Chapter 46: The Zhou Party

"Dangdangdang." The gong sounded.

Zhang Xuan led Cao Zongyu more than a dozen, and the two of them sounded the gong in front of him and said: "There is an order in the palm of the plate, order each to return to the team, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

This order, whether it is true or not, was asked by Zhang Xuan to ask Luo Ru, but the first half of the sentence is true. Luo Rucai did ask them to return to the team and not make too much trouble, but the second half of the sentence was added by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan is not a cold-blooded animal after all. If you can do something, you still have to do something, anyway, Zhang Xuan didn't think about staying in the righteous army for a long time and was not afraid of offending people.

After the army is dispersed, it is simply an inevitable truth to burn and loot by yourself, for this era, whether it is the official army, the rebel army, or the Tartars, it is like this, without exception. There is only a difference in degree.

However, the army has no combat effectiveness in robbery, so the generals will not let the army stay in this state for a long time, which hinders the combat effectiveness of the army.

Although Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu are the internal responses, in essence, Nanyang City was still captured, and after breaking the city, it is almost customary for all soldiers to have a day or half a day to relax.

Generally, the soldiers are allowed to vent, after all, this kind of pressure can drive people crazy when they are besieging the city with death. If you don't vent, sometimes it's easy to scream.

But that's pretty much it, the casualties of Cao Ying's own team today are not large, so even if Zhang Xuan doesn't ask for instructions, Luo Ru will give an order after a while.

These old soldiers have returned to the team one by one, of course, there are some ruffians and hooligans, or hungry people who have just joined the righteous army, they don't know what orders are at all, Zhang Xuan gave the order, Cao Zongyu began to kill.

It took about an hour to go around the city, and the whole city was quiet, and a large group of people settled in the Tang Palace, as well as various official offices.

Zhang Xuan was familiar with all the grain merchants and asked everyone to raise food for the rebels. Then randomly jumped out of the family, killing chickens and monkeys, and the grain merchants behind did not dare to fight against the rebels, and handed over all the grain, Zhang Xuan sent some soldiers to carry the grain.

And a great crowd of the hungry people in the city followed.

Zhang Xuan knew that these grain merchants were dead, Zhang Xuan did not order the lives of these grain merchants, he only wanted grain, but the grain merchants without the protection of the government were destined to die in the hands of the hungry people. At a time when you can starve to death almost every day, having food is the greatest original sin.

Zhang Xuan didn't know when, he was so casual about human life, killing a person, or ending the lives of a group of people, without the slightest sense of disobedience. It seems to have gotten used to it.

If you have ever seen people die every day, in the wilderness, there are still people selling human flesh at a clear price, you know that human life is not worth much.

"I just want to live." Zhang Xuan said to himself repeatedly, as if he was hypnotizing himself.

After disposing of the grain merchants, it is time to visit the local households.

"The gentry in Nanyang Mansion is the biggest?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Cao Zongyu paused slightly, and said: "My family, however, I don't need to go to my house, I have inquired, although after the incident back then, the people on the official face of the Cao family were swept away, but there are some foundations, I have sent Cao Tie to find it, and I want to find some people." ”

"So who do we go to now?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Cao Zongyu thought for a while and said: "There is a talent of a general, but I don't know if I can win it over." ”

Zhang Xuan asked, "Who?" ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Zhou Party. ”

The Zhou family is also a big family, in a corner of Nanyang City, which is relatively remote. In Yan Riyu's arrangement, the Zhou Party was not guarding the south gate, so when the battle was fought, the Zhou Party was stationed on other city gates, but when they saw that the south gate had fallen, they wanted to escape from the city, but they saw that there were horse teams outside the city.

In the middle of the city, it was desolate and uninhabited. Most people don't know that the Zhou family has an annex here, but Cao Zongyu is no one else, the Cao family back then was able to be half of Nanyang County's Taishang Zhi County, and his power was huge, and there was no one in Nanyang County who didn't know about things.

"Dangdang. Dangdang. Cao Zongyu knocked on the broken wooden door, there was no sound at all, Cao Zongyu didn't have the heart to wait, kicked and flew, the two wooden doors don't know how many years of history, they have long been crumbling.

"Take." With a bang, a long arrow shot at the door frame, and the tail feathers trembled uncontrollably. "Cao Zongyu, you actually became a thief."

A big man with a Chinese character face looked at Cao Zongyu with blazing eyes, and there was countless indignation in his voice. This person is none other than Zhou Dang.

Cao Zongyu slightly avoided Zhou Dang's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, Master Zhou." Youjin became a thief. ”

Youjin is the character of Cao Zongyu.

"You don't have to say sorry to me, I'm just being your archery teacher for a few days, if you read a little bit of old love, just treat it as if you didn't see it, if you have to do something for the tiger, then I will not be merciful with the next arrow." Zhou Dang said.

"Mr. Zhou." Zhang Xuan said: "We came this time, we have no intention of harming us, we are asking Mr. Zhou to go out of the mountain." ”

Zhou Dang turned his wrist and pointed the longbow at Zhang Xuan, and the cold light flashing on the arrow made Zhang Xuan feel like he was being pointed at with a gun. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but decide that his mouth and tongue were dry, his hands and feet were a little stiff, and he secretly regretted it. Why take such a big risk.

"It's not enough to be a thief and insult my ancestors, do you want to pull me to be a thief?" Zhou Dang said: "Don't think about it. I, Zhou Dang, would rather die than be a thief. ”

Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes and saw a small child sticking his head out of the house behind Zhou Dang. Suddenly, he had a plan in his heart and said: "Mr. Zhou, you can hide here for a few days, so you can escape the rebels, but can you escape the official army?" ”

Zhou Dang frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Nothing interesting? Zuo Liangyu's headquarters is behind our army, but in a day or two, it is likely that our army will walk on the front foot, Zuo Liangyu will arrive on the back foot, as soon as Zuo Liangyu enters the city, it will not be a day or two, I think you came here to hide, it was in a hurry, and you didn't bring much food at all. After more than ten days of hiding, can you stand it, can your son stand it, can your family stand it? ”

Zhou Dang snorted coldly and said, "Death by starvation is a small matter, but loss of festival is a big matter." ”

Death by starvation is a small matter, and the loss of festival is a big thing, and later generations often think that this "festival." "It's chastity, but it's about discipline, it's about men, not women.

Zhang Xuan said: "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater." But I don't know that Mr. Zhou's family died here, and who will inherit the bloodline of the ancestors of the Zhou family. ”

Generosity is easy to do, and death is calm.

It is actually very easy for a person to be generous and righteous without thinking much about it, but it is difficult to let a person think about it and consider all the situations clearly, and then die.

If Cao Zongyu comes here, without saying a word, he will make a move, and the Zhou Party will definitely fight to the end. But Zhang Xuan gave Zhou Dang time to think, but Zhou Dang hesitated, and said after a while: "The ancestors of the Zhou family would rather be extinct than have descendants who insult their ancestors." ”

Zhang Xuan saw Zhou Dang's hesitation, and said secretly in his heart: "With some results, I just need to give him another step." He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou misunderstood." I don't mean to let Mr. Zhou follow the thief, but to give Mr. Zhou a way to leave Nanyang City, I have a good relationship with Brother Cao, in the thief camp, there is still a bit of weight in speaking, if Mr. Zhou can trust Brother Cao, please come to me for the time being to avoid it, and follow the army. When I got out of the city and went to the wilderness, I secretly let Mr. Zhou's family leave, but I didn't know if Mr. Zhou was willing or not? ”

"This ----" Zhou Dang hesitated. I don't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Xuan said secretly: "First trick this person into the camp, in the camp, you know that it is absolutely impossible for a person to leave alone as a family, and when the time comes, it will be logical to run together."

"The big husband acts, why bother. Whether it succeeds or not, it can be decided in a word. Zhang Xuan said: "The life and death of your whole family are in your words." ”