A series of loud noises woke Su San'er up, and the strong smell of fire, salt, and dust made him sneeze first, and then cough violently. He tried his best to open his eyes that were covered with blood scabs, and found that he was still lying on the horse's back. However, the Mongolian horse was not running, but fell to the ground dead.
Su San'er is thirty years old this year and is a scout in Yu Xing's army, the prefect of Jiading. Since joining the army at the age of fourteen, he has experienced no less than a hundred battles, big and small, and has been promoted to a high rank. This time Yu Xing was ordered by Pu Ze to assist Chengdu, and not all of them were good warriors. He only selected some elite troops to go to Chengdu, and Su San'er was one of them. This morning he was ordered to take Benshi out of the camp to spy on the Mongolian army's intelligence, but he was unexpectedly discovered by the Mongolian rangers. There was a serious shortage of horses in the Song army. Su San'er was an infantryman, although the Mongolian cavalry chasing them was only ten. Although both sides were about the same number of people, Su San'er knew very well that there was absolutely no way for us to unite on this plain, and the only way to survive was to escape.
How can two legs outrun four? In a panic, Su Saner's scout team hid in a small forest and tried to lure the Mongols into the forest. Unexpectedly, the Mongols did not dismount at all, but directly set fire to the forest. It was early spring and the weather was dry, and the wind helped the fire to become a prairie fire. Under the fire and smoke, they hurriedly escaped from the grove, but they did not escape the Mongols who followed closely. All nine of them except Su San'er died tragically under scimitars, bows and arrows, and horse hoofs. Su Saner knew that it was not luck that he was not killed, but because the Mongols wanted to capture him alive. Su San'er shuddered when thinking of the cruel methods used by the Mongols to obtain oral information. In order not to be captured, he also had thoughts of suicide. It was just the desire to survive that made him hesitate for a moment, and then he was tied up with a lasso thrown at him, and was tied tightly to the horse by the Mongolian cavalry, ready to be taken back to the camp for torture.
A low conversation came from the front shrouded in smoke and dust. He struggled to get up but couldn't move - his body was still firmly tied to the saddle. The sound of people was getting closer and closer, and several people in monk robes walked up to him in the increasingly faint smoke and dust, untied the ropes and lifted him up. Bypassing the corpses of Mongolian cavalry scattered across the road, he was led to a capable black-faced man in front.
"Thank you brave man for saving your life." Su San'er, who was freed from his restraints, cheered up and bowed, thanking the black-faced man. "The Mongolian Tatars invaded my homeland, burned, looted and killed indiscriminately. Although we are monks, we also swear to fight against these beasts." The black-faced man replied. Su San'er believed the black-faced man's words, because just now he saw these men in monk robes striking the corpses on the ground one by one, for fear that the Mongolians were not completely dead.
Although he didn't quite believe that they were monks from Huacheng Temple in the mountains of Yongkang County, these people were enemies of the Mongols and saved his life. Su Saner immediately let down his guard and told the truth about his situation. The black-faced man called himself Cheng Yu, and he seemed bold and forthright in his speech and behavior, which suited Su San'er quite well. This Cheng Yu is actually the commander of the counter-espionage company under Dong Hu. However, because of the mission, he can only pretend to be a monk, but his name is real. Cheng Yu asked Su San'er some more about the situation in the army, and he answered them one by one. For a while, the two sides felt that they were late to meet each other.
Seeing an arrow wound on Su San'er's arm, Cheng Tu first washed the wound with water, then took off the gourd at his waist, poured out spirits, washed it, applied medicine and bandaged it, and confidently said that the injury did not reach the muscles and bones and would not be injured. It will take more than a month to recover. Cheng Yu's operation made Su Saner half surprised and half regretful. To my surprise, I no longer had to worry about the injury that was weighing heavily on my heart. The vicious Mongolian cavalry often dipped their arrowheads in gold juice, which is human and animal excrement. In this era of backward medical technology, even if the injuries to people like Su San'er were not fatal, their wounds were often infected due to bacteria in the excrement. In some cases, their arms were disabled. Severe cases died of high fever due to infection. It is a pity that there is no entrance to such precious nectar and jade liquid. It is really a pity. Just when the stopper of the gourd was pulled out, the fragrant fragrance penetrated into Su San'er's nose, making his throat tremble. When Cheng Yu dipped the wound in strong wine, he couldn't help but hum. In fact, to the battle-hardened Su San'er, the sting of strong alcohol was nothing at all. He just hummed to cover up his greed.
As for why such precious liquor was used to clean wounds, Cheng Yu only said that using liquor to treat redness and swelling of wounds was invented by Pili Junxuan, and he learned it when Huacheng Temple was closer. In fact, it’s not surprising that Cheng Ren was vague. When Ouyang Xuan gave a lecture at night school, he initially talked about principles and usage, but most people couldn’t understand it. For example, the theory of 75% alcohol disinfection was only taught by Du Daquan, who has been in the medicine business for generations. I understand, a few people seem to understand but most people are confused. In view of this situation, in the following lectures, Ouyang Xuan only talked about operations and not theory to everyone except those in the institute. The Pili Army is very supportive of this. Anyway, according to them, the reason for doing it is not important. What Brother Xuan said is right, just do it.
While Cheng Yu and Su San'er were talking, the rest of the people were busy. Some were collecting weapons to remove the skins from the Mongolian corpses, some were slaughtering injured horses that could not walk, and others were busy skinning the horses and removing their flesh. The technique is very skillful. It seems that this is not the first time he has done this. Seeing that Su San'er was almost recovered, Cheng Cheng sent two people who could ride horses to take Su San'er back to the Song army's camp. It is about twenty miles away from Chengdu City and fifteen miles away from the Song Army camp outside the south gate. According to Su San'er, due to the extremely fierce offensive of the Song Army during this period, there were actually very few Mongolian cavalry out of the city for reconnaissance. It was precisely because they were careless that they were attacked by the Mongolian cavalry. This situation is similar to what Cheng Yu grasped. Based on the recent pattern of Mongolian army activities, Cheng Yu predicted that there would be no more Mongolian cavalry in this area today, so he took the risk and sent someone to send Su San'er back to the Song army's camp.
Two Perak Army soldiers each rode a horse. One of them rode with Su San'er. The other horse also carried leather clothes, leather armor, bows and arrows, horse meat and other trophies, all of which were given to Su San'er. In addition, Su San'er also carried Zhang Pilijun's leaflet in his arms. Su San'er was illiterate. Although he heard Cheng Yu give a rough outline of the contents of the leaflet, he still planned to take it back and ask literate soldiers to read it again.
The three of them were talking while riding. Although Su San'er understood that the two of them were definitely not ordinary monks, it was hard to tell. When asked how they could annihilate this ten-man Mongolian team, the two Perak Army soldiers first looked at it, but then they couldn't stop it, and then they said that the musket they held was an iron gun from the far west. The hollow ring stick is a very powerful magic weapon. As for the grenade in the waist, it is said to be the thunderbolt presented by the Thunderbolt Army. It was these two things that combined with the Dharma to destroy the Mongolian cavalry in an instant. Su Saner said this I was doubtful but couldn't find any loopholes.
The two people who sent Su San'er back to camp could only ride horses. Although they were not skilled in horseback riding, the riding speed was much faster than walking. Not long after, the three of them came to a small forest where they could see the outside of the Song Army's camp. They stopped talking and said goodbye. Su San'er dismounted and walked straight to the camp, while two Perak Army soldiers also rode back to resume their lives.
