A Mistaken Marriage Match – A Generation of Military Counselor

Chapter 14

A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-1

It’s Sunday night in Melbourne now. I really don’t want tomorrow to come. I still want to rest 0O0. Yet, life must go on. I’m releasing two parts tonight and will release 3 more before next week is over. Enjoy and have a wonderful week. This batch (like always) is edited by Remy :) Thanks, girl!

“Ah…”

A low moan from the inside the tent made Su Ren’s heart sink. Big brother always didn’t let the doctor to use general anesthetic every time he got injured. Every time, he always stubbornly endured the pain. People in the battlefield got injured very frequently. However, he had never seen his brother hurt like this before. Su Ren’s heart was worried. Finally, he couldn’t help himself and went into the tent.

Inside, two soldiers were tightly pressing on Su Ling’s shoulders. His army uniform and face were splattered with blood. Su Ling was half-lying on the bed. There were traces of plum-red blood on his back and a deep dent on his right shoulder. Su Ling rapidly panted, his hands tightly clutched the edges of the bed. His complexion was very pale, alarming people, and his forehead was covered in sweat. Meanwhile, his face became twisted because of the pain. Su Ren asked, “Doctor, how could this have happened?”

One doctor was helping to tend Su Ling’s wound while another doctor was holding the bloodied short arrow. Putting it on a towel, the doctor gave a long sigh before replying, “It’s almost done; the short arrow has been pulled out. Please be a.s.sured, Commander. After this, the handling of the wound won’t be a problem.”

Walking closer to see, Su Ren’s eyes flashed slightly. This arrow was really tricky. It had a five-inch length and was covered in blood. On the arrow, there were many fine hooks. Looking at it made him tremble. This kind of arrow didn’t penetrate out of the body. Every movement would have made the hook penetrate deeper into the muscle. No wonder the doctors were tending the wound for so long!

After much hard work, the wound stopped bleeding. The doctors carefully applied the dressing onto the wound. Su Ling finally loosened his fist. Facing Su Ren, Su Ling asked, “How is that woman?”

He didn’t think that the first sentence his big brother asked would be about Qing Mo. He hesitated for a moment and then replied, “She… She went to see Han Shu.” If he let big brother know she went to the rainforest, Su Ling would be really annoyed.

With two eyebrows pressed together, Su Ling asked icily, “Ask her to come to my tent.” When did she become so close to Han Shu? This would be the first time she met him! He didn’t know what was the source of his anger, but the final result was that he wasn’t happy.

Su Ren was slightly surprised and faked a smile, “Big Brother, you have been injured so heavily. Please have a good rest. Meeting sister-in-law tomorrow won’t be too late!”

Sensing something fishy, Su Ling squinted, “Where did she go?”

Su Ren didn’t know how to reply. Su Ling lost his patience and growled, “Speak.”

Deliberately concealing some facts, Su Ren evasively said, “She went into the rainforest. She said that she wanted to train the soldiers on how to stay in the rainforest at nighttime.”

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-2

“She wanted to stay in the rainforest tonight? Does she want to die?!” Su Ling quickly rose up, wanting to sit up. However, just because of a move, his shoulder started to bleed again.

The doctors were frightened and said, “The wound was really deep. Please don’t randomly move, general!”

There was a lot of blood loss. A slight movement made his vision blur. Struggling to rise up, Su Ling growled at Su Ren, “Call her back!”

“Big brother?” Su Ren was stupefied by Su Ling’s temper. He knew that his big brother would get angry, but never did he think that his big brother would be this angry. Could it be that he was worried about impropriety?

He just reenacted ‘hero saves the beauty,’ now he was very anxious and angry. Did this mean Su Ling cared about her? Su Ren smilingly replied, “I’ve told Yu Shi Jun to accompany her. Just rest a.s.sured! The wound in her arm has been tended to. I saw that her spirit and body were pretty good, so you need not worry.”

The ‘understanding’ look on Su Ren face made Su Ling shudder. Impulsively he said, “When did I worry about her?!”

Su Ren lightly raised his eyebrows, making Su Ling become even more uncomfortable. He angrily roared, “All of you, go out!”

Fortunately, the doctors had finished bandaging his wound. Getting scolded by Su Ling like that, they didn’t dare to delay any longer and quickly retreated. Su Ren looked at him. He could still roar with so much strength. Su Ren could leave him without worrying, leaving behind Su Ling alone in the tent. Su Ling was lying on the bed. He must be crazy! It was just staying a night in the rainforest! Why should he care about what she was doing?!

Night in the rainforest was cold and wet, despite the five to six big bonfires on the ground. Gu Yun and Yu Shi Jun had gotten used to it, but the two doctors couldn’t help but shiver.

Yu Shi Jun anxiously asked, “Madam, Xu hour had arrived. Did they encounter some trouble?” In this kind of haunted place, once people had entered it, they wouldn’t forget about it for the rest of their lives. The last time, he got lost near Crow’s Valley, embarra.s.singly enough. They went deeper into the forest, and he didn’t know what kind of trouble they would encounter!

Gu Yun secretly thought the same, but her mouth could only calmly reply, “Just wait a little bit more.”

The time pa.s.sed by slowly; an hour in the rainforest had made some of them crazed. Not far, there was a flash of light. Yu Shi Jun alertly tightened his grip on his sword and shouted, “Who’s there?”

The light was becoming brighter, Gu Yun guessed they were coming back. However, there were ten groups, so she didn’t know which group was coming. She asked, “Who’s there? Quickly report your name!”

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-3

Today will be a single part update. So tired ¬o¬. I went to a Boxing circuit cla.s.s in Emporium Melbourne, innocently thought that I was going to be okay after the workout and could directly go to work afterward. Now, abs muscles are aching. Hiks hiks… Have any of you went to a boxing cla.s.s before? Did you experience the same thing? Okay, back to the post. Enjoy~~~

 

“Leng Xiao.” His voice sounded patently tired. As they gradually came closer, Leng Xiao called, “Boss, it’s me.”

Gu Yun secretly sighed. “At last, someone came back.”

The soldiers walked extremely slow. Gu Yun had a bad feeling, so she went and greeted them. She found sluggish faces in front of her, gradually relaxing after a long period of tension. Behind Leng Xiao, there were several soldiers carrying three to four people whose feet had got injured. Gu Yun squinted her eyes to look further. It looked like they stepped on a trap. Gu Yun shouted, “Doctors, tend their wound.”

“Yes.” The two doctors carried the medicine box away towards their direction.

The first group had come back, and they were now sitting in front of the bonfire, looking extremely tired. They didn’t speak a word. Gu Yun also didn’t tell them to line up. After today, they would start to understand what the rainforest was.

Arriving at Leng Xiao’s side, Gu Yun asked, “Did you encounter the rebels?”

Leng Xiao eyes were full of surprise and admiration. He didn’t say anything, yet she knew. “En, we encountered a group of cavalries. However, they looked like they went to get some water, so they didn’t bring any weapons. When we found them, they had gone back. It happened by a deep pond. Behind the pond, the vegetation grew vastly, but we didn’t pursue.”

Gu Yun satisfyingly looked at him, “En, you did well. Is the drawing okay?”

Nodding his head, Leng Xiao took out the drawing paper from the bag full of plant ashes. Leng Xiao’s drawing was quite detailed, even the small tributaries were drawn. Gu Yun asked, “Where did they disappear?”

Pointing at a specially marked place, Leng Xiao replied, “Here.”

Yu Shi Jun also came by and looked at the drawing. He happily replied, “If the rebels took the water from there, it means their lair is nearby. It seems like they didn’t hide very deep in the forest!” The madam was really smart. Putting the drawing in the middle of ashes would keep it dry. Unlike him, drawing them for a whole day for nothing!

Gu Yun’s eyes slightly widened. Shaking her head, she smilingly replied, “It is not necessarily true. They are very sly, they must have a backup plan. After all the drawings are complete, we can then carefully a.n.a.lyse and judge.”

In the middle of the discussion, there was a fire light again for afar. This group walked very fast, within minutes they arrived in front of Gu Yun and quickly replied, “Madam, quickly look at him.”

After speaking, a soldier was carried to her. His foot was swollen double its original size. Gu Yun frowned and quietly asked, “Did he get bitten by a snake?”

Luo Yan shook his head and replied, “Not a snake, but a small red-coloured worm!”

“How long ago was it?”

“About four hours ago.”

Although the foot was very swollen, he was still conscious after several hours and could still say ‘hurt’. Gu Yun was relieved and replied, “Fortunately, it wasn’t a life-threatening poison. Doctor, quickly tend his wound.”

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-4

Another hour had pa.s.sed, and all ten groups had returned. More or less, there were people who had gotten injured. Everything was between Gu Yun’s prediction. From the beginning she didn’t have much expectation, but Yu Shi Jun frowned a lot. This was the Su Army’s elite force. One full day hasn’t even pa.s.sed, yet they’d become like this. How could they fight the enemy later? What should the other (non-elite) force do?

After letting them rest for an incense time, Gu Yun loudly shouted, “Everybody, line up! Luo Yan, start counting the people.”

“Aye.”

Both their bodies and souls were extremely exhausted. However, being soldiers, they should follow superior’s order. Even though they didn’t feel like moving, they still had to move. At last, they started to crawl up from the ground and lined up.

After finishing his count, Luo Yan  reported back. In the middle, he encounter a small soldier who kept on scratching his back. Luo Yan quickly asked, “Fang Qing Hong, how can you keep moving when you are lining up?!” The small soldier was frightened and didn’t dare to move. However, his face looked so pitiful and in pain, it attracted Gu Yun’s attention.

Luo Yan was satisfied with his performance and strode to Gu Yun’s side, “Reporting to Madam, the troop…”

He was still speaking, but Gu Yun had shook her hand, signaling him to stop.

Walking to the small soldier, Gu Yun asked, “Your body is really unbearable, isn’t it?”

Fang Qing Hong strongly nodded his head but still didn’t dare to move.

The lad’s face was pale and his eyes look uncertain. Coming across one possible scenario, Gu Yun’s heart quivered and asked, “Turn your back.”

“Aye.” The lad quickly turned his back.

“Take off your upper clothes.”

The small soldier was hesitating. Madam was still a woman, in addition…

Not letting him hesitate for too long, Gu Yun commanded, “Take off! This is a military order.”

The small soldier was taken aback and quickly took off his upper clothes.

His back was exposed. Beside Gu Yun whose brows creased, Leng Xiao, Luo Yan and Yu Shi Jun simultaneously took in a long breath. Fang Qing Hong was facing the soldiers, making everyone else curious about the thing on his back that could make their superiors surprised to such an extent?

The long breaths he heard behind him made Fang Qing Hong nervous. He quickly turned and asked, “Madam, what’s wrong with me?”

Once he turned his back to face Gu Yun, his entire back was exposed to his fellow soldiers. This time the gasps behind him were even louder. In addition, many of them looked shocked, because…

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-5

There were 20 to 30 fatter-than-a-finger soft and squishy black worms stuck on his back. Upon closer inspection, those worms gradually turned red and became fatter as the time pa.s.sed…

Luo Yan regained his focus and quickly wanted to help him to pull off the worms, but Gu Yun said, “Stop!”

Luo Yan didn’t understand and looked at Gu Yun. However, he still stopped and stepped back.

Gu Yun was observing the worms on Fang Qing Hong back while saying, “Leng Xiao! Give me a torch and small branch stick.”

“Yes.” Leng Xiao quickly grabbed a torch and a stick. Gu Yun placed the fire close to Fang Qing Hong’s back. The soft worms quickly detached themselves. Under the firelight, they became red-blood pouches of water, making anyone who looked at them feel itchy. Many of them couldn’t help themselves and started scratching, worrying that worms were stuck somewhere on their bodies.

Holding the stick, Gu Yun was burning those soft worms while explaining, “These are leeches. They are commonly found on the edges of farms and fields. Many of you should have encountered them. However, this kind of leech is different from the one which lives on a farm. The rainforest is very humid, so they don’t need to live inside a water body. The gra.s.s nearby a body of water and the back of leaves provide a suitable environment for them to grow. To detach a leech, don’t use your hands to pull it, instead, use fire. It will disengage itself.”

Before it was too long, the leeches fell off. Luo Yan strode forward and stomped on them. The blood spattered all over the place, creating a heavy blood smell. Gu Yun continued to explain, “They access our skin through collars, pants, and sleeves, and then stick onto our skin. There they will draw blood. The more they draw blood, the bigger they grow. Before drawing blood, they were as thin as wild gra.s.s, but after drinking blood …” Without further explanation, everyone was clear of what would happen.

Seeing every one of them lingering with fear, Gu Yun said, “Okay, now all of you get into pairs and check each other’s back. Those with leeches on their back, please immediately go to one side.”

For a while, thousands of soldiers were looking for leeches. They found leeches on tens of soldiers’ backs, however, they weren’t as enormous as Fang Qing Hong’s leeches.

Liu Xing looked hesitant and suppressing his fear, he walked to Gu Yun’s side and quietly asked, “Boss, in case of no fire to roast them, what if we pulled them out?”

“The only thing that will get pulled is the body. Its head and sucker will still be attached onto our bodies. The wound will need a careful handling, or else it will ulcerate. In the rainforest, ulcerated wounds are very problematic,” Gu Yun slowly explained.

Liu Xing’s facial complexion whitened. His eyes were widely open, and his voice trembled, “Then how can the wound be handled properly?” Don’t say there is no cure…

Just as he finished his sentence, suddenly three to four hundred soldiers strode forward. Gu Yun was secretly taken back. She knew that there were leeches in the rainforests, but it wouldn’t be this many. That was why she forgot to warn them about it yesterday. In addition, leeches were not life-threatening. She really didn’t expect this many leeches here.

Secretly sighing, Gu Yun said, “Let me see the wounds.”

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-6

The soldiers didn’t really care about embarra.s.sment at the moment. They quickly brushed their sleeves and pulled up their pants. One by one, they stretched out their mud-covered arms and legs in very pitiful way. Most of them just showed signs of mild irritation, their skins were swollen and inflamed. However, quite a lot of their wounds had started to develop into ulcers. The milky pus was flowing out from the wounds. Seeing the sorry states of arms and legs in front of her, Gu Yun shouted, “Doctor…”

She had miscalculated, two doctors were not even close to enough.

Busy the whole night, the doctors’ tired hands were about to be cramped. After all the wounds were tended, every soldier was waiting for the order to go back to the camps and to have a good rest. However, they instead heard Gu Yun’s order that they were to stay the night in the rainforest. This news caused the soldiers’ hearts to sink. Their bodies were covered in mud. In addition, the mosquitos’ bites started to get itchy and painful. Their ears heard many types of weird voices and sounds. Adding to all of this, the air was really hot and humid, making people anxious, impatient and restless.

What Gu Yun wanted was this lesson: inside a rainforest, despair and fear were the biggest enemy. They just stayed a day in the rainforest. If they couldn’t endure this, how could they talk about having a battle here?

Yesterday, Gu Yun had taught them what to be cautious of when staying a night in a rainforest. She quietly stepped aside and sat, objectively observing their arrangement. After the commotion, under Luo Yan and Leng Xiao’s coordination, thousands of soldier immediately moved. Some were a.s.signed as night watchmen, some looked for places to rest, some looked after the fire, etc. They did everything according to what Gu Yun had said before. Gu Yun’s lips slightly raised, she could be said to be satisfied with their performance.

Leaning on a trunk, Gu Yun took out ten of the drawn maps, sorting them based on order. While marking the drawings with charcoal, she was studying the maps. After a while, Yu Shi Jun’s voice was heard, “Madam, just take a nap for a while.”

Gu Yun tilted her head, looking at the sky. The sunlight was starting to show up. A night had already pa.s.sed like that. Seeing the soldiers who had just closed their eyes, resting, Gu Yun didn’t immediately order them to line up. Gu Yun put all of the drawings back into the bag and replied, “I’m fine. It’s almost morning. Go and bring these ten drawings to the camp and give it to Su Ling. Let him draw a bigger map based on those. Tonight, I will go back to the camp. Then, I will discuss with him the rebels’ location.”

“Aye.”  Tying the bag at his waist, Yu Shi Jun walked two steps before looking back and asking, “Madam, do you need dry food to be sent here?”

Gu Yun shook her head and said, “There is no need.”

 A Generation of Military Counselor Chapter 13-7

Apologies in advance, guys! The release of chapter 14 parts would be delayed by minimum one week. I am posting the rest of chapter 13 tonight. Have good week
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