Invincible Iron Army 12, Let the Jiedushi See a Ghost Go Away Book Flag

  Jiang Cai spat out a big mouthful of blood, Li Li and Zhang Wan looked at each other in dismay. Zhang Wan said: "Brother Jiang won't last much longer, we need to find a doctor for him ASAP." Liu Jiao Jiao said: "What are you waiting for? Go find a doctor!" Wang An said: "Men talk, women shut up." Liu Jiao Jiao glared at him angrily and said: "I won't let you off, you scoundrel."

  Wang An said, "We set out immediately, carry Brother Jiang to find a doctor for him." Li Li said, "Brother Wang abandoning the beacon tower is punishable by beheading." Wang An said, "Now Brother Jiang's life is in danger. If he doesn't receive timely treatment, it will be certain death. Moreover, we defeated a thousand-man team of Xiongnu, and when their main force finds out, they will definitely come to take revenge. At that time, we will also be killed by the Xiongnu. Now I'm taking charge, if something happens, I'll take responsibility, and absolutely won't implicate you all. Now I order you, immediately abandon the beacon tower. Let's go!" Du Lu and others immediately stood up straight, responded with a "yes", and left together with Wang An.

  Du Lu said: "Wang brothers, I know you are for our good, but we gave up the beacon tower, and Shang Feng will not let us go. Are you reconsidering?" Wang An said: "Consider what? The governor is high above, doesn't understand the situation here, only knows how to blindly command, we don't need to care about her orders, let the governor's little girl see a ghost! If she uses her skills, let her come and bite me!" Ah yo, ah yo! Liu Jiao jiao bit down on Wang An's arm, Wang An cried out in pain. Li Li and others didn't understand what was going on, thinking to themselves that this usually gentle person had such an intense reaction.

  "Loosen up," Wang An said, Liu Jiao shook her head. "Hurry and loosen up!" Wang An shouted, Liu Jiao ignored him, thinking to herself that she would rather die than let go, no matter what the wind direction was. Suddenly, Liu Jiao felt a sharp pain in the back of her head and immediately fainted. Wang An's other hand held a wooden stick, saying: "How can you be so disobedient? Do I have to use this stick to knock some sense into you?" Liu Jiao's guard was shocked, thinking: "This officer is ruthless, this soldier is indeed from Youyang".

  Wang An had Liu Jiao Jiao rescued, Liu Jiao Jiao only felt dizzy and extremely painful. She angrily stared at Wang An, thinking to herself: "I've never been hit by anyone since I was a child, but here I've been hit more than once by this little soldier. I'm determined to make him pay the price."

  Wang An had Jiang Cai lifted up and took Liu Jiao Jiao and others towards the pass. Not long after Wang An left, a large number of Xiongnu troops returned here, they hated the beacon tower that issued the warning, making their sneak attack fail, and they also wanted to avenge their dead comrades.

  When the main force of Xiongnu arrived, they found that the beacon tower had been abandoned long ago. The Xiongnu felt as if their tightly clenched fist had hit a cotton ball. In anger, the Xiongnu troops could only vent their frustration on the beacon tower and demolished it in one go. Then, they sent out cavalry to search for the soldiers who guarded the beacon tower everywhere.

  Wang An and others carried Wang An to a small village, Jiang Cai was already unconscious, looking at this situation it was clear that they couldn't wait any longer. Wang An hastily asked the local people: "Is there a doctor here?" The villagers shook their heads and said: "No, if you want to find a doctor, you need to walk another 50 miles to Li Jia Village." Wang An looked at Jiang Cai, feeling anxious in his heart, thinking: "Not to mention 50 miles, even 30 miles would be too late for Brother Jiang." Du Lu and Zhang Wan were so anxious that they rubbed their hands together. They had followed Jiang Cai for a long time, and the two sides had deep feelings for each other. Now that Jiang Cai's life was hanging by a thread, they felt extremely distressed in their hearts.

  Wang An and others were like ants on a hot pot, the city of Yuyang was also in chaos. Although they had successfully repelled the enemy's attack with the help of Wang An's beacon tower, they could not find any trace of the Jiedushi now. According to military law, some generals would be beheaded. All the generals were anxious, and when the generals were anxious, the soldiers suffered, being driven around to search for the Jiedushi everywhere.

  Li Li suddenly grabbed an old man and said, "What are you doing here?" Wang An and others immediately gathered around excitedly. Li Li said to Wang An, "Wang brother, your illness was cured by this doctor." The old man was shocked, and the villagers rushed over to say, "Brother, you must be mistaken. This is Hu Daifu, our village's famous..." Li Li shook his head, "Absolutely not wrong, I remember very clearly." Hu Daifu also hastily said, "Brother, you really are mistaken. I've never treated anyone before."

  Li Li was determined that he had not made a mistake, and Wang An was also anxious in his heart. He thought to himself, "A dead horse is better than no horse at all, even if it's just a veterinarian, it's still better than nothing." So he immediately said to Hu Daifu: "You can rest assured and treat this official's illness with confidence. If anything goes wrong, we will not blame you."

  Hu Daifu thought to himself, "I'll believe it when I see it. Who has ever seen an official listen to reason?" But despite his fear, he still nervously gave Jiang Cai the medicine to stop the bleeding, then heated up his knife and waited for it to cool down before removing the arrowhead. He also brewed some nourishing medicine for Jiang Cai to drink, saying: "It's all right now, you'll definitely be awake tomorrow morning."

  In his heart, he thought: "I don't know when I'll wake up, but by tomorrow morning, I'll be tens of miles away from here. You can go to hell!" He was about to leave when Wang An grabbed him and said: "Great doctor, don't rush off just yet. There's still another one," pointing at Du Lu.

  Hu Daifu had no choice but to treat Du Lu's arrow wound as well. Sighing in relief, he thought to himself: "Finally, I can make my great escape! This world is truly strange and wonderful. When I was a doctor, hardly anyone came to me for treatment. But after I became a veterinarian, people actually come to me to treat humans! The world is indeed full of wonders!"

  "Sir, can I go now?" asked Dr. Hu with a smile. "No, you need to treat her," replied Wang An. Dr. Hu took one look and shouted loudly, "Ghost!" Liu Jiao immediately became furious, saying, "You're the ghost! Your whole family is ghosts!" The girl was extremely particular about her appearance, let alone Liu Jiao, who was a beauty. Wang An said, "Don't be afraid, this is a person." Dr. Hu said, "Don't mention it, but now that you say so, I think she does look like a person." Liu Jiao angrily retorted, "What do you mean 'looks like'? I am a person!" Liu Jiao had been beaten by Jiang Cai and others with countless blunt objects, leaving her hair disheveled, bandaged all over her head, with blood flowing from her wounds. She was once a beautiful girl but now looked terrifyingly like a ghost. Dr. Hu asked anxiously, "Will she haunt us?" Liu Jiao glared at him, thinking to herself that he still thought of her as a ghost. Wang An reassured him, "Don't worry, she won't haunt you. She just bites people sometimes," and pointed to his own hand.

  "Bite people!" said Dr. Hu, "That's easy to handle, I'm best at treating this kind of biting livestock... no, biting people." Liu Jiao looked at Dr. Hu with anger and thought that this doctor was also very despicable. Dr. Hu took out something and tied it around Liu Jiao's mouth, making her furious. Her guards mourned for her in silence, thinking that a dignified jiedushi who controlled both the military and civilians had such great power, but now she was not only beaten by a low-ranking soldier, but also treated like an animal by a veterinarian.

  Dr. Hu let out a sigh of relief as he finished treating Liu Jiao's wound, thinking to himself that he could finally leave. Just as he was about to say a few words and turn to depart, he was grabbed by someone again. Dr. Hu looked up to see that it was Li Li who had grabbed him this time. Li Li said, "This doctor has a noble medical ethic and never accepts thanks from his patients. Last time, he cured Wang An and left without saying goodbye. We can't let him leave this time without properly thanking him." Dr. Hu's face showed a mixture of surprise and gratitude, but in his heart, he was feeling desperate and tried to decline, thinking to himself, "Don't I know my own abilities? I can't cure the dead, and I can kill the living." Wang An and others heard that he could treat smallpox and also tried to persuade him to stay, thinking that such a person should not be let go and should be recommended to treat illnesses for the soldiers on the border. Dr. Hu reluctantly agreed with a bitter smile.

  The next day, Wang An and others gathered around Jiang Cai's bed, waiting for him to wake up. However, after a long wait, they found that Jiang Cai had not shown any signs of waking up. Wang An said to Li Li: "You quickly go invite the divine doctor, ask what is going on." Li Li went out for a while and hurried back saying: "It's bad, the divine doctor has disappeared!" Wang An was shocked, hastily came over to search, and found that he had indeed disappeared. After inquiring with the villagers, they learned: "Hu Shenyi escaped eastward at an age-incongruous speed, his movements swift and agile."

  Wang An and the others sighed, thinking they had encountered a swindler. At this time, Zhang Wan rushed over in a hurry and shouted: "It's not good! It's not good!" Wang An's heart tightened as he asked: "Has something happened to Brother Jiang?" Zhang Wan shook his head and said: "No, Brother Jiang has woken up." Wang An was taken aback and said: "Then what do you mean by 'it's not good'?" Zhang Wan said: "I misspoke. I meant to say it's great!" Wang An didn't have time to figure out what he meant and hurriedly rushed to Brother Jiang's bedside. He found that Jiang Zai's face was rosy, and Jiang Zai also knew what had happened. He grasped Wang An's hand and said: "I really didn't misjudge you. You not only led us to victory but also risked your life to save mine." Wang An said: "We're brothers, don't be so polite."

  After a period of treatment, Jiang Cai and others slowly recovered. On the road to Wu Guo's castle, Jiang Cai walked at the front of the team. He had now fully recovered, but his face was still somewhat pale. Wang An and Li Lixing were escorting Jian Xi towards Qianfu Zhang's large camp with high spirits. They thought to themselves, "We successfully sent out a warning in time, avoiding losses within the pass. This is a great achievement! Moreover, we also killed over 900 enemy cavalrymen, which is an unprecedented victory. To know that even Youyang cannot kill a thousand Xiongnu cavalrymen in a year, and they have tens of thousands of troops stationed there, while we only had five people. Furthermore, defeating the enemy with just five people against their thousand is itself a military miracle, unparalleled in the history of Youyang."

  Note: The method of using traps to deal with the enemy has been used in real battles, such as during China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. A type of trap called "earth dragon" or "flying sky" was used to counter Mongolian troops. According to Ming Dynasty records, the manufacturing method for this trap was: "Dig a deep trench, cover it with earth and wood like flat ground. When the enemy enters the encirclement, trigger the mechanism, they will collide with each other, and in an instant, all will fall into the pit."

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