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Chapter 2 Visiting the Wounded Barracks

Lu Bu wandered around and there was nothing wrong with the camp, so he put the Red Rabbit Horse back to the stable.

Lu Bu said to his personal guards: "Take me to the wounded barracks and take a look."

The guard hesitated and said, "This."

Lu Bu glared at him and said, "What, you want to disobey."

The guard knelt down and said, "I dare not, but the wounded barracks are filthy."

"It's okay, I'll take the book to see it," said Lu Bu.

As the chief general of the army, Lu Bu didn't even know where the injured barracks were. From this point of view, it would be no loss to hang him to Baimen Tower. The general did not know how to use his troops. Lu Bu was born in a poor family and was just a small Marquis of Wen. He regarded himself as a wealthy nobleman, and he was not good at treating soldiers. He was separated from the masses. This must be corrected.

Now Lu Bu wants to establish a new image, that is, love soldiers like sons and treat his own people as warm as spring.

The wounded barracks are in the southwest corner of the barracks, and they are composed of dozens of tents. As soon as they come in, they smell an unpleasant herbal smell. I heard the wild screams and scoldings of the wounded soldiers.

Lu Bu lowered his head and entered a tent, where there were more than a dozen wounded soldiers bandaged their hands and feet. As soon as he entered the house, he felt a pungent stench.

Those who lack clothing and medicine these days are basically minor injuries, and even minor injuries can be suppurated and suffocated at any time.

The wounded soldiers had already started to have lunch. The black porcelain bowl was filled with sorghum porridge and the gray-black sorghum noodles in their hands. This kind of food is not bad.

"General." The wounded soldiers were shocked. Lu Bu actually came to see them and wanted to get up to greet them.

Lu Bu said: "Dear brothers, continue eating, don't move, don't move, don't move, don't be polite if you are injured."

Everyone just sit down, but who dares to eat in front of Lu Bu?

Lu Bu said: "Everyone is injured. Eating these things is not conducive to recovery. It's all because I am not thinking well. I will change the number of patients to everyone tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, General." Everyone said.

But no one took it seriously. If Lu Bu could come to the wounded barracks, he would burn high incense and have a sick meal. What do you think? It would be nice to have a meal.

In the second tent, a doctor was changing the medicine with a soldier. The soldier was injured in his leg, not old enough to be underweight, at most eighteen years old.

"Young man, you're so good, very brave. You don't even have any pain in the dressing change." Lu Bu patted the soldier on the shoulder.

The soldier grinned and said, "General Xie praised him."

After several fierce battles, more than 500 injured soldiers were seen. Lu Bu looked at each tent and promised to change the number of patients tomorrow morning.

After leaving the tent, the guards beside Lu Bu said, "Call fifty personal soldiers to come over and clean the patient battalion thoroughly. In addition, we will find the food and fodder officer."

"Yes." After saying that, the guard turned around and went to call someone.

This personal guard is called Lu Tong. He was brought by Lu Bu from his hometown and has always followed Lu Bu. Although his martial arts are so good and he has no achievements, he has the advantage of his loyalty.

After a while, the grain and fodder officer Wang Heng arrived.

"Lord." Wang Heng said with his fists.

Lu Bu pointed to the injured barracks and said, "There are all wounded soldiers here, and the poor food is not conducive to recovery. You can arrange to buy less pork every day and buy some eggs, one egg per day for each person."

Wang Heng looked at Lu Bu again and thought to himself that this lord had something wrong with it, and why did he suddenly change his temper? He used to wish that these wounded soldiers would die early to avoid wasting money and food, but now why has it changed?

Lu Bu looked at Wang Heng and said, "Is there any problem?"

"No, no problem." Wang Heng quickly agreed.

Although the money and grain are not abundant now, one can buy three eggs per money. Poor people sell eggs in the market every day. As for the price of pork, ten copper coins per pound, pork is not eaten as a meal. Five hundred people buy more than ten pounds of meat, and it is enough to have a meaty taste. Eating so many people can easily get three highs.

"The grain supply of other battalions has also been strengthened. Now it has grown, from two edibles a day to three edibles a day." Lu Bu almost let Wang Heng sit on the ground with a word.

Wang Heng shook his head and said, "Lord, this is inappropriate. None of the princes can eat three foods a day. Although we have obtained 200,000 shi of grain and grass in Xuzhou, this is the result of Liu Bei's pre-collecting summer and autumn grains in advance. In other words, our 200,000 shi of grain and grass must last until the end of the year. What's more, the lord said that if we expand our army by another 200,000, it will probably be dangerous for even half a year to consume it."

Lu Bu nodded and said, "What you said is that the soldiers are not full and have insufficient strength. Fighting is a life of life. How can we make it without strength? I remember that outside Xuzhou, there are more than 10,000 acres of land left by Tao Qian. We can sow seeds, and we can solve the problem by autumn."

"That 10,000 acres of land was ruined by Zhang Fei's horse raising last year. This year, it would take effort to sort out and then cultivate it. We plow oxen and horses, and it is not worth the effort to rely on manpower to make a living. These 10,000 acres of land are dry land. Even if the weather is good, planting 10,000 acres of millet can not be collected 30,000 stones of grain, which can only be considered an emergency response." Wang Heng said.

Lu Bu remembered his exchange system, but he hadn't used it yet, so he didn't dare to make a promise and said, "Okay, I know. You can improve the patient's food first, and I'll find a way to find other things."

"Yes, lord." Wang Heng went down to arrange to buy pork and eggs for the patient.

Lu Bu asked Lu Tong again: "Which general is on duty in the city defense this afternoon?"

"It was General Zhang Liao who threw a thousand soldiers on duty. General Hao Meng changed his guards in the early morning," said Lu Tong.

"Oh, uptown." Lu Bu came to the Xuzhou city wall with a sword and a cloak, and with fifty personal soldiers with great courage.

Xuzhou is Tao Qian's old nest, but the city wall was built more than 100 years ago. The huge blue bricks tell the vicissitudes of history. Xuzhou City is square, with four gates from east, west, south and north. The city wall is more than three meters high and is tall and mighty. It has arrow towers and battlements. The city wall is ten and a half meters wide, and can pull a carriage to the city.

Above the city walls, ragged soldiers held wooden guns and wrapped in headscarves, without even a simple helmet or leather armor. The spring weather was cold, and the soldiers were on duty in the chilly spring cold.

Lu Bu did not disturb Zhang Liao, and went up the city wall from the south city wall and then turned to the west city wall. Every ten feet a soldier looked out. It was a troublesome now, and I had to guard against the fact that there were too many sneak attacks.

Lu Bu found that these soldiers were still very good, and he executed the orders seriously and did not take it lazily. After all, Lu Bu was famous for his bad reputation and was very strict in governing the army.

When Lu Bu walked back to the south gate, it was almost dark and his stomach began to sway.

"Lord, why are you going to the city?" Zhang Liao came over and bowed with his fists.

Zhang Liao was wearing fish scales and iron armor, and his figure was majestic. Although he was not as powerful as Lu Bu, he was also handsome.

Lu Bu said: "Xuzhou Xinfu, people are unstable and are afraid that the enemy will attack, so come and take a look. You did a good job, and the soldiers are not lazy."

Zhang Liao smiled and said, "This soldier is not sleepy. It is mainly lazy in the second half of the night. Hao Meng's soldiers should sleep in the camp. He will take over the second half of the night."

"You hold your whistle, I will return to the camp." Lu Bu patted Zhang Liao's shoulder and went back.
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