Chapter 222: Determination (2-in-1) I have to say that Chang'an City at this time is indeed chaotic enough, from Tonghuamen to the palace less than ten miles away, there are actually more than a dozen chaotic scenes, the scale of these chaos is large and small, the scale of the two sides is relatively small, the sum of the two sides is only one hundred and ten, and the two parties with a large number add up to more than eight thousand people.
And this 8,000-strong offensive and defensive battle, it is a group of soldiers who are besieging the palace anyway, and the guards stationed in the palace are Li Zhi's heart, loyal to him, and naturally desperately resist in the face of the enemy's attack.
Therefore, even if there are 5,000 people on the attacking side, the 3,000 defenders can rely on their mortal morale and favorable terrain to deal with them, and until now Chengtianmen (the main gate of Taiji Palace) has not been lost - of course, this is also the reason why the two sides did not use weapons of mass destruction in order not to destroy the palace, otherwise once both sides used cannons and explosives, even if the palace walls of Taiji Palace have been reinforced with cement, in the face of powerful artillery, they can only be destroyed into a pile of wreckage.
The current situation is actually very clear, because the Taiji Palace is now the last reliance of the defending side, and in the entire palace part, only one Taiji Palace has not been captured, and the remaining Imperial City and the Yeting Palace in the west have been taken, and it is precisely because of this that the guards on the defensive side are particularly hardworking, and the attacking side can hardly go further.
However, with the addition of Fang Yiai, the 10,000-strong force, the guards of Taiji Palace could no longer stop it, so they had to give up Chengtianmen and began to slowly retreat towards Taiji Palace, relying on the buildings in the palace to resist layer by layer.
At the same time, the commanders of the guards, who were responsible for holding off the enemy, began to send people to retreat to the Hall of Eternal Life (the name of the residence of all emperors in the Tang Dynasty) in preparation for the transfer of Li Zhi.
However, the soldiers he sent were stopped, and it was none other than the imperial doctor who was responsible for treating Li Zhi, only to hear the imperial doctor Ling Meng Xi (Sun Simiao's disciple) stand up and scold: "What are you going to do?
” His prestige in the Imperial Physician's Department is very high, not only because of his medical skills, but more importantly, his identity - in addition to the identity of the Imperial Physician Ling, he also has an identity, that is, the personal disciple of the medicine king Sun Simiao, and he is the leader in the second echelon of the Tang Dynasty in terms of medical skills, second only to Sun Simiao and Chen Tianlu and a few others.
It is said that the reason why he was able to become the imperial physician was because of Sun Simiao's light, when the imperial court conscripted Sun Simiao as the imperial physician, but he was used to being an old man, where did he have this thought?
It's just that he couldn't delay the court's recruitment, so he promoted his disciple, that is, Meng Xi, to replace him as the imperial doctor.
Therefore, with the blessing of the master's light, Meng Xi's identity is very unique, coupled with his superb medical skills, even these soldiers in front of him dare not offend him in the slightest, but respect him, even if he is blocked or even reprimanded, he does not dare to turn his face The one in charge of Li Zhi's transfer task was a lieutenant, and when he heard this, he replied anxiously: "The rebels have already entered the army, and we must transfer Your Majesty as soon as possible." ” "What nonsense, Your Majesty can't transfer now."
Meng Xi angrily reprimanded: "Your Majesty is seriously injured and cannot move.
What's more, we have just prepared an antidote that can remove His Majesty's poison, His Majesty's injuries have improved, and now is the critical moment of the competition between the antidote and the poison, and we can't move easily, otherwise if something happens on the way to the move, causing Your Majesty's physical problems, who will bear this responsibility?
” "This ......"
Du Wei was also stunned, in case Li Zhi really had problems on the way to transfer, then as the main person in charge, he would definitely not be able to escape the blame, of course he was unwilling to bear this pot.
"How long will it take Your Majesty?"
Just when the lieutenant was in a dilemma, the commander of the guards also came over, and happened to hear Meng Xi's words, so he hurriedly asked.
Meng Xi calculated in his heart and said, "It will take at least an hour." ” "Okay, then I'll support you for an hour, I hope Doctor Meng can hurry up."
The commander of the guards said in a deep voice, and after speaking, he glanced at Meng Xi deeply, and walked out of the Hall of Eternal Life with a hint of determination.
"Hey."
Meng Xi sighed, shook his head and didn't pay attention to these anymore, he knew that this guard commander went out this time, I'm afraid he didn't have any intention of coming back alive, he also knew something about the things outside, Fang Yiai's offensive was fierce, and it couldn't be stopped for long just by relying on the three thousand people in the palace, not to mention that in front of the other gates of Taiji Palace, there were also a lot of troops attacking anyway, and among the three thousand people, I am afraid that more than 1,000 people would have to be dispatched to support other palace gates, relying on less than 2,000 people left, and I want to withstand the onslaught of more than 10,000 people in the palace for an hour?
Thinking about it, you know it's impossible.
In the face of the enemy's offensive in front of him, he could not stop it, and he could retreat at any time, and Li Zhi was carrying out emergency medical treatment in the back, and he could not move at all for an hour.
It can be said that the commander of the guards at this time has fallen into a dilemma, if he chooses to move Li Zhi, then Li Zhi will definitely die, but if he chooses to resist Fang Zhi's love for an hour, he can't stop it......
And once he can't stop the bereavement of his love, Li Zhi will eventually fall into the hands of Li Zhen, and even if he is rescued, what can he do?
Could it be that Li Zhen will still let Li Zhi live?
The commander of the guards has no way to do this, and only by choosing to die in battle can he show his loyalty, as for the fate of Li Zhi......
He couldn't care about that much anymore.
However, Meng Xi only sighed for the determination of the commander of the guards, and he didn't say anything else, he was just a doctor, he would only treat diseases in this life, and as for national affairs or anything, it had nothing to do with him.
Back in the hall, you can see a white operating table, a young man is lying on it, only to see that his face is blue, his lips are black, his face is distorted and hideous, obviously he is suffering a lot, and next to him there are several doctors wearing white coats and masks are giving him emergency treatment, this person is Li Zhi, his fatal injury is in the heart, a two-finger-wide wound penetrates his chest and back, and the residual poison on the blade contaminates the entire wound into black, From time to time, a stream of red and black blood flowed out.
"How's it going?"
Meng Xi walked in, changed into a surgical gown, came to the operating table and asked-he actually lied just now, Li Zhi's injuries have not been alleviated in the slightest, and they can only temporarily suppress the toxin now, but the so-called antidote does not exist at all.
"It's still the same, you can only suppress it, but it's difficult to detoxify."
Taiyi Cheng Sun Yue said, he is also Meng Xi's deputy, but also his personal disciple, one-hand medical skills are the highest in the entire Tai Yi Department except for Meng Xi, just now when Meng Xi went out to deal with the commander of the guards, Li Zhi's medical work was taken over by him.
Looking at Meng Xi, Sun Yue continued: "The poison under the assassin is actually very easy to solve, the problem is that this poison spreads with breathing, that is to say, every time Your Majesty takes a breath, the poison will spread by one point, and we can only suppress the spread of the poison at present, but it is very difficult to cure it, at present, there are only two ways to completely eradicate this poison." ” "If you don't say this, I know it."
Meng Xi waved his hand irritably, interrupting him.
Why is he not clear about the two methods Sun Yue said?
The first is to hold your breath, since the poison spreads through breathing, then as long as you block Li Zhi's respiratory tract, and then detoxify, it will be very easy, once the problem is blocked, the poison can naturally be solved, but Li Zhi himself will suffocate to death, what's the use?
There is no oxygen supply at this time.
As for the second method, it is to remove the lobes of the lungs, people have two lungs, and the two do not interfere with each other, from a scientific point of view, even if there is one lung, it can also carry out breathing exercises.
Therefore, as long as the lobes of the lungs infected by the poison are removed, or even only the infected part needs to be removed, then the poison will naturally heal without dissolving, at most, you can't do heavy work in the future, and you can't go to places with bad air, as long as you pay attention to these two points, it is not difficult to live.
The problem is that no one in the entire Tai Medical Department has mastered lobectomy, and even the only one in the world who has mastered this technology, Chen Tianlu, is the only one who has mastered this technology, and the rest of the people, even his master Sun Simiao, is estimated not to know this technology.
But now that Chen Tianlu is on the side of the crown prince Li Zhen, if he wants him to take over the treatment work, I am afraid that he can only wait for Li Zhen to come in, but when it really comes, Li Zhi will fall into Li Zhen's hands, even if he saves Li Zhi, I am afraid that sooner or later he will be given death.
"It seems that only when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes down, I believe he will be willing to save people."
Meng Xi sighed and said, he has no other way than this, and as for what will happen to Li Zhi in the future, he can't care about it.
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"That's all there is to it."
Sun Yue agreed, and looking at the expressions of the other imperial doctors, it was obviously a similar idea - they were not sellers seeking glory, with their status, it didn't matter what sellers were or not.
The Imperial Medical Department is a very special department in the imperial court, because the main fight here is technical conspiracy and trickery, and it is rare to see it here, even if there is a dispute, most of them are academic arguments, it can be said that this is a fairly simple department, rarely involved in the struggle of the imperial court, just dedicated to curing diseases and saving people.
Correspondingly, no matter who is the emperor, their existence is indispensable, so they rarely offend them, so even if Li Zhi usurps the throne and places his own people everywhere in the imperial court, the only one who has not done it is the Taiyi Department, and it is conceivable that even if Li Zhen defeats Li Zhi in the future, he will still not do anything with the Taiyi Department.
Therefore, Meng Xi and Sun Yue said such things, and did not mean to dedicate Li Zhi to Li Zhen, they purely looked at things from the perspective of a doctor, since only Chen Tianlu could detoxify this poison in the whole world, then for the sake of the patient, they could only send Li Zhi to Li Zhen.
Meng Xi's guess was right, from the time he said that it would take an hour to transfer Li Zhi, the commander of the guards had already understood that this time they were doomed, and Li Zhi was destined to fall into the hands of Li Zhen, because the little army under his command could not stop the army of more than 10,000 people from bequeathing for an hour.
And as Li Zhen's most important confidant, there is no other way out except for the way of dying in battle - of course, if he really wants to escape, it is not impossible, but as a diehard loyalist of Li Zhi, when he already knew that Li Zhi would fall into the hands of Li Zhen, he never thought about escaping at all, otherwise let alone others look down on him, even he himself looks down on himself, and he is estimated to live in guilt for the rest of his life.
Sure enough, under the leadership of Fang Yiai, the resistance of more than 1,000 people melted quickly as if snow had met hot water, and soon there were less than twenty people left around him.
It seemed that there were only twenty people left on the opposite side, Fang Yiai suspended the attack, and came to the front of the battle alone to persuade: "Commander Lan, I respect you as a good man, if you are willing to put down your weapons and surrender, I can ask for a way for you to survive in front of Your Highness."
You have fought with us until this time, it can be said that you have been loyal to the puppet emperor Li Zhi, you have done your best to be benevolent and righteous, and now it is time to consider for yourself.
You are all hot-blooded men, why should you give up your life and future for the sake of a false emperor who has not been right?
” Commander Lan smiled sadly and flatly refused: "Don't say anything about persuasion, since you say that I am a hero, then how have you ever seen a hero who seeks glory from a buyer?"
So many of my brothers have died at your hands, and if I am the only one left to survive, I am afraid that when I go underground, I will not be able to see those dead brothers again. ” "It's a pity that you have good skills, if you can use it for the prince, how good would it be?"
Fang Yiai had actually guessed this result a long time ago, and now that she heard the other party's stern refusal, she didn't feel disappointed, so she could only sigh.
The anger against Li Zhi has reached its peak, if it weren't for Li Zhi, why would so many good men die at their own hands?
They are all heroes who should have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield with foreign races, and they will die at the hands of foreign races.
Commander Lan shook his head and said: "This is also a matter of no choice, the road is chosen by ourselves, I can't turn back, and I don't want to turn back - doesn't the prince have a saying?"
The path I chose, I had to go down on my knees, and since I chose to follow Your Majesty, I didn't leave myself a way back. ” "That's it, since you insist on doing so, then forget it."
Fang Yi let out another long sigh and asked, "Do you have any other wishes?"
If there is, I don't want to say it, and if I can do it, I will not refuse. ” "In this way, then thank you general......"
Commander Lan's eyes suddenly lit up, looked at Fang Yiai, and slowly said his wish......