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Wu Ba was a little stunned.

Are you... here to steal food?

It seems that the other party doesn't take me seriously.

The four of them were still playing rock-paper-scissors.

Hey, another old man came and joined in.

"Damn it!" Wu Ba was about to order his men to charge forward, but the other side had already finished the rock-paper-scissors game.

Liao Hua pulled the reins with a proud look on his face and came to the front.

"Don't be too harsh." Zhuge Tian reminded from behind.

"Liao Yuanjian from Wolong Village, if I lose, I will naturally provide you with food, but if I win, please go back to where you came from." Liao Hua pointed his long sword at Wu Ba.

This is the rule of the battlefield. Once you come out and declare your name, both sides will enter the battle.

Of course, Wu Ba could also refuse and directly order his men to attack, but this would greatly reduce his prestige in the army.

Wu Ba naturally wouldn't do that.

These tattered country folk in front of me think they can go to the battlefield just by having a horse and a sword?

"The souls killed by the gun are not worthy of knowing my name!"

After saying this, Wu Ba kicked his horse's belly and rushed forward.

A shot pierced Liao Hua's chest.

"Haha, it's still far inferior to Zilong."

To Liao Hua, this shot seemed weak and slow.

The long knife in his hand was lifted from bottom to top.

There was a local sound.

The spear in Wu Ba's hand felt as if it had been hit by a thousand-pound boulder, and it swung high into the air.

My hands were slightly numb.

With just this one strike, the two horses passed each other.

Liao Hua handed the long sword to his left hand, clenched his right fist, and took advantage of the relative speed of the two horses to punch Wu Ba in the chest.

Although Wu Ba was wearing leather armor, he could not withstand this huge force and was knocked off his horse and fell heavily to the ground.

"General!" Just as Wu Ba's men were about to step forward, they saw Liao Hua's long sword at Wu Ba's neck, so they did not dare to act rashly.

"Woo..." Wu Ba covered his chest and it took him a long time to catch his breath.

Then I found the knife on my neck, and for a moment I didn't know what to say.

"General Wu, you lost!" Liao Hua said with a smile.

"Hmph!" Wu Ba turned his face away.

"Yuan Jian, he seems a little unconvinced. Tell him to choose another one and fight him again."

Gan Ning cheered from behind.

Wu Ba blushed with shame, but Liao Hua actually moved his sword away and said to him, "Okay, then choose someone to fight you again?"

Wu Ba stood up, holding his chest.

At this time, I didn't dare to be careless anymore and looked across.

Both of them are at least nine feet tall and look like fierce warriors. I don’t think we can win.

Especially the tallest one, he looked somewhat familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere.

Another pretty boy and the old man who came later...

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Ba pointed at the old man with white hair and beard and shouted, "Okay, if this old man can beat me, I will take my people and leave immediately!"

"Bah, Old Man Huang is so lucky!" Gan Ning spat, thinking that he was making things difficult for others.

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!" Huang Zhong heard from Zhuge Tian that he could equip war horses with saddles and stirrups, so he rode his own horse here today.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived, I heard that Cao's soldiers were coming to steal food.

You can also get into a fight.

He handed his reins to Zhuge Tian and said, "Tian boy, change another horse and let me see how useful these saddle and stirrups you mentioned are."

Zhuge Tian exchanged war horses with him.

Old Man Huang tried it and said with satisfaction: "It is indeed much easier to use force."

Then he shouted to Wu Ba, "Come on."

This time Wu Ba was much more careful. He rode his horse and held his spear, but he didn't dare to use his full strength. He just made a feint to test the enemy's strength.

However, he didn't expect that after he fired a feint, Old Man Huang would drop his sword.

He grabbed the barrel of his gun and yelled, "Come here."

Wu Ba's body weighing over 100 pounds was actually lifted up by his gun.

Wu Ba was dumbfounded. What kind of old man did he choose?

then……

Then Huang Zhong reached out and grabbed his collar and threw him to the ground, where he fainted.

When he woke up again, he was already on the horse.

"What...what happened? What's going on?" Wu Ba was still a little dizzy.

"General... General, are you awake?" The man leading the horse was one of Wu Ba's personal soldiers. He stopped and said, "Just now... just now, the general fainted. They told us to take you with us... and then let us go."

Wu Ba looked towards Wolong Village with lingering fear: "Just...let us go like this?"

"Well, the tallest man is Xu Chu, the former Tiger and Leopard Cavalry guard. He said that we used to be under Cao Gong's command, and told us not to come here again."

Come again, I'm not stupid.

Today, before Xu Chu could even make a move, he was pinned to the ground and beaten twice.

With only a hundred or so of his people, even if he couldn't defeat the monsters on the opposite side, it would be easy for them to rush in and kill him.

"No one is allowed to spread rumors about what happened today after we go back, otherwise we will be punished by military law!" Wu Ba shouted, and then he felt pain all over his chest and back.

Let’s go back and see the doctor.

Elsewhere, Old Man Huang watched with satisfaction as Liao Hua and his men equipped his warhorse with new saddles and stirrups. He patted Zhuge Tian on the shoulder and said, "Cao's army has entered Wancheng. The higher-ups have ordered all cities to be strictly guarded. It's inconvenient for me to stay here with you any longer."

"It's just that someone wanted to see you, but without your consent, I didn't tell you where you were."

"You want to see me? Who is it?"

"Dong Feng, Dong Junyi."

"Dong Feng? I don't know him. What's he doing? Why are you looking for me?"

Zhuge Tian searched his mind for memories about the characters of the Three Kingdoms, and it seemed that he had never heard of Dong Feng.

"Dong Feng is from Houguan County and worked as a minor official there for several years. However, his greatest talent is his medical skills. He treated Xu'er's illness before. This time, he came to Xiangyang to purchase medicinal herbs and came to see Xu'er again. Xu'er talked about the treatment you gave him, which made him very curious, so he wanted to meet you."

"Proficient in medicine? Then let him come over." Zhuge Tian said.

He didn't know that although Dong Feng seemed to be not well-known, he was actually known as one of the "Three Great Doctors of Jian'an" together with Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing.

He did not charge for his medical treatment, but only asked that after a seriously ill patient was cured by him, he would plant five apricot trees on the mountain behind him, and after a mildly ill patient was cured, he would plant one apricot tree.

Later, there were thousands of apricot trees on the hill behind his house, forming a lush forest.

When apricots ripened in spring, Dong Feng built a straw warehouse to store them.

Anyone who needs apricots can exchange them for millet.

The grain obtained will be used to help the poor.

This is how the phrase "Spring warmth in the apricot forest" came about.

"Okay, Dong Feng is a very skilled doctor and is obsessed with medicine. When he comes, you should treat him well. It would be best if you can keep him here."

Huang Zhong also knew that although Zhuge Tian was good at treating injuries, he was not good at treating many diseases.

In this era, having a skilled doctor by your side is like having an extra life.