Bai Shan asked, "The bandits escaped?"
"Yes, they broke through a gap. Governor Duan personally led the chase. Our soldiers intercepted them in the front and one was struck by a blade and fell off his horse..."
Bai Shan said, "There are many who fell off their horses, and there are those with stab wounds to the chest as well."
Manbao counted the hemostatic dicine and imdiately wrote several prescriptions for a dicine boy, "Go get the dicine right away. If we don’t have enough here, send soone to fetch more from my camp in the rear."
They had just replenished their supplies in Liangzhou City a few days ago.
As soon as the person left, soone rushed over carrying a man, "He fell from his horse and was trampled."
Manbao glanced at his mangled leg and said, "Amputate it."
The military doctor had already brought out a saw and handed it to Manbao, but she shook her head, "You do it, I’m not skilled enough."
Manbao lacked the experience, having not even experinted on a mannequin before, but the military doctor was very experienced. In other areas, he might be lacking, but when it ca to amputations, he’s quite competent.
The soldier had already fainted from the pain, so Manbao used needles to relieve the pain, thereby protecting his heart and life. Everyone then began the operation.
While searching for the amputation spot, the military doctor explained to Manbao how to cut the leg to minimize bleeding...
Manbao listened intently, assisting him.
The unconscious person woke up in agony, and Bai Shan quickly stuffed a cloth into his mouth. Manbao glanced over and said, "Give him Ma Fei San first. The pain could cause cardiac arrest."
Speaking, she adjusted the acupuncture thod to alleviate his suffering as much as possible.
The military doctor’s hand paused. He also had a pain relief prescription, but it was left by the previous military doctor, morized by the old dicine boy who followed the previous doctor.
The effect was so-so, better than nothing, so...
Seeing the military doctor hesitate, Manbao turned to Bai Shan, "Go get it."
Bai Shan nodded and walked away.
He knew the prescription for Ma Fei San.
Manbao used acupuncture to stop the bleeding and then turned to treat other patients.
Soon, Ma Fei San was delivered. Once it took effect, they continued their operation.
The leg was amputated and tossed into a wooden bucket, then Manbao began to wrap and suture the wound.
In these matters, the military doctor couldn’t help much. He knew how to amputate while avoiding major blood vessels and nerves, minimizing bleeding and increasing the chance of healing when the wound was cauterized afterward. But he was unfamiliar with suturing.
Manbao carefully handled the incision, suturing, and stopping the bleeding, then applied dicine, "The saw is iron and iron is prone to rust, so the wound has a high chance of deteriorating. I will prescribe so dicine to stop the bleeding and prevent infection. Let’s hope Heaven Master watches over him."
The military doctor was stunned, "Who is Heaven Master?"
"Daode Tianzun."
The military doctor said tactfully, "They worship the mountain god, or perhaps the wolf god, or maybe Buddha..."
Manbao smoothly corrected herself, "Let’s hope the gods they worship protect them, along with our ancestors Bian Que and Hua Tuo looking after them as well."
The military doctor said no more.
The military doctor treated his other wounds, then had him carried out. Whether he survives can only be known after half a month.
Injured soldiers flooded in, and the dical tent was bustling. Finally, there were truly minor injuries, so with head wounds from falls, others with cuts that weren’t deep.
Seeing these lightly wounded patients, they knew the battle must be over, or at least near its end, without needing urgent pursuit.
Zhou Liru finally left the side of the wooden bed, taking Bai Erlang and Liu Huan to stitch, bandage, and apply dicine throughout the tent...
As more people arrived, many of the newly brought in injured couldn’t even enter the dical tent, being laid directly outside.
Thus Zhou Liru led people outside to treat wounds under the sun.
Manbao and the military doctor remained in the tent, handling severe and moderate injuries.
With Zhou Man and the others joining in, the tent originally able to treat about a quarter of the injured suddenly accommodated many who would have been abandoned otherwise.
When Governor Duan arrived with a fierce look, what he saw was a scene full of injured soldiers. He was startled, his face darkened, and he asked, "So many injured?"
The logistics officer who had already counted rushed up and said, "Sir, thirty-eight have died, and there are currently one hundred sixty-nine injured, among them twelve severely injured, while the rest mostly have minor injuries."
After a pause, he added, "Even those with a cut on the shoulder are temporarily classified as minor injuries."
Governor Duan: "Don’t minor injuries also need treatnt? Why classify them as minor?"
The logistics officer explained, "That’s the military doctor’s classification. Originally, the plan was to treat minor injuries first and then the severe ones. But then Lord Zhou arrived, and as long as she thought soone could still be saved, she treated them. In comparison, those missing limbs were not deed as serious and were only temporarily classified as minor injuries..."
Governor Duan went straight to the dical tent, witnessing Zhou Liru on the ground setting bones for a screaming soldier. Despite being only a young girl of ten, the power she wielded persuaded four soldiers to hold him down. She relaxed and gathered his leg, then forcefully pulled it forward several tis before reaching out to feel his bones, sotis directly massaging the injured leg.
Once the bone was set correctly, she applied ointnt and quickly tied splints, "Alright, stop yelling. You mustn’t move your leg afterward. It’ll heal in ti."
She added, "I’ll give you a prescription to promote bone healing later."
The logistics officer chased after the governor and whispered in his ear, "Sir, this is the second matter I want to report. Lord Zhou and Doctor Zhou Junior have prescribed many other dicines. These aren’t within the military’s procurent list, so..."
"So what, you’re not planning to treat them?" Governor Duan glanced at him and said, "Save the prescriptions for later discussion."
Logistics officer: "...Sir, we have no funds."
Governor Duan rubbed his chin and said, "Order the dicinal suppliers to extend credit and get a batch from the pharmacies on credit too."
"Where will the money co from to repay?"
"After the autumn harvest, when the tax is collected, we’ll petition the court to divert so funds to pay it back. If necessary, we’ll appeal to the Emperor, maybe the Ministry of Revenue can provide so support."
Though he doubted it, as the officials at the Ministry of Revenue are partial and likely oblivious to Liangzhou’s plight.
Still, scraping so off the tax for the court was possible, only it was regrettable that this would likely affect his performance, keeping him tied to Liangzhou for life.
Thinking about this, Governor Duan’s gaze in the dical tent sharpened, contemplating that if they spoke well of him to the Crown Prince, perhaps there was a chance.
So Governor Duan smiled warmly, heading toward the dical tent with enthusiasm.
Bai Shan, coming out with a basin of blood, saw him and froze. Enthusiastically, he greeted him, "Lord Duan, is the bandit eradication complete?"
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