Chapter 177: Attacking the Heart
Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and Li Mu, who was covered in blood, gave a middle finger to the other general, ignored the other party's angry scolding grandma, and proudly retreated to the city with his own soldiers.
The other side can only retreat to the camp with people in a gloomy manner, and the people on both sides send soldiers to clean up the battlefield, carry back the wounded soldiers, and bury the dead soldiers, and no one will bother at this time.
Li Mu returned from the victory and went directly to see Xiao Jingqing, while Zhou Xiya sharpened the gun and organized the people to help the doctors treat the injured and calm everyone's emotions.
After a battle, although it was a big victory, a lot of people died, and in the era of cold weapons, it was up to people to pile up victories.
Zhou Xiya, the lady, also personally helped, wearing neat clothes, helping the wounded soldiers to deal with wounds, some wounds bleed a lot, in order to stop the bleeding, the simplest and most primitive way is to burn the wound with a red-hot Luo Tie, because in the absence of medical treatment, there are not so many doctors who can stitch the wounds one by one, I am afraid that before the doctor comes, the soldiers bleed to death first, although the pain with the soldering iron can go to half a life, but this simple and crude method is very effective, and the general wound can stop the bleeding, It is also a common method in the military, especially when it comes to large battles.
After all, human life is not valuable, it is the destiny of heaven to survive, and it is the destiny of heaven to not survive, and no one is helpless.
When Zhou Xiya was at the border, she had seen a lot of things to treat wounded soldiers like this, although she felt pain in her heart, she could only do this.
Fortunately, the situation here in Yingtian is better than that of the border pass, and Zhou Xiya has found doctors from all over the city, although he can't keep so many wounded soldiers busy. But for some simple wounds, women helped to bandage and stop the bleeding. The doctor went to treat the seriously injured patients.
Zhou Xiya stitched up a soldier's wound, where could she use anesthetic at this time. Directly threw a towel for the soldier to bite, Zhou Xiya took out a needle and thread to stitch the knife wound on the soldier's arm, this suturing technique was learned from his uncle, a good doctor, not only to prescribe medicine and grasp prescriptions, but also to do minor surgery.
The soldier was sweating profusely, but he still didn't make a sound, but his mouth was purple as he bit the towel.
"Bear with it" Zhou Xiya quickly sutured. It seems that what she sewed is not human flesh, but pigskin, only in this way that her hands will not tremble, this doctor is really not something that anyone can do, if it is not a last resort, she really does not want to go down to save people.
Zhou Xiya sutured as fast as she could, smeared with medicine to promote wound healing, and a woman next to her was not very skilled in bandaging the wound of the soldier, but fortunately, her hand was not too shaky. Where have these girls experienced such a thing and seen so much blood.
"Don't stick to the wound, try not to move it these days, so as not to break the stitches." Zhou Xiya explained. As soon as he left, a soldier in front of him shouted, and a doctor's anxious head was sweating. She's going to see what's going on.
"Hey, girl. Don't shake, shake. My heart is trembling, it's nothing, I'm not afraid of being sewn, what else are you afraid of. The soldier spit out the towel from his mouth and joked at the little girl, he wanted to divert his attention. Mom hurts.
"You're smiling when your arms hurt like this." The little girl is not very old, and she is still laughing when she sees the soldiers like this, it is very strange, if she is herself, she will cry her nose at all times, this person can still laugh, is he a bronze wall and iron bones.
"If you can come back alive from the battlefield, you have to laugh, you have to laugh heartily, otherwise your heart will be even more uncomfortable, my brothers have only come back, I want to laugh, laugh instead of my dead brothers, I will never hear their laughter again." The soldier was smiling, but there were tears in his eyes.
The little girl looked at him silently
Unknowingly, Yue Lao got involved in the marriage line............
"I really didn't underestimate you, you annihilated 10,000 enemy soldiers, and fought a beautiful victory." Xiao Jingqing hammered Li Mu's chest, and it was difficult to hide his excitement, now he killed 10,000 enemies, plus the previous 10,000 enemy troops and the death of 20,000 soldiers, which shocked the enemy army and raised the prestige of our country.
"This is still your meritorious training, they are all soldiers you trained, elite soldiers and strong generals, such a good soldier loses the battle again, what face do I have to stand here." Li Mu sat on the side, and after a battle, he was also tired.
However, Xiao Jingqing's military training is really good, not only obeying orders, but also daring to fight and kill on the battlefield, if the Xiao family has such soldiers in their hands, then the defeat is just around the corner.
"These soldiers I did spend not killing soldiers when I trained, I believe you should also see some familiar faces, they are the people you managed when you were a soldier, I found out, got into the soldier team, some of your training seems to be very enlightening to me, soldiers level by level, on the battlefield, can be better scheduling, will not cause soldiers do not know the general, will not know the situation of soldiers, such as the epaulettes you made." Xiao Jingqing didn't hide it, this is why he wanted to win over Li Mu so much before, Li Mu's talent is not only reflected in business, but also very talented in other aspects, and he needs such a person around him.
"Well, I have a lot more credit for that." Li Mu smiled, when he was a soldier, he brought some training methods in later generations into his team, although his purpose was to open up the trade routes in the south and expand maritime trade, but he did not neglect the training of his soldiers, when he was a soldier for a day, he had to bear the responsibility of a day, he could still do this, Xiao Jingqing didn't care if he learned it, maybe it was a good thing to make the army develop better, this did not violate his original intention.
"Don't worry, this time I will ask my father to appreciate your merits" Xiao Jingqing nodded.
Xiao Jingqing asked Li Mu to freshen up, and then called everyone to discuss the next battle plan, although the first battle was a big victory, but the enemy army would not retreat, this battle still had to be fought, but how to fight, it was necessary to discuss it well, and preserve the vitality of his side as much as possible.
When it got dark, Zhou Xiya took people back to the house, and after a busy day outside, she couldn't lift her tired arms.
"Mother, mother......" Xian'er saw Zhou Xiya walking in, got off the stool, and ran over to protect Zhou Xiya's legs.
"Xian'er. Did you listen to Mama Zhou today? Zhou Xiya wanted to touch her daughter's head, but she looked at her dirty hands. I had to put it down.
"Obedient, Xian'er is obedient. Mama made sweet and sour fish for Xian'er, it was delicious, Xian'er also helped coax her brother, and my brother didn't cry much today......" Xian'er chattered about what she did today.
"Okay, Xian'er and Zheng'er are both good children, and they are both mother's treasures." Zhou Xiya kissed her daughter, and Mama Zhou came over to coax Xian'er, so that Zhou Xiya had time to freshen up.
After cleaning up, Zhou Xiya glanced at her sleeping son. Sitting on the side, he had the heart to ask, "Is Xiao Jingqing back?" ”
"No, my uncle is still working in the front yard, and people in the front yard are coming in and out, and many orders are conveyed, and they are very busy." Mama Zhou stayed at home, so she knew more.
"Well, tell the big kitchen to make more meals for them, and it's easier to go hungry." Zhou Xiya commanded.
"Yes. The old slave will arrange it, Miss, what do you want to eat, the old slave will let the kitchen arrange it. Mama Zhou asked. The study was busy, and he didn't dare to urge them to eat, but just let the kitchen heat up. Serve it when they want to eat it, and Miss is going to make something delicious. Miss wants to eat.
"I don't have much appetite for a small dish. I want to eat something light. Zhou Xiya leaned her head on the table a little tiredly.
"Miss, how can you do it if you don't eat nutritious things, you're tired for a day, how can you eat porridge and side dishes, you can't bear it like this, you're just out of confinement, you're sick two days ago, and you happen to be so busy, it's not okay to not be able to raise your body well, the slave maid asked you to make braised lamb chops for you, make the taste heavier, so that you can eat more." Mama Zhou hurriedly persuaded her.
Zhou Xiya retched, quickly waved her hand, and after a day of study, she felt that there was still a lot of blood on her body that had not been washed, where to eat the braised lamb chops.
"Mama, just follow what Miss said, Miss is tired for a day." Jinxiu pulled Mama Zhou, and said something in Mama Zhou's ear, and Mama Zhou no longer insisted.
In the middle of the night, Xiao Jingqing came back, Zhou Xiya slept in a daze, felt the movement around her, turned over, and murmured: "I'm back"
"Well, don't move, go to sleep, I've worked hard for you today" Xiao Jingqing lay beside Zhou Xiya, held her in his arms, and gently patted her back, just like when coaxing his daughter to sleep.
He knew that his wife had worked so hard for him, for his higher prestige among the people, and for him to get more support.
It is his blessing to have such a wife, but he is very distressed and distressed that she is so tired.
Zhou Xiya drilled into Xiao Jingqing's arms and fell asleep, in his arms, she slept very peacefully.
There was a war outside the city, Zhou Xiya organized people to help in the city, and rendered an atmosphere of unity to protect Yingtian in Yingtian City.
After dark, Zhou Xiya would go home, and she received a letter from Li Mu to her, which described how to organize women to do what they could, how to choose people to blend into the army, to appease the emotions of soldiers, and how to organize people to perform programs for soldiers to show and let them know who they were defending the city for, and there was even a term called literary soldiers...... and a series of other methods, which made Zhou Xiya stunned, but she didn't expect Li Mu to think of so much, this is really the best thing to do.
When she did it, she realized how easy this thing was, and her morale was completely mobilized and she became truly united.
Zhou Xiya remembered Li Mu's summary of the sentence 'Relying on the strength of the people, there is no battle that cannot be won'
She didn't understand this before, she just thought that the war relied on the family's financial, material and human resources, because they had so much energy later, but seeing with her own eyes the power of the people and soldiers when they were fighting the war, Zhou Xiya was suppressed, she was really shocked, this is unimaginable for her, the people at the bottom can play such a big role, it is really unbelievable.
She showed her results to Xiao Jingqing, Xiao Jingqing held her hand and only said four words, "Fortunately Li Mu"
This battle was fought for ten days, and in the end the enemy really couldn't bear it, their material allocation couldn't keep up, tens of thousands of people ate and drank, where did the food come from, coupled with Xiao Jingqing's heavy resistance, they quickly collapsed, the morale of this side was high, the morale of the enemy army was defeated, and it was not uncommon for this battle to be defeated.
At this time, Zhou Xiya was packing up in the mansion, this time she was really leaving, it was no longer the last time she fled in the wilderness, but she was heavily escorted and left Yingtian to go to the capital.
"Mother, are we going to the capital? What is the capital like? Xian'er twisted the little tugging on her head, her father combed her hair in the morning, I don't know why her father was so happy, and pulled her to comb her hair, but it was so ugly, it was still my mother's sister.
"The capital is very big, bigger than Yingtian, and Xian'er can still see her grandfather when she goes, can your grandfather miss Xian'er?" Zhou Xiya put the book in the box and replied to her daughter.
"Think" Although I didn't have any impression of my grandfather, I still said sweetly.
"Good girl, Xian'er, go pack up your toys and don't leave anything behind." Zhou Xiya pointed this little tail away-
Two days later, Zhou Xiya and the others set off, Ying Tian left more than 10,000 soldiers to guard the city, and Xiao Jingqing left reassuring generals to garrison, so as to ensure that Ying Tian was not lost.
The carriage followed the army slowly, leaving the boundary of Yingtian, there were many refugees fleeing, everywhere were ragged refugees, they walked with empty eyes, not knowing where to go, where was their home, most of these refugees were old and weak, women and children, many young and strong laborers had been conscripted and left.
In the past two years of war, a large number of soldiers and militia have been recruited, and many fathers, sons, sons, and brothers have gone to the battlefield, and the rest are only these poor women and children, but now there are wars everywhere, and they can't survive at home, and it is too difficult to live.
Zhou Xiya lowered the car curtain, and the more she looked at her, the more uncomfortable she felt, what could she do, even if it was only some.
"Mother, what's wrong with those people outside?" Xian'er looked outside, and then looked at her mother, I don't know how people outside can be like that, especially when she sees a child, skinny and skinny, look at her chubby arms and legs, pinch her little chubby face, she and her younger brother are chubby, why are the children outside so thin.
"They are hungry, they have no food to eat, they have no home, they can only wander around begging for food." Zhou Xiya held her daughter in her arms and didn't let her look at the scene outside, she didn't want to leave any shadow in her daughter's heart, even if it was to cover her ears and steal the bell.
"Hungry? Why don't you have food to eat, mother, you give them my food, I eat less, they are so pitiful. Xian'er clicked her mouth and thought about it, how much less she should eat, how much she could take out, well, she had to endure it, she couldn't eat more, and gave some to those children outside.
"Mother's daughter is so kind, don't worry, Mother will find a way to help them, the days of suffering are temporary, sooner or later it will be fine, it will get better." Zhou Xiya not only said it to her daughter, but also said it herself. (To be continued.) )