Chapter 43: The First Famous General
Although his men ran back in twos and threes, they were still very excited to see the expressions on their faces, because there seemed to be a lot of extra captives in their hands.
The Yellow Turban Army, which was still menacing just now, is now crawling on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers, shouting for sparing their lives, and they are willing to do anything to be cattle and horses.
Cao Xuan saw all this in his eyes, he didn't want to pay attention to these hobbies of the Yellow Turban Army, he got off his horse and walked towards the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and at this moment Chen Hu was already standing in front of the general of the Yellow Turban Army.
I don't know what Chen Hu said to the general of the Yellow Turban Army, anyway, the general of the Yellow Turban Army scolded when he looked at Chen Hu.
"I said you dead fat man, don't be complacent, there is a kind of fair duel between the two of us, I will chop you into meat with a big knife!" The general of the Yellow Turban Army seemed to have a very big temper, and wanted to struggle to pull the arrow away from his body, but the arrow shot by Cao Xuan was so powerful that it nailed him to the tree, and as soon as he touched the arrow, there would be a sharp pain in his body.
And Chen Hu took his axe, pointed at the Yellow Turban Army general and said: "I said you black charcoal head, what are you jumping there, if it weren't for my eldest brother's mercy and spare your life, otherwise you would already be a corpse by now!" ”
"Dead fatty, I'm going to kill you!"
"Black charcoal, believe it or not, I broke your teeth!"
While watching the two of them get more and more noisy, Cao Xing was smiling, and walked over from behind, he patted Chen Hu on the shoulder, Chen Hu also stopped making noise, and consciously stood behind Cao Xing.
Cao Xuan looked at the Yellow Turban Army general with a smile on his face, but the Yellow Turban Army general didn't seem to appreciate it, snorted coldly, twisted his head, and didn't look at Cao Xing directly.
Cao Xuan carefully felt the momentum of this Yellow Turban Army general, and found that his momentum seemed to have reached the level of the fifth level of martial arts, and it was the same level as Chen Hu, so it was no wonder that he had arrogant capital.
"This brother, I don't know where you are from Bingzhou, and if you are homesick now!"
Cao Xuan played an emotional card, but he didn't expect this black-faced general to be unappreciative, and scolded again: "I said that you kid is talking so much nonsense, if you want to kill, you will kill, if it is grandpa, I will blink my brows, I will not be called Zhou Cang!" ”
The black-faced general didn't seem to listen to anything, Cao Xuan couldn't help frowning, for this kind of person who doesn't listen to soft and hard words, Cao Xing's attitude is also very resolute, that is, to give up directly, but when he heard the name of the last person, there was a flash of inspiration in his mind.
Zhou Cang! This name is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the reputation is not small, although Zhou Cang will be famous in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, most of the reasons are because Guan Yu's reputation is there, he is Guan Yu's guard, and he is naturally famous, but Cao Xuan feels that Guan Yu has so many guards around him, and he alone has changed from a nobody, to a hero known to the world, not only because he is Guan Yu's guard, but also because of his loyalty.
When Guan Yu was riding alone, he met Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang was defeated by Guan Yu, Guan Yu did not kill Zhou Cang, and after Zhou Cang heard Guan Yu's deeds, he asked to voluntarily follow Guan Yu Qianli to ride alone.
Later, he stayed by Guan Yu's side, Guan Yu sent troops to Fancheng, and finally defeated Maicheng, Zhou Cang was not by his side at that time, but after he heard the news, he cried bitterly, and finally committed suicide and died, which is enough to show that this person is loyal. In terms of loyalty, I'm afraid it won't be much inferior to Guan Yu.
And Cao Xing vaguely remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Cang was indeed a native of Bingzhou, which was also in line with the black-faced man in front of him.
However, Cao Xuan is not sure, this Zhou Cang must be the one in the romance, although there is a great match, but there are no surprises in the world, there are many people with two names and surnames, and their life deeds are extremely similar, so Cao Xuan asked again.
"I see that you are also a man, I can't bear to kill you, now I give you a chance, I don't know if you are willing to give up your identity as a Yellow Turban Army and work under my Cao Xing!"
"I'm bah, since I followed the great sage and good teacher in Zhoucang, I have never had two hearts, today you want to persuade me to surrender here, it seems to be kind, but in fact, it is trapping me in disloyalty and injustice, if you want to kill, hurry up!"
Looking at Zhou Cang and feeling like a donkey, Chen Hu couldn't stand it anymore: "I said that you are a black charcoal head, you are really embarrassed, my eldest brother is here to talk to you well, you are quite crooked there, I think you are just underwhelming!" ”
"Dead fatty, don't be complacent too early, I went to the Nine Hells in Zhou Cang, and I won't let you go if I am a ghost!"
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Listening to the two of them arguing there again, Cao Xuan couldn't stand it anymore, he waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two, and then glanced at the other Yellow Turban Army, and said to his men, let these Yellow Turban Army go.
Many of these Yellow Turban soldiers are people from the state, and when they heard this, they all kowtowed to Cao Xing one after another, thanked them, and then left.
When Zhou Cang saw this scene, he was also a little moved in his heart, but he still didn't say anything.
Cao Xuan asked his men to find a rag to bring hot water, first pulled out the arrow on Zhou Cang's arm, and then asked someone to help him bandage his wound.
"Brother Zhou Cang, your current team has been broken up by me, I guess you have nowhere to go, why don't we go all the way!"
Although Zhou Cang's temper is very big, but after receiving the favor of others Cao Xing, his face is also a little unbearable, and he can only nod in the end, along the way, the others talk to Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang is silent, and even has some evasion, of course, except for Chen Hu, as soon as the two of them speak, they are ready to fight.
That night, Cao Xuan and the others camped on the spot, and Cao Xuan asked Chen Hu to take it, and the cold liquor they prepared was drunk with Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang also seems to be a good drinker, and when he first drank this cold spirit, he was also addicted.
Chen Hu patted Zhou Cang's shoulder and said, "Hehe, why do I say that you have such a unique personality as a black charcoal head?" My eldest brother sincerely invited you to join us, but you refused to live or die there, you see, as long as you join, we have this kind of wine every day, and haven't you always disobeyed me? The two of us can also find a chance to have a good conversation! ”
However, hearing this, Zhou Cang put down the wine bowl, and finally said: "At the beginning, because of the government's expropriation and expropriation, the people in our hometown couldn't even eat a mouthful of food, when we were hungry and cold, I met the great sage and good teacher, he gave us food to eat, and took us to kill those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so we don't have to worry about food anymore, I Zhou Cang actually joined the Yellow Turban Army and chose to follow the great sage and good teacher, so even if the great sage and good teacher are no longer there, but I Zhou Cang still has to inherit his will!" ”
Zhou Cang didn't seem to have any culture, but after saying so many life insights at once, Chen Hu was really a little unable to answer for a while, while Cao Xing laughed twice on the side.
"Brother Zhou Cang, I agree with your loyalty, when you were about to starve to death, the Great Sage and Good Master suddenly appeared and saved you and all the people in your village, you are grateful in your heart and decided to follow him, but have you ever considered whether the Great Sage and Good Master did what he did was right!"
Hearing this, Zhou Cang was a little angry, but he still didn't get up and roar immediately, but looked at Cao Xuan and asked: "Great sage and good teacher, proficient in the way of heaven, what he has done, what is wrong!" ”
Cao Xuan didn't explain much about this, he just looked at Zhou Cang and said: "You are also poor, as for what the great sage and good teacher taught you to do, you can think about it yourself, I don't know if you have ever thought about it, those innocent victims are actually you at the beginning, you do this, maybe you can only use four words to describe it, helping to abuse!" ”
Originally, Zhou Cang's heart was still a little unconvinced, but after listening to Cao Xing's last sentence, he also chose to be silent.
What did the Yellow Turban Rebellion that broke out in 184 A.D. look like? He Zhou Cang knew it best in his heart.
At that time, their Qu Shuai personally came to his side, gave him silver taels and gave him food, so that he had something, but he had money to use, and he no longer had to run for a living, and then he followed his Qu Shuai, killed into the official mansion, and trampled all those corrupt officials under his feet, at that time, Zhou Cang only felt the joy in his heart, and at the same time, he also strengthened his determination to follow the Yellow Turban Army.
But in the back, the nature of the Yellow Turban Army changed a little, and after Zhang Jiao's complete uprising, the Yellow Turban Army in various places was no longer silent and broke out en masse.
They drove their troops directly to each city, and then launched a frantic attack on the city, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty could not stop them from being outnumbered, and finally abandoned the city and fled.
Whenever the Yellow Turbans passed through a city, they would burn and plunder everything in the city, rob the common people of food, rob the merchants of their silver, and even robbed some women for them to vent.
In short, everything in the Yellow Turban Army is by snatching, in order to supplement their military needs, just like that, they robbed a city and grabbed a city, in fact, at that time Zhou Cang had a feeling in the deepest part of his heart, they did a good job like a bit like bandits, but at that time the environment was not allowed Zhou Cang to think too much, he continued to follow the Yellow Turban Army to burn and plunder, and finally until the defeat of the army, with a small number of people scattered and fled to Bingzhou.
Cao Xuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine lightly, then looked at Zhou Cang and said again: "There is no production, only continuous output, this is like you have a hundred acres of fertile land at home, but you are lazy all day long, and the hundred acres of fertile land will be abandoned sooner or later." It's like you have a thousand taels of gold at home, but you don't know how to be thrifty and squander it all day, and sooner or later you will waste it all! And your Yellow Turban Army seems to be the same reason, and now you still think that it is right to follow your great sages and good teachers? ”