Daily Life In Qin Dynasty Chapter 11

  Chapter 11 Seventy percent

   "How are our casualties?"

  In the large tent of the Chinese army, the general Meng Ao, with white hair and beard and a majestic expression, but his eyes could not conceal the tiredness, sat on the ground behind a low table and said in a deep voice.

  This veteran of the three dynasties who has experienced King Zhaoxiang, King Zhuangxiang, and the current Qin Dynasty, although he is still brave and good at fighting, he still cannot withstand the erosion of time after all.

  If it was the past, it was nothing more than a two-day and one-night raid, plus a small defeat.

   Attack Zhao this time.

  The commander will be Meng Ao, and the deputy will be Zhang Tang.

   This is also a seasoned veteran.

  Having experienced countless wars, big and small, he has long been used to seeing life and death. Whether it is victory or defeat in war, it is almost difficult to cause such a veteran's mood swings.

   But this time.

  When Zhang Tang heard Meng Ao's question, his expression was unusually strange.

He opened a scroll of bamboo slips and said, "This time in Feixia's battle, plus the previous battle of capturing three cities in a row, our army lost a total of 1,201 cavalry, 1,982 soldiers, The rest of the soldiers plus corvee total 2,770 people."

  Leaving aside the battle losses of ordinary soldiers and corvee, more than one-third of the elite cavalry and armored soldiers died in this battle alone.

To know.

   This is already an extremely tragic death rate.

   After all, everyone is afraid of death. Once the number of deaths on the front line of most armies exceeds one-tenth, the soldiers will probably start to retreat. This is human nature.

  An army that can maintain morale when the death rate exceeds 20% can already be called a "brave soldier".

  The death rate exceeds 30%, which is only possible when the armies of both sides are engaged in a'dead battle'.

  However, for the Qin army, the death rate in a major battle exceeded 30%, but it was just a conventional battle loss. After all, Qin was located in a barren land, and from the very beginning, unlike the other six countries, there was no retreat. Therefore, for the people of Qin, every major war was a war with no retreat.

  So hearing this, Meng Ao's expression remained calm, and he continued: "And then?"

  Meng Ao understands that these are just the statistics of soldiers who died directly in battle. After each battle in the past, the number of soldiers who died of serious injuries and wounds were often not much less than the number of soldiers who died directly in battle.

  Toxic heat is inflammation.

   Sometimes even more soldiers died due to injuries than the number of people who died on the battlefield. This is a very normal phenomenon.

   Then the next second.

   Something that Meng Ao never expected happened.

   Lieutenant General Zhang Tang put away the bamboo slips with a slightly strange expression, and said: "There are no more, these are all casualty statistics, and there will be soldiers who will be treated in the wounded barracks later, so they haven't been calculated yet."

  Meng Ao looked up suddenly, opened a pair of tiger eyes, and asked in surprise: "No more?"

  Zhang Tang nodded and said, "Not anymore."

  Meng Ao stood up instantly, and said in disbelief: "This is impossible, is there an error in the record?"

Zhang Tang shook his head and said: "Probably not. As far as I know, the number of deaths due to injuries in our army after this battle is very small. It is said that the reason is that there is a soldier who is proficient in witchcraft and has rescued many warriors." .”

   "Witch drug?"

"Yes, it is said that this kind of witch medicine has miraculous effects in healing wounds and reducing fever. In this series of battles, more than 4,000 people were injured in our army, and more than 90% of them were successfully treated, and 70% of them were injured. The soldiers above were all rescued by that scholar with witchcraft."

   "Is there such a thing?"

   This time, even in Meng Ao's state of mind, he couldn't help but change his face.

To know.

   For the Qin army today, what is the most feared thing in a war?

   Not death, but hunger and injury.

  Although the Qin people were brave, they were not good at fighting. After all, people would die in battle. Even if they had military merits, if they had a choice, it is estimated that not many people would be willing to exchange their lives for titles.

   But the fact is that Qin has never had a choice.

in history.

  The state of Qin is located in a wild and barren land, and the old Qin people have been fighting against the sky and the earth almost from the moment they were born. But even so, the old Qin people still suffer from hunger all the time.

  It wasn't until the period of King Huiwen of Qin, when the king adopted Sima Cuo's advice and sent a large army to cross the Qinling Mountains, conquered the land of Bashu and turned it into a granary, that Qin's plight was finally alleviated a little.

   But even so, once a famine hits, the old Qin people will still starve to death in large numbers, with corpses floating around.

   In order not to starve anymore, Qin had no choice but to start a war.

  Only during Meng Ao's lifetime of war, there were at least three or four wars. It was because of the famine that the people of Qin could hardly survive and could only be forced to go to war.

   No one understands the torture of hunger better than the Qin people. In many cases, the Qin army would rather die in battle than starve.

   And injury is as terrible as starvation.

   Being killed by the enemy on the battlefield is just a matter of a sword. But once the wound is hot, poisonous, red and swollen, the result in many cases is that life is often worse than death.

  After many soldiers were injured, their wounds were red, swollen, hot and poisonous, with pus and blood bleeding all the time. Coupled with the persistent high fever, sometimes they could not sleep for days and nights.

  But he couldn't die.

  And once a person survives the battlefield, even if he wants to commit suicide later, it will be very difficult to do so.

   In this way, they have been suffering from extreme pain, and a large number of soldiers persisted for seven or eight days before they completely died.

   A war is over.

  Based on the current level of military doctors and the number of doctors in the Qin Army, it is thankful that they can finally save 30 to 40% of the wounded soldiers.

  Even if the number of doctors is sufficient, with the current average level of medical skills, it is estimated that only 60 to 70% of the wounded can be recovered after the war.

   This is a simple conversion.

   That is to say, the strength of Mo Jun alone is already equivalent to at least hundreds of doctors.

  Think here.

  Meng Ao couldn't help being startled.

   Immediately Meng Ao Guo broke his mouth and said: "Call that scholar over, I want to see him."

   As soon as the voice fell, Zhang Tang replied: "I have sent someone there just now."

"Okay, don't move around now to prevent the wound from bursting, and then come over tomorrow to change the dressing." In a temporary tent, Mo Jun sewed up the wound for a "soldier" who had removed his armor, and put it on. After taking the medicine and putting on the bandage, he opened his mouth gently.

The soldier's face was a little pale, and his body temperature was also high. He was obviously feverish due to wound infection, but even so, he still held his hand and saluted: "Thank you, Brother Mojun, if I can survive by chance, I owe you Brother Mo Jun's life. Although I have nothing to do, if Brother Mo Jun has any orders in the future, I will go through fire and water."

  Mr. Mo smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Tu, you are welcome. Since I am now a member of the army, I should contribute my part."

  The soldier saluted again, then turned and walked out of the tent without saying anything more.

At this time, it has been almost a day and a night since Mo Jun healed Xiong Da and the dozen soldiers who were in the same tent with him. Jun's reputation soon spread throughout the barracks.

  With the healing testimonies of these dozens of people, the number of soldiers who came to Mo Jun for treatment increased instantly.

   As a last resort.

  Mr. Mo had no choice but to ask the people whose injuries he had healed before to come and help.

  One of the advantages of modern medicine is here. With the finished medicine, even if there are not enough professional doctors, a large-scale treatment system can be built in a short time.

  As more and more people came to seek medical treatment, Mo Jun's pressure doubled, and at the same time, he received more and more help.

  For example: better treatment environment, medical tools, raw materials for making medicines...etc.

   As a result, Mo Jun's treatment methods have become more diverse.

   For minor injuries, directly give some 'new knife wound medicine'.

  For a slightly more serious injury, the wound is washed with alcohol, then sutured with a sterilized needle and thread, and finally bandaged with medicine.

   As for where does the alcohol come from?

  This question is also very simple. Although alcohol is banned in the military, there is no shortage of alcohol.

  As Mo Jun treated more and more people, he just casually mentioned a word, and soon someone brought wine to him, and then Mo Jun used a disintegrator to decompose a batch of alcohol.

   Moreover, in order to further enhance his prestige, Mo Jun deliberately shed a little blood.

He used one-tenth of a piece of [Life Crystal (Fragment)] to dilute a tank of "Water of Life". Although this "Water of Life" cannot directly heal other people's injuries, nor can it increase life span, it can Significantly enhance the body's self-healing ability.

  The more critical point is that Mo Jun later discovered that this diluted 'Water of Life' can eliminate the allergic side effects of penicillin to a certain extent.

   It was by virtue of these means that Mo Jun was able to rescue 70% of the wounded in a short period of time.

   As for the remaining part of the wounded, there is really no way.

  Most of the wounded in this part were penetrating wounds and ruptured internal organs. In this case, unless Mo Jun was willing to take the risk of using [Life Crystal] to directly ingest it to people, showing the means of "returning from the dead".

   Otherwise, with the current medical conditions, it would be impossible to save the gods.

   Obviously, Mr. Mo is not so great yet.

   Just after Mo Jun treated another soldier with a hot wound, a soldier suddenly walked in from outside the tent. Now Mo Jun has a good memory, and he remembers that this soldier seemed to have been treated by him before.

as expected.

  Before Mo Jun could speak, he saw the soldier walk up to him and said very politely: "Brother Mo Jun, the general is here to invite you."

  (end of this chapter)

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