Han Xiang

Chapter 64 Losing business

There are mostly dilapidated houses in the village, and it is difficult to find a few that are not leaking.

Long Xiang let the clothes be roasted on fire. He was worried that the soldiers would get sick after a long time, especially Qiao Rui who had an arrow wound.

Tang Yu pulled out the arrowhead for Qiao Rui and did a simple bandage.

At this time, Qiao Rui had already passed out, and although her body hadn't yet developed a high fever, her pale complexion already showed that something was wrong.

Long Xiang stroked Qiao Rui's forehead with a solemn expression. He was worried that Qiao Rui would not be able to survive the poor conditions and no medicine.

In ancient battles, the most attrition was not due to swords, but was knocked down during the rout, sudden plague, wound infection and other reasons.

"Yun Qi, I just asked people to search around. There is not a single grain here. Brothers can bear with it. General Qiao's situation may not be enough." Tang Jue looked very pessimistic.

At that time, Qi County had limited food reserves, and each person was only given rations for one day before breaking out, but everyone had no chance to eat at all.

After a day and a night of fighting and fleeing for their lives, and several hours of rain, the food they carried had long since disappeared.

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

"Huh? But there are only ten or so of us left, and I will do it right away."

Tang Xi gritted his teeth and turned away. Originally, they had more than 30 horses, but half of them were lost in the melee in the woods.

Up to now, there are only a dozen or so horses left for use as leg strength, and the remaining horses are not dedicated to the cavalry. They have to be provided to the wounded and tired soldiers in turn. Even Long Xiang spends half of his time on foot.

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

For the remaining seven or eight days, it was rainy and cloudy from time to time.

Long Xiang took Qiao Rui to ask the roadside to hurry, falsely claiming that Cao Jun's wounded soldiers stayed overnight to ask for medicine, but there were no doctors in the villages along the way, let alone the right medicine for the wound.

In late September, Long Xiang and his entourage arrived outside a relatively large village, and Xiangyong was patrolling and guarding the gate with weapons.

Tang Yu was ordered by Long Xiang to negotiate, but two or three hundred and strong men poured out of the village, and used force to refuse the request to stay overnight for medical treatment.

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

Tang Xi was a little annoyed, and then added in a low voice: "These men are powerful, and they should all have martial arts. We may not be able to do it by force."

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

"If they all practice martial arts, there is likely to be wound medicine in the village. Today we have to stay overnight."

Tang Yu was shocked: "Didn't I explain it just now? They refuse foreigners to enter."

"General Qiao's injury is getting worse. If you can't find medicine, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on anymore. If you can't do it today, you have to do it. I will negotiate in person."

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

"No. Yun Qi, you wait for me." Tang Yu hurriedly chased after him.

Tang Xi took Long Xiang to go and return, and the eight-foot-tall leader of the village immediately led Xiang Yong to meet him.

"We are Cao."

Just as Long Xiang opened his mouth, the eight-foot-tall leader interrupted roughly, and said sharply, "No matter whose soldier you are, we don't welcome foreigners here. You'd better leave in a sensible way, otherwise...huh"

"My general is seriously wounded by arrows. If we don't use medicine, we may not be able to protect him. Please make it easier for us. We don't need to go into the village. We just need to find a doctor to come out and take a look."

Long Xiang turned around and pointed to Qiao Rui who was immediately behind him.

The leader glanced at him, spread his hands and declined politely: "Although the general is very loyal, there is no doctor in my Xujia Village, but there is a town fifty miles to the northwest."

After hearing this, Long Xiang settled for the next best thing, and continued to fight with sincerity.

"My general has lost his mind, how can he go another fifty miles? If there is really no doctor in the village, you can sell us some wound medicine."

"Wounding medicine? I see you look like you, and you don't have much property on you. What can you exchange for it?"

The leader stroked his messy beard and looked at Long Xiang playfully.

Long Xiang thought for a while and said, "I see that martial arts practice in Guicun is very popular. There should be a lack of weapons and armor. I can exchange some."

The leader shook his head lightly, deliberately pointed at the mount behind Long Xiang, and opened his mouth.

"You have twelve horses, how about keeping ten for a trade?"

"You don't make sense"

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

Long Xiang remained unmoved, staring at the leader.

"Ten horses? Deal."

"Yunqi, you."

Tang Xi's expression was quite surprised, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Clap, clap, the leader applauded.

"Seeing that you are a loyal hero at such a young age, yes, yes, I agree to this deal."

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

Long Xiang hurriedly turned his head and said to Tang Xie, "Uncle Xie, hurry up and lead the horse."

"only."

Seeing that Long Xiang was resolute, Tang Xi stopped persuading him.

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

"You are so young, but you are so loyal and brave. It's amazing. I always like to make friends with heroes. Can you tell me your name?"

"Longxiang."

"So it's General Long, I promise you."

"Master Xu is polite."

Long Xiang and Xu Ding exchanged greetings, Tang Yu and Cao Xing followed closely behind with their horses.

The ten war horses are very valuable, and Xu Ding asked the lion to open his mouth, which made Tang Yu and Cao Xing all angry. They looked at Xu Ding as if they were going to eat each other.

"The horse is coming, where is the medicine?"

Tang Yu raised the reins.

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

Tang Xi frowned and asked: "Aren't you not allowed to enter?"

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

"Master Xu, please."

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

While looking around vigilantly, Tang Xi whispered to Cao Xing and complained.

"This villager is so arrogant that he didn't send anyone to lead the horse."

"Hey, although Quhou is loyal, this deal is really a loss."

"Forget it, Yun Qi has his own calculations."

Because there were no extra houses in the village, more than a hundred soldiers of Longxiang could only squat under the eaves scatteredly, truly explaining what it means to live under the fence.

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

Xu Ding brought his own wound medicine and ordered Tang Yu to strip off Qiao Rui's shirt.

Tang Yu used a knife to separate the bandages outside the three wounds, and as a result, the flesh under the rags was all festered and festered.

"Ugh"

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

"Your general's arrow sore is festering. My knife wound medicine can't cure it. It should be caused by being soaked in rain for days and the horse bumping. Now I can only give him some wine to relieve the pain."

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

Xu Ding bent down to help him with both hands, and sighed: "There is a doctor 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 was ecstatic to interrupt the questioning.

"Where is Mr. Hua now?"

"This person practices medicine all over the place, and his whereabouts are erratic"

(End of this chapter)