bookrebus Chapter 168 Didn't he remind me? Yes, he did!
Chapter 168 Didn't he remind me? Yes, he did!
After Chen Nan had arranged everything, everyone went about their duties and prepared for the expedition three days later.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
That morning, Chen Nan got up very early, put on his armor, and headed towards the military camp.
They had agreed beforehand that they would meet at the military camp three days later, and Gao Shun would take over the reins of Wei.
After assembling at the military camp, they set off immediately without disturbing anyone else.
As soon as Chen Nan stepped out of the gate, he saw snowflakes falling from the sky.
Even the ground had been stained white at some point.
Fortunately, the snowfall was not too heavy and would not hinder the army's march.
About fifteen minutes later, Chen Nan arrived outside the military camp.
Looking at the army standing ready in front of him, he couldn't help but nod in approval, secretly praising, "Truly worthy of being the famous army of the Three Kingdoms, they exude an aura of power just by looking at them."
He thought he was the first person to arrive at the military camp, and he even made a point of checking the soldiers' preparations.
When he arrived at the central command tent and lifted the curtain, he discovered...
Everyone else was in the main tent except for him, and Hongming was sitting in the main seat, half asleep.
Zhao Yun and Chen Sheng sat in the second seat, followed by Wu Xu and Mo Bai.
Chen Nan exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here so early?"
"My lord, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I rested in the military camp yesterday!" Zhao Yun explained, clasping his hands in a fist salute.
"And what about you guys?" Chen Nan then looked at the others.
Chen Sheng chuckled: "Master, don't worry about us, let's check on your wife first!"
"Hongming? What happened to her?" Chen Nan was taken aback, and then looked at Hongming.
Chen Sheng was very proud and loudly showed off: "Master, you don't know, do you? Your wife arrived at the military camp at dawn, but you were the last one to arrive."
"Because General Zhao Yun was afraid of something unexpected happening, the rest of us slept in the military camp yesterday."
Chen Nan could understand why several grown men were sleeping in the military camp, but he couldn't understand why Hongming could arrive at the camp at dawn.
Chen Sheng's loud voice completely woke Hong Ming up.
The latter rubbed his dazed eyes and then saw the person who had arrived: "You're here? When do we set off?"
Chen Nan gave a wry smile, quickly walked up behind Hong Ming, and affectionately rubbed his shoulders: "What are you doing at the military camp at the crack of dawn?"
Hongming glared at him resentfully: "I was just afraid that if you went too early, I wouldn't be able to keep up with the army's pace."
Chen Nan smiled helplessly. He knew perfectly well that Hongming was simply afraid that he would lead the army ahead of time and leave her behind.
Honestly, he really didn't have that idea. He had already promised Hongming that he would take her with him, and he certainly wouldn't go back on his word halfway through.
"Since you're here, you can have this seat of honor!"
Hongming didn't explain much, but simply stood up and gave up his position as commander.
Chen Nan didn't hesitate and plopped down on it.
The moment Hongming stood up, Zhao Yun and Chen Sheng also immediately stood up, giving up their seats.
Even more coincidentally, Mo Bai, who was right behind the two, also stood up immediately.
Only Chen Nan and Wu Xu were sitting on the entire table.
The next second, Wu Xu quickly stood up and pulled the chair back a little.
"Alright, why are you all being so polite? We don't have so many rules here, and we don't differentiate seats by rank. Just sit wherever you like!"
Seeing this, Chen Nan also spoke up to comfort everyone.
He didn't want to see his own people start fighting before the army even set off.
Chen Nan had already offered an explanation, but no one is a fool. Even if it had been explained beforehand, they couldn't just sit down as instructed.
"What? Aren't you all going to sit?" Chen Nan raised his voice several octaves.
The crowd looked at each other, but no one moved.
Chen Nan said lightly, "Alright, since you can't tell the difference, then let me do it for you!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up, knowing that this meant the expedition was about to be prioritized.
"Ahem!" Chen Nan cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "I am the commander-in-chief of this expedition. Since Zhao Yun and Chen Sheng are both leading cavalry, they will be the deputy commanders, with Zhao Yun as the leader!"
"Next, Hongming will serve as the military supervisor, responsible for overseeing the soldiers from the rear of the army!"
"Wu Xu and Mo Bai need no further explanation, they can just stay with me!"
In just a few words, the order of importance for the main seat was determined.
"What do you mean?" Hongming glared at Chen Nan and couldn't wait to speak.
She did want to go to war with the army, but what she wanted was not the position of military supervisor!
Most importantly, prior to this, the Northern Wei army had never had an official position of military supervisor when it went on expeditions.
Just as the two were about to start arguing, Mo Bai coughed and said, "Ouch, my stomach hurts a little!"
With that, he turned and ran two quick steps out of the tent.
This time, Wu Xu didn't make a foolish mistake and ran out right after Mo Bai.
Inside the tent, Zhao Yun was stunned, staring at Chen Sheng for several breaths in a daze.
"General Chen, I recall someone just reported that we're running out of rations. Shall we go out and check?" Zhao Yun kindly suggested.
Chen Sheng didn't even look at it: "General Zhao, are you mistaken? The military rations were delivered by Changsun Du two days in advance, how could there be a mistake!"
"Besides, we ate and slept in the military camp in public last night, General Zhao, you must have remembered wrong!"
Chen Sheng didn't even turn his head, a smile playing on his lips as he stared intently at Chen Nan and the other man.
Zhao Yun shook his head inwardly: "In that case, I shall go out and confirm it myself!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yun also turned around and walked out of the tent. When he reached the tent flap, he kindly looked back.
When he noticed that Chen Sheng's gaze was still fixed on the two of them, he shook his head helplessly.
He flung open the tent flap and was about to go out when he saw two round heads pressed tightly against the flap.
Zhao Yun didn't say anything, but lowered the tent flap again and consciously moved a little further away.
Seeing this, Mo Bai leaned closer and asked, "Didn't General Zhao warn you when he came out?"
Zhao Yun remained silent, only shaking his head repeatedly.
What else could he say?
Didn't he remind him?
Despite being reminded, Chen Sheng neither looked at it nor even listened to it.
The tent was unusually quiet, with Chen Nan and Chen Sheng staring at each other.
Until Chen Nan glanced at the tent flap.
Chen Sheng was taken aback. He knew that the look in the other person's eyes meant that he should leave.
He thought to himself, "There are so many people in this tent, why did Master specifically ask me to go out?"
"Huh? Zhao Yun just said that the military rations outside are running low... If I remember correctly, Mo Bai said that his stomach hurts..."
Only after realizing this did Chen Sheng turn around and discover that there were only the three of them in the huge tent.
He couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, when did they leave? They didn't even bother to call me! Are they even brothers anymore?"
As he spoke, a grin spread across his face: "Ouch, you know what, my stomach really does hurt easily..."