Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 430: Women Are As Good As Men

An open space between the city gate and the houses is where the wounded gather. White tents are arranged in order. Wounded soldiers who are wailing and crying are constantly being evacuated from the city wall. They receive initial treatment here and are then sent to surrounding houses that have been converted into field hospitals depending on the severity of their injuries.

It was here that Xu Erya directed the military doctors and the doctors recruited from the city to carry out battlefield rescue.

Xu Erya's skill level was no more than that of a Mongolian doctor, as the saying goes, "A bottle of strong liquor is half doctor and half patient; life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by heaven." No matter how you think about it, she seems unfit for the task, but she has received some specialized training and has some knowledge of debridement and suturing.

When it comes to internal medicine, Xu Erya may not be as good as the current doctors of the State of Song, but when it comes to bruises, injuries from falls, swords, guns, and arrows, an ordinary doctor may not have seen as many as she has in just a few months in his entire life.

Originally, Xu Erya wanted to join the first aid team, but was forcibly persuaded by the chief officer of the wounded camp, who said that it was too dangerous for her as a woman to be on the front line, and that treating the wounded in the rear was also an important task.

Xu Erya was a little dissatisfied with this, but when the battle on the city wall started, the wounded were carried down from the city wall like water, and Xu Erya had no time to think about all these messy things.

Thanks to the experience of joining the Jingnan Army, and the fact that Xu Erya was not a girl who could not stand the sight of blood, although she still felt some reflexive nausea and fear when faced with the bloody wounds, this strong woman still overcame everything and quickly participated in the work of treating the wounded.

"what!!!"

A soldier covered in wounds was carried down from the stairs with a scream. A heavy Jurchen arrow was still hanging on his shoulder, and blood was still flowing from his waist and ribs. His right forearm was bent into an obtuse angle, and his face was covered in blood, and he was screaming in pain.

Xu Erya had just finished cleaning the wound of another soldier who had been hit by three arrows. Seeing this, she quickly asked the other doctors to take over and stop the bleeding, while she quickly stepped forward.

"Doctor...ah...save me..." The injured soldier covered the wound on his waist tightly with his intact left hand, crying out weakly.

"Why are you shouting? Are you still a man?" Xu Erya quickly supported the soldier and gently laid him down on a low bed.

Although he spoke harshly, he was very gentle in his actions.

"You are, you are Doctor Xu..." The soldier seemed to recognize Xu Erya and immediately swallowed his screams.

Xu Erya felt that the man's voice sounded familiar. She glanced at him and suddenly found that this person was Du Kang, who had harassed her many times.

"Don't move! Pull off his armor!" Xu Erya said to a military doctor following behind her. At the same time, she broke the arrow shaft and reached her left hand into the gap between his armor to feel how far the arrowhead had penetrated into the flesh.

"Doctor Xu... please don't..." Du Kang was feeling a little awkward, having never been so close to Xu Erya before. Although he had proposed marriage before, he was no playboy, merely acting within the bounds of propriety. He now struggled feebly, enduring the pain and fainting sensation.

"Behave!" Xu Erya patted the other person lightly, and felt that the arrowhead did not penetrate deep into the flesh. She exerted force in her hand, grasped the arrowhead, and pulled it out.

Du Kang groaned, but Xu Erya ignored him and untied the other man's armor straps. "That orthopedic expert from earlier, come over here and reattach his arm! Bring some hot water to clean the wound on his shoulder first, and get the soldering iron heated!"

It was not until then that Xu Erya pried open Du Kang's hands, tore open his clothes, and saw the wound on the side of his waist and ribs.

But this was not the injury I had imagined.

A short knife without a guard pierced Du Kang's side deeply, almost penetrating to the handle. Blood kept flowing out from the blood groove of the knife, flowing thinly along the skin and onto the bed.

Xu Erya's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. This kind of stab wound was one of the most untreatable wounds. Apart from anything else, the heavy bleeding in her internal organs left her with no solution at all.

"Doctor Xu...is there no hope of saving me..." Du Kang's face was extremely pale due to blood loss. He looked at Xu Erya with unfocused eyes and muttered.

"I can save you. It will be very painful later, so please bear with it!" Xu Erya wiped her forehead. Even though it was winter, she was busy and sweating.

Xu Erya turned to another lightly wounded soldier and said, "Come here and hold him down. No matter what happens, don't move."

The lightly wounded soldier had two fingers on his right hand cut off. He had just received a bandage to stop the bleeding, but he did not refuse when he heard the words. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he walked over.

"Doctor Xu, thank you... Thank you for wanting to save a tough guy like me..." Du Kang wanted to look up and thank Xu Erya, but was stopped by the lightly wounded soldier.

The lightly wounded soldier nodded to Xu Erya, indicating that he was ready.

"Thank you, wait until you're healed!" Xu Erya whispered, and held a piece of linen in front of Du Kang's mouth: "Bite it!"

Seeing that everyone was ready, Xu Erya gritted her teeth, grasped the small section of the hilt, and slowly pulled it out.

Du Kang on the low bed began to convulse violently, screaming out from his nose. The two big men were unable to completely restrain him.

"Salt water! Quickly!" Xu Erya threw the pulled knife aside and cleaned the wound with warm concentrated salt water. The red blood turned light pink and quickly thickened.

"Branding iron!" Xu Erya turned around and shouted. A military doctor quickly stepped forward and pressed the red-hot iron on the wound.

With a sizzling sound, the smell of burnt meat wafted out.

"Bandage!" After the branding iron was removed, the wound had stopped bleeding. Xu Erya took out the medicine from the medicine bag and rubbed her hands a few times. There was some quicklime in the powder, which made her hands sting slightly, but Xu Erya didn't care at all. She just carefully applied the powder on the wound.

"Doctor Xu, it's no longer necessary..." the lightly injured soldier whispered.

Xu Erya held the bandage in her hand and looked at Du Kang's lifeless face. His eyes were still wide open, and he tried hard to resist the pain and death, but he was still taken away by the god of death.

He may have an unknown story, he may have his father, brothers and sisters looking forward to him, he may have ambitions as great as the creation of the world.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

He died right in front of Xu Erya, but Xu Erya only knew that this man was called Du Kang.

This was not the first person who could not be rescued today, but Xu Erya still felt dazed and helpless.

The world is turbulent like waves and tides. People live and die silently in it.

"Brother, you're lucky to have Doctor Xu with you..." The lightly wounded soldier helped the military doctor lift the body off the low bed, whispering, "I wonder what I'll be like when I die? Will anyone save me..."

Xu Erya pretended not to hear, picked up the dagger from the ground, washed it in the basin, quickly composed herself, and walked towards the next wounded soldier.

No time to mourn...

At this moment, there was only a noise on the street.

"What's going on?" Xu Erya asked loudly.

A new recruit from the Jingnan Army ran back from the street corner, shouting, "Golden thieves! Golden thieves are coming from behind!"

"How many gold thieves?"

"later……"

"Why from behind?!"

Most of the wounded in the first round of fighting were new recruits, and because the field hospital was located relatively far back in the city, there were no regular troops stationed there. Therefore, both the wounded and the military doctors became confused when they heard this.

Xu Erya took a few steps forward, grabbed the soldier's shoulder armor and asked, "How many Jin thieves are here?"

The soldier struggled twice but failed to break free. He looked closely and saw that it was a woman. He was speechless and said, "No... I don't know... They are all running..."

"Doctor Xu, please get out of the way!" The lightly injured soldier who lost two fingers urged loudly.

At this time he was not afraid of shaking the morale of the army.

After all, the sudden appearance of a group of Jin troops in the city was enough to shake the morale of the army. Didn’t you see that the more than 20 soldiers in front of the city gate were already facing a powerful enemy?

The wounded camp was in a state of turmoil. The doctors were in a mess, and some of the lightly wounded soldiers had already slipped away.

Xu Erya ignored the advice and looked at the chaotic situation in front of the city gate, and suddenly realized something.

This group of Jin troops came from nowhere and wanted to seize the gate!

"Doctor Xu!" someone else shouted, "We're going to meet the enemy. You should get out of the way quickly and avoid getting hurt!"

Xu Erya simply took the melon hammer from the waist of the escaping recruit, picked up a wooden shield brought down by a wounded soldier from the ground, and walked forward silently towards the fleeing civilians and recruits.

"If you men don't want to kill the gold thief, just hide behind me!"

A large flag of the Jin Dynasty's Meng'an army turned the corner and suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

The scene became even more chaotic. The more than 20 Jingnan Army soldiers guarding the gate had no idea how many Jin troops were attacking. They could only tie their horns tightly and line up in front of the city gate. They were unable to organize more manpower for a while.

"Doctor Xu! Doctor Xu!" The lightly wounded soldier shouted loudly and hammered the pillar of the shed beside him: "Coward! What a fucking coward!"

After saying that, he picked up his spear and followed: "Doctor Xu, I'm here to help you!"

"Damn it! I'm going to be a coward today and never sleep peacefully in my life!"

"A young girl actually stood in front of us..."

“…I would rather die than be humiliated like this!”

"It's better to just die!"

Wounded soldiers kept picking up their weapons and following despite their injuries.

The new recruit whose hammer was taken away by Xu Erya was also ashamed. He snatched a big axe from the wounded camp and rushed to the front of the queue cursing.

Huang Hengsan and eighteen other soldiers had already seen the city gate, and at the same time drove nearly fifty civilians back towards the city gate. Although they were very tired, they knew that they were in a desperate situation and only by opening the city gate could they have a chance of survival, so all the Jin soldiers rushed towards the city gate guards without caring about their lives.

"Present your death!" A soldier of the Jingnan Army suddenly rushed out from the flank, swinging a big axe and smashing down.

"Looking for death!" Huang Hengsan shouted angrily, raised the long axe in his hand, blocked it and hooked it backwards. The soldier lost his balance and fell forward. Then he kicked the soldier in the heart and kicked him out.

The Jin soldiers at the back broke away from the formation and were about to step forward to finish off this daring Han soldier, but they only heard a sharp shout and a hammer head quickly enlarged before their eyes.

The Jin soldier dodged quickly, but was still hit on the forehead by the flying melon hammer. Although he was protected by a helmet, the Jin soldier still felt as if bells and drums were ringing in his head, as if firecrackers were set off, and a feeling of soreness, swelling and pain came with it.

He just staggered back a few steps before being knocked to the ground by another Jingnan Army soldier.

The other Jin soldiers saw clearly that it was a young lady who threw the hammer. They were shocked and angry. Two more people rushed forward, wanting to get rid of Xu Erya first and then kill the rest of the Han soldiers.

Although Xu Erya knocked out an iron can with a sneak attack, he had no ability to fight the Jin army head-on. Seeing two Jin soldiers rushing up again, Xu Erya was a little panicked. Facing the swinging swords and axes, he could only roll on the ground and dodge in a panic.

The Jin soldier with a knife missed his attack, but he was not discouraged. He continued to swing his long knife and chop forward.

Xu Erya had no choice but to raise his shield to block the incoming blow, but a spear stretched out from the side and blocked the sword.

"Where are you looking, you thief?"

A large number of Jingnan troops rushed out and engaged in a melee with the Jin army.

Most of them were incompletely clothed and armored, and were covered in wounds. When they picked up their heavy weapons, the wounds that had just been healed opened again, and blood was all over the ground before the fight even started.

However, this is inside the city, and the Jingnan Army has an overwhelming numerical advantage here. Although they were stunned at the beginning, under the desperate counterattack of dozens of wounded soldiers, more and more confused soldiers stopped fleeing and turned back to besiege the Jin army.

Huang Hengsan looked back and saw only four armored soldiers still following him. The rest of his men were almost all locked in a melee with the Jingnan Army. He couldn't help but panic. Amidst the flying blood and flesh, Huang Hengsan forcibly blocked the incoming melon hammer with his shoulder, thus breaking away from the battle. He ignored the pleas for help from his guards and silently continued to charge towards the city gate.

The way out is never behind you, but in front of you! The Jingnan Army also knew that they couldn't let them open the city gate, so they also started to fight desperately.

Three Jin soldiers spontaneously stayed at the end to block the Jingnan Army. They did not even look at the swords, spears, axes and halberds that were coming towards them. They used the method of exchanging injuries for injuries to create an opportunity for their own general to open the city gate.

The organizational structure of the Jin and Han armies was basically in chaos. Each team and each individual fought on their own. The Jingnan Army tried desperately to catch up with Huang Hengsan, while the Jin Army desperately tried to stop them. The lives of both sides quickly became a matter of exchange.

A Jin army Mouke had just used his long sword to deflect three stabbing spears, turned around and knocked down two wounded soldiers who wanted to take advantage of him, and then he was knocked to the ground by the Jingnan Army. His visor was lifted, and his pale face was hit by an axe before he could show any extra expression.

The axe-wielding soldier's arm was chopped off by the Jin soldiers before he could even draw his axe. Before his arm even hit the ground, four Jingnan soldiers rushed forward and smashed the Jin soldier to the ground with their bone-shaped melon hammers like raindrops.

"Guard the city gate!"

"Dirty bird..."

"Get out of here!!!"

Amid the sound of fighting, Huang Hengsan and the last personal guard arrived at the gate.

As expected, although there were stone slabs inside the gate, they were not piled on the city gate. Apart from the huge bolt, there were only more than ten logs supported on the door to serve as a barrier.

Huang Hengsan was shocked when he saw this.

The Jingnan Army never thought about defending the city. Everything they did was to get out of the city and fight back!

Huang Hengsan and his personal guards continued to chop off two door-holding sticks, but they heard a horn sound behind them, followed by the sound of horse hooves.

Glancing out of the corner of my eye, I saw a large flag with the word "Xin" coming quickly.

Five steps away, a slender figure was already in sight!
Xu Erya had no intention of fighting the Jin army head-on. She hid aside at the beginning of the melee and secretly watched the battle situation. She originally thought that she had nothing to do, but when she saw the Jin army general running towards the city gate, she became anxious and also carried the melon hammer, quietly detoured from the side of the battlefield and followed him.

Unlike the other soldiers, Xu Erya did not shout to give herself courage when taking action. Instead, she wanted to take advantage of the sneak attack again and hit Huang Hengsan with a club. However, she did not expect that this Jin army general was so agile. He immediately stood still, a little flustered.

Huang Hengsan signaled his guards to continue destroying the door-blocking sticks, while he swung his axe towards Xu Erya.

"Young lady, why don't you stay at home embroidering and come out to die!" Huang Hengsan cursed and swung the axe.

Xu Erya had lost his shield when he dodged just now. He only had a melon hammer in his hand. Facing the battle axe coming down on his head, he didn't dare to use his small body to test the skills of the fierce general in the army, so he immediately turned around and ran away.

With a loud bang, the axe passed by the corner of Xu Erya's clothes and split the bluestone slab on the ground into several pieces.

Although Huang Hengsan was a fierce general, he had been fighting for a long time wearing heavy armor and was chased and beaten by Li Jindao. He was injured many times and was already exhausted. At this time, facing a young lady who was as light as a swallow and turned around and ran away, he really had no way to deal with it.

However, just as Huang Hengsan stopped, Xu Erya stopped again, and waved the melon hammer and pointed at the distance as if provoking him from ten steps away.

Huang Hengsan ignored this cheap provocation and turned around to continue opening the door, but he heard footsteps behind him again. Xu Erya followed him stealthily again.

Huang Hengsan was completely furious at this moment: "You little bitch, grandpa wanted to spare your life, but you still dared to offend me. In this case, stay here!"

After saying that, Huang Hengsan raised his arms, ignored the pain in his shoulders, and swung the axe in his hand. Then he gathered his strength, took big steps, and rushed out like a cannonball.

Xu Erya rolled on the ground to avoid the flying axe, but just as she stood up, she saw Huang Hengsan rushing towards her like an angry bull, and she was horrified.

However, Xu Erya had experienced two family annihilations, and had also received several months of military training. Although he was horrified at this moment, he still reacted and crawled back to escape.

After all, Xu Erya's purpose was not to kill these two Jin soldiers, but to delay time.

But before she could stand up, Huang Hengsan had already caught up to her and, without any hesitation, kicked her in the chest.

The two men were less than two steps apart. While Xu Erya dodged backward, she did not try to hit the other's calf with the melon hammer. Instead, she raised her left hand and threw the paper bag she had been holding at Huang Hengsan's face.

The distance was too close, and neither Xu Erya nor Huang Hengsan could dodge.

Huang Hengsan's force was misdirected, and although Xu Erya was kicked back a few steps and her face was a little distorted, she looked fine.

But Huang Hengsan was in a miserable state. The paper bag broke on his big face, and a cloud of white smoke burst out. The brave general was immediately blinded.

"Cough cough... lime... cough cough... the little bitch has such a vicious mind!" Huang Hengsan burst into tears. Not only could he not open his eyes, he also had difficulty breathing and kept coughing.

Xu Erya hadn't prepared this bag of quicklime long ago. Time was tight for preparations, and the field hospital had only just opened this morning, so a large amount of wound medicine had to be prepared fresh. Among the recipes, Xu Erya saw baskets of quicklime.

As a woman in the army, even though the Jingnan Army had excellent military discipline and military doctors were under the strictest protection, Xu Erya was still worried about encountering something unpleasant. Therefore, she packed a few bags of quicklime and kept them close to her body as a backup.

Just now during the melee, I was worried about accidentally hurting my friendly forces, but now it doesn’t matter.

Xu Erya coughed a few times, rubbed her stomach, and glared fiercely at Huang Hengsan, who was waving his sword wildly. "Golden thief! Did you ever imagine this day would come?! When you harmed my family, did you ever imagine this day would come?!"

Seeing this, Huang Hengsan's personal guards stopped trying to open the door and turned around to rush towards Xu Erya.

"Ah Si... cough cough... don't worry about me... open the door... cough cough." Huang Hengsan tried hard to open his eyes, but he could only see two blurry figures through the slits of his eyes.

How could the guard named Ah Si sit by and watch his own Meng An being slaughtered? He just wanted to kill this girl quickly and then break into the house.

Ah Si had been fighting for a while and knew his own physical weakness, so he threw the axe aside, drew his sword, and stabbed forward.

Xu Erya did not dare to fight the Jin army head-on. He pretended to raise his hands and ran away.

Of course, Xu Erya didn't run around. She went straight to Huang Hengsan, first hit his arm holding the sword, and then played a game of "Eagle Catches Chicken" with the guard.

In the second round, Xu Erya kicked the axe that Huang Hengsan dropped to the ground aside.

On the third round, Xu Erya threw a bag of quicklime at Ah Si again through Huang Hengsan. This time, his luck was a little off; it missed Ah Si, but instead smeared Huang Hengsan's face.

Huang Hengsan covered his arm, suppressing the pain, and squinting his eyes to discern the two figures circling around him. Unexpectedly, there was another bag of quicklime on his head. He didn't care and could only wash his eyes with rapeseed oil, so he rubbed them with his hands.

"Ah!!! Little bitch, don't run if you dare!" Ah Si screamed in anger.

"Huff, huff... If you have the guts, don't chase me!" Xu Erya retorted, panting.

"General, it's me!" Ah Si calmed down, reached out and grabbed Huang Hengsan's arm, pulling him behind him. However, Huang Hengsan stumbled, and Ah Si also stumbled.

Xu Erya was waiting for this opportunity.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Ah Si turned around to balance his body, Xu Erya raised her eyebrows, leaped forward high, and smashed down with all her strength with the melon hammer clenched in both hands.

The warhammer's disadvantage is that its center of gravity is too forward. While incredibly powerful and a formidable armor-piercing weapon, it's easier to swing than to retract. It's a one-shot deal; if you don't die, I'll die.

Ah Si had just pulled the staggering Huang Hengsan to his side and balanced his body when he turned around and found that the brass hammer head was right in front of him. He was shocked and had no time to block it, and his face and forehead were hit hard.

"Ah!!! You bitch!" Even after suffering such a heavy blow, Ah Si did not fall down like Huang Hengsan. Instead, he took a few steps back and stood firm.

But Xu Erya would not let him go and started to beat him up.

The melon hammer, which was less than 80 centimeters long, was raised high and hit Ah Si's head repeatedly. Xu Erya was like a hardworking farmer wielding a hoe under the scorching sun. He brought the simple martial arts taught by Wei Rujun to the extreme and struck Ah Si with one hammer after another.

Every time Ah Si wanted to fight back, he would be interrupted by the severe pain in his head. In just a moment, he could no longer hold the knife in his hand and it fell to the ground with a clang.

"Ah!" Xu Erya screamed and swung the war hammer with all her strength again, hitting Ah Si in the face and knocking him to the ground.

Just as she was about to deliver two more hammer blows, she heard a tiger roar beside her. Huang Hengsan, with tears in his eyes and white hair, rushed towards her with his arms crossed.

Xu Erya was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

The melon hammer fell and the two rolled together. Huang Hengsan had an absolute advantage in strength and physique. Even though his eyes were blurry and he could only see a vague figure, he directly pressed Xu Erya under him, grabbing with his hands, trying to strangle her neck.

"Bitch! You ruined my plan!"

At the critical moment, Xu Erya tried hard to find a way to fight back, and finally felt a chill on her waist.

A sharp knife for cutting wrists.

It was the same knife that had stabbed Du Kang to death. After Xu Erya cleaned it, before she had time to deal with it, the Jin army came to kill her. She casually pinned it to the belt around her waist.

After a fierce battle, this not-so-tight dagger was not lost.

"Bitch! Bitch..."

Xu Erya lowered her head and bit Huang Hengsan's fingers. Using the force he pulled back, she raised her upper body and thrust the dagger into the opponent's neck with her right hand.

"Ho ho..." Huang Hengsan gasped like a dying beast, his gray eyes widened, his face full of unwillingness.

The dagger slowly rotated, accompanied by the sound of cartilage breaking, and a large amount of blood gushed out. Huang Hengsan's strength to struggle became weaker and weaker.

"My name is Xu Erya!" Xu Erya said fiercely, "When you get to the King of Hell, don't forget who killed you! Tell my two grandparents that I've sent the gold thief to hell again!"

With a thud, Huang Hengsan's body fell to the ground.

Xu Erya lay on the ground, her chest heaving violently, as if she wanted to breathe all the air in her life into her lungs.

The fifteen-year-old girl wanted to cry, but found that she had no desire to cry.

This shouldn’t have happened. I should have cried my heart out.

Xu Erya tilted her head to look at Huang Hengsan, whose eyes were open in death, and suddenly realized that she didn't even have a trace of fear. In an instant, a flash of enlightenment came to her mind.

She finally began to adapt to this cruel world.

After a while, the shouting and killing outside the gate stopped. Xin Qiji personally led his troops to check the situation of the city gate, but he only saw Xu Erya walking out with his head held high, wearing a melon hammer on his waist and holding two heads in his hands.

"Doctor Xu..." Xin Qiji bowed on his horse. Even though he was one of the main generals of the Jingnan Army and also a brave general who could defeat enemies and kill bandits, he didn't know what to say when faced with such a strange scene.

"One of them should belong to the general. You can do whatever you want with it." Xu Erya handed over the head.

Xu Erya didn't care about what happened next, nor did he pay attention to the looks of the surrounding Jingnan Army. He walked calmly towards a soldier and handed him the melon hammer on his waist: "Thank you for your weapon."

"I'm so embarrassed..." The soldier felt both honored and ashamed when he saw that everyone was looking at him. He took it with both hands, bowed, and turned to look for his superior.

Xu Erya glanced around, and seeing that some eyes were still on her, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows again. "What are you all standing there for? Those who need to meet the enemy should meet the enemy, those who are injured should go to the doctor, and those who have nothing to do should move the seriously injured. Are you asking a woman to do everything?"

The voice was gentle and moving, but these words were more effective than anything else.

The soldiers of the Jingnan Army immediately became busy.

"Hang the flag and head of this villain on the top of the city wall and show it to the Jin thieves!" Xin Qiji looked at Xu Erya's back and handed the head in his hand to the guard beside him.

"I don't believe the Golden Thieves can continue to fight!"

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