Zhang Xiu returned to the bank of the Shuishui River, followed by a Zhang Yi's warship for a mile or two. Zhang Xiu was heading towards the nearest one, but Hu Che'er beside him suddenly shouted: "General, look, the warship in front is on fire." ”

Zhang Xiu looked in the direction of Hu Che'er's pointing, and happened to see a warship burning a thick fire in the distance. Zhang Xiu looked at the nearby warships again, and some fireworks faintly came out.

Zhang Xiu shook the reins, "Quick, the boat is setting fire, let's hurry over!" ”

Zhang Xiu took the lead, and the good horse under him immediately rushed out to throw his men away, and rushed towards the warship with a unique ride.

The guards beside Hu Che'er and Zhang Xiu hurriedly followed. Since Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, the cavalry around Zhang Xiu was replaced by Cao Cao little by little.

At the beginning, he left a few thousand for Zhang Xiu, and after defeating Yuan Shao, he changed some more. Although Cao Cao added a lot of soldiers to Zhang Xiu, they were all infantry, and his cavalry slowly left 2,000 people.

This time when he came back from Jizhou, he lent the cavalry under Zhang Xiu's command to Zhang Liao under the pretext that the north needed cavalry. Now Zhang Xiu is left with Hu Che'er and thousands of infantry around him, and his power has entered the past.

Zhang Xiu knew that he would definitely not have the opportunity to lead the cavalry again, judging from the fact that Zhang Yi was of his own clan and was still under his own hands, Cao Cao would definitely not believe him.

But Zhang Xiu can understand that he once looked for Jia Xu once, and this old slippery head once told him that Zhang Yi's affairs made him very dangerous. Moreover, Cao Ang and Dian Wei were mentioned from time to time when they completed the death, this matter may still have something to do with Zhang Yi, if you Zhang Xiu can't kill Zhang Yi, you will definitely not get the complete trust of the Cao family.

Zhang Xiu also knew in his heart that it would be absolutely difficult for him to kill Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi is also a prince, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers. And he Zhang Xiu is only a few thousand, not to mention killing Zhang Yi, it is very difficult to kill Zhang Yi's next general.

So, according to Jia Xu, what he can do is to be cautious and not let Cao Cao deepen his suspicions about him.

Therefore, when Cao Cao took the cavalry from him, Zhang Xiu did not refuse, but showed his greed for money, and asked for land in Xuchang, just to reassure Cao Cao.

Many of Cao Cao's generals were also suspicious of Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu was careful not to conflict with these people, for fear of being sued by others.

He has encountered more than one or two things like Xiahoudun. Zhang Yi attacked Cao Cao's territory several times, and Zhang Xiudu was the first to say that he would lead his troops to fight, and then after Cao Cao refused, he stopped talking and retreated to ask to go north and stay away from Zhang Yi.

When Runan attacked Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu was in Xuchang and did not follow. After learning that Zhang Yi rescued Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu expressed to Xun Yu in Xuchang that he was willing to lead his troops there.

But at that time, Cao Pi happened to come back to escort the grain and grass, and Cao Pi was very suspicious of Zhang Xiu, so he refused. Zhang Xiu no longer mentioned the matter of going south, and instead said that he would go to Sili to suppress the bandits, and Xun Yu agreed.

As a result, after Zhang Xiu arrived at Sili, with the assistance of Zhong Xuan, he exterminated more than 3,000 mountain bandits.

When Zhang Yi went north to attack Xuzhou, Zhang Xiu also went to Xuzhou with Cao Cao. When he was about to arrive in Xiapi County, Zhang Xiu pleaded to bring his own part to attack Zhang Yi, but Cao Cao's subordinates were very opposed, and Cao Cao did not agree.

Zhang Xiu once again asked to go north to block the invasion of Qingzhou, and Cao Cao agreed.

At that time, Zang Ba went south, Qingzhou took the opportunity to attack Langya, just in time Zhang Xiu arrived, defeated the Qingzhou army, beheaded more than 200, captured 1,000 people, and once again made meritorious service.

In addition, when Zhang Xiu attacked Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang, he fought bravely and made continuous achievements. When it was time to return from Jizhou, he was named Xin'anhou.

Xin'an is a county, belonging to Hongnong County, Zhang Xiu is already a county marquis, and he is the largest among the marquis. Xin'an County has his Hou State, but he only eats 4,000 households, Xin'an County still has some leftover, and the entire Xin'an is now divided into Xin'an County and Xin'an Hou State.

It was Zhang Xiu who had always been cautious and conscientious, which made Cao Cao very relieved of him, so he brought him to rescue Jingzhou.

After arriving in Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu has always been conscientious, and everything is for Cao Cao's sake, so he and Xiahoudun came to attack Zhang Yi's army without any complaints.

You must know that Zhang Xiu's military position is much higher than that of others, and his status is noble. Coming out with Xiahoudun, and Xiahoudun is still the main general, this will not only lower his status, but will also be monitored at all times, he can completely refuse.

If this job is replaced by Li Dian and Li Tong, there will be no problem at all. Li Dian and Li Tong were originally humble officials, and they were very compatible with Xiahoudun. If it is replaced by another county marquis, it will definitely not be under Xiahoudun.

Even if Xiahoudun is a relative of Cao Cao, no matter how good his relationship with Cao Cao is, he is just General Fubo, and he is one level worse than Zhang Xiu's Poqiang General, and his title is much lower.

But Zhang Xiu agreed, not only agreed, but in the face of Xiahoudun's almost questioning suspicions, he did not express his opinion, but chose to avoid suspicion.

Zhang Xiu shook off his subordinates, also to avoid suspicion, he rushed directly to the side of the burning warship, climbed on Meng Chong in the muddy water, tore off a tarpaulin, and constantly extinguished the flames.

But the fire was already burning, and Zhang Xiu couldn't put it out at all. He turned his head and saw that Hu Che'er and the others had caught up, so he searched on the deck, but only found some parts of the strong crossbow. These parts were still broken, but despite this, Zhang Xiu snatched them out and threw them under the boat, so that Hu Che'er and others could pick them up and put them away.

Knowing that the fire was very big, Zhang Xiucai got off the boat. A lot of his hair was burned out during the firefighting. But Zhang Xiu didn't care about it at all, and as soon as he got off the boat, he went straight to the shore and said while riding: "Quick, let's look downstream again to see if there are any boats that are not burning." ”

"General, you seem to be burned." Hu Che'er said with concern.

"No, it's just hair!" Zhang Xiutou didn't look back, so he rode his horse downstream.

Zhang Xiuyou found a few warships that were not on fire, and found a lot of parts for strong crossbows. But some of these parts are intact, some are destroyed. Zhang Xiu looked at these parts and wondered, the big ones didn't seem to be destroyed, but the small ones were basically all destroyed.

"Could there be any secrets in this?" Zhang Xiu couldn't help but ponder, but he really couldn't understand what mystery these small parts were hiding.