Although His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not in the city, he is also very busy.

In addition to firefighting, he also took on the job of treating the wounded. In the days before the war, he gathered the military doctors in the east and west of the water, and asked two military doctors from the Ming army, as well as the good doctor of the royal palace who was specifically responsible for his health care, to give them surprise training.

Although the conditions here are limited, just by explaining to them the "Battlefield First Aid Rules" formulated by the Imperial Medical Temple and the Military Medical Department, and letting them understand the basic principles of disinfection and infection prevention, many wounded lives can be saved.

He also set up a field hospital in the former Shier Governor's Mansion, and prepared dozens of cauldrons of boiling water as much as possible, hundreds of beds, as well as various herbs to stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, knives and pliers for treating wounds, and even specially killed sheep to make sheep intestines.

It's definitely not that His Highness wants to eat mutton lightly. However, the black goats in Guizhou are really delicious, the meat is delicious, and it is not fatty, and it is not greasy to eat every day......

To get back to the point, as the fighting heats up, so do the casualties of the defenders.

Injuries were constantly sent to the field hospital, and several Ming doctors with more than a dozen doctors were very busy. More than a dozen large iron pots have never stopped, and they have been boiling water from morning to night, and they are still in short supply.

When it was the busiest time, even His Royal Highness the King of Chu went into battle to burn the fire.

When the Liu family heard the news and brought someone over to help, they were stunned and didn't find him, so they could only shout loudly, Is Your Highness here?

"I'm here." A big man with a face like the bottom of a pot raised his head from the makeshift stove.

If it weren't for his eye-catching double-door figure, the Liu family would not have been able to connect this big man with a dark face with His Royal Highness the Venerable King of Chu.

"Oh, Your Highness, why are you burning the fire yourself here?" Liu hurriedly asked someone to replace the sixth child, and took out his own Jinpa, soaked it with water and asked him to wipe his face.

"This is an idler in this king, and he is embarrassed to see that others are busy." Zhu Zhen took the handkerchief, stood up, and said while wiping his face: "They are like this every time, and when it comes to the battle, they can't wait to lock me up, for fear that if this king makes a mistake, they will fight in vain." ”

"That's, no one can afford to be guilty." Liu Ransom Zhu thought deeply and said: "Your Highness really shouldn't risk your life. ”

"Well, you guys, it's all the same tune." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and asked her, "You came here, can you be busy by yourself over there?" ”

In this battle, everyone has a division of labor, and the duty of Yuxiang and Liu is to assist Mu Ying in commanding the battle...... In fact, the two of them mainly acted as interpreters for Mu Ying, and also had to ensure that those Mu Kui obeyed Mu Ying's orders, so as not to lose the command.

So their work is still quite important.

"In fact, those Mu Kui can understand Chinese, but when they are not convinced, they will pretend not to understand." Liu Ranzhu said with admiration: "But General Mu is too powerful, those five-body throws to the ground that Mu Kui admires all of them, and now he doesn't need our help, he can command without hindrance." So my sister also went around the rounds. ”

"It turns out that they pretended not to understand the words of this king, because they did not obey this king." Zhu Zhen smiled.

"I didn't mean that." Liu Zhanzhu hurriedly waved his hand to apologize: "I just said that General Mu is powerful, not that His Highness is not powerful...... No, no, His Highness is much more powerful than General Mu. ”

Looking at the cute appearance of the beauties, Zhu Zhen was in a good mood and said with a smile: "General Mu is more powerful than this king, and you and Luxiang are also better than this king." ”

"Your Highness laughed." Liu Ransom didn't believe it.

While speaking, Zhu Zhen took Liu Ranzhu to inspect the ward. Seeing so many seriously injured clansmen lying on the hospital bed, Liu Ranzhu couldn't help but burst into tears, and comforted them softly.

In addition to spiritual encouragement, there are also material rewards. Liu Ransom told the injured people that they should just recuperate with peace of mind. In addition to the clan will support the disabled soldiers and the bereaved families of the dead, His Royal Highness the King of Chu also promised that all the wounded and killed soldiers would enjoy the same pension as the Ming army.

Of course, the bounty for the living is the same.

This was actually a policy that had been announced before the war, but most of the native soldiers did not believe it. Whether it is a Han Chinese or a Mongol, how can they also be treated as human beings?

But now that they believe that the prince can personally boil water for them, how can they not treat them as human beings?

This was a great relief to the wounded.

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The good news spread from the hospital to the city, and the soldiers were greatly boosted and fought more bravely, fighting fiercely with the enemy until dawn the next day.

At dawn, the exhausted Yuan army finally withdrew its troops.

In fact, the regular troops who bit the pillar can continue to fight, but the subordinates of the three Tusi have already suffered heavy losses, and those who are alive are tired to death, and their morale has fallen to the bottom, and they are really unable to fight anymore. The knives of the Warlords can't move that either.

Moreover, the defenders of the fort wall in the north have been coming and blocking, and the water has come to cover the earth, and they have seen the moves, and they are in an orderly manner. The army is also always sufficient and combat-ready.

The bite pillar knows that it has hit a hard stubble. Without the cooperation of the other three local soldiers, it would be impossible to break the city again if the fight continues today. I had to reluctantly withdraw my troops.

He didn't want to look at the retreating troops, so he looked up at the rising sun, but he didn't feel a trace of warmth, only a heart full of frustration.

It is clear that there are only two outcomes of siege warfare, either a quick one, or a terrible war of attrition. Once the defenders are not able to take advantage of the unstable foothold and rush to capture the city with a thunderous momentum, the tide of the war will inevitably slide into a war of attrition.

This is the last thing the pillar wants to see - once it enters a war of attrition, it means that the besieging side will have to work in vain and die in vain. The blow to morale can be imagined. Therefore, even if the number of troops is always sufficient, the combat effectiveness will become more and more stretched.

And for the defenders of the city, every success in defending the city is a victory. will make their defending skills more and more proficient, so their combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger, as long as the food is not enough, they can keep defending.

Niu Qi told the pillar that because he fled too panickedly at that time, the grain of the entire Puding Department was left in the fort, so the defenders would not encounter the problem of running out of food for a short time.

And the bite pillar brought less than a month's worth of military rations in total, and had to leave some of it to prepare for the withdrawal of the army. So I can only attack for another half a month at most.

As soon as the half month arrived, he had to withdraw his troops, and he could not consume the defenders in the city at all.

"Marshal, I think that Puttenburg can't be taken......" The deputy marshal who bit the pillar also held the same opinion.

"Alas......" Biting the pillar sighed noncommittally, although he also thought so, but of course he couldn't admit it. can only whisper: "Don't talk nonsense, don't shake the morale of the army." ”

"Ugh." The deputy marshal also sighed and bowed his head silently.

"Anyway, let's fight for a few more days." Biting the pillar and said in a deep voice: "Maybe the battle situation will turn around." ”

"Yes." The deputy marshal nodded in response, he also knew that the responsibility for withdrawing the army so soon was too great, and he had to hold on for a few more days, and all aspects could be explained before he could make plans again.

(End of chapter)