Chapter 118 The Illusion

"Haitang?" General Cheng couldn't believe his eyes, his heart was about to burst into flames.
"Dad! I miss you so much." Haitang excitedly threw herself into her father's arms. General Cheng instantly lost his temper.
Deputy General Dong Haoran only found out that Duke Duan had actually brought the general's daughter to the border, and this matter was even kept from General Wang.
"General Cheng, can we find a convenient place to talk?" Duke Duan interrupted.
Cheng Yu looked around and noticed that Wang Yue was absent. He guessed that Wang Dujun must have something to say that he didn't want Wang Yue to know. He discussed with Dong Haoran and took everyone to Dong Haoran's room. It was the farthest from Wang Yue's guest room and quite inconspicuous in Xuanfu. After Duan Wang and Cheng Wang sat down, they asked Dong Haoran to go into detail about the attacks by the Jurchens on the border towns.
"In the winter, the Tartars are short of food and grass. It is common for them to invade the frontier towns, but in the past, it was mostly sneak attacks and harassment. This time, however, is quite unusual. The Tartars seemed determined to take Xuanfu Town by force. In addition to the large army encroaching, they have also deployed siege weapons! Our Heavenly Dynasty already has a ten-shot divine machine arrow, but the Tartar's cluster rocket can fire fifty shots in a row, with a range of up to three hundred meters! This concentrated rocket firepower is immense, and it is a formidable weapon for siege warfare!"
General Cheng nodded and said, "Mingze has mentioned that this cluster rocket launcher should have been designed by our Heavenly Dynasty. It is possible that someone has sold the blueprints to the Tartars, and there may even be artisans manufacturing them for them."
"Not bad! This is indeed a design from our dynasty, designed by the ingenious Li Zhe. During the design process, he also discussed with me how to solve the problem of continuous firing. I also discussed with Mingze, if we can change the mechanism, continuous firing of a hundred rounds is not impossible to achieve." Tang Yu said, "I only heard that it seems that the inventor has successfully trial-produced it, but it has not been seen in the Heavenly Dynasty's army for a long time."
端王冷笑道：“神机营出卖图纸，这也不是第一回了！王越此次主动请缨前来调查，就是为了替自己遮掩，殊不知却欲盖弥彰！”
Cheng Wang also snorted coldly: "In that case, we might as well use a diversion. We'll keep Wang Yue occupied while sending someone to find evidence! The more he tries to cover up, the more we'll expose his true face."
Dong Haoran nodded: "We have been at war with the Tatars for many years, and we have long had spies infiltrate their ranks. Tomorrow I will make contact with them, one to gather information about Mingze, and two to find out who has been making the Tatar rockets."
"Good! Prepare the wine and meat tomorrow, we'll drink with Mr. Wang until we drop!" Duan Wang smiled and said, "Deputy Commander Dong, please also invite Doctor Tang and Doctor Cheng... to the field hospital to help treat the wounded tomorrow."
Cheng Yu glanced at his daughter and nodded strangely.
The next day, everyone followed the plan. They first sent a few soldiers to the camp, pretended to ask about the situation, and then started the feast. They kept filling the Prince and the Crown Prince with wine until they were drunk. Cheng Yu and Dong Haoran sent people to gather information, while Haitang and Tang Yu went to the infirmary to treat the burnt soldiers.
When Haitang came this time, it wasn't just to please Xie Ruifang. She wanted to try using her newly conceived medical methods and medicine to treat the soldiers who were burned and scalded by artillery. When she arrived at the soldier's camp, she found that there were quite a few patients with this type of illness. Tang Yu probably took a look and said to the accompanying military doctor, "Why don't we classify them according to severity, and then we can start by treating the wounds that are repeatedly infected and won't heal."
When Dr. Wen heard this, his eyes lit up. These are exactly the kind of patients he had been unable to cure. It seemed that there was hope for these guys! Dr. Wen excitedly called all the medical officers of the military medical office. Before long, the seriously injured patients were separated, a total of seventeen.
Dr. Wenjun, along with four medical officers, all surrounded Cheng Haitang.
Haitang himself first put on a face towel, saying, "For patients with large wounds, repeated suppuration and failure to heal are largely due to infection by external viruses, invasion of evil into the blood, or improper handling of bleeding, resulting in blood stasis and the formation of blood stasis, qi stagnation and fire transformation, leading to fever. Therefore, we need to treat both the internal and external conditions."
After speaking, she took out a thin-bladed knife, cleaned it with strong alcohol, sprinkled the wound with anesthetic, and began to remove the rotten flesh for the wounded soldier. Haitang's hands were very skillful, and the small knife moved steadily, neither shallow nor deep. Several medical officers looked on with admiration, and even Tang Yu nodded secretly.
Yukari performed external debridement and then brought out both topical and oral medications, explaining the ingredients of the medicine and her thought process for the combination. Inspired by her, Wen and Tang also offered their opinions, leading to a lively discussion. A nearby physician brought paper and pen to jot down the suggested dosages of the herbs mentioned.
At night, Haitang handed a bottle of medicine to Xie Ruinang and giggled, "Ruinang, before you start drinking tomorrow, take this medicine with plain water first. It will keep you sober after a hundred cups!" Xie Ruinang tucked the medicine into his sleeve and then pulled Haitang into his arms.
“既到了宣府镇，不如，我这就去求岳父大人，把你许配给我吧！”谢睿樘低下头，小声对怀里的海棠说。海棠噗呲笑了：“你爹没同意，我爹怎敢应你！”
Xie Ruinian hooked up the chin of the Begonia with his index finger and said seriously, "Silly girl, I will definitely make my father agree." Yes, Princess Yilan has already been promised in marriage, so the matter of refusing the marriage has passed. If he goes back this time to discuss merit and reward, he will beg the emperor to grant the marriage, in order to marry before Cheng Xiangjin becomes the wife of the Duke of Xian.
For three consecutive days, he drank heavily, asking only a few irrelevant questions each day. Wang Yue had a vague feeling that Duan Wang was up to something, but he had no evidence.
There was no movement inside or outside the Xuanfu, and every time he woke up, the Duan brothers were still asleep. Hmph! Two idiots! They thought they had some influence, but it seems that Duan Wang's past military achievements were probably all achieved through drinking.
Wang Yue did not know that at this moment, Cheng Yu had already secretly obtained the news about Feng Mingze.
Feng Mingze was brought all the way east by a Tatar from a tribe and has already left the area of Xuanfu Town. Because he burned the drawings of the Tatar's weapons while the Tatar was not paying attention, the Tatar wanted to force him to redraw them, so he temporarily did not kill him.
“你别想一死了之！我们早有探子来报，你这个副将就是负责兵器制造，尤其精通火器。你若老老实实画出来，我们就放了你，否则，让你生不如死！”鞑靼将军恨恨说到。
That picture is another type of weapon sold by the Divine Machinery Camp to the Tatars. Because some of the part data is fuzzy, craftsmen cannot make it. They finally seized an opportunity to ambush and capture Feng Mingze.
There was a stove burning in the tent, so they only let Feng Mingze wear a single shirt and barefoot. Outside was a world of ice and snow, if Feng Mingze wanted to escape from the tent, it would be a dead end. When traveling by car, they made him wrapped in heavy felt, even just running with this bed of felt, he would be exhausted after just ten steps.
Dong Haoran led Ling Feng, Ling Xue, and An Qing to search eastward along the border.
They are going to bring back Feng Mingze!