Chapter 255 Preparations before the war
Xu Rong closed his eyes and rested. Fan Chou wanted to ask him about Zhang Liao several times, but he gave up when he spoke. He left the central army position and was about to go back to his front, but someone called him in a low voice. He turned around and saw Duan Wei standing under the banner and waving to him.
Fan Chou frowned, not wanting to pay attention to Duan Wei, but he thought about it and passed. Duan Wei looked at him, and the gray beard on his lips trembled, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, but it quickly covered it up. "Zi Chun, I ran to the central army, are you worried?"
Fan Chou sighed heavily, and agreed to Duan Wei's guess. He was indeed worried.
"Okay, what you said makes sense. General Xu only has a hundred people around him. Wang Fang watched him and could not move any tricks. We should concentrate on winning this battle and destroy Sun Ce. If this battle is defeated, we will die without a place to die. General Xu is cruel. He slaughtered two counties in a row, forcing us to the dead end, and he had to follow him one way to the darkness."
Fan Chou felt a little nervous and couldn't help but say to Duan Wei. "Aren't you worried about Zhang Liao?"
"I have sent someone to notify Li Meng. He will pay attention to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao dare not do anything if only a thousand cavalrymen are. At best, Xu Rong is to let him be out of trouble. If we lose, Zhang Liao's hands are clean and you can also throw them into his old friend. So what if the robe is cut, and you can sew it up again." Duan Wei was silent for a moment, stood up with a bitter smile, shook his head, and sighed softly. "Xu Rong is stubborn and conspired, we are all fooled by him."
Fan Chou didn't say anything more. Among them, Duan Wei was the most cautious person. Since he was relieved, there was nothing to worry about, although he really didn't understand what Duan Wei was doing. He bowed his hand and walked forward with great strides, with his steps briskly.
Duan Wei glanced at Fan Chou's back, laughed silently, and gestured to Wang Fang not far away, and went back to his battle formation. Sun Ce sent someone to exchange prisoners, obviously trying to get something from Guan Nan's mouth, but Guan Nan has been locked in Li Meng's camp and has no chance to be alone with Xu Rong. Even if there is any agreement between Xu Rong and Sun Ce, it is meaningless now.
On the contrary, when the prisoner is replaced, he not only has thirty more subordinates, but also can find out some news.
Sun Ce was so insidious. He knew there was something wrong with it, but he had to change it. As scheming as Xu Rong, he could only try his best to clear himself and not refuse. If he could not win this battle, the remaining days would be counted. He had a bad record of massacre in the city, and even if Sun Ce was willing to let them go, the people of Nanyang could not spare them.
The way out is gone, so you can work hard and fight for a bloody path.
Duan Wei returned to his position and chatted with Zhang Bo. Zhang Bo was very polite, but he basically didn't speak, just listened quietly. After about half an hour, Li Fang escorted Guan Nan. After being locked up for a few days, Guan Nan was skinny and covered in dirt, but he was neatly dressed and even his hair was meticulous.
Confirm that Guan Nan was fine, Zhang Bo returned to his own formation. It was not long before he brought thirty Xiliang prisoners to the formation, exchanged for Guan Nan, and each returned to his own formation.
Standing in front of Sun Ce, Guan Nan bowed and bowed, his body was like a broken chime, and the standard Confucian ritual was standard.
"Jun Guan is suffering. Go back and wash, eat something, and have a good rest."
Guan Nan stood still. "General, can I... ask a question?"
Sun Ce nodded.
"Don't the general want to ask Xu Rong's reaction when he saw me?"
Sun Ce pointed to the battle formation opposite. "Seeing this, I have guessed the result. What is the process no longer matters."
"Then...what is on the handkerchief?"
"A handkerchief is a handkerchief, what else can I do?" Sun Ce laughed mysteriously. Guan Nan was too pedantic, even a little cute. He was unwilling to talk to Guan Nan about these conspiracies. "Go back and rest, what's the matter? Let's talk about it when the war is over."
Guan Nan had no choice but to return to the back formation with a lot of doubts. Along the way, he passed by several positions and found that although the soldiers were busy, some transporting supplies, some debugging bowstrings, and some moving their bodies, there was no tension in the atmosphere, orderly and relaxed, as if they were conducting a military parade instead of fighting with the Xiliang soldiers, who were known for their cruelty. Guan Nan was confused and couldn't help but become nervous. Can Sun Ce manage his army so relaxed, defeat Xu Rong?
When he arrived at the back formation, Guan Nan was shocked. Surrounded by the defense circle composed of the three-fold Wugang car and nearly a hundred stone throwers, thousands of soldiers, the center of the back formation was like a large banquet scene, with hundreds of tents neatly tied, dozens of cauldrons steaming, and each cauldron was boiled, some were beef, some were medicinal materials, and some were linen. The aroma of beef and the smell of medicine were mixed together to add a sense of warmth. Many people were busy, including men and women, each with quick hands and feet, and agile.
When he saw Guan Nan coming, someone immediately came up to meet him. After escorting the guards coming to Guan Nan explained the situation, someone led Guan Nan into a tent and gave a few instructions. Then two women came up to meet him and served Guan Nan Kuanyi.
Guan Nan was startled, covering his clothes with one hand and his eyes with the other. "Don't look at it if it is not polite, don't look at it if it is not polite."
A young woman covered her mouth and smiled: "Don't be nervous. Take off her clothes and ask the doctor to check your body. If you have any injuries, take a shower without any injuries. Then, give a bowl of hot beef soup and have a good sleep to ensure that you are energetic tomorrow."
Guan Nan is skeptical. "You guys are..."
"This is a medical account, a place for healing wounds for generals above the military marquis and soldiers who have suffered severely. I have suffered these days, so General Sun will take special care of you."
"The beef outside?"
"That is to replenish the soldiers' physical strength. All injured soldiers can eat it. Someone will send it to you at that time."
"So wasteful?" Guan Nan's face changed with heartache. Spring plowing is about to be about to be a big animal for transporting animals and farming land. How can he waste such a waste? Sun Ce is really young and does not know how to be frugal at all. However, nothing he said was useless, so he had to take off his coat and ask the doctor to check it out, confirming that there was no serious external injury, and then he sent it to the inner tent for bathing. Lying in the steaming bathtub, Guan Nan calculated the account, and the more he calculated, the more he felt the pain, it was even more uncomfortable than being injured. It was simply a piece of flesh.
After this battle, at least two hundred cows must be killed and tens of thousands of kilograms of carbohydrate will be killed? Even though there are many cows in Nanyang, you cannot waste it like this.
However, he now understood why the soldiers he met just now were calm and excited, and there was no tension or anxiety he should have before the war. Even if he was injured, what would it matter? It was more comfortable to come here to eat and drink than to be at home. How could ordinary people be willing to eat meat like this?
Suddenly, Guan Nan was a little moved. He didn't want to stay in the tent and rest. He wanted to see how Sun Ce defeated Xu Rong and defeated the Xiliang Army. He washed it quickly, changed into a new cloth suit, drank half a bowl of hot and fragrant beef soup, and hurried to the front of the formation.
Sun Ce was very surprised. "There is something else?"
"General, I want to watch the battle, can I?"
Sun Ce thought for a while and laughed: "Okay, it's rare that you have this kind of heart, so stay and take a look."
Chapter completed!