thefictionvixens Chapter 642 Urgent shortage of medicinal materials
Chapter 642 Urgent shortage of medicinal materials
When Shang Lu heard his master talking about serious matters, he immediately left his master's warm embrace.
Wan Suyun looked at Shang Lu, whose face was covered with snot and tears, took out a handkerchief, and wiped Shang Lu's tears with a smile.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Shang Lu took the handkerchief from Wan Suyun's hand embarrassedly, lowered his eyelids to wipe the tears from his face, and then crumpled the handkerchief into his sleeve.
"General Zhao Hu fought a battle with the Western Liang Kingdom just five days ago and repelled the Western Liang Kingdom's soldiers."
"However, that war was very hard. The Western Liang Kingdom sent out 10 soldiers, and Zhao Hu led soldiers to fight. It took a long time to repel the Western Liang Kingdom."
Shang Lu pursed his lips, a trace of sadness appeared on his face.
"In that war, nearly a thousand people were killed or injured. There are a lot of wounded in the barracks now, and medicine is in short supply."
I don’t know if it’s because they drank the plague-eliminating magic water, but the soldiers’ wounds healed very quickly.
However, some injuries are more serious and require the use of medicinal herbs to save their lives.
"However, the losses of Xiliang Kingdom were even more severe."
Shang Lu recalled the information he had heard from Zhao Hu and continued,
"The drought in Xiliang has not eased yet, and the soldiers are very tired. It is only because of the large number of people that they can hold out for so long."
"Nearly 20,000 people died or were injured in the great battle in Xiliang State, and their vitality was severely damaged."
"There has been no movement from Xiliang Kingdom in the past five days."
Before this great war, the Xiliang Kingdom was very troubled. Every morning, noon, evening and night, they would launch surprise attacks, harass the people and then run away. Their main goal was to prevent the soldiers of Shuitian City from resting.
The Western Liang Kingdom harassed Shuitian City for ten consecutive days, and then launched the war five days ago, but ended in a disastrous defeat.
Lin Yiran frowned, wondering why the Xiliang Kingdom would start a war when the drought was so severe.
Is it to steal the water source of Shuitian City?
However, when it rained in Shuitian City, Xinyue City on the border of Xiliang State also benefited, and the disaster was alleviated to some extent.
However, when the Xiliang Kingdom suddenly attacked, it would be unreasonable for her not to follow suit.
Thinking that there were so many soldiers in the barracks waiting for medicinal materials, Lin Yiran decided to go to the barracks first to deliver the medicine and comfort the soldiers.
"Are there many people in the mansion?"
Shang Lu was stunned and quickly replied, "There are twenty-six people in the mansion."
The servants in the mansion were still there, but the masters had left.
Lin Yiran nodded slightly, "Go and inform everyone to drag the carts to the warehouse door of the mansion."
Having said that, Lin Yiran started walking towards the warehouse.
Shang Lu was stunned for a moment, then ran to call for help.
Just do what your master tells you to do. There's no need to ask questions without any tact.
Lin Yiran sorted the medicinal herbs in the space as she walked.
She had collected piles of medicinal herbs from all over the capital, and now it was time to use them.
Wan Suyun and Lin Changshou followed closely behind Lin Yiran.
They hadn't eaten or drunk anything all night, so they were actually very hungry and thirsty. But when they heard that there were so many injured soldiers in the barracks, they were all worried about those soldiers.
They wouldn't starve to death if they took their medicine a little later, but those soldiers might be in danger of their lives if they took their medicine any later.
.......
Shuitiancheng Military Camp....
Zhao Hu stood outside the tent, his eyes scanning every corner of the camp.
The cold sunlight shone on the wounded soldiers. Their groans and painful expressions were like sharp blades, piercing his heart.
He knew that many soldiers would likely die due to lack of medicine and inability to receive timely treatment.
This made him feel unprecedentedly heavy and powerless.
These were brothers who had been through life and death with him. Watching the soldiers suffer was more painful than killing him.
The damn Xiliang Kingdom attacked Shuitian City like crazy. I don’t know what’s wrong with them, but they are determined to make everyone suffer.
"Hey!"
Chang Sun Dongcai stood beside Zhao Hu and sighed with a tired look on his face.
"Hold on a little longer. Prince Yongchang should have attacked the capital and will soon send troops and food to support us."
He and Zhao Hu were stationed in Shiquan City. When they received a request for help from the governor Tian of Shuitian City, they immediately led their troops over.
Fortunately, they arrived in time and repelled the attack from Xiliang Kingdom.
However, the losses were heavy.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the soldiers are in short supply of winter clothes to keep warm.
Soldiers from several cities near Shuitian City followed them to Shuitian City. Shuitian City now has nearly 20 soldiers.
This resulted in a severe shortage of winter clothing for the soldiers.
All the cotton from several nearby cities was transferred here, and some people even contributed their quilts from their homes.
But they couldn't really just take away the people's quilts, because the people also had to survive in the winter.
Zhao Hu's frown never relaxed.
"Food and grass are secondary. The food and grass in the warehouse can last for a while, but there is no medicine left."
"There is no medicine to reduce fever. All you can do is use cold water and wine to cool down. It doesn't work at all."
The high fever caused by wound infection is difficult to reduce without medication.
With each day of delay, the soldiers' injuries became more serious.
Several of them were on the verge of collapse. If no medicine was provided to treat them within two days, many people would probably die.
"Even if it doesn't work, we have to keep cooling down. We have to hold on for one more day."
Chang Sun Dongcai felt helpless when he saw the busy military doctors in the barracks.
The military doctor had no medicine and could only give the soldiers acupuncture to relieve their pain.
All the doctors in Shuitian City were summoned to the military camp to give acupuncture to the injured soldiers, but it was not enough...
"General Zhao, military advisor!!!"
Magistrate Tian's official uniform was covered in blood, and he ran towards the two men with an excited look on his face.
Zhao Hu saw the excited expression of Prefect Tian, his eyes lit up, and he hurried over to greet him.
"But the people sent by King Yongchang are here?"
Chang Sun Dongcai's face lit up with joy, and he followed Zhao Hu.
What could make Prefect Tian so excited must be the support sent by Prince Yongchang.
Recently, Magistrate Tian has been working very hard and has lost a lot of weight.
Magistrate Tian hadn't changed his clothes for more than ten days and had no time to wash them.
Of course, he and Zhao Hu were not very clean either. They kept an eye on the wounded in the military camp all day long and did not dare to leave. Everyone was very dirty and no one was cleaner than anyone else.
Prefect Tian ran to Zhao Hu, opened his mouth and took several deep breaths before he recovered.
"I just got the news that Prince Yongchang has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. The Daliang Kingdom has changed its name to Yongchang Kingdom."
Magistrate Tian excitedly shared the pigeon message he had just received.
In fact, this news had reached his house a few days ago, but he had been staying in the military camp recently and did not receive the news in time.
Today he wanted to go back and wash up, and happened to see the news brought by the carrier pigeon.
Before he could even catch his breath, he ran back to the barracks to share his joy with them.