"Go ask about the situation."
"Yes, sir."
The deputy dared not be careless. He personally packed several bottles of topical medicine before leaving camp, sought out a captain among those wounded soldiers, revealed his identity, chatted with him for a while, and left some medicine as thanks before jogging back to camp.
"What's the situation?"
"Sir, those men are remnants retreating from Jianchuan. Their original unit had five thousand, but now only three thousand remain, and most are wounded. That's why they've been allowed to rotate back."
"How long were they on the frontlines?"
"That captain said, counting today, it's exactly half a month."
In just half a month, five thousand men were beaten down to three thousand?! Wu Kai's brows furrowed slightly. He didn't speak, but in his heart he couldn't help but raise the danger level at the front by another notch.
"What else did you find out?"
