Chapter 1439
Siege, Fell into the River
Chapter 1439 Siege, Fell into the River
"Yes, yes, we must hurry and treat Da Gan and the others." Zhen Qianhu hurriedly splashed several ladles of medicine on himself and rushed into the city, shouting, "Old Physician Xun, Imperial Physician, and the old military doctor who is good at infectious diseases, come quickly! Da Gan and the others have arrived at the city gate!"
"Here they come, here they come." After giving General Liang his final treatment, writing down instructions and prescriptions for further treatment, Old Man Xun rushed out of the house inside the inner city wall.
"Old Xun, are you really going? You're so old, it's very dangerous!" Deputy General Lang and Prince Ye couldn't bear it and grabbed him, trying to persuade him to change his mind.
Old Xun laughed heartily, pointing to his old face and saying, "Only the elderly should go. Do you expect young doctors to go? That would be severing the roots of my ancient medicine."
"Let the old and dying ones go first. After a batch or two die, they'll get the hang of it, and then the rest won't have to die."
"Even the poor kid didn't try to stop me, so don't try to stop the old man. Hurry up and prepare to deal with the enemy's attack on the city. Don't waste time trying to persuade me."
Qi Tianshi agreed: "Master Xun truly deserves to be Master Qiong's teacher; his ambition and benevolence are both lofty."
"Yes, yes, that's right." Old Xun waved to them, "I'm leaving now. The ancient medical books, pharmacopoeias, and prescriptions are all in the master's hands. Just have the master donate them to the imperial court for the purpose of preservation!"
After saying that, Old Man Xun turned and ran away.
King Ye, Qi the Envoy, Deputy General Lang, and the dead soldiers inside the house: "..."
The old man was as fast as a rabbit; he didn't look like someone whose neck was buried in the ground.
"The old man is here! Imperial physicians and military doctors, assemble! The rest of the soldiers and civilians, retreat to the inner city gate!" Old Man Xun shouted, pointing to the barbican area, "We can't stay here for now, to avoid cross-infection!"
I learned that phrase from my employer.
dong dong dong dong!
As the war drums sounded, Zhao Qianhu and his men shouted, "Quickly enter the inner city or climb the city wall! Don't stay here; there's a risk of infection!"
With a whoosh, the soldiers moved swiftly like lightning and were all gone in the blink of an eye.
Boom boom boom!
"The area from the outer city gate to the barbican has been cleared to allow the Wei troops from the poison-poisoning positions to enter the city!"
At a shout, Old Man Xun and his men immediately sprang into action, running to the carriages at the city gate.
Meanwhile, the medics inside the vehicle had covered the mouths and noses of Commander Gan and his men with cloths to prevent the medicine from carrying any germs and flowing into their mouths and noses.
He lifted the carriage curtain again and said to the medical soldiers who were already waiting at the city gate with medicine buckets in their hands, "Bring the medicine over here. We'll apply the medicine to the Great Gan Commander and his men to prevent the plague!"
The medics immediately carried the akebia stem filled with medicinal juice to the side of the carriage.
The gentle splashing of the medicine washed away the blood, dust, and any possible plague germs from the face of the Great Gan Commander.
"Didn't they say those germs are invisible? Can this medicine really wash away those invisible plague germs?!"
Finally, one of the soldiers asked the question.
Master Xun replied, "The rat plague is spread to humans by fleas and other small insects. This medicine mainly kills fleas and other insects that carry pathogens, thus reducing the transmissibility of the disease. Therefore, this medicine is very effective!"
The old man then spoke of the plague-prevention isolation zone in the west of the city: "Our newly improved anti-epidemic medicine has almost wiped out fleas and lice in the west of the city. Because the venomous insects carrying the pathogens have been eliminated, and the plague virus in the west of the city is not very strong, the plague in the west of the city is under control!"
Unfortunately, before this good news could be announced, the enemy was about to poison the capital city again.
Upon hearing this, the soldiers guarding the small town gate were overjoyed and no longer so afraid of the rat plague: "It's good that we can kill them! Damn those fleas for eighteen generations! These things are too vicious. We thought they only sucked people's blood, but we never expected them to kill people. From now on, if we see one, we'll wipe out their entire nest!"
The native fleas protested: "We really just suck blood. The germs and stuff were all bred by the enemy. We didn't have any before!"
The sound of horses' hooves clattered. Looking back, it was Jiang Dalang and his men returning to deliver the Fourth Prince's head.
"Stop!" Jiang Dalang raised his fist and gave the order, his gaze fixed precisely on Old Man Xun.
Before he could even ask, Old Man Xun hurriedly replied, "Everything is fine with the master, Young Master Jiang, please don't worry!"
"..." Jiang Dalang: "I didn't ask that. What I urgently need to know is, are there any enemy plague vesicles that have fallen inside the city?!" He immediately ordered Xiao Yi to wave flags and shout towards the city wall: "Keep a close watch on all four sides of the city, launch a long-range attack on the enemy vesicles, and shoot the plague bacteria outside the city!"
"Received, in progress!" Such a voice came from the high city tower... It was shouted by soldiers using funnel-shaped leather megaphones.
Hey, as I've said before, the ancients were just ancient, not stupid; they were quite clever.
The soldiers who returned to the city breathed a sigh of relief.
But Old Man Xun grew anxious and asked, "Just these dozen or so of you? What about Commander Zhong and the others? Weren't they said to still be alive?!"
Zhong Baihu is a good man, and he's an acquaintance. Old Man Xun doesn't want him to die.
Jiang Dalang: "Zhong Baihu and the others are repairing the moat bridge."
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!
The muffled thunderous marching sounds grew closer and closer, echoing around the city, indicating that the enemy's right wing was approaching and heading towards the west gate.
"General Chu, please quickly reclaim the moat bridges at the four city gates so that the enemy's long-range weapons cannot cross the moat!" Jiang Dalang shouted again, instructing Xiao Yi to use flag signals.
"The moat bridges at the other three city gates have been lowered, so please rest assured!"
When fighting a siege, the moat bridge must be taken down so that the enemy's long-range weapons cannot get too close to the city walls. No matter how far the enemy's long-range weapons have, they cannot damage the capital city.
Unless the enemy spends several days building bridges, they will not be able to get close to the walls of the capital city.
"The bolts have been removed. Let's all pull together and pull back, section by section of the bridge, even if it means pulling it into the river!" Zhong Baihu shouted.
Dozens of soldiers were divided into two groups, standing on the left and right sides of the bridge, gripping the long ropes and gritting their teeth to exert their strength.
Sora—!
With a loud bang, a thick bridge slab, half a meter wide, was pulled back in the middle and rear section of the bridge.
In the blink of an eye, the bridge split in two, making the enemy soldiers who were riding their horses onto the bridge extremely anxious. They shouted loudly and continued to rush towards the narrowing middle and rear section of the bridge.
"Cavalry, charge! As long as the gap at the back of the bridge is no more than five meters, our cavalry can get through!"
"Charge forward, unleash the fire poison, and you'll be a great hero of the Eastern Desert, worthy of being granted a royal title! A royal title can be elevated to imperial status!"
This wasn't just a random shout; it was the latest order from Prince Rong.
It is clear that the enemy army was on the verge of madness due to the failure of their poisoning attempt and the death of their fourth prince.
pity……
Sola Sola Sola!
After the first pull, the rest was much easier. In just a few breaths, Zhong Baihu and his team pulled three more bridge panels.
The gap in the middle section of the bridge has been increased from one meter to four meters.
"Charge! Be loyal to the Eastern Desert and give the royal title to my eldest son!" roared the Eastern Desert soldiers as they galloped across the bridge.
Thump, it fell into the moat.
This guy wasn't from the south, who live by the sea; he was a landlubber from the west. After struggling in the water for a while, he and his horse sank to the bottom of the moat.
Several splashes of water were heard as the Eastern Desert soldiers behind them lost control of their horses and fell into the water.
They were all from the same tribe and couldn't swim; they all drowned.
The enemy soldiers' faces were as black as ink, while the officers and soldiers were deathly pale... If the divine will was not fulfilled, neither the powerful Crown Prince nor the supervising royal family would spare them.
They wish they were dead!