The thin man was tortured so much that he drank a lot of cold lake water. He was still coughing desperately and spitting dirty water from his mouth. The soaking in the lake water and the cold wind made the man shivering from the cold.
trembling.
Cao Zhi glanced at him expressionlessly, turned his head, and waved to the bodyguard who was holding him down to let go of the sapling man. The man slowly straightened up and glanced at his companions when he was picked up.
Cao Zhi asked casually: "What is it called?"
"Li Hei!" His resentful eyes almost swallowed Cao Zhisheng alive.
Cao Zhihao remained calm and glanced at the left rear, "Where is he?"
"Yang Che!"
"Identity in the barbarian army?"
"Leader!"
"The background is not small, what is the purpose of coming here?"
"***! Hahaha..."
The man named Li Hei was obviously very proud of his answer and laughed sarcastically at Cao Zhi.
The scene was silent for a few minutes. The personal guard behind Li Hei already had a knife in his hand. As long as Cao Zhi gave a signal, he would chop off Li Hei's head mercilessly.
Cao Zhi just looked at Li Hei with a smile, his smile was very weird and treacherous, as if he was admiring a valuable piece of art, and suddenly whispered: "Wrong answer." Then he rushed towards Xu Chuyi behind him
nod.
Xu Chu didn't know when he raised the man named Yangche in his hand again. Seeing Cao Zhi's signal, he just tossed it lightly, and "plop" the water rose again.
Xu Chu may not be as familiar with the depth of the water as Min Guang, but he threw it far enough and Yang Che, who had just been fished out, entered the water again. This time he didn't even have the strength to shout for help, and just struggled in the water, "Ah! Ah...
..." roared.
Cao Zhi walked up to Li Hei again and didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.
Li Hei was about to cry, but he couldn't break away from the hold of the two sergeants on him. Seeing that his companion was about to drown, his willpower completely collapsed. He cried and shouted: "We are here to explore the road.
I came here to explore the way..."
Cao Zhi signaled to Min Guang again. Now Min Guang understood what Cao Zhi meant without Cao Zhi opening his mouth. With a wave of his hand, two navy soldiers who had just entered the water quickly jumped into the water and once again killed the man who was only half alive.
The Yang cart was towed ashore.
After landing on the shore, Yang Che did not need anyone to hold him down. He was already lying on the muddy ground like a dead dog. His face was as pale as paper. He let the water in his stomach vomit from the corner of his mouth and was unable to say another word.
Cao Zhi smiled sarcastically and whispered to himself: "Play tricks on me!" He turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Make a fire." Then he said to Cao An: "Go, find me a chair, I want to continue with Li Hei.
Brother, let’s talk…”
Li Hei and Yang Che are Li Hu's two right-hand assistants, and they are also the leaders of two small Banchen tribes. The purpose of their trip is to perform an important task for Li Hu.
When Cao Zhi left Wancheng and arrived at Ruxuwu, something big happened between Jiang Xiaman and Zheng Bao who were besieging Wancheng. The temporary combination of Zheng Bao and Jiang Xiaman completely broke up and parted ways after a verbal battle.
This interest group eventually split into two factions. Jingfu's Panhu Man and Li Hu's Banchen Man advocated the siege of Wancheng, while Lin Junman's Wujie and Zheng Bao advocated retreat. The two sides' differences in opinions evolved into mutual disputes.
, to expose the scars, the last step is to take action.
However, both sides realized that the result of the internal strife was Lu Kang's gain, so both sides had to exercise maximum restraint, and then adjusted their defenses: Jingfu and Li Hu led their troops to continue to besiege the south gate and east gate of Wancheng, and also concentrated their forces to carry out a strong attack, trying to break through Wancheng.
The city's strong defenses, but the resolute resistance of the soldiers and civilians of Wancheng, never allowed him to succeed. Zheng Bao retreated to the west gate in time, which is close to the waterway, making it easier to retreat from the waterway when the situation goes wrong. Seeing Jingfu and Li Hu's
After losing the battle, Zheng Baoma arranged for the retreat of his subordinates. Wu Jie, who wandered between Jing Fu and Zheng Bao, finally decided to follow Zheng Bao. Wu Jie was very realistic. Failure to capture Wancheng would mean that there would be no food in the future.
Eat and return to Jiangxia. There was a disaster there this year and there was no food. Zheng Bao promptly invited Wujie to lead the Linjun tribe to settle down in his Chaohu Lake. He also described to Wujie that Chaohu Lake was rich and there was no need to worry about food and clothing.
Wujie, who could not resist the temptation, finally agreed to Zheng Bao's invitation and joined Zheng Bao's side.
At this time, Zheng Bao's back was hardened again. It was not without reason that he attracted Wu Jie. It was obvious that he had the smallest power among this interest group. After losing nearly 2,000 to 3,000 troops in Dongcheng, he now only had
There are more than 7,000 people. The Banzhen Man, the weakest among the Jiangxia Barbarians, also has more than 8,000 troops. If the Jiangxia Barbarians become malicious and annex him and his subordinates, he will not even have the strength to fight back.
Zheng Bao managed to win over Wujie and his Lin Junman in time. After all, this tribe had at least tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Although not everyone could carry a sword and go to the battlefield, only with a large number of people could they have insurance and could they evacuate safely. As for
How to deal with these disgusting barbarians after returning to Chaohu is a matter for the future.
After everything was settled, Zheng Bao sent personnel to contact the water thieves in his lair to come to meet him, and he was ready to leave.
While Zheng Bao was busy arranging the retreat, Li Hu had been paying attention to Zheng Bao's movements. When he found out that he was sending people back by water, he also sent Yang Che and Li Hei to follow him. Li Hu's order was simple.
Discovering that the men sent by Zheng Bao were heading back to Chaohu, he killed them on the way, leaving Zheng Bao without a response and daring not to evacuate rashly. Li Hu firmly believed that as long as Zheng Bao and Wujie's men were still around Wancheng
, the confidence of the barbarian soldiers who besieged Wancheng will not waver. As long as they persist for a few days, they will be able to capture Wancheng.
But he overlooked one point. Li Hei, Yang Che and their subordinates sent by Li Hu can be said to be elite soldiers and generals among the Banchen barbarians. However, these people have always been good hunters and warriors, but they are not a good group.
After following Zheng Bao's water thieves for a while, the sailor not only lost track of his target, but also lost his direction. He actually drove a bamboo raft into the waterway that entered the river. He was also delayed for several days on the road, and finally became Cao Cao's enemy.
Zhi's subordinates captured him. This means that the people sent by Zheng Bao passed through Ruxuwu earlier than Cao Zhi and others. They should have returned to Chao Lake to meet the water pirates in their lair. They may be arranging to send a ship now.
Responding to Zheng Bao's matter.
After listening to Li Hei's statement, Cao Zhi sat on a tree stump and thought about it. He didn't say a word for a long time. He stared at the bonfire not far away, with thousands of thoughts in his mind.
Li Hei, who narrated the whole thing like pouring beans through a bamboo tube, looked helpless and scared like a child who wanted to do something wrong.
Cao Zhi treated the prisoners preferentially, and Yang Che had been dragged to the campfire to warm himself. Jiang Qin had already seen his situation, and based on his experience, he was sure that Yang Che would not die. He would just have to lie down for a day or two to regain his strength.