When these personal guards heard that they were about to meet their common enemy Zhou Xin, they could not hide their anger. Most of the remaining personal soldiers had participated in the defense of Cao Mansion, and of course they all knew now that they had Qiao County
The mastermind behind the calamity of Cao Mansion was Zhou Xin.
In the battle of Cao Mansion in Qiao County, among the dead and wounded soldiers were their friends, comrades, and brothers. They had a narrow escape from death, all thanks to Zhou Xin. This group of people all hated Zhou Xin, and they hated him so much that their teeth itched.
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Cao Zhi sent away most of the troops in the Western Camp to meet the Danyang governor alone, which made these personal guards have inexplicable impulses and expectations.
Half an hour later, the sound of horse hoof wheels came from far away on the official road, and the sound came closer and closer. The first cavalry guard stopped in front of Cao Zhi, and several people came out of the crowd and came to Cao Zhi.
At first, a strong and dark man dismounted from his horse, bowed to Cao Zhi, and said: "My lord, Xu Chu has lived up to his command. He not only intercepted the fleeing enemy army, but also captured the enemy leader, Danyang Prefect Zhou."
"Xin, please show me." After saying that, Xu Chu turned to one side and showed Zhou Xin, who was tied up and sitting on a horse. There was a military guard on the left and right guarding him.
Cao Zhi had not dismounted, so he had already seen Zhou Xin. He saw that the former prefect of Danyang, who had made Danyang jealous for many years, was now tied up tightly, and the clothes on his body were cut or torn, and his robes were full of stains.
There was blood, the wound had been simply bandaged, and his face was smeared with a mixture of blood and dirt, which made him look very sad. His mouth was stuffed with numbness kernels, and he couldn't speak. Sitting on the horse, he saw Cao Zhi pulling his neck and whining.
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Cao Zhi waved his hand and called Xu Chu to get up. He looked deeply at Zhou Xin, who was a little frightened and surprised, and ignored him. He glanced behind the team.
Cao Zhi noticed that the 2,000 officers and soldiers ambushed on the road basically suffered little loss and captured more prisoners than the Taniguchi defenders. Cao Zhi made a rough estimate and found that there were about a thousand people, all of whom were circled with straw ropes.
They were crowded in the middle of the team, more weapons were collected, several large carts were loaded, and they slowly fell at the end of the team.
Most of the soldiers in the Western Camp had excitement on their faces. They were obviously very satisfied with the results of the ambush on the enemy at Sanchakou. They were also obviously cleaner than the generals in the valley. In any case, they captured the enemy's highest officer.
Cao Zhi happily glanced at Xu Chu who was having fun next to him, nodded and said, "It came pretty quickly."
Xu Chu cracked his mouth and laughed, and replied heartily: "My lord, the general's order is very urgent, and we dare not delay our stay on the way."
Cao Zhi smiled slightly, and then joked: "Congratulations, my General Xu, you captured the enemy leader in one fell swoop for the first time you went into battle with me. This first achievement is naturally indispensable to you."
When Xu Chu heard this, his dark face became even redder, he bowed again and said loudly: "Brother...oh, no, it's all because of your wisdom that I'm dragging down my lord's Hongfu.
.....Only under the leadership can we achieve this feat..."
Xu Chu has been following Cao Zhi for these days. He has not learned anything else. He first learned Cao Zhi's modern flattering lyrics. Cao Zhi always used these lines as a joke. Cao Zhi shook his head helplessly, interrupting Xu Chu's words with a smile on his face.
She spat at him in a low voice: "Flattery"
Xu Chu didn't care, he shook his head and got up, laughing, and whispered in a low voice: "I learned from you."
Cao Zhi ignored him, raised his head again and paid attention to the officers and soldiers of the Western Camp, and said loudly: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work. The complete victory over the enemy today is all due to your bravery in killing the enemy without fear of life and death. Now go back to the camp immediately and take a rest."
Later, let’s talk about rewards for meritorious deeds.”
When the soldiers of the Western Camp heard that they were going to be rewarded for their merits, they all smiled and were overjoyed. They all said "yes" in unison. Then, under the guidance of the military flag, led by the chief officers of each team, they escorted the prisoners and the vehicles embarked on the official road.
, set off in batches.
When the soldiers were almost gone, Cao Zhi turned his attention to Zhou Xin again. Zhou Xin had been pulled to the side of the road by his guards. Cao Zhi nuzzled at Cao An beside him, and Cao An looked at the two guards Zhou Xin knowingly.
Xin's bodyguard shouted: "Untie him."
The guard was stunned after hearing this. In a blink of an eye, he saw that Cao Zhi had acquiesced to the order, so he said nothing more. He jumped off the horse, pulled Zhou Xin off the horse, loosened the rope and pulled out the numbness in his mouth.
Hey, Zhou Xin may not have suffered this crime, but he kept spitting on the roadside.
When Zhou Xin was about to leave, Cao Zhi spoke first, "Prefect Zhou, do you still recognize me?"
Zhou Xin had already recovered from the illness. Due to the injury, he could only rub the wound with one hand, bent his body slightly, raised his head, glanced at Cao Zhi with slight disdain, straightened his body, and looked proud.
He said seductively: "If I am not mistaken, you should be Cao Zhi, the new captain of Yangzhou."
When Zhou Xin was speaking, he turned his head away from Cao Zhi to show his indifference.
Xu Chu, Cao An and other generals were furious when they saw Zhou Xin being so domineering when Cao Zhi interrogated him. However, according to official rules, subordinates did not dare to interrupt while the superiors were speaking.
Xu Chu had a bad temper, and when he was about to reprimand him, Cao Zhi ordered him to retreat. He couldn't help but feel the veins on Xu Chu's forehead protruding from his anger, and his face turned red. Cao An An was more discerning, so he glanced at the two personal guards behind Zhou Xin.
The guards, who were also angry, immediately understood. One person patted Zhou Xin's shoulders with the other, pressed Zhou Xin's shoulders, and pressed hard. Zhou Xin was startled at first, and then he was forced to kneel on the ground.
Zhou Xin knelt on his knees, trembling with anger, and said with excitement: "I am an official of the imperial court, and I am the governor of Danyang. Why do you, a little captain, arrest me?" Although Zhou Xin was angry, there was nothing he could do, and he was waiting for his life.
He was about to struggle, but the two people behind him were holding him down.
Cao Zhizhong snorted, looked at the sky, and said righteously: "You are an official of the imperial court. Why didn't you remember that you were an official of the imperial court when you were killing people and stealing goods? When you colluded with the robbers to take advantage of my Cao family, why didn't you remember that you were the governor of Danyang?"
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Zhou Xin was robbed of her innocence by Cao Zhi. She was shocked, opened her eyes wide, and argued: "You, you are spitting blood, what evidence do you have?"
Cao Zhi's expression was indifferent. He only glanced sideways at Zhou Xin on the ground and said casually: "Do you think there is still little irrefutable evidence of your crime in the state capital? Huh! If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing, and Cao Zhi really wants to deal with you.
What other evidence is needed?”
After hearing Cao Zhi's words, Zhou Xin took a step back in fright, and shouted with trembling hands: "You, you want to kill me, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, even if you have to..."
Cao Zhimi smiled lightly and interrupted: "You don't need to remind me, I still know the laws of the Han Dynasty."
Zhou Xin thought that Cao Zhi was concerned about the law and did not dare to do anything to him, so he became more courageous and said angrily: "Captain Cao, speaking of laws, more than a month ago, Zhou's house was visited by some hidden villains.
I wonder if Captain Cao knows about this?"
When Cao Zhi heard Zhou Xin mention this, he burst into laughter. Before he could speak, Xu Chu beside him couldn't bear it any longer. He took a long step and rushed towards Zhou Xin, slapped him in the face, and then cursed: "You
You are a bitch, you are about to die, but you still dare to speak harshly. Your grandpa broke into your stupid place that night. What can you do to grandpa? He is looking up to you. Please invite grandpa to go now.
I’m not going yet!”
Zhou Xin was whipped around by this slap and fell to the ground, losing three of his seven souls. Zhou Xin was quite strong, and was not knocked out by the rough slap from Xu Chu. He staggered up from the ground and stood up.
When I wanted to ask Cao Zhi for a theory, there was a slap and something fell from the gap in my jacket.