Among the 400 soldiers guarding the fifth line of defense, most of them were veterans under Chang Guoan. At the moment, they formed a small phalanx along the gentle slope, lined up.

I thought that he would collapse at the first touch, but who knew that the front conflict was several times, and they were all beaten back, and Guo Hutou knew that he had encountered a hard stubble.

He was hesitant and organized the archers to fire arrows upwards. The stick thief on the slope did not show weakness, but also concentrated the bow and crossbow, and counterattacked downward.

Guo Hutou was the first to take the lead, shooting back and forth for a long time, not taking advantage of anything, and in a hurry, he rushed to the front line to supervise the battle. The stick thief over there had sharp eyes, and seeing that he was not like an ordinary soldier, he took a strong crossbow and aimed at him.

Although he shouted left and right, but did not relax his vigilance against the enemy army at all, suddenly saw a reflection above his head, expected to be abnormal, in a hurry, leaned back, "brushed" in his ears, the crossbow arrow missed, did not hit his cheek, but coldly into the flesh of the neck. The stinging pain struck, and he subconsciously wanted to pull it out, but he felt that it was not good, and muttered to himself: "The thief coaxed me, I don't want to be injured here." The knife fell in his hand, cutting off the arrows back and forth, leaving only a small cut of flesh in the middle, and then like King Kong's angry eyes, he continued to command loudly regardless of his injuries. When his soldiers saw this, they all obeyed his bravery, and their fighting spirit became more and more intense.

The stick thieves have the advantage of the territory, but the slope is bare, and there is not much shelter, but the soldiers of the Zhao battalion under the slope, hiding behind trees and rocks, are divided into three groups, each group of 100 people, and attack in turn. In particular, the dozens of gunners and a few guns showed their might in the face of the unconcealed enemy army. The "crackling" sound is like a firecracker, and the gunpowder smoke is connected into a line between dozens of meters, and the crisp sound comes and goes, and the hit rate is not very high, but as long as the stick thief is shot, his clothes are broken, and he falls backwards.

Chang Guoan kept receiving urgent news from the front line, and he was anxious. The war in the north is tight, and the south is not much better, although Zhao Ying's people are few, but the elite is like a leopard, he is ready, if the fifth line of defense is broken Yuan Tao has not been reinforced, he will abandon the village and retreat to the east.

His idea soon became a reality, and the morale-like soldiers of the Zhao Battalion, led by Guo Hutou, launched several more attacks on the gentle slope, and the arrows and bullets were loaded, and they were veterans of a hundred battles, and they couldn't help but start to waver. The stick thief's counterattack stalled slightly, and Guo Hutou seized the opportunity. He covered his injured neck with one hand, swung his knife vigorously with the other, and mobilized men and horses to attack the uphill from the left, center and right.

In the face of the soldiers of the Zhao battalion, who had a very high armor rate, the stick thieves who were attacked on the position only held out for less than half a quarter of an hour before giving up resistance. Led by a few sentinels, they hurriedly retreated to the last line of defense. The soldiers of the Zhao battalion took advantage of the situation to seize the advantageous terrain, and hundreds of meters down from the top of the slope were stained with fishy hair, and the corpses were not counted.

Chang Guoan did not intend to defend the last line of defense, and at this time, many of the defeated troops on the north and south fled back. He gathered slightly, plus the men and horses stationed in the village, there were more than a thousand. The situation is stronger than people, although he knew that more scattered soldiers would return after a while, he still did not hesitate to issue a military order to "transfer positions".

As soon as he withdrew from the village, Guo Hutou came one after another. He wasn't going to chase him, though. First, the task given to him by Xu Hui was only to capture this village, thinking of the iron-faced and selfless "Xu Lingguan", he didn't dare to trespass without permission, and he had to send someone to ask for instructions. Second, when he saw that the arrow wound in his neck was really painful, he tried his best to persevere, but he still sweated like a bean, so he had to slow down for the time being, and first carried out simple treatment in the village.

Among the accompanying soldiers, there were two doctors, who were also foot doctors in Shaanxi before, and they were coerced in. Originally, they would only have some small skills to show people typhoid fever and abdominal pain, and they didn't know anything about external injuries, but they could only bite the bullet under the threat of Guo Hu's beheading.

One of them had read the book, but he knew a little about how to bandage arrow wounds, but he had no clinical experience, and he had no bottom in his heart, so he crawled in front of Guo Hutou who was leaning on the head of the bed, and said carefully: "Master Jun, the villain has not treated flesh wounds, if you want the villain to do it, you have to be prepared." The implication is that there is no certainty of success in failure. The other looked anxious and stopped.

Guo Hu's head was covered with beads of sweat, and blood continued to ooze out between his fingers when he pressed the wound. He was upset and scolded: "You two pickled goods, things without hammers, if you have a fart, your mother-in-law will delay Lao Tzu's life, and you will not be spared!" ”

The two doctors trembled with fright, but they still said to themselves: "As a doctor, you can't cure uncertain diseases." If I really hurt the military master, I don't wait for the athletes to intersect with the axe, and I don't dare to call myself a doctor in the future, and my heart is like death. ”

Guo Hutou grinned uncomfortably, but when he saw the resolute attitude of the two, he could only force his temper, frowning and said: "Medicine and medicine immortality, Buddha is destined to be a person, you two just do it, Lao Tzu's life is big, and it will be fine." Finally, add, "If it's really a dead ball, I can't blame you both." ”

When the two doctors heard this, they looked at each other before they got up. One said cautiously: "Master Jun, the meridians of the neck are coiled, and the arrow shaft is trapped in it, which is not easy to obtain, so you have to use a special method." ”

Guo Hutou was really impatient, and said angrily: "Who cares what special method you use and whether you use it or not, Lao Tzu's neck hurts tightly, you have the leisure to fart, why don't you do it quickly!" ”

The doctor hurriedly answered, but he still didn't move. Guo Hu's head was in pain, and when he saw the two of them grinding, he was angry in his heart, and said: "Straight mother thief, why don't you dare to come over if you dare to enter your mother!" The soldiers on the left and right were angry at him, and they all drew their swords and stepped forward.

The two doctors knelt down together and begged: "The military master is angry, if you don't use the special law, the villain and others really don't have the courage to practice medicine." ”

People had to bow their heads under the low eaves, although Guo Hutou hated the two of them so much, after all, he had a request for them, and finally put down his anger to the sky, and burst out from between his teeth word by word: "Grandma's, what kind of special law, I'll listen!" ”

A doctor replied: "The meridians in the neck are vertical and horizontal, and the slightest injury can kill people. Seeing that the military master can still speak, I think that the Biji people have a heavenly appearance, and they have not touched the main vein, so they only need to take out the arrow shaft and bandage the wound. However, when taking the arrow, even if you are very careful, you will inevitably touch the veins, and the pain will not be bearable. At the moment, there is no hemp boiling and other things, so he can only wronged the military master and tied his body to the bed, so as not to tremble indiscriminately under the severe pain, pull his mouth, and cause a big disaster. After speaking, he lowered his eyebrows and waited anxiously for the movement.

Unexpectedly, before he could reply, he heard a burst of laughter. The two looked at each other in surprise, not knowing what was going on. Guo Hutou laughed for a while, until the pain of the wound was unbearable: "What kind of special method do I say, I see." If you two worry about this, it's redundant. Time is pressing, there is no time to tie it up, you just have to make a move, Lao Tzu snorted, and he didn't believe Guo from now on. ”

"This ......," Rao assured him eloquently, but the two doctors still hesitated.

Guo Hutou gritted his teeth and said sharply: "If you don't do it again, I will chop you two to feed the dogs first!" As he spoke, he looked left and right, and the soldier was about to swing his sword and slash people.

At the moment of life and death, the two doctors put down their burdens and didn't have a chance to agree, one stepped forward to straighten Guo Hu's head and body, and the other went to look for tools in the bag he carried.

Arrows, especially those with barbs, must not be easily pulled out, otherwise the wound will be torn several times, and you will immediately die of excessive blood loss. The two doctors easily found an object called "arrow spoon", and after simple disinfection, they took it to Guo Hu's head and neck.

"What is this?" Looking at the strange thing in front of him that was flat and cone-shaped and shaped like tweezers, Guo Hutou couldn't help but be a little worried.

"This thing is called the 'arrow spoon', and the big head is slid along the wound, slowly stretched open, and then the arrow shaft is clamped out of the gap with a clamp." The doctor was also using this thing for the first time, and his hands were shaking.

"Hurry up then." After listening to the introduction, Guo Hutou was immediately relieved, and then urged as if he was not worried about anything.

When the doctor saw his demeanor, he was a little surprised, hesitated, and said, "After this thing enters, the pain is incomparable, and I hope that the military master will be ready." ”

"Got it." Guo Hutou looked calm.

Regardless of whether the other party pretended to be calm or not, the doctor had no time to think about it at the moment. Swinging the arrow spoon over the wound a few times, he slowly inserted it into the wound.

"Uh......" Even though he had been prepared, the severe pain still caught Guo Hutou off guard. He only felt that his neck was crawling like thousands of insects and ants, wantonly tearing at his own flesh and skin. The pain spread from the wound to the wound and soon spread throughout the body.

The attending doctor observed that Guo Hutou's face was already pale, and there was no blood between his lips, so he could only speed up his movements and slowly open the arrow spoon inserted into the end. At this moment, the pain jumped suddenly, Guo Hu's head bared his teeth and cracked his eyes, and a pair of vinegar bowl-sized hands clenched the side of the bed tightly, almost crushing it.

Even with his best efforts to contain his throat, there was still a subtle sound coming through the cracks. A slender and sharp voice came out of the mouth of a big man like Guo Hutou, with pain and poignancy that could not be concealed. Rolling his eyes upwards, his eyes stared straight at the roof beams vacantly, at this moment, he had no distractions, as if his whole body was fluttering, except for the neck that weighed a thousand pounds.

Soon, the shaft of the arrow was clamped out, and the arrow spoon was pulled out. This process is very short, almost a few blinks of an eye, but for Guo Hutou, it is tantamount to spending a few cold summers.

"Whew, whew......" The sharp pain receded, and cold sweat immediately spread all over his body. He breathed a long sigh of relief, but his eyes did not turn, and his neck hurt again. This time, the pain was different from Fang Cai, it was another doctor who used a small red-hot iron to burn the wound.

The tip of the soldering iron is very small, so it heats up quickly, and the hot scalding hits the wound, bursting out with extremely irritating pain at that moment. Guo Hu's knuckles stumbled, and his whole body stiffened into a piece. Even the soldiers who were watching couldn't bear it.

Finally, the hellish ordeal ended, the two doctors wiped their sweat, knelt down in front of the bed and said: "In ancient times, Yun Chang scraped his bones to heal his wounds, and now there is a military master who pulls an arrow from his neck, and the villain is eye-opening, and he knows that the heroes of ancient times are not worthy." The military master is really a god! "Not to mention anything else, after this set, Guo Hutou did what he said, and he really didn't shout or move.

The soldiers on the left and right stepped forward to look at it at the same time, and their eyes could not be covered with admiration.

The arrow shaft was taken out, Guo Hutou felt a lot better, and the doctor took the linen cloth, applied some gold sore medicine to the wound and then wrapped it carefully. After all these were taken care of, a person walked in outside the door, and when he raised his eyes, it was Xu Hui.

When the boss came, Guo Hu's head twisted twice and wanted to get up and salute. Xu Hui stepped forward and gently pressed him, and said softly: "Mr. Bai is injured, so there is no need to be polite." He had to report that Guo Hutou was injured before, so he rushed over with all the 100 people who stayed in Pingzhai South.

As soon as the operation was over, he entered the house, and needless to say, waited outside the house for a while. Guo Hutou was ashamed: "I don't know that the total has arrived, and I am rude and lazy." Sometimes, his style of acting is a bit similar to Hou Dagui, but compared with the former, he knows more about humility and humility, and his temperament is more simple.

is also Hou Dagui, who has always beaten and scolded soldiers as commonplace, but he can be polite to his superiors and those with high status. On the contrary, although Xu Hui is known for his strict leadership of troops, he is only in training, and in private he is very good at getting along with the low-level generals, and he often gives people the impression of being cold and silent when dealing with those who are equal to or higher than his own status.

The front-line commander of the dam in the south of Tuya was originally Guo Hutou, and the battle here was critical and related to the overall situation, but now that he was wounded, Xu Hui repeatedly decided to replace him and personally control the troops.

"Guo Bai always doesn't use anesthetics, he suffers severe pain and his expression remains unchanged, compared with Xiahou Dun, who pulls out arrows and scrapes bones to heal his wounds, he is not inferior, I have this tiger general in my camp, can I not destroy the stick thief?" Xu Hui's face was red, his words were passionate, he had never read a book, he had only heard the story of the Three Kingdoms, the deeds of Xiahoudun and Guan Yu were not only him, everyone present had heard of it, so everyone nodded and agreed, and several of them also learned to raise their arms and shouted two sentences of "will destroy the stick thief".

Guo Hu was thick-skinned and a little embarrassed, so he lowered his head twice.

"You can recuperate in peace, and I'll take care of the rest." Xu Hui changed his face in a blink of an eye, and put on a cold expression again, "A few of you, take care of Mr. Guo Bai, send him to the rear in time, and the rest will come with me." Without looking back, he strode out of the room.

The person who is a confidant dies, Xu Hui's outside is cold and hot inside, and Guo Hutou has not felt it for the first time. He wanted to get up and continue fighting, but as soon as he moved and pulled the wound, the pain spread out from his heart. Sighing twice and thinking carefully, it seems that this life can only be saved for the next time and then sold.