Chapter 95 Dealing with the Severely Injured

And if they were left in Luwang Town, with the current level of medical care, not many of them might survive, but the situation would be somewhat better. However, it is foreseeable that with so many wounded soldiers left here, many accidents would inevitably happen. In addition, in this world, the soldiers still have a strong sense of homesickness, so they may not be willing to stay in Luwang Town...
Another most important point is that because of the incident in Luwang Town, Ye Mingsheng's troops have been delayed for several days. Now there are only a few days left before the fifteen days given by Xu Zhaojie to arrive at Datian Pass. Time is very tight, which requires Ye Mingsheng's troops to march quickly and cross the Huishan Mountain area as soon as possible. If they carry so many seriously wounded soldiers, it is foreseeable that the marching speed of the troops will be greatly slowed down!
"Except for a few people, most of them want to return to Da Zhou with the army... The brothers all think that even if they die, they want to die in Da Zhou. They don't want to die in a foreign land and become a lonely ghost..."

Chen Yannian preached in a heavy voice:

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng fell silent. As a commander, he was naturally willing to abandon one of his subordinates, but rationally, he knew that he could not do so. If he did so, he would be irresponsible to his other subordinates.

"I will send people to assess the injuries of the seriously wounded. Some of them will follow the troops, and some will stay behind. I will leave some money and hire local people to take care of the brothers. When the brothers recover from their injuries, they will follow the troops behind and return to Da Zhou!" After thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng finally came up with a solution that would be as best as possible for both parties.

"The commander is wise!"

Regarding Ye Mingsheng's decision, the military officers present exchanged opinions with each other and all felt that this order was very appropriate and the best solution for the time being.

After solving the problem of the seriously injured, Ye Mingsheng asked Wang Xian, who was in charge of the scout work, "Are there any news from the scouts sent out? Any news about the whereabouts of Cai Pengbo's troops?"

"Reporting to the commander, the three scouts sent out this morning have all returned. No cavalry under Cai Pengbo were found within a radius of thirty miles east of Luwang Town. Judging from the footprints they left behind, Cai Pengbo's troops should have gone to Anzheng County, a hundred miles away from Luwang Town!" Wang Xian reported in a deep voice:

"Very good! Scout brother, thank you for your hard work!" After finally hearing the good news, Ye Mingsheng finally showed a faint smile on his face.

After discussing these two important matters, Ye Mingsheng and his subordinates discussed other issues, and then decided to take a final rest day in Luwang Town today, and the entire army would go into the mountains tomorrow to continue their journey back to Da Zhou.

After the meeting, Ye Mingsheng sat in the tent in silence for a while, then asked Ye Tie to find Pei Zhixiu.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Looking at Ye Mingsheng, who looked a little gloomy, Pei Zhixiu asked softly and tentatively:

Ye Mingsheng nodded and said, “Miss Pei, please pretend to be a doctor from Luwang Town and go with Ye Tie to assess the injuries of my men. I have forty-one seriously injured men, and I can only take some of them away. If possible, please prescribe some herbal medicine for them. I don’t ask for their injuries to be cured, but I just hope they won’t suffer too much…”

Pei Zhixiu blinked her beautiful eyes when she heard this and looked at Ye Mingsheng with some surprise.

Although she didn't say anything, Ye Mingsheng understood what she was thinking. He shook his head and explained:
"Before in Liujing, although many brothers were injured, they fought for the country after all, and died on the battlefield. But this time, they died because of me... So, please!" "I know, I will do my best!" Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was unwilling to say more, Pei Zhixiu did not ask more questions, nodded, and continued to ask:

"Then are there any restrictions on the number of wounded people we can take away?"

"Don't let the injuries be too severe, and keep the number of people to about ten!" Ye Mingsheng said in a deep voice:
In addition to these 41 seriously injured soldiers, there were hundreds of lightly injured soldiers among his subordinates. Although these people's injuries were less serious, they still needed some care.

So Ye Mingsheng made a rough estimate and felt that he could only bear ten seriously injured soldiers at most. If there were more people, he would not be sure. According to Xu Zhaojie's order, he had to cross the Huishan Mountain area and arrive at Datian Pass on the scheduled date!

"Yeah!" Pei Zhixiu nodded. Knowing the priorities of the matter, she did not delay and immediately followed Ye Tie to do the work.

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Just when Ye Mingsheng was getting a little overwhelmed and at a loss because of the problem of the wounded, a hundred miles east of Luwang Town, in the county government office of Anzheng County, Cai Pengbo, with an extremely ugly face, was drinking alone.

Although Cai Pengbo felt that he had done nothing wrong, he had already arrived at Luwang Town as quickly as possible according to Xu Zhaojie's plan. However, that group of Japanese pirates were too useless and were defeated too quickly, which prevented him from killing Ye Mingsheng as planned.

Although Cai Pengbo felt that he was wronged, he knew very well that with Xu Zhaojie's personality, he would never listen to his explanation. Xu Zhaojie would definitely vent all his anger on him, thinking that he was the one who messed up everything...

Although he knew that he was doomed and would inevitably be scolded by Xu Zhaojie, Cai Pengbo still wanted to see if he could think of a way to find a scapegoat to reduce some of his guilt on Xu Zhaojie's side.

But no matter how hard Cai Pengbo thought, he couldn't come up with a good idea to give Xu Zhaojie a satisfactory explanation and to cover up the matter as much as possible.

Just when Cai Pengbo was at a loss and stayed in the county government office, sighing and not knowing how to report the situation to Xu Zhaojie, Liu Ping, a trusted sentry under Cai Pengbo, suddenly came to report.

"Commander, someone asked me to give this thing to you!" Liu Ping held a small wooden box the size of a palm in his hand, and then handed the small wooden box to Cai Pengbo.

Cai Pengbo, who was feeling irritated, had no interest at the moment. When he saw someone coming to irritate him, he immediately wanted to start cursing to vent his anger.

(End of this chapter)