Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"What are the casualties of our troops?"

In the large tent of the Chinese army, the general Meng Ao, who had white hair and beard and a majestic expression, but whose eyes could not conceal his exhaustion, sat on the floor behind a low table and spoke in a deep voice.

Although this veteran of the three dynasties of King Zhaoxiang, King Zhuangxiang, and the current King of Qin is still brave and good at fighting, he still cannot withstand the erosion of time.

If it were in the past, it would have been just two days and one night of running, plus a small defeat, what would it be called Tao?

Attack Zhao this time.

The leader will be Meng Ao, and the deputy general will be Zhang Tang.

This is also a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles.

He has experienced countless wars, big and small, in his life, and has long been accustomed to life and death. Whether it is victory or defeat in a war, it is almost difficult to cause such a veteran to have emotional fluctuations.

But this time.

When Zhang Tang heard Meng Ao's inquiry, his expression was a little strange.

He opened a scroll of bamboo slips and said: "In this battle, plus the battle to capture three cities in a row, our army lost a total of 1,211 cavalry, 1,982 soldiers, The remaining soldiers and corvees totaled 2,770."

Regardless of the battle losses of ordinary soldiers and corvees, more than one-third of the elite cavalry and armored soldiers died in this battle alone.

To know.

This is already an extremely tragic death rate.

After all, everyone is afraid of death. In most armies, once more than one-tenth of their own frontline casualties exceed, the soldiers will probably start to retreat. This is human nature.

An army that can maintain morale even when the mortality rate exceeds 20% can already be called a "valiant soldier."

The mortality rate exceeds 30%, which is only possible when the armies of both sides are engaged in a 'death battle'.

However, for the Qin army, the death rate in a battle was more than 30%, which was just a routine battle loss. After all, the Qin State is located in a barbaric wilderness and has no retreat like the other six countries from the beginning. Therefore, every war is a war with no retreat for the Qin people.

So after hearing this, Meng Ao's expression remained calm and he continued: "Then what?"

Meng Ao understood that these were only the statistics of soldiers who died directly in battle. After every war in the past, the number of soldiers who subsequently died due to serious injuries or heat and poisonous wounds was often not much less than the number of soldiers who died directly in battle.

Heat poison is inflammation.

Sometimes more soldiers die from injuries than those killed on the battlefield. This is a normal phenomenon.

But the next second.

Something that Meng Ao never expected happened.

I saw Lieutenant General Zhang Tang put away the bamboo slips with a slightly strange expression and said: "There are no more. These are all the casualty statistics. There will be soldiers being treated in the wounded barracks later, so they have not been calculated yet."

Meng Ao suddenly raised his head, a pair of tiger eyes opened, and asked in surprise: "No more?"

Zhang Tang nodded and said, "No more."

Meng Ao stood up instantly and said in disbelief: "This is impossible. Is there an error in the record?"

Zhang Tang shook his head and said: "Probably not. As far as I know, very few people in our army died of injuries after the war. The reason is said to be because there was a scholar who was proficient in witchcraft and medicine and saved many warriors. .”

"Witch medicine?"

"Yes, it is said that this witch medicine has miraculous effects in healing wounds and reducing fever. In this series of battles, more than 4,000 people in our army were injured, and more than 90% of those who were successfully treated returned, 70% of them The above soldiers were all rescued by the scholar using witchcraft medicine."

"Is this happening?"

At this moment, even with Meng Ao's state of mind, his expression could not help but change.

To know.

For today's Qin army, what is the most fearful thing in a war?

Not death, but hunger and injury.

Although the people of Qin are brave, they are not warlike. After all, people will die in war. Even if they have military merit, if they have the choice, not many people are willing to sacrifice their lives in exchange for a title.

But the fact is that Qin never had a choice.

in history.

The Qin State is located in a barbaric and barren land. Almost from the moment they were born, the old Qin people had to constantly fight against the sky and the earth. But even so, the people of Lao Qin still suffer from the pain of hunger all the time.

It was not until the period of King Huiwen of Qin that the king adopted Sima Cuo's advice, sent a large army to cross the Qinling Mountains, captured the land of Bashu and turned it into a granary, and the Qin State's predicament was finally relieved a little.

But even so, once there is a period of famine, the people of Old Qin will still starve to death in large numbers, leaving corpses everywhere.

In order to no longer starve, Qin had no choice but to start a war.

In Meng Ao's lifetime, there were at least three or four wars. It was because of famine that the Qin people could no longer survive and had to go to war.

No one understands the torture of hunger better than the Qin people. Many times, the Qin army would rather die in battle than starve.

And injury is as terrible as hunger.

Being killed by the enemy on the battlefield is just a matter of one sword strike. But once the wound is hot, red and swollen, the result is often worse than death.

After many soldiers were injured, their wounds were red, swollen, hot and poisonous, and pus and blood flowed out all the time. In addition, the high fever persisted, and sometimes they could not sleep for days and nights.

But he couldn't die.

Moreover, once a person survives the battlefield, even if he wants to commit suicide later, it will be very difficult to do so.

In this way, a large number of soldiers persisted in extremely painful torture for seven or eight days before completely dying.

A war is over.

With the current level of military medicine and the number of doctors in the Qin Army, it would be a blessing to be able to save 30% to 40% of the injured soldiers in the end.

Even if the number of doctors is sufficient, based on the current average level of medical skills, it is estimated that only 60 to 70% of the wounded will be rescued after the war.

This is a simple conversion.

In other words, Mr. Mo's power alone is now equivalent to at least hundreds of doctors.

Think of this.

Meng Ao couldn't help but be shocked.

Then Meng Ao said decisively: "Call that scholar over, I want to see him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Tang replied: "I just sent someone there."

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"Okay, don't move around to prevent the wound from bursting, and then come over tomorrow to change the dressing." In a temporary tent, Mo Jun sewed up the wound of a 'soldier' ​​who had taken off his armor, and then put it on. After taking the medicine and applying a bandage, he spoke gently.

The soldier's face was a little pale and his body temperature was very high. He was obviously feverish due to wound infection. But even so, he still forced himself to salute and said: "Thank you, brother Mo Jun. If I can survive by chance, I owe you a lot." I have saved brother Mo Jun's life. Although I don't have much ability, if Brother Mo Jun has any orders from now on, I will not hesitate to go through fire and water."

Mo Jun smiled slightly and said, "Brother Tu, you're welcome. Since I am now a member of the army, I should contribute."

The soldier saluted again, turned around and walked out of the tent without saying anything more.

At this time, almost a day and a night had passed since Mr. Mo healed Xiong Da and the dozen or so soldiers who were in the same tent with him. Since Mr. Mo cured those dozen soldiers, as the news spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, Mo Jun... Jun's reputation soon spread throughout the military camp.

And with the healing testimonies of these dozen people, the number of soldiers who came to Mo Jun for treatment instantly increased sharply.

As a last resort.

Mo Jun had no choice but to ask the people who had been healed by him to come over and help.

One of the advantages of modern medicine is that with finished drugs, even if there are not enough professional doctors, a large-scale treatment system can be built in a short time.

As more and more people came to seek medical treatment, Mo Jun's pressure doubled and he received more and more help.

For example: better treatment environment, medical tools, raw materials for making medicine...etc.

As a result, Mo Jun's treatment methods have become more diversified.

For minor injuries, just give some 'new knife-wound medicine'.

For more serious injuries, the wound should be washed with alcohol, then sutured with sterilized needles and thread, and finally bandaged with medicine.

As for where the alcohol comes from?

This question is also very simple. Although alcohol is prohibited in the military, there is no shortage of alcohol.

As Mr. Mo treated more and more people, he just mentioned it casually, and soon someone brought the wine to him, and then Mr. Mo used a decomposing machine to decompose a batch of alcohol.

And in order to further enhance his prestige, Mr. Mo also deliberately gave a little blood.

He diluted a tank of "water of life" with one-tenth of a piece of [life crystal (fragment)]. Although this "water of life" cannot directly heal other people's injuries or increase life span, it can Significantly improve the body's self-healing ability.

More importantly, Mo Jun later discovered that this diluted 'water of life' could eliminate the allergic side effects of penicillin to a certain extent.

It was precisely with these means that Mr. Mo was able to rescue 70% of the wounded in a short period of time.

As for the remaining wounded, there is really nothing we can do.

Most of the wounded in this group suffered from penetrating injuries and ruptured internal organs. In this case, unless Mr. Mo was willing to take the risk of using [Life Crystals] to be taken directly to people, demonstrating the means of 'bringing the dead back to life'.

Otherwise, given the current medical conditions, it would be impossible to save him.

But obviously, Mr. Mo is not that great yet.

Just after Mo Jun finished treating the injury of another soldier with a hot and poisonous wound, a soldier suddenly walked in outside the tent. Now that Mo Jun has a good memory, he remembered that this soldier seemed to have been treated by him before.

as expected.

Before Mr. Mo could speak, he saw this soldier walking up to him and said very politely: "Brother Mr. Mo, the general invites you."

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