Zhang Fei became angry when he looked at the people in front of him and wished he could slap them all away.
"General Zhang, please be fair to me. We are all Han, why can't you help me?"
"Yes, I finally had a warm meal. Why did I suddenly run out of food?"
"It's all General Guan's fault. It must have been what he said yesterday that angered General Sun. They cut off our food in an instant."
"That's what I think. If I had known that I would have escaped, it would not have been a wise move to follow him."
Several Jingnan soldiers became more and more angry as they talked, completely forgetting that Zhang Fei in front of them had clenched his teeth.
Just when Zhang Fei was clenching his knuckles.
The bushes in the distance trembled, and then a tall man walked out.
Who else is coming if it’s not Guan Yu?
He was shirtless, with his shoulders slightly bent, walking towards him carrying a huge antelope, and threw it to the ground.
This species, later known as the Central and Southern Eland, has the same body shape as a calf. It fell heavily to the ground, splashing mud all over the ground.
Several soldiers looked at each other and shrank back in fear.
Guan Yu glanced at Zhang Fei, stretched his sore arms, and frowned: "Third brother, what's going on?"
Zhang Fei looked at several trembling soldiers and snorted coldly.
He was too lazy to argue with these people and said in a deep voice: "Why are you still standing there? You didn't know you were going to peel and roast the meat that was brought to your mouth?"
"Ah, yes, yes, let's go right away." Several people picked up the antelope ash and slipped away.
Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu, who looked confused, and sighed softly.
"Second brother, I'm here to inform you that there's a heavy fog on the sea, and supplies won't come for ten days and a half. I can't even take care of it, so..." Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu with a look of helplessness.
Guan Yu frowned slightly, twitched the corner of his mouth, and forced a smile: "It turned out to be such a nonsense, I thought I was in some big trouble, it doesn't matter, I will take them to the mountains to hunt tomorrow, and we will last ten more It’s no problem if it’s half a month.”
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly when he heard this.
After a long silence, he said faintly: "Second brother, you may not understand what I said. What I mean is that all supplies to this side will be cut off from now on."
"..." Guan Yu was stunned.
Zhang Fei took a deep breath and said: "Second brother, according to the rules of the expedition, each family's logistical equipment is subsidized by Luoyang. This aspect is fair and just. Sun's food and grass equipment came from a long distance across the ocean. Not easy..."
Guan Yu stretched out his hand to interrupt Zhang Fei's words, and said with a wry smile: "Third brother, there is no need to say it. I know, I know everything. In this way, next time the Sun's supply ship arrives, the third brother will help me bring a letter to my eldest brother. It's really not possible. ...It’s better to give up.”
Guan Yu really had no choice. There were many dangers on the way south. Most of the army suffered losses and fled. The loss of food and grass was a fatal blow.
In addition, when he met Sun Bofu, he realized how big the gap between his group and others was.
If the logistics and baggage were supplied in time, Guan Yu might not give in easily, and would even have to fight Sun Bofu.
But the high mountains and flowing water in Jiaozhou were a huge obstacle. He really didn’t know when the supplies would come. Maybe the supplies sent by his elder brother had long been eaten by tigers and wolves, or maybe the militiamen escorting the grain and grass had already brought a large amount of grain and grass directly Hidden away in the mountains and forests.
What's more, the eldest brother has never received a reply from them, so it's unclear whether supplies were sent at all.
In such a difficult environment, no matter how good a man Guan Yu was, he had thought of giving up in recent days.
Plus Zhang Fei’s reminder today.
The Sun family not only arrived here earlier than them, but also had a steady supply of logistics. Compared with such an elite expeditionary force, the few thousand people they had left were nothing.
No matter how good he is at fighting, can he still conquer this Guangniao rainforest by himself?
It is unrealistic. When manpower is limited, no matter how powerful a person is, there will always be things he cannot do.
Guan Yu couldn't get the most basic salt, so he had already started to drink raw blood to replenish his salt.
Not to mention, there was Sun Ce who was watching him with eager eyes. He had a sworn hatred for killing his father. Guan Yu also had a huge headache at this time.
More importantly, Guan Yu missed Du Liniang. To put it bluntly, he missed a woman.
Every man knows this, so I won’t go into details.
When Zhang Fei returned to the camp, the light rain had stopped, and the soldiers built a bonfire outside, talking and laughing, and having fun.
Compared to the atmosphere at Guan Yu's place, it's simply not that good here.
And getting along with the indigenous people gradually became more harmonious. With the help of the Han shaman they found in the tribe before, the resistance of the indigenous people has been reduced a lot, and they have begun to integrate into the expeditionary force and become a new force.
"Master, you eat."
Just as Zhang Fei found a place to sit down, a girl came over with a wooden bowl containing cooked polenta, a few slices of barbecued meat and a handful of green vegetables.
"Tuta, just eat it yourself. You don't have to bring me food every time. Also, don't call me master."
This girl is the little native who was almost defiled before. Since she was rescued by Zhang Fei, her family, out of gratitude, brought the villagers to join in. They are usually responsible for washing and cooking, and doing other things within their power. .
These indigenous people who followed learned a lot of Chinese from the Han shaman. Although the results were limited, they still had no problem with basic daily language.
"Master, you eat." The girl looked at Zhang Fei stubbornly.
Zhang Fei sighed softly, took the wooden bowl, and ate it wholeheartedly.
The men from the Longshan Army nearby laughed loudly when they saw this.
Lao Gao said jokingly: "Yide, this girl is quite good at handling things. You might as well just accept her and become a concubine, and everyone around her will call you master."
Zhang Fei glanced at the girl next to him angrily, and saw that she was standing aside cautiously, looking at him eagerly, without the slightest embarrassment of being teased... Oh, she didn't understand.
"Tuta, are you okay?"
The girl's big watery eyes were stunned, she pointed at the bowl in Zhang Fei's hand and asked: "Is it delicious?"
Zhang Fei nodded, and the girl Tuta showed a sweet smile.
Someone next to him said with a smile: "Yide, you are so handsome. The meat was carefully grilled by Tuta on a stone slab. The taste, tsk tsk tsk, is many times better than those of us who are grilled over charcoal." , you are beautiful.”
Zhang Fei suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the food he had eaten recently had become more delicious. His feelings were due to this.
Looking up at the girl next to him, Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
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Luoyang.
Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the city defense has become a bit stricter in recent days, especially the inspection when entering the city gate.
The Imperial Martial Arts Conference has come to an end.
All armies and forces have basically achieved their goals.
First, the Longshan Army increased its strength by 72 people, the Hupo Army increased its strength by 58 people, and the Longxiwei Army increased its strength by seven people.
This increase in personnel has lowered the threshold for selecting people. It doesn't matter if they are heirs of aristocratic families or subordinate generals.
Among them, Ju Yi, Gao Lan, and Zhang He under Han Fu were all recruited into the Longshan Army.
Ji Ling and Zhang Xun under Yuan Shu joined the Hu Po Army.
Even Gan Ning, who was under Liu Biao's command, was also recruited into Longxiwei, which shows how relaxed the threshold for recruiting more members was this time.
The latest rankings of the "Great Han Dragon and Tiger Ranking" were also updated on the second day after the martial arts conference.
This issue of "The Great Han Dragon and Tiger List" can be said to be the best-selling edition. On the day of publication, 300,000 copies were sold.
The printing shop had to urgently print more copies and produced another 300,000 copies overnight. This was also thanks to the stapler provided by Wei Cheng. Otherwise, if the books were sewn with needles and threads, they would not be ready for three to five days.
However, all 300,000 copies were sold out on the third day. You must know that in this era, there were few scholars and the literate people were mainly concentrated in aristocratic families. Even many warriors could not read a few words.
But that doesn't stop them from buying a copy and collecting it. If they can't read the words, can't they understand the pictures on it?
Many people even tore off the pictures of Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Dian Wei and others and carried them with them to inspire themselves.
Not surprisingly, the number one on the Dragon and Tiger list is still the unparalleled God of War Lu Bu.
The second place was well deserved this time. Dian Wei's combat prowess was recognized by everyone in the three-day martial arts conference.
As for the third place, it was Xu Huang. He thought he would not lose to Dian Wei, but he still missed a move. This is a story for later.
As for the fourth place, the rankings are basically unchanged from the previous Dragon and Tiger list.
It wasn't until ninth place that there was any change.
"Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
"This young man is so awesome, he can be called the biggest dark horse in this martial arts conference."
"I heard that both the Longshan Army and the Hu Po Army offered the title of captain to recruit him. I don't know how he will choose in the end?"
"If you ask me, it would be great to join the Longshan Army. As brothers working together, their sharpness can defeat gold. The wind can follow the tiger, and the cloud can follow the dragon. How wonderful."
"Hey, you know what the heck, the Longshan Army has too many men, and there is no chance of success. Joining the Tiger Soul Army is the best choice."
At the entrance of Wei's Grocery Store, several men queuing in line were talking among themselves to pass the time while queuing.
As for their topics, eight out of ten sentences were inseparable from the martial arts conference that had just ended.
Not far away from them, several maids sent by the Yan family to buy looked at each other. One of the maids whispered: "You don't know that the third lady was actually interested in Mr. Zhao Xiaolang at that time. It's a pity that the eldest lady said no in a few words."
The maids had a look of regret in their eyes, thinking how great it would be if Mr. Zhao Xiaolang could become their uncle.
It's a pity that it was given to me by the eldest lady... It's really blind.
Of course, I think so in my heart, but I can't say it in words, otherwise I will be betrayed by someone who likes to gossip, and it will be miserable later.
At this time, the team at the door suddenly made way to the side to make way for a passage.
I saw a carriage slowly stopping at the door of the grocery store.
"Hey, the carriage from the printing shop." A well-informed merchant poked his head out curiously.
The people in line also looked curiously at the few people who got off the carriage, and saw them getting off the carriage carrying stacks of red paper.
One of the middle-aged men in charge of dressing up ordered: "Go and jump out the twelve generals of Longshan and stick them on the windows along the street."
"Yes." Several young men dressed as servants started to move.
Everyone was looking forward to it, and saw a boy holding a piece of red paper, putting some water on the window, and carefully pasting it up.
"Oh, it's the portrait of the Blood Hell God of War!"
"That's the mighty God of War Zhang Fei, what a mighty man!"
"These pictures are so lifelike, especially the facial features and eyebrows. They are just like seeing real people in person."
"Are the twelve generals of Longshan all soldiers of the Longshan Army?"
As pieces of red paper were pasted on the windows facing the street, pedestrians passing by also stopped to look, and the whole street was suddenly surrounded. Everyone was familiar with the people in these pictures. After all, martial arts The conference has just ended.
"Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Feng, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhou Tai, Ju Yi, Gao Lan, Zhang He... there are, look, the last one is Changshan Zhao Zilong, he also joined the Longshan Army!"
"Oh my God, the Longshan Army is too strong. These people are all popular figures in this martial arts competition. Except for Gao Lan who was defeated when he met the Tiger Army Zhang Liao, the others are all strong men who made it to the finals."
"These pictures look festive, with gold characters on a red background, and the armor on the pictures is also shining with gold. I wonder if I can buy a few of them?"
At this moment, the steward at the door said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, this is a picture of the door god specially printed by my printing shop. Buy two and stick them on the left and right sides of the door. It can protect the health of the family and keep all evil spirits away. Buy quickly."
"Young, you can really buy it."
"Such a realistic portrait must not be cheap, right?"
The steward saw that many people in the crowd were excited, and added: "In addition to the door god pictures, there are also five thousand door couplets, all of which match the door god pictures. They are also with gold characters on a red background and only cost thirty." Wen, if you want to buy it, hurry up."
Two boys brought out a ladder from the store and pasted a pair of door couplets on both sides of the grocery store's door.
On the left: Longshan Gao Shiyi showed his majesty.
On the right: The spirit of the Han army has been defended in all directions through hundreds of battles.
Horizontal comment: The family and the country are in good health.
"Good words!"
"Why do you feel so excited all of a sudden?"
"Give me one."
"I also want!"
"Aren't there any Tiger Soul Army members?"
"My lady wants two paintings of Young Master Zhao!"
"My young lady also wants Zhao Xiaolangjun's."
"My wife asked how many portraits of Mr. Zhao we had, and our Yuan family covered them all."
The manager of the printing shop burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, Wei Jun was right. Fortunately, he urgently printed two thousand more pictures of Zhao Zilong.
"Hahaha, don't worry, don't worry, the door god is enough to take care of...well, it's not all-inclusive."
Several mountain people passing by were speechless and thought to themselves: "These city people are crazy. What can a broken portrait do? Thirty coins is enough to buy several feet of cloth and a big leg of lamb. They are mentally ill." Can’t do it?”
But they don't know how crazy future female fans can be for their idols.
What's more, in order to vote for idols, they spent hundreds of thousands on yogurt and poured it into the ditch, just for a QR code in the box.
Mountain girl: "Master, I also want a painting by Mr. Zhao. Please give me thirty coins."
Mountain man: "..."
