The general was going to die with an arrow, and Genghis Khan said to quickly stuff him into the belly of the cow, what was the result?
The medical level in ancient times was very underdeveloped, especially in times of war, wounded soldiers could only be crammed into a tent, the environment was harsh, their wounds were easily infected, and the mortality rate would be high. Therefore, many times it is not that the doctors in the barracks are poorly skilled, but that the medical conditions are too bad.
At that time, the soldiers could only watch their wounded companions slowly die. But once a general was shot by an enemy's arrow on the battlefield and was about to bleed to death, and his superior, Genghis Khan, was busy stuffing this wounded soldier into the belly of a cow.
The general who was stuffed into the belly of the cow was named Guo Baoyu, a descendant of the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi, and the prototype of Guo Jing in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Legend of the Archery Hero" is also this person.
Guo Baoyu was originally a general of the Jin Dynasty, surrendered to Genghis Khan after the defeat, and also provided a strategy for advancing into the Central Plains: the Central Plains were powerful and could not be taken lightly, and they could first attack the Southwest Zhufan, and use their strength to attack the Jin Kingdom again, and then they would be successful. In addition, he also contributed five chapters to the army: those who go out of the army are not allowed to kill people at will, those who are only serious in prison are executed, and the rest of the miscellaneous criminals are punished according to their circumstances; the Mongolian people of the military household, every Ding qi has an army, the Han people have four acres of land, and the people who sign an army of three dings; those who are above fifteen years old and become dings, sixty years old, stand with the same households; the civil craftsmen limit the land for one hectare; and the monks and taoists are not beneficial to the state and harm the people, and all are prohibited.
On this basis, the Mongol Corps took advantage of the situation to go south and opened the road to the Western Capital of the Jin Dynasty. Later, Guo Baoyu was trusted by Genghis Khan.
In a later battle, Guo Baoyu was hit by a cold arrow fired by the enemy, his chest was bleeding unceasingly, and his life was in danger, and Genghis Khan hurriedly had people cut open the chest and abdomen of a cow and stuffed Guo Baoyu into it. As a result, Guo Baoyu slowly woke up in the tripe of the cow, and after a period of recuperation, he was healed.
Placing the dying and seriously injured in the belly of a cow was a treatment for severe wounds by the early Mongols, but there was no scientific basis. Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty had done research on this method of saving people, but he still did not understand it. Later, in the Qing army, some people also tried to save people with this method, but replaced the cattle with camels, which was also successful.
Later generations debated the principle of this method of saving people, and some people believed that cow blood can play a role in blood clotting and can slow down the loss of blood in patients. There are also people who believe that cow's blood can be beneficial to blood replenishment, and in the case of excessive blood loss, the body temperature will drop, while the tripe can maintain body temperature.
In fact, no matter what the principle is, this method has saved people, can only say that Chinese medicine is broad and profound, has a deep connotation, and it will take a lot of time to study and understand.
In particular, Guo Baoyu later presented the Yuan Dynasty with a grandson Guo Kan, who was more heroic and warlike than him, and made a great contribution to the unification of the world by Kublai Khan and the eventual destruction of the Great Song Dynasty.