Chapter 13: Will You Follow Me?
The person who roared was none other than Cao Cao's brother Cao Hong.
Standing opposite Cao Hong was Xu Huang, who had just left Yang Feng and joined Cao Cao's camp not long ago.
"Ziwen, what's wrong?" Xiahou Ba also reined in his horse, looked back at Cao Zhang suspiciously, and asked.
"What are they arguing about?" Cao Zhang asked.
"Hey, what else can there be? That Xu Huang had just joined, and he belonged to Uncle Zilian (Cao Hong). ”
"He's good, not only does he not know how to make Uncle Lian happy, but he opposes him everywhere."
"When we were fighting Zhang Xiu, he actually stopped Uncle Zilian and didn't let his subordinates rob the people."
"We have been conquering everywhere for so many years, if we don't loot, what will we use to motivate the soldiers?"
"You don't know Uncle Zilian's temper yet, you must be unaccustomed to seeing him like this, I guess this is to find a fault, deliberately give him less military rations, and want to cure him." Xiahou Ba explained to Cao Zhang.
"I see." Cao Zhang nodded suddenly.
In history, Xu Huang was known for his frugality and honesty, Cao Cao once praised him as his Zhou Yafu, and after his death, he was called Zhuanghou, and he was one of the five good generals of Cao Wei.
Unexpectedly, not long after Xu Huang joined Cao Cao's camp, he actually offended Cao Hong of the Cao clan, which will definitely have an impact on his future career.
However, this may be a good opportunity for himself to recruit Xu Huang to his side and become his own general.
Thinking of this, Cao Zhangfei dismounted and beckoned Xiahouba: "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”
"What's there to see? You shouldn't want to teach that Xu Huang a lesson for Uncle Zilian, right? Xiahou Ba asked suspiciously.
In the past, Cao Zhang was short-tempered and would do things with people at every turn, and Xiahou Ba thought that his old problem had been committed again.
"It's to teach people, but it doesn't have to be Xu Huang, maybe it's Uncle Zilian!" Cao Zhang walked forward and responded to Xiahou Ba.
"Teach Uncle Zi Lian?" Xiahou Ba looked at Cao Zhang, who was walking in front, puzzled, not understanding his intentions, and worried that he would cause trouble, so he hurriedly led the horse and followed.
"Who is so bold as to dare to make my Uncle Zi Lian angry?!" Cao Zhang deliberately raised his tone and shouted.
The soldiers surrounding Cao Hong saw that it was him and Xiahou Ba who came, and made a way for him to come to Cao Hong and Xu Huang.
"Ziwen, you're here!" Seeing that it was Cao Zhang, Cao Hong responded with a grin.
He stretched out his hand and pointed to Xu Huang in front of him and said to Cao Zhang: "Who else can make me angry, it's this Xu Huang." I kindly brought someone to bring him food, but he actually framed me for deducting his military rations, do you say that people are angry?! ”
"Is there such a thing? Xu Gongming (Xu Huang's words), even my uncle, you dare to frame you, you are really bold. Cao Zhang turned his head to look at Xu Huang and deliberately accused him coldly.
Xu Huang held back his anger and bowed to Cao Zhang: "If you return to Gongzi, Xu Huang doesn't dare to frame General Cao, it is indeed he who withheld our military rations!" ”
"General Cao said to send us 5,000 stone of grain. But after we checked carefully, it was actually only 4,000 stones, which was a full 1,000 stone less. ”
"Joke, my uncle is a dignified General Li Feng, the Marquis of Guoming Pavilion, will deduct your military rations!?" Cao Zhang retorted to Xu Huang.
"What the last general said is the truth!" Xu Huang said very firmly.
"Honestly? Okay, you show evidence to prove that you are telling the truth, otherwise I will take you to my father and let him properly punish you for framing Shangfeng! Cao Zhang deliberately said to Xu Huang with an angry face.
"Good! In the end, I will prove this to Childe! Xu Huang agreed loudly.
He walked to the carriage with the grain and pointed to the dendrobium used to hold the rice: "This is the evidence that General Cao has withheld military rations!" ”
Cao Hong's face changed slightly, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "This is Sheng Mi's Hu, what can he prove?" ”
"This is the Hu that General Cao gave us to hold rice, there is a problem with this Hu, and we used it to hold five thousand Hu, but in fact, when we counted it ourselves, it was not enough at all!" Xu Huang said anxiously.
"These husks are all of a uniform size, and you also saw five thousand husks in the past. I didn't say it at the time, but now I can't say enough, who knows if you secretly hid the food yourself!? Cao Hong pointed at Xu Huang's nose and scolded angrily.
"That's it, what's wrong with this Hu, it's clear that you're looking for trouble!" Cao Zhang, who was observant, saw at a glance that there was something wrong with Dendrobium, he deliberately scolded Xu Huang, stepped forward and lifted Dendrobium, held it high above his head, and fell to the ground hard.
Cao Zhang's strength was very strong, and Mu Hu was torn apart at that time, and the wooden strips were scattered all over the ground.
A sharp-eyed soldier looked at the wooden strips on the ground and immediately noticed the problem: "This Hu has a mezzanine!" ”
As soon as he shouted like this, the other soldiers also discovered Hu's problem, and surrounded him together, picking up Hu on the ground and looking at it.
"Get out of the way!" Cao Zhang let out a roar!
The soldiers all knew Cao Zhang's bravery, and when they saw him angry, they all calmed down temporarily.
Cao Zhang stepped forward to pick up the hu, walked up to Cao Hong and asked, "Uncle Zilian, there is a sandwich in this hu, and there will be less rice, tell me, what's going on?" ”
"I, how do I know what's going on?!" Cao Hong stubbornly wanted to deny it.
"You brought this hu, don't you know?" Cao Zhang let out a sneer, "Why don't we take this to my father and ask him to judge what the hell is going on?" ”
Cao Hong didn't expect Cao Zhang to treat himself like this, so he approached Cao Zhang with some dissatisfaction, and said in a low voice: "Ziwen, we are a family, how can you turn your elbow out?" ”
Cao Zhang also responded in a low voice: "Uncle, of course I want to defend you, but now that everyone is watching, you can't deny it." ”
"Father just issued a military order not long ago, anyone who withholds military rations, regardless of the size of the military position, will be decided!"
"If you really let Xu Huang make trouble in front of your father, even if Uncle Zilian has saved your father's life several times, I'm afraid he won't be able to show you extrajudicial favors, right?!"
"I advise uncle, you should hurry up and replenish the military rations to calm the anger of the people!" Cao Zhang's last few words already carried an obvious warning meaning.
Cao Hong looked at Cao Zhang, nodded helplessly, and then turned around and rushed to the pro-soldiers beside him.
"You bastard, where did you get a bad Hu to serve rice to General Gongming?"
The soldiers were beaten, but they knew in their hearts that Cao Hong was deliberately making him a scapegoat, so he could only keep his head down and didn't dare to say a word.
"Komeito, this time it's a complete misunderstanding, it's the people below who made a mistake."
"Don't worry, I'll personally go to the food distribution right now and make up for the food that is owed to you!" Cao Hong stepped forward with a smile on his face and said to Xu Huang with an affectionate look.
Xu Huang knew that Cao Hong was Cao Cao's brother after all, and he couldn't embarrass him too much, so he immediately thanked him: "There is General Lao!" ”
Cao Hong didn't dare to linger any longer, turned around and left quickly with his own soldiers.
"Alright, it's all gone!" Xu Huang gave instructions to the soldiers gathered around.
When the soldiers dispersed, Xu Huang walked in front of Cao Zhang and gave a deep salute: "Xu Huang thanks the brothers for the son!" ”
"Thank me for what?" Cao Zhang asked with a deliberate smile.
"If it weren't for Gongzi who found that there was a mezzanine in the Dendrobium and fell it in public, how could General Cao Hong be willing to make up the food, I would thank Gongzi for my brothers!" Xu Huang directly broke the mystery with one sentence.
"Hahaha......" Cao Zhang no longer concealed it, and laughed, "It seems that I can only fool my uncle who has no scheming with this little thought, but I can't hide it from you, General Gongming,"
"Uncle Zilian is my elder after all, and his relationship with my father is extremely close, I can only use a little trick, otherwise I will not be able to face him in the future." Cao Zhang explained to Xu Huang in a low voice.
"However, as the son of Sikong, I maintain military discipline for my father and ensure the rations of the soldiers below, which is also a matter of duty, and General Komeito does not have to be polite."
Xu Huang understood. Childe understands righteousness and compassion for his subordinates, and is deeply admired by his subordinates. Xu Huang once again sincerely saluted Cao Zhang.
"The real admirable person should be you, the general! You are a rare general who really loves soldiers like a son, is not afraid of power, and is a rare general! ”
"There's a reluctant request below, I don't know if General Komeito is willing to follow me and be my general?!" Cao Zhang praised Xu Huang, and then directly sent out an invitation.