Chapter 85 Saving Private Gao Shun

The Bingzhou army withdrew to Xiaquyang in one go, but fortunately the remaining troops were safe and sound, and Zhu Ling immediately sent a regiment to guard both sides of the pontoon bridge, and then sent the scouts out within a radius of 100 miles.

The military doctor who accompanied the army was an apprentice accepted by Zhang Zhongjing after he came to merge the state, although he had also been in battle for a long time, he could only judge that Gao Shun had been hit by a poisoned arrow.

Fortunately, his guard blocked the fatal arrow for him, and the second arrow also first grazed the guard's arm and then shot Gao Shun's arm, and most of the poison on the arrow was left behind by the guard's wound.

The disciple of the divine doctor has already poured the antidote pill prepared by the divine doctor into Gao Shun, which saved Gao Shun's temporary life, but it cannot prescribe the right medicine, and it can only delay the onset of the poison, but it cannot cure it completely.

He told Cheng Lian and Zhu Ling that if they wanted to save Gao Shun's life, he could only be sure that his master, the divine doctor Zhang Zhongjing, was in person, and he could only try to extend Gao Shun's life, but it was only half a month at most.

It took them nearly a month all the way here, I am afraid that the far water will not quench the thirst of the near, and Zhu Ling has no choice but to fly the pigeon to pass the book to the old camp in the clouds, and let Lu Bu come to get the idea.

Lu Bu was lecturing at the military academy, and Zhang Liaofei arrived on horseback and asked him to go back to the city, saying that there was something important.

On the way, Zhang Liao showed Zhu Ling's letter to Lu Bu, and when Lu Bu read the letter, he said that Gao Shun was poisoned by arrows and was in danger, so he hurriedly urged Chitu to run with all his might, leaving Zhang Liao and the guards behind.

Back in the old camp, Jia Xu and Ding Yuan were waiting for him, and Lu Bu's first sentence was, "Where is the divine doctor?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "The divine doctor is going to Xianyang to practice medicine, he should be halfway there, I have already sent eight hundred miles to catch up, and I can rush back tonight at the earliest." ”

Lu Bu's brows furrowed even tighter, "Zhu Ling said that Gao Shun only has half a month's life, but if they follow their route to Jizhou, it will take twenty days at the earliest, and we can rush like this, we can withstand continuous running, but the body and bones of the divine doctor may not be able to do it." ”

Jia Xu was also thinking hard, and finally his and Lu Bu's eyes were focused on the big map on the wall of the study.

This is a topographic map of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, on which Gaoshun's marching route is marked with a red pen.

"Lord, in this way, it can only be surprising." Jia Xu looked at Lu Bu.

"Wenhe and I thought about it again, and now the plan can only be to go south from Wucheng to Mayi, through Juzhu Mountain, and then through Wutai Mountain, from Niuyin Mountain Baicheng Valley through Taihang Mountain, Shunzishui to the south, through Xinshi, Wuji, and then to Xiaquyang."

"Although this is a shortcut, it is not very peaceful along the way, there are many bandits in the Taihang Mountains, and the grass is entrenched, especially the nest of the Black Mountain Army is Jingcheng and Zhending, Zhending County and Xinshi County are also in their hands, I am afraid that our army will not be let go." Jia Xu reminded.

"Hmph, if you don't let go, you won't have time to deal with them before, but now I want to take advantage of the way, and those who dare to harm me will never be spared."

"In that case, who does the lord plan to send to escort the divine doctor to Jizhou? I think Wen Yuan is quite suitable, he is from Mayi, and he is more familiar with the customs and customs, after the training of the Battle of Liangcheng, I think I can try to let him stand alone. ”

Lu Bu waved his hand, "Wen Yuan wants to go, but he is not the main general, I will personally escort the divine doctor to go, Wen Yuan will protect me, and Dian Wei will stay to protect the military advisor and my father-in-law." ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord, you are now a daughter, you can't take risks easily, this road is not smooth." ”

Ding Yuan also came out to object, "Feng Xian, what the military advisor said is right, you are now the head of my state army, and you are an old man, so you can only cheer for you, you can't make any mistakes." ”

Lu Bu shook his head, comforted Ding Yuan, and said to Jia Xu: "Father, military advisor, I will replace Gao Shun to command the whole army, Wenyuan can't lead the army alone, Gongming led the military region to help Gongsun Zhan." ”

"Only me and the military division can lead two brigades of troops, and the military division has to stay and merge the state, only I am the most suitable to go, you don't have to persuade you."

Seeing Lu Bu's resolute attitude, Jia Xu said again: "Then you bring a little more wrong, Zhang He's cavalry brigade is resting in the clouds, they have just returned from the grassland battle, let them escort you." ”

"No, let Zhang He and them rest a little longer, the second batch of rounds of battles will have their brigade. I took the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion there, it was enough, but Hao Zhao had asked me to fight several times. Lu Bu explained.

"Just wait for the divine doctor to come back and set off, let Zhang Liao and them prepare three horses each, along the way, the horses will not stop, and let Guan Hu transform a carriage for the divine doctor, so as to make the divine doctor bumpy as little as possible."

Sure enough, it was close to midnight, a small team of cavalry escorted the divine doctor Zhang Zhongjing back to the old camp in Yunzhong, he already knew about Gao Shun's poisoning, and he also comforted Lu Bu, saying that his apprentice had the antidote pill he had in his hand, and at least he could keep Gao Shun from dying.

I need to go to the scene to check the injury, and then I can prescribe the right medicine. After all, with such a highly toxic poison, the raw materials are nothing more than those varieties.

He prepared the right medicinal materials for the symptoms, and went on the road with Lu Bu, Zhang Liao took the guard battalion and Hao Zhao's reconnaissance battalion, and each of them rode three times and went on the road overnight. At the same time, Ding Yuan ordered the counties along the route to prepare food and forage, as well as spare horses, for Lü Bu's needs.

Fortunately, along the way, there is Zhang Liao who is familiar with the distance, try to take shortcuts, copy the path, as long as the carriage can pass.

Guan Hu also modified the carriage overnight, installed the most primitive shock absorbing mechanism on the two wheels, and equipped the carriage with four horses. This journey was also fast, but it didn't hold back.

The whole road in Bingzhou was peaceful, and Lu Bu led people to quickly pass through Wucheng, cross the Great Wall of Zhao, and arrive at Mayi, which only took two days and two nights.

After a short rest in Mayi, the local food and forage had been prepared, the people ate the horses and fed them, rested for a while, and continued on their way.

Not far to the east of Mayi is Juzhu Mountain, and there is a group of bandits in this mountain who also raised the banner of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, when they heard that a large group of Han cavalry was escorting a carriage passing down the mountain, they quietly followed behind and sent news to the cottage on the road ahead.

They are all branches of the Black Mountain Army, so they are naturally worried that this is the official army that the government has come to suppress, but the Han army is all cavalry, and they will not stop along the way.

Soon they couldn't catch up, and the reconnaissance battalion had already discovered this group of bandits, but since they didn't dare to provoke themselves, Lu Bu didn't bother to waste time on them.

All the way forward, although there was no one in front of him, but the bandits who followed behind, the Yellow Turban Army had two or three thousand people, but they did not dare to approach, and they were far behind twenty or thirty miles.

Zhang Liao suggested to Lu Bu whether to let the guard battalion kill a horse pistol, and it would not be a matter to let them follow like this.

Lu Bu smiled, "I bet there must be someone waiting for us in the Baicheng Valley in front, let's solve it together when the time comes!" ”

Sure enough, the scouts in front reported later, saying that it was the Baicheng Valley of Niuyin Mountain, and there was a large team of Yellow Turban soldiers dressed up at the exit on the side of Changshan to block the way, there were 3,000 people, but there were no barricades, and the mountains on both sides were also searched, and there was no ambush.

Lu Bu glanced at Zhang Liao with a smile, then called Hao Zhao over, whispered a few words, Hao Zhao nodded again and again, and went to make arrangements.