The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1033 - 1033 496 Strongest Counterattack (Second Update)

Chapter 1033: 496 Strongest Counterattack (Second Update) Chapter 1033: 496 Strongest Counterattack (Second Update) “I have seen the Grand Marshal Tang.” Hu Dongqiang saluted.

He was carrying Gu Jiao’s small backpack on his back, and Tang Yueshan understood that this small backpack was very important to Gu Jiao. The fact that he was carrying it indicated that he had been chosen by Gu Jiao.

Indeed, he does have some observational skills.

Tang Yueshan nodded inwardly.

Gu Jiao wasn’t wearing a mask, her face completely exposed to the sunlight, and everyone looked at her in surprise.

The Soldiers accustomed to risking their lives for a lick of blood had little interest in the birthmark on her face; rather, it was her young age that sparked everyone’s curiosity.

She seemed even younger than them.

People looked beyond Gu Jiao and also up to the mountain tops she had descended from, but even after a long time, they did not see a third person come down.

Did they really think reinforcements from the imperial court had arrived?

So, was the great commotion just now all caused by this young lad in green clothes?

His Red-Tasseled Spear is so ugly!

“Does anyone need medical attention?” Gu Jiao asked Tang Yueshan.

Tang Yueshan and Gu Jiao counted the wounded in their troops together. There were several hundred with minor injuries, fifty with serious injuries, including twenty-three who needed on-site treatment, and three critically wounded Soldiers.

Gu Jiao said to Tang Yueshan, “Those who aren’t injured should take those with minor injuries and go back first. Leave fifty people behind; we will carry back the seriously injured and critically wounded Soldiers later.”

Tang Yueshan nodded. Among the fifty, he included himself as one.

“General! We won’t leave!” an Archer said.

Tang Yueshan said sternly, “This is a military order!”

The Archer gritted his teeth, “…Yes!”

With Tang Yueshan’s two deputy generals having fallen in battle, he selected a new Deputy General Li from the Archers and a Deputy General Cen from the infantry, and the two led the troops to leave first.

Naturally, they did not forget to clean up the Battlefield, taking with them the rations, weapons, and fine horses left by the Zhan Country Soldiers.

“Also strip off their Armor; it can be melted down to make new ones,” Gu Jiao suggested.

Tang Yueshan looked at Gu Jiao deeply, his words halted on his lips.

Xiaohu climbed to the top of the mountain along the ropes, keeping an eye on the movements of the Zhan Country army.

“I need stretchers,” Gu Jiao told Tang Yueshan.

“How many do you need?” Tang Yueshan asked.

“Ten,” said Gu Jiao. “Also, we need bandages, so take off the belts of those Zhan Country Soldiers.”

Tang Yueshan went about with his men looking for wooden planks and sticks for Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao commenced emergency treatment for the three critically wounded patients.

An injured Soldier’s heart had stopped beating; Gu Jiao took out adrenaline, and after injecting two doses, his heartbeat returned.

Tang Yueshan watched the strange-looking syringes for a while, somewhat dumbfounded.

Not all Military Officers who sacrificed their lives on the Battlefield died in action; many died from serious injuries after unsuccessful medical treatment.

The medical skills of Zhan Country surpassed those of their own, which is why their casualty rate for wounded Soldiers was much lower than that of the Zhan Country army.

If they too possessed excellent medical skills, the death rate of their injured Soldiers would also be greatly reduced.

Didn’t that girl just bring someone back to life?

The doctors of Zhan Country couldn’t do that, could they?

Excitement started to stir in Tang Yueshan’s heart again.

He had never been so thrilled, not even on his wedding night.

Hu Dongqiang shouted from atop the mountain, “Sir! You have to hurry! The Zhan Country army is coming! After crossing one more ridge, they will be here!”

Gu Jiao asked, “How long does it take to cross the ridge?”

Hu Dongqiang replied, “The Cavalry is fast, half an hour; for the infantry, two hours.”

Gu Jiao nodded, her hand cutting open the opponent’s thigh without pausing, “Plan for the infantry pace.” The Cavalry had been spooked for a while and would not have the morale to take the vanguard for the time being.

“The third forceps on the right,” Gu Jiao ordered, unable to free her hands.

Tang Yueshan was stunned for a moment before realizing she was talking to him; he skillfully found the third… forceps, though they seemed more like scissors to him.

“Clamp here,” Gu Jiao indicated to Tang Yueshan with her eyes.

“Are you going to cut off his veins?” Tang Yueshan frowned.

“These are hemostats,” Gu Jiao said, “Hurry up.”

Tang Yueshan hesitantly used the “scissors,” and discovered that, indeed, the blood at the break was stopped without cutting the veins.

Tang Yueshan neither feared blood nor was daunted by these wounds; he watched the entire process and became increasingly convinced of the girl’s extraordinary abilities.

After Gu Jiao stopped the bleeding for the last critically wounded Soldier, she took off her gloves and said, “That’s it. Put them on stretchers; these three go first.”

Tang Yueshan assigned ten Soldiers to take turns carrying the three stretchers.

Of the remaining twenty-three seriously wounded, only seven needed stretchers; the rest could ride horses.

Gu Jiao worked against time to treat the wounded Soldiers. There wasn’t enough time for thorough treatment, so she had to do the bare minimum. Nevertheless, time kept slipping away, second by second.

Hu Dongqiang announced, “Sir! They’ve come down the mountain! They are less than six miles away; we need to hurry!”

“These two Soldiers can be put on stretchers now.”

“This Soldier, on the stretcher.”

“On the stretcher!”

…

The wounded Soldiers were evacuated one after the other, and the Zhan Country army closed in step by step.

There were two Soldiers left.

As Gu Jiao was about to treat one of them, the man suddenly grabbed Gu Jiao’s hand. Having heard Hu Dongqiang call her Sir, he also addressed her the same way, “Sir, you and the Grand Marshal should leave first!”

“Shut your mouth.” Gu Jiao removed his hand.

Tang Yueshan did not hasten Gu Jiao; he simply gripped his bow and arrow tightly, the quiver on his back refilled with arrows.

“Archers, get ready,” Tang Yueshan said in a deep voice.

The Archers took their positions, drew their longbows, and used their bodies as shields, resolutely protecting Gu Jiao and the wounded Soldiers behind them.

“Xiaohu, come down!” Gu Jiao finished treating the last wounded Soldier.

Hu Dongqiang hurriedly slid down the ropes.

Everyone mounted their horses, and as the Zhan Country army was about to catch up, they spurred their horses out of the canyon!

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