At the end of February in the fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Zhang took the tiger and leopard cavalry and a thousand Li Tong soldiers to run in Runan, those thieves and robbers may be comparable to the local army, and many of them wore simple leather armor, but against the four hundred tiger and leopard horses, there was no power to fight back, not to mention that there were a thousand soldiers, all the way, four hundred tiger and leopard horses were only injured but not killed, and those hundreds of people gathered in the cottage were killed and collapsed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the process of swinging the Kou, Cao Zhang did not hold a long weapon, nor did he wear the black light armor of the tiger and leopard riding, because he was not tall now, it was difficult to wear, there was no armor, and it was not suitable for hand-to-hand combat with a long weapon, so he only hung a ring-headed knife on his waist and held a bow and arrow.

Although there is no hand-to-hand combat, but his archery skills are outstanding, or shot a lot of people, witnessed his city gate halberd shooting tiger and leopard cavalry is not surprising, but let Li Tong under the command of a thousand elite soldiers and Li Xu, Li Ji two greatly admired, although Cao Zhang's city gate halberd shooting has spread throughout the Central Plains, but many people still find it difficult to believe that a nine-year-old child can have such archery skills, after seeing it with their own eyes, the sergeants' admiration for Cao Zhang has greatly increased.

After all, not everyone has the ability to do this.

Cao Zhang stayed in Runan for four months, and Cao Xiu led the army to wander around, and every time he went to a place, he picked out the big households that were related to the Yuan family to collect grain, saying that he was called to fight for thieves, and the local heroes saw that Cao Zhang's soldiers were strong and strong, and because he was suppressing bandits, he could only supply military rations, and he watched the forces he supported being exterminated, and he dared not speak out.

Cao Zhang's every swing is not to leave a living mouth, do not surrender to hack to death, surrender the same pit killing, the first two months, there are many thieves wreaking havoc in Runan, to the third month of Cao Zhang's arrival, that is, in May 199 AD, the thieves in Runan seem to have disappeared, apparently they have been notified by their bosses and local tycoons, so that they can avoid the limelight.

In June of the same year, the law and order of the whole Runan suddenly improved, and the local people were very happy with Cao Zhang's move of riding the tiger and leopard and collecting grain from large households, and some people specially carved a wooden statue for Cao Zhang's ten-year-old baby and offered it to the hall.

At the same time, Cao Zhang's murderous reputation also spread among the wealthy families in Runan, and there was even a nursery rhyme "Hanging bun boy, riding a horse, robbing a big family, killing thieves." "Cao Zhang, because he is still young, did not wear a crown, but tied two bread-like buns on the top of his head, this 'hanging bun boy' is talking about him, 'robbing big households' is to sarcastically ask for food, and 'killing thieves' is to say that he is a.

This nursery rhyme sounds half positive and half depreciative, but it is nothing to Cao Zhang, because the thieves in Runan disappeared in June, so Cao Zhang was happy to stay in Pingyu to rest, the weather was hot in June, and Cao Zhang was enjoying the cool in the courtyard.

Suddenly, a guard walked in and told Cao Zhang that Emperor Xian had married his sister Cao Xian half a month ago, and Cao Zhang knew that Cao Pi had probably returned to Xu Capital to prepare for his wedding with Lu Bu's daughter, thinking of this, Cao Zhang decided to send two gifts back to Cao Xian and Cao Pi.

Cao Zhang's official residence is 600 stones, according to the standard of half a penny and half a grain, it is 3,500 baht per month, and 21 stone of grain, which can be regarded as a good income, but he does not carry the money with him all the time, but puts it in the account room of Cao's mansion.

So Cao Chang asked Cao Xiu to send a tiger and leopard to ride back to inform his mother Bian, and let him use his own Yulu to buy two gifts, one for Emperor Xian and Cao Xian, and one for Cao Pi to express his heart, and at the same time he wrote two letters himself, one to Emperor Xian, and one to Cao Pi to congratulate him, among which the letter to Emperor Xian also mentioned Yang Feng's matter, so that Emperor Xian could save his life.

In late June, Cao Zhang received a quick horse reply from Emperor Xian and Cao Pi, Emperor Xian's newlywed Yan'er, and Cao Xian was indeed quite attractive, and the two had seen each other in Cao Chun's mansion, so naturally the relationship was very good, and for Yang Feng, Emperor Xian naturally expressed leniency.

Cao Pi's letter said that his wedding was imminent, and he wanted to entertain all parties to congratulate the guests, saying that he was now anxious.

At the same time, he also told Cao Zhang that because it was a shame to have no table words after the wedding, Cao Cao gave him a table name in advance, called Zihuan.

A few days after the two replied to the letter, at the end of June, the news of Yuan Shu's death in Huainan came, and the person who brought the news was Yang Feng's messenger, who said that Yuan Shu wanted to leave Shouchun several times and sneak into Runan, but he led his troops to assault the grain team, which made it difficult for Yuan Shu to move an inch, and Yuan Shu wanted to send troops to fight against Yang Feng but was not caught, so he was unable to leave Huainan, so he was depressed to death.

After Cao Zhang received the news, he immediately put Li Tong, full of favor, and Cao Xiu to discuss, Li Tong said that now the opportunity is rare, and the local wealthy clan dare not act rashly because of Cao Zhang's unscrupulous behavior, and now Yuan Shu is sick and dead, and the power of the wealthy clan in Runan will inevitably lie dormant for a period of time, so now is the best opportunity to seize Shouchun.

Cao Zhang, full of favors, and Cao Xiu all thought so, so the three of them agreed to raise troops to attack Shouchun, and at the same time sent a letter to Chen Deng, the assassin of Xuzhou, and asked him to send troops together.

Three days later, Manzhong led 10,000 troops, brought 30,000 grain people, and went to Shouchun with Cao Zhang's and Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry as the vanguard, while Li Tong led his headquarters to sit in Runan.

In mid-July, when Cao Zhang came to Shouchun, he found that Chen Deng's army had entered the city, and it turned out that after Yuan Shu died of illness, his subordinates all took refuge under the command of Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and Huainan County had no Yuan Shu's army for a long time.

In the county government, Chen Deng, who was dressed in military uniform, said: "The third prince, the plague in Huainan is raging, and there is no one in a hundred people, and now the boundary of Huainan is just a piece of dead land, and then this Shouchun City has thick walls, backed by the Huai River, it is a strong city, and it is at the junction of Runan, which can be used as a place to resist the remnants of Yuan Shu and restrain the exiles to surrender to the army. ”

Cao Zhang replied: "What the assassin said is very true, and we will go to the court." ”

Chen Deng said: "The third prince, this matter of the court is still written by the third prince, the third prince is favored by the saint inside, and there is the power of the city gate to shoot halberds outside, and if you ask for merit, you will be rewarded a little more." ”

As soon as he said this, Man Zhong and Cao Xiu both laughed, obviously Chen Deng's sycophant shot was very good, and there was no trace, ostensibly to get more rewards, but it was Cao Zhang who wrote the pen, so who has more credit and who has less credit, but Cao Zhang said it, that is to say, Chen Deng, who entered the city first, gave Cao Zhang the right to distribute the credit.

Cao Zhang smiled: "Since this is the case, Zhang will not shirk." I secretly praised Chen Deng's knowledge and interest in my heart.