Chapter 442: Bloodless Blades
The whole city was in chaos, and the assassin's mansion was even more in a mess, and the corpses of the killed subordinates and doormen fell on the porches in all corners, mottled with blood.
"Report to the general, I haven't seen the second duke...... Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang! A soldier came to report to Zhang Nanyu.
Zhang Nan said angrily: "Search me again!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a sergeant hurriedly came: "General, someone saw two ...... just now Childe led a group of people to the north gate! ”
"Give me chase! Be sure to stop them! Zhang Nan immediately turned around and got on his horse, gathered a team of men and horses and galloped towards the south gate.
When he reached the north gate, he found that the gate was wide open, and it was evident that someone had already opened the gate and fled from the city at night. Just when he didn't know how to decide, a team of people galloped behind him, but Jiao Touch heard the news and brought people to it.
Jiao Touch stopped and immediately asked, "Jian Yi, can you see the Yuan family brothers?" ”
Zhang Nan smiled bitterly and pointed to the city gate and said, "We are all a step late, and I am thinking about whether to go out of the city to chase!" ”
Jiao Touch also sighed: "Forget it, it's dark everywhere, who knows that they fled in that direction, if they want to catch up, it is estimated that it will not be easy, let's control Yi Jingcheng first." ”
The two discussed a few words, and then ordered people to guard the north gate, and some sent people to guard the west gate, and began to occupy all the important places such as the treasury of the whole city. When the day came, the whole city was still quiet again, and many people poked their heads out of the cracks in the doors with puzzled faces to find out what was going on, but all they saw were confused neighbors and slightly bloodstained streets, and they could not find the answers they wanted.
In the Assassin's Mansion, Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch met again. drove away the Yuan brothers, and finally became the head of the family, but the two did not have much joy. I have always felt that as the master of the people, they are chic and easy to say, but at this moment, they have begun to make difficulties, and just where they go in the future make them feel that they are walking on thin ice.
It turned out that it seemed that the scenery was infinite, and the human lord who decided the life and death of a person in a word turned out to be so difficult, and they all had some regrets in their hearts, but the matter had come to this point, and it was impossible to turn back.
Zhang Nan raised his head, looked at Jiao Touch with red eyes, and said, "Brother Changsong, perhaps, we should go to Cao Gong!" ”
Jiao Touch nodded, and the two looked at each other, their intentions self-evident.
Cao Cao was in the camp, and he had long known that there was chaos in Yijing City last night, and Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of the chaos to enter the city, but Guo Jia said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, tomorrow will have its own results, and it is not impossible to take Yijing without blood!" ”
Although everyone was skeptical of Guo Jia's words, Guo Jia has always been like a god and rarely makes mistakes, so everyone would rather believe what Guo Jia said and expressed their willingness to give it a try.
Cao Cao finally nodded, and waited patiently until dawn, and was hesitating to ask for orders to attack the city, but he heard from the scout that there was a team of dozens of men and horses in Yijing City coming towards the camp. Obviously, such a few people will not come to fight, since they are not enemies, then it is naturally a peace, and everyone is surprised.
When Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch came to the big tent, Cao Cao was already sitting on the main seat, calmly watching the two of them bow down and worship.
"Jiao Touch (Zhang Nan) meets Cao Gong!"
Cao Cao said calmly: "You are the traitor Yuan Clan's remnants, and Cao is the commander of the conquest, this is the time to fight, I don't know what is going on?" ”
Jiao Touch immediately bowed his head to the ground and said loudly: "Cao Gong Mingjian, the Yuan clan violated the principles of heaven and did not respect the laws and decrees of the imperial court, and we were deeply fooled. ”
"Hahaha......" Cao Cao laughed, walked up to the two, helped the two of them up, and said: "Changsong and Jian Yizhen are wise men in Hebei, although they were bewitched by the Yuan family before and didn't know the truth, but now they can change their past wrongs, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, they are really models in the world!" If everyone in the world is like the two, why worry that the world is not peaceful. ”
The two of them immediately took a step back and stood with their hands in their hands.
"Bring the wine, give it wine!"
Cao Cao was arrogant, and immediately had his own soldiers offer two glasses of wine, and the two did not dare to refuse, so they drank it all.
Seeing that the two of them drank without hesitation, Cao Cao laughed again: "The two true Hebei heroes are also meritorious in the city today, and they are all partial generals, and they will be rewarded again when they make new achievements!" ”
Cao Cao turned around and said, "Where is Wen Yuan?" ”
Among the generals, Zhang Liao immediately came out of the queue and said, "The last general!" ”
"Wenyuan, the two generals Jiao and Zhang are temporarily under Ruru's command, and you will immediately enter the city with the two generals to surrender and take over the defense." After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked around in the crowd, looked at his son Cao Zhi and said, "Zijian, you can walk with Wenyuan." ”
Among Cao Cao's sons, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi born to Mrs. Bian, Cao Ang born to Mrs. Liu, and Cao Chong born to Mrs. Huan are the most outstanding, but at this time Cao Chong is still young, only smart, Cao Ang has died in battle when he completed the middle ambush, Cao Cao's age is not small, and he has plans to establish an heir. Cao Zhang's courage was more than enough, and he was praised by Cao Cao as "Purple Whisker", but the cultural governance was really poor, so the main attention still fell on Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.
Zhang Liao knew it in his heart, but his face was as usual, and he immediately bowed down with Cao Zhi to receive the order.
Although Cao Zhi is still a fifteen-year-old boy, he has such a prominent background and decides to be smart, so he naturally immediately understands his father's thoughts, which is not a sightseeing, but a test. If the performance is excellent, it will naturally make the father's eyes stay on him a little more.
Especially let him enter the city with Zhang Liao to be surrendered, obviously Cao Cao had the intention to bring Zhang Liao, a strong tiger general, together with him, and become his strong backing and right-hand man in the future.
After leaving the camp, Cao Zhi saluted Zhang Liao respectfully: "This trip will be supported by General Lao Zhang." Zhi doesn't know how to govern the army, if there is anything wrong, I hope the general will correct it! ”
The two knew each other, but Cao Zhi's honesty and respect moved Zhang Liao, who had always been burdened by the reputation of the word "general", and immediately returned the salute: "Liao is ordered to do it, and the son doesn't have to be like this." This trip is determined to protect the safety of the son! ”
Zhang Liao has followed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao all his life, and has experienced countless events and characters, knowing that the outcome of this matter is really unpredictable, and at this time he only showed a distance not far away from Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi suddenly realized in his heart, but he still respected Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao knows the proportion, everywhere to Cao Zhi first, but there is a decision, he asks Cao Zhi's intentions, and Cao Zhi is indeed smart, although he does not understand the march and fight, but he is extremely proficient in Wenzhi, after entering the city, he immediately suggested that Zhang Liao clean up the traces of the war in the city, and make a list of the people, and admonished Zhang Liao to strictly enforce military discipline and restrain the soldiers, so that the people in the city will soon change from the shocking news they have learned, and welcome the imperial army into the city.