Chapter 114
Chapter 114
After noon, the scorching sun weakened slightly.
Liu Bei took his soldiers and hid in the woods to cool off.
In the wilderness, the soldiers from Tiezhuang were still busy.
Although he wanted to help, he was powerless to go.
These county soldiers he led were soldiers to put it nicely, but a bunch of lazy people to put it bluntly.
They could move when they had food, but they hadn't eaten since morning, and their faces were about to droop to the ground.
They didn't listen to any orders.
This made Liu Bei very depressed.
However, it was not a good thing for him to watch the soldiers from Tiezhuang busy over there.
He left the county soldiers in the woods, took a few confidants, and walked towards the wilderness.
"Master Liu!" A fast horse ran out of Jicheng, came to Liu Yu and dismounted.
"I am Zou Jing, the captain of Po Lu."
"The governor ordered that Liu Zhuangzhu lead some soldiers to enter the city to collect military supplies."
"In addition, the Yellow Turban captives need to be guarded."
"Please ask Liu Zhuangzhu to order the soldiers of Tie Zhuang to simply set up camp outside the city, take a short rest and return directly to Tie Zhuang."
"Thank you, Captain Zou, for coming to convey the message." Liu Yu saluted and clasped his fists.
"Shall we leave now?" Zou Jing asked neatly.
"Okay." Liu Yu nodded in response.
"Captain Zou!" Liu Bei, who had just arrived, happened to hear this and hurried forward to ask, "I am the county lieutenant who led troops from Zhuo County to help."
"Please also provide us with military rations, Captain Zou."
"The soldiers haven't had any food since early morning and are still hungry."
"Officers and soldiers from Zhuo County?" Zou Jing frowned and looked around, "Where are your soldiers?"
"Only three or five?"
"You still call this helping? Isn't that embarrassing?"
"My soldiers are resting over in the woods..." Liu Bei explained hurriedly.
Zou Jing didn't listen, waved his hand to interrupt, and angrily rebuked: "The soldiers of Tiezhuang are cleaning the battlefield under the scorching sun."
"You county soldiers are hiding in the woods to cool off."
"What a shitty military ration!"
"Go back to your Zhuo County."
"We in Jicheng don't care about useless military rations."
After saying that, he turned around and left, "Master Liu, please follow me into the city."
"Okay." Liu Yu was about to walk, but was stopped by Zou Jing.
"How can a hero be without a horse?" He shouted to the Youzhou cavalry in the wilderness.
The other side galloped over.
Zou Jing ordered: "Give your warhorse to Liu Zhuangzhu, and report to the Cavalry Commandant when you return. Tell him that I, the Captain of Breaking the Enemy, ordered that this horse be given to Liu Zhuangzhu."
"Ask the Cavalry Commandant to give you another warhorse."
Zou Jing turned around and asked: "Liu Zhuangzhu, can you ride a horse?"
"Of course I can." Liu Yu did not refuse and jumped on the horse. "By the way, Captain of Breaking the Enemy, please wait for me for a moment. I'll be back soon."
Under Zou Jing's gaze, Liu Yu turned his horse's head and galloped away. He ran to the wheelbarrow protected by the soldiers of Tie Zhuang, selected a weapon from it, and turned around and galloped back.
Zou Jing's eyes lit up.
The news that Gongsun Zan obtained Tie Zhuang's fine weapons spread among the officials of Youzhou.
All those who saw the iron spear looked sideways.
They were envious and drooled.
Zou Jing was no exception.
This time he went out to deliver the letter in person, and he also wanted to make friends with Liu Yu of Tie Zhuang.
"This is the Wanlian pattern steel sword that Tiezhuang has recently forged. I hope Captain Po Lu will not despise it." Liu Yu handed over the one-handed sword that was four inches long.
"This... Such a generous gift, Master Liu is really too polite." Zou Jing wanted to say something to humbly decline, but he couldn't bear to say it.
Fearing that the other party would take back the weapon.
His eyes were fixed on the one-handed sword, as if he was fixed, unable to move.
Zou Jing took the one-handed sword tremblingly and looked at it carefully.
"This texture is the first time I have seen it in my life."
"Wanlian pattern steel, it sounds much better than the fifty-refined precious spear of the Cavalry Captain."
"Captain Po Lu..." Liu Bei's voice sounded.
Zou Jing was furious, and he turned around on his warhorse and scolded, "Why are you still waiting here?"
"If you say there's no food, then there's no food. Get out of here!"
"The military rations in Jicheng won't be given to you losers!"
After scolding Liu Bei, Zou Jing turned to look at Liu Yu, and his angry expression immediately turned into joy, "Master Liu, please, let's go into the city together."
"I'll remember the gift of weapons."
"If you need me, the Captain of Po Lu, in the future, just ask, Master Liu."
"But if I can do it, I will never refuse."
"Thank you, Captain of Po Lu." Liu Yu clasped his fists in return, drove the warhorse, and galloped away with Zou Jing.
"Cough, cough, cough!" The dust raised by the galloping warhorse covered Liu Bei's face.
Waving his arms vigorously to disperse the dust, Liu Bei was extremely depressed.Looking at the backs of the two people riding away, he muttered in a low voice, feeling angry.
While Liu Yu was driving his horse, he introduced the quality of the weapons forged by Tiezhuang to Zou Jing.
The captain next to him was of similar status to Gongsun Zan, and he was definitely a powerful figure in Youzhou.
Liu Bei followed Zou Jing to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early days, and he made many achievements.
With such a person as an acquaintance, he would definitely gain a lot of benefits in the future.
"It turns out that this 10,000-refined steel is much higher in quality than the 50-refined steel!" Zou Jing was overjoyed.
The hand holding the reins loosened, and he could not control the warhorse, and was about to fall down.
Fortunately, Liu Yu was quick and pulled him.
Otherwise, I'm afraid that Zou Jing would be badly thrown down.
If he was unlucky, the blade of the steel knife would just be facing up, and I'm afraid he would be beheaded on the spot.
After stabilizing his body, Zou Jing didn't care at all. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He said excitedly: "Before, when we held a celebration banquet for the cavalry captain, Bogui showed off his fifty-refined precious spear in front of our Youzhou officials."
"I'm so greedy that my saliva is about to flow to the ground."
"Today, I have the honor to meet brother Chengzhi and be given a ten-thousand-refined steel sword. It's really a great honor."
"In a few days, I will also hold a few tables of banquets to let those officials see it!"
"I will definitely make them tremble with greed! Haha!"
Carefully putting away the precious sword, fearing that it would be bumped, Zou Jing rushed into the city with Liu Yu.
Returning to the official warehouse courtyard, he ordered the soldiers to load food.
"I heard from Bogui that the soldiers of Tiezhuang are always good eaters. How much food do they need for a meal?"
In the courtyard, Zou Jing asked with his hands behind his back, his voice full of heroism: "Brother, just say it. The governor has ordered that the army must be given enough food and the warriors must not be neglected."
Liu Yu raised the corner of his mouth and asked tentatively: "Calculate it based on the person who eats the most?"
"Of course!" Zou Jing's face was full of heroism, and he waved his big hand, "Brother, just say it with confidence."
"Nearly four stones a month." Liu Yu laughed secretly and said, "It only counts the staple food, not other supplementary food dishes."
"Cough cough cough!" Zou Jing coughed violently, and it took a long time to catch his breath.
"Almost... nearly four stones?!"
"Can one person eat that much in a month?"
"Ordinary soldiers only consume more than one and a half stones of food a month, nearly two stones."
"And Tiezhuang can eat more than two ordinary soldiers!"
"How can he eat this?!"
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