There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The Baibo army was stationed in the Baibo Valley of Xihe, which is also in the territory of Bingzhou, and the northward journey from Luoyang had to pass through Hanoi County. Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hebei Province, was Yuan Shao's staunch supporter. When they first attacked Dong Zhuo, they were stationed together in Hanoi. of.

The potter's mind was full of Wang Kuang's little ninety-nine. Perhaps, many matters such as the logistics and supplies of the crusade against the Yellow Turban had to fall on Wang Kuang's head, and only Yuan Shao was qualified to order Wang Kuang to help him with this matter. .

But how to solve the problem of insufficient soldiers and horses?

There are only 1 soldiers and horses under his command, while the Baibo Army has [-] to [-] people. Even if the more than [-] people fish in troubled waters and the elites are few, the number is really there. A pack of wolves, if my [-] people fought against the Baibo army in one line, they would be trampled to death.

In fact, Tao Shang has fallen into a misunderstanding at this time. He habitually simply uses numbers as strengths and weaknesses for horizontal comparisons, but after doing his best, he will find that opponents are sometimes not as terrible as he imagined.

While the potter's mind was still running at high speed, he saw Mi Fang running towards him in a hurry, panting heavily while running.

"Huh? What's the matter, what are you doing in such a hurry?" The potter looked at Mi Fang strangely.

Mi Fang chuckled, rubbed her hands together and said, "You're back, and I have two pieces of news for you, one good and one bad, which one do you want to hear first?"

The pottery merchant rolled his eyes and said, "You are a person, sometimes you may not even be able to tell the good from the bad, so let's hear the good first."

Mi Fang rubbed her nose, and said hesitantly: "That Dong Zhuojun general named Xu Rong, after being in a coma for so many days, finally woke up! Hey, it's enough to torment those medical officers in our army."

The potter's face showed joy: "This is really good news, so his life is safe?"

Mi Fang nodded vigorously: "The medical officer said that his life is saved, as long as Xu Rong turns around and doesn't harm his body, there should be no problem. It's really thanks to your good prescription, young master."

Hearing this, the pottery merchant felt very relieved in his heart, he did not waste his time recalling the prescriptions of Qianjin Fang and Guizhi Decoction, he never thought that these medical officers were really pretty faces.

"What's the bad news?" The potter asked Mi Fang curiously.

Mi Fang's old face suddenly pulled: "The bad news is that Xu Rong is harming his body."

The pottery merchant couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, and said, "What did he do? Chop his hands, or stomp his feet? Could it be that he committed seppuku?"

Mi Fang shook her head and said: "That's not the problem. After opening his eyes, he knew that he was in the enemy's camp, and he lost one eye and disfigured his face. Drinking, seems to have the thought of death."

The pottery merchant laughed a few times and shook his head helplessly.

If you really want to commit suicide, why not cut your pulse and wipe your neck?Even if there is no weapon in hand to commit crimes, at least there is a way to kill oneself by biting one's tongue. You can try the inhumane method of starving yourself to death with a hunger strike?

Not to mention suffering, and the probability of failure is too high, right?It's clear that I still don't want to die.

If he doesn't want to die, it means that there is still a way to do it, because he is afraid that he will only want to die, and he will not even give himself a chance.

"Take me over there to have a look. He is feeling lonely now. He was originally a famous general of his generation, but he suddenly became disabled. It's normal to be a little bit overwhelmed. Wait for me to enlighten him."

Mi Fang immediately led the way and led the potters to the tent where Xu Rong was resting.

Xu Rong was lying on the bed, his right eye was still tightly wrapped in a white cloth, his face was sallow, his cheeks were sunken, and he was extremely thin. The remaining left eye stared blankly at the top of the tent. Yes, quite lonely.

The military doctor standing next to him was holding a bowl of rice porridge in his hand, and was looking at him helplessly, no matter how much he advised him not to eat it, the gods couldn't save him.

Seeing the potter and Mi Fang coming in, the military doctor was at a loss with the bowl, not knowing how to salute.

The pottery merchant shook his head, indicating that it was okay, and reached out to take the bowl of rice porridge from the military doctor's hand, and came to Xu Rong, lowering his head and silently observing his disfigured half of his face.

"Do you want to go on a hunger strike without eating?" the potter asked out of the mouth.

Xu Rong glanced sideways at the potter, and said slowly, "You are the one who saved me?"

Tao Shang showed a warm smile, and said: "This is Tao Shang, the eldest son of Xuzhou governor. The general guessed right. I am the one who saved you."

Xu Rong's one-eyed eyebrows frowned, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Why did you save me? Is there anything I can do to save me like this? It's better to die!"

The pottery merchant can somewhat understand Xu Rong's current mood. Losing one eye, his appearance has been destroyed, and he has become a disabled person. The tough man can't accept it psychologically for a while.

The potter shook his head lightly, and tried to persuade him: "The general is too extreme, one eye is missing, but you have one left, and your face is ruined, but why do you need such a beautiful face for a man? Isn't death better than anything else when a strong man returns to life after ten years?"

Having said that, the potter turned his head to look inside the tent, and there was a bronze mirror facing him on the table not far away, on which his handsome face was vaguely reflected.

That being said, it’s nice to have a good look, at least it’s comfortable to look in the mirror every morning.

Xu Rong stared at him alone, noncommittal.

The potter took the porridge out of the bowl with a spoon, and gently blew hot air under his lips.

Xu Rong watched the potter's movements, and said slowly: "Don't waste your efforts, I don't know how to eat."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the potter showing his small white teeth with a smile: "You think too much, I didn't tell you to eat."

The potter stuffed the porridge from the spoon directly into his mouth.

The corners of Xu Rong's mouth twitched involuntarily, not knowing whether it was from eye pain or anger.

In front of Xu Rong, the potter slowly blew on the porridge in his mouth, and put it into his mouth one after another.

Xu Rong's only remaining eye stared at him fiercely.

after half an hour

"Master Tao" Xu Rong said hoarsely, "Can you stop eating in front of me!"

The pottery merchant smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's delicious, don't you want to try it?"

After finishing speaking, he handed the spoon to Xu Rong's mouth, and the aroma of rice porridge floated into Xu Rong's nostrils along with the heat. The potter saw Xu Rong's Adam's apple rolled for a moment, and a trace of longing appeared on his face. But it disappeared in an instant.

The pottery merchant understood that this man was really greedy.

The wound on his eye has not healed yet, and he has just escaped from the dangerous period. He needs nutrition and energy all over his body. How can he not be hungry?

What supported his still stubbornness was the so-called dignity. Everyone has dignity, but it shouldn't be shown at this time, not to mention that the potter didn't deprive Xu Rong of his dignity.

"Eat it, you will have the strength to talk about other things after eating." The pottery grinned at Nunu's spoonful of porridge.

Xu Rong took a deep breath, and said, "Xu doesn't eat what you get."

Behind the pottery merchant, Mi Fang couldn't help being angry when she heard the words: "You are so rude! Do you know how much effort my eldest son has spent trying to save you? Sun Ce wants to kill you to avenge his father and grandson Jian! Hiding you Yuan Shao And almost troubled my young master, my young master finally did it."

The pottery merchant suddenly turned his head, his expression slightly displeased, and he shook his head at Mi Fang: "Brother Mi, don't say what you shouldn't say."

Only then did Mi Fang swallow the words back to her stomach angrily.

The pottery merchant sighed, sat beside Xu Rong's bed, and said thoughtfully: "In the Book of Rites, Qian Ao calls out to the hungry people, saying, "Come and eat!" The hungry people don't eat, and come and eat. Qian Ao apologizes, and the hungry people He died without eating. Master Zeng heard about it and said, “Thank you, you can eat it.”

Xu Rong looked at the potter in puzzlement: "Why are you talking to Xu about this?"

The potter raised his eyebrows, and persuaded Xu Rong: "Since Master Zeng has said, thank you, you can eat it, then you see that I am still polite to you, and this meal is not a cheap meal for you, right?"

Xu Rong was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and after a while he grinned, as if the potter was amused.