The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

Chapter 126: Chapter 127 Who should chop off such a good head?



Saving a life is like putting out a fire, and there is no time to hesitate. In a hurry, Hei Fu had to go into battle himself and use the battlefield rescue that he learned in school in his previous life but had almost forgotten to give first aid to Dongmen Bao.

Blood is an important substance for maintaining life. In the case of Dongmen Bao, who was wounded several times, the blood vessels were damaged, which would lead to acute bleeding and a large amount of bleeding. If the bleeding is not stopped in time, it will often cause shock and cardiac arrest, and eventually cause death.

Now, Dongmen Bao has fainted from shock and is unconscious, so the first thing Hei Fu has to do is to stop the bleeding for him!

Everyone came over and helped to remove the armor that was in the way of Dongmen Bao. Hei Fu found that his main wound was the one on his leg that was cut by the spear, which injured the artery and blood was constantly seeping out. Fortunately, there were no foreign objects such as arrow clusters and wood chips left in the wound.

What did Hei Fu have at hand? Iodine? Disinfectant? None at all.

Rubber tourniquet? Even less likely. Hei Fu could only use local materials, let everyone take off their belts, and then use some unfamiliar techniques to bandage Dongmen Bao.

Everyone's belts were either rough cloth belts or just hemp ropes. In later generations, using these materials to stop bleeding was limited to temporary use in emergency situations when there was no tourniquet. Because cloth hemp rope is different from rubber and has no elasticity, it is difficult to really stop bleeding. If it is tied too tightly, it may even cause limb damage and ischemic necrosis!

But at this time, there is no need to worry about so much. If the bleeding can be stopped, everything will be fine. First, save Dongmen Bao's life and let him live to the military camp to be handed over to a professional wound doctor.

"The tourniquet should be tied in the correct position, in the middle and upper part of the thigh, with padding, and the tightness should be appropriate... padding..."

Hei Fu muttered these tips that he had almost forgotten. He looked left and right. Everyone's clothes were very dirty and stained with blood. The only clean one was the flag of the Wei State that was torn down from the arrow tower by everyone. It was very new.

Hei Fu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Go, bring the flag of the Wei people!"

The crisp sound of tearing silk sounded. The crimson flag of the Wei State made of silk, with a picture of auspicious beasts with bared fangs and claws on it, was torn into pieces at this moment, becoming the padding of the middle and upper part of Dongmen Bao's thigh.

"The bandage should be appropriately tight, and when tying the knot, avoid the wound and the part that should not be compressed..."

Then, Hei Fu used a belt to press on the padding, wrapped it around the leg, pulled the two ends forward and tied a slipknot.

"Arrow shaft!"

As he shouted, Xiao Tao immediately picked up a long arrow on the ground, removed the feathers and the arrowhead, and handed it to Heifu.

Heifu used the arrow shaft as a twisting stick, inserted it into the outer ring of the belt, lifted the rubber stick and twisted it, and inserted the other end of the twisted stick into the small loop of the slipknot to fix it...

So far, the main wound on Dongmen Bao's leg has been treated.

After doing all this in one go, seeing that the bleeding on Dongmen Bao's leg has stopped, Heifu wiped the sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, at this life-saving moment, he actually remembered most of the battlefield first aid operations and did not fall behind.

Afterwards, Heifu used the silk strip torn from the Wei flag as a bandage to bandage Dongmen Bao's other wounds of varying sizes. Some places were bandaged with a triangular bandage, and some places were bandaged with a spiral bandage.

Soon, Dongmenbao's body was covered with crimson flags. At first glance, it looked like the remains of a martyr wrapped in flags...

"Bah!" Heifu quickly drove away this unlucky thought. He firmly believed that Dongmenbao was a man with a strong life and would not die.

At this time, the west gate had been opened. Heifu immediately called Ji Ying and a few people to carry a door panel used to fill the gully during the siege, carefully placed Dongmenbao on it, and hurriedly carried it towards the military camp.

They gradually went farther and farther, but Heifu's heart was still hanging.

After the bandage was completed, Bu Cheng felt Dongmenbao's pulse and breath. Although it was weak, it was still stable. Finally, he survived, but Heifu was most worried about the subsequent wound infection.

The whole bandaging process was not disinfected, and the bandaging cloth used could not be guaranteed to be clean, so the life and death of Dongmen Bao in the future...

"It all depends on whether the Great God of Life and the Little God of Life will take him in!"

After saying that, Hei Fu turned his head and stopped thinking about it. When he returned to the top of the city, he saw that there were still some Wei flags left, so he did his best to help the chief of Xiandeng Tun, whose palm was pierced by an arrow.

"Thank you."

The chief finally opened his eyes, looked at the silk strips tied in eight-shaped knots on his hands, and nodded to Hei Fu to express his gratitude, his eyes full of gratitude.

"My name is Huaimu, and I am from Jingling County, Nanjun, along with everyone in the garrison."

"Jingling and Anlu are only two days away, and you and I are from the same hometown. It's just a small favor, so there's no need to thank me."

Heifu smiled, and when he looked back, he found that not only Bu Cheng, Li Xian, Gong Ao, Xiao Tao and others from his own garrison, but also the remaining dozen people in Xiandeng garrison were looking at him with admiration.

"I didn't know that the garrison chief knew the art of healing wounds!"

...

Heifu had no way to explain why he knew it, so he pretended to be mysterious. In the next moment, he acted as a medical soldier and bandaged the wounds of several people who were not seriously injured. Unfortunately, the seriously injured people in Xiandeng garrison who had broken hands and were stabbed in the chest and abdomen had died before the end of the battle.

At this moment, the west of the city had been completely occupied by the Qin people, and a large number of Qin soldiers rushed in, as many as hundreds of people, and began to march towards the south of the city and other places to clear out the remaining enemies who were resisting stubbornly in the city.

The military judge also climbed up to the top of the city wall and began to count the number of beheadings during the siege.

You know, the Qin people were awarded the first merit, and for this, "they threw away their armor and went to the enemy naked, holding a head in their left hand and a live captive in their right hand." This was very scary in the eyes of the six countries.

But in fact, during the battle, the Qin soldiers did not squat down and cut off the head and tie it to their belts every time they killed someone. Over the past hundred years, the Qin army has already formed a rule that beheadings should be done after the battle, and they must be done under the eyes of the military judge, so that the battle will not be reversed because the soldiers are busy fighting for the heads.

"To the west of Waihuang City, a total of 42 enemy heads were cut off."

The military judge held two large wooden boards, one to record deserters, which was used to judge the crime. The other to record the number of beheadings was used to judge the merit. Speaking of which, although the casualties of the Qin army climbing the city were relatively large, not many enemies were killed on the spot. These 42 heads had to be divided among several garrisons according to the amount of effort they made in the siege.

The first to reach the garrison and get ten heads, so that they can reach the "Yinglun" and let those who died in the battle have a title, and naturally no one objected to this.

The garrison where Heifu was located made a lot of efforts, and Dongmen Bao fought alone against many people and defended the battlements, so their garrison claimed 12 heads. Five people died in their garrison, and now the number of heads captured exceeds the number of losses, so Heifu has at least escaped the danger of being held accountable.

The two garrisons of Jue Zhang Caishi and archers each claimed 5 heads, which they deserved, especially Jue Zhang Caishi, who shot and killed more than this number of Wei people.

In addition, the garrison that filled the gully and the garrison that carried the bamboo ladder also received 5 levels each. They also suffered a lot of casualties when they were under the city, and they couldn't be punished for not capturing any heads.

In general, this kind of military law officer distributes heads to each garrison according to combat contributions, which is fairer than whoever cuts off the head first gets it.

However, after such a distribution, everyone was not happy. Because except for the special way of calculating the heads of Xiandeng Tun, everyone from the Tun chief to the soldiers could be promoted by one level, the other Tun had to be calculated according to the military rank law.

"If more than 33 heads are obtained, the generals and Tun chiefs will be given a rank of one level."

So, 100 people need to cut off 33 heads to be considered as a full theory, and 50 people need to cut off at least half of the heads, 17 heads to be considered as a full theory.

At present, Heifu's Tun has only been allocated 12 heads...

This means that although the soldiers under his command, such as Dongmen Bao, can be promoted by beheading. But Heifu, as the Tun chief, cannot achieve full theory and make "collective merit".

After risking his life for so long, Heifu was naturally unwilling to get nothing, so after a short rest and letting the wounded stay, Heifu took the remaining 40 people and began to march towards the city.

They must chase the enemy to the north and kill until they have enough heads cut off!

As the Qin army climbed the top of the city wall, Waihuang Ling Zhang Er's plan to "resist for a while and then run away" also failed. He had to lead everyone in the city to retreat to the north of the city. In addition to the county soldiers and retainers, there were also many young men in the city who followed him, probably more than a thousand people.

The light-haired knight with thick beard who fled in front of Hei Fu might have really run to Zhang Er's side and left with him at this moment? Unfortunately, Hei Fu was not familiar with Zhang Er. He only felt that he had heard of his name in his previous life, but he could not remember his deeds and achievements. He was probably just a minor celebrity in the late Qin and Chu Han dynasties.

So he could not guess that the light-haired knight with thick beard and retainers was actually the great Han Emperor Gao in history...

Considering that the number of people attacking the city was small, he was afraid that the people in the city would fight desperately if they had no way to escape, so Yang Xiong did not surround the city to death, but surrounded three sides and left one side, which made Zhang Er flee from the north of the city with many people.

But there were also some who did not escape. Some Qingxia were trapped by the Qin army pouring into the city. When they found it difficult to escape, they dropped their weapons and prepared to surrender.

However, they were surprised to find that those Qin people who were bloodthirsty had no intention of stopping at all. They still rushed up excitedly, stabbed the ranger to death with a spear, and then, under the assignment of the head of the garrison, someone was responsible for squatting down and cutting off the head...

This is the way the Qin army fights, which is determined by the military merit. Even if the battle is over, as long as each garrison has not reached the "Yinglun", regardless of whether the other party intends to surrender or not, the Qin soldiers will continue to kill.

In this regard, the commander is also happy to see it happen and will not stop it. Because in the siege, the army of tens of thousands of people must reach 8,000 beheadings before the commander can be upgraded. The siege of thousands of people requires reaching level 800. Yang Xiong is calculating carefully in his mind. When the beheadings are enough, he will let the Qin army stop the sword.

The remaining young knights in the city found that they would still die if they surrendered. The Qin people seemed more interested in their heads than the captives, so they continued to flee in panic, and the Qin soldiers chasing them in the alleys were everywhere!

After this battle, the young knights and civilians in Waihuang had only one evaluation in their hearts about the fanatical Qin army that was keen on beheading people.

"What a tiger and wolf!"

Heifu and his garrison were also among them. There was no way. For the remaining five heads, they had to continue fighting even though they were exhausted.

In an alley, Heifu and Lixian caught up with a ranger. Heifu raised his crossbow and shot the man, and Lixian went over and stabbed him to death with a sword!

"Now you have beheaded too." Heifu smiled at Lixian and asked him to cut off the dead man's neck.

"Finally, I can be promoted to a public officer."

Lixian was so excited that he almost cried. Heifu had said before that the distribution of heads within the garrison was based on killing the enemy. For example, Heifu counted two levels for Dongmen Bao, so that this guy could be promoted two levels at once, which was also worthy of his death battle.

At this time, the soldiers also gathered from various lanes and handed in their beheadings. Soon, the hair of four heads was tied together and placed in front of Heifu, which looked very scary.

"Tunzhang, only... only four levels."

Xiao Tao was a little ashamed. Although they had been chasing the remaining enemies for half an hour, they only got four beheadings, which still could not meet the standard, so he felt very sorry for the Tunzhang.

However, Heifu did not blame everyone. The entire Waihuang County had been captured by the Qin army. The battle was coming to an end. The enemies died or left, and it was difficult to gain anything.

At this time, Li Xian had an idea. He stared at a family next to the lane fiercely, and then kicked the door open. He saw a gray-haired old man from Wei and a young boy in his teens looking at the Qin people who broke in with horror!

"Captain, we should..." Li Xian turned around with a fierce look on his face!

"No!"

Hei Fu knew what Li Xian was going to do, but he rejected him flatly.

"But the captain is only one head away from being successful!" Everyone began to persuade Hei Fu. After experiencing a fight and losing their brothers, they all hated the Wei people.

At this time, the old man inside also realized the Qin people's plan, and quickly asked his grandson to hide behind him. He bowed to the door and begged for mercy in the Wei accent.

"Maybe this old man will also go to the city to resist, maybe this young man will become a rebellious knight in a few years!"

Li Xian pointed at the two people with a fierce look on his face: "Kill them, kill any one of them, and the captain will become the best!"

Hei Fu looked at the two people in the house. The old man kept kowtowed heavily, tears on his face, and Hei Fu could understand a little bit of the Wei language he spoke. It was probably to kill him if you want to kill him, and let the little grandson go. The young boy was only eleven or twelve years old, leaning against the wall, trembling with fear.

"I have made up my mind!"

Heifu drove everyone out of the house, bowed to the terrified old man from Wei, and closed the door.

He had his own bottom line.

Fighting and killing enemies, chasing the enemy to the north, and taking heads, although he didn't like this kind of life, he could accept it, and even killing prisoners, Heifu could do it with a pinch of his nose, after all, the prisoners had resisted the Qin army and even killed their comrades.

But killing innocent people for credit, using the heads of innocent people as a footrest, that was what Heifu hated extremely.

In the eyes of the Qin people, this old man and the boy were foreigners. But in Heifu's view, everyone was a Chinese citizen, so what was the difference between Qin and Wei? Before joining the army, his men also lived the same hard but peaceful life in their respective hometowns.

Although there are no innocent people in war, if Hei Fu raises his butcher knife and cuts off the heads of unarmed civilians for his own promotion...

Then, it won't be long before he becomes a villain without bottom line, orders the massacre of the whole city, and condones his men to rape and plunder!

Hei Fu would rather be promoted later than be completely assimilated by this chaotic era and become the person he hates!

Li Xian and others were puzzled by the decision of the village chief, and felt sorry for him, but at this moment, Bu Cheng ran over breathlessly outside the village.

"Tun Chief, something bad has happened!"

He acted with Gong Ao, but now he ran back alone. Hei Fu felt something was wrong and asked, "What happened?"

Bu Cheng said anxiously, "Gong Ao and the people from another village are fighting for the head! They were arrested by the military judge!"


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