The people on the Tiger Character Banner side did not pursue, but only used fire blunderbuss and tiger squatting cannons to shoot at the fleeing Ming army cavalry.
After losing another seven or eight lives, the Ming cavalry finally left the battlefield.
Without obstacles and obstacles, the war horse can run.
"General! General!"
In the process of escaping, Cao Wenzhao suddenly fell off his horse.
The soldiers guarding the surroundings tightened their reins and stopped, jumping off their horses to check Cao Wenzhao's situation.
At this time, Cao Bianjiao strode over, pushed aside the crowd in front of him, and asked eagerly: "What's wrong with my uncle?"
"General Cao was injured and fainted." The soldier who spoke held Cao Wenzhao's upper body in his arms.
Cao Bianjiao leaned down and noticed that the sleeve of Cao Wenzhao's right arm was stained with blood, and the blood dripping from the cuff dyed the palm of his hand red.
After taking off the armor and stomach from Cao Wenzhao's body, Cao Bianjiao took out his knife and carefully cut open the sleeves, revealing the wounds inside the clothes.
"Bring the medicine!" Cao Bianjiao stretched out his hand to the side.
A soldier on the side brought him a hemostatic medicine.
Sprinkling the powder on the wound, Cao Bianjiao tied it with a piece of cleaner cloth, then picked up Cao Wenzhao and said: "Leave a few people to keep an eye on the tiger thieves, and the others will follow me to the county seat." .”
Cao Wenzhao's wound was caused by a blunderbuss. Stopping the bleeding was not enough. The projectiles inside needed to be taken out and the rotten flesh cut off. In addition, some medicines had to be used to prevent the wound from becoming red, swollen and rotten.
There is no doctor around them at the moment, and there may not be a doctor in the surrounding villages. Even if there is, it is difficult to find one. The only way to find a doctor is to go to the county town to treat the injury.
Cao Bianjiao tied Cao Wenzhao in front of him with a cloth strip, and the two of them rode a horse and rushed towards the nearest county seat.
After arriving at the county seat, under the doctor's careful diagnosis and treatment, and the fact that the injured area was not a serious injury, Cao Wenzhao woke up quickly.
"Jiao'er, Jiao'er." Cao Wenzhao called out Cao Bianjiao's name as soon as he woke up.
Cao Bianjiao, who was standing by, quickly stepped forward, grabbed Cao Wenzhao's uninjured hand, and said, "Uncle, I'm here!"
"Where are we?" Cao Wenzhao asked slightly weakly.
"This is the medicine hall. Uncle, you are injured. Come here for treatment."
"Medicine hall?" Cao Wenzhao tried his best to turn his head, looked aside, and finally withdrew his gaze and asked, "Where are the tiger thieves? Are they chasing them?"
His memory was still about the time when he and his men were leaving the battlefield.
"Don't worry, uncle, we are safe now. The tiger thieves are not chasing us." Cao Bianjiao explained.
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao closed his eyes, slowly opened them again, and asked: "How many casualties do we have? Have the injured been treated, and how many can be saved?"
Cao Bianjiao's face darkened.
His lips moved several times before he said: "Before the war started, we didn't expect the tiger bandits to bring the squatting tiger cannon. Our people suffered a lot of casualties. More than a hundred people came back, and there were more than twenty injured. We haven't been injured yet. I know if it can be cured.”
Firearm injuries are generally more difficult to treat than sword injuries and are more likely to result in disability and death.
"We suffered a big loss in this battle!" Cao Wen's edict was filled with sadness.
There were more than 200 and nearly 300 people when they came out. The first time they plundered the food transport team, some people were lost, but not many, but this time it was really broken.
These cavalry were all elites in the army, and most of them were personal soldiers of the Cao family. There were so many casualties at once, and Cao Wenzhao almost shed tears of distress.
Cao Wenzhao beside the bed didn't know how to protect his uncle.
He also bears a lot of responsibility for the defeat of this battle.
If he hadn't kept urging the troops to be sent, such a result would not have been achieved.
Cao Wenzhao, who had been sad for a while, calmed down and said again: "It is completely impossible to complete the task of cutting off the tiger thieves' food route. When my injury is better, we will return to the army, and I will personally apologize to Governor Fu." , once something happens to me, you have to protect the rest of us."
The people he mentioned were the soldiers and servants of their Cao family.
Soldiers and servants are the foundation for the Cao family to gain a foothold in the military.
"Uncle, we can ask Ambassador Sun to come forward. I think Governor Fu will give Ambassador Sun some face." Cao Bianjiao said.
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao slowly moved his chin a few times and said: "The only one who can save our uncle and nephew is Governor Fu. There is no available manpower around Governor Fu at the moment. If we go over there, maybe we can avoid it." If you are responsible for this crime, if you can get Governor Fu's support, maybe you can move up from the position of Dusi."
Upon hearing this, Cao Bianjiao's eyes lit up.
He has been in the position of Dusi for a long time and has made a lot of achievements, but every time it is time for promotion, it is not his turn. To put it bluntly, the relationship between the Cao family and the Cao family is not good, and there is no one behind him.
Otherwise, with his uncle's merits, he would be more than enough to be a general, instead of always rotating around in the position of general.
"It's a pity that I have to be sorry for Ambassador Sun." Cao Wenzhao sighed.
Cao Bianjiao said: "Director Fu is the governor of Shandong appointed by the imperial court. If we had surrendered earlier, maybe we wouldn't have to do the job of cutting off the food routes of the tiger robbers."
He used to think that cutting off the Tiger Flag's grain road was a good job, not only simple but also easy to achieve meritorious service.
But after this battle, he felt that it would be better to follow the army.
"We, the uncle and nephew, don't know who Governor Fu is. If he is a smooth talker, we would be cheating ourselves by taking refuge there. If we have a choice, I still hope to be able to work under Ambassador Sun." Do things below." Cao Wenzhao said to his nephew.
Now he wants to take refuge with Fu Zonglong. In his opinion, he did it only when he had no choice.
There was such a big mistake in the errand, and the only person who could save them was Fu Zonglong, the governor of Shandong.
"I listen to my uncle." Cao Bianjiao didn't bother to use his brain. Anyway, his uncle would not harm him.
Cao Wenzhao spent two days recovering from his injury in the medicine hall, and asked Cao Bianjiao to fetch some food and grass from the county magistrate. Then, before his injury was completely healed, he left the county and rushed to Laizhou.
And just when Cao Wenzhao was leaving, there was an additional soldier with a tiger flag in Jinan Prefecture, appearing outside the county where Cao Wenzhao had stayed before.
The two teams, front and rear, as long as Cao Wenzhao stays here to recuperate for two more days, he will be besieged in the county by the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner.
"Order the artillery team to fire a few cannons into the city, and then ask the people inside to surrender. Tell the dog officer inside that if he doesn't surrender, he will be killed when the county town is breached."
A Tiger Flag officer riding on horseback told his subordinates.
