Chapter 126: The Military Lady
The sky gradually brightened, and the sea gradually changed from black to dark blue, and a round of morning sun rose from the water, and suddenly sprinkled ten thousand golden rays of light on the boundless sea water.
On the microwave Qinghai sea, dozens of large ships are sailing eastward with the wind and waves, it is September, and the west wind is blowing on the sea, making their journey unusually smooth.
Another role of the Jiangdu battalion soldiers was revealed, many of them could sail boats, which enabled them to leave Haixi by boat before the arrival of the heavy Tibetan army.
Li Qing'an stood at the bow of the ship and silently watched the sea, the Hehuang Battle of Tianbao's eighth year was advanced by a whole year, history has changed, can Ge Shuhan still end in a miserable victory? In the historical Battle of Hehuang, the boat did not play a role, but today, it can successfully send him through Qinghai.
"Shichiro, what are you feeling again?" Li Fei Shouyu slowly walked over and smiled.
"I'm thinking that if we build a strong fleet in Qinghai, then in this battle of Hehuang, we will win a little initiative."
"Shichiro's idea is really unexpected, I think it is feasible, you might as well make this suggestion to General Geshu then, it just so happens that we still have four hundred Jiangdu battalion soldiers."
Referring to the four hundred Jiangdu battalion soldiers, Li Qing'an's heart tightened, last night they entered the city of Fuqi, and the Tubo army started a street battle, although they finally annihilated the Tubo army and burned the grain, but they also paid a heavy price, more than 300 people were killed and wounded, of which more than 200 were slaves, more than 20 veterans of the scout camp were killed and wounded, and the Jiangdu army was killed and wounded nearly 100 people, and even Nan Jiyun was also injured.
He hurriedly asked, "How are the wounded soldiers now?" ”
"I came to you for this matter, you came with me."
Li Fei Shouyu took Li Qing'an into the cabin, almost every ship had wounded soldiers, several military doctors kept going back and forth between the ships, and there were 20 wounded on Li Qing'an's boat, all of whom were soldiers of the Jiangdu Army.
The ship was a grain ship, a thousand-stone ship, made by Han slaves in Longyou, with a wide and dry cabin, twenty wounded soldiers lying in the ship, and a military doctor was busy changing their dressings and cleaning their wounds.
Li Qing'an suddenly discovered something that surprised him, two rescued Han female slaves were also helping the military doctor, one was Zhao Lu, and the other was surnamed Shi, they were very skillful, while bandaging, while softly comforting the wounded soldiers.
Li Qing'an seemed to have a scene in his mind, the two of them should wear white coats and nurses' hats, with sweet smiles and meticulous work to calm the emotions of the wounded soldiers and save their lives.
'Nurse! Li Qingan slapped his head hard, why didn't he think of it? In the era of cold weapons, most soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died on the sickbed, bleeding excessively, or the wound was infected, which were the two deadliest death rules in the era of cold weapons.
If he could improve his medical care, he would be able to save many lives, and nurses were the most critical part of that.
Most of these 20 or so unfortunate women are homeless, why can't I keep them in the army and become assistants to military doctors to save the lives of more brothers?
A painful groan interrupted Li Qing'an's train of thought, it was Nan Jiyun, Zhao Lu was bandaging the wound on his stomach, he was stabbed in the stomach by a Tibetan soldier who was pretending to be dead.
Li Qingan hurriedly walked up and asked in a low voice, "How is he?" ”
Zhao Luniang's face flushed slightly and said: "General Nan's wound is a little suppurated, I bandaged him, it seems that there is no effect." ”
Nan Jiyun's face turned pale with pain, grabbed Zhao Lu's hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Please give me a good one!" ”
"General Nan, it's just a small wound, you'll be fine, you're still so young, you still have to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, become a famous general of the Tang Dynasty in the future, marry the most beautiful wife, bear with it, I'll give you the medicine after I finish it."
Zhao Lu comforted Nan Jiyun softly, and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead with a cold gauze towel, and she whispered to Li Qingan: "He is hot, I want to wipe his body to cool down." ”
"Wait a minute!"
Li Qingan gently uncovered the gauze on Nan Jiyun's stomach, the wound was not big, the surrounding area was red, and some suppuration was made, this should be a little infected, he glanced at the water in the copper basin on the ground, it was already very turbid, he immediately shook his head and said: "This can't work, you listen to my arrangement, immediately boil all the gauze towels for a quarter of an hour, the gauze towels are poisonous, the poison must be eliminated, each gauze can only be used once in the future, it must be clean, in addition, wash the wound with salt water, it is also for disinfection, and then use medicine to bandage." ”
Li Qingan said a lot in one breath, and he also knew that the two women were too busy, so he found two soldiers to be responsible for cooking gauze.
Haixi is rich in salt, there are a lot of edible salt of the Tubo army in this ship, after a while, Zhao Lu brought a basin of clear water, this is the fresh water in the boat, it cooled after boiling, she took out a piece of salt and was about to put it into the water, Li Qingan hurriedly stopped her and said: "Don't put too much salt, only put two spoonfuls of salt in this basin of water, clean his wound after dissolving, and then give him some light salt water." ”
Li Qing'an taught Zhao Lu some first-aid knowledge in later generations one by one, Zhao Lu is very smart, and can quickly draw inferences, she smiled: "My uncle once said that if you are injured, you can also use white wine to wash the wound, if there is really no condition, you can use iron to burn him red, which is also a way." ”
Li Qing'an smiled, "It's okay to use liquor, but you don't need a soldering iron, then they will die of pain, the key to the wound is to apply medicine and bandage it in time, one is to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, and the other is not to let it be infected with poison in the air, as long as these two are done well, their lives will be saved." ”
Zhao Lu got busy according to the method taught by Li Qing'an, and Li Qing'an saw that she was going to wipe Nan Jiyun's body, so he withdrew from the cabin.
The wind direction on the sea turned to the north wind, the sails of the ship were oblique, and the line was very slow, this is a kind of cao transport ship that sailed in the inland rivers of the Central Plains, more than 20 zhang long, erected three masts, sailed by the wind, the shipbuilding industry of the Tubo people was not developed, so they caught the shipbuilding craftsmen from Longyou, and built these dozens of trough ships for them, mainly for transportation along the coast of Qinghai, but they were captured by Li Qing'an's Tang army.
Li Qingan leaned on the string of the boat, looking at the ripples drawn on the water, he had an idea that if the Tang army could form a Qinghai fleet, then neither Chiling nor Dafeichuan would be an obstacle to the Tang army.
"Shichiro, I didn't expect these women to be very useful, with them here, the mood of many wounded soldiers has stabilized."
Li Fei Shouyu sighed with emotion in his heart, shook his head and smiled: "Before leaving, some people complained that these women were a burden, but now they are more important than anyone else." ”
Li Qingan smiled slightly, "I want to keep them all in the army and become female escorts, who are responsible for taking care of the wounded, what do you think?" ”
'Female Guardian! ’
This is a word that Li Fei Shouyu has never heard, and he thought about it: "I also think it is good for them to stay, but I am afraid that the imperial court will not agree." ”
"You don't have to worry about this, they are all women, the people in the court will only think in another direction, and besides, our Anxi army is not as taboo about women as the mainland army, I will tell Gao Shuai and let him see the role of these female protectors with his own eyes, Gao Shuai is a pragmatic person, he will agree."
"I support you, anyway, Shichiro is already a soldier and a horseman, and he has become an army, and no one else can interfere with you except Gao Shuai."
At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind them, "General Li, he is already asleep." ”
Zhao Lu appeared behind them and whispered to Li Qing'an, "I wiped his body, cleaned his wounds according to the method you taught, and applied the wound medicine, he is now calm, and his body is not as hot as just now." ”
Li Qing'an was overjoyed, Nan Jiyun was unharmed, and he kept a general, Li Fei Shouyu hurriedly said: "I'll go and see Nanba!" ”
He walked briskly towards the cabin, Li Qingxin was full of gratitude, he carefully looked at this capable girl, as if he had just met her, she was not pretty, a simple robe tightly wrapped around her body of a once-battered, sixteen-year-old girl, her hair was cut short, tied into a bun, with a yellow wild chrysanthemum flower inserted on it, in order to take care of the wounded, she cut off her sleeves, revealing a dark and rough arm, her skin was very dark from years of highland life and labor, But compared to the bleakness of her first rescue, her skin already reflected a healthy glow, and her gaze was so serene and full of yearning for a new life.
Zhao Lu saw Li Qing'an looking at her with blazing eyes, a trace of shyness flashed in her eyes, and her head hung down, "General, I'm going to take care of other wounded." ”
"Wait a minute, I'll ask you something."
Li Qingan pondered for a moment and asked, "Lu Niang, are you willing to stay in the army?" ”
Zhao Lu was stunned, she took a step back in some horror, Li Qingan saw that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "I mean to say, our army needs female military doctors, who can care for the wounded soldiers and save their lives, I found that you women take care of the wounded, and have an irreplaceable role for men, with you here, most of my brothers can live, Lu Niang, I want you to stay and become the first female escort in Datang." ”
"General, you just want us to join the army, right?" Zhao Lu cautiously confirmed.
Li Qingan smiled and nodded, "It's just a soldier, of course, if you want, you can also marry the soldier you like in the future." ”
Zhao Lu's face was stained with a blush, she twisted her fingers, lowered her head and whispered, "Actually, we don't know what we will do in the future?" We are all ruined, and we have been beaten by the Tibetans..."
She raised her head suddenly, her eyes became extremely bright, a joyful light accompanied her bright eyes and bright teeth, her face was full of dazzling luster, she nodded heavily: "General, I am willing to stay, I think my sisters are also willing to stay." ”
.........
An hour later, Zhao Lu's busy work was over, she found Li Qing'an, gently brushed her hair, and said with a smile: "General, the other sisters are helping to take care of the wounded on various boats, I want to tell them all the methods that the general taught me." ”
"Good!"
Li Qingan immediately ordered several soldiers: "Pass my order and let all the women gather in one boat!" ”
The flag was played, the boat slowly approached, and the bridge board was boarded, Zhao Lu and another woman staggered onto a big boat in the middle, and soon, the women of the other boats also came, and the women all gathered together, Zhao Lu began to tell them about the various first aid common sense that Li Qing'an taught her, and told them that Li Qing'an hoped that they would stay and become female escorts, take care of the wounded soldiers, and these homeless women all said that their lives were saved by the Tang Army, and they were willing to stay and become a member of the Tang Army.
Datang's first military nurse team was born in Qinghai Lake.
..........
(To be continued)