Chapter 2692: The Wounded Soldiers

The army doctor said, “This kind of arrow has barbs. Once pulled out, it will tear the flesh, and under severe bleeding, it can’t be saved, not to mention it might have injured the heart.”

Under normal circumstances, with such injuries, even if he were an assistant general, the military doctor would not immediately treat him.

They would choose to first save those who could be saved. Once they were done saving them, if he wasn’t dead yet, then they would start treating him.

After all, saving this one person would take a long time, possibly a whole day for just one, while outside, there could be dozens or hundreds of soldiers dying from blood loss.

The military camp is just so realistic; they have to maximize the benefits.

Manbao checked and felt he could be saved, so she asked Xi Bing to bring her medical kit. She stuffed a piece of cloth into Assistant General Lu’s mouth for him to bite down on, “There’s no time to wait for anesthesia now, bear with it.”

She then removed his armor and tossed it aside, quickly cutting off his upper clothes with scissors while Xi Bing took out a needle bag for her.

After selecting a needle, Manbao first administered pain relief and hemostatic needles. Once she felt him begin to relax, she took out a small knife and carefully followed the texture of his skin to cut open…

General Lu hummed softly twice, not too painfully, but he felt the blood and flesh on his chest being cut open by someone.

Manbao followed the path of the arrow, splitting the flesh inside in a cross shape. After carefully separating the flesh, she grasped the arrowhead, glanced at the sweating General Lu, and said, “Don’t be too nervous, being too tense will make the blood flow faster.”

General Lu responded with a light “Mm,” but before he could fully prepare, Zhou Man pulled out the arrow. A stream of blood gushed out, splashing Zhou Man’s face, but she didn’t move, tossing the arrow aside. At the same moment, the army doctor applied a medicine bag to the spot where the arrowhead had been.

Zhou Man made space for him and said, “Keep pressing, make sure to stop the bleeding.”

She guided General Lu to relax while inserting silver needles into his body, providing pain relief and stopping the bleeding.

After a long while, General Lu, pale-faced, gradually began to relax.

Seeing that the medicine bag had turned completely red, the army doctor slowly moved it aside. Most of the blood had stopped flowing, but it was still bleeding slowly.

Manbao fetched a needle and thread and began to sew at lightning speed.

The military doctor was so amazed by her speed that his jaw dropped.

With her eyebrows lowered, Manbao nodded in satisfaction as she saw the blood flow decrease, and asked the military doctor to fetch hemostatic medicine to apply.

Manbao directly handed a token to a soldier assisting in the medical tent and instructed, “Get the medicine from the second prescription for him to drink.”

“Yes.”

The soldier took the token and left, returning shortly with the medicine and fed it to the still-conscious General Lu.

Meanwhile, Zhou Man had already moved to the next bed to stitch up a stomach wound. The female student who followed her in, Chen Banxia, had teary eyes, and with shame said to Zhou Man, “Teacher, this knife is stuck in too deep, I… I… the internal organs seem to be injured too, I’m afraid…”

The opponent’s clothes had already been cut by Chen Banxia. It seemed she found the situation beyond her ability after examination, so she had the person brought over to find her.

While acupuncture to stop the bleeding, Manbao said, “Why are you crying? He’s not dead yet.”

“In the future, when encountering such injuries, first stop the bleeding with acupuncture. Haven’t I taught you the hemostatic acupuncture points for various parts?”

Manbao inserted the needle and found it was still bleeding. After looking at the other’s face and opening his eyes to check, she said, “He won’t make it. Get the blood transfusion device, immediately test his blood type, and find a blood source.”

Chen Banxia immediately turned and ran out.

Manbao instructed Xi Bing, “Go fetch some water.”

After cleansing her hands, she examined his wound, slightly opened it with a knife, and reached in with her right hand, carefully searching within his abdomen. A moment later she found the bleeding point that had been incessantly bleeding.

Relieved, Manbao stood still and when Chen Banxia returned with the equipment, she guided her on how to test the blood and find a source.

They had practiced this several times in the Imperial Medical Institute, but facing a need for blood transfusion for the first time, she panicked, her mind went blank, unsure of what to do.

At this moment, Zhou Man issued commands and she slowly calmed down.

Once calm, Manbao said, “Go find Zhou Liru, have someone prepare candles, I need to stitch his internal organs.”

Zhou Liru was more experienced and calm than Chen Banxia.

Zhou Man made her an assistant while Chen Banxia held the candle and squatted to the side, witnessing the entire procedure.

General Lu, though in significant pain, hadn’t passed out. As he turned his head slightly, he saw the three women working inside his comrade’s belly, cleaning a piece of intestine that had come out, then stuffing it back and suturing it layer by layer.

He stared blankly as his eyelid slightly lifted, looking at the face, hey, it’s old Tang.

General Lu felt a moment of sadness, with injuries like that he couldn’t survive, could he?

Zhou Man finished suturing, entrusting the application of medicine and bandaging to Chen Banxia, then told her to keep an eye on the blood transfusion and his condition, while she and Zhou Liru left.

Outside was chaotic, a batch of wounded was being carried down. She looked at them, “Crushed injuries?”

“Yes, those bastards were throwing rocks from the city gate. These are the ones still breathing.”

Zhou Man had them carried to another medical tent for centralized treatment, glanced around, and assigned several female students to go in and handle it.

There were injuries to arms, legs, back, and chest from the strikes.

Those struck on the head mostly died on the spot.

Those struck on the chest were sent here. Zhou Man examined them and gave up; she could only needle them to ease their pain and moved on to save other wounded.

Manbao had just treated a few more patients when there was a burst of noise and cheers from the front. A soldier ran past the medical tent, shouting loudly, “Major victory, major victory, we’ve taken Hengshan, we’ve taken Hengshan…”

Cheers from the wounded erupted outside the medical tent.

Manbao pursed her lips and smiled, feeling much relieved, then turned to Zhou Liru and said, “Order the logistics to brew ten large portions of prescription No. 1 and No. 2.”

She continued, “Tell them to be careful, a large number of wounded are likely to be sent over, and prepare to receive them. Let Wen Tiandong and his team sort the patients by severity: mild, moderate, and severe, and send the severely injured to the medical tent. Focus on the moderately injured.”

“Yes.”

Zhou Liru turned and left.

With the army’s great victory, Governor Niu ordered the takeover of Hengshan County, then ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, victims to be sent back, casualties counted, and captured the remaining enemy troops. They were prisoners now.

Those deserving a final blow got one; the rest were thrown into the prisoner camp.

Only then did Governor Niu, with part of his troop, hurry back to see the commander-in-chief.