When the army fought its way across, it detoured around the northern border of Kucha, captured the city along the way, and then divided its forces from within and headed east toward other cities in Kucha, which took two months.

Now the roads are smooth, and all cities and official roads are controlled by the Jin army to ensure smooth military reporting.

Therefore, Manbao and the others had no obstruction when they went all the way from Xizhou City to Kucha Royal City, and they saw the gate of Kucha Royal City in three days.

There was an army stationed outside the royal city. The soldiers took General Han's token and led Zhou Man and others in. Soon a logistics general came over and said, "The general manager has gone to Shule Kingdom."

The soldiers stared at him, "When did the General Manager go to Shule Kingdom? No, when did the royal city be captured?"

"Two days ago," the general said, "King Qiuci escaped from the other side. The general manager ordered a fierce attack and captured the city."

He said: "Now our general will cut off and clean up the royal city, and the general manager will lead his people to pursue the remnants of King Kucha."

He glanced at Zhou Man and knew the reason for their coming, and said to his soldiers: "The general manager has been better in the past two days. If you go to catch up and set off tomorrow, I'm afraid it will take four or five days to catch up."

.The chief steward leads all light cavalry."

Therefore, what they pursue is speed. Even if Zhou Man and the others are small in number, it will be difficult to catch up.

Bai Shan couldn't help but ask, "The general manager wants to go to Shule Kingdom?"

The general said proudly: "Not only do we want to go to Shule Kingdom, but we also cannot let go to Khotan Kingdom."

Bai Shan and Man Bao: There is a desert between them.

The general hummed: "Previously, King Qiuci refused to surrender and sent people to Khotan and Shule to ask for help. Both countries sent troops, and the number was only lower than that of the Turks. The year before last, there was a drought in their two countries.

I paid tribute to His Majesty, but then I cried out for poverty, and exchanged some ponies and rubbish gems for a lot of grain and tea from our Jin Dynasty."

"When I had breast milk, I called our Majesty Khan. When I heard the rumors that our Majesty had smallpox, I immediately turned my back and refused to admit it. The chief manager said that we must give them some clues to prevent them from thinking that we are a big Jin."

There’s really no one left.”

Okay, let it be whatever you say it is. Man Bao turned around and asked the ordering soldiers, "Are we still going to chase him?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment and then said: "We are following General Han's order to ask you to treat the chief general."

"Okay, then we'll chase him tomorrow."

The sun was almost setting now, so it was obvious that we couldn't continue chasing.

Manbao and the others could only stay here first, and they would go and make two tents for them.

Just after they settled in, General Guo and General Meng came to see them, "I didn't expect General Han to really invite Mr. Zhou here."

It was not easy to sit in the tent, so a few people stood in front of the tent and talked. Man Bao smiled and said: "It is an honor for me to do something for the Western Expedition. Are the two young generals injured?"

General Guo laughed and said, "It's just a minor injury from a bump, it doesn't matter."

Bai Shan asked curiously: "Since the royal city has been captured, why don't you go in?"

General Guo Xiao said: "After King Kucha escaped, we briefly attacked the city and the people inside surrendered. Therefore, there are still many old Kucha princes and nobles inside. It is safer to live outside, and we will deal with those who should be dealt with."

Once everything is settled, we can enter the city."

Bai Shan nodded, turned around and saw someone carrying a sedan chair and heading toward the Chinese army surrounded by people.

"That is……"

"Oh, that's Zuo Cheng from Kucha earlier," General Guo said, "He should be here to talk to my father."

He said: "It was he who led the people to open the city gate and surrender in the first place. He has been coming to see his father for the past two days and asked his father to deal with all the princes and nobles in the city as soon as possible. He also said that the remaining royal family has always been disobedient.

"

General Guo frowned slightly and said with some displeasure: "What he said is true. Those people should still be dissatisfied. We should be more careful, but we won't strangle all the young and old like he said."

In General Guo's opinion, Zuocheng of Qiuci could recognize the current situation and become a hero, and he could also surrender to the Jin Dynasty, but he should not kill his old master.

The Great Jin Dynasty has always placed great importance on the loyal and righteous people who surrendered. For example, General Ashina was not only a Turk, but also a Turkic royal family. After being used by His Majesty, he not only married the princess, but also himself has been re-employed. He is also loyal and has no one else.

Dare to look down on him.

But General Guo looked down upon someone like Zuo Cheng who was on the front line to kill his old master.

General Meng also looked down upon him, "But he is right about one thing. The people in the city are too mixed and we should deal with them as soon as possible. Who is patrolling the city tonight?"

"Father, have you arranged it?" General Guo and General Meng were still young, so they only followed orders in front of the tent and were not qualified to participate in decision-making on the front line.

General Meng stopped asking and invited Bai Shan and Zhou Man, "Shall we take care of you at night?"

Bai Shan: "Can you drink alcohol in the army?"

General Meng smiled and said, "Even if you don't drink, it would be good to have a meal together."

Bai Shan nodded in agreement, and Man Bao asked: "Are there many injured people in the army?"

General Meng sighed, "Fortunately, we have been besieging the city for the past month. We did not attack or feinted. There were not many people injured. Fortunately, the royal city surrendered in the end and was opened from the inside. Otherwise, even if King Qiuci escaped,

Yes, our siege losses are not small."

Attacking a city will always result in greater casualties than defending it.

Manbao asked about the reserve of medicinal materials.

Seeing that she was so interested, General Guo and General Meng simply took her to the medical tent for a walk.

There is only one military doctor in their army, and two others went with General Ashina.

But he had a lot of assistants. When he saw Zhou Man and the others, he reacted. When he remembered who they were, his eyes lit up. He simply led them personally and took them to see the medicinal materials in the medical tent.

Man Bao looked at it and found that the medicinal materials were quite complete and abundant, so he nodded.

She mainly wanted to know how the wounded soldiers were transported here. The injuries sustained in the war were all similar, basically traumatic, and the most important thing was to stop the bleeding.

But for stopping bleeding, time is the most important, so she wanted to know how they transported wounded soldiers and where the medical tents were usually located...

She gained experience from here, which she can put to good use after catching up with General Ashina.

The military doctor knows everything and can tell you everything. By the way, I would like to ask Zhou Manhui for advice on how to stop bleeding.

Man Bao taught him about suturing and acupuncture to stop bleeding. Military doctors are also good at the former, but suturing is not as good as Zhou Man, and acupuncture is more difficult. The hemostatic acupuncture points in each part are different.

The military doctor couldn't remember so much, so Man Bao wrote a few prescriptions, mainly for him about the hemostatic acupuncture points on the arms, legs, chest and abdomen, and waist and abdomen.
Chapter completed!