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When the two armies are fighting, the troops are at the city. What the generals are most concerned about is not how many troops they have defeated or how many enemies they beheaded, but whether they can capture the opponent's city (fortress).

Once the city is lost, it basically means that the war has failed and there is no meaning to continue fighting.

There is certainly a reason for this.

Like a city wall, it is usually built to go around the major traffic lanes and spend a lot of time to miss the opportunity to fight. I won’t talk about it now. I will just say that if the city wall is not pulled out, the defenders in the city wall can leave the city (city) to harass the enemy, such as cutting off the enemy's troops so that they cannot look after each other, such as attacking the enemy's food and supplies, so that they can break the food without attacking, etc.

This is also the reason why Cai still never lets the horses go to war. Cai still told Song Jiang Yijun: If you dare not pull out My Jishan Village, you not only have to walk two or three days longer to bypass My Jishan Village, but the horses of our Jinwu Army will still be your nightmare. My Jinwu Army will always bite you. It is impossible for you to reach Liangshan without paying a heavy price.

Song Jiang's righteous army obviously understood Cai Jian's meaning, so they desperately attacked Jishanzhai.

However--

The Song Jiang's rebel army only attacked for one day and one night, but stopped attacking, but retreated decisively.

What's going on?

Could it be that when Song Jiang's Yi army saw that our elite Jinwu army was unable to easily capture Jishan Village, he chose to take a detour?

But in this case, the Song Jiang Rebel Army was not afraid of being bitten by our Jinwu Army's horses, nor were they afraid of being surrounded by the official army for delaying the speed of the march and then being wiped out?

Such things are useless.

Cai still quickly ordered: "Go to find out which direction the rebels retreated."

After leaving the village with Bai, Cai still ordered Wang De again: "Prepare for horses."

Wang De, who did not participate in the battle last night, was holding back his energy at this moment. When Cai was still preparing to send their horses to fight, he immediately took the order and said, "No!"

After saying that, Wang De went down and prepared to lead the horse army to fight.

About half an hour later, Tabai came back and reported, "Report to General, the rebels retreated north."

“To the north?”

The movements of Song Jiang's rebel army were beyond the expectations of Cai Ren and others.

Cai still asked someone to take the map and everyone surrounded him.

Zhang Xiao looked at the map for a while and said, "The rebels are going to the Yellow River?"

Wang Shengdao: "The rebels should have to cross the Yellow River and then enter the Hebei boundary."

Zhang Xiao said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Aren't they just falling into the trap?"

Zhang Xiao is right.

There are eight armies including Qianning, Yongjing, Baoding, Xin'an, Ansu, Yongning, Guangxin, Shun'an, etc., with a total force of more than 150,000, and this is just an imperial guard, not counting the Xiang army and the Township army.

Moreover, because we wanted to defend against the Liao army's invasion in the south, Hebei built many military prefectures and fortresses.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Song Jiang and his gang heading north are undoubtedly seeking death.

Let me put it this way, if Song Jiang and his gang were really forced to go north to Hebei by Cai, then Cai would still make great contributions.

Because, almost everyone's opinion, once Song Jiang and his gang enter Hebei, they will be in the jar, and it will be a matter of time before they can be wiped out.

Only one person doesn't think so.

This person is Cai Jian.

Cai still knows more than anyone else that although there are more than 100,000 Song troops in Hebei, these more than 100,000 Song troops are almost ruined because there is no war in the Song and Liao dynasties for a hundred years. If the Song Jiang rebel army enters Hebei, it may really be killed and survive.

Cai Jian looked up and up, and his heart moved: "Can they want to go to Taihang Mountain?"

The situation in Taihang Mountains was steep and had always been regarded as a key place for war. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, and even during the Warring States Period, Taihang Mountains were always in constant war.

Moreover, this is a holy place for fighting guerrillas. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, our army established the Taihang District (Shenzhen-Hebei-Hebei Border Area), which started in the Taihang Mountains and quickly developed to a vast area with a large number of areas ranging from Tongbo River to Fen River to Bohai Sea in the east, to the Yellow River in the south, to the Zhengtai and Cangshi Road in the north, and to form many important strategic areas.

To put it another way, if Song Jiang and his gang could enter the Taihang Mountains, then they would undoubtedly be a tiger entering the mountain and a dragon entering the sea.

Cai Jianxin said: "If this is the case, then the future variables will be great..."

Wang De interrupted Cai Shen's thoughts and said, "General, will we still chase this group of rebels?"

Cai still didn't even hesitate, and said, "Chasing! It caused such a large casualty to my Jinwu army. If I let them run away so easily, how can I be worthy of those brothers who died in battle?"

Cai Shen's words were actually a bit unreasonable.

yes.

After two battles yesterday, nearly 200 were killed or injured by the Jinwu army.

But the casualties of Song Jiang's rebel army were even greater. Yesterday, the two battles combined, and they lost at least a thousand people, and this was not the more than five hundred people that Zhang Xian and Wang De and others ambushed the day before yesterday.

So, Cai is still like this, but he is more heartache and venting his anger.

Of course, Cai still did not lose his mind. Before Wang De led the horses to set off, he instructed Wang De: "Don't be greedy for merit. Do things that can be done, and abandon them if you can't do them."

Wang De led the horses away with his front legs, and the village army came to report: "General, Niu Du's body is hot. If he doesn't seek medical treatment from a doctor, he will probably not be able to survive."

When Cai Shen heard this, he quickly got off the city wall and ran towards Niu Gao.

In the battle last night, the section of the village where Cai still defended was not the enemy's main attack direction, and the part where the enemy's main attack direction was the part where Niu Gao defended.

In order to defend that section of the village wall, Niu Gao fought bloody battles, but in the end he was injured more than a dozen people in his body. His personal soldiers said that he had a lot of blood.

After the war, Niu Gao became one of the worst injured soldiers of the Jinwu Army.

Fortunately—

The Niu Gao people were as strong as the ox, so they did not die one after another like several seriously injured people.

But although Niu Gao did not die, Cai was still worried that Niu Gao would not be able to survive. This man who could have become a famous general ended his life at this time. There was no penicillin in this era. It was normal that he could not survive because of such severe injuries. It was a miracle that he could not survive.

Seeing that Zhang Xian and others followed, Cai still ordered Zhang Xian: "You take people to Jeju Prefecture in person and bring the best doctor there back. Soon, by the way, don't forget to bring the medicine together."

Zhang Xian received the order: "Promise!" and then went down.

When Cai still saw Niu Gao, Niu Gao was desperately stuffing big cakes and beef into his mouth.

Seeing that Cai still came, Niu Gao said vaguely: "I know that if I don't eat, I might not be able to survive today. The general stopped the rebels and ordered him to go east and flee into Liangshan. If he made great contributions, he would inevitably be rewarded by the court. The Jinwu army must also grow stronger. I can't die like this. I will also follow the general to fight south and north."

Although Niu Gao's consciousness seemed quite clear, Cai still judged it from Niu Gao's pale face and hot body. Niu Gao was afraid he couldn't hold it anymore. He might be a rebirth.

Cai Shen said to himself: "Niu Gao lost too much blood. If this happens, he may not be able to wait for the doctor to come."

Cai still changed his mind!

After a while, Cai still made a bold decision - he wanted to give Niu Gao blood transfusions.

Although doing so is very likely to cause Niu Gao to have severe hemolytic reactions due to the incorrect blood type imported, which accelerates Niu Gao's death.

But if Niu Gao is not given a blood transfusion, Niu Gao will undoubtedly die.

Thinking of this, Cai still ordered Wang Sheng: "Go and find me a goose feather."

Wang Sheng was not sure about this, but because Cai still trained him, he still didn't dare to ask more questions and just followed suit.

After Wang Sheng left, Cai still said to Niu Gao: "Boyuan, listen to me. In ancient times, a general was caught in countless knife and arrows, lost too much blood and fainted. The imperial physician ordered the horse to be cut open, then carried the general into the horse's belly, and let dozens of people shake it. After a while, the general stood in blood..."

What Cai still said is indeed recorded in historical books, but this did not happen before the Song Dynasty, but in the Yuan Dynasty more than a hundred years later.

Some people have also assumed this method. They explained it as: there is more blood in the abdomen and a lot of pressure, and the general has less blood and a little pressure. He completed blood transfusion through countless wounds. Dozens of people shook, and the blood would not coagulate and accelerated circulation.

Cai continued, "You have lost too much blood now. If you don't bet, you will not be able to survive."

Niu Gao smiled and said, "It's just death. Niu Gao only regrets, no fear. The general just try."

Unexpectedly, Cai still said: "I don't know how to do the imperial doctor, and I think that method is too risky."

Niu Gao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when he heard the words. He said, "Stop it, just die."

Cai still said: "Boyuan doesn't have to be discouraged. Although I don't know the method of an imperial physician, I understand another method of blood transfusion. However, this method only has a 10% chance of saving your life. Do you dare to give it a try?"

Niu Gao said: "It's okay for generals to try, life and death are based on fate and success or failure."

At this time, Wang Sheng grabbed a handful of goose feathers and came back.

Seeing this, Cai still picked one from it, then pulled out the dagger between his boots, and then said while cutting the goose feathers: "Boyuan, how old is your son?"

Niu Gao's eyelids were a little longer, and he replied listlessly: "The older one is ten years old, and the younger one is six years old."

Cai continued to peel the goose feather carefully and said, "If you die, how can their orphans and widows survive in this world? And your old mother, you still have to support him, so you can't die..."

Although Cai still tried his best to arouse Niu Gao's desire to survive, Niu Gao's situation was getting worse and worse.

Seeing this, Cai still knew that it was indeed Niu Gao's return just now. If he didn't give Niu Gao blood transfusion, Niu Gao would be over and a star general would fall.

Thinking of this, Cai still no longer hesitated. He inserted the sharpened goose cape into the artery on his arm accurately, and blood flowed out of the goose cape instantly.

When the generals saw it, they exclaimed at the same time: "General!"

Cai Shen said: "If you yell, get out of here!"

When all the generals heard the words, they all covered their mouths.

Then, Cai still inserted the other end of the goose capillary into Niu Gao's vein. At the beginning, while Cai still saw the story of blood transfusion with horses, he also saw a story: a British doctor connected a vein of a dog that was dying with another healthy dog's artery with a goose capillary, and the blood-affected dog miraculously returned to life.

"The general followed the emperor to fight against Song Jiang, and fought to the death and suffered 18 severe injuries. He was about to die. When he was about to die, the emperor sent him blood to him, and the general was established." - "The Middle Ages"·Biography of Niu Gao.
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