Chapter 43: Reward

"Virtuous nephew---" The last "nephew" only said half a word, Cao Zongyu's long knife had been cut down, Cheng Wenying's head suddenly rolled down from his neck, and turned around on the ground several times before stopping, Cheng Wenying's eyes stared at the ground, as if he was dead.

"Grandpa, Daddy, Mother, Little Sister, I finally avenged you." Cao Zongyu's voice was complicated and indistinguishable, as if it was joy, as if it was frustrated. Cao Zongyu has been holding his breath for several years, no matter how many hardships and hardships he has had, and at this moment he has revenge, but his heart is empty. I don't know what to do in the future.

"Brother Cao." Zhang Xuan could see Cao Zongyu's confusion. I couldn't think of how to comfort him for a while, but he had a way, which was to find something to do for Cao Zongyu, and people would only think about it when they were fine, and let him get busy, and he would naturally forget.

"The war is not going to stop yet. We can't stay here any longer. "Above the city tower is the commanding height of the southern city, looking north from here, you can take the entire southern city into view, as Zhang Xuan said, although the overall situation is now determined, but it does not mean that the battle has stopped

Beacon fires came from all over the southern city, such as the prefect's yamen and the Tang Wangfu. So the battle continues, but it's coming to an end.

"Okay." Cao Zongyu didn't know if he had heard what Zhang Xuan said clearly, so he followed Zhang Xuan down the city tower. As soon as he came out, Cao Zongyu went to gather the Cao family's manpower, and after a while, Cao Tie and the rest of the Cao family's manpower arrived. It's just that there are only a dozen or so people left at the moment.

Some died, some broke up. Some of them ran away, but the rest of them can be called backbones.

"Cao Wu?" Cao Zongyu made a round.

Others may run away and sneak away, but Cao Wu, as Cao Zongyu's most trusted person, would not do such things, and Cao Zongyu had an ominous premonition.

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Zhang Xuan said: "Let's go and find out." ”

But for a while. Cao Wu found it.

He lay on his back under the city wall, a spear pierced out from between his chest and abdomen, he grabbed the shaft of the spear with both hands, there were large patches of blood on his arms, and even on his face, his face was pale and cold, and he was no longer breathing.

In Zhang Xuan's opinion, he was likely to be pushed off the city wall during the battle. And under the city wall, there were some starving people who were stoned to death, people died, but they were erected with a spear, and Cao Wu happened to fall on the spear, the spear pierced his chest and abdomen, he was not dead for a while, he once screamed loudly, trying to pull out the spear, the wound, there are traces of struggle and movement.

It's just that when the battle is raging, everyone is screaming, who will care about him. And so he died in a no-man's corner, wailing in agony and bleeding profusely.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang." Just when Cao Zongyu was about to collect Cao Wu's body, a herald said: "Let you go over with the plate, and it will be in the palace." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "You go over." I buried Cao Wu here. ”

The herald said, "Master Cao, let you go over the plate." ”

"Childe, leave it to me here." Cao Tie said: "I will bury Cao Wu well." ”

Cao Zongyu sighed and said, "Okay." ”

Luo Rucai had to go.

There were already horses prepared below, Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu rode away, seeing that Nanyang City after the war seemed to become lively in an instant, and some people kept shouting: "King Cao, open the warehouse and release the grain, wait for it to come and get it." If it's too late, it's gone. ”

At the same time, the gentry's house was opened, and countless women wept, and even some soldiers picked them up and walked into the alley, and they knew what they were going to do when they thought about it. There were also some people, under the supervision of the rebels, who carried the corpses out of the house, and most of them were scholars with wide robes and big sleeves.

As soon as Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu arrived at the mansion, someone told him that Luo Rucai was not in the mansion, but went to the Tang Palace, and then they went to the Tang Palace. Zhang Xuan saw the Tang Wangfu from a distance, because where the Tang Wangfu looked like a mansion, it was clearly an inner city.

When the Tang Palace, it was still the Hongwu period, and the entire Tang Palace, strictly followed the specifications set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the courtyard wall was more than two zhang high.

At this moment, the Tang Palace's mansion is not opened all year round, unless it is the main gate that has only been opened by the holy decree, and it has been pushed down to the ground. Countless corpses were piled up at the city gates, still being cleaned up one by one, and it looked like the fighting was raging here.

Zhang Xuan raised his head and saw that there was a large plaque on his head, which read, "Duanli Gate." "Three big words.

Zhang Xuan stepped on the door and walked through a large square, which reminded Zhang Xuan of the Forbidden City in Beijing, where people came and went, and the architectural style of this palace was very similar to the Forbidden City, and it could even be said to be a small Forbidden City. If you don't ride a horse, you have to walk for a while.

Soon. Before coming to a large hall.

Written on the top of the main hall is the name: "Carrier Hall." The Carrier Hall is very high, and you must first dismount and walk through a long staircase to get to the Carrier Hall.

"What?" Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu had just arrived at the gate of the Carrier Palace, when they heard Luo Rucai's voice inside: "You let King Tang run away?" ”

Zhang Xuan peeked inside, but saw that Luo Rucai was sitting on the dragon chair of King Tang at the moment. He also wears a tiara on his head. But Luo Rucai moved from time to time, without a solemn momentum at all, with the face of an old peasant, with a splendid hall, and even a crown of pearls hanging on his head, as long as he moved slightly, countless pearls were colliding backwards, eager to throw them out.

Luo Rucai also seemed to feel that it affected his vision, so he threw down the crown and said, "Didn't you say that King Tang is already a turtle in the water tank?" Why did you let him run away? ”

"Uncle, it's a child's carelessness." Wang Lung blushed and said: "I didn't expect this Tang King, who is so afraid of death, has already prepared a fast horse in the mansion, so as soon as the city is broken here, the Tang King will slip away from the east gate." ”

In fact, Luo Rucai didn't fancy any Tang Wang. But Zhang Xianzhong killed King Xiang. If he didn't kill the prince of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't he say that he was sending Zhang Xianzhong to the end.

It's just that at this time, the person had already run away, and it was useless to say anything, so Luo Rucai scolded Wang Lung fiercely, and then said, "Get out." ”

Wang Lung immediately ran out in a gray manner.

"You two are here." Luo Rucai saw the two of them from a distance, and said with a smile: "You two did a good job this time. Tell me, what reward do you want? ”

"This is all due to the prestige of the person in charge, and I dare not take credit." Zhang Xuan said politely.

Luo Rucai smiled and said: "Then I will arrange it, Zhang Xuan, you are a scholar, Mr. Ji is busy in Nanyang Mansion at the moment, you go to help Mr. Ji first, and then arrange your affairs when things are done." ”

"Yes." Zhang Xuan knew that there was already a reward in the words that seemed to have no reward.

Who is Gilco? is Luo Rucai's mastermind.

Ji Jue was born in Shanxi, but it is not very clear whether he is a lifter or not, but he followed Luo Rucai very early, he is Luo Rucai's military advisor, account room, of course, talking about the mastermind and the like, Ji Jue is a little unworthy, because all the measures in the army are Luo Rucai's ideas, and Ji Jue is just Luo Rucai's assistant.

If there is really any No. 2 person in Luo Rucai's army, then it is Ji Jue. However, Ji Qi is usually very busy, and Zhang Xuan has only met a few times.

Luo Rucai sent Zhang Xuan to help Ji Jue, already acquiescing to his status as a strategist.

"Cao Da, just use your team to capture the city this time, recruit some more people, and I will give you a sentry." Luo Rucai said.

That's a pretty generous reward.

Luo Rucai's subordinates are collectively referred to as Cao Ying, and in addition to the Chinese army led by Luo Rucai himself, they are assigned to various posts, such as Luo Yulong, Wang Long, Zhang Yingyuan, Yang Shenzu, Yang Chengzu, all of whom are sentinel chiefs. Command a sentry. Of course, Cao Ying is not a regular army, and the strength of each post depends on the commander. Almost every post was a small hill in Cao's camp.

"Thank you for your love, but I don't want to do this." Cao Zongyu said lightly.