Chapter 2705: Lack of Medicine (Additional update for the birthday of book friend "Beautiful Beauty")

The armies gathered together.

Zhao Guogong is stationed twenty miles away from Anshi City. It's not that he is too big-hearted to station himself so close, but Anshi City is now closed tightly no matter how much he scolds him. He attacked the city twice, but it was really impossible to capture it.

, then we can only besiege the city.

Man Bao followed the emperor here, and all the wounded soldiers were scattered in the city behind. Man Bao made some arrangements, leaving only two students to take care of them, and took the rest with him.

After Man Bao was assigned to his own camp, he first gathered the military doctors and students to lecture and encourage them. After talking with them about their current worries and difficulties, he took out a cloth bag.

She handed the bag to Zhou Liru and said, "Two pearls for each person, not a lot. Let's pass them on."

Everyone was startled, and they were still stunned after receiving the pearls. The two military doctors were the first to react, and immediately bent down and saluted, "Thank you, sir, for the reward."

This is a trophy, it is rare. Unless they also rush into the city to rummage for things, military doctors generally rarely get a share of trophies.

They are often the busiest when they are attacking the city. From the beginning of the battle to the end, their military doctors are busy, especially after the end, all the wounded soldiers are sent over one after another.

How could they compete with others for the spoils of war?

If they don't show up when it's time to grab, let alone when it's time to divide, they usually don't have a share.

The military doctor was very happy. Even though there were only two pearls, they were worth as much as three or four months of their salary.

Manbao divided the things and encouraged them: "Work hard, and when we attack Anshi City, if there are any trophies, we and I will take some."

Qibi Heli seems to be quite generous, and General Ashina is also generous, but he is too serious. He does not take the spoils of war himself, and does not allow his soldiers to take too much. Basically, they seal them and hand them over to the emperor.

Well, I don’t know if Zhao Guogong is generous or not, but this time he is the chief manager.

Man Bao was thinking, and Zhou Liru said: "Sister-in-law, we don't have much medicinal materials."

Only then did everyone remember the business and said one after another: "Teacher, there are only two big bags of Angelica sinensis, and there are not many medicinal materials to stop bleeding. Now that they are attacking the city again, they will only need more medicinal materials."

The casualties of siege were huge.

Man Bao frowned and asked, "Have you ever bought medicinal materials from nearby cities?"

Several people shook their heads together. They had no money. The logistics in the military were usually responsible for this kind of thing. They were only responsible for reporting it.

Man Bao said: "I understand, I'll go talk to the chief manager."

Man Bao went to find Duke Zhao.

When Zhao Guogong saw Zhou Man, he first subconsciously raised his smile, then thought of something, he turned around and left as if he hadn't seen her.

Man Bao hurriedly caught up, "General Manager, Zhao Guogong, Zhao Shangshu..."

Manbao caught up with the man, stopped him and said, "Why are you running?"

When Zhao Guogong saw her, he smiled and said, "It's Mr. Zhou. I was thinking about something and didn't pay attention for a moment. Do you have anything to do with me?"

"What's the matter? Our medicine hasn't been delivered yet?"

Duke Zhao smiled slightly and nodded.

Man Bao frowned and said directly without questioning his fault: "Then you can ask the logistics department to buy the medicinal materials nearby."

Zhao Guogong was stunned for a moment and then said: "Are there any medicinal materials sold nearby?"

"We have captured so many cities, the apothecaries inside must have medicine."

Zhao Guogong thought about it and said with a smile: "Please ask Mr. Zhou to make a list."

Man Bao was already prepared and took out a thick discounted list from his sleeve and gave it to him, "I need all the medicinal materials on it. Buy as much as you can, I won't limit it."

Duke Zhao sighed: "There may not be so many. They took a lot of supplies with them when they exited the city."

Grain, ironware, medicinal materials, and even salt and tea were all military supplies. They took them with them when they retreated. Many wealthy families and merchants fled after hearing the news. There were not many such supplies in the army.

Man Bao said: "As much as you can buy."

Duke Zhao nodded and asked with a smile: "Master Zhou, how much medicine do you have?"

"It's not enough to support you in a siege. If the medicine doesn't come, I won't have any medicine to stop the bleeding of the wounded soldiers you carry out next time. I can only rely on needles and sutures, but you know that without medicine, I can only rely on this

There is no way to stop the bleeding."

Duke Zhao pursed his lips and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Man Bao watched him leave, and finally scratched his head. He went back to find the military doctors and students, and said, "Let's go into the mountains and dig up medicinal materials. Dig whatever medicinal materials you find. The most important thing is the medicinal materials to stop bleeding."

The military doctor sighed, "If we run out of hemostatic ingredients, we will have to use fire and plant ash to stop the bleeding next time."

This is what the military did when they were short of medicine.

Manbao did not refute and agreed.

Zhou Liru opened his mouth wide, "But didn't you say that using fire and plant ashes to stop bleeding has serious side effects?"

The former will injure muscles, bones and nerves, while the latter may worsen the wound.

Man Bao said: "First hold on to the present moment."

At least it's better than letting people bleed all the time, which is also a no-brainer.

So without waiting for Bai Shan to find time, Man Bao went directly into the mountains to dig up herbs with a group of students, military doctors, and the soldiers who followed orders in the medical tent.

Not to mention, there are still a lot of herbs in the mountains. Originally, everything in this world, even a very common weed, has the effect of stopping bleeding, but the effect may be greater or less.

Manbao basically accepts everyone who comes, so no matter what, since you see it, dig it first.

It's just that this fresh medicinal material has not been processed and processed, and its medicinal properties are far inferior to those that have been processed.

Zhao Guogong sent different people to yell at the gate of Anshi City every day. Sometimes he would ask people to launch a siege, consume a wave of their weapons and defenders, and then retreat.

However, siege warfare has always been unfavorable to the party attacking the city, and the casualties on one's own side are even greater.

Duke Zhao stopped fighting after two attacks. He said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, they have supplies. I'm afraid they won't be able to capture the city until they besiege it for two or three months."

The emperor said: "It's cold, we don't have so much time, and the logistics can't keep up. How long can the food and grass we seized last?"

Zhao Guogong whispered: "Twenty days."

The emperor pursed his lips and said: "If we can't attack by force, then we must outwit it."

He said with a deep look: "If we still can't win it after half a month, then we will retreat."

"His Majesty……"

The emperor was even more heartbroken to make this decision, but he had to do it. He could not invest too much in this war and could not let this war have an excessive impact on the Jin Dynasty.

Wei Zhi, Liu Shangshu and others have sent letters of admonition one after another.

The emperor frowned slightly, "Liu Hui said that the food, grass and medicinal materials have been sent out, and they should have arrived half a month ago."

Duke Zhao was also angry and had no idea what the escort's logistics were doing.

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