After moving to Ruzhou, because of the constant good news, Hong Chengchou was in a good mood, and when he heard that Cao Wenzhao was coming with a great victory, he personally greeted him, took his hand, and walked side by side with him.

The more excited Cao Wenzhao was, the shorter his words became, but he felt that it was not good not to speak, and in a hurry, he actually said: "Although this battle was won, it was not as good as before, if it was before, the enemy would be destroyed at least doubled." ”

Hong Chengchou happened to be in a hurry to understand the battle situation, so he hurriedly said "oh" and asked, "Wen Zhao didn't find out the reason?" ”

Cao Wenzhao said humbly: "After Wen Zhao returned to the south, this is the first time to fight with the Liukou, and I also feel strange, guessing that they must have fought a lot and learned to be obedient." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Yes, when you see the sky fighting, fools have learned, but this is only one of the reasons, and more importantly, ......"

Saying that, Hong Chengchou pretended to unconsciously let go of Cao Wenzhao's hand, walked to the map, but did not look at the map, but continued: "At the same time that Hong was in the Xinyang Conference, they actually held a meeting in Xingyang, and they have not yet found out what they discussed.

However, I suspect that it must be to fight against the officers and soldiers, and their sudden change must also have something to do with this, and before the edict, many generals reported this situation, and I was thinking about it. ”

Cao Wenzhao echoed: "Your Excellency the Governor expected it very much, and the designation is like this. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, and before he could speak, the Chinese army came in in a panic, and when he saw that Cao Wenzhao was also there, he stopped talking.

Cao Wenzhao was interested, arched his hand, and was about to leave, Hong Chengchou had already said sharply: "Since the Wenzhao beat from Shaanxi, he has followed Hong to fight in the east and west, and he can be regarded as Hong's old brother, there is no need to hide anything from him, why don't you tell him quickly?" ”

The Chinese army hesitated and said: "It's not that I have to hide it from General Cao, it's just that this fact is bigger than the sky, so it's ......."

Hong Chengchou was concerned about letting Cao Wenzhao be willing to obey his orders, and when he saw that Cao Wenzhao really showed a panicked face, he was complacent, and he was stunned when he heard the words, but he still pretended to be generous and said: "Don't get in the way, speak." ”

Only then did the Chinese army say: "A few days ago, the Liukou Zhang Xianzhong Department suddenly conquered Fengyang, burned the emperor's mausoleum, killed Zhu Xiangguo, and beheaded the commander Yuan Ruizheng, Lu Chengyin, the prefect Yan Daxuan, and the official Wan Wenying, etc., and released more than 100 prisoners, and at the same time, looted Fengyang. ”

Hong Chengchou was shocked and muttered, "Are those people dead?" ”

Zhongjun hurriedly said: "They are all dead." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "It's good to die, to create such a catastrophe, it will be a death sooner or later anyway." Alas, it may be good to be dead, at least it can be considered a battle death, and if you don't die, maybe you won't be able to die well. ”

sighed, and asked again: "Is there any news from the emperor?" ”

Zhongjun said: "Not yet, it is estimated that the news will be reported to the palace early tomorrow morning at the latest, and the emperor will be furious, and there should be news soon." ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he stayed for a while, and then said almost to himself: "Have we recommended Lu Xiangsheng's performance to report?" ”

Zhongjun said: "I reported it a day earlier than the accident." ”

Hong Chengchou was a little relieved, but he still felt cold on his neck, and touched it unconsciously, and suddenly realized that Cao Wenzhao was still there, lest he would find out, so he was busy going to see him.

Cao Wenzhao was also shocked, but thinking that he couldn't catch up with himself in this matter anyway, he calmed down, thinking: "Alas, a big man like Hong Chengchou, when something happens, he first thinks of shirking responsibility, what hope can the court have?"

Those who are clean are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, we don't care what they do, we just care about being loyal to the monarch and serving the country. ”

Thinking about it, a wave of righteousness surged up, but when he thought of his own situation, he couldn't help but think: "Hong Chengchou doesn't have much backstage, he belongs to the kind of official who comes up completely on his own, he should still have his way of survival, otherwise, how could he be promoted so quickly?"

For example, he never talked nonsense, and for example, he would never be as happy as Chen Qiyu, and he never offended people too much......"

was trying his best to count, and subconsciously told him that Hong Chengchou was looking at him, pretending to be stunned.

Hong Chengchou was deceived by him, and, as he expected, his appearance was exactly what Hong Chengchou liked.

And so it is.

In order to hide his gaffe, Hong Chengchou hurriedly came over and took his hand, walked to the map, and pointed and said.

Meaning: If the Liukou make such a fuss, the emperor must continue to increase the intensity of the purge, and he is forced to be helpless, and the Liukou must flee to Hanzhong from Shangzhou and Yunan first, and must turn back to eradicate the nest of the peasant army first.

If the army had entered Hanzhong from Tongguan at that time, it would have fallen behind the peasant army. Cao Wenzhao ordered Cao Wenzhao to take the mountain road from Ruxiang to Shangzhou and Luonan, go straight to the lair of the peasant army, and then rush to Hanzhong from Shanyang, Zhen'an, Xunyang and other places to prevent them from escaping.

Cao Wenzhao heard it clearly, and suddenly had an idea: "If we understand it so quickly, wouldn't we be proving ourselves to be a fraud?" Alas, he is the boss after all, let's coax him to be happy again. ”

After making up his mind, Cao Wenzhao was deliberately stunned for a moment, as if he had just woken up, and said: "Alas, this matter is too big, Wenzhao was completely stunned, and he didn't listen to the governor's order, it's really damned." ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, then laughed, laughed, and said, "Well, this fact is too big, no wonder." After saying that, he took the trouble to say it again.

After he finished speaking, Cao Wenzhao hurriedly repeated it again.

Hong Chengchou said: "Okay, that's right, this march, the road is tortuous, the distance is long, the general is very hard, I gathered the troops in Guanzhong and waited for the arrival of the general." ”

After speaking, he patted Cao Wenzhao on the back, personally sent him out, and watched him go away.

Cao Wenzhao was determined to lead his troops to advance lightly.

On the morning of May 5, he arrived in Shangzhou.

Seeing the enemy's situation, Cao Bianjiao said: "What should I do? It's the same surprise as last time, hehe, that trick works. ”

Cao Wenzhao pondered: "For the general, when facing the enemy, you should be improvised, that trick will work in Suizhou, but it won't work here." ”

Cao Bianjiao wanted to say more, Cao Dingjiao had already said: "Yes, haven't you seen the formation of Liukou?" Compared with us, don't say one to two, one to thirty, if we rush forward, don't say fight, even if we step on it, it can trample us to death. ”

Cao Bianjiao thought about it and said, "Then what do you say?" ”

Cao Dingjiao didn't know, turned his head to look at Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao already had an idea, and said: "Let's go, go back first and raise enough strength." ”

Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao didn't know what was going on, and hesitated and refused to move.

Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to say something like this, and the two happily followed back.

That night, Cao Wenyao and Dusi Bai Guangen and others dressed up and went to the camp tent of the righteous army to set fire everywhere, Cao Wenzhao led his nephew to the general Cao Bianjiao, and the garrison officer Cao Dingjiao ambushed in the deep mountains and old forests.

The rebels were sleeping soundly, and suddenly saw the fire, and got up in a hurry, and Cao Wenzhao led his troops to kill.

The rebels responded in a hurry, were defeated, and fled wildly to the mountains.

Cao Wenzhao led his troops to chase closely and chased straight to Jinjiling.

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao's troops were not many, the rebels took advantage of the dangerous terrain and came out to meet them with a thousand elite cavalry.

Cao Bianjiao shouted loudly and rushed into the enemy formation, and all the soldiers and horses moved forward together, and the righteous army was defeated and fled.

Since then, Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew have become famous.