Cao Zhi lowered his head, pulled up the clothes that were about to fall off, and said leisurely: "Go back to the city, gather in the city."
At this time, Cao An saw Cao Zhi's clothes slipping off, and then noticed the white cloth wrapped around Cao Zhi's back. He immediately worried and said: "Ouch! Second Young Master, you are in trouble."
Cao Zhi narrowed his eyes and smiled, pulled up his clothes, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's a small injury. Just give the order quickly!"
After more than a year of military service, Cao An had already lost some of his mother-in-law's style of dealing with things. Cao Zhi said it was okay, so he looked at Cao Zhi one more time and went downhill to deliver orders.
Cao Zhi sat on the top of the slope for a while, and seeing that things were basically ready down the slope, he also went down the slope to send orders back to the city.
Cao Zhi and his party, with their iron cavalry rumbling, got out of the chicken coop and stepped onto the official road. Halfway through, they saw a group of soldiers coming in front of them.
Cao Zhi took a closer look and saw a large "Zhou" embroidered on the military flag, fluttering in the wind. Cao Zhi knew that it was Zhou Cang who came to greet them, and he estimated that the state capital had also received news of the victory.
Sure enough, as soon as the two armies approached, Zhou Cang immediately rushed out, cupped his hands to Cao Zhi and said, "Congratulations to Captain Cao, for your victory. Your Majesty has already prepared a banquet at the state capital to celebrate the victory of Captain Cao."
Cao Zhi also bowed his hand to Zhou Cang, returned the salute, and said nonchalantly: "It's all the credit of the brothers here, and we should celebrate them." After hearing Cao Zhi's words, the surrounding Xiying soldiers felt warm in their hearts. No matter what,
, at least the captain takes us bad soldiers seriously and is thinking about us in his heart.
After Zhou Cang heard Cao Zhi's words, his eyes were somewhat astonished, but he still greeted him and said, "Yes, yes, I have long heard that Captain Cao was considerate of his subordinates."
Cao Zhi flicked his horse whip and said seriously: "There, officials should be like this. Without the desperate efforts of soldiers, the battle will be won. Brother Zhou, don't you think so?"
Zhou Cang responded "Yes..." repeatedly. No one knows this truth, but there is an eternal law in any era - the credit belongs to the leader, and it is impossible to let these big-head soldiers come to the stage.
Cao Zhi also knew this truth, and he just wanted to gain more benefits for his subordinates. Then he changed the subject and joked to Zhou Cang with a smile: "Brother Zhou brought these five hundred cavalry to reinforce Cao."
Right?" After saying that, he winked at Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang also knew that Cao Zhi was joking with him, but he still hurriedly said: "Brother, you are joking, I, ah..." Zhou Cang was speechless for a moment, and forgot all the words Chen Wen told him about the scene, and also
Don't know where to start.
Zhou Cang, who was slightly helpless, sighed, patted the saddle, and said awkwardly: "Brother, I have no martial arts skills. If it were not for the general, I would really like to gallop on the battlefield with my brother. This commander is..."
Cao Zhi drew his horse closer to Zhou Cang, patted his shoulder, interrupted Zhou Cang's words, and said comfortingly: "Brother, you and I are officials in the same state, are you afraid that we will not have a chance in the future? Officials have their own destiny.
The difficulty is that when you are in an officialdom, you can't help yourself most of the time. My brother just made a joke. Don't take it to heart. We will have a long time to come."
Based on Cao Zhi's understanding of Zhou Cang, he knew that Zhou Cang was a hot-blooded man and a fierce general who didn't like to mince words, so he made a joke with him. But when he saw that he was serious, he quickly comforted him.
It wasn't because of his official position that Zhou Cang was not willing to succeed and just sit back and enjoy the success with his temperament.
As soon as Cao Zhi joked with Zhou Cang like this, the reserved atmosphere just now disappeared, and the two became obviously warm. They started calling each other brothers, and Zhou Cang asked about the battle process with great interest, while Cao Zhi recounted it with great interest.
The two teams formed one team and marched toward Liyang City in a mighty manner. Because the two generals were talking very passionately, they walked quickly without fighting their horses. They walked five miles. It took an hour, and the soldiers who followed did not dare to
Come on, just walk slowly and leisurely.
Just when the two generals were talking vigorously, suddenly, a fast horse rushed from behind. As the horse galloped, it raised its whip and shouted: "Retribution..."
When Cao Zhi heard the sound, he looked back and saw that it was Cao An who was galloping towards him. It wasn't that he had just left Cao Zhi not long ago and was riding his horse to report something for some unknown reason.
Cao Zhi and Zhou Cang looked at each other and reined in their horses at the same time. When Cao An rushed forward and saw the excitement on Cao An's face, Cao Zhi felt relieved and thought: "It shouldn't be a bad thing."
Cao An rode his horse over the head of Cao Zhi and other horses. He reined the horse beautifully, stopped the horse, walked around the horse's head with one leg, jumped off the horse from one side, and knelt down on one leg, facing Cao Zhixing.
He performed a beautiful bowing ceremony and said loudly: "Congratulations to the Second Duke... Oh, no, congratulations to the Captain. The ambush army on the main road had just cleared the battlefield and found Danyang Prefect Zhou Xin among the captured people.
"
"oh!"
Cao Zhi and Zhou Cang screamed almost simultaneously. Cao Zhi's face returned to normal after a flash of surprise.
Zhou Cang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Cao An: "Has your identity been confirmed?"
Cao An nodded, turned to Zhou Cang and said seriously: "It's confirmed, the identification of the entourage and the official seal with him confirm that it is Zhou Xin."
Zhou Cang patted the saddle and said repeatedly: "Okay, great." He turned to Cao Zhi and cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations to brother again, this is a big unexpected surprise! Brother, go ahead and return to the state immediately.
The government reports this big news."
Cao Zhi smiled slightly, waved his hand towards Zhou Cang, and said calmly: "Okay, brother, go ahead, I will be there soon."
Zhou Cang laughed loudly and said, "Drive! Drive!" He raised his leg and knocked the horse's belly. Amidst a series of hearty laughter, he happily drove the horse and led his troops away, causing a burst of snow and dust.
After Zhou Cang left, Cao Zhi turned to ask Cao An: "Dead or alive?"
Cao An, who had just stood up and looked relaxed, was stunned for a moment, then woke up and replied with a smile: "It's alive, Brother Xu is leading his troops to bring him on horseback."
Cao Zhi hummed, pondered for a while, and then sent an order: "The team will return to the city first. I'll wait here for Xu Chu."
After receiving the order, the men of the Xiying Brigade left naturally, leaving a hundred or so soldiers to guard Cao Zhi and standing quietly on the official road. Cao Zhi stared blankly at the backs of the soldiers of the brigade disappearing into the heavy snow.
For a moment, I still couldn't believe that Xu Chu captured Zhou Xin.
Cao Zhi was a little curious. The Danyang prefect who almost killed him several times was now his prisoner, and he didn't know what his moral character was now. Cao Zhi decided to wait for Xu Chu to see if the prison prefect was still alive.
Is there anything you can tell him?
Half an hour later, a group of officers and soldiers lined up neatly on the official road into Liyang. There was no one on Chuchen Road. Only this group of people were waiting quietly with white breath coming from their mouths.
Although the faces of these personal guards of Cao Zhi are a little tired, they still can't hide their fierceness. This kind of fierceness can only be possessed by people who have experienced death. These personal guards are even more rigid.
Returning from the front line of the battlefield with great honors, the blood on his body has not yet been wiped dry, which makes him look even more terrifying.