Chapter 310 A Bowl of Hibiscus Porridge
After dealing with those rascals, Yun Chen came to the food and supplies warehouse.
People can live in simpler places, such as tents, but food and supplies must not be neglected. Temporary earthen houses should be built to protect and store them.
She passed by the increasingly empty rooms storing food, medicine, military uniforms, etc., and came to the warehouse for daily supplies.
The soldiers guarding the warehouse saluted her:
"General, is this the old order? Six bolts of cloth, a cart of medicinal wine, and half a cart of fine grain?"
"Yes, help me tie it to the horse, I want to go into the city." Yun Chen said.
The soldiers guarding the warehouse were quick and efficient. They quickly counted out the things Yun Chen wanted and registered them in the book.
Looking around the warehouse, Yun Chen said casually:
"These guys are too good to be true. The last batch of food and supplies arrived only half a month ago, and they've already destroyed it like this!"
This may seem like a complaint, but the tone is clearly full of doting.
They were all brave generals who fought in battles and killed many enemies. Naturally, they consumed a lot of food and supplies.
The soldier laughed and said, "General, this is the small warehouse closest to you. Take a look at the forage camp. It's always half empty after every battle. The kitchen knives in the stove room are almost giving off sparks. It only takes ten days to sharpen a knife."
He casually asked, "When will the latest batch of food arrive?" After receiving the reply "Today", Yun Chen returned to his tent, changed into ordinary clothes, picked up a package sent from Kyoto, drove a horse-drawn carriage, and headed for Guying City.
Guying City is an important city on the southeastern border that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
In recent years, wars have continued and the people of Guying City have suffered greatly from the war, but they are still reluctant to leave their homeland.
After the tunnel rescue, the Black Scale Cavalry was repelled by the Lion Army, and the people returned to Guying City one after another.
As the city closest to the Lion Power Army camp, the brothels in the city were banned and the buildings were rebuilt on the ruins burned by Yun Chen, turning it into a medical hospital to accommodate seriously injured soldiers for recuperation.
Yun Chen only kept the package and handed the other supplies he brought to the steward of the medical institute, and wrote the three words "Huo Luyu" in the place where the supplies belonged.
The steward accepted the item with familiarity, pointed to the second floor, and said with a smile:
"Doctor Huo is up there taking care of the wounded. She hasn't slept for a whole day and night."
"Thank you." Yun Chen picked up the package and walked upstairs.
The building was filled with seriously injured soldiers, and the ground was covered with wounded soldiers lying densely in all directions.
Some had no ears, some had no arms, and some even had their intestines turned outside their stomachs, soaking in a basin of warm water.
The air was filled with a pungent smell of herbs and a slightly rancid smell.
The military doctors and female doctors were so busy shuttling back and forth that they had no time to even drink a sip of water.
Like all the female doctors, Huo Luyu wore a linen dress and a doctor's cap. She rolled up her sleeves like a woman doing farm work, revealing her fair and slender arms. She was busy in front of each bed, not looking like a rich lady at all.
Her hair was a little messy, but she had no time to comb it. Her face was pale and tired, and her lips were a little chapped.
After a sleepless night, there was a dark tint under her eyes, but she looked happy.
Because her hard work was not in vain, the soldier who had a high fever all night finally recovered and woke up.
She stretched out her soft hand and touched the forehead of the soldier who was blind and had a broken right arm. She breathed a sigh of relief, then opened an oil-paper package, took out the last piece of lotus cake, broke it into pieces, and soaked it in warm rice soup.
Before throwing away the oil paper bag, she did not forget to use the newly learned technique - shaking the paper diagonally on the rim of the bowl until all the pastry crumbs fell into the bowl, and then she was willing to throw the paper away.
She held the soup bowl in one hand and a wooden spoon in the other, stirring and blowing gently, and said to the soldier:
"It's a little hot, let me blow on it and you can eat it right away."
Guying City is not as prosperous and stable as Kyoto. Goods are scarce and the food is coarse.
Every month when transporting grain and fodder, Yun Wang and his wife Zhu would pack some cloth, fine grains and cakes and send them along with the grain and fodder carts. This was their concern for Yun Chen.
Yun Chen gave it all to Huo Luyu.
Huo Luyu only left half a piece of cloth, and gave the rest to the seriously injured and dying soldiers.
After warming a bowl of thick and fragrant lotus porridge, Huo Luyu helped the soldier to stand up.
She faced the soldier, put her hands under his armpits, hugged him head-on, and pulled him up with great effort.
Here in the war zone, there is no distinction between men and women, and all etiquette and decorum are for the dead.
Huo Luyu was unable to pull the soldier away due to his lack of strength. Yun Chen quickly stepped forward to help.
As for Yun Chen's arrival, Huo Luyu treated him as air as before, not noticing him and not even glancing at him.
That day in Kyoto, after seeing Yun Chen and Huo Gannian in love with each other, Huo Luyu ran away crying.
Huo Gannian chased after her, and he didn't know what he said to Huo Luyu. She didn't run away, but followed the Lion Power Army to the war zone to work as a doctor. She said she had been doing this for the past year in Yancheng.
But from that day on, Huo Luyu never spoke a word to Yun Chen again. When he looked at Yun Chen, it was always with an indifferent and ignoring look.
Yun Chen helped the soldier up and helped him sit down.
The soldier's voice was hoarse and his breath was weak, but he joked:
"Thank you for your hard work... I didn't expect that even with an arm missing, the weight would still be so heavy. I can't even move it."
Huo Luyu scooped up the softened lotus cake with a wooden spoon and fed it to the soldier, saying softly:
"Oh, you even have the energy to joke around? I don't know who was there the other day crying and saying he didn't want to live anymore, forcing me to apply medicine and bandage his eyes over and over again, huh?"
The soldier laughed heartily. "Hey, Doctor Huo, don't laugh at me. Even though I lost my eyes and my arms, I've killed 260 black dogs! General Yun knows how brave I am! I just panicked when I woke up blind. I'm fine now! I can accept myself like this!"
Although the words were said in a light-hearted and joking manner, they were heartbreaking to hear, and so heavy that I couldn't respond.
The entire building is filled with such soldiers.
Some were missing arms, some were missing legs, some were burned all over, and some were covered in blood and still unconscious.
War is always cruel.
Behind every victory and glory, countless soldiers and civilians are annihilated like dust.
People often only remember great generals like Yun Chen who have made outstanding military achievements, but fail to remember the unknown heroes behind her who also fought bravely and risked their lives.
Yun Chen carefully examined the soldier's face and nodded:
"I remember you, He Xiaowu, deputy commander of the 7th Infantry Battalion. You are indeed brave."
Hearing Yun Chen's voice, the soldier was stunned for a moment, and immediately struggled to get up, saying anxiously:
"General Yun, is that you? Why are you here? General! I can still fight! Don't send me away! I don't want to leave! I want to stay and kill the black dog! I know I'm blind and disabled now! But I still have one hand! I can beat the war drum! Or even light the fire in the kitchen! General! Don't send me away!"
All seriously injured soldiers who survived were sent back to their hometowns to recuperate. He Xiaowu, severely injured to this point, was among the latest group to return home. This was the Lion Army's comforting treatment of the wounded.
But for a man who has been fighting the enemy all his life, returning home means leaving the Lion Army forever and no longer being a soldier.
As soon as He Xiaowu spoke, all the other wounded began to struggle and shout:
"General Yun! I can do odd jobs! I don't want to leave!"
"Me too! I'm only missing a leg! I can stand guard against the wall at night!"
"Me too! General Yun, please! Don't chase us away!"
The soldiers completely forgot their injuries and pain, and begged Yun Chen to keep them in the Lion Army so that they could continue to kill the enemy and continue to be soldiers defending the country and the people.
Yun Chen was moved and hurried to comfort everyone, but he couldn't say no.
The scene began to become chaotic.
Seeing the seriously injured soldiers ignoring the advice of the military doctor and the female doctor, struggling to get up one by one, their wounds all torn and bleeding, Huo Luyu put the bowl heavily on the table and finally spoke to Yun Chen:
"go out!"
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