Chapter 58
(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, Breaking Vicissitudes, Hammer S)
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I thought there would be an encounter, but it wasn't until Zhang Fang and his party ran out of fifty miles and crossed a big river that they didn't see the shadow of the Huns. It wasn't until dusk that two tired riders appeared on the other side of the river, and everyone knew that they could get rid of the Huns smoothly, all thanks to Cao Xiong and Chu Liu.
Udan was unlucky, and as soon as he set foot on the westbound road, he was chased by Bu Gusu's search party. There are fifty or sixty horsemen, not to mention the combat strength, just this disparity in number, once it is chased, it is a certain death.
Bu Guxu also found out that he was not the main master, but it didn't matter, as long as the people who participated in the attack on Mo Xibu that day had to die.
Cao Xiong made a quick decision, and after he and the sixth day of the first year lured the enemy, Lin Tianci took Jiankun Xiaowang Li Ren and Lu Nu to go first.
The great luck in the misfortune is that when the Huns discovered the whereabouts of the Wudan fragments, it was already dark, and Lin Tianci and others were able to break through at night. And Cao Xiong and Chu Liu, who were broken, also used the cover of the dark night to finally get rid of the Huns.
Rao is like this, and he also paid a lot of price: Cao Xiong's half body was stained with blood, and he was hit by six arrows in his sixth body.
The two were so badly injured that the joy they had seen at first sight had turned to grief. Li Ren and Lu Nu couldn't help crying. Lin Tianci's expression was quite calm, but the hands holding the two of them kept trembling, betraying his heart.
Deng Zhan and Fu Wei helped Lin Tianci to check the injuries of the two, but the results were not optimistic. Cao Xiong was slashed in close combat, and his left shoulder blade was deep into the bone. Fortunately, he wore leather inner armor to block part of the killing, so the knife did not remove his arm.
The first six bodies were inserted with six arrows, which looked scary, but in fact, there were only two arrows that really caused damage. The arrows of the other four arrows were all bone arrows, although they penetrated the leather armor and pierced the flesh, but they failed to penetrate the body, and the damage was naturally limited. The two arrows that caused the damage were bronze and iron, both of which pierced through the body and penetrated into the back.
Deng Zhan was the leader of the border army, and Lin Tianci also knew a little about medicine, both of them had experience in dealing with external injuries.
The Han brothers, Qingyan, Qu Liang and others have seen Zhang Fang's medical skills, but Zhang Fang's current identity is very different, he doesn't speak, no one dares to speak rashly, but his eyes follow Zhang Fang's back.
Zhang Fang was now picking up the iron arrow that had been pulled out, picking up a handful of grass, wiping off the blood stain of the arrow, looking at it, and turning his head stiffly: "Wait, don't bandage the arrow wound on the thigh." ”
Deng Zhan and Lin Tianci both stopped and looked back in surprise.
Zhang Fangshi Shiran approached and lit up the arrow: "The arrow is rusty." ”
Lin Tianci blinked: "It's rusty, so what?" ”
"It's better not to bandage, open the wound, otherwise ...... I'm afraid something will happen. Zhang Fang hesitated for a moment, but still did not say the name of the disease "tetanus". At this time, the development of Chinese medicine was still very slow, and many classic medical prescriptions had not yet been published, and it is estimated that no one understood what tetanus was.
Wounds that have been injured by rusty sharp objects are most susceptible to tetanus, especially deep wounds, which are more likely to occur. Because tetanus bacilli is an anaerobic bacterium, the deeper the wound, the less likely it is to come into contact with air, the more susceptible it is to infection. Don't say it's the Han Dynasty, even in modern times, once tetanus attacks, the fatality rate is almost 100%.
Zhang Fang described the symptoms of tetanus, such as physical rigidity, spasms and convulsions. Not to mention Deng Zhan and Lin Tianci, but Cao Xiong and Chu Liu's faces changed, because they had all seen their companions who died with this symptom. If you think about it, without exception, they have all suffered arrow wounds or deep knife and axe wounds.
Chu Liu's face, which was originally gray due to pain, almost turned black when he heard this.
"Childe is really knowledgeable, I don't know if there is a way to save him?" In this era, the aristocracy monopolized the most high-end knowledge, and although Zhang Fang was only a teenager under the age of fourteen, Lin Tianci did not dare to underestimate it.
"I'll do it." Zhang Fang rolled up his sleeves and took the wound medicine and cloth strips in Lin Tianci's hand.
Deng Zhan was shocked and was about to be dissuaded, but was stopped by the young master's eyes.
Zhang Fang retreated the leg wound for the sixth day of the first month, and repeatedly washed the wound with warm water that was boiled and cooled to flush out the remaining rust ballast as much as possible, and then in addition to stopping the bleeding, he did not apply medicine, and the wound was not bandaged. Of course, there is a risk of inflammation and slow healing, but at least the chance of infection is reduced, and the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils. At this time, of course, there was no anesthetic at all, and the pain of the whole process could be imagined, and on the sixth day of the new year of the young year, he bit a poplar twig in his mouth, sweating profusely in pain, and never snorted.
After dealing with the trauma of the sixth year of junior high school, he went to Cao Xiong. Zhang Fang instructed Qingyan to get stitches and homemade sheep intestines. Since treating Qu Liang's injuries at the beginning, Zhang Fang realized that sutures have a wide application base in this era, and they may be able to use it one day. Therefore, I made my own tweezers, needles and threads, boiled and sterilized them and stored them in a closed wooden box, which really came in handy now.
Zhang Fang re-untied the strip of cloth on Cao Xiong's shoulder, cleaned it with the boiled strip of cloth, and said, "Bear with it." "Then use copper tweezers to pull the alignment and start stitching.
After about 20 stitches, cut off the thread with a knife, and clapped his hands: "It's done, as long as there is no inflammation and suppuration, there should be no obvious scars after healing, and it is best not to use your left arm to exert force within half a month." ”
Cao Xiong moved his left arm slightly, obviously feeling much more comfortable than before, his heart was very grateful, his lips trembled, and he was finally speechless, just clenched his fists heavily.
Zhang Fang pressed the back of Cao Xiong's hand, smiled and nodded, and then turned around and confessed to Lin Tianci: "All strips of cloth to bandage wounds must be boiled, and the hands should not touch the inner layer of ...... when bandaging."
Chu Liuding looked at Zhang Fang, who was cleaning his hands with a water bladder, and said, "I'...... Will you die? ”
Zhang Fang turned his head, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "Yes...... Decades later. ”
Chu Liu's face collapsed first, and then he opened his mouth wide, and he didn't know what to say for a long time, just grinning.
The medical technology of the Han Dynasty was still relatively backward, and sometimes a traumatic injury that seemed ordinary to later generations could kill a person. What Zhang Fang can do is only simple debridement and suturing to minimize the chance of wound infection, as for whether he can carry it, three points depends on luck, and seven points rely on his own resistance.
When Zhang Fang was treating the wounds of Cao Xiong and Chu Liu, he also saw that the two of them were covered with large and small scars, obviously they had been injured many times, and they believed that their resistance was stronger than ordinary people...... Of course, comforting words have to be said. Sometimes, in the fight against illness, psychological relief and confidence are more important than physical treatment. As a psychiatrist, Zhang Fang knows this best.
Seeing that Cao Xiong and Chu Liu were out of danger, Li Ren and Lin Tianci came hand in hand, facing Zhang Fang, kneeling on the ground, his arms straight, his palms folded, bending down against his forehead, and saluting solemnly.
Zhang Fang returned the salute and said, "The effort of raising your hands does not deserve such a big gift." ”
Lin Tianci's face was full of shame: "I borrowed the power of my son to save people in advance, but afterwards I was afraid of the enemy and left." Such an act was reciprocated by the son, which really made Lin ashamed. ”
Zhang Fang smiled: "Before, it was a mutual borrowing, and it wasn't possible to talk about who owed whom, as for the future...... Whichever path you wanted to take, the fact now is that we are all on the same path, helping each other and helping each other, and rightly so. ”
Lin Tianci and Li Ren glanced at each other, moved, and said in unison: "It should be so!" ”
Cao Xiong and Chu Liu's slightly weak but sonorous voices came at the right time: "It should be so!" ”
In bursts of laughter, Deng Zhan was both happy and puzzled: The young master is very good! Such an open-minded means, even if it is placed in the army, can dominate a school, and it is definitely a rare figure in the family. It's just that...... Why is the evaluation of both Fuzhong and Chang'an markets so unbearable?