The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 971 "If it can't be cured, burn it."

Before Lao Shi could return from Guazhou, Li San Niang encountered an even greater crisis!

Li San Niang is currently administering acupuncture to her junior brother Shaoyang. The day before yesterday, when Shaoyang was treating a sick member of a foreign merchant caravan, he was scratched on the face by a Sogdian man who was afraid of acupuncture.

Although the wound was cleaned on the spot, Li San Niang even used strong liquor to wipe the wound of her junior brother from Shaoyang.
However, they discovered that their junior brother from Shaoyang had developed a fever that night.

Even if we included all the physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau branches, plus Li San Niang, Shao Yang's junior brother, and Qiu Xiang;

Even with fewer than thirty people working tirelessly day and night, it would be impossible for them to take care of hundreds of people in the quarantine area in just over ten days!
Now, both He Lichun and Shao Yang are not feeling well. Even if they force themselves to do things, how can they be efficient?
Li San Niang was still comforting her junior brother from Shaoyang, who was lying on the straw mat feeling dizzy from the heat, when suddenly Qiu Xiang rushed in from outside: "San Niangzi! Some Hu merchants have broken through the fence and are trying to rush out into the desert!"

Upon hearing this, Li San Niang was truly enraged.

But she first comforted her junior brother Shaoyang before grabbing the gold needle pouch beside her and turning to run outside with Qiu Xiang.

Under the moonlight, over a hundred Hu people brandished wooden sticks and curved swords, confronting the Tang army.

Someone roared in broken Chinese: "The Tang people want to burn us alive! We have no chance of survival if we break out!"

"Why are we being detained?!"

A Sogdian merchant brandished a scimitar and roared in broken Chinese, "We're leaving!"

"Yes! Let us go!"

The Hu people from other caravans joined in the shouting, and some even started walking towards the entrance of the quarantine zone.

An Yan was shoved into the crowd, his face flushed as he shouted, "Don't believe them!"
Dr. Li is truly saving lives! People in Tang Dynasty are saving lives!

They are there.

An Yan was punched to the ground before he could finish speaking.

He lay on the ground to see who had hit him, but even with the moonlight and firelight shining on him, the person who hit him vanished in an instant.

An Yan could only rub his sore nose and get up again. He was looking for his uncle, An Randian.

At this point, he no longer cared about anyone else; he only wanted to escape with his uncle from these bewildered barbarians.

Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang ran outside and coldly watched as more than a hundred Hu people, waving torches, rushed toward the entrance of the quarantine zone. Suddenly, she stopped.

She knew that saying anything at this point would be useless.

Only blood could stop these terrified barbarians from their tracks.

These Hu people didn't know, or rather, they didn't care—once they were let go, the plague would spread like wildfire throughout the Hexi Corridor.

Li San Niang looked at Gong Xiangwu, who was riding a horse in the distance.

"Archer."

Gong Xiangwu's voice wasn't loud, but it silenced everyone.

A series of neat "swish" sounds rang out.

Fifty archers drew their bows to the limit, arrows aimed at the restless crowd.

"Take one more step forward and shoot them on the spot."

Gong Xiangwu said this while looking at the group of nonsensical Hu people in front of him.

The Hu people leading the way froze in their tracks.

Suddenly, one of the Sogdians, about six feet tall and wielding a scimitar, roared with a ferocious expression, "Charge out! They won't dare!"

"Whoosh!"

An arrow pierced through Hu Han's wrist.

Gong Xiangwu sheathed his bow: "Say it again!"
Put down the knife, stay, and treat the illness according to the Tang Code;
Those who flee will be executed on the spot as bandits!

The Hu people became restless as they looked at the Han man's wrist, which had been pierced by an arrow.

The Hu man, whose wrist had been pierced and whose scimitar had fallen, suddenly roared again, picking up the scimitar with his left hand and shouting, "Charge!"

He then raised his knife and charged forward.

"Fire arrows."

Gong Xiangwu gave the order.

As he rode on his horse, he slowly drew his long sword from his waist, watching the rioting barbarians ahead.

Whoosh!
The first arrow pierced the throat of the Hu man.

After a brief pause, the scimitar landed again, and Hu Han collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

After one volley of arrows, a second volley fell, and more than a dozen Hu and Han soldiers who were at the forefront all fell into pools of blood.

The arrows, whistling through the air, had already claimed many lives in just three volleys.

By the time these Hu people reached the exit, nearly a third of them were still on the road; some were already dead, while others were still crying out.

Gong Xiangwu, leading two hundred soldiers armed with long swords, was waiting at the exit.

A bloody battle is about to break out!
With long swords wielded and warhorses charging, a life was taken in just a few breaths.

These barbarians, who hadn't yet succumbed to the plague, were now falling to the Tang army's long swords. Li Sanniang and Qiu Xiang watched from behind; Li Sanniang knew that this was something they would all have to go through sooner or later.

This isn't modern society, where you can present facts and reason things out, and organize and discipline everyone to unite and overcome difficulties together!

This is the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago!
In less than fifteen minutes, Gong Xiangwu shook off the blood from his sword and sheathed it.

From the courtyard inside the quarantine zone to the gate, a distance of only three zhang (approximately 1.3 meters), there were scattered, lifeless corpses.

There are men and women, old and young.

Li Sanniang walked down the steps, stepping over the pool of blood, and stood before the humiliated Hu survivors huddled together.

"Konada is dead, but seven of his companions survived!"

She stood between Gong Xiangwu and his group and the Hu people, with Qiu Xiang standing behind her.

A bared-chested, black-spotted man suddenly rushed out from the crowd: "Liar!"
My brother was burned by you this morning!

"He's sick, and he can't be saved!"

"If you don't burn him down, do you expect the entire population of Yumen Pass, and even the entire population of Guazhou, to pay for your brother's death?!"

At this moment, An Yan stepped forward and grabbed the Hu man with black spots on his clothes.

Where can we escape to?
In your current state, with no water or medicine in the desert, how could you possibly survive if you escaped?
Certain death!

Dr. Li and his colleagues are really saving lives!

Really!

Those who were burned to death had already died from illness!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Sanniang shouted, "What An Yan said is true. Are you going to lead the others to their deaths?"

"If you want to live, then stay put."

Li Sanniang glanced at the corpse on the ground, her voice hoarse, "Do not resist!"
This is the Tang Dynasty!
If our Great Tang Dynasty wanted to kill you, we would have sent troops long ago!

Why wait until now!
You all stay here and behave yourselves. When the time comes, those of you who have recovered will be personally escorted out of the pass.

The Hu-Han man who could speak Mandarin looked up at Li San Niang with trembling hands and asked, "...What if you get sick and can't be cured?"

Li Sanniang looked towards the direction of the huge mass grave in the distance, "If someone is sick, then get treatment."

She paused, then said, "If it can't be cured, then burn it."

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