When the Qin-Chu border army gradually gathered and the atmosphere of war became stronger and stronger, Li Xin, who was far away in Xianyang, Guanzhong, also completed the ceremony of swearing-in to go on the expedition.

With the bells and drums ringing, Li Xin's horse chariot crossed the Baqiao and began to march eastward, and tens of thousands of Guanzhong disciples would assemble at Hangu Pass to wait for General Li, who was the first commander of the army.

In the crowd of people who saw off Li Xin on the north bank of Weishui, the imperial physician with gray sideburns Ling Xia Wuhe just sat on the car and watched this scene from afar. He didn't join the crowd's cheers, but just shook his head at the good family of Guanzhong who were slowly going away and full of ambition and pride out of the doctor's occupational disease.

"I don't know how many people have died from injuries and diseases......

He has been in Qin for 30 years, and this is the first time he has seen the army go east, and he is naturally used to watching those disabled soldiers with broken limbs and feet being loaded on the car and transported back to Xianyang after the war.

"Today, I don't have to go to the palace to take a shift, just go home, I'm afraid I've been waiting for me at home for a long time."

After telling the coachman to go home, Xia Wuhe closed his eyes, I don't know when Xianyang City became more and more populous, his accent became more and more mixed, and the way home from the suburbs became longer and longer, just like the road he had walked over the years.

Xia Wuhe is not a native of Qin, he is a Korean, but a member of the Yuan branch of the Empress Dowager Xia who married King Qin Xiaowen many, many years ago.

Although they were nobles, they learned medicine, so since Xia Wuhe was young, he wanted to enter Qin, and Qin was no better than the Central Plains, but his medical skills were unique. For hundreds of years, the famous doctors of the Qin State have produced many famous doctors, whose skills are close to Taoism, and whose art is like gods, leaving many stories and legends in the history books of the princes.

As far as Xia Wuhe knew, the medical treatment in the era of Qin Huan and the medical treatment in the era of Qin Jinggong were invited by the Jin State to treat Jin Jinggong and Jin Pinggong respectively. At that time, the Qin and Jin dynasties were no longer the good of the Qin and Jin dynasties, but the enemy countries with constant contradictions, and the Jin states were able to invite doctors from the enemy countries to treat their own monarchs, which showed that the reputation of Qin doctors was abroad......

In the era of King Qin Huiwen, he also rushed to the country of Qi to "cut acne" for King Qi Xuan, and the king of Qi Xuan was also grateful for this.

After the death of the last physician Bian Que and the dissipation of the doctor's family, the Qin State became the most developed region in the world. So he came to Qin when he was twenty years old, and happened to be the son of the Empress Dowager Xia, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang succeeded to the throne, and the Xia family became a relative of Qin.

Empress Dowager Xia likes his own family very much, and whenever the old man is a little sick, she will ask Xia Wuhe to come to check her pulse by name, and then babble some homely words......

But there were some words that Xia Wu didn't dare to answer, not only did he not dare to say them, he couldn't wait to cover his ears and not listen to them!

For example, the rumors about Zhao Ji and Lü Buwei, about the young successor to the throne of King Qin, about the younger brother of King Qin, and also the most beloved grandson of Empress Dowager Xia, Chang Anjun......

Fifteen years ago, Xia Wuhe remembered very well, that year, the comet visited the Qin State three times, bringing great panic, and many people thought that the sky was about to collapse.

As a result, nothing happened, and the disappearance of the comet only took away the life of the Empress Dowager Xia.

Then there was a few years of chaos, the last backer of the Xia family in South Korea, Chang'an Jun Chengji actually reversed, and the Empress Dowager Zhao took the opportunity to instruct Chang Yu to liquidate on a large scale, and Xia Wuhe was also imprisoned at that time.

It wasn't until a few years later that Empress Dowager Zhao and the Chang Yu group were also extinguished for rebellion and attempted to kill the monarch, and he was released.

He, along with many of those who had been released, waited with trepidation for the verdict of the King of Qin.

King Qin actually remembered Xia Wuhe's name, and did not drive him away, but left him to continue to work in the Qin Palace.

"I am a good pediatric doctor, when I was young, he diagnosed and treated me, and the medicine cured the disease. Now that the widow also has an eldest son, Xia Wuhe, you can stay. ”

This is the reason why King Qin left Xia Wuhe, Wu and Thanksgiving, for so many years, Xia Wuhe has been conscientiously taking care of the eldest son Fusu, but whenever he has a little illness, he immediately rushed to him with the medicine box. Slowly, in addition to Fusu, Xia Wuhe was often called by the King of Qin to practice medicine, after the age of thirty, the King of Qin, who had heavy government affairs, would have some illness from time to time, and there were not many doctors who could reassure him.

Accompanying Jun Qian, Xia Wu was more cautious, and when he was in the palace, he didn't dare to come out until the audience two years ago.

The medicine box in his hand smashed into Jing Ke, the assassin who was chasing and killing King Qin! The medicinal materials such as Poria cocos, Angelica dahurica, and Tian Qi in the medicine box fell to the ground, and also paved a road to wealth for Xia Wuji......

Two hundred eridium gold, and promoted to the imperial doctor's order, Xia Wuhe developed, his disciples also rose, once only for the public to see a doctor, now can enter the home of the five doctors, this is all thanks to Xia Wuhe's blessing.

Among Xia Wuhe's several disciples, Chen Wuji is relatively poor, and now he can only rely on Xia Wuhe to pass on his gold sore medicine, and see a doctor in the army for the captain and five hundred generals, in Xia Wuhe's opinion, Chen Wuji is neither his son-in-law, nor does he have much talent, so this life may be limited.

But at this time, Chen Wuji gave Xia Wuji a big surprise, which made Xia Wuji look at this unsuccessful disciple differently......

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When Xia Wuhe returned home and changed into a loose regular clothes, the next person came to report that Chen Wuji was indeed waiting in the hall.

Xia Wuji thought for a while and said, "Let him go directly into the inner room to see him......"

When Confucianism describes the knowledge of disciples, it is often described as entering the hall and entering the room, which is not the embodiment of the intimate relationship between the disciple and the master?

Chen Wuji was only an inconspicuous one of Xia Wuhe's seven or eight disciples in the past, and he could only enter the hall. Now, Xia Wuhe directly let him enter the room to see, which was gratifying to Chen Wuji, after coming to the inner room, he bowed down in front of the master, and said with a pause: "Have you seen the master, General Li's army, sent away?" ”

"Hmm."

Xia Wuhe took the pottery cup and rinsed his mouth with water, and only vaguely responded, Chen Wuji paused again and said: "In this way, that suggestion, the master has also written to the king, let Li implement it on the front line of military morale?" ”

Xia Wuhe spit the water in his mouth into the copper basin.

"Not really."

He beckoned and asked someone to hand over a silk book and hand it to Chen Wuyi.

Chen Wuyi looked at it, wasn't this silk book that he had pondered and meditated on, perfected Heifu's suggestion on "battlefield rescue", and handed it to his master, asking him to look at it and write to the king? Why are you still here!

Xia Wuhe said: "I was already standing in front of the king and General Li with this silk book, but after thinking about it, I still didn't put it on the book. ”

Chen Wuji looked a little anxious, and asked puzzledly: "The master specially recalled me from Wei Di and asked me to demonstrate the method of wrapping wounds and stopping bleeding offered by the head of Xiaotun, isn't it full of praise?" After reading the suggestions of the two of us on battlefield rescue, didn't I agree with them, saying that this is a good way to save people and govern the country? ”

Xia Wuhe bowed his head: "That advice is extremely good, in addition to saving the dead and helping the wounded, motivating the soldiers to fight without worries, it can also greatly enhance the status of our doctors in the Qin State." ”

The famous doctor of the Qin State once said: The upper doctor heals the country, the second is the sick, and the lower medicine heals the sick.

It is true that Xia Wuhe is now rich and noble, and it is inevitable that he will have some thoughts that will go down in history in his heart, just throwing Jing Ke's medicine bag is not enough, he wants to leave his name as a doctor and become a "doctor".

This proposal is a good opportunity, and once implemented, it will inevitably be a large-scale reform. The healer was responsible for training the men who specialized in emergency bandaging and then assigned them to the army, which would undoubtedly increase the power of his imperial physician.

Xia Wuhe affirmed the foresight of the suggestion, but with his understanding of his disciple Chen Wuyi, Wuyi probably couldn't come up with such a good idea, most of which was due to the Xiaotun chief of Anlu County named "Heifu".

Chen Wuyi was even more puzzled: "In this case, now that the king has sent General Li to attack Chu, and the smoke of the East has risen again, it is when this proposal is showing its skills, why is it ......?"

"Because there's not enough time."

Xia Wuhe sighed: "Even if the king agrees, it will take at least three months to half a year from the implementation of this policy to the implementation of this policy in the army. But the situation could not be delayed, General Li had already set out with his army, and the army that had previously attacked Wei was also waiting in place. I am afraid that this war will start in September and October, and even if training is carried out immediately, it will not be too late to arrange it for each cantonment. ”

It is not difficult to specialize in practicing the art of wrapping wounds, but it is not an easy task to organize a large number of people to study and popularize it to the grassroots level of the troops.

Xia Wuhe was worried about more than that, there were some things he couldn't say to Chen Wuyi, that is, in fact, he didn't have much confidence in Li Xin's war this time......

As the saying goes, clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as before. In the past ten years, Xia Wuhe has seen the old general Wang Jian go on expeditions many times, and he can return victoriously every time. Regardless of whether the opponent was the difficult Li Mu or the easy Yan army, he was cautious, and the more troops he led, the more cautious he became.

But Li Xin is different, this young man has never experienced setbacks, and he has never had an opponent like Li Mu who is on the same level to compete with him, so there seems to be no problem when deducing military strategies, but it is difficult for anyone to say if it really starts.

Can this little general, who is known for his chariot riding, really lead an army of 200,000 and really destroy the biggest enemy of the Qin State in one go?

Therefore, although Xia Wuhe didn't know the final outcome of this battle, he always felt that Li Xin's trip would take Huaibei at most and want to destroy Chu? Hard.

"No blame, old man, let me ask you, how can you be a famous doctor praised by everyone?"

Chen Wuji raised his head a little dazedly, and said a bunch of clichés that Xia Wuji taught him back then.

Xia Wuji shook his head and said: "Famous doctors, not how clever the medical skills are, but to strictly abide by the five incurables. First, those who are arrogant and rude, tricky and arrogant will not be cured; Second, those who value wealth and ignore life will not be cured; Third, those who are doubtful and undecided will not be cured; Fourth, those who are too weak to use medicine will not be treated; Fifth, there is no cure for a terminal illness. ”

"With General Li's temperament, he likes to attack on chariots and horses, and he doesn't like to fight steadily, even if he offers advice, he may not implement it on the front line, and this is doubtful and undecided."

"In addition, once General Li Xin could not get full credit, he even returned defeated. The effect of battlefield rescue cannot reach the ears of the king, neither can it show the goodness of treating the wounded soldiers, nor can it prove that this policy can inspire the morale of the soldiers, what is the use of the country? Just as we heal others but fail to get rid of the root cause, not only will we not be rewarded, but we will even be blamed for it......"

He patted the silk book on the table and said: "This strategy must have enough time to prepare, and it must be placed in a foolproof battle, but the battle that General Li Xin wants to fight is not stable......"

When a doctor gets a good prescription, he can't rush the medicine, he has to boil the medicine slowly, and it depends on whether the patient's physique is suitable or not.

"Look again, and wait! When the most suitable time comes, the old man will naturally offer advice to the king! ”

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Li Xin traveled very fast, only left Xianyang in mid-August, and arrived in Yangzhai, Yingchuan County in early September.

Soldiers and people from Sanchuan, Yingchuan, Hedong, Shangdang, and Hanoi counties also gathered here, totaling 100,000, plus the 100,000 troops that had been arranged on the border of Qin and Chu, and the 100,000 hands he promised to the King of Qin that they were all in place, and the grain for the autumn harvest in various places was also loaded into the warehouse, and Ao Cang was more than 100,000 stones of millet, and the corn in Guanzhong was still being sent in a steady stream, enough for the army to be fed......

The Chu side also smelled that the Qin people were not good at coming, and after several unsuccessful negotiations with envoys, the main battle faction led by Xiang Yan was reappointed by the king of Chu, and also began to prepare for war, deploying heavy troops in Huaibei, and the two sides were tense and on the verge of breaking out.

At the same time, Heifu, who was in Yangcheng, learned that the commander of the Qin army was really Li Xin, and secretly cursed in his heart.

"I'm really on a broken ship, this battle looks like it's going to be cold......"

But the lieutenant who was sent to Yangcheng to command the five thousand soldiers and horses of Nanjun gave Heifu some hope again.

Du Wei and Li Xin are from a distant family, called Li You, this person is the son-in-law of King Qin, who has just become the eldest princess of King Qin, and he has another identity.

"Son of Tingwei Lisi......"