Yang Xiaohu was ill, perhaps because he had been caught in the rain and caught a cold, and now his cheeks were red and he was delirious.
When Da Kui heard the news, he was not only anxious. This place was in a remote place with no medical treatment, but how could he treat diseases and save people? Not only did Da Kui secretly regret that he did not learn medical skills from his second senior brother, but his mother died of illness before his eyes, and now the descendants of his living and dead brothers are also
He was seriously ill, but he was helpless.
Da Kui didn't bother to stand guard in front of the farmyard and hurried to the cliff. There were five thousand soldiers and horses he had brought with him, as well as his adopted son Yang Xiaohu. When he came to the cliff and looked again, Da Kui was not only worried.
To add to the worry, it rained heavily all night, and half of the soldiers suffered from wind and cold. There were many who were seriously ill like Yang Xiaohu.
The commander of the hussar camp was named Kang Maocai, a tough-minded hero. At this moment, he walked up to Da Kui with a few steps and said: "General, half of the army is sick. We need to send someone to find a good doctor for emergency treatment. If
Otherwise our army will be in danger."
Da Kui looked at Kang Maocai, the commander-in-chief, and not only sighed in his heart. In his early years, Kang Maocai gathered troops to protect his hometown, and was named the Huaixi Ambassador and Marshal by the Yuan Dynasty. Later, he led his troops to surrender to King Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu, and was awarded the title of Marshal of Qin Huaiyi Navy, guarding Longwan, and
He was appointed as the envoy of the capital's water camp and led the soldiers to carry out the strategy of garrisoning the fields.
Chen Youliang attacked Yingtian Mansion, but Kang Maocai made a false surrender plan to induce him to rush forward and defeated him at Longwan. Later, he followed Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang to break through Jiangzhou, capture Qi, Huang, and fight at Poyang Lake. Due to his merits, he was promoted to deputy envoy of the Governor's Office.
, and then killed Zhang Shicheng, and learned about the affairs of the governor's office together. Kang Maocai was quite proficient in water warfare, but he was slightly lacking in foot warfare. Now he is following Marshal Xu Da in the Northern Expedition, but he only serves as the forward general of the heroic cavalry camp, which is overqualified.
"General Kang, go and have a rest. I will order people to go find a doctor and ask for medicine." Da Kui personally helped Kang Maocai to the shelter of the cliff, found a big stone to help him sit down, and then murmured to himself: "
The nearest town is Pingliang Town, I will go to Pingliang to find a doctor."
Hearing this, all the soldiers around him stopped and said: "General, Pingliang is now occupied by the Yuan soldiers. It is a war now. The Yuan soldiers may have stepped up their guard. If you go now, you will be trapped in the tiger's mouth. It is better to consider the long term."
Dakui smiled slightly, separated from everyone, and went to pull a war horse. He turned around and looked at his subordinates, then he whipped the horse and left.
The one had just arrived in front of the farmyard, and saw a person standing on the road. He was wearing a coarse gray cloth clothes with a ribbon tied around the waist, gray and black cloth trousers and cloth boots with thousand-layer soles. Judging from the body's bones, he should be in the prime of life. Dakui approached on horseback.
At this time, the man slowly turned around and turned out to be a half-white old man.
"General, forgive me." The old man bowed deeply to Dakui, who was stunned.
"Who are you? What crime are you guilty of?" Da Kui knew in his heart that this old man must be the master of this family, but he asked knowingly.
Hearing this, the old man replied: "Ouyang De, I am the owner of this farmhouse. In the past three days, I have seen that the general's military discipline is strict and he has done nothing wrong to the people. I admire him. I know that the general is a man of benevolence and righteousness, so I went down the mountain to meet him.
See you, general." After that, he bowed deeply and apologized again: "General, please forgive me for my neglect."
Dakui felt relieved, got off his horse, grabbed the old man, and helped him up.
"My husband is seriously ill. Now I want Senior Ouyang to show me the way. Where can I hire a doctor? My subordinates feel cold and urgently need medical treatment." After speaking, Dakui returned the courtesy deeply: "Thank you, Zhang Dakui."
"General, please get up quickly, please get up quickly." Ouyang De held his hands and said: "Although I am a stupid person, I still know a little bit about the art of distinguishing yellow. This is an immeasurable merit in curing diseases and saving people, and I should do my best to do it.
Strength." Ouyang De smiled slightly, and the breeze blew through his hair. Although he was dressed as a mountain man, he still looked a bit fairy-like.
Dakui was overjoyed when he heard this, clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll bother you, Senior Ouyang."
Ouyang De smiled slightly and then said: "Come with me." After saying that, he led the way into his yard, followed closely by Dakui.
Ouyang De came to the eaves of the farmhouse, reached out and took off a basket from the wall. He grabbed a few herbs from the basket and said: "I have some herbs at home, but the general has so many people, I'm afraid it won't be enough. Besides, if you want, you can."
It takes a few herbs to take effect...this..."
Seeing Ouyang De's hesitation, Da Kui couldn't help asking anxiously: "What kind of medicine is it?"
Ouyang De replied slowly: "Ginger."
Dakui said hurriedly: "I know this ginger, but where should I find it?"
Ouyang Dewei said: "There is Pingliang Town closest to here, but I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for the general to go to the town to find Jishitang Pharmacy."
Dakui waved his hand and said: "If there is anything else you need, senior, you might as well tell me one by one."
Ouyang De hung the basket back on the wall, turned around and entered the room. He took pens, ink and other materials and wrote down a prescription. Then he handed the prescription to Dakui and said: "Follow this prescription. They are ordinary herbs. But everything is
Each of the herbs requires ten kilograms.”
Dakui looked at the handwriting on the prescription and found that there were seven or eight kinds. This added up to nearly a hundred kilograms. This place is nearly 80 miles away from Pingliang, and it might take a day to go back and forth on horseback. Saving people is like putting out fires, but this is something we can't wait for.
Da Kui collected the prescription, clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates would like to see more care from you, Zhang. I will come back as soon as I leave." With that, he strode out of the farmhouse.
I only heard Ouyang De calling from behind: "General, leave early and come back early."
Dakui went out and mounted his horse, heading east and galloping along the mountain road. Although the mountain road was rugged and difficult, Dakui was so anxious that he did not slow down. After walking for nearly an hour, he saw a barren slope in front of him.
The slopes were crisscrossed with ravines, and the roads were extremely dangerous. Da Kui had no choice but to dismount his horse, take off his armor and robes, and stuff them into the saddlebag. Da Kui patted the war horse's neck and said, "Go back."
The war horse had been trained for a long time and was very smart. It actually turned its head and ran slowly.
Dakui was wearing only his middle coat and carrying the dragon chanting sword, and walked up the high slope. Although the slope was difficult, Dakui was as light as a swallow on the flat ground. After running all the way, he crossed the slope in only half an hour.
Looking back, I saw that the slope was more than eighty miles long and horizontal. If a large army passed by, it would have to move slowly, and it would probably take two days to walk.
Dakui stood up on the slope and looked around. He wanted to identify the direction before heading there, but when he looked around, he saw smoke rising from behind a forest.
Da Kui couldn't help but wonder, this place was remote and difficult to navigate, there were no other people around, but where was the smoke coming from?
It was noon now, so he must be a hunter making a fire to cook in the wild. When it came to eating, Dakui couldn't help but feel a little hungry. Since it was a chance encounter, he might as well go and have some fun, or offer sacrifices to the five internal organs temple.
Thinking of this, Dakui didn't hesitate anymore and ran towards the woods where the smoke was rising. A river blocked the road, but fortunately the river was not deep. Dakui crossed the river on foot and reached the other bank. He saw that there were still hundreds of steps to get there.
We were in the woods, and suddenly a person came out of the woods.
Although Dakui was far away, he could see clearly. This man was dressed in leather armor, holding a spear, wearing a beard and a fur coat with lobed ears, but he was dressed as a Yuan soldier. Although Dakui was frightened, there was no hiding place around him.
Dakui ducked behind a big rock to hide himself, and then peeked into the woods.
The Yuan Bing was walking towards the river, and Dakui hid behind a stone and waited quietly for the Yuan Bing to approach slowly. The Yuan Bing was carrying a spear in one hand and a water bag in the other, but he went to the river to fetch water.
As soon as Yuan Bing came near Da Kui, Da Kui stepped out and reached out with his arms like the wind. His right hand was clasped at Yuan Bing's throat. Then he ducked again and dragged Yuan Bing behind the big rock. Yuan Bing's face was red and he couldn't breathe easily. It looked like he was holding back.
After pinching for a while, the guy died. Dakui threw the Yuan Bing casually and threw it on the ground.
"Brother, don't make any noise. Just answer whatever I ask. If there is a lie..." Dakui said, raising his left hand with the dragon chanting sword and saying: "My sword hasn't seen blood for a long time, don't force me."
Yuan Bing finally managed to catch his breath. After hearing this, he quickly got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "My hero, please spare my life."
After hearing this, Dakui looked himself up and down. He was only wearing a middle coat. But he didn't look like a hero.
Dakui couldn't help but feel funny, but he still asked coldly: "Let me ask you, what are you doing here?"
How could Yuan soldiers dare to hide anything? They explained clearly: "The younger one is a subordinate of General Aodun. This trip is to intercept the Ming army."
Dakui glared and asked, "How dare you satisfy me?"
"The little ones don't dare. The little ones don't dare." Yuan Bing begged for mercy again and again with a tearful tone, and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Dakui asked again: "How many people do you have? Recruit them from the ground up."
Yuan Bing hurriedly said truthfully: "I belong to the new annexed army, and the five hundred brothers who came with me are all in the woods."
Dakui not only sneered: "Five hundred people are trying to stop the Ming army?" Dakui knew that there must be something fishy, and immediately asked: "How are you going to stop the Ming army?"
The soldier hurriedly replied: "I don't know, but General He Lu... Oh, it was our captain who said that we should soak the cotton cloth soaked in ** in the upper reaches of the river, so that the Ming army would drink from the river when they arrived here.
The water in it will cause you to be poisoned and you will fall to the ground, and then I will come in to deal with the damage."
After hearing this, Dakui not only became furious, he stepped forward, grabbed Yuan Bing's collar and shouted, "Whose idea was this? To be honest."
Yuan Bing dared to hide it, and said truthfully: "It's a method taught by a Miao man named Fang Jiutian."
When Dakui heard Fang Jiutian's name, he couldn't help but be surprised. He thought to himself: 'It's not that enemies don't get together, but it's him? If we meet, we'll settle old and new accounts together.'
Dakui finally encountered this tongue, so naturally he couldn't let it go easily. He then asked in detail about the layout of Pingliang's markets, the deployment of the Yuan army, etc. The Yuan soldier was quite honest, and he immediately told him about it.
Hearing the Yuan soldiers say that Ao Dun had less than five thousand elite soldiers and that the rest were all rabble-rousers, Dakui couldn't help but feel relieved.
But the purpose of this trip is to seek medicine. Even if it is a big thing, we must first solve the urgent problem.
Dakui not only asked: "Is there a big pharmacy in Pingliang Town?"
Yuan Bing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. Enter the town through this road. There is Ji Shitang Pharmacy in the southernmost part of the town."
Dakui had finished asking the questions, and he knocked the Yuan Bing to the ground with one palm. He took off the Yuan Bing's armor and put it on himself, put on his hat and picked up the spear.