Chapter 125: The Alliance Under the City
Several eunuchs felt that their throats were wrong at the same time, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, and some eunuchs looked painful and pointed at Cao Xing with their fingers: "You, you, you poisoned the wine!" ”
Cao Xuan twisted his neck when he died, and he was not ready to pay attention to these eunuchs, and soon after, these eunuchs all fell to the ground with a bang, and Zou Man, who heard the movement, also ran in, and was startled when he saw this scene, covering her small mouth, but Cao Xuan put his hand on her shoulder, making Zou Man turn his head.
He touched Zou Man's little face and said, "Don't be afraid, these people can't hurt you, go and call the soldiers outside and let him come here to deal with the aftermath!" ”
Zou Man nodded, and then walked out, and at this moment in the Qiang Palace prison, there was a person sitting on the ground in the innermost prison with a hair disheveled, and the door of this cell opened, and the man looked up, first stunned for a long time, and then showed a look of ecstasy in his eyes.
"I, I remember that you seem to be Cao Xing's subordinate, you have finally come here, I know to give you a hundred guts, and you don't dare to let me go!" Zuo Feng said with a look of ecstasy.
"Hehe, the angel is really wronged!" Chen Hu beckoned outside, and immediately a few soldiers brought the bronze mirror and Qing Shui.
"The angel guessed right, this time I came to rescue you out, but before I went out, I bothered you to wash up, you are really not suitable to go out to meet people now!"
"Good, good!" Zuo Feng also seemed to realize that he was sloppy all over his body, and he should have a new look after being locked up here for so long, so he picked up a rag and wiped his face, and then aimed his face at the bronze mirror, and kept dressing up.
And Chen Hu was standing behind him, he beckoned to the person next to him, and immediately a sergeant quietly came to his side and handed him a bow and arrow, while Chen Hu didn't say a word, stepped forward and directly used the bowstring to cover Zuo Feng's neck, Zuo Feng's whole eyes were cracked and he kept resisting, but where could his strength be compared to Chen Hu, and after a while, his hands and feet couldn't move. Directly drooped on the ground.
Chen Hu directly took Zuo Feng out of the dungeon and came to the outside of the palace, where a bonfire had been lit, and in front of the fire there were the corpses of several eunuchs, and Cao Xuan was standing there.
Seeing Chen Hu coming, Cao Xuan gave Chen Hu a look, Chen Hu understood, and directly asked a few soldiers to throw all the corpses of those eunuchs into the fire, and after a while, the raging fire rose, and directly burned those corpses to ashes.
Chen Hu walked over and saw that Cao Xing was still holding the holy decree in his hand, and he couldn't help asking, "Big brother, what is the content of this holy decree?" Did you appoint you as the county warden of Kuhara County? ”
However, Cao Xuan did not answer Chen Hu's words, but took out another letter from his arms and handed it to Chen Hu.
"Find two clever brothers, let them hurry up, return to Bianyun County overnight, and hand over this letter to Che Wu, after Che Wu saw the letter, he knew what to do!"
Although he didn't understand what Cao Xuan meant, Chen Hu still nodded and did as Cao Xuan instructed.
After settling everything, Cao Xing asked everyone to stay here for the time being, but he had new requirements for the soldiers, and these soldiers were also indulged, and it was time to return to the right path.
And taking advantage of this time, Ma Chao's condition has also improved, at least he can walk on the ground, he looked at what Cao Xuan did, and he felt a little emotion in his heart, if he hadn't handed over all the military power to Cao Xing, I am afraid that their army would not be able to reach the Qiang King City, even if Ma Chao did not faint, according to his character, it is estimated that he would not be able to lead the soldiers to this place.
Although most of Ma Chao came over lying down in this war, but seeing the results of the war, he also realized the gap between him and Cao Xing, marching and fighting really is not something that can solve everything by bravery alone, and after that, Ma Chao's character has become more and more rapid, and he began to become more and more modest, and he humbly asks Cao Xing for advice on the art of war every day.
Almost half a month later, there was a rumbling sound of Ma Qi outside the Qiang King City, and Cao Xuan took Ma Chao up to the city tower to see that it was Ya Dong and others who led the troops to fight back.
Ya Dong and the others looked at the royal city of the Qiang people now, which was already full of Han army flags, and they were all stunned, and Ya Dong and the others couldn't help but scold below. And Zou Geyun was also very anxious at the moment, they didn't expect that the high-level of their group of Qiang people would be killed, Cao Xuan would actually play this hand and directly end their royal city, now they have no reinforcements, and they have lost all supplies, how can this battle be fought?
Although Ya Dong still has 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, Ya Dong does not feel that this is the key to retaking the royal city, and Cao Xuan does not think that Ya Dong's 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses can play any role, because Ma Teng and others are not decorations.
When Ma Teng saw that in the Qiang camp, there were Qiang people rushing north one after another, and Ma Teng was keenly aware that Ma Chao and others had succeeded, and he had to lead the army to support Ma Chao and others, so Ma Teng didn't think about ordering 20,000 troops immediately, and chased and killed the Qiang people all the way.
Therefore, Ya Dong not only has to face the situation of the loss of Wangcheng now, but more importantly, Ma Teng is behind and Ma Chao is in front, and they attack on both sides, which is undoubtedly the result of the flowering of the center.
Cao Xuan watched Ma Teng's soldiers and horses coming, and did not hesitate to go out of the city with Ma Chao and his men and horses frantically, while Ma Teng and others continued to attack behind, and Yadong's soldiers and horses were completely defeated.
The battle lasted for almost a day and a night, and when dawn came, there was basically no one fighting on the battlefield, and everyone was cleaning up the battlefield.
Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Cao Xing, Zhang Ji and the four of them sat in the same big tent, at this moment Ma Teng's heart was a little emotional, yesterday Ma Chao had already narrated all the battles to him, and his eyes when he looked at Cao Xing were full of complexity.
If it weren't for Cao Xing, he Ma Teng would probably lose a lot, not only could he not finish the Qiang people, but he might even fold into a son, so he was grateful to Cao Xing in his heart, but he also took into account the credit that was originally left to Ma Chao, and now it seems that it all falls on Cao Xing's head.
Cao Xing also felt that Ma Teng was wrong, he thought for a moment, and also felt Ma Teng's meaning, so he stood up and said something euphemistically, which probably means that this war Ma Chao is the boss, and he Cao Xuan is just the deputy marshal, and the main credit is still on Ma Chao's head.
After Ma Teng heard this, he was overjoyed, maybe he didn't figure it out, why such a big credit, Cao Xuan was willing to let it out, but anyway, since Cao Xuan spoke, then his credit must have been earned, so at this moment Ma Teng's gaze at Cao Xuan became more kind.
Not long after, Pang De and Zhong Qi brought in a person from outside, and everyone thought it should be Ya Dong, but after a closer look, they found that this person was not Ya Dong at all, but Zou Geyun.
According to Pang De, Ya Dong fought everywhere like a mad dog on the battlefield, preferring to die rather than retreat, while Pang De and Zhong Qi saw this and went up to fight him, and the three of them fought more than 300 moves, Pang De and Zhong Qi finally took down this person and finally beheaded him.
As for Hadoli, when someone saw him, he ran in the other direction with a small group of routs, and now he can't find his person, the biggest official in the Qiang army, it seems to be this Zou Geyun.
Ma Chao did not express his opinion on this Zou Geyun's treatment, but looked at Cao Xing and Ma Teng, as for Zhang Ji, he was automatically ignored by everyone, Zhang Ji was limped by Cao Xing that time, and he has not fully recovered until now, he has a fear when he sees Cao Xing, so he naturally nests in the corner and does not dare to speak.
After a long time, Cao Xing and Ma Teng finally finished discussing, Cao Xing walked in front of Zou Geyun, and directly put a piece of paper in front of him, Zou Geyun also knows how to write books, he looked down, and the pupils of the whole person began to become extremely surprised.
This is clearly a treaty, and the content of the treaty is actually not difficult, first of all, it is to order Zou Geyun to directly tear down all the walls of the Qiang King City, and secondly, he can take the rest of the people to retreat directly for a hundred miles, and must not attack the territory of the Han people again.
"This, this is the alliance under the city!"
Listening to Zou Geyun's shouting, Cao Xing nodded indifferently: "Since you have stayed in the Central Plains, then you should also know the truth of becoming a king and defeating a king, now in the royal city of the Qiang people, there are still tens of thousands of Qiang people, all under our butcher's knife, but my Han army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, and will not kill innocents indiscriminately, so in order to restrain you, we can only use the method of the alliance!" ”
"Of course, maybe you think this is a humiliation to you, but there are two sides to everything, please take a look, now in your tribe, you Zou Geyun is the most powerful, you can become the new leader of your tribe, we are not completely abandoned to you, Han and Qiang marriage, this is just a very common thing, as long as you are willing to reconcile with us, no longer launch attacks or invasions, we are also very welcome, so, do you agree with the things on this letter? Think about it! ”
Cao Xing's words made Zou Geyun fall into deep thought, and after a while, Zou Geyun sighed, and finally picked up the pen and signed his name on the alliance book. Seeing Cao Xing and Ma Chao here, Ma Teng and the others all nodded.