My years as a soldier

When Hu Jiuzhang got up from the couch, his hands were limp, his heart was beating violently in his chest, and in a flash, cold sweat oozes from his head and hands.

"Guardian! Weiguan! Call the doctor! Go and call the military doctor!"

He stumbled and tied his two wooden legs, but when he stood up, he still fell headfirst on the ground, and the severed limb rubbed against the cloth-wrapped wooden section, bleeding immediately.But even so, he still struggled to grab the side crutches and propped himself up.

"Guardian!"

Hu Jiuzhang walked outside the tent, and finally found the guards patrolling nearby.The soldier was acquainted with him on weekdays, and when he saw Hu Jiuzhang's sweaty face, he immediately ran to call for someone.Hu Jiuzhang turned around and went back to the couch, grabbed Li Muyun's hand, his eyes were wet in a blink of an eye.

"Why are your hands so cold...hey...wait a minute, the doctor will be here soon."

Hu Jiuzhang spoke softly, even he himself didn't notice that his voice was trembling at this moment.It wasn't until the guards came in with the military doctor that Hu Jiuzhang suddenly came back to his senses. He took a few deep breaths before propping himself up and giving up the seat in front of the couch to the medical officer.

The process of pulse diagnosis is even more painful and unbearable.

As the ups and downs of Li Muyun's chest breathing became smaller and smaller, Hu Jiuzhang's face also turned pale.

"How is it, old man?"

"... Uh... the cold poison in the young master's body has penetrated into the internal organs, it's not good."

"It's not good...but there is always a cure, right? Think of a way!"

Hearing what the old military doctor said, Hu Jiuzhang's heart skipped a beat.

"This old man will do his best, but you should also be mentally prepared accordingly." The old military doctor did not rush, checked the pulse, took out a black pill from the medicine box, and put it into Li Muyun's mouth.

"This is a life-hanging Shendan, and ordinary people can't feed it when they are old. But the young master belongs to General Cui, and now this pill is fed to the young master to stabilize his condition for the time being. But Mr. Hu, Mr. Li's illness has lasted for many years. Those who have survived, want to cure this disease, one is to detoxify, and the other is to consolidate the vitality, so that he can develop a certain tolerance to the poison, but he is now... Hey, this is even more difficult than going to heaven! But If it's just to save your life, there are still ways to rely on. But even so, there are not many medicinal materials in our camp that can save Mr. Li. I will write a prescription for you. If you have the ability, ask for it. When the medicine comes, feed Mr. Li to eat it, and he can still live for a few days, otherwise—Mr. Li will not survive even these few days!"

The old military doctor's expression was solemn, while Hu Jiuzhang's heart almost seemed to have fallen into a cold abyss.

He couldn't figure it out, how could Li Muyun suddenly become seriously ill?

Although he knew that Li Muyun's body had always been weak, he never thought that it would be so serious!He is obviously the eldest son of the palace...how could this body be so weak?

Hu Jiuzhang didn't know about the past in King Su's mansion, so he could only grit his teeth and force himself to face the situation in front of him.But his face was still frighteningly pale, and even on the battlefield, he had never been so frightened as he is now.

It is true that he has gone through too many life and death partings, this time, if Li Muyun also dies, then he really doesn't have the courage to face the world anymore.

Hu Jiuzhang is not afraid of death, but God wants him to watch the loved ones around him leave one by one.

Such a world is too vicious, right?

The corner of Hu Jiuzhang's mouth twitched, and he finally shook Li Muyun's cold palm, with a miserable expression, and stood still on crutches by the side of the couch.

"Uncle, you must save him. As long as it can save his life, I can find any medicine."

As Hu Jiuzhang spoke firmly, his eyes were as firm as sharp knives, which made the military doctor shudder uncontrollably.

After the old military doctor finished the prescription, Hu Jiuzhang remembered the medicinal materials he had snatched from the Chang'an pharmacy during the day.He limped and brought the cloth bag containing the medicine in front of the old man, and watched the old military doctor pick and choose in the cloth bag, and finally picked out only one or two medicines that could be used.

"Mr. Hu, to be honest, in this world, Chang'an City has been captured several times. Even if you go door-to-door with a team of soldiers, you may not be able to find any usable medicinal materials in the city. But this kind of thing ...Actually, it depends on the nature of people. You might as well report to General Cui first, and see how the general expresses his position on this matter."

Hearing what the old military doctor said, Hu Jiuzhang suddenly remembered that he still had Cui Qianyou as a backer to ask for.He was also used to fighting alone with Li Muyun all the way, since he came to the rebel camp, he never thought about relying on his connections to do things.But now it is different from the past, even if he is not used to getting along with the rebels, he can't control so much now.Hu Jiuzhang nodded firmly at the old military doctor, and walked out of the camp step by step with a cane.

At midnight, the army was still brightly lit, and there were many night watchmen around, sitting in groups of threes and twos by the campfire and talking.Most people here are immersed in the joy of victory in capturing Chang'an, but Hu Jiuzhang's current mood is obviously out of tune with the surrounding atmosphere.

On the small road leading to Cui Ganyou's camp, he felt lonely like never before.Here, no one can understand one ten-thousandth of his mood at the moment, and no one will stand with him.There was no comfort, no understanding, no friends, as if everyone was on the opposite side of him. Such a prisoner of the Tang army, who only saved his life by the general's pity, walked forward bit by bit in the darkness with a cane.

When he walked into the dark corner where no one was around, Hu Jiuzhang suddenly wanted to cry.

He was so afraid of losing Li Muyun, that whenever he thought of that possibility, he couldn't stop his nasal cavity from being sour and his eyes flushed.

But he didn't want to show his weakness compared to the other person he was about to face.

Standing in front of Cui Ganyou's big tent, Hu Jiuzhang gritted his teeth to hold back tears.With great perseverance, he opened his mouth, suppressed the turbulent emotions, and expressed his intention to the guard in a deep voice.

But it is still hard to say whether the general is willing to meet a prisoner of the Tang army in the middle of the night.Hu Jiuzhang stood outside the tent with a heavy heart and waited for almost a quarter of an hour before the guard who sent the order came back.

"General Cui told you to go in."

"it is good……"

Without even thinking about it, Hu Jiuzhang walked in with his cane, but when it came time to enter, he panicked again.

If he wanted to go all out to kill someone, he would know it, but now that he had to go all out to beg for someone, it really wasn't his specialty.

Hu Jiuzhang opened the tent door with crutches, and seeing Cui Ganyou sitting on the small couch from a distance, his heartbeat accelerated unconsciously.That man was no different from the other generals Hu Jiuzhang had seen in the Northwest. He was muscular, and even though he was only wearing a jacket and sitting on a small couch, he looked like a black bear, with a bloodthirsty look inside and out. gas.

Meeting Cui Qianyou with slightly confused eyes, Hu Jiuzhang was stunned for half a second, then he plopped and knelt down in front of Cui Qianyou, startling the sleepy bear.

"Mr. Li is seriously ill. The military doctor said that there is a shortage of medicine in the army. I am afraid that his life will be lost... I implore the general to save Mr. Li's life!"

Hu Jiuzhang had never been an orderly soldier, and he had never said anything to a general above the captaincy level, but this matter was related to Li Muyun's life and safety, and he was afraid that he was still not humble and sincere enough to call Cui Qianyou's heart.

But fortunately, before Hu Jiuzhang finished speaking, Cui Qianyou had already stood up from the couch.

"When did this happen? Didn't you send a doctor to Mr. Li before? How could it be difficult to save your life?"

Seeing Cui Qianyou's expression, Hu Jiuzhang felt more at ease. He took a deep breath, and told Cui Qianyou about Li Muyun's physical condition these days, as well as the incident of vomiting blood at night, Cui Qianyou's face had already changed.He called the guards to change clothes, and after a while, he followed Hu Jiuzhang to Li Muyun's tent.

Back in the tent, the candles in the tent had been lit one by one. Li Muyun was lying on the couch, still wearing the bloody coat, but his face looked worse than before.Hu Jiuzhang broke out in cold sweat anxiously, but Cui Qianyou was present, so he couldn't go forward directly, so he could only watch the military doctor administer acupuncture treatment to Li Muyun. As for the effect, Hu Jiuzhang could only pray to the gods.

Fortunately, Cui Ganyou still cared a lot about Li Muyun. He really wanted to save the flesh and blood left behind by King Su. After asking the military doctor about Li Muyun's condition, he asked someone to send all the herbs he had privately stored to Li Muyun.

With the medicinal materials Cui Qianyou sent, the military doctor finally began to cook soup for Li Muyun, and the heart that Hu Jiuzhang had been hanging on finally fell back into his stomach.

But the medicine Cui Qianyou sent was only enough for Li Muyun for a few days. The military doctor told Hu Jiuzhang when he was brewing the medicine that if the medicine was stopped, Li Muyun's current state would probably be unbearable.Hu Jiuzhang didn't say anything after hearing this, he lowered his head and clenched his fists, telling the military doctor to just boil the medicine.

But how could he not know the meaning of these words in his heart.Although Cui Ganyou has already expressed his willingness to cooperate with all-out treatment, but even he can't change whatever he says.Among all the medicinal materials that Li Muyun needs, the most difficult to find is ginseng. Ordinary broken ginseng beards are not enough, and young and short ones are not enough. You need wild wild ginseng that has been around for a hundred years. It is used to decoct Li Muyun's medicine, so as to save his life. .And this good ginseng...

Hu Jiuzhang really didn't know where to find it and how much he had to pay to get it.

At night, he sat beside Li Muyun, with his head down, pressed his temples with both hands and beat them several times.

What to do... what else to do...

Hu Jiuzhang couldn't sleep all night, and early the next morning, he went out again on crutches.All he could think of was Chang'an.Now the only way to find clues to the precious medicinal materials is to go to Chang'an City.And as long as he knows where the medicine is, even if he can't get it back alone, he will report it to General Cui later, and he will not be afraid of not getting it when the time comes with a bunch of people. In the entire Chang'an City, there was no century-old wild ginseng that could save Li Muyun.

just in case……

Hu Jiuzhang suppressed the fear in his heart and forced himself not to think about that possibility.

At a quarter of an hour, before the dawn had illuminated the entire land, Hu Jiuzhang and Cui Qianyou borrowed a fast horse and rushed straight to the city of Chang'an.But what he didn't know was that in the early morning of this day, Yan Zhaozhong, a veteran who lived in seclusion in the suburbs of Chang'an, also rushed to Chang'an City early in the morning in order to supplement Hu Yan with herbal medicines for recuperating his body.