Outside Yangzhou City, by the banks of the Yangtze River at Old Duck Beach, the night was dark.
Fang Er led the team himself, with Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, and others accompanying him.
From a distance, they could see the flickering firelight emanating from a village.
The people were held captive there.
The village was guarded, seemingly by river bandits employed by the Liu family.
In front of a torch-bearing squad, ordinary river bandits like these could only dream of putting up any meaningful resistance.
In less than half an hour, the blood of over two hundred river bandits stained the滩涂 and the river surface.
Qing Xue, Yang Luoyue, and the thirteen missing physicians were all rescued.
However, their condition was not good.
Three dead, six severely wounded, and four lightly wounded!
Not a single one was unharmed!
Back at the Divine Spear Army camp, Zhang Gongjin was still interrogating others.
"Get out of the way!"
Fang Er, his face a mask of fury, shoved him aside and, without a word, drew his Gatling gun, aimed it at the seventy-odd members of the Liu family, and savagely pulled the trigger.
"Rat-a-tat-tat..."
"Holy hell, brother, the confessions, the confessions aren't finished yet..."
Zhang Gongjin was stunned.
"What confessions! Go look at those girls outside and tell them about confessions!"
Fang Er retorted unceremoniously.
These girls, after years of studying medicine, though their skills weren't the most advanced,
had delivered countless infants into this world with their own hands!
How many pregnant women and newborns had been saved from the tragedy of losing both mother and child because of them!
These people before them deserved to die ten times over!
These girls were causing the population of the Eight Heavenly Constellations of the Grasslands to grow at a rate of twenty percent annually, a terrifying number!
If they were thrown outside the Shenyang Hospital and their crimes were made public, the grassland tribes would tear them apart!
"Fine, you have more guns, you call the shots..."
Facing such a Fang Er, Zhang Gongjin could only shrug helplessly.
"Whirrrrrr....... "
Having emptied a thousand-round belt, Fang Er casually tossed aside the spent Gatling gun and shouted outwards.
"Someone, clear this mess out!"
"And there's a prefect of Huzhou. Su Dingfang, you and Xue Rengui go and bring him back for me!"
"Duke, should we seek His Majesty's approval?" Su Dingfang asked uncertainly from the side.
"Hmm?"
Fang Er shot him a glare upon hearing this.
"Go, go, go, what approval? Kill him first!" Xue Rengui quickly dragged Su Dingfang away.
Su Dingfang: .........
Holy hell, is this how they conduct their business?
This is a fifth-rank official, and they're seizing him without seeking approval?
Several barracks were cleared in the camp, and Qing Xue and Yang Luoyue were settled in them.
The three who had died were also there.
Changsun Ling'er and Zhang Yuanshuang rushed over upon hearing the news. Upon seeing the pale faces on the sickbeds, their eyes immediately welled up.
The two girls, along with other sisters, stayed by their side, taking care of them until dawn before leaving with peace of mind.
Early the next morning, dozens of gold-panning ships streaked in from the east, landing in the training grounds of the Divine Spear Camp.
Fang Er and Zhang Gongjin arrived upon hearing the news.
Wang Xuance was "unloading" old men from the gold-panning ships. Seeing them, he quickly went to greet them.
"Reporting to the Duke!"
"Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing!"
"Ge Hong, Qian Yi, Li Shizhen!"
"And Huangfu Mi, Ma Xilin, Ye Tianshi!"
"Your subordinate has invited them all!"
Fang Er was overjoyed at this and looked at the group of old men not far away, feeling incredibly happy.
These individuals, plus Sun Simiao, all ten of China's most renowned physicians were present.
And not just one of each!
Fang Er roughly counted them, and there were at least thirty to fifty of these old gentlemen!
With them here, he believed the plague in Yangzhou would no longer be a problem.
Zhang Gongjin, on the other hand, was completely stunned.
"You, you, you're saying those old men are the legendary divine doctors??"
He had also experienced crossing over to a parallel world.
But he had never imagined that Fang Er could bring over such prominent figures!
"Hahaha, surprised, aren't you?"
Fang Er gently patted his shoulder and then took out his walkie-talkie, heading towards the divine doctors.
"Old Sun, I've found the people you asked for!"
"Hurry to the training grounds!"
Sun Simiao was still examining the female physicians who had been rescued yesterday and was unaware of the situation here.
"Junior Fang Anzhi pays his respects to all senior masters of medicine!"
Upon approaching, Fang Er bowed respectfully to Hua Tuo and the others.
"I apologize for presumptuously sending for you all; I hope you will not blame me."
Among the crowd, Li Shizhen, Ye Tianshi, and other prominent figures from after the Tang Dynasty quickly moved aside, not accepting his bow.
Bian Que accepted it calmly, and Zhang Zhongjing stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.
Only one person, with an unhappy expression, stared at him and let out a cold snort.
"Hmph!"
"Is this how you invite someone?"
"Look at the injuries on my body!"
Fang Er was stunned and only then noticed that the elder opposite him had his left arm bandaged.
He quickly questioned Wang Xuance, "What's going on here?"
Wang Xuance looked embarrassed, "Reporting to the Duke, this is Senior Hua Tuo from world 03."
"When your subordinate went to invite him, I accidentally killed Cao Cao."
"The senior's left arm was grazed by a ricochet."
"Pia....... "
Fang Er slapped him backhand upon hearing this.
"What are you doing? Apologize to Senior Hua Tuo at once!"
Wang Xuance, covering the back of his head, said with a bitter smile, "Your subordinate has already apologized all the way here, but Senior Hua Tuo refuses to forgive him."
"Hmph! If you don't even know where you went wrong, why should I forgive you?" Hua Tuo looked at him with a disapproving gaze.
Wang Xuance was taken aback, "Isn't it because your subordinate accidentally injured you?"
"Bang!"
Fang Er kicked him aside.
Then he cupped his hands in a salute to Hua Tuo and said with a chuckle, "Senior, are you perhaps upset about Wang Xuance accidentally killing Cao Cao?"
Hua Tuo raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "At least you've met someone who understands!"
For a doctor, watching their patient being killed in front of them was like being slapped in the face.
It was no wonder he was so angry.
Fang Er, with a wry smile, apologized again.
"Senior Hua Tuo, do you know that you yourself died at the hands of Cao Cao?"
Hua Tuo was stunned........
There was such a thing?
Just then, a hearty laugh echoed from a distance.
"Hahahaha, this humble Taoist has finally found you all!"
"Junior Sun Simiao pays his respects to all seniors!"
Saying this, he had already arrived before them.
Hua Tuo, Bian Que, and Zhang Zhongjing stared at him for a while.
Li Shizhen and the other divine doctors from after the Tang Dynasty quickly came forward to pay their respects.
"Junior Li Shizhen!"
"Qian Yi, Ye Tianshi!"
".........."
"Pays respects to the King of Medicine!"