Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 533: Victory of the Ansheng Army at the South Gate

Su He also didn't know how to do it. It was a surgical operation, and without rigorous and systematic training, she couldn't perform it. She had no chance to come into contact with it before she came here, and after she came here, she learned traditional Chinese medicine. She knew how to stop bleeding, relieve pain, and suture, but no one had taught her about surgical operations to reconnect broken limbs.

She knew that those famous doctors would definitely do it, because in history, there was a story about the doctor Bian Que who scraped the bone to heal Guan Gong, and there was also a story about him trying to perform a craniotomy on Cao Cao and was killed. And those government coroners who performed autopsies were actually a type of surgery.

The Ma Fei San used by military doctors at that time is a good proof. Although its origin is unknown, it is enough to prove that there are miracle doctors like Hua Tuo in this world.

Su He took out her acupuncture bag from her backpack and began to help treat the patient. When the master saw her busy, he went back to the tower. There was no need for people to watch over the place, and they couldn't all run out of the city. If they found something wrong, they had to send a message to the general immediately.

Su He mainly treated the wounded soldiers' wounds, giving them acupuncture to stop bleeding and relieve pain, and then applying medicine and bandaging the wounds. There were always wounded and sick people being carried in, and she kept her head down and worked without stopping until dark.

Outside the city, the fighting continued until it was dark and the two sides could no longer see each other. The soldiers in the city retreated and closed the city gates. Outside the city, the Ninth Prince called back his troops. The Dongjie Army also gathered their soldiers, but seeing that most of them were dead or wounded, they could only defend the surroundings and lie down to rest.

Their camp was basically destroyed. If it hadn't been dark, they would have been wiped out. They should thank God for giving them a chance to breathe and for some of them to survive.

Everyone took out the only food they had and ate it. If they didn't have any, they would look for the remaining food on the bodies of the dead and wounded soldiers. After eating, they quickly lay down on the ground to rest, because the battle would continue at dawn.

The Ninth Prince's situation was better than that of the Dongjie Army, because there were many soldiers left outside, so they were able to suppress them. After counting the number of people, there were about 1,000 dead and 7,000 injured, with a total of more than 8,000 casualties. During the day, it was seen that the Dongjie Army had at least 10,000 casualties, so they won this time.

We will fight again tomorrow morning and we will surely annihilate the enemy. We must win this siege so that Fenggu City can be relieved. With a retreat route and a steady supply of food, grass, and troops, the defenders can defend themselves against the enemy and repel the enemies outside the country.

The Dongjie Army had thought about breaking through the South Gate, but the soldiers behind that gate were like a single-man-blocking warrior, and they would be killed as soon as they rushed there.

As soon as they saw the Dongjie Army coming, they aimed all their arrows at it. The soldiers of Ansheng Kingdom seemed to have agreed that as long as they fought their way out, they would basically intercept the Dongjie Army on both sides of the city gate. They would never get close to the city gate, so that the defenders inside would not have to worry about accidentally hurting their own people.

This was like a big net covering the Dongjie army, with Ansheng Jun's army everywhere, and they could only be surrounded and attacked. The encirclement became smaller and smaller, and their casualties increased.

From time to time, the city would throw ignited firecrackers, which were very lethal, and they didn't know why they were different. They could actually throw them directly into the barracks, causing chaos among the soldiers.

In fact, it was because most of them carried a thin bamboo stick, similar to a flag fire. Because of the power of gunpowder, it could fly very far, and a bundle could fly even farther. With the power of the trebuchet, it could reach the enemy.

Even before using the iron pipe to launch it, it would be more powerful. Su He didn't want the war to escalate, so he could only use a simple version of firecrackers.

That night, people inside and outside the city slept restlessly, thinking about the battle tomorrow.

The soldiers brought by the Ninth Prince defended tightly, and all the spies sent out by the Dongjie Army at the South Gate were killed. At the North Gate, Jin Baochang was still feinting because he had not received any information and did not know the situation at the South Gate.

The Ninth Prince was going to finish the battle tomorrow, and then go around the north gate to coordinate with the outside forces, so that the Dongjie Army would suffer a great loss this time. He liked those firecrackers too much, they were really good stuff. He was going to wait until he joined the city, and then ask them to provide some support to other border towns.

The next day, just after dawn, the Ansheng Army began to besiege. The Ninth Prince started the fight first, and when the people on the city saw the fight below, they quickly threw firecrackers to cooperate.

The battle lasted for a day and finally ended in the evening, when the remaining Dongjie troops all surrendered. Their general had been beheaded, and without a leader, they had no choice but to lay down their weapons and surrender.