Jiashen (27) in the spring and March of the first year of Yuanyou.

Zhang Dun, surrounded by Di Yong, Tian Shiru and others, began to inspect the Song army's camp.

The first stop Zhang Dun inspected was the wounded barracks.

When he was in Xiping Prefecture, Zhang Dun inspected the wounded soldiers camp in Yongping Village several times.

Where is the place to take care of the seriously wounded soldiers of the Song Army.

The seriously injured soldiers of the Song Army in Guangyuan, Qiyuan, Jueli Pass, Beizhuang and other places were finally sent to Yongping Village after being bandaged and bleeding at the front line.

In Yongping Village, they were cared for by military doctors, and female medical nurses helped change dressings, feed them, feed them water, and change their clothes.

The village also hired many local farmers to clean the house, remove dirt, and prepare soups and tea.

The seriously wounded soldiers of the Song Army were all properly cared for and recovered well.

Yongping Village is not like the kind of hell that the Song Army used to do in the past where wounded soldiers were simply thrown into one place to die, lest they wail day and night in the camp and affect their morale.

On this front line, the Song Army set up a sick and wounded camp near the military camp.

Yan Chen, as the person in charge of the wounded barracks, walked with Zhang Dun among the steaming stoves.

The charcoal was burning under the stove, and white steam was rising from the pot.

"In summary, this is the place where cloth strips are cooked and used to bandage the wounds of the wounded." Yan Chen explained.

Zhang Dun nodded, he had seen similar places in Yongping Village.

"Yan Gongshi, steaming and drying the cloth strips like this, I heard that the military doctors in Yongping Village said that it is to kill poison, how can these cloth strips be poisonous?" Zhang Dun asked.

This is what he has always wondered.

In the Song Dynasty, every great scholar would dabble in some medical skills.

The medical skills of many of them are even comparable to those of contemporary famous doctors.

Although Zhang Dun is not a famous doctor, he has read medical books and knows some medical principles.

Yan Chen said with a smile: "What I don't know in the scriptures is that everything in the world has yin and yang. Both yin and yang can distinguish between good and evil."

"Yin and Yang of all things are interdependent, and good and evil are dependent on each other, so everything is poisonous!"

"On weekdays, most people have sufficient righteousness and are not afraid of external evils. However, after an injury, the wound is exposed to the outside and in direct contact with everything, which gives evil forces an opportunity to take advantage of."

“Therefore, wound debridement, bandaging, and maintenance are the top priorities in treating injuries!”

"Fire and even yang-strong things are naturally capable of overcoming all yin evils. Therefore, boiling the things used in bandages with high fire can destroy evil spirits and disinfect them, so that evil spirits have no chance to take advantage of them!"

Zhang Dun listened and felt that these theories were somewhat familiar.

It seems to be something that is stitched together from several Confucian theories and explained with medical theory.

So, he looked at Yan Chen and said, "How does the official know this?"

Yan Chen raised his head and recalled what the official had explained to him, so he said seriously: "This is the teaching of a saint!"

"The way to know is to study things, and to know after studying things!"

Zhang Dun understood it as soon as he heard it.

This is the official’s theory!

It emphasizes that all things can be qualified, all things have a way, and all things have reason.

So, this matter of healing injuries is a logical principle?

Zhang Dun's mind changed and he immediately praised: "Good!"

"In public affairs, we follow the teachings of saints and treat injuries and illnesses. Countless people are alive. It can be said that they are walking in the Tao!"

Although, Zhang Dun didn't know whether these things were caused by Yan Chen and the military doctors who deliberately related these things to the way of investigating things in order to flatter the current officials, or whether these were originally done by those young officials under the will of the officials.

Things that are gridded out.

However, as a minister, Zhang Dun knew that it was right to follow the officials on this matter.

This has been the case since ancient times.

What is good above is effective below.

Today's officials like to investigate things, and naturally in the future countless people will devote themselves to this in order to seek appreciation and fortune.

He, Zhang Zihou, should also devote himself to this.

Therefore, Zhang Dun said: "The way of investigating things is worthy of the way of the saints! Even if you only ask for a cent of it, you will live without a trace."

"I will follow suit!"

Everyone thought that Zhang Dun liked to study things and seek knowledge, so they all flattered and flattered him.

But Zhang Dun already knew that he should ask Zhang Yuan and Wang Di to come to the wounded barracks, consult with Yan Chen and others about the regulations and laws in the wounded barracks, and then write a memorial and send it to the capital.

And the whole text should closely adhere to the four words "investigating things to achieve knowledge".

Rely on the ancient system and implement contemporary policies in the name of Confucius and Mencius.

After Wang Mang, all scholar-bureaucrats have learned it.

Zhang Dun continued his inspection.

So he discovered that the wounded soldiers camp on the front line and the wounded soldiers camp in Yongping Village were two different concepts.

Yongping Village is in the rear and is a place for the seriously injured to recuperate.

So pay attention to care and maintenance.

For example, senior military officers and chieftains even have dedicated personnel to take care of them personally.

The wounded soldiers camp here on the front line is mainly responsible for bandaging, debridement, and life-saving work.

Generally speaking, lightly wounded soldiers can return to the army after their wounds are treated here.

The other wounded were classified by military doctors according to the severity of their injuries.

Wounded soldiers who are generally or less seriously injured will be recuperated on the spot.

If it is heavier and needs maintenance, it will be sent to Beijing.

Only the most seriously injured soldiers or officers or chieftains will be transferred to Yongping Village.

So, in this wounded barracks, everything is busy.

Everyone is working hard.

But it is clean and tidy here, and there are dedicated personnel to transfer all filth and medical waste at any time.

The camp even hired many Dong people to drive away and kill flies.

Military doctors purchased a large amount of mugwort, bark and other things that could be burned to repel mosquitoes from nearby.

Between each fort is an incense burner.

After inspecting the wounded barracks, Zhang Dun sighed: "With Yan Gongshi and all the military medical officers here, our army has no worries!"

Zhang Dun has led troops before, so he knows very well that as long as the wounded barracks continues to operate like this.

All soldiers will know that if they are injured or sick, they will be treated.

The morale of the Song army must be high.

This is probably why the Song army can now suppress Jiaozhi and attack it, or even besiege it, right?

After inspecting the wounded barracks, Zhang Dun went to the barracks.

Sure enough, whether it is the military camp of the chieftains, the camp of the Sizhou soldiers or the camp of the first general Yulong.

What Zhang Dun saw was that the morale of the soldiers was very high.

In the military camp, everyone from the soldiers to the generals were filled with joy.

There was no worry on their faces.

Especially the army of the First General Yulong, who was far away from his homeland and fighting in the hot land of the south, had very high morale.

This made Zhang Dun very happy.

Because he now knows that the tens of thousands of troops led by Jiaozhi Taiwei Li Changjie have been besieged by the Song army in a small area of ​​about seven or eight miles between several hills.

Moreover, their escape route has been cut off.

Tian Shiru's Sizhou soldiers, with the cooperation of the local chieftains, bypassed Li Changjie's camp and emerged from the mountain road, cutting off the connection between Taiyuan and Li Changjie.

Unless Jiaozhi mobilizes a whole nation of troops to rescue them now, Li Changjie and his army are already a turtle in the urn.

But, does Jiaozhi have any intention of saving it now?

The Jiaozhi people have now begun to fortify their walls and clear the country along the Furiang River.

Some chieftains reported that even if their people provoked the Cochin Navy on the Fuliang River, the Cochin people would not dare to land.

Therefore, Li Changjie was destined to have no reinforcements.

It's impossible for anyone to come to save him.
To be continued...