Vol 4 Chapter 28 (2/2)

“Cai Yang and Zhao Dong have fallen ill. Liu Yan’s shoulder injury has come back due to the weather.”

Oh? That many? Looks like I’ll have to go pay them a visit soon. I can’t be losing any generals due to disease at this time.

“Hu Chi, help me summon Hua Tuo. She should be able to do something.”

“About that, she has already begun treating them since 2 days ago,” Hu Chi said as she wiped the beads of sweat on her head, “But the cause of disease is due to the const.i.tution of the soldiers. Seems like they are unused to the environment and medicine, as well as other treatment methods, can’t do much.”

Is that so… Hai, that does make sense when you think about it.

I sighed in my heart as I got up and walked over to Hu Chi and patted her shoulders before I wiped the dust off her face.

“Hu Chi, you must make sure to take care of yourself as well. You’re strong and healthy but you’re still young. Don’t be getting sick at this time.”

“Oh, thanks for your concern, my lord.” Hu Chi seemed to have gotten more energetic at hearing my concern, “My lord shouldn’t tire herself out too much as well.”

“Un, don’t worry.” I nodded and rubbed Hu Chi’s forehead, “Go rest for now. There might not be any big battles recently, but we can’t afford to lower our guard.”

Hu Chi acknowledged what I said and ran out of the tent.

To me, Hu Chi’s energy is far more precious than her martial skills.

I only relaxed after seeing Hu Chi run a distance away. Though I’d made it seem like I had a solution, I was quite shaken inside.

If this goes on, I’ll have to retreat to Xuchang in 2 weeks. I wonder what Xun Yu has to say in such a dire situation.

I sat down on my seat, and raised my brush but stopped in mid-air for a long while before finally putting it down again.

“Is my lord thinking of writing to Wen Ruo?” I was honestly very surprised to hear a voice out of nowhere but I was able to suppress it somehow, and looked about calmly, trying to find the source.

“Is it Cheng Yu?” I asked.

“… It is indeed your retainer.” I looked outside the tent, and saw a small figure bowing, “I was just given new orders to go to Juan city in the meeting before, and wanted to say my farewells to my lord before leaving.”

“Oh. Juan city huh. That’s the frontlines, you better be careful.” Un, Juan city… “From what I remember, Juan city only has a few hundred troops right. I’ll give you a deployment order, bring another 2,000 men with you.”

“Ah, there is no need for that, my lord. Those few hundred men are enough,” She hurriedly turned me down when she heard what I said, “Yuan Shao will not dare to attack when she sees how few troops there are. If Yuan Shao does attack, and my lord increases the garrison there, it won’t be enough to hold out against Yuan Shao anyway and we will only increase our losses.”

(TL: A similar conversation and deployment also took place in the original.)

“Un… That does make sense, I’ll go along with what you said then.”

As she said so, Cheng Yu bowed once more. I thought she was going to leave but she stood there and spoke once more, “If my lord wishes to write to Wen Ruo, that is fine. My lord should just do as she wants.”

Eh?

“You’re not going to oppose me?”

When I heard Cheng Yu’s low voice, I was still wondering what she was going to say.

“Of course not, because I know what my lord will write and I can also guess what Wen Ruo will reply.” Cheng Yu nodded as she continued, “My lord is lacking of nothing but confidence.”

For some reason, I was convinced by Cheng Yu’s words and was about to inquire the reasons behind why she thought so but found that she had already left.

That fellow… She doesn’t speak much usually, but she probably knows everything.

I shook my head as I smiled and raised the brush once more as I slowly wrote what I thought.

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