But the very next moment, Tang Youyou simply collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
General Yu came to Tang Youyou's side, carefully picked her up, and placed her in the carriage.
The passing soldiers, seeing their general being so intimate with a little girl, all wore expressions of amusement.
A junior officer couldn't help but mutter to the person next to him, "See? The saying 'Even heroes have their Achilles' heel in beautiful women' is so true."
"Yeah, but that little girl is really pretty. No wonder the general is smitten."
Just then, General Yu walked towards them, his face solemn and his sharp eyes full of authority.
"What were you two talking about? Care to share with this general?"
Hearing this, the two junior officers immediately cowered and quietly slipped away.
This battle was easily won, and General Yu naturally returned victorious, sounding the gong to recall the troops!
When everyone reached the city gate of the Great Ming Kingdom, they saw the border soldiers waiting for their return. The dark sky was just beginning to lighten, and the sun was slowly rising on the other side.
As soon as General Yu dismounted, he quickly made his way to Rong Xun's camp, but Rong Xun was nowhere to be found.
He looked at Su Ningde at the entrance and asked, "Where has the emperor gone?"
Su Ningde had a long face and helplessly shook his head at General Yu. "Your servant doesn't know where the emperor has gone. When your servant just sent someone back, he found the emperor's camp empty."
Judging from Su Ningde's appearance, he must have been searching for a long time.
General Yu quickly rushed to the military camp. He found that apart from the five thousand troops he had just brought back, there were only less than three thousand troops in the camp. The remaining ten thousand troops had disappeared.
He found someone to inquire and learned that, for some unknown reason, the emperor had led ten thousand troops straight to the Yellow Sand Ancient Ferry.
As far as he knew, that area was all desert and hardly habitable. Why would the emperor go there!
Thinking of this, General Yu couldn't just leave. There were already very few troops left in the camp, so he could only wait in the camp.
He waited for two days and one night.
It was not until the night of the second day that Rong Xun returned with his troops.
At this moment, Rong Xun was covered in wounds. There was an arrow in his abdomen. Half of the arrow was broken off, and the other half was soaked in blood and buried in his flesh.
Seeing this, General Yu quickly sent people to carry Rong Xun to the military camp. However, several military doctors who came to examine him all shook their heads.
"The emperor's current condition is hopeless! This old official is incompetent!"
The other military doctors were the same. Each of them gave the emperor a final diagnosis.
These words were like a thunderbolt to General Yu. He had clearly won a great victory, and the returning soldiers had also said that this battle was a narrow victory.
Why was the king on the verge of death!
Thinking of this, General Yu instantly flew into a rage. He grabbed the kneeling military doctor beside him like a dog and threw him hard beside the emperor's couch.
"You, look at him for me. You must save the emperor's life for me!"
Seeing this, the military doctor panicked and shook his head. Before he could refuse, he saw a sword descending from above. Just when his life was in jeopardy.
A cold and pleasant voice came from behind the crowd. "Wait. This man is incompetent, but his crime is not worthy of death."
Hearing Tang Youyou's voice, General Yu was like a drowning man grabbing a life - saving straw. He quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to Rong Xun's side.
He looked at Tang Youyou anxiously and said in a flustered tone, "Girl, please save the emperor quickly. He is about to die. I believe you have the ability. Hurry and save him!"
Tang Youyou gently withdrew her hand from his and calmly walked up to Rong Xun. Looking at this familiar face, it was now haggard.
His lips were pale, and his whole face was as white as paper. Such a state was either that of a person who had just recovered from a serious illness or one who was on the verge of death.
Obviously, Rong Xun was the latter.
The several quack doctors just now seemed to have made the right diagnosis, but for such a person, there was still a chance of survival in her hands.
Tang Youyou carefully grabbed Rong Xun's wrist. When her warm little hand touched his almost ice - cold wrist, Tang Youyou couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
Through the pulse, Tang Youyou learned that, in addition to excessive blood loss, there seemed to be something else in this person's body.
Immediately, she said, "General Yu, please ask someone to bring more ginseng and angelica. The emperor's life now needs to be sustained. There is something else in his body."
Hearing this, General Yu immediately sent someone to look for them. In a short while, they were found.
She first took out the silver needles wrapped in leather cloth. The first needle was inserted between his eyebrows, and the second was inserted into his chest.
After that, each needle she inserted was in a place that the several military doctors never expected. These acupoints seemed strange, but after careful consideration, they had unexpected effects.
Combined with the ginseng and the ordinary angelica.
These seemingly unremarkable things became the key to coagulating blood and expelling poison.
The military doctor who had just been saved by Tang Youyou had now become a fanatic. His eyes were fixed on Tang Youyou's movements. She was calmly completing one difficult move after another.
At this moment, the military doctor had forgotten about the near - death experience just now. He involuntarily came to Tang Youyou's side and began to hand her the things she needed.
Tang Youyou could tell that this old man had probably just had an epiphany. And what he handed over was exactly what she needed.
Tang Youyou didn't hesitate to explain the purpose of what she was doing.
The old military doctor listened attentively, his eyes full of eagerness for medical skills. He listened so intently that his speed of handing things also increased a lot.
Taking out the needles, performing the operation, suturing the wound, applying medicine, and administering the medicine were all done in one go.
Rong Xun, who had been on the verge of death, now had a steady breathing. The old doctor beside Tang Youyou was slightly dazed. Seeing Tang Youyou's blood - stained hands, he quickly brought over an iron basin.
The basin was filled with clean water. Tang Youyou was naturally averse to blood, but she didn't refuse this time. She washed her hands clean.
Her delicate hands were very beautiful. Her snow - white skin and slender fingers made people instinctively think that she was a girl who never did any rough work.
However, just now, this girl had, right in front of so many people, pulled the emperor back from the gates of hell. This was a rare sight in the whole world.