Most of the houses in the village are dilapidated, and it is difficult to find a few that do not leak rain.

Long Xiang asked people to make a fire to bake clothes, and he was worried that the soldiers would get sick after a long time, especially Qiao Rui, who had arrow wounds.

Tang Yu pulled out the arrow for Qiao Rui and did a simple bandaging treatment.

At this time, Qiao Rui had already fallen asleep, and although there was no high fever on his body, his pale face was not good.

Long Xiang stroked Qiao Rui's forehead with a solemn expression, he was worried that Qiao Rui would not survive in poor conditions and without medicine.

In ancient times, the most attrition in battles was not due to swords, but to being knocked down in the rout, sudden plagues, wound infections, etc.

"Yunqi, I just asked people to look around, there is not a single grain here, the brothers can endure and persevere, General Qiao's situation, I am afraid that he can't..."

Qi County had limited food reserves at that time, and only one day's rations were given to each person before the breakout, but everyone had no chance to eat at all.

After a day and a night of fighting and escaping, coupled with the rain for several hours, the food carried had already been lost.

Long Xiang said in a deep voice: "Go and kill a few horses to satisfy your hunger." ”

"Huh? But we're only going to have a dozen left... I'll do it right away. ”

Tang Yu gritted his teeth and turned to leave, originally they had more than thirty horses, but they lost half of them in the melee in the woods.

Up to now, there are only a dozen or so horses left, and the remaining horses are not for cavalry, but have to be provided for wounded, sick and tired soldiers to ride in turn, and even Long Xiang spends half of his time on foot.

There was no food to kill the horses to satisfy their hunger, and the soldiers wept while eating.

For the remaining seven or eight days, it was sometimes light rain and sometimes cloudy.

Long Xiang took Qiao Rui to ask for the road and hurried, falsely claiming that it was Cao Jun's wounded soldiers who were asking for medicine for the night, but there was no Langzhong in the villages along the way, let alone the right medicine for the injury.

In late September, Long Xiang and his entourage arrived outside a large village, and there were village warriors patrolling and guarding the gate with weapons.

Tang Yu went to negotiate on Long Xiang's orders, but two or three hundred strong men poured out of the village, and they refused to seek medical treatment by force.

"Yunqi, let's go, Cao Cao's name is not good here."

Tang Yu was a little annoyed, and then added in a low voice: "These men are powerful and powerful, they should all have martial arts, and we may not be able to do it if we come hard..."

Long Xiang glanced into the distance and nodded with a serious face.

"If they all practiced martial arts, the village would probably have medicine for injuries, and we would have to spend the night today."

Tang Yu was shocked: "Didn't I explain it just now?" They refused to allow outsiders in..."

"General Qiao's injuries have deteriorated, if he can't find medicine anymore, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on, if he can't do it today, I'll go and negotiate in person."

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he turned around and strode away.

"It's not... Yunqi, you wait, I'll wait..."Tang Yu hurriedly chased after him.

Tang Yu took Long Xiang to return to him, and the eight-foot-tall leader in the village immediately took Xiang Yong to greet him.

"We are Cao..."

As soon as Long Xiang spoke, the eight-foot-tall leader interrupted rudely and said sharply: "No matter whose soldier you are, we don't welcome outsiders here, it's best to leave, otherwise... Hmph..."

"My general's arrow wound is serious, and I am afraid that I can't protect it without medicine, please be sure to make it convenient, we don't have to go into the village, just find a man to come out and see."

Long Xiang turned around and pointed to the bridge that was immediately carrying behind him.

The leader glanced at it, spread his hands and declined: "Although the general is loyal, I don't have Langzhong in Xujia Village, but there is a town fifty miles northwest of it..."

After hearing this, Long Xiang retreated and continued to fight with a sincere face.

"My general is already delirious, how can he travel another fifty miles? If there is really no Langzhong in the village, you can sell us some wound medicine. ”

"Wound medicine? I see you in your appearance, and you have nothing on you, so what shall you give in exchange? ”

The leader stroked his messy beard and looked at Long Xiang with a playful expression.

Long Xiang thought for a while and said, "I see that your village has become a martial arts practice, and there should be a lack of weapons and armor, and I can take out some of them." ”

The leader shook his head slightly, deliberately pointed to the mount behind Long Xiang, and began to open his mouth.

"How about you have twelve horses, and keep ten for trade?"

"You... How can this be..."

Tang Yu was instantly furious, grabbed Long Xiang's sleeve, and said angrily: "Yunqi, let's look for medicine in another place, this guy is no different from a robber..."

Long Xiang was unmoved, his eyes fixed on the leader.

"Ten horses? Deal. ”

"Yunqi, you..."

Tang Yu's expression was quite surprised, he didn't believe his ears a little.

Bang bang, the leader clapped his hands.

"Seeing that you are young, but you are a loyal hero, yes, yes, I agreed to this deal."

"Since the two sides have agreed, please trade as soon as possible."

Long Xiang hurriedly turned his head and instructed Tang Yu: "Uncle Yu, you go and lead the horse." ”

"Yui."

Seeing that Long Xiang was categorical, Tang Yu no longer persuaded him.

Looking at Tang Yu's broad back, the village leader nodded appreciatively.

"Seeing that you are not very old, but you are so loyal and brave, it is really amazing, I have always liked to make heroes, can you tell me your name?"

"Long Xiang."

"It turned out to be General Long, and he made a promise."

"Xu Zhuangshi is polite."

Long Xiang and Xu Ding greeted each other, and Tang Yu and Cao Xuan followed closely and rushed to lead the horse.

Ten war horses are worth a lot of money, and Xu Ding made a request for the lion to open his mouth, which made Tang Yu and Cao Xing both angry, and they looked at Xu Ding's eyes as if they were going to eat each other.

"Here comes the horse, where's the medicine?"

Tang Yu raised the reins.

Xu Ding pointed to the entrance of the village and said with a smile: "It's getting late at this time, let's go to the village to get medicine." ”

Tang Yu frowned and asked, "Aren't you not allowed to enter?" ”

"Haha, such a big deal, how can Xu treat the buyer harshly? I'll make an exception tonight, let you go into the village to rest, General Long, please..."

"Xu Zhuangshi, please."

The villagers moved out of the middle way, and Long Xiang and Xu Ding moved forward side by side.

Tang Yu looked vigilantly left and right, and whispered to Cao Xuan to complain.

"This village man is really big, and he didn't send anyone to lead the horse."

"Alas, although Qu Hou is loyal, this deal is really a loss..."

"Forget it, Yunqi has his own plans."

Because there are no extra houses in the village, more than 100 soldiers of Longxiang can only squat under the eaves scattered, which truly interprets what it means to send people under the fence.

Only Qiao Rui, who was seriously injured, was carried into Xu Ding's house.

Xu Ding brought his own knife wound medicine and instructed Tang Yu to peel off Qiao Rui's shirt.

Tang Yu used a knife to separate the bandages outside the three wounds, and as a result, the skin and flesh under the rags were all pus and festering.

"Ugh..."

Xu Ding sighed and put down the medicine jar, turned around and went back to the house to get a jar of old wine, and then handed it to Long Xiang.

"Your general's arrow sores are festering, my knife wound medicine can no longer be cured, it should be caused by the rain soaking for days and the horse jolting, now I can only pour him some wine, which can relieve the pain..."

"Xu Zhuangshi, please think of a way..."Long Xiang hugged his fists and bowed down on one knee.

Xu Ding bent down with both hands to help, and sighed: "There is a man in this county named Hua Tuo, who has the ability to rejuvenate his hands...."

As soon as Long Xiang heard Hua Tuo's words, he interrupted the question ecstatically.

"Where is Mr. Hua now?"

"This man practices medicine in various places, and his whereabouts are erratic..."