The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

So, he hurried forward, supported Li Feng, and asked distressedly: "General, you must be in pain after such a serious injury. Someone come!"

After saying this, he waved to the soldiers and said, "Go and ask the military doctor to come and treat the general!"

“Yes!” the soldier agreed and ran out.

Cui Zhu smiled and looked at Li Feng and asked, "May I ask your name, General, and where do you live?"

Li Feng was confused by Cui Zhu's series of actions. Why was Cui Zhu so polite to him and why did he find a doctor to treat his injuries?

Thinking of this, he raised his head proudly and said coldly: "I will not change my name or surname! I am Li Feng, the garrison commander of Shalan!"

"Oh? It's General Li Feng! My apologies! I've heard of the general's great name for a long time, and seeing him today, I can see he's truly worthy of his reputation!"

"Someone, come! Untie General Li! Wait!"

"Yes! Yes!" the soldier agreed, quickly untied Li Feng and asked him to sit down.

At this time, the soldier came in with a military doctor, who hurried forward to salute Cui Zhu.

Cui Zhu waved his hand and said, "No need to be so polite. Hurry and treat General Li!"

“Yes!” The military doctor agreed and immediately began to treat Li Feng’s arrow wound.

The medical level at that time was very limited. There were neither anesthetics nor anti-inflammatory drugs to treat various injuries.

It all depends on a person's good physical fitness and tenacious vitality.

If you have good physical fitness, you may be able to get through it.

People with poor health will suffer from wound infection and suppuration, leading to fever and inflammation, and eventually death.

The trauma medicines used by military doctors are not as effective as modern medicines.

Li Feng was so frightened by the action of the military doctor pulling out the arrow that he grimaced.

As the pain intensified, his body trembled involuntarily and his teeth chattered.

Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down his forehead.

Seeing this, Cui Zhu quickly wiped him gently with his handkerchief.

An hour later, Li Feng's wound was finally bandaged. Due to excessive blood loss, he lay powerless on the ground.

Cui Zhu quickly ordered his men to carry Li Feng to the camp bed and asked his subordinates to change him into clean clothes.

After the military doctor and soldiers left, Li Feng asked Cui Zhu in confusion, "Cui Zhu! Why did you treat me like this?"

Cui Zhu smiled and said, "General Li, I am very pleased to see that you are a formidable general."

"Therefore, Cui is interested in recruiting him for his own use. I wonder if the general would be willing to do so?"

Li Feng didn't say anything. He was thinking. Now he had brought out 10,000 of Gao Hou's 20,000 soldiers.

There are only more than 10,000 people left in the city, and Shalan City is definitely not able to be defended.

Now that he has been captured again, his life will be in danger if he does not surrender.

But Gao Hou was also good to me. If I defected to Cui Zhu, how could I repay his kindness in recognizing my talent?

Seeing his hesitation, Cui Zhu tried to persuade him, saying, "General Li, there's a saying that goes, 'A wise man is one who knows the current affairs of the time, a wise bird chooses the tree to roost in, a wise minister chooses the master to serve.'"

"I advise the general not to be like Yu Zhong and waste his life in vain."

"If the general is willing to obey Cui, I will not let him down."

"General, if you wish to become an official, I, Cui, would like to recommend you to be the governor of Shalan City, or to accompany me in the court. What do you think?"

Li Feng was a little moved after hearing this. Yes, if he didn't agree, he would definitely die. Without his life, everything would be over.

Well, you'd better save your life first. Only if you are alive will you have the opportunity to make other plans. If you lose your life, what else can you talk about?

Thinking of this, he pretended to be humble and said, "Master Cui, I, Li Feng, am a defeated general. How could I deserve your respect?"

Cui Zhu waved his hand and said, "Ah, General, you are wrong. As the saying goes, it is easy to get thousands of soldiers but hard to find a good general."

"In the future, if Cui can get the general's help, he will surely achieve greater things."

Li Feng nodded: "In that case, Master Cui, then, Li Feng will respectfully obey your command."

After saying this, he endured the pain and got off the ground, kowtowed to Cui Zhu several times and said: "Please rest assured, my lord, Li Feng will be yours from now on."

"As long as you give the order, I will go through fire and water and never refuse!"

Good! Cui Zhu hurriedly helped Li Feng up and said, "General Li, you should recuperate in the tent first. I will make arrangements for you after I capture Shalan City."

Cui Zhu was very happy to have Li Feng surrender. He immediately ordered his army to rest for a day and attack the city the next day.

In the government office of the Shalan City Magistrate, Gao Hou did not sleep all night. He listened to the shouting and killing outside the city and was anxious and restless.

But it was already dawn, and Li Feng still hadn't returned to the city with his army.

So he called one of his subordinates and asked him to find out the news outside the city.

A quarter of an hour later, the subordinate ran in in a panic, shouting in panic: "Master! Something bad has happened to you, sir!"

Gao Hou was startled and immediately trembled with fear. A sense of foreboding came over him. He grabbed his subordinate's hand and asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Tell me quickly!"

"My Lord! General Li Feng and his ten thousand soldiers were completely defeated by Cui Zhu last night! The entire army was wiped out!"

Ah! Gao Hou was horrified after hearing this. Immediately, his blood pressure rose to 250. His eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground and fainted.

When the general saw that Gao Hou had fainted, he immediately sent someone to find a doctor, and then he ordered his men to carry Gao Hou to the bed.

The doctor was led by the yamen runner into the room quickly. After examining Gao Hou, he shook his head.

The general hurriedly asked, "Doctor Zhao, how is the lord?"

Doctor Zhao sighed and said, "Alas, General, it is because of Lord Gao's anger that his blood is rushing up."

"It caused him to suffer from rheumatism. Look, Mr. Gao's mouth is crooked and his eyes are slanted."

"Even if he wakes up, I'm afraid he won't be able to control his limbs."

"I can't even communicate with normal people through words. I might end up lying in bed for the rest of my life."

The general became even more panicked upon hearing this. He kept pacing around the room: "What should I do?"

At this time, the other subordinates heard that Gao Hou was ill and came to visit him.

When they saw Gao Hou like this, they all started talking in panic.

"My dear brothers, look at this. Lord Gao is so ill, and Cui Zhu's army is besieging him from outside."

"There's no one in charge of the affairs of this city. I wonder if you brothers have any good ideas to solve this urgent problem?"

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

At this time, another of Gao Hou's confidants stood up, bowed to the crowd and said, "Everyone! Lord Gao has treated us very well."

"He's in trouble now, and we can't just sit back and watch."

"I suggest that we continue to defend the city and wait for reinforcements from the State of Lu!"

At this time, they did not know that the State of Lu had refused to provide aid to Shalan City.