Chapter 524: Cao Peng
"You can eat as many times as you want!" Both laughed at the same time.
After the handover, Kou Feng clenched his fists and said: "That letter will leave first, there is Brother Lao Zhou!" ”
Zhou Cang returned the salute: "Brother Kou is polite! ”
Kou Feng said goodbye to Zhou Cang and led his men who could fight to embark on the journey again. Compared to the time of the expedition, the number of people at this moment is less than 2,000.
However, compared to the number of Cao troops they defeated, they were proud enough, and they had already won a great victory in this battle. Therefore, everyone is warlike and aggressive.
Cao Peng had already received the reward from his subordinates, and he had already retreated in his heart, but he knew that with Cao Ren's character, if he went back, he would inevitably be punished for the crime of defeat, and he would also be added to the charge of fighting without authorization.
History is written by successful people, Cao Ren just wants to vent his anger for Cao Cao, but as long as he is defeated, he will definitely not be responsible for it, and the crimes are all dead.
All because he is the concubine of his father Cao Chi, and he is the product of Cao Chi's bullying of a living peasant girl after Cao Chi was drunk. He is the shame of the Cao family! Even Cao Ren, who is his own brother, looks down on him very much.
This time Cao Ren ordered him to fight, if he didn't come, he would disobey the military order, and when he came, facing Zhang Fei, who was guarding the sour dates, he knew that the result could only be death. It's just that he didn't expect that Liu Yong only sent one soldier with 3,000 horses, but the result was still the same.
He had the heart to surrender, but his only beloved son was still in Yecheng, and Zhang Rong, who was sent to supervise the war, was still there, it was Cao Ren's cronies, and he didn't dare to gamble.
Cao Peng turned his head and glanced at Zhang Rong who was three feet away, and his face was also a little ugly. The eldest brother Cao Ren wanted him to die, but this way of dying made him feel aggrieved, and he wanted to fight.
"General Zhang, the matter has come to this, it is difficult to escape death if you flee back, it is better to die in battle, are you willing to kill the enemy with me?" Cao Peng said coldly.
Zhang Rong is a little difficult to do, everyone else has already died in battle, the news came, the remaining 5,000 people in the whole army are sluggish, and there is no morale, so it is difficult to win with this people!
The best situation at the moment is to instigate Cao Peng to withdraw the army, although it is difficult to escape punishment, but Cao Peng will die, he will not, he is just an overseer, and the real blame is Cao Peng, the person Cao Ren least wants to see. But at this moment, Cao Peng actually had the will to die, and if he escaped back alone, he could only die. His new concubine has only been in the door for a few days, but he can't cheapen others, as well as his own children, etc., a large family will definitely be killed and confiscated into the army, or become slaves of others.
"This ...... Now the situation, our army's defeat has been revealed, the sergeants have no morale, if they go to war, there will be a danger of annihilation of the whole army, and I hope the general will think twice! Zhang Rong's face was ugly, but he couldn't give up hope.
Cao Peng sneered in his heart, pretended to be angry, and said angrily: "Since this is the case, what should be done with the general's intentions?" ”
Hearing Cao Peng say this, Zhang Rong's heart moved, and a glimmer of hope rose. Although Cao Peng was angry, he still discussed with him again, explaining that he didn't want to fight in his heart. He was afraid that Cao Peng would admit his death and refused to listen to him. So he immediately said: "This is a matter of retiring from the army, and then report the truth to General Zixiao, and ask him to decide!" ”
Cao Peng pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "It's not impossible to retreat, but this place is not far from Yanjin, and the eldest brother will definitely be able to find out the truth quickly, and the revision of the book cannot be postponed." It can only be sent out immediately. Then retreat ten miles, the general will immediately repair a book, send someone to the Yanjin camp quickly, and our army will retreat into Yanxian County to wait for the military order! However, it should be written that this is recommended by the general, and that it can preserve the military strength. It is also a great achievement, and General Zhang must not forget his own merits. ”
Cao Peng didn't forget to remind him in the end, it wasn't that he was kind. Even if he had a good heart, he would not give it to such a person. In addition to Zhang Rong's lust and greed for money, there is another point, that is, greed for merit. And Cao Peng is relatively low-key on weekdays, and he is also very friendly to others, so Zhang Rong didn't hear anything outside the words.
Seeing that Cao Peng changed his opinion slightly, but still agreed, Zhang Rong was overjoyed and immediately agreed. The two immediately led the army to retreat ten miles to defend the army, and Zhang Rong wrote a letter to Cao Ren about it.
After half a pillar of incense, Zhang Rong wrote and Cao Peng asked to come over and read it, and Zhang Rong really wrote his suggestion in it, and even added bitter words.
Originally, according to the regulations, this letter could not be shown to Cao Peng, but in Zhang Rong's heart at the moment, Cao Peng was already a dead man, and whether there was anything wrong with it or not, the key was not to cause his dissatisfaction and temporarily change his hexagram, so the two of them knew about the violation of the regulations but would not say it.
Cao Peng laughed in his heart, his wealth was charming, and Zhang Rong was really stupid. His face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Zhang Rong.
Zhang Rong knew that he had added two sentences in his heart to increase his credit, and he was a little weak-hearted, and when he saw Cao Peng looking over, he smiled a little embarrassedly. Fortunately, Cao Peng didn't say anything.
After reading the letter, Cao Peng handed it back to Zhang Rong and said: "Without further ado, then please ask the general to send someone to send the letter to the Yanjin camp immediately, and we also need to retreat immediately, otherwise it will not be good to be chased by the enemy!" ”
Zhang Rong was overjoyed, immediately camped, and immediately called one of the most trusted captains and ordered: "Send this letter to General Cao Ren of the Yanjin camp immediately, there must be no mistake!" ”
"No!" The sergeant immediately took fifty people and rode away as fast as possible, and Cao Peng and Zhang Rong also landed on a big stone in their hearts.
"Pass my order and retreat to Yan County immediately!" Cao Peng ordered.
In such a situation, everyone had no intention of fighting again, since the order was given to retreat, everyone cheered in their hearts, but they couldn't make a sound, only threw their legs quickly, and hurriedly went to Yan County.
When Kou Feng led the troops to feel it, he only saw a puff of smoke and dust rising from a distance.
"General, look at the direction they are fleeing to Yan County!" A pro-soldier said.
Kou Fengjian's eyebrows frowned slightly: "Strange, it stands to reason that they should better retreat to Yanjin, and Yanxian ...... Obviously not the best place to go. ”
Kou Feng has been with Liu Yong for so long, he still has some common sense, and besides, his uncle Liu Qin's family background is good, he still reads a lot of books, and this situation can still be seen clearly.
"But it's a good thing that they went to Yan County, there is always a chance to kill, if they go to Yanjin, I'm afraid that my head will not be protected! Whatever the reason, it's a good thing! "Kou Feng has a big heart, and he doesn't want to think about it if he can't think about it. Looking at this situation, it is better to go back to the sour jujube first to ask Zhang Fei for a cup of hot wine to drink, warm up the body, and then send someone to report to the king.
Having made up his mind, Kou Feng immediately rushed to the sour jujube with the whole army, but Zhang Fei was not worried about Kou Feng and had been waiting for the spies to report in the house. Although he is short-tempered, he is not stupid, but he is smart. As the king's former and current personal guard general, he is now released, isn't he here to brush up on military exploits, he can't help but care.
He was also taken aback when he just learned about the report, he didn't expect this Kou Feng to be so powerful, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a banquet. When he looked at the city, a group of men and horses were already galloping in the distance.