Since Xu Tian followed Zhang Quan, he has always followed him.

Life has improved a lot, at least I don't have to worry about food and clothing.

It's just that in the past month, there have been great changes in the barracks, and the sergeants are full of complaints, their tempers are also unusually hot, and the atmosphere is very depressing.

During this period, Zhang Quan's elder brother, quartermaster Zhang Lin, came once and secretly told Zhang Quan a terrible news that he was about to run out of food!

Xu Tian also overheard some of it, and his heart jumped. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, if the food is out of food, the first to be unlucky is a low-level sergeant like Xu Tian.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news has not yet spread, and the barracks are even more chaotic.

There were faint signs of uncontrollable signs, and on this day, Quartermaster Zhang Lin sent someone to bring good news.

Xu Du came to transport grain, which shocked Zhang Quan, who was already anxious, and quickly led Xu Tian and a team of people to the gate of the barracks.

There were already a lot of people around the barracks gate, and it seemed that everyone knew the news of the food shortage.

Everyone looked in the direction of the camp gate, and it was noisy, until they saw a cart full of grain drawn by horses and horses, and everyone cheered.

The grain transport team stopped at the gate of the camp, and Xu Tian was silent.

He saw the sergeant carrying the grain, all with yellow faces and thin muscles. His clothes were ragged, and his shoes were worn out.

There are even many people who are barefoot, and there are many calluses on their feet, worn out, and bleeding, at this time, not only Xu Tian, but many people have seen this scene with silent expressions.

Suddenly, everyone stopped talking in an instant, and turned back one after another, with unimaginable respect and fanaticism in their eyes, and Xu Tian also looked along...

I saw a group of people walking out of the barracks in the center, and the person in front was a middle-aged man more than six feet long, with thick eyebrows and sword eyes, and a beard. Wearing a black cloak, he walked slowly with his hands behind his back.

Everyone around them knelt on one knee and said in unison:

"Welcome Prime Minister!!"

Xu Tian also knelt down, and his heart moved, "Prime Minister? Cao Cao?! Xu Tian unconsciously raised his head again and took a closer look at the middle-aged man who was called the prime minister.

At this time, Cao Cao had already walked to the front of the grain convoy, and looked at the ragged soldiers kneeling in front of him, his eyes were blurred.

He personally lifted up these soldiers one by one, took their hands and asked them long and short, cold and warm.

Almost all the soldiers in the grain convoy were trembling all over, and their excited expressions could not be concealed.

Cao Cao boarded the first grain cart, he looked at all the soldiers, and said loudly:

"Brothers have worked hard, please give me Cao Mengde another ten days, after ten days, I will never let you work so hard again!!"

Cao Cao clenched his fists with tears in his eyes after speaking. All the soldiers around them got down on one knee again, and their voices were earth-shattering!!

"I am willing to go to the soup for the prime minister, and I will not give up !!!"

Xu Tian was also deeply moved, he witnessed all this with his own eyes and was silent.

Long. The soldiers around slowly dispersed under the emotion and excitement, and Xu Tian also returned to the back camp, but Zhang Quan did not come back, which made Xu Tian a little strange.

Until the next day, the news of an explosion caused a new sensation again. Quartermaster Zhang Lin, for embezzling military supplies. led to a lack of food, and was ordered by the prime minister to the three armies, and beheaded to show the public. And they feasted all the generals and soldiers as a reward.

In the middle of the night that day, Zhang Quan came back with a cloak, and Xu Tian, who was already leaning on the tent and was about to fall asleep, saw it, and quickly brought Zhang Quan into the tent, sat down, Zhang Quan's eyes were red, and he said in a tearing voice:

"Bring the wine!!"

Xu Tian did not hesitate, moved two jars of wine that Zhang Quan usually stored, and poured a bowl full. Zhang Quan didn't take it. Instead, he picked up a jar and poured it directly into his mouth, regardless of the wet clothes from the wine, he looked at Xu Tian with red eyes, and almost shouted:

"Our two brothers have worked hard for the prime minister for so many years, there is no credit, there is also hard work, he said to kill. What the fuck are we going to do?! There is also that Xu Chu, who is still a fellow villager, and usually the good goods that Lao Tzu has saved are all filial piety to him, and he doesn't even dare to put a fart! Why, you say? Why!!!! ”

Xu Tian was grabbed by the collar, and he was about to be lifted, and he shouted:

The general was angry. Listen to me. ”

Zhang Quan let go of his hand, sat down, and glanced at Xu Tian.

"Tell me, I'm going to listen to the reasons you said before, otherwise..."

Zhang Quan didn't say the next words, Xu Tian nodded, sat opposite Zhang Quan, and said:

"General, please think about it, is the food cut really the general's brother, definitely not, since it's not, why did the prime minister kill him.

This is the prime minister to stabilize the army's heart, he needs a reason, I believe he doesn't want to do this, this is the most effective and direct way at present, and he killed the general's brother for no reason, he will definitely be unbearable.

So for the general, it is a great thing, even a rare opportunity. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Quan gradually sat up straight, holding a bowl full of wine. Take a heavy sip

"You keep talking!!"

"Then there is the relationship between the victory and defeat of the two armies, please think about it, the emperor is in Xudu, and the prime minister is serving the Son of Heaven to order his ministers!

Yuan Shao came to fight the prime minister, what is this, there is no legitimacy, it is obvious that he is reckless, he wants to bully others, gather all the people here, and want to compete with the prime minister.

Those who can make such strategies and decisions will definitely fail, as the saying goes, one soldier will bear a nest. No matter how many people there are, it's useless.

Although the general is relieved, although there are many difficulties in front of him, it will not be long before the willows and flowers will be bright. ”

Zhang Quan glanced at Xu Tian deeply, and he suddenly found that he seemed to underestimate this person, and it was not easy for someone to make such an analysis.

Zhang Quan picked up the wine jar, poured another bowl, handed it to Xu Tian and said:

"What if I told you that I had a connection with Yuan Jun?"

"It has something to do with the general Yuan Jun in the back camp."

Xu Tian said lightly. Zhang Quan was even more shocked, but he didn't speak, just looked at Xu Tian

"The general can rest assured, there are not a few people like the general, and as long as the general does not openly defect, he will be fine. The villain is taken care of by the general, and he will not harm the general! ”

Zhang Quan was silent, picked up the wine, and gestured to Xu Tianyi. Drink it.

"In the future, if you have my good, you Xu Tian!"

While the two were talking, they didn't notice that a dark shadow that appeared outside the tent at some point moved and slowly disappeared into the night...