Chapter Forty-Seven: Seeking Medicine Alone

Yang Xiaohu was sick, Xu was drenched in the rain and cold, and his cheeks were red and delirious at the moment.

When Da Kui learned of this, he was not only anxious, but he was not only secretly hated for not having studied medicine with his second senior brother in the first place, but his mother was dying of illness before his eyes, but now the descendants of his brother who died of illness are also suffering from a sudden illness, but he is helpless.

Da Kui couldn't stand guard in front of the small courtyard of the farmhouse, and hurried to the edge of the cliff. There are 5,000 soldiers and horses brought by himself, as well as his own righteous son Yang Xiaohu. When he came to the edge of the cliff and looked at it again, Da Kui was not only worried. It rained heavily overnight, and half of the soldiers suffered from the cold. There are not a few people who are seriously ill like Yang Xiaohu.

The general of the hussar battalion is called Kang Maocai, a good man with iron bones. At this moment, he also walked step by step to Da Kui and said: "General, half of the army is sick, and we need to send someone to find a good doctor for emergency treatment, otherwise our army will be in danger." ”

Da Kui looked at the partial general Kang Maocai, not only sighed in his heart. Kang Maocai gathered troops to protect the township in his early years, and was named the Huaixi Xuanzhi envoy and the marshal of the capital by the Yuan Dynasty, and later led the troops to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, and awarded the marshal of the Qin Huaiyi Naval Army, guarding Longwan, and serving as the envoy of the capital water camp field, and led the soldiers to carry out the policy of tuntian.

Chen Youliang attacked Yingtianfu, and Kang Mao tricked him into making him rash and rushed to defeat him in Longwan. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, broke through Jiangzhou, captured Qi and Huang, fought Poyang Lake, and was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Dadu Governor's Mansion because of his merits. Kang Maocai is quite proficient in water warfare, but he is slightly deficient in foot warfare. Now with Marshal Xu Da's Northern Expedition, he only serves as the general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion of the Forward Army, which is overkill.

"General Kang, go and rest, I'll order someone to find a doctor. Da Kui personally helped Kang Mao to come to the cliff shelter, found a big stone to help him sit firmly, and then muttered to himself: "The closest to this is Pingliang Town, I will go to Pingliang to find a Langzhong." ”

When the soldiers around him heard this, they all stopped him and said: "General, Pingliang is now occupied by the Yuan soldiers, and now that it is a war, the Yuan soldiers are afraid that they have stepped up their vigilance, and you are going to go at this moment is tantamount to falling into the mouth of the tiger." Let's take a long-term view. ”

Da Kui smiled slightly, and separated everyone to pull a war horse. turned around and looked at the subordinate soldiers again, and then turned the horse and whipped away.

The one had just walked in front of the gate of the farmhouse, and saw a man standing on the road. A gray cloth coarse coat with a cloth silk tied around the waist, gray and black cloth pants and cloth boots with a mille-feuille bottom. Seeing that the bones of the body should be in the prime of life, when Da Kui approached on horseback, this person slowly turned around, and it turned out to be a half-white old man.

"The Great General forgives his sins. The old man looked deeply at Da Kui, and Da Kui was not only stunned.

"Who are you, what are the crimes?" Da Kui knew in his heart that this old man must be the owner of this house, but he asked knowingly.

When the old man heard this, he replied, "The old man Ouyang De is the owner of this farmhouse. In the past three days, I have seen that the general has strict military discipline and has committed no offense against the people, and the old man admires it. knew that the general's commander was a benevolent and righteous teacher, so he went down the mountain to meet the general. As he spoke, he once again made deep repent and said, "Please forgive the old man for his sins." ”

Da Kui's heart was wide, and he turned over the saddle and got off the horse and grabbed it to help the old man up.

"My husband is serious, and now I still hope that Ouyang seniors will show me a clear way, where can I invite Langzhong? My subordinates occasionally feel cold and urgently need medical attention. Saying that, Da Kui returned the salute deeply: "Zhang Da Kui thanked me for this." ”

"General, please get up, get up. Ouyang De put his hands together and said: "Although the old man is a fool, he also knows a little about the art of disambiguation. This healing and saving people is an immeasurable merit, and the old man should do his best. Ouyang De smiled slightly, the breeze blew through the beard and fluttered, although he was dressed as a mountain man, he also looked a little fairy.

Da Kui was overjoyed when he heard this, and hugged his fists and said, "Then it will bother Ouyang seniors." ”

Ouyang De smiled slightly, and then said, "Come with me." As he spoke, he led the way into his own courtyard, and Da Kui followed closely to the courtyard.

Ouyang De came to the eaves of the farmhouse and reached out to pluck a basket from the wall. He grabbed a few herbs from the basket and said, "I have herbs at home, but the general has a large number of subordinates, and I'm afraid it's not enough." Moreover, in order to be effective, it is necessary to count the herbs...... This....... ”

Seeing Ouyang De's hesitation, Da Kui couldn't help but ask anxiously, "What kind of medicine is it?"

Ouyang De replied slowly: "Ginger." ”

Da Kui hurriedly said: "I know this ginger, but where should I find it?"

Ouyang De was puzzled: "There is the nearest Pingliang Town, you can go to the town to find the Jishitang Pharmacy, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for the general." ”

Da Kui waved his hand and said, "What else do you need, seniors may wish to tell me one by one." ”

Ouyang De hung the basket back on the wall and turned around and entered the room. took pen and ink and other materials to write down a prescription, and then handed the prescription to Da Kui and said: "According to this prescription, they are all ordinary herbs." But each herb requires ten catties each. ”

Da Kui looked at the handwriting on the prescription, there were seven or eight kinds. This adds up to nearly 100 catties. This place is nearly eighty miles away from Pingliang, and it may take a day to go back and forth. Saving people is like fighting fire, but this is something that cannot wait. Da Kui accepted the prescription, hugged his fists and said: "My subordinate soldiers still hope that their seniors will take more care, and Zhang will go back when he goes." He strode out of the farmhouse.

I only heard Ouyang De call behind him: "The general will go early and return early." ”

Da Kui went out and got on his horse and galloped all the way east, along the mountain road. Although the mountain road is rugged and difficult, Da Kui is so anxious that he does not slow down. After walking for nearly an hour, there was a barren slope in front of him.

The slopes are criss-crossed, and the roads are very treacherous. Da Kui had no choice but to get off the horse, take off his armor and robe, and stuff it into the saddlebag. Da Kui patted the war horse on the neck and said, "You go back." ”

The war horse has been trained for a long time but is also spiritual, and it really turns the horse's head and runs slowly.

Da Kui was wearing only a middle coat and carrying a dragon sword, and hiked up the high slope. Although the slope is difficult to walk, Da Kui's body is as light as a swallow and walks on the ground. After running all the way, it took only half an hour to cross this slope. Looking back, this slope is more than eighty miles long, and if the army passes by, it will be slow, and I am afraid that it will take two days.

Da Kui stood down the slope and looked around, wanting to identify the direction and then set his way, but when he looked around, he saw curling smoke rising from behind a tree.

Da Kui couldn't help but wonder in his heart, this place is deserted and difficult to walk, and there are no people in the four fields, but where does the cooking smoke come from.

It's noon, so it can't be a hunter who is cooking in the wild? When it comes to eating, Da Kui can't help but feel a little hungry. Since it's a chance encounter, you might as well go and have a fight, and sacrifice to the Five Organs Temple.

Thinking of this, Da Kui didn't hesitate any longer, and only ran towards the woods where the smoke rose. A river blocked the road on the road, but fortunately the river was not deep, and Da Kui walked across the river to the opposite bank, and saw that there were hundreds of steps to reach the woods, and suddenly a person came out of the woods.

Da Kui is far away, but what he sees is real. This man was dressed in leather armor, armed with a spear, wearing a bearded hat and double earlobes, but he was dressed as a soldier. Although Da Kui was shocked in his heart, he didn't have a place to hide. Da Kui dodged to a large rock and hid his body, and then peeked into the woods.

The Yuan soldier was heading towards the river, and Da Kui hid behind the stone and waited for the Yuan soldier to approach slowly. The soldier was carrying a spear in one hand and a water bag in the other, but he went to the river to fetch water.

As soon as Yuan Bing walked to the left of Da Kui, Da Kui flashed out and reached out like the wind, and his right hand was clasped at Yuan Bing's throat. Then he dodged again and dragged the Yuan soldiers behind the boulder. Yuan Bing was so red that his face was flushed and he couldn't breathe, and it seemed that after pinching for a while, this guy would be out of breath. Da Kui threw the soldier in his hand and threw it on the ground.

"Brother, don't make a noise. Whatever I ask, answer it, and if there is a lie, ....... Da Kui said and raised his left hand to the dragon sword and said, "My sword hasn't seen blood for a long time, don't force me." ”

Yuan Bing finally gasped for breath, and when he heard this, he quickly got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Hero, spare your life." ”

Da Kui looked himself up and down when he heard this, and he was only wearing his middle coat. But where does it look like a hero?

Da Kui couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but he still asked in a cold voice, "Let me ask you, what are you doing here?"

Where did the Yuan soldiers dare to conceal it, 1510 confessed: "The little one is a subordinate of General Aodun, and this trip is to intercept the Ming army." ”

Da Kui glared and asked, "You dare to fill me?"

"The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare. Yuan Bing begged for mercy again and again with a crying voice, and even kowtowed vigorously to beg for mercy.

Da Kui asked again, "How many of you are there?" ”

Yuan Bing hurriedly said truthfully: "The small one belongs to the new annex army, and the five hundred brothers who came with him are all in the forest. ”

Da Kui not only sneered: "Five hundred people are trying to intercept the Ming army?" Da Kui knew that there must be something strange in it, and immediately asked: "How are you going to intercept the Ming army?"

The soldier hurriedly replied: "I don't know the little one, but General Helu ...... Oh, it's our commander who said, let's soak the drugged cotton cloth in the upper reaches of the river, so that when the Ming army arrives here, they will be poisoned and fall to the ground when they drink the water in the river, and then we will come and mend the knife. ”

Da Kui was not only furious when he heard this, but stepped forward and grabbed Yuan Bing's collar and asked, "Whose idea is this, to tell the truth." ”

Where did Yuan Bing dare to hide it, and said truthfully: "It is a method taught by a Miao man named Fang Jiutian." ”

When Da Kui heard Fang Jiutian's name, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart. He said: "It's not that the enemies don't get together, it's him?" If they meet, then the old and the new accounts will be settled together. Da Kui finally encountered this tongue, so naturally he couldn't let it go easily. At that moment, I asked carefully about the layout of the market in Pingliang, the deployment of the Yuan army, etc. This Yuan Bing is also honest, and when he says it at the moment, he will say it with 1510 and Pan.

I heard this soldier say that there are less than 5,000 elite soldiers under Aodun, and the rest are all rabble. Da Kui couldn't help but put his mind at ease.

But the purpose of this trip is to seek medicine, even if it is a big thing, it must be solved first.

Da Kui not only asked, "Is there a big pharmacy in Pingliang Town?"

Yuan Bing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." From this road into the town, there is a Jishitang pharmacy in the southernmost part of the town. ”

Da Kui finished asking the question, and then slashed the Yuan soldier to the ground with one palm. Three times and two times, he picked off the armor of the Yuan soldier and put it on himself, put on his hat and picked up the spear, and then carefully hid the Yuan soldier in a bush.