Chapter 53 Rescue
It was evening at this time, and Liu, Guan, and Zhang were either patrolling the camp, counting food and grass, or checking whether the tents of the village warriors were firmly set up. Each of them was busy.
Suddenly, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were each summoned by Xiang Yong to find them, saying that the military advisor had something urgent to discuss with them.
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the military advisor was Xi'er.
Liu Bei personally appointed Li Mengxi as military advisor, but he ignored it for a while.
Perhaps, since Li Mengxi was young, Liu Bei regarded him as a baby from the bottom of his heart.
The military advisor summoned him for something urgent. What was the emergency? Liu Bei hurriedly followed Xiang Yong to the prisoner camp.
In the prisoner camp, the prisoners who had been peaceful a day or two before were now crowded into the middle, causing chaos.
When Liu Bei arrived, the local warriors in custody were driving the prisoners around.
Liu Bei was curious and separated from the crowd to go over.
After a while, Liu Bei saw Li Mengxi and the woman holding a baby beside him.
Hearing the voice behind him, Li Mengxi turned around and saw that Liu Bei had finally arrived, "Mr. Xuande, is there a doctor in the army? This baby has a burning fever all over his body and is in urgent need of treatment. We dare not delay."
Li Mengxi spoke in a hurry, and his words were filled with anxiety.
On the side, the peasant woman holding the baby was poor at words and didn't know what to say. With tears in her eyes, she knelt down in front of Liu Bei with a plop, touched her head to the ground, and knocked her head on the ground.
There was a crash, and I just asked Liu Bei to save the child.
Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help the woman up, "Sister-in-law, get up quickly, it's not worth such a big gift!"
It was just a prisoner, a peasant woman, but Liu Bei was not scornful in the slightest, and his courtesy was not lacking at all.
Li Mengxi looked at it with subtle eyes.
This guy is okay.
"Doctor... Oops!" Liu Bei slapped his forehead, extremely annoyed, "Come out of Zhuojun, but our army does not have a doctor!"
"Ah?!" Li Mengxi opened his mouth wide.
Damn it, you go out to fight without a military doctor?
"This..." Li Mengxi was speechless.
The crowd parted again, and another person came.
"Xi'er, what do you want me to do?" Guan Yu also came, looking around with doubtful eyes.
"Give way, give way!" A rough voice sounded. Zhang Fei pushed through the crowd and pushed Guan Yu aside.
Zhang Fei was holding three jars of wine in his arms. Seeing that Li Mengxi, Guan Yu, and Liu Bei were all there, Zhang Fei asked, "What do you want me to bring wine for?"
"Make medicine." Li Mengxi came over, stretched out his hand and asked Zhang Fei for a jar of wine.
The wine jar is not big, about the same size as an electric kettle, but because it contains wine, the portion is still quite large.
Li Mengxi took the wine and looked at Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
"There are no medical officers in our army. You know, are there any nearby villages where we can find doctors?"
"The village is everywhere, but I don't know if there is a doctor in the village." Guan Yu arrived.
"I heard from the three generals during the day that our army will arrive at the county seat soon. How far is the county seat from here?" Li Mengxi asked again.
"It takes half a day's march to get back." Zhang Fei replied.
"How long does it take for a quick horse to go back and forth?" Li Mengxi frowned slightly. It took half a day for the doctor to arrive, which was already too late.
"It only takes two hours for a fast horse." Liu Bei seemed to understand what Li Mengxi was going to say and interrupted.
"Okay!" Li Mengxi nodded, raised his head and looked at Liu Guanzhang, "Now a young baby is suddenly ill. There is no doctor in the army. Can you two please send a doctor quickly?"
"Rescuing people is like putting out fire, Xi'er just said it!" Guan Yu waved his hand and just said to obey orders.
"That's it, General Guan, you bring enough money and lead the cavalry to search for the nearby village, but there is a doctor in the village. Please ask the doctor to come. Remember, the doctor made it clear that it was a child with acute fever, so he asked him to bring medicine. I
There is no medicine in the army.”
"I have the order!" Guan Yu showed Li Mengxi's respect as a military advisor and saluted Li Mengxi with a fist, then turned and left.
"General Yide." Li Mengxi looked at Zhang Fei again.
"I'll go back to the county town. There are good doctors in the county town!" As he said this, Zhang Fei threw the two jars of wine left in his arms towards Li Mengxi.
This guy is so rude, he doesn't even care that Li Mengxi is still holding a wine jar in his arms. He has no hands to pick it up.
If Liu Bei hadn't reacted quickly and had big hands, grabbing two small wine jars with each hand like basketballs, the wine jars would have hit Li Mengxi's head.
After Guan Zhang left, Li Mengxi breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the matter is over, it's time for Guan and Zhang to find the doctor.
After getting the wine, alcohol has a good heat dissipation effect, so Li Mengxi wanted to open the wine jar and take out the wine.
However, if you have never done something before, it will be unfamiliar to you.
Seeing Li Mengxi clumsily trying to open the mud seal of the wine jar, he dug at the mud with his hands for a long time, but couldn't figure it out.
Liu Bei couldn't stand it any longer, so he threw one of the wine jars in his hand to Xiang Yong beside him, took the other jar in his hand, and slapped it with his hand, shattering the mud seal on the jar. Under the mud seal, there was a piece of coarse cloth.
Put down the coarse cloth and the wine jar will be opened.
Liu Bei handed the wine to Li Mengxi.
Looking at this, Li Mengxi seemed to know how to treat illnesses and save people. Liu Bei was curious and wanted to see what happened.
The wine was opened. Li Mengxi looked at the wine in the jar and saw that the wine was like water. A not so refreshing smell of alcohol hit his nostrils.
Fortunately, this wine is not rice wine or anything like that, and the alcohol content should be okay.
Li Mengxi scooped up some wine, brought it to his mouth, and tasted it.
When he tasted it, it was sour in the mouth, and Li Mengxi frowned.
Not only does the taste taste cloudy, but the burning sensation in the mouth is extremely light, which shows that the alcohol content is too low.
If the alcohol content is high, there should be a burning pain in the mouth.
"Xi'er, how should I act?"
Seeing Li Mengxi tasting the wine and looking around, Liu Bei asked.
"Wipe the baby's body with wine to reduce the fever." Li Mengxi answered hastily.
Then, while the village heroes and many captives around looked on, Liu Xuande helped Li Mengxi, took the baby from the woman's arms, unswaddled it, and peeled off the tattered linen cloth on the baby, revealing the baby's thin and visibly thin body.
Thoracic body.
I don’t know what Liu Xuande’s reaction was when he saw this skinny baby as small as a cat. Li Mengxi took one look at it and felt pitiful.
"Dip a towel in wine and put it on the baby's forehead." Li Mengxi reminded.
Although he has some medical knowledge, it is definitely not much.
What is a towel?
"That's it, find a piece of cloth." Li Mengxi said again.
Liu Bei then looked everywhere for cloth.
There was a stab and the sound of tearing cloth was heard. Looking up, the baby's mother, in a hurry, tore off her sleeves and hurriedly handed it over.
With the piece of cloth, Li Mengxi folded the cloth into strips and threw them into the wine jar to soak them.
Then, put the cloth with alcohol on the baby's forehead.
Then, Li Mengxi used his sleeve to carry the stuffing into the wine jar, dipped it in the wine, and wiped it on the naked baby.
Liu Xuande squatted and held the baby in his hands. He didn't know what Li Mengxi meant by this move.
While wiping it with wine, Li Mengxi recalled more details of caring for patients with fever.
It seems that places such as the armpits and behind the ears have the best heat dissipation effect.
Chapter completed!