Chapter 208: Wounded Soldiers
"Why hasn't a medic come yet? Where did they go? Meng Yining looked at the soldiers who were in pain all over the place, and some of the scabbed wounds were torn apart.
"General Yumeng, the military doctors have arrived."
"How many doctors do we have in the army?" Meng Yining looked around and couldn't see a doctor.
The little soldier who reported also replied dejectedly: "There are not enough doctors in this barracks, most of them are recruited from the people, even if they are apprentices, they have already been mentioned in the barracks, but they are still not enough." This is not a city to prepare for war, but now that there is another war, it will definitely not be enough. Look at this soldier, how can thousands of people be treated for their injuries and diseases? ”
Meng Yining sighed, "You go down." ”
The man snorted and ran away. Meng Yining was wearing a pale red skirt, and her body was covered with blood stains from supporting the soldiers. Le Yi had just finished settling the wounded soldiers on the city tower, and he was running to watch Meng Yining support the shoulders of the soldiers, let them sit on the carpet covered with white felt, and carefully bandage the wounds.
Meng Yining didn't have a general's frame at all, and the gauze wrapped around the arms, waist and abdomen of the soldier's hands.
The little boy next to him who had just been helped by Meng Yining was a little shy next to the girl, and he was a little dull but young and opened his mouth to reveal a mouthful of white teeth: "Sister, can you take a look at me?" ”
Meng Yining suddenly raised his head, and suddenly saw the appearance of his young brother on his face, if he survived that annihilation, he should be so old.
"You lie down, I'll see." The girl moved him a piece of land.
"I ...... I can't lie down. The little boy pouted, he didn't dare to sob, as long as he moved slightly, his whole body seemed to fall apart.
Meng Yining squatted in front of the little boy and saw a palm-sized wound, hideous like a huge spider, pus and blood stuck to Meng Yining's hand little by little, accompanied by a slight smell.
"Don't move, I'll help you bandage."
The sweaty girl's forehead fell drop by drop, and her hands froze in mid-air for a long time, already trembling slightly. Le Yi hurriedly walked over to take the handle, took the small wooden stick in Meng Yining's hand, and he looked down to see that the little soldier's wound had fused with the fabric of his clothes. Le Yi took the gadget in Meng Yining's hand and lifted the little boy's thin clothes with one hand.
Under the little soldier's red shirt, there were deep and shallow scars, the scars were cracked, oozing blood, and there was a wound where white bones were visible, his face was pale and panting, and the wound was already black. The little boy looked down at his scars, tears streaming down his face, his limbs were already weak, and the pain in his body made him unable to walk. If it weren't for the fact that no one of his comrades-in-arms had carried a certain distance, he would not have been able to reach this city.
The flowers in the mountains bloom all over the mountains, and it seems to be an ordinary spring day in a trance. There are orioles chirping in the sky, and the fragrance of flowers fills the warm city.
Meng Yining didn't lift her clothes just now, but when she saw it like this, she opened her mouth and burst into tears. He stroked the boy's cheek, which seemed to have a fish bone stuck in his throat, and asked, "Does it hurt?" ”
"It hurts."
The corners of the little boy's mouth cracked, but his tired eyes were very clear, and he asked blankly, "Am I going to die?" ”
Meng Yining swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but she didn't speak.
"Sister, I finally persevered until now, and my mother is still waiting for me at home." The little boy laughed.
Meng Yining gently stroked his head, and asked in a warm voice with red eyes, "Where are you at home?" ”
"Qizhou. There...... It's so beautiful, it's like a painting...... There is a small stream in front of my house, and the carp in it are big and fat...... And also...... Hiss...... I hurt so much...... Sister ......" The little boy suddenly grabbed Meng Yining's arm, "I want to go home, I want to go home......"
He burst into tears, blood gushing out from his festering wounds.
Meng Yining hurriedly grabbed his hands, "Don't move, don't move." ”
The little boy sobbed, without his unrivaled fortitude on the battlefield, he was now just a young child, snuggled up to his strange sister, missing his hometown. He was enlisted in the army this time, and every man of age in every household was forced to join the army, and he also had a young brother at home. For the few taels of silver that he enlisted, he joined the mighty army. I thought that the war would end soon, as it once was, and I told my mother that I would definitely go home in the autumn to harvest, but I didn't expect to die halfway.
The faint aching voice of the little boy infected the soldiers around him, and many of them missed their hometown, the gentle girl and the fragrant food. It was too far away from home, and the war in my home country was chaotic, and I couldn't see the direction in front of me clearly for a moment. Tears dripped from their cloudy eyes, and they wiped them away little by little with their rough hands.
The loess is full of sorrow, and the branches on the horizon are spring.
Meng Yining didn't know how to comfort the little boy in front of her, she could only say over and over again: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt......"
Le Yi, who was examining the wound, looked up at the girl and shook his head gently. It is miraculous that he has been able to hold on until now, but our wounds are festering and the poison is so deep that there is no way to treat it.
Meng Yining turned sideways, sat next to the little boy, held him with both hands, as if he was really her young brother who had not passed away, and asked him in a low voice, "What's your name?" ”
"Xiao Huang Si, a native of Li Village, Qizhou." The little boy gradually closed his eyes, his limbs numb and unable to move, only a little warmth could be felt behind his back against the girl's hot chest.
"Little Huang Si, do you have any other wishes?" Meng Yining's tone also trembled slightly.
The little boy thought about it, shook his head again, and grinned, "My mother is still looking forward to me marrying, and the girl of the Zhao family in the neighboring village is very good-looking, and her little face is red." He closed his eyes and recalled, the peach blossoms in his mind fell one after another, the spring breeze blew the girl's soft yarn, the branches of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the sunset in the village, and the people in the smoke village were the most beautiful paintings.
Meng Yining also seemed to see it, and she laughed and cried.
"That girl we grew up together, and she stole bacon from the house for me last time. At the time of the autumn harvest, she was too short to look like a rabbit, and I helped her harvest the wheat...... She carried me with her little hands...... Sister, I miss her a little...... Sister, her eyes are especially like yours, especially beautiful, like the moon in the sky...... Originally, I whistled under the wall, and she would sneak out...... Originally, we wanted to ...... after the autumn harvest was over."
The little boy suddenly lost his strength, "I want to go home...... Sister, how is my family......"
Meng Yining gently comforted him.
Qizhou, although Meng Yining has not been there, but yesterday General Lian Qin came to report that the city had been slaughtered, and more than 10,000 people were killed in front of the city.
But she didn't dare to say.
She didn't dare say anything.
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