When surviving in the wild, if one was alone or when there were few people, it was necessary to be on guard in the forest.
Not only did they need to be on guard, but they also needed to be on guard against possible bandits and raiders, as well as the wild beasts in the forest.
At this moment, the rate of land development was very low. There were many mountains and forests, and all kinds of ferocious beasts lived in them.
At this moment, their living space had not been taken away by humans.
Of course, facing an army, no matter how many wild beasts there were, they could only become wild animals.
Zhao Yun and the rest of the roaming cavalry had returned from scouting the front and had "stolen" a small batch of wild animals, which they handed over to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei kept a small portion of it and gave it to Zhao Yun and the others.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the other generals did not ask for it, but instead asked for leave from Liu Bei.
When he was free, he went to the forest to hunt, which fully reflected the embodiment of his own hands-on ample food and clothing.
Liu Bei did not restrain them. He only brought some roasted meat and leisurely went to find Xia Cheng. While eating and drinking with him, they continued to formulate their next plan, the route of the army…and asked about their chances of winning.
"Zi Mou…do you think we can successfully save Tao Gongzu and Xu Prefecture from Cao Cao?”
This time, they had gathered all the assets that Liu Bei had.
He was still a little nervous.
"Don't worry, my lord. This rescue mission to Xuzhou will definitely succeed.”
Xia Cheng took the roasted meat from Liu Bei and smiled. He pretended to be relaxed and pleased, trying to give Liu Bei confidence.
In this world, there was naturally no absolute victory.
The situation of the battlefield was ever-changing, and everything was possible.
This wasn't a cheat game. Even if Xia Cheng had a cheat, he couldn't guarantee that his side would win.
Moreover, his opponent was Cao Cao.
However, they were not going to arm wrestle Cao Cao.
Their goal was only to rescue Xu Prefecture.
"As long as you don't compete, no one in the world can compete with you.”
This sentence came from the complete sentence of Laozi: "If you don't see yourself, you will be clear. If you don't boast about yourself, you will be meritorious. Don't be arrogant. So long, only do not compete, so the world can not compete with him.”
The meaning is: do not show themselves, do not think highly of themselves, so more prominent.
Don't boast about yourself, so you have achievements; He did not think that he was virtuous and capable, so he was respected.
Only those who did not compete with others could compete with them.
Xia Cheng felt that this sentence was very appropriate for this trip to Xuzhou.
At this time, who could have imagined that Cao Cao would use this opportunity to mobilize 100,000 troops to attack Xu Prefecture.
In the end, he gained nothing and almost lost his foundation. Even his hometown, Yanzhou, was almost wiped out. If Xun Yu and the others did not guard the rear, they would have suffered a double loss.
The huge Xu Prefecture was not destroyed by Cao Cao's unparalleled army, but was easily given to Liu Bei!
Liu Bei listened attentively to Xia Cheng's explanation and nodded his head. Having experienced countless battles, he naturally knew the benefits of it. Thus, there was no need to elaborate further. It was easy to understand.
Seeing that Liu Bei had been appeased, Xia Cheng started to focus on the roasted meat in his hands.
To be honest, the roast meat at this time did not taste very good.
If he had the chance in the future, he would definitely get more pepper anise.
However, with such conditions, it was already good enough that there was food.
Those soldiers still couldn't eat meat.
"Hehe, Zimou, what's the point of just eating roasted meat? Here, this is for you.”
After a while, Zhang Fei, who had returned with a full load, popped his head out and threw a pile of candied fruits and a bag of wine to Xia Cheng.
"As expected of you.”
Although he was complaining in his heart, he could not reject Zhang Fei's good intentions.
One had to know that in this era where sugar was extremely scarce, preserved fruits and candied fruits, which many people in his previous life disdained to eat, were considered rare high-end luxury goods.
After all, there were only a few ways to obtain sugar before the technology for extracting sugar matured.
For example, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, loved to eat sugar cane. He even planted sugar cane himself and left a poem as proof: "Dig the central hall into a garden and plant cane in the front yard. It has flourished in the hot summer and will decline in the cold autumn.”
Therefore, even Cao Pi, who was the ruler of a country, could only eat sugar cane to relieve his sweetness. It was already very good to have preserved fruits.
As for the wine, it was actually very famous at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was called "Zhongshan Winter Brew".
The great scholar Zheng Xuan, in his annotation of the Rites of Zhou, Tianguan, Jiuzheng, had a note: "Qingjiu is brewed in winter in Zhongshan and is made in summer.”
If it was changed to turbid wine or yellow wine, the alcohol content might be less than 10%, and the taste would be lighter.
In an era without retorting, Zhongshan Winter Brew was already considered a good wine.
Jia Sixie's Qi Min Yao Shu, Making Divine Tune and Wine, also had a related description: "Winter brew, six or seven cups, spring brew, eight or nine cups…Winter brew, 15 days ripen; Spring wine, ripened in ten days."
Such clear wine, paired with candied fruits and roasted meat, had a different taste.
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