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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 181: Zhengwei Medical Center

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    After a while, Lin Qirong and Yao Yuan arrived with two generals under their command. The two generals were Chen Zhiming and Li Tianxi. These two people had survived the battle with Hong Yun'er in the temple destruction, and had gone through all the battles.  , and then stayed in Jiujiang with Lin Qirong, and his meritorious service has been promoted to division commander. This time, the troops of the West Palace marched eastward. Lin Qirong led two generals and 10,000 troops to march eastward. Jiujiang left 5,000 troops to guard it, and then handed it over to the East Palace.  .  After Lin Qirong's troops arrived in Wuxi, he left five thousand soldiers and horses to follow Chen Yucheng to guard Wuxi. He, Hong Yun'er and Yao Yuan rushed to Suzhou for reinforcements. After arriving in Suzhou, they heard that the Western King was leading a partial division to attack Shanghai. Zuo Zongtang was worried about the Western King.  The troops were weak, so Hong Yun'er and Lin Qirong led the troops to Shanghai to support them.

    Chen Zhiming and Li Tianxi both joined the Taiping Army in Hunan and experienced several battles, especially in the battle with Hong Yun'er in the ruined temple. They fought with Yao Yuan to the death and defended the Queen of the West to the death.  and will have been greatly tested, and they will naturally be reused after surviving.

    Since the capture of Changsha, the number of troops in the West Palace has increased sharply from thousands to 100,000. The old brothers from Guangxi and many recruits from Hunan have become the backbone of the troops in the West Palace. There are many people like Li Tianxi who have been promoted very quickly.  After Li Tianxi was tempered in the flames of war, he was no longer the common man who worried about raising a bucket of rice and grain, but became a division commander in charge of more than 2,000 people.  

    And Yao Yuan was promoted to the chief rescue officer of the West Palace, with the same title. According to the understanding of later generations, he was the director of the Military Logistics General Hospital. Everywhere he went, Yao Yuan visited famous local doctors and invited famous doctors and doctors from all over the place to join the rescue hall.  In the past few months, the hospital has dispatched a large number of emergency rescuers to various armies to serve as field doctors and paramedics, which has greatly developed the medical system of the West Palace and provided care for wounded soldiers on the battlefield.  , the proportion of wounded soldiers in the West Palace who died of serious injuries was greatly reduced.  Yao Yuan contributed greatly to this.

    The development of the Jingwei Museum is also inseparable from abundant funds. After Xiao Yungui made a fortune in Yuezhou, he allocated more than 100,000 taels of silver to the Jingwei Museum. Everywhere the Taiping Army went, they recruited famous doctors.  , doctors, and invited them to join the Taiping Army with high salaries. At the same time, they actively purchased medicinal materials, medical books, and various prescriptions wherever they went, which greatly improved the medical level of the West Palace Hospital.

    After the four people entered the tent, they bowed to the King of the West. Xiao Yungui smiled and ordered the four of them to sit down. Before Xiao Yungui could say anything, Yao Yuan rushed to say, "The King of the West." Just now, my subordinates saw the Queen of the West leading more than a dozen people.  There are foreigners wandering around the camp, are they foreign missionaries?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded and Yao Yuan said happily: "King Xi, can you let your subordinates talk to those foreigners? I heard in Wuxi that there are big differences between Western medical skills and our Chinese medical skills, and these foreign missionaries are also setting up clinics in Shanghai.  We went to the hospital. I want to talk to them about Western medicine."

    Xiao Yungui, Lin Qirong and others all laughed. Everyone knew that Yao Yuan was addicted to saving dangerous officials.  Obsessed with medical skills.  When they see novel medical skills, they often rush forward to ask for advice.  Generally speaking, in addition to preaching, foreign missionaries also established modern schools and hospitals. For example, Luo Weilin also opened a hospital in Zhoushan.  The missionaries' approach was similar to that of the Yellow Turbans uprising in the past. Zhang Jiao also donated doctors and medicines while spreading his teachings.  It's just that Western medical techniques are too radical compared to Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to treating the root cause and improving the body's own resistance by regulating the human body.  thereby curing the disease.  Western medicine pays attention to treating the symptoms, directly prescribing the right medicine, and relieving the patient's pain through drugs and surgery. Although the effect is quick, there are also side effects on the human body.

    When Yao Yuan was in Wuxi, he heard that there were foreign missionaries in Shanghai who could also treat diseases, so he made up his mind to follow him to Shanghai to experience Western medical skills.  Seeing everyone laughing, Yao Yuan said seriously: "King Xi, medical skills are very serious. The proficiency of medical skills lies in constantly consulting with famous teachers and experts. Since those foreign brothers understand medical skills, my subordinates naturally want to ask them for advice."  Two, what¡¯s so funny?¡±

    Xiao Yungui held back his laughter and said: "I am not laughing at you, but I am happy. Our Yao Yuan is obsessed with medical skills. That is a blessing for all of us. If you suffer from any illness in the future, we will not be able to trouble you. Then we will fight in front."  The enemy will feel more at ease." After saying this, Xiao Yungui thought for a while, Yao Yuan didn't lead troops in battles anymore, and asking him to stay to discuss military matters would not be of much use. His mind must have flown outside the tent.  Then he coughed lightly and said: "Well, I agree that you go out and ask foreigners for medical advice. You can discuss with them whether we can open a few more hospitals in Shanghai after we capture Shanghai, which include both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.  Yes, and also ask them if they can open some pharmaceutical factories together to make our Chinese herbal medicine into medicines, which will be convenient for marching and fighting, and also convenient for the common people to use."

    In fact, the first person to open a pharmaceutical factory in history was the famous Huizhou businessman Hu Xueyan. His Hu Qingyutang Pharmacy opened a cooked medicine bureau in Hangzhou in 1872, which was also a pharmaceutical factory.  After Hu Xueyan spent a lot of money to collect folk prescriptions, he refined them into medicines, which became very popular, such as Hu's Peeling Pill,Drugs such as Zhuge Xingjun Powder, Babaohong Lingdan, Xiaochaihudan and so on have always been popular in the Qing Dynasty.

    ?? Necessary medicines for military marches. Many medicines like Xiaobuihudan have been passed down to later generations and are still used.  Hu Xueyan promoted China's pharmaceutical industry and was also known as the King of Medicine in Jiangnan.

    But things are different now. Xiao Yungui has Yao Yuan under his command, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom¡¯s medical system is also very complete. He must promote the construction of pharmaceutical factories. It is really inconvenient to carry Chinese herbal medicine during the march. Every time he goes to a place, the current procurement sometimes  When encountering a shortage situation, it is better to open a pharmaceutical factory by yourself and make Chinese herbal medicine into finished products. Firstly, it is easy to carry during the march. Secondly, it can be regarded as a commodity and can make money in the future. Thirdly, it can promote the development of Chinese medicine.  Modern development is very necessary.  So Xiao Yungui handed this matter over to Yao Yuan. Anyway, this kid also likes to do this.

    Yao Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this. He stood up and clasped his fists to accept the order and was about to leave. Just as Zhou Lichun and his daughter and several generals of the Qingpu Rebel Army came into the tent, Xiao Yungui stopped Yao Yuan again and said: "The Qingpu Rebel Army has newly joined our Kingdom of Heaven, and there is a lack of medical code officers in the army.  He Zheng is in danger, how many people will you bring? First, half of the people will go to the Qingpu Rebel Army to treat the wounded and sick rebel brothers."

    Yao Yuan immediately accepted the order. Zhou Lichun and others were moved when they heard this. They were all farmers. In daily life, they would use country soil to treat any ailments themselves, or just endure it. It was unexpected that there were still many people in the Taiping Army.  There are specialized military doctors, and as soon as the King of the West came, he assigned half of the military doctors to the rebel army. He treated the Qingpu rebel army without distinction, so they were naturally grateful.

    Zhou Lichun and others thanked the Queen of the West. Yao Yuan and Zhou Lichun agreed to send someone there later. After that, Yao Yuan hurriedly left the tent to chase Hong Yun'er and the missionaries.

    After Yao Yuan left, Xiao Yungui introduced Lin Qirong, Chen Zhiming, Li Tianxi and Zhou Lichun to each other. After a few polite words to each other, the Taiping Army generals and Qingpu Rebel Army generals sat down to discuss military matters.

    Zhou Xiuying didn't know whether it was because of the pain in her buttocks after being beaten or because of Zhou Lichun's tutoring. She didn't sit down. She just stood behind Zhou Lichun. Seeing Xiao Yungui's glance at her buttocks unintentionally, Zhou Xiuying couldn't bear it.  He lowered his head and his face turned slightly red.

    "Reinforcements from Suzhou have arrived tonight. Our army has nearly 10,000 troops and horses. We have sufficient artillery, equipment, and food. Now that we have enough troops and food, I want to change my deployment, encircle Shanghai City, and then capture Shanghai." Xiao Yungui looked at him.  Withdrawing from Zhou Xiuying's hips, he coughed lightly and said slowly: "Currently, we occupy the south and west of Shanghai City. I want to divide our troops to go east and north, attacking Wusong and Baoshan along the way, Minhang, Zhoupu, and  In Chuansha, Gaoqiao and other places, the two armies finally met across the river at Wusongkou of the Huangpu River, established an artillery array, and completed the blockade of the Huangpu River so that Qing ships could not enter the Huangpu River!"

    Xiao Yungui had previously been forced to divide his forces to attack the south and west of Shanghai due to insufficient troops. Although the Qingpu rebels had five to six thousand people, after looking at their formation during the day, they found that the combat effectiveness of these rebels was about the same as that of the Qing army, so they could only  To build momentum for the Taiping Army.  Later, when Hong Yun'er and Lin Qirong arrived with reinforcements, Xiao Yungui immediately became rich. After looking at the map of the current Shanghai area, Xiao Yungui knew that in order to capture Shanghai, land and water transportation must be cut off and Shanghai be isolated.  Especially the waterway of the Huangpu River, with many sand ships and merchant ships plying on it, Wu Jianzhang would definitely ask for reinforcements from the Qing army in Jiangbei, Fujian and other places. If the Qing army reinforcements from these places came to Shanghai by waterway to support them, then soldiers, firearms, money and food would be  It will reach Shanghai continuously from the Huangpu River.

    Moreover, the Guangdong Navy has arrived in Xiamen and may arrive in Shanghai one day. Xiao Yungui does not want the reinforcements of the Qing army to suddenly arrive during the siege, causing the siege to fail. The best way is to use the strength of the two sides of the strait to  The artillery array blocked Wusongkou.

    Before Shanghai opened as a port, Suzhou River was always called Wusong River. However, after Shanghai opened as a port, foreigners discovered that they could take a boat from this river to Suzhou, so they called it Suzhou River.  But Chinese officials have always called this river Wusongjiang, so the name Wusongjiang has never changed.  Before the Ming Dynasty, the Wusong River was the main outlet for Taihu Lake, and the Huangpu River was its tributary.  At that time, the lower reaches of the Wusong River roughly ran from Beixinjing through today's Caoyang Xincun to Tanziwan, then to the northeast from Qiujiang Road to Qiujiang Wharf, and then along the section of Huangpu River north of today's Fuxing Island to exit at Dazipukou (later renamed Wusongkou).  Yangtze.  At that time, Huangpu originally passed through Shanghaipu (today's Hongkou Port) and flowed into the Wusong River (this place was once called Huangpukou) near today's Jiaxing Road Bridge.

    In the early Ming Dynasty, due to the severe siltation of the Wusong River and the siltation of Huangpukou, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs at that time, dredged the tributaries on the north and south banks of the Wusong River, diverted water from Taihu Lake into the Liuhe River, and Bai Mao directly poured into the Yangtze River (Songsong into Liuhe), and then dredged  Fanjiabang in the northeast of Shanghai County caused the Huangpu to flow northwest from Fuxing Island to Wusongkou and join the Yangtze River. After that, Wusongkou actually became the Huangpukou, so there is a saying that "Huangpu seizes Song". After that, Wusongjiang River gradually became secondary  status.

    ?Hearing this, all the generals nodded in agreement. Zhou Lichun was from Shanghai and was familiar with Wusongkou. He stood up and said, "King of the West, our Qingpu Rebel Army is familiar with all parts of Shanghai and is willing to lead the way." (To be continued.)
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