In the early morning of the next day, just as everyone was preparing to leave, the tun chief who was in charge of staying behind in the cottage rushed to Han Zhan and said anxiously: "Envoy Qiqi, there are two seriously injured brothers who died in the middle of the night. ”

"What, two seriously wounded brothers died?" When Han Zhan heard the report of the tun chief, he couldn't help but raise his voice and asked, "How did they die?" ”

Dian Wei, who was standing on the side, shrugged his shoulders and said in surprise: "How else would they die, at that time, it was because the injuries were too serious for them to bear, so they died like this." ”

This unexpected bad news disrupted Han Zhan's original arrangement. He was worried that the seriously wounded would not be able to withstand the long distance, so he decided to take only the lightly wounded back to the city, while the seriously wounded stayed in the cottage to recuperate. But at the moment, it seems that this is not a good idea, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines in the cottage, and the seriously injured stay here, and it is estimated that there is little chance of surviving. Since this is the case, it is better to bring them all back to the county seat, maybe there is still a chance of life.

After making this difficult decision, Han Zhan instructed Dian Wei: "Dian Junhou, immediately ask the soldiers to prepare a few stretchers and carry the seriously injured brother back to the county seat for treatment." ”

"Stretcher?" After Dian Wei repeated the word, a confused expression appeared on his face: "Envoy, I don't know what kind of stretcher you are talking about?" ”

"You don't know what a stretcher looks like?" When Han Zhan heard Dian Wei say this, he just wanted to get angry, but suddenly thought that stretchers might not have come out in this era, so he bent down and picked up a branch and drew a schematic diagram on the ground: "Find two thick wooden sticks or thick bamboo poles, stretch a rope or linen cloth in the middle, let the injured brother lie on them, and then be carried by two people." Do you understand? ”

Because the diagram drawn by Han Zhan was simple and intuitive, and the explanation was very clear, after listening to it, Dian Wei immediately nodded and said, "Returning to the envoy's words, my subordinates understand." The subordinates will arrange for someone to do this responsibility... Stretcher! ”

While Dian Wei was organizing people to make stretchers, Guo Jia, who was standing next to him and had not spoken, gave a thumbs up to Han Zhan: "You are really smart, it is really suitable to use this kind of stretcher to carry the wounded on the mountain road." ”

For Guo Jia's praise, Han Zhan just smiled bitterly. He was thinking in his heart that even if the remaining six seriously wounded returned to the county seat safely and asked Lang Zhong in the army for treatment, it was still unknown whether they would survive. The medical conditions in this era were too poor, for external injuries such as knife wounds and gunshot wounds, Lang Zhong's method of sealing the wound was to use a red-hot iron bar to directly burn the wound, and the wounded with poor physique may be painfully killed.

Heavily armed officers and soldiers and men pushing wheelbarrows stood in the open space of the cottage, and six seriously wounded people were also lying on freshly tied stretchers. Everyone looked at Han Zhan, who was standing at the front of the team, waiting for him to give the order to pull out.

Han Zhan, who was riding on horseback, swept his eyes over the soldiers and people standing in the open space one by one, raised his right hand, and was about to give the order to pull out, when he suddenly saw a captain on a wooden crutch at the head of the team of lightly wounded. He hurriedly put his hand down, turned over and dismounted and walked in front of the Wu Commander, looked him up and down, and asked, "Is your leg injured?" ”

Wu Chang hurriedly straightened his body, grinned, and said with a big grin: "If you return to the envoy, the little leg was slashed by a thief, and the injury was not serious, but it was a little inconvenient to walk. Please rest assured that the small ones will not be left behind. ”

When Han Zhan saw Captain Wu standing, he had to lean his body on the wooden crutch, knowing that his injuries were not light, let alone walking fifty miles of mountain roads, it would be good to be able to walk five miles of mountain roads. Thinking of this, he turned around and led his mount over, and said to the captain in a commanding tone, "Get on your horse!" ”

"Make it, don't make it, don't make it!" Wu Chang gave Han Zhan his mount to ride, hurriedly waved his hands, and said nervously: "Aren't you doing this to break the villain's life?" ”

"Where did all this nonsense come from, get on the horse!" After Han Zhan said this, he instructed the other two wounded soldiers standing beside the Wu Commander: "What are you still doing in a daze, and you still don't help your Wu Commander get on the horse?" ”

Under the envious gaze of everyone, Wu Chang rode on Han Zhan's mount. This man, who was stabbed by a thief and tossed by his injuries for a night, did not cry out in pain, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he kept raising his hand to wipe away the tears left on his face.

Han Zhan took the reins of the horse with a natural expression, raised his right hand again, and shouted loudly: "Open up!" Then he waved his hand forward, led the horse and walked out of the village. Hundreds of officers and soldiers and people pushing wheelbarrows also lined up in a neat formation and walked out of the gate of the village.

Seeing what Han Zhan had done, the corners of Guo Jia's mouth twitched violently twice, and he said in a voice that only he could hear: "After this incident, these soldiers will probably serve him with all their hearts." With that, he flicked the reins and followed.

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After a long journey of more than two hours, Han Zhan and his team finally returned to Sheguo County.

Xun Yu, who heard the news, hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, and when he saw Han Zhan actually leading a horse for a military commander, he was so surprised that his jaw almost fell to the ground. He called Han Zhan aside and whispered, "Zhan'er, you have a state-related order, how can you lead a horse for a military commander?" If it gets out, it won't be good for your reputation. ”

Regarding Xun Yu's reproach, Han Zhan just smiled faintly and did not make any excuses. Instead, he asked rhetorically: "Uncle, I wonder if there is any news from Zilong?" ”

"Zhao County Wei just sent a messenger back to report," Hearing Han Zhan ask about Zhao Yun, Xun Yu said with some emotion: "It is said that they broke through five villages in two days, killed more than 200 bandits, and about 1,000 converts. The large amount of money and food seized is enough for us for a year or two. ”

"Where is the messenger?" Hearing that Zhao Yun's results were so brilliant, Han Zhan couldn't wait to ask, "I want to ask Zilong what the situation is there." ”

"The messenger is Xiahou Yun, the righteous sister of Zhao County Lieutenant," Xun Yu hurriedly replied, "She is in the county government at the moment. ”

After Han Zhan stood on the side of the road and waited for a while, he saw Guo Jia and Dian Wei riding over, so he raised his voice and said to the two: "Brother Fengxiao, Dian Junhou, everything you will bring back will be sent to the military camp first, and I will come over to deal with it later." When the two of them agreed and were about to leave, he remembered one more thing, so he hurriedly added, "Remember, let Lang Zhong in the army treat the wounded immediately, and there is no mistake." ”

After explaining the matter, Han Zhan turned to Xun Yu and said, "Uncle, let's go back to the county office." ”

On the way, Xun Yu also reported to Han Zhan: "By the way, there is something I almost forgot. Team Luo has already arrived at the cottage and brought back all the families who stayed there. For now, I have placed them all in the backyard of the county government for the time being. He was deeply afraid that Han Zhan was worried about his safety, and he specially emphasized, "I have sent enough people to secretly guard them, and they will not be able to make waves." ”