"Xu San, you go and get knives, iron scissors and tweezers, Hu Mingzu, you bring the four long splints that are newly made, Wan'er, you go and bring the medicine bag, bandages and wiping towels. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In Jinjiazhuang Fort, in the brightly lit Chen Mazi Medical Hall, the doctor Chen Mazi had quickly and carefully examined Zu Dale's injuries lying on his side on the hospital bed, and instructed several guys next to him and Zu Wan'er, who had been lying on the side of the bed and crying non-stop.

Hearing Chen Mazi's instructions, Zu Wan'er stopped crying, and together with those guys, she hurriedly began to get busy.

And Li Xiao and Jin Dakui, the captain of the family, both stood aside with anxious faces, watching the entire treatment process in silence.

After a short time, after the preparation was completed, Chen Mazi and a few men used a flat wooden mouth to pry open Zu Dale's tooth and stuff a bite made of cork into his mouth.

The purpose of this was to prevent Zu Dale, who was still in a coma, from accidentally biting off his tongue because of the severe pain of the operation.

Next, the operation officially began, and Chen Mazi started to deal with it from the arm first.

Chen Mazi held a large iron scissors in his hand, first cut off the exposed part of the arrow tail, then put down the iron scissors, held the residual arrow shaft with his left hand, and held a sharp knife that had just been roasted on the candle flame in his right hand.

Li Xiao saw that at this time, Zu Dale, who was talking about a bite in his mouth, although he was still in a coma, large beads of sweat suddenly gushed out from his forehead, he trembled violently, and his pale face showed a strange distorted state, which was obviously extremely painful. The two men held his body to prevent Zu Dale from arching over from the pain, which caused damage to the wound on his back.

Li Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, in this late Ming Dynasty, doctors operated on surgery, basically without anesthetic, and it was all up to the patient. Such severe pain is unimaginable and unbearable for future generations of people who undergo general anesthesia in the hospital.

Jin Dakui, who was watching from the sidelines, had a look of nervousness and pain on his face. Seeing his own master suffering like this, this captain was very sad.

With a "dang", a three-edged stainless steel arrow stained with blood stains and a deep blood groove was thrown into a porcelain basin.

Chen Mazi, who was sweaty, took a long breath, and after carefully wiping the dirty blood from the wound with a towel, he immediately took out the golden medicine from Zu Wan'er's hand, carefully smeared a layer on the wound, and then carefully sutured it with amniotic thread.

Soon, the arrow wound on his arm was stitched up, and Chen Mazi asked the guys to turn Zu Dale over, lie down on the bed, and then use a similar technique to take out the light arrow that shot into Zu Dale's back.

Until this time, Zu Dale's clothes and armor were successfully peeled off, and Chen Mazi applied gold medicine to his back wound, and then sutured it.

Then Chen Mazi put a splint on Zu Dale in the order of the back arm first, four long splints, and two for each of the two wounds.

Chen Mazi's technique is sophisticated, the splint is fast and good, and then he is carefully wrapped in bandages.

During the whole operation, Zu Dale was unconscious, but the onlookers were worried.

Subsequently, after the operation, Zu Dale was still lying on his side, lying on a bed in a separate room.

At this time, Zu Dale's breath was weak, but it had gradually stabilized.

"Lord Li, I also owe some luck to Lord Zu. Although the two arrows were shot deeply, they were a little off, and they did not break the bones, and both places had just been grazed by the edges of the bones, but it was a good thing. Chen Mazi asked a guy to wipe the sweat beads off his face, and turned his face to whisper to Li Xiao who was standing on the side.

"Doctor Chen's methods are clever and effective, and this official has thanked Master Zu for it." Li Xiao looked grateful.

"Doctor Chen, my family should be fine, right?" Without waiting for Chen Mazi to reply, Jin Dakui interjected quietly beside him.

"Well, it's hard to say. Now what I'm most worried about is that Master Zu has lost too much blood and his body can't resist it, and Chen's hard work will be in vain. Chen Mazi glanced at Jin Dakui and let out a long sigh.

"This, how should this be?" Kim Dakyu looked panicked.

Li Xiao patted Jin Dakui's shoulder and said softly: "Da Kui, the ancestors have their own heavenly help, and there is a physician here to take care of them, so there is no need to worry." You are tired from the hard fight today, so go down and rest. Tomorrow, the official has important things to arrange for you. ”

Jin Dakui sighed, looked at the unconscious Zu Dale with worried eyes for a long time, and said goodbye to Li Xiao.

Seeing the back of Jin Dakui's departure, Li Xiao sighed again in his heart.

At this time, Chen Mazi and a group of men had quietly left, leaving only Zu Wan'er alone in the room to take care of her father here.

"Daddy, you must hold on, if you have an accident, your daughter will not live!"

Zu Wan'er lay on the side of Zu Dale's bed and muttered in her mouth. She looked at Zu Dale's pale face who was still unconscious, her handsome face was crying like pear blossoms with rain, and her body was sobbing together.

"Wan'er, don't say stupid things. Master Zu is a military general of the imperial court, and his body is much stronger than ordinary people, and this operation is also smooth, and he will definitely be able to survive. You go down, don't cry and break your body, and let Master Zu have a good rest. Li Xiao said softly on Zu Wan'er's side.

Zu Wan'er got up slowly, her bright eyes that were red with crying stared at Li Xiao's concerned face, and after a long time, she threw herself into Li Xiao's arms and cried loudly.

Li Xiao hugged her lightly and carefully helped her wipe away the tears on her face, and in his heart, he was infinitely emotional.

I wanted to send Zu Wan'er back to Jinzhou by myself, and was treated indifferently by Zu Dale's father and son, for fear that I would be such a rural hunter and climb his family's court, but I didn't expect that after several twists and turns, Zu Wan'er was determined to be with her.

And now, in this remote border fort in Xuanfu Town, he has become the life-saving benefactor of his future father-in-law, Zu Dale.

The fate of this world, involving entanglements, and all kinds of wonderful encounters, can not be said in one word.

Li Xiao accompanied Zu Wan'er for a long time, and then returned to the house to rest. Chen Mazi also sent other women and nurses to take care of Zu Dale instead of Zu Wan'er.

Until the second watch in the middle of the night, Li Xiao still did not fall asleep.

He stared at the bright moon outside the window, and the expression on his handsome face was very solemn.

The army of the Tartars is estimated to be forced to Jinjiazhuang Fort soon, but now, how should they deal with it?

Now there are 306 shield soldiers in three teams, 510 spearmen in five teams, 100 men in the rampant team, 60 Lumi gunners, 40 Xuanhu cavalry, and 50 flying harriers, with a total of 1,066 soldiers.

In addition, there are now more than 700 auxiliary soldiers of various types in the fort, as well as 480 soldiers of Du Shaoru's army.

Li Xiao knew that from the training in these days, it could be seen that the combat power of these auxiliary soldiers, including Du Shaoru's soldiers, was too different from his own soldiers. These people, it's okay to fight a tailwind battle and do some work like involving and helping the battle, but if they really have to face the Tartars head-on, I'm afraid it's hard to count on.

According to the two cavalrymen, there were more than 3,000 Tartars, and even if they lost two or three hundred people in this encounter with Zu Dalebu, there were still nearly 3,000 people, nearly three times the number of their own soldiers!

Li Xiao was sure that if his own soldiers fought in a field battle with three times the number of elite Tartars, he would definitely be defeated.

Li Xiaojun's only choice now is to defend the fort.

It's just that this kind of fort defense battle is also very difficult.

Like most of the Northland Border Forts, Jinjiabao Zhuangbao stands alone in the endless wilderness. Due to the prolonged drought, the moat had long since dried up, and it was full of garbage and dust. For such a castle, the Tartars can besiege it on all sides, and their own forces are stretched, and it will be quite difficult to defend them on all sides.

It can be seen that what I have to do now is to urgently send people for help, and urgently dispatch reinforcements from other military forts.

It's just that it's so easy to transfer troops from other places?

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Li Xiao, who had not slept soundly all night, got up immediately, and immediately had breakfast in a hurry, and then summoned a group of generals to discuss urgently and issue military orders.

Li Xiao first told the generals about his guess about the Tartars, and let them know that the next target of the Tartars was his own Jinjiazhuang Fort.

All the generals were shocked, but after listening to Li Xiao's careful analysis, everyone realized that these Tartars were seeking revenge against themselves.

Li Xiao immediately conveyed to the generals that because the enemy was outnumbered, he would not fight with the Tartars in the field and resolutely defend the fort.

All the generals agreed with Li Xiao's views.

Under such conditions of great disparity in the combat power of the enemy and us, it is necessary to fight the hero and the Tartar field, I am afraid that only those protagonists who can summon aircraft, tanks and artillery will choose this way.

Jin Dakui, the captain of the family, also sighed: "These Tartars, the field battle is really powerful, our army's 1,000 soldiers are holding on to the river, and the whole army was wiped out in just one hour. According to the following, if you want to fight with the Tartars in the field, you need to have several times the elite troops to compete with them. If you don't have enough troops, defending the fort is the only option. ”

After Jin Dakui finished speaking, Tian Wei, the head of General A, asked: "My lord, but I don't know how many days there will be, and the Tartars will attack?" ”

Li Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "According to this official's opinion, the Tartars will attack in three days at the earliest, and five days at the latest." Now, this official estimates that they have crossed the north bank of the South River, and are cutting down the trees by the river to make siege equipment, and when the siege tools are made, the Tartar army will definitely attack our Jinjiazhuang Fort with all their might. ”

Li Xiao's words made everyone in the meeting breathe heavily.

Li Xiao could see that these generals were trying their best to control their nervousness.

In this late Ming era, these Tartars were at the top in field combat when both sides were cold weapons. The ordinary Ming army, which lacked food and pay, undertrained and had low morale, was no match for it at all.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Xiao coughed twice and began to issue military orders.

"Kim Dakyu!"

"In!"

"Captain Jin, how many Liaodong soldiers are there in Xiaobaiyang Fort now?" Li Xiao asked.

Jin Dakui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "My lord, on that day, I had a total of 3,000 soldiers in the Liaodong Forward Battalion, and I went south to Xuanfu Town with the second general of the ancestral army. After the whole army arrived at Xiaobaiyang Fort, the commander Du Shi sent Zu Yanshi to lead a thousand soldiers to Diaoyu Fort to guard, and only 2,000 Liaodong soldiers were left in Xiaobaiyang Fort. Yesterday, in the battle on the south bank of the Nanhe River, 1,000 Liaodong soldiers and horses were all lost, so now in Xiaobaiyang Fort, only 1,000 Liaodong soldiers are stationed in the fort. ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Captain Jin, this official orders you to immediately send your cavalry to Xiaobaiyang Fort and Diaoyu Fort respectively, and ask him to send reinforcements to reinforce my Jinjiazhuang Fort as soon as possible, this matter is very important and urgent, please Captain Jin don't shirk it!."

Jin Dakui got up and shouted to Li Xiao: "Please rest assured, go and ask for help in person!" ”

Jin Dakui had just set off, and Tian Wei on the side asked: "Lord Li, now there are other military forts such as Sanchakou Fort and Longmenguan Fort in this Longmen Guard, why don't you go there to ask for help?" ”

Li Xiao sighed lightly and said, "This official has thought about this matter a long time ago!" We are foreign guest troops, and we have no friendship with those generals who defend the fort in Xuanzhen, and it is not so easy to ask others to send reinforcements! If you ask in vain, you will bring shame on yourself. The general thought about it, but there were only these two military forts, because there were Liaodong soldiers in their places, and we were also the temporary subordinates of the commander of the guard, Lord Du Shi, so it was possible to ask him to send reinforcements. ”

Everyone was silent for a while.

Others know that what Li Xiao said is the truth, the factions within the Ming army are very complicated, and the mentality of the dead friends is quite common. There are also various contradictions and conflicts of interest between the local soldiers and the foreign guest troops, and it is absolutely impossible to expect these local soldiers in Xuanzhen to lend a helping hand to themselves without the control of their superiors.

Li Xiao then ordered that Tian Wei and Duan Shidi should be in charge of the overall responsibility of the soldiers in the fort, and they should step up their training and make sure that their martial arts become more and more sophisticated.

Tian Wei and Duan Shidi agreed in unison.

Li Xiao then arranged for Guan Yi and An Qian to lead the auxiliary soldiers of the whole fort and all the people who could work in these three days to dig the moat outside the wall of Jinjiazhuang Fort that had already dried up and become shallow, dig deep and wide, and at the same time bury sharp iron sticks made by Zhang Tongzhu and other blacksmiths at the bottom of the moat, and then cover it with floating soil and straw mats on the surface as a cover, so as to make the moat a big trap around the city.

Li Xiao stressed that if this work is completed and there is still time, many deep pits will be dug outside the moat, and more iron sticks will be buried in the pits to delay the enemy's attack as much as possible.

In short, in the current situation of insufficient troops, making the best use of the geographical advantages is a necessary step to be taken at present.

Guan Yi and An Qian also promised together, and promised Li Xiao that they would do their best to do this task well.

Next, Li Xiao told Chen Monkey of the logistics team that he would provide sufficient food for the soldiers in the past few days, and let everyone eat enough to eat at the standard of four catties of rice grain per person per day, so that they could have sufficient physical strength to cope with the battle.

In addition, in order to cope with the possible long-term siege, it is necessary to let the logistics team go out with all the four-wheeled carriages in the fort, and be sure to prepare enough water for military and civilian use from the Tangquan River, and dig as many coal blocks as possible from the border mountain to come back for backup.

Regarding what Li Xiao confessed, Chen Monkey agreed repeatedly.

After Li Xiao finished arranging, Jinjiazhuang Fort was immediately busy.

Li Xiao, who was standing in the lookout hall at the gate of the fort, looked at the auxiliary soldiers and people, carrying shovels and dustpans, along the moat that passed around the fort, digging soil and mud, filling in iron sticks, and there was sand and dust rolling everywhere, but it was a busy and orderly appearance.

In the fort, all the soldiers were trained in different places, and a team of spearmen and shield soldiers were arranged on the city wall by Tian Wei and others to practice how to use the cover of the fort wall to prevent the enemy from attacking the city.

Chen Monkey's logistics team, divided the 20 four-wheeled carriages into two teams, and under the cover of the cavalry, was carrying water from the Tangquan River one by one, digging coal from the border mountain, barrels of river water, and truckloads of coal blocks, which were continuously transported back to the fort.

Looking at everyone's dedicated performance, Li Xiao's face showed a little relief.

It was almost evening, and a sergeant came to report to Li Xiaoyu, saying that Zu Dale, who had been in a coma, had just woken up.

Li Xiao was very pleased, and hurriedly ordered the sergeant to immediately go to the Qianhu official hall to take a wild ginseng that he had brought from Shandong, and then go to visit Zu Dale.

This time he came to Xuanfu, Li Xiao brought a few extremely precious hundred-year-old wild ginseng and more than a dozen huge precious East Pearls, his original intention was that when he came to Xuanfu, when he visited Shangguan in the future, he would not let himself be too shabby. But I didn't expect that now it is just right to visit my future father-in-law.

As soon as Li Xiao entered the door of the medical hall, he saw that Zu Dale, who had woken up, was leaning weakly on the head of the bed, and Zu Wan'er, who had a happy face next to him, was carefully helping him wipe away the night sweat on his body.

Zu Dale also saw Li Xiao at a glance, holding the old mountain ginseng in his hand and smiling from the door.

The two saw each other from a distance, and they looked at each other and smiled, as if everything was in plain sight.

It's just that Li Xiao smiled heartily, while Zu Dale smiled bitterly.

Li Xiao stepped forward and handed over the stout wild ginseng to Zu Wan'er, and asked her to make a bowl of ginseng soup for Zu Dale and make up for Zu Dale.

Seeing Li Xiao so considerate, Zu Wan'er was very happy, her face was flushed, and her bright eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness, if it wasn't for the occasion, she really wanted to kiss Li Xiao fiercely.

Immediately, she took the wild ginseng, carefully held it in her hand, and quickly exited the room.

In the room, Li Xiao moved a chair and sat down in front of Zu Dale, who was reclining on the head of the bed.

"Master Zu is in good health, and he has recovered so quickly, Li is very pleased when he hears it." Li Xiao said with a smile.

Zu Dale shook his head slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Li Xiao, don't say polite words. I have heard Wan'er say that Zu's life, if you hadn't rescued him in time last night, he would have died at the hands of the Tartars. Speaking of which, the old man owes you a great favor. ”

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Master Zu is polite. We are all Ming officials and soldiers, and it is natural for us to help each other. Master Zu, you don't have to apologize, you are in my Jinjiazhuang Fort now, just recuperate with peace of mind. ”

Zu Dale had a smile on his face, he looked at Li Xiao with a deep look, and said lightly: "Li Xiao, a few months ago, the letters and gifts you sent to Jinzhou have been received by the old man. You have this filial piety, and the old man is very happy. It's also a good thing that my family Wan'er can follow you. ”

Li Xiao saw that Zu Dale had something to say, and he groaned for a while, and immediately smiled and replied: "Boy Li Xiao, thank you Master Zu for your success." ”

Zu Dale waved his right hand and sighed lightly: "If you say anything that is fulfilled, it will make the old man ashamed." You are a lowly country hunter, helpless, relying on your own ability, step by step to work hard to achieve this career, you are really a hero among the people. I didn't expect Wan'er to be young, but her vision was good. In contrast, the old man who thinks that he has read countless people in his life and sees people very accurately is very disappointing. ”

"My lord, don't mention the past. Now Li, he just wants to keep this Jinjiazhuang Fort well and live up to the trust of the court and the emperor, which is a big deal. ”

Seeing that the topic began to become awkward, Li Xiao hurriedly changed the topic.

Li Xiao chatted with Zu Dale for a while, and Zu Dale asked with a puzzled face: "Li Xiao, it's strange to say, it is said that now the heavy Tartar troops are all in the Datong Shanxi area, how can it be that in the territory of Xuanfu, there are as many as thousands of Tartars suddenly came, it is very strange?" ”

Li Xiao heard Zu Dale's question like this, and was thinking about how to answer Zu Dale's question. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the medical hall.

Li Xiao turned his head, but saw Jin Dakui, the captain of the family, breaking in from outside the door with a worried face.

"Master Zu, are you awake? Are you okay? Seeing that Zu Dale had already woken up, Jin Dakui stepped forward quickly, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said with concern to Zu Dale.

Zu Dale nodded, he could see that this Jin Dakui had a bitter face today, and his mind was uncertain, although he asked Hou himself like this, he seemed to be full of thoughts and sorrows.

He couldn't help but say to Jin Dakui suspiciously: "Da Kui, I will look at your expression, as if you have something urgent, so don't hurry up and tell the truth." ”

When Jin Dakui heard this, he knelt on the ground, and said with a sad voice: "Chief Soldier Zu, Master Li, is incompetent and failed to ask for reinforcements, please punish General Soldier Zu and Master Li!" ”

"Oh, this 。。。。。。" Zu Dale looked stunned, obviously not knowing what was going on.

"Captain Kim, tell me more about what happened." Li Xiao next to him said in a low voice, with a solemn expression.

"Lord Li, I personally went to Xiaobaiyang Fort to ask for reinforcements, but Du Shi, the commander of the guard, refused, saying that Xiaobaiyang Fort is the most important place for the Longmen Guard now, and the soldiers must not leave lightly, and I want our army to guard Jinjiazhuang Fort by itself. He begged repeatedly, saying that if the troops of Xuanfu could not be adjusted, it would be okay to transfer the remaining 1,000 garrison soldiers of my Liaodong army to Jinjiazhuang Fort to solve the urgent need. The hated Nadu Shi also arrogantly refused, saying that these soldiers had now arrived at the Xuanfu and should obey the dispatch of the local generals. In the next ten thousand helpless, I had to rush back to Jinjiazhuang immediately and tell the adults. ”

After Jin Dakui finished speaking, his face was full of regret.

"How did the ancestor of the Eagle Osprey Castle respond?" Li Xiao was expressionless and continued to ask.

"My lord, I heard from the other two cavalrymen who returned that Zu was very worried when he heard the news that the entire army of the Zu General Army was wiped out last night. Later, I knew that I was rescued by the reinforcements of your Jinjiazhuang Fort, Lord Li, and his square face was relaxed. However, when the two cavalrymen sent by Xia asked him for reinforcements, Zu Yanshi hesitated, saying that the current strength of the Eagle Eagle Fort is also insufficient, and if you want to send reinforcements, it is difficult, and you need to consider it carefully. The two cavalrymen had no choice but to return to their lives. ”

After saying this, Kim Dakyu let out a long sigh and slapped his thigh hard in annoyance.

"Li Xiao, what's going on?" Zu Dale looked surprised and asked Li Xiao urgently.

Li Xiao had no choice but to briefly say to Zu Dale about his invitation to attack the Blue Flag Bull that day, and now it caused the Tatars to retaliate.

Zu Dale suddenly understood everything.

On his pale face, a heavy anger suddenly swelled up, and his right hand slammed on the edge of the bed, shouting, "What an ancestor Kuan! You are just a slave of my ancestral family, and you have risen to a high position with the strength of my ancestral family, but today you are so cowardly and unwilling to send troops to save you. Such an ungrateful house slave is really angry to kill the old man! ”

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