As long as there is a battle, there will inevitably be casualties. The so-called great victory on the battlefield is, at most, just a relatively large disparity in the casualty ratio between the two sides. It is rare to have zero casualties.
In the battle just now, many people from both Master Lu and Zhao Tianyi's side were shot and wounded by the Shatu people, at least seventy or eighty in total. Among these seventy or eighty people, nearly half of them had very deep wounds, and the arrows shot into their bodies were not easy to remove, so they could only wait for Yan Liqiang to take them out.
Although Yan Liqiang was not a doctor, facing these warriors who were injured in the battle with the Shatu people, he was still patient and had someone set up a tent. In the tent, he removed the arrows and bandaged their wounds one by one according to the severity of the wounds.
When Yan Liqiang was helping people remove arrowheads, Zhao Tianyi and Master Lu did not stop, because they had heard a piece of news from Zuo Yuquan - the small Shatu tribe that they had just wiped out would meet up with another small tribe of the seven Shatu tribes today, and then continue to migrate and evacuate.
Another one
Zhao Tianyi and Lu Gongzi, who were immersed in the huge gains and joy brought by this great victory, were suddenly stimulated by these four words and their blood boiled again. Just like gamblers at the gambling table would not complain about the large amount of money they won, the two people who tasted such a great victory for the first time naturally would not complain about the large number of Shatu people's heads chopped off by their men.
The overall migration speed of these small tribes on the grassland is very slow, and they can only walk many miles a day. Since the small tribe that was just destroyed by them can meet up with another small tribe today, then the place where the other small tribe is today is very likely not far from here, within a hundred miles at most. As long as they find it, with the speed of the rhinoceros horse, it is estimated that they can rush over in less than an hour, and the general direction can also be basically determined, either the northeast or the southeast.
In this way, things became easier. The spoils from the small tribe had not yet been harvested, so Master Lu and Zhao Tianyi simultaneously sent out several teams of scouts, rushing towards the northeast and southeast, trying to lock onto the traces of another small tribe. As for the cavalrymen who remained in the camp and were still able to fight, after receiving the order, they had already begun to rest, eat, sharpen their swords, let their rhinoceros horses eat grass and drink water, and were ready for another battle.
The great victory just now also turned those who participated in the battle into bloodthirsty wolves, and everyone was eager to win again.
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With a "dang..." sound, Yan Liqiang twisted the bloody arrowhead with two fingers, and then threw the arrowhead into the plate on the ground. Then he asked the two soldiers brought by Master Lu who served as temporary assistants to quickly bandage the wound on the soldier's arm.
At the beginning, the sergeants who served as assistants were a little clumsy and didn't know how to bandage the wound very well. However, after watching Yan Liqiang bandage the wound several times and with Yan Liqiang's guidance, the two sergeants soon mastered the bandaging technique, which made Yan Liqiang's "operation" in the tent faster.
"Thank you..." The injured sergeant's face was a little pale, but after Yan Liqiang helped him take out the arrow, he still looked at Yan Liqiang gratefully and thanked Yan Liqiang.
"No need to thank me. It's just a piece of cake. Your wound is not serious. The arrow did not hurt your bones. You should be able to heal within a hundred days. When you return to the interior of the country this time, take care of your recovery. Your Master Lu will probably arrange a doctor to help you. Pay attention to changing the dressings and hygiene. There shouldn't be any big problems. Don't worry!" Yan Liqiang said kindly.
The injured sergeant breathed a sigh of relief, thanked Yan Liqiang again, and then walked out of the tent with the help of a colleague nearby.
Yan Liqiang had never expected that he would be able to experience the feeling of being an attending physician when he came to Gulang grassland this time. At this moment, this tent was like his operating room. Except for the simple conditions, he had the final say in this tent.
After taking out so many arrows in a row, Yan Liqiang had several different thoughts and ideas in his mind. Things kept flashing through his mind. The first thing that flashed through his mind was some surgical tools in his memory. These tools were not complicated. As long as he drew the patterns, his blacksmith workshop could make them, which would be more convenient for surgery. Another idea was that medical talents like those who could take out arrows could also be trained. As long as they were proficient in the physiological structure and anatomy of the human body, taking out such arrows would be a trivial matter. People trained in this way might not be as agile as himself, but they would be a hundred times stronger than ordinary people, which could greatly reduce casualties in the army. Well, there was also the strong liquor. With the strong liquor, in fact, it only took a simple distillation to get distilled alcohol, which would be more convenient at that time...
Perhaps when I return this time, I can experiment with setting up medical positions in the Longya Army. These medical soldiers will specialize in mastering this kind of first aid measures on the battlefield.
Yan Liqiang thought about it and felt that this thing was feasible. He also stretched out his hand and shouted outside the tent, "Next..."
Seeing Yan Liqiang stretching out his hand, another "assistant" standing next to Yan Liqiang immediately took the wine jug, poured out the liquor in the jug, and helped Yan Liqiang wash the blood off his hands and dagger.
No one answered outside the tent. Yan Liqiang thought that the people outside didn't hear him, so he called out again. Then a guard from Master Lu came in. He smiled and politely clasped his fists at Yan Liqiang, "Thank you, brother Wang. All the people outside the tent who were injured by arrows have been treated..."
"Is there no one left?"
"No more. We have taken care of the less serious injuries ourselves. We don't dare to trouble Brother Wang anymore!"
"That's good!" Yan Liqiang washed his hands and dagger again, wiped his hands, and then walked out of the tent.
By this time, the sun had already risen high in the sky, becoming somewhat dazzling. After dealing with those dozens of people, it was already noon unknowingly. The bloody smell in the camp had not yet dissipated, but had become even thicker. However, the noise from earlier was gone. In just a few hours, all the cattle, sheep and horses brought by this small tribe of Shatu people were driven together.
After all the hard work last night, Yan Liqiang felt a little hungry, so he took out some dried meat from his body and started chewing it. He then took out his water bottle and drank two sips of water. Just as Yan Liqiang put the water bottle away, a rapid sound of iron hooves came from the southeast. Yan Liqiang turned around and saw a scout group sent by Master Lu earlier rushing back in a hurry.
Just a moment later, Yan Liqiang had just finished eating the piece of dried meat in his hand, and the originally quiet camp suddenly began to boil, with war horses neighing and people talking. Those who could mount war horses began to mount them again, and the troops of Master Lu and Zhao Tianyi began to assemble again.
Mao Taishun ran over from a distance, "Brother Wang, have you finished your work here?"
"It's done!" Yan Liqiang nodded. "There's such a big commotion in the camp all of a sudden. Did the scouts we sent out discover the whereabouts of the other small tribe?"
"Found it..." Mao Taishun also had an excited look on his face, "Our luck seems to be good this time. I heard that the small tribe is on the grassland more than 120 miles southeast, and is heading this way. The number of people in that small tribe is even smaller than here, about a thousand people, and we can definitely take care of them here. Master Lu and Master Zhao are ready to lead people to kill them immediately. Brother Wang, do you want to go and take a look?"
"Okay, let's go take another look..." Yan Liqiang nodded.
A few minutes later, with the sound of thundering hooves, Yan Liqiang and his men once again followed Master Lu and Zhao Tianyi's troops and rushed towards the southeast.
In less than an hour, the nearly 2,000 troops finally saw the small tribe of Shatu people...
However, what Yan Liqiang and his men saw were no longer living people, but corpses all over the ground left by the battle that had just ended and the small tribe.
A cavalry team of more than a thousand people, composed entirely of rangers, had already swallowed up this small tribe before Yan Liqiang and his men arrived, leaving no residue...
Seeing the large group of people led by Master Lu rushing over, several people from the ranger cavalry team immediately rushed over on rhinoceros horses. One of the rangers, who was carrying a huge bow, had a face full of whiskers, a lion nose and a wide mouth. He looked very eye-catching and had an extraordinary aura. As soon as the two sides stopped a hundred meters apart, that person jumped out of the team and shouted to this side, "Friends on the other side, you are a step late. We have been keeping an eye on this small tribe for several days. It just so happens that we have gathered friends today to take the heads of the Shatu people in this small tribe together. Please help us, friends on the other side, and don't start any more disputes..."
Before Zhao Tianyi and Master Lu could speak, Zuo Yuquan, who was standing next to Yan Liqiang, took a closer look at the big man and suddenly asked, "Senior, are you Han Weihan, the master of divine arrows..."
"Hahaha, I didn't expect someone to recognize me. Yes, I am Han Wei. The nickname of the Godly Archery King is also a favor from my friends in the martial arts world. Thank you for the compliment. I don't deserve it!"
Seeing that the person opposite was the Godly Archer, Zhao Tianyi and Master Lu were both slightly shocked and looked at each other. This Han Wei was not an ordinary person, but a well-known ranger in the entire northwest. He was on the "Hero List of Rangers of the Han Empire". Unexpectedly, he met...
Faced with this situation and seeing that there were no more Shatu people to kill, Zhao Tianyi and Master Lu did not want to create trouble, so they each exchanged a few words with Han Wei, said hello, and then led the team back to their previous base.
When everyone was returning, they encountered four or five waves of rangers on the way, all heading southeast...
(End of this chapter)