bayedsolid Chapter 271 2 Difficulties
Chapter 271 2 Difficulties
Chu Xiaomu wanted to see the wounds Yingdan had received from the claw tribe, but he refused. He knew that although Yingdan was gentle, she was much more stubborn than ordinary people when she was stubborn, and would not listen to anyone's advice. He had no choice but to make up his mind and said, "I am the captain, you have to listen to me, let's go back to Bicheng first!"
But Yingdan suddenly shouted: "No, I won't go back to Bicheng! I have to find the eight of them first..."
Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to say, "You were scratched by the Claw Tribe. Their claws may be poisonous. If you don't get treatment soon, your life may be in danger!"
Yingdan said: "Even if I die, I must find these eight people first and bring them back with me!"
Chu Xiaomu was anxious and angry, and said, "Why? I think you don't want to live anymore!"
Yingdan's voice softened again, and she said, "Xiaomu, I'm fine, really fine. We agreed with everyone to go back within three days, and today is already the third day... If we don't go back, they might take the horses and wander around. What if we run into the Claw Tribe? What should we do then..."
The two argued for a while, and Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to follow Yingdan's advice and go find Lin Zhen and the others first. If there were any accidents on the way, he would make plans later.
Yingdan was dizzy and weak, so he couldn't ride a horse at all. The two had to share one horse, and Chu Xiaomu sat behind him to prevent him from falling off the horse. Fortunately, the Qinglu horse was very strong. Even with two people on its back, it could still run fast. When one horse got tired, they could switch to another one, which didn't waste too much time.
In less than half a day, they were almost approaching the Nanding Army camp. Chu Xiaomu stopped his Qinglu, identified the direction, pointed to the southeast and said: "Nanding Camp is 40 miles east, probably in that direction, I don't know if we are going in the right direction." The sky was dark, there was no sun during the day and no stars or moon at night, it was impossible to identify the direction by the sun and the moon, the two of them could only recognize a general direction and galloped.
Chu Xiaomu waited for a while, but there was still no reply from Yingdan. His heart suddenly skipped a beat and he shouted, "Yingdan, Yingdan, how are you..." Yingdan, who was sitting in front of him, was so soft and weak that she didn't make a sound.
Chu Xiaomu was very anxious, so he got off the horse and helped Yingdan down. He saw that Yingdan's face was dark blue and his eyes were closed. It was obvious that he had been unconscious for a while. He called out to Yingdan repeatedly, but Yingdan didn't respond at all. It was obvious that Yingdan's condition was worse than last night.
When Chu Xiaomu first saw Yingdan's injury and she was talking nonsense in her sleep, he was at a loss for a moment, and felt as if the sky was about to fall. But now he calmed down. He thought that this place was not far from the Nanding Army camp, so he might as well go to the camp first to see if he could find any medicine to cure the disease, and perhaps save Yingdan's life. As for whether the camp had become an enemy stronghold, and whether there were any Claw Clan assassins inside, he could not care so much for the time being.
After making up his mind, he took Yingdan and headed straight to the camp.
When they were almost at the camp, Chu Xiaomu didn't dare to rush in. He observed from a distance for a while. Seeing that there were no signs of fireworks in the camp, and no crows or other carnivorous birds flying up and down, he guessed that there were no Claw Tribe members in the camp, so he dared to take three horses and quietly walk in. He randomly found a tent that had not been burned or cut, and carried Yingdan to a bed. When he looked at his face again, he saw that his dark face had a layer of obvious black air. When he tore open the clothes on his injured shoulder, he found that there was an unpleasant fishy smell, and the bandage was soaked with blood. The blood, which should have been red, had dried and turned black. When he shone it with the light of the fire, he could faintly see a layer of dark green.
Chu Xiaomu guessed that the claws of the assassin who injured him were poisonous, which made the blood clot at the wound black with green. As for what kind of poison it was and what kind of antidote there was, he had no idea at all. He could only pull over two thick blankets and cover Yingdan with them to relieve his coldness.
Then he tied two Qinglu to a wooden pole outside the tent, and took Qisheng to the tent of the clothing officer who was distributing armor and military uniforms in the camp. Most of the places in Bicheng are flat grasslands, and there are few kinds of herbs for healing wounds and diseases. Most of the common herbs needed are purchased from big cities such as Jinyang and Yutuo. The army only has some herbs for treating sword and gun wounds and common diseases such as wind, cold, frost and dew, but the quantity is not large, so there is no special medical officer. Ordinary soldiers who are injured or sick can only get some herbs from the clothing officer. If they are seriously ill, they can only be sent back to Bicheng for treatment, which is extremely inconvenient. Fortunately, the four countries are peaceful, and wars are not popular. Most of the soldiers are strong young people, so they can handle it.
Chu Xiaomu ran into the tent of the clothing officer. As soon as he opened the curtain, he smelled an extremely unpleasant stench. His heart jumped suddenly. He saw the rotting body of the medical officer lying prone in the middle of the tent. There was a large pool of blood under his neck that had dried and turned black. It was estimated that he was killed by the claw tribe assassins. The tent was also in a mess. All kinds of armor, military robes, leather boots, etc. were scattered all over the floor. It seemed that it had been looted.
Chu Xiaomu didn't care about being afraid at this time. He rummaged through the mess and found a few packets of raw meat as medicine to stop bleeding. He knew that this medicine could not heal the wounds that Yingdan had suffered from the Claw Tribe people, but it was better than nothing.
After returning to Yingdan's tent, Chu Xiaomu wanted to remove the cloth wrapped around her shoulders, but he found that the cloth was already attached to her flesh. When he applied a little force, Yingdan screamed in pain, but her eyes were tightly closed and she did not wake up. Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to carefully cut off the cloth that was stuck to her flesh with his iron sword, which was quite laborious.
After finally cleaning the cloth stuck to the wound and applying the powder for treating sword wounds, it was almost noon. I thought that the three-day appointment with Zhang Hou, Lin Zhen and others had exceeded one day. I wondered if they were still waiting there and whether they had met the Claw Tribe. Su Mishun was very timid. Before leaving, he was worried that he might not go back. If he broke his promise, how should he explain it to him when he saw him?
After Chu Xiaomu applied the medicine to Yingdan, he could only wait helplessly beside him. He felt anxious and bitter. Looking at his close friend who was still unconscious, he thought of the other eight people who were still waiting for him in the grassland, as well as the hundreds of soldiers and horses he was in charge of. He didn't know whether to sit or stand.
The sky gradually darkened again, and there was suddenly a whistling sound outside the tent. I lifted the curtain and saw strong winds with flying sand and rocks. It looked like a storm was coming.
Chu Xiaomu looked at the unconscious Yingdan, made up his mind, took out most of the dry food he had on him and left behind a leather bag of water, then led a Qinglu horse, took Huang Qisheng with him, and galloped eastward.
At that time, the north wind was howling and the gray fog was thick. Whether this trip was right or wrong, probably only the God of creation knew.