Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 493 Xu Huang retreats! (Thanks to Brother Kongcheng for the small gift~)

Two days later, in the camp.

Wei Yan was summarizing the gains and losses of this battle with his soldiers.

After this battle, their 55,000-strong army lost less than 2,000 people.

Among the more than 7,000 wounded enemy soldiers who were rescued, except for more than 2,000 seriously injured, the remaining nearly 5,000 were incorporated into their own troops.

As a result, their total number of soldiers not only did not decrease, but increased to nearly 60,000!
However, the amount of food consumed by these 60,000 troops every day is also huge.

In addition, after they crossed Hongchiling, the transportation of food and fodder to the rear became difficult.

Fortunately, they obtained a lot of food and fodder in the camp left by Zhu Jun, otherwise the food and fodder would have become even more scarce.

Although the low peak of Hongchiling is not difficult to climb, it is still a mountain climb after all. Even with the use of wooden oxen and flowing horses to transport food and fodder, the efficiency is greatly reduced.

Therefore, they must hurry to capture Guzang County in order to resolve the current food crisis.

In addition to the increase in the total number of soldiers, Zhou Tai also relied on his own strong physique to hold on.

Although he suffered multiple fractures, at least his life was not in danger.

After a few months of rest, you will be almost fully recovered.

After all, bones can grow back after a fracture.

As long as it is not a catastrophic fracture, it can generally be basically recovered through rest and subsequent exercise.

Of course, sequelae are inevitable.

But as long as you are not missing any limbs, you won't have any major problems in life.

Even if I can no longer kill enemies myself in the future, I will still be more than capable of commanding troops.

Just as Wei Yan was happily talking to his generals about the excitement of the battle, he suddenly noticed that there was one person missing on the field.

It was none other than their military advisor on this trip, Kuai Liang.

Wei Yan immediately looked at the guard beside him:
"Why didn't Mr. Kuai come?"

The guard replied with difficulty:
"Mr. Kuai...he is ill."

"what?!"

Wei Yan stood up in astonishment and grabbed the guard by the collar:

"When did the military advisor fall ill? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

The guard was sprayed with spit, but he didn't dare to wipe it off. He could only reply innocently:
"General, Mr. Kuai suddenly fell ill last night.

"But he didn't let us tell the general, fearing that you would force him to go back..."

Wei Yan pushed the guard away with a dark face, quickly walked out of the tent, and went straight to the tent where Kuai Liang was.

As soon as he reached the door of the tent, he heard a rapid cough coming from inside the tent.

It seemed like the cough could not be stopped at all, as if he was going to cough out his heart and lungs!
Wei Yan hurriedly lifted the tent curtain and entered, where he saw Kuai Liang lying on his side on a straw mat, holding onto a spittoon and continuously coughing up thick phlegm into it.

You can even clearly see something blood-red being coughed up!
Beside the straw mat, two military doctors were looking at Wei Yan helplessly.

Obviously, with their medical skills, they are unable to cure the patient in this situation.

Wei Yan hurriedly stepped forward, held Kuai Liang's shoulders, and patted his back gently, his face full of pity.

If he had known that coming here would cause Kuai Liang's old illness to relapse, he would never have brought him here.

After all, the other party had suffered from the plague in the past and had already developed a chronic illness.

After being treated by the great doctor Zhongjing, he has almost recovered.

However, this time we came to such a cold snowy mountain and experienced a severe snowstorm.

After that, he had to climb mountains and cross ridges, which was undoubtedly a torment and blow to Kuai Liang's body! When Kuai Liang saw Wei Yan coming, he forced himself to stop coughing and bowed to Wei Yan with a pale face.

Wei Yan directly held the other person's hand, and said with both heartache and anger:
"Look at you! I told you not to hold on!

“You can still earn more credit in the future, but if you lose your life, everything is gone!
"No matter what you say this time, this general must make you return to Jincheng County immediately and recuperate in the city!"

A hint of anxiety immediately appeared in Kuai Liang's eyes:
"No, I can't... Guzang County has not been conquered yet, I... I can't go back.

“Besides… the return journey is equally bumpy. General, rather than letting me cross the mountains and return to Jincheng County,

"Why not... ahem... why not let me help the general take Guzang City as soon as possible so that I can go directly into Guzang City to recuperate...

"This way, my chances of survival will be greater..."

Wei Yan, who had originally planned to send the other party back no matter what the other party said, suddenly fell silent after hearing these words.

What Kuai Liang said makes sense.

The road on the way back was also bumpy, which was even more torture to the body.

The best way at the moment is to capture Guzang County as quickly as possible and allow Kuai Liang to recuperate in the city.

As for now, he could only ask the soldiers to add more quilts for Kuai Liang and build fires around the tent to make it less cold inside.

After doing all this, Wei Yan held Kuai Liang's hand and said:
"Military advisor, take good care of yourself. I will go and discuss with the soldiers how to attack Guzang County.

"If the military advisor has any ideas, you can ask the guards to help convey them."

Kuai Liang felt the tent gradually warming up, and his complexion improved a little. He nodded guiltily:
"Thank you for your concern, General..."

Wei Yan patted the back of Kuai Liang's hand, stood up, and ordered the military doctor to stay by his side for twelve hours.

Report to him immediately if anything bad happens.

Afterwards, Wei Yan immediately returned to the central military tent and gathered everyone again to discuss the attack on Guzang County.

At the meeting, Gu Yong, a member of the Ministry and County Affairs, reminded:

"General, our army has just won a great victory, and we should rest for two days before attacking Guzang County.

"Is it too hasty to discuss the strategy of attack now?"

Wei Yan glanced at Gu Yong:
“How could I not know this?

“However, Military Advisor Kuai Liang is seriously ill now, and we must hurry to capture Guzang City so that he can recuperate inside the city.

"If we delay any longer, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive until the city is captured..."

After listening to Wei Yan's explanation, Gu Yong stopped talking.

After hearing this, the other soldiers also realized that they had to fight quickly and decisively, and they began to discuss the matter.

At this time, Lieutenant General Wen Pin said:

“The enemy originally had a total of 40,000 troops, and this time 21,000 were killed here, leaving more than 19,000 people in the city.

“But the enemy will certainly conscript some troops when they return, bringing the number of soldiers to around 20,000.

"We have a total of 60,000 troops here, plus powerful weapons such as gunpowder jars. Isn't it easy to capture this city?"

After hearing what Wen Pin said, all the soldiers agreed.

In their opinion, even if Guzang City was a strong city, it had no ability to resist powerful weapons such as gunpowder cans.

Just when everyone was extremely optimistic, a soldier suddenly rushed into the tent and reported to everyone:
"General! According to reports from our spies, Xu Huang led an army of 20,000 to attack Jincheng County, but was blocked by the Eight Formations of Stone Soldiers led by General Guo.

"So he chose to take a detour through a small road, but was defeated by the ambush set by the military advisor. Xu Huang had no choice but to lead the remaining troops back to Zhangye County!"

(End of this chapter)