying next to him was in his early twenties, obviously in good spirits, "how are you?" ”

Chen Li looked down at his waist, where he was wrapped in a white cloth, the pain was still there, and he was tormented like a needle pricking and a bee sting, but he did feel that he was in good spirits, and it was not like he would die if he bled too much.

The young man was very talkative and pointed to his thigh: "I was stabbed in the leg, and Lang Zhong sewed it up for me, saying it doesn't matter, just raise it for a few days." ”

Doctor! Chen Li remembered that the kid surnamed Ding came over with something like needle and thread, could it be that he also sewed up the wound in his waist for him?

"What are you doing!" The woman who was guarding him pressed his hand and raised her eyes, "Who told you to move the wound casually?" Do you know that you are infected and want to die? Lang Zhong took a long time to get you back, you give me honesty! ”

The women in the northwest have always been spicy, especially these middle-aged women, who are even more fierce, and several people in the room may have been scolded by her, all of them lying honestly, squeezing their eyebrows at Chen Li.

Chen Li was about to speak, when a young man suddenly rushed in at the door: "Brother, brother!" ”

"How can you casually break into the ward!" The woman immediately jumped up and tried to blast him out, "Get out of here, you are dirty, bring in germs, and it will be bad for the wounded!" ”

"I'm coming for my brother!" The young man clung to the door frame and refused to leave, "My brother was stabbed in the stomach, did you save him?" ”

A stab in the stomach? Chen Li immediately remembered the words he heard in his drowsiness last night: "People may be—" He remembered that when he was being treated, he said that he was out of breath. After all, the intestines are all flowing out, how can it be saved? I remember that there seems to be a knife in the stomach that was sent in the back, and I guess it can't be saved either, right?

However, it seems that his luck is really not good enough this time, and before he finished speaking, a faint voice came from the corner of the house: "Second brother? ”

"Brother?" The young man jumped up and was about to rush in, but the woman blocked him at the door: "You are not allowed to enter!" Your brother is seriously injured, if it weren't for the lack of wards, he would have to be admitted to intensive care! If you trespass again, I'll call someone to kick you out immediately!" ”

The elder brother was still alive, and the young man was already overjoyed, and retreated to the door, his eyes were red with excitement: "Brother, it's great that you are still alive!" ”

"Don't talk!" The woman guarded the door, and glared back at the wounded man in the corner of the room, "You are the intestines flowing out of the body, it is so easy to save a life, be careful to speak and tear the wound, no one can save you anymore!" ”

Chen Li's head was buzzing with these words: the intestines are all flowing out, really, can it still be saved?