Speaking of Woniu Cottage here, Zhou Cang was not able to read because of his previous family background, but he learned some boxing and kicking with his uncle who had been in the army before, and fortunately he had a good physique, and after a few years, his skills were much better than ordinary people, and he was a second-rate general in the army. But because I couldn't read, I have a special reverence for readers.

This time Zeng Yu and others went up the mountain, and everyone in the cottage could see that Zeng Yu was the head of this small wave of people, including Zhou Cang, and they could also feel that Zeng Yu was extraordinary. Therefore, after Pei Yuanshao led most of the people in the cottage to attack Jinniu Village, he arranged for manpower to raise guard and strengthen patrols, and he went to Zeng Yu's residence to talk to Zeng Yu if he had nothing to do.

Zeng Yu also got to know Zhou Cang and his people more through his conversation with Zhou Cang. At the beginning, he only knew that Zhou Cang was the future martial saint Guan Yu's general, and he had always helped Guan Yunchang carry the knife, and roughly guessed that his character should be honest and loyal. After a few days of communication, he knew that Zhou Cang also had his own ambitions, looking forward to returning to his hometown, being able to pay homage to the marquis, and leading his men and horses to regain his lost homeland. The reason why Zhou Cang in history was willing to be ordinary and hidden behind the martial saint was because he encountered the Yellow Turban Uprising and saw that human life was as cheap as mustard, and his own ability was limited, so he could only follow a certain force. In addition, Guan Yunchang is famous, and he has the name of Liu Bei's uncle, under the righteousness, he followed. Moreover, because his temperament is originally a tendon, he will swear to follow if he decides to be loyal.

Today, Zhou Cang came to Zeng Yu's residence again, at this time Zeng Yu was reading a book, and Xiang Zhi and Zhu Wen were listening to instructions inside and outside the house. Xiang Zhi, who was outside the house, saw Zhou Cang coming in, and hurriedly entered the house to tell him, Zeng Yu asked him to welcome Zhou Cang in.

Zhou Cang sat down opposite Zeng Yu, saw Zeng Yu reading, and couldn't help but say: "Zirui is really diligent and studious, and he doesn't forget to study on weekdays." ”

Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say! The words of the sages make people want to stop, and they just hate not to follow the sages to learn. Zeng Yu put down the book and sighed.

"I really envy Zirui, like me, you are a big boss, so far you have achieved nothing, and you can't go back to your hometown." Zhou Cang sighed.

"The big boss is wrong, the big husband is determined to make contributions, why not regret the late success. Don't you hear that Jiang Taigong was half a hundred years old in the past, and he was still able to be used by King Wen and made great contributions to the founding of the country. Zeng Yu said dryly.

"Hey, now the world is hard, like me Zhou Cang, I don't have anything long, I really don't know how to get a glimmer of opportunity." Zhou Cang also saw that the world was now compelling, but the Han Dynasty had been established for hundreds of years, and people like him had no background, no strength, only thousands of people in the cottages, presumably in the world of great contention, he was just a small wave in the surging trend, not even a wave, at most a small whirlpool. If the government really sent a large army to clear it, they could only hide in the mountains and forests, and they were powerless to fight for it.

"No, you see, the big boss, now the eunuchs and relatives of the court are fighting for power, and the people below are naturally used to fighting for power and profit, and they don't care about the people's livelihood at all, most of the farmers have no way to make a living, and no government will send troops to suppress bandits, so the worries of the big bosses are a little redundant."

"But what's the use of this, is it like this, day after day, year after year, then I won't be able to go back to Bingzhou until I die, and I can't go back to Jiuyuan."

"Big boss, if you say this, I definitely can't agree. The eldest husband should hold a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements. If you have such thoughts, then I can only say goodbye, brother. Zeng Yu suddenly stood up and scolded loudly.

"Zirui, I don't want to do this either, but I really don't know what to do in the future, should I take such a little brother to fight the Huns and fight Xianbei?"

"The big boss, now is a big opportunity, we now belong to the government, and once the Taurus Village is attacked, we will be strong and strong, and then accept the displaced people and develop the cottage, this is the capital of our rise." Zeng Yu said.

"Oh, how do you say, Zirui, you're talking about rising? I don't know what happens after the rise? Zhou Cang asked curiously.

"To tell you the truth, Ziwu and I are all from the Guigu Gate, this time out of the mountain, it is the elders who analyze that it is the time when the Han Dynasty's hundreds of years of qi will be exhausted, if we seize the opportunity, and then have the help of our old people in the Guigu, not to mention anything else, it will not be a problem to achieve a prince." Zeng Yu said proudly, too, there are countless people in Guiguzimen, and the people of Qianlong Village are waiting for the ancestral shrine of Guiguzi, and they are naturally the descendants of their descendants.

Zhou Cang heard Zeng Yu's words, he was stunned all of a sudden, you know, although Confucianism has been respected for nearly two hundred years, but the reputation of the pre-Qin hundred schools is still spreading, Guiguzi as the most outstanding figure in the Warring States Period, its ability to pass through the heavens and latitudes, after hundreds of years of circulation, has long been established between the saints, for Zhou Cang, a person who only knows swords, guns and sticks, the descendants of Guiguzi appear in front of him, and the meaning of bumping into miracles is the same.

"Is what Zi Rui said serious? Are you really the descendant of the pre-Qin sage? Zhou Cang asked incredulously.

"Exactly, not only me, but also Wang Qing, he is the descendant of the wealthy Wang family, and he has also learned the skills of the Guigu soldiers, and he will never be a small pioneer in the future." Zeng Yu threw another bombshell, which stunned Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang was walking back and forth in the house at this time, he was excited, after all, with Zeng Yu and them, his dream finally had the possibility of coming true, and he also saw the hope of the future at this time.

But suddenly, Zhou Cang thought of a question, Zeng Yu's goal is the whole world, how can they succumb to this, just to be a small cottage leader, pioneer, just like Zeng Yu said just now, their future is by no means a small pioneer, this is at most their starting point, maybe in the future~~ Thinking of this, he made a decision.

"Zirui, I want to give up the position of the big boss to you, and I hope you will lead the brothers to live a good life." Zhou Cang suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Zeng Yu, and said to Zeng Yu with a fist.

"Big boss, what are you doing here, hurry up!"

Zeng Yu didn't expect Zhou Cang to be so sudden, he also thought that after Wang Qing came back, he would go to seize power by force, the contact in the past few days, and today's honesty, just to make it easier to subdue Zhou Cang at that time, as for Pei Yuanshao, he listened to Zhou Cang, as long as Zhou Cang was subdued, naturally Pei Yuanshao would also be subdued.

"No, Zirui, I know my own ability, I can only let my brother have something to eat at most, and I may not be able to eat enough, only you can give Shanzhai a better future." Zhou Cang insisted.

"You get up first." After speaking, Zeng Yu pulled Zhou Cang up.

Zhou Cang was taken aback when he found that Zeng Yu was able to pull himself up directly, he thought at first that Zeng Yu was a weak scholar, but he didn't think he would have such strength, you know, if he wanted to kneel, it would be impossible for ordinary people to pull him up, which strengthened his determination to follow Zeng Yu.

"Zirui, you just agree, I only have one request, that is, in the future, we have the strength to help me recapture Yanmen, so that I can return to my roots after death, so that my ancestors can have blood and food." Zhou Cang clenched his fists and said to Zeng Yu again, his eyes full of determination.

"Alright! You can also rest assured, I will definitely come back from the hands of foreign races, and I will let these executioners who slaughtered my Chinese people pay for their blood debts! ”

Zeng Yu looked at his eyes, looked at each other for a while, knew that Zhou Cang was sincere, and he was not hypocritical, so he agreed.

"Zhou Cang thanked the lord!"

Zhou Cang heard that Zeng Yu agreed, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Hurry up!"

Zeng Yu helped Zhou Cang up.

"By the way, there is one thing I want to say, that is, don't announce this matter for the time being, now that most of the people in the cottage are out, I'm afraid that there will be any accidents, everything will wait for Lao Pei and Ziwu to come back." Zeng Yu then commanded.

"Yes! Is the lord worried that Liu Li will take the opportunity to rebel? ”

Zhou Cang asked.

"Yes, Liu Li has a team of 100 people in the cottage, all of whom are his fellow villagers, and he also has a good relationship with several centurions, in case after the news is announced, he provokes those centurions to take advantage of the chaos to provoke everyone to rebel, it will not be good."

"What are you afraid of, can Liu Li and them take a few hundred people, can they still fight my personal guards?" When Zhou Cang heard that Liu Li might rebel, he was already angry, and now he wanted to raise a knife and kill him.

"I naturally know this, and the delay in announcing it is not because I am afraid of them, but because I don't want the cottage people to be lost in civil strife. If you fight, although they are worthwhile, the losses are all copycat people. If they wait for Ziwu to lead a large army back, when the time comes, they will not dare to rebel under our deterrence. ”

Zeng Yu explained to Zhou Cang. In addition, he also wants to wait for Wang Qing to come back, when the training of the cottage will be a new arrangement, Wang Qing, Wu brothers, all have their own set of training skills, with their targeted training, one can improve combat effectiveness, and second, can take the opportunity to sincerely subdue the cottage people, unlike now, because each centurion leads his own men and horses to train alone, resulting in such a few people and horses are all mountainous, if it is not for the strength of the two leaders of Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, and the basic people of the cottage are mainly their fellow countrymen, I am afraid that the seizure of power by force will occur long ago.

"The lord is thoughtful." Zhou Cang listened to Zeng Yu's analysis and sighed, and at the same time compared himself, if it was him, he would definitely not think of so much.

"In addition, I asked Qin Fen and them to pick up people at the bottom of the mountain last time, I don't know if there is any news coming in?"

Zeng Yu and Qin Fen have been on their way for three days, and according to the usual practice, there is almost news that will be sent to the mountain first. After all, Zhou Cang and the others were worried about the liquidation of the government before, so they arranged for people to observe at the bottom of the mountain, and at the same time regularly transmitted news, so as not to be surrounded by the government by surprise, and they didn't even have time to escape.

"I'll go and ask, a brother under the mountain sent a message today, I don't know if there is Qin Fen or them."

"Okay then, you go and ask."

When Zhou Cang heard this, he clasped his fists and saluted, and then went out to ask for news.

After Xiang Zhi saw Zhou Cang leaving, he hurriedly came in and asked, "Lord, is Zhou Cang a shun?" ”

"Yes, I think Zhou Cang is a loyal person, since he has surrendered, there should be no problem."

"Congratulations! Congratulations to my lord! We finally took the Woniu Cottage bloodlessly, if Zijin knew the news, maybe he would still envy us. Xiang Zhi heard Zeng Yu's affirmative return and said happily.

"That's right, I don't know if they are in Anping County now, and whether Qin Fen has found them."