Chapter 810: Sunrise in the East (35)

The 10,000 palace guards and the Donghu cavalry that Thorpe finally put together were annihilated. Gao Yuan also paid a heavy price. Most of Yang Dasha's first division suffered casualties, and the two troops of Mei Hua and Wu Ya who were at the front were killed. The two battalions fought even more fiercely, and finally walked off the battlefield intact. The two battalions combined had only more than 500 people left, which could be said to be almost wiped out. Guo Laowen's second division suffered one-third casualties. Hu Weiran's Second Army fought a final decisive battle with the Palace Guards, and suffered more than one-third of the casualties, knocking off the last remaining spirit of Donghu. The elite troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Army in Hetao also suffered huge losses, leaving Kumamoto aside. The 20,000 Yan troops who basically did not participate and the 80,000 Dongfeng troops suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which maintained a one to one casualty ratio with the Donghu cavalry.

However, the Eastern Expeditionary Army still has the strength to fight, but Donghu does not have the huge population base and mobilization ability of the Central Plains, as well as its huge economic advantages, which were perfectly reflected in this battle.

The troops are stronger than yours, I push you flatly and crush you, the troops are almost the same, my man-sea tactics will crush your arrogant palace guards to death. First, five thousand were killed by Gao Yuan in Hetao, and then Yuwen Ke was wasted in Liaoning Guards. Three thousand, in this battle, another 10,000 palace guards fell on the battlefield. The 30,000 palace guards had already lost more than 18,000 people. The remaining 10,000 palace guards were delayed in the birthplace of Donghu. In the Holy City, another 2,000 people were trapped in Helin and Donghu, with little power to fight anymore.

When Gao Yuan set foot in Yulin again, this once prosperous city had long lost its former glory. After being burned to the ground by Gao Yuan and Bai Yucheng many years ago, the city never recovered its vitality. Gao Yuan controlled western Liaoning After taking power, he spared no effort to impose economic sanctions on Donghu, a commercial city. The transportation hub connecting the Central Plains and Donghu slowly declined. The original Donghu people in the city, after Thorpe's defeat, had fled towards Helin in panic with the retreating Donghu army. Most of the remaining people were struggling to support themselves here. merchants and slaves, commoners

They hid in the house in fear. Listening to the orderly footsteps and slogans outside, I saw through the crack in the door the bloody soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army marching into the city one by one.

Since ancient times, armies are as fierce as tigers, and rioters are as fierce as bandits. They don't know what will happen to them when these troops enter the city? Everyone huddled in the house. Waiting for fate's judgment on them

Ke Yuanshan is a doctor in Yulin City. He has good medical skills and a very kind person. He has a good reputation in Yulin City, even during the rule of the Donghu people. As a Central Plains person, he has never encountered much difficulty. The reason is very simple. Donghu people are also sick and need good doctors.

But because of this, he was even more frightened after the Yulin city was broken. He had many contacts with the Donghu people. The family is much richer than the average family, even better than the average Donghu people. Now the Donghu people have been beaten away, and the Eastern Expedition Army has entered the city. Will there be a counterattack and reckoning with those who have close ties with the Donghu people? This thought almost drove him crazy. Based on his experience, this kind of thing was almost inevitable. A new conqueror needs to establish his authority, and it's people like him. The target who is almost bound to be attacked can not only use his head to intimidate others, but his substantial family property can also become the other party's trophy.

Looking at the family and children behind him who were also trembling.

He only felt that he had never been so helpless before. He had even prepared poison and distributed it to the women at home. Once that happened, it would be better to take the poison and commit suicide than fall into the hands of the other party and suffer all the humiliation.

During the day, the seemingly endless sound of neat footsteps, loud slogans, and strange trumpets sounded from time to time. Every quarter of an hour in Keyuan Mountain was like a year, but fortunately, this day was peaceful and peaceful. There was no one to disturb him, which made him feel a little relieved. Perhaps the Eastern Expeditionary Army had just entered the city and were searching for those Donghu people, so they didn't care about him.

The servants at home cooked some millet porridge after dark. They had been worried all day. The whole family was tired and hungry. When the fragrant millet porridge was served, smelling the aroma, they could not help but twitch their index fingers, even if they were about to lose their heads. , you also need to eat food

Ke Yuanshan picked up the bowl and motioned for his family to eat. As soon as he swallowed a mouthful, there was a banging sound on the door outside. With a clang, the porcelain bowl in Ke Yuanshan's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. All froze

"Is this Dr. Ke Yuanshan's home?" A shout with an obvious Yan accent sounded outside. Ke Yuanshan's face was ashen. What should come will always come.

There was a loud banging sound outside, and the servants looked at each other with the same fear and uneasiness.

"Open the door, a wooden door can't stop them." Ke Yuanshan sighed, straightened his clothes, stood up, and walked out of the house. He saw his wives, concubines, and daughters trembling from their arms. He took out the poison he and the others had prepared and poured it into the millet porridge. He couldn't help but sigh heavily.

The door opened, and an officer of the Eastern Conquest Army strode in. Behind him, several heavily armed soldiers filed in.

"Who is Ke Yuanshan, Dr. Ke?" the leading officer asked loudly, his eyes falling on Ke Yuanshan, looking up and down.

"Master, I'm here!" Ke Yuanshan clasped his fists and saluted

"Ah ha, I finally found you, come with me." The officer grabbed Ke Yuanshan's wrist, pulled him and walked out.

Ke Yuanshan is just a doctor. When he was pulled by this officer, he almost fell over. "Is the officer here to arrest me? I'm just a doctor."

Ke Yuanshan turned pale and argued loudly

"It is precisely because you are a doctor that I came to you, otherwise why would I come to you?" The officer turned around and looked at Ke Yuanshan strangely, "Many brothers in my camp have been injured and are lying there howling now. There are too few doctors with the army and they are simply too busy. I have asked people that you are the best doctor in Yulin City, so I came to invite you first. If I don't act quickly, I'm afraid someone will hear about it later. When the wind comes, follow me and treat my brothers well. For every one of them cured, I will give you ten taels of silver."

Ke Yuanshan's heart skipped a beat, "Isn't the official here to arrest me?"

"I'm arresting you. Why am I arresting you? I'm here to invite you, Doctor Ke. Now you are the life-saver of the brothers in the camp. It's too late for me to salute you!" the officer said in surprise.

Ke Yuanshan was overjoyed, "Wait a minute, please wait a minute, I'll tell my family something."

The officer reluctantly let go, "Hurry up. Hurry up. If you delay a little longer, one more person might die!"

"Master, when I go to diagnose your brother, I have to bring a medicine box and medicines. Prepare some things!" Ke Yuanshan said loudly

The officer suddenly realized, "I'm in a hurry, please, please, you guys. Follow the doctor quickly. If you need anything, take it."

Ke Yuanshan led a few soldiers into the house and saw his trembling female relatives bringing the millet porridge bowl to their lips. He was shocked and said, "Don't drink it!" He rushed forward and knocked the bowls out of their hands with a few slaps. It fell to the ground with a thud. broken pieces of porcelain

"The official is not here to arrest me, he is here to invite me for medical treatment," Ke Yuanshan said loudly, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

The whole room heard this. First they were confused, then they were overjoyed. Under the great sadness and great joy, they couldn’t help but hug each other and cry.

The officer leaned against the door of the hall, watching the family crying and laughing, and couldn't help but feel strange. He said to himself: "What's going on? I'm just going to see a doctor, it feels like I'm about to die."

Ke Yuanshan thought it was a desperate situation. He quickly packed up some urgently needed medicines for treating red wounds, put them on his shoulders and walked out to put his medical skills to good use. Save more of their soldiers. Even if they later find out that they have a close relationship with the Donghu people, they won't be able to kill them by burning bridges across the river. Maybe our family will be able to get through this with luck.

"Let them carry it. You are a doctor, how can I let you carry it?" The officer grabbed the medicine bag and box and handed them to the soldiers beside him.

"What's your name, general?" he asked as he hurriedly followed the officer out. He should seize the time to build a good relationship with this officer. Maybe at some point, he could save his life.

"What general? Stay away from the general!" The officer smiled and said: "My name is Mei Hua, I am just a battalion commander. The soldiers we led in this battle were the vanguards. We fought a vicious battle with the palace guards, and there were too many casualties. , we also ordered us to kill the stubborn palace guards. These wounded soldiers are the treasures of our governor. If you save one, I will give you ten taels of silver, as well as the gratitude of me, Mr. Mei. If you all If you are saved, if you encounter any problems in the future, you can come to me, Mei Hua, because I, Mei Hua, still have some respect in the Young Guards."

Ke Yuanshan couldn't help but be overjoyed, saving lives and healing the wounded was his specialty. According to what this officer said, he had a very high status in the Eastern Expedition Army. Although it was difficult to save everyone, as long as he tried his best, the other party would remember him. With this person as my backer, there will be no problem with my life assignment.

Due to heavy casualties, the two battalions of Meihua and Wu Ya had only a limited number of people left. At this time, they were organized into one place and stationed in the courtyard of a Donghu official in Yulin City. At this time, people were lying everywhere inside and outside the house. , the wounded soldiers were sitting, and the sound of miserable howling sounded from every corner. These iron-clad men did not even grunt when they were knifed on the battlefield, but they could still hold on to the knife and fight for their lives. At this time, when they got off the battlefield, a As soon as Ke Yuanshan stepped into this compound, he felt as if he had entered hell.

"Where's Wu Ya? What are you doing, turtle?" Mei Hua shouted loudly as soon as he stepped into the courtyard. As soon as he shouted, he stopped in shock and covered his mouth because he saw a group of people dressed in red. personal bodyguards. He had worn these clothes before. Only the governor's guards wore such uniforms. They were here, and the governor was also here.

Looking over, he saw the governor, dressed in plain clothes, squatting on the ground, bandaging a soldier's wound.

Ke Yuanshan was eager to do his best. As soon as he entered the yard, he ran directly towards the wounded soldiers on the ground. He happened to squat next to Gao Yuan. He turned around and saw Gao Yuan's familiar bandaging techniques. He thought that these must be his colleagues, and he didn't know these soldiers. He was caught from Yulin. He is very young, but his techniques are extremely skillful.

"This little fellow practices medicine in Yulin, why doesn't Mr. Ke recognize him?" Ke Yuanshan opened the medicine box, took out the medicine, and quickly started to treat a wounded soldier in front of him, while asking

Gao Yuan turned his head, looked at the doctor in front of him, and said with a smile: "Are you the doctor Mei Hua just invited?"

Hearing the young man claiming to be the name of the officer who brought him here, Ke Yuanshan couldn't help but was startled and stopped holding his hand.

"I am Gao Yuan, but I don't make a living by practicing medicine."

With a bang, Ke Yuanshan sat down on the ground, tightened his hands, and the wounded soldier he was treating suddenly screamed like a pig.

Gao Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, a famous figure, was actually bandaging the wounds of the wounded soldiers. Ke Yuanshan was so frightened that he almost fainted.

"Doctor Ke?" Gao Yuan called out

Ke Yuanshan jumped up and quickly got up, lying prostrate in front of Gao Yuan, "Ke Yuanshan, a common man, has seen the great governor."

Gao Yuan smiled and pulled him up, "Dr. Ke, saving people is more important now. It's better to treat the injuries of my soldiers quickly. If you don't want these frivolous courtesy, please ask Dr. Ke to do his best. I will thank you very much afterwards."

Ke Yuanshan climbed up in a hurry. At this moment, he was full of energy, and his whole body was full of energy as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He had saved lives and healed the wounded in his life. God had really not treated him poorly! (To be continued)