The 3,000 elite soldiers responsible for chasing after Xihou, after being beaten up by Wei Qing with his cavalry, the number of people who escaped back to the main camp of the king's capital army was less than 1,000, and after learning the exact number of casualties, Xisma was so grumpy that he almost drew his sword and hacked down the elite soldiers' generals.
"Great General! I would have surrounded the Western Marquis, the Western Marquis was killed by the end of the General to support the collapse, suddenly appeared a team of heavily armed horseback riding enemy, these cavalry not only their own body armor, even the horses are also equipped with armor, the use of weapons are very sharp, our Huben's swords can be cut by them, Huben shorter under the horse cavalry a cut, the hands of the weapon can not make the force, running speed is not as fast as the cavalry, we really can not resist. In a battle, we really can't resist." The general defended himself, he had never seen such fierce soldiers on horseback.
"Hmph! You shirk your responsibility when you lose a battle, and you're still a cavalryman! It's good enough to control your balance while riding on a horse, and you're still fighting?" Xisma sneered incoherently.
Only those nomads in the north who grew up on horseback dared to let go of their hands when riding and running. For a Qin rider to dare to let go of his hands and not control his horse was similar to committing suicide. Xisma did not believe that a horseback riding soldier who was not allowed to have his hands free could go into battle and fight, no matter what.
"Great general, the last general is true, no false words, if the great general does not believe, you can recruit the return of the Huben interrogation, the Ulsan those cavalry really take off their hands to ride a horse is also flexible and free." The general knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head bouncing.
Three thousand elite soldiers lost two-thirds can be punished with death, the general in order to save his life, only to render the enemy too strong, in fact, he did not count the rendering, the Ulsan cavalry's fighting strength is as strong as he described, only the number of people by his expansion to six or seven hundred more.
The general is the heart of the West Sima, the West Sima although full of fire, but also do not want to put their own heart to death, see the general said eye to eye, the heart, although not believe that the Ulsan cavalry each is a good horseback rider, he still recruited a few defeated elite soldiers to ask, the caliber of each person in addition to the number of cavalry is not uniform, but the other is the same.
Concerning the number of cavalry, these few elite soldiers themselves argued in the big tent, some said four or five hundred, some said about the same number as the general said, and one said outrageously that there were several thousand riders, because the dust brought up by the horses running covered the sky, giving this Huben the impression that the enemy army had thousands of horses.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Xisima waved his hand to let these men who were arguing with red faces and necks go down. "Did those cavalrymen tie themselves to their horses to fight?" After Xisima believed in the reason for the defeat of the three thousand elite soldiers, he began to analyze the reason why the cavalrymen were solid on their horses.
"It seems so." The general recalled that the thighs of those cavalrymen were secured to their horses by something.
"In that case, the next time we face off against the Ulsan army, let's use cavalry like this against them as well." Sisma came up with a countermeasure.
"Great General is brilliant!" The general was so impressed with his superior that he hadn't thought of such a good method.
"Marquis Xi has fled now, our army will rise tomorrow morning and go directly to his fief city to replenish provisions." The army was tired from marching for days, and Xi Sima was going to let the army rest for a night, and then go and loot the Western Marquis' fiefdom clean of its belongings after the soldiers were energized.
Because of the plan to attack the Western Husbandry to replenish their military supplies, the Western Sima army set out with only half of the budgeted rations, and now a large portion of the rations had been consumed, and were in dire need of replenishment.
Xi Houyi's wish was good, the reality was cruel. Early the next morning, the army arrived at the gates of the city of Xi Hou Yi, only to see the burned drawbridge of the city gates, all parts of the city are empty without a single person, only a few house cats abandoned by their owners scurrying around on the street, the people's homes, not to mention the food, or even a little bit of valuable things can not be seen a little bit of the aristocrats and the Western Marquis mansion is also the same, even more abhorrent is that the drinking water in the well even poured feces.
"Old West Marquis bastard!" Xi Sima gritted his teeth and cursed.
There were few rivers in the fiefdom of Xihou, and the drinking water of Eupcheng was mainly from wells, which were now polluted, and the water for the men and animals of the army of forty-eight thousand had to be extracted from a place about five miles outside the city.
There were no supplies to replenish in the city, so Xi Sima had to send his men and horses to search for the people who had not evacuated with the Western Marquis in the vicinity of the city, and because of the urgency of the army's military needs, the Huben of Wangdu, who were in charge of searching for supplies, searched the people's homes so thoroughly that even the rats were not interested in patronizing them.
Along with the departure of the grain searching squad, there were cries in the back, the wickedness of Wangdu Huben spread like the wind around the city of Eup, and the people who got the news rushed to hide in the hills with their family belongings and livestock. The effect of the food searching operation was very little, and the food and grass of Wangdu's army was seriously insufficient.
"The entire army is heading towards Ulsan!" When Xi Sima realized that scraping the ground in the Western Marquis' fiefdom was not enough to gather a day's worth of army rations, he decisively ordered the entire army to pull out of camp, he could only rush to defeat Ulsan before the rations were cut off right now, or else an army with no food would perish without waiting for the enemy to come to battle.
The Ulsan region came down with 20,000 people at once, and Zheng Yuming, Wei Shen and Yu Kui, who were in charge of civil affairs, were so busy that their eyes were blackened, while Wei Qing escorted five hundred prisoners and escorted Marquis Xi and more than a thousand of his Huben back to the city of Dacheng. Jiang Gui and the valley healers had already heard the news.
Valley cavalry casualties are not large, two hundred cavalry against Wangdu two thousand Huben, decapitated five to six hundred people, captured more than five hundred people, cavalry only five battle deaths, eleven seriously wounded, light injuries more than sixty, with the valley's level of medical skills, light injuries are not life-threatening, serious injuries can be saved about half, the other half depends on the luck of the individual.
After the bloody battle with the Huben of Wangdu, only half of the army led by Xihou was left, not only was Xihou himself bruised and battered, but all those surviving soldiers were also injured, with more than a hundred of them being seriously injured. As soon as the wounded soldiers arrived, the Dacheng healers and the fifty or so medical disciples led by Jiang Gui immediately began to treat them.
"Xi Hou King's Uncle Ancestor." Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui went to visit Xihou who had already been saved by Jiang Gui, Xihou was King Wu's uncle, Zheng Yuming had to call Xihou Uncle Ancestor when he faced Xihou as Gongziming.
Xi Hou's wound was coated with fresh honey, lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed, Shizi Sheng was sitting on the edge of the bed to accompany him, and after seeing the honey that Xi Hou had smeared on the wound flowing down, Shizi Sheng used his fingers to wipe it and put it into his mouth.
Before penicillin was created, honey was often used for wound sterilization.
Honey itself has strong antibacterial and antiseptic properties and has a sealing effect that temporarily blocks the wound from contact with the outside world, reducing the risk of infection.
The best antibiotic medicine is penicillin, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui know that penicillin can be obtained by the method of fermentation of strains of bacteria, but this time and space lack of equipment to cultivate bacteria, penicillin can only wait to have the conditions before development.
After coming back from the royal capital last year, Zheng Chu and the two men knew that a big war was inevitable in the future, and with war comes casualties, and those wounded would be more qualified soldiers after healing, because these soldiers had experienced war, their mental qualities and experience were stronger than new recruits, more than new recruits, and they were the army's valuable fighting force, in order to reduce the deaths of the wounded, Chu Chaohui took out his military expenses to specifically train field doctors, and captured the queen bees from the wilderness to tame the domesticated bees. After Ulsan was prepared for the army, all the wild beehives in the Ulsan area suffered, and the wild beehives were stabbed by fully covered humans, and the honey was collected for backup.
"My lord," Xihou's voice was weak as he opened his eyes.
"Don't worry, when we get to Ulsan, Yuming Ming will protect Uncle Wang and Uncle Wang," Jung Yuming assured as he held Xihou's hand.
Hearing the Western Marquis address Zheng Yuming, Chu Chao Hui and Wei Ren standing in the room completely put down their hearts, the heart of the Hussar General is more solid, there is the Western Marquis endorsing the identity of Zheng Yuming's Duke, there is no need to question the identity of Duke Ming.
Xihou nodded with difficulty, his gaze shifted to the Hussar General, to this old general who was two years older than him, Xihou had gratitude.
The mother of Xihou was a maid of the royal palace, with a humble status, and by chance she was favored by the old King of Wu, that is, the great-grandfather of Gongziguang, and this chance made the maid pregnant and gave birth to Xihou. At that time, the old King of Wu had a first son, and later had a favorite son of the concubine North Marquis, to the West Marquis mother and son simply do not care, West Marquis in the palace in obscurity to the age of sixteen years old, the old King of Wu can not remember this concubine son, of course, can not remember to grant the West Marquis fiefdom. It was Hussar General who went with his father to see the old King of Wu and met Xihou in the royal palace.
West marquis appearance look old, hussar general at that time strange look up to have 18, 9 years old son how to not go to the fiefdom, face to face with the old king of wu mentioned in passing, this mention, only to let the old king of wu know that he has a concubine son has grown to sixteen years old, he should be awarded the fiefdom.
The Western Marquis was given a barren fiefdom in the west because of a passing remark by the Hussar General, and left the palace for the fiefdom with his mother, who was still a lady-in-waiting.
The fiefdom was barren, but it allowed the Western Marquis to be the head of the family, and the Western Marquis' mother lived comfortably in the fiefdom for thirty years before she died.
"Great General!" Xi Hou extended his hand towards the Hussar Great General, his gratitude towards the Hussar Great General had never disappeared.
"Western Marquis! Recuperate in peace, after destroying the adulterous concubine, the royal family will still rely on you to preside over the situation." The Hussar General knelt on one leg in front of Marquis Xi's hospital bed.
The corners of the Western Marquis' mouth tugged slightly, it was unthinkable that a clan member of the most humble status like him would one day have to preside over the big picture.
"Who trained the cavalry that was sent to receive them?" Xi Hou felt his eyes a little sore, he closed his eyes and blinked, looking around the room for Wei Qing, who had shocked him with the bravery of the cavalry led by Wei Qing.
"It was the last general who trained." Chu Chao Hui clasped his fists at the Western Marquis on the hospital bed, he was now in full military attire and could not owe a salute, he could only give a military salute to the Western Marquis.
Zhou Cheng had already been ordered to lead the army first, and Chu Chao Hui, after meeting the Western Marquis, was to catch up with his personal guards and cavalry.
"Good! Good! There is General Chu training of the majestic division, that the Western Secretary is bound to be routed." Chu Chaohui all heroic image of the West Marquis praise, Zheng Yuming's side, in addition to Chu Chaohui can stand next to each other to reflect the light, other people really can not stand.
"Marquis Xi please rest assured, the Last General will let that Xi Sima have no return." Seeing that Marquis Xi's eyes were fixed on Shizi Sheng again, Chu Chaohui added, "But with a breath in his body, I will definitely protect Shizi Sheng's safety."
Western marquis sight turned back to Chu Chao Hui, Chu Chao Hui eyes are sure, Western marquis looked at the half-rate, did not speak, just slightly nodded. Lead soldiers for several consecutive days to harass the Western Sima march can not rest properly, is not injured, the Western Marquis of such an age also can not eat, he is only because of the uneasy son, hard to hold on until now, now there is Chu Chao Hui's assurance, the Western Marquis of the spirit of slackening down after, immediately fell asleep.
Seeing that his old father ignored him with a tilt of his head, Shizisheng couldn't help but cry out.
"Father Marquis, don't die!"
Zheng Yuming was shocked when he heard Shizi Sheng cry out and hurriedly reached out to try Xihou's breathing and found that Xihou was still exhaling. "Shizi Wangshi, Wangshi Ancestor is just sleeping."
"Sleep? But Grandmother just tilted her head like this and ignored Sheng, and then Sheng couldn't see Grandmother anymore, and the attendants all said that Grandmother was dead." Shizi Sheng wiped his tears.
"It's really sleep, uncle Wang hasn't rested for four days, he's too sleepy, let's not get in his way, let's all go to the next room, okay?" Zheng Yuming calms Shizixiang, Jiang Gui's diagnosis of Xihou is that the wound is not life threatening for now if it doesn't get infected.
"Shizi sheng won't go elsewhere, he will stay here with father and marquis, shizi sheng won't disturb father and marquis, there will be no sound at all." Shizi Sheng refused to leave, unfamiliar surroundings, he felt at ease by his father's side.
"Keep him here, and leave two more healers here to take care of him." The Hussar General sighed.
Jiang Gui, who was next to him, heard the Great General's command and stiffly replied back, "There are still hundreds of wounded soldiers to be dealt with outside, how can we keep two healers here?"
Hussar general opened his mouth to scold, but see the stubborn head like Jiang Gui, that scolding hard swallowed back to the stomach, this Jiang Gui medical skill, himself and his two grandchildren is relying on him to save only safe and sound, Jiang Gui in the process of saving, attitude cold talk, to him as a great general and other ordinary patients are no different.
"Keep one, after all, Western Marquis is not out of danger yet." Zheng Yuming saw that Jiang Gui's tortoise temper was coming back, so he quickly rounded up the situation.
"Hmph, just leave a healer here, you follow me out to save the wounded soldiers." Jiang Gui picked up the lifesaving box on his back and named a healer to head out, the named healer saw that neither Zheng Chu had any objections, bowed towards the people in the chamber, bowed his head and retreated out closely followed by Jiang Gui.
The Wenzhai and ministers of the Western Marquis watched this with dumbfounded amazement. Chop! Is this healer surnamed Jiang considered the first bull doctor of Great Qin!