Junior General Meng held his stomach and took a deep breath, only after the pain subsided did he ask, "Have the people requesting aid left?"
Assistant General Nie: "They left early, three in total, light cavalry, carrying only food, water, and letters. They should reach Gaochang for help within three days."
Junior General Meng exhaled and, after praying to all the gods and Buddhas, remembered, "Isn't there a monk in your caravan... no, a high monk?"
Manbao: "Yes, why?"
Junior General Meng coughed lightly and said, "Could you bring him over, so I can pray in front of him again to Buddha and Bodhisattva?"
Manbao and the others: ...
They didn't think this was a good idea, so they all rode away.
Junior General Meng, seeing them all leave, pursed his lips and leaned on the cart, feeling a bit down.
