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Chapter 65 Cao Cao: Are there any beauties in this city?
Zhang Xiu's surrender out of the city marked the complete fall of Wancheng.

After Cao Cao entered the city, he directly let his soldiers take over the city, and then held a grand banquet to reward the soldiers.

At the county magistrate's mansion, everyone gathered together.

Cao Cao held a wine glass in his hand and smiled at the soldiers: "This victory was not easy. You soldiers have worked hard. I toast to you all!"

After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

All the soldiers cheered and the atmosphere was very warm.

Only Zhang Xiu and his generals were sitting at the table. They were all silent and seemed out of place in the lively banquet.

As defeated generals who had even left the city to surrender, they were the ones looked down upon the most. This victory celebration banquet was a complete torture for them.

"Why doesn't General Zhang drink?"

After Cao Cao finished his glass of wine, he saw Zhang Xiu still holding the glass and said with a smile.

Zhang Xiu forced a smile and said, "I just felt guilty when thinking of the soldiers who died in the battle. If they had surrendered to the Minister of War earlier, they wouldn't have lost their lives in vain."

This was of course an excuse; he couldn't say that he felt humiliated by surrendering.

If this were the case, Cao Cao in front of him would probably want to kill him.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "In war, there are always casualties. General Zhang has saved the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Wancheng by choosing to surrender. He should be happy."

"Here, this glass of wine, I toast to General Zhang for his great sense of justice."

As Cao Cao spoke, he raised his glass and toasted Zhang Xiu from afar.

"How dare I, how dare I."

Zhang Xiu quickly stood up and responded. Although he heard the implicit sarcasm in Cao Cao's words, he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.

He drank the glass of wine honestly.

Cao Cao was satisfied, and then said solemnly: "Now the traitor Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor, and the emperor has issued an edict to all the princes to attack him."

"General Zhang is the nephew of the traitor Zhang Ji. The emperor is wise and has pardoned your uncle's crime, allowing you to atone for your crimes with merit. Why are you still reluctant to send troops to attack Shu?"

This is the reason for the attack on Wancheng.

Because Zhang Xiu disobeyed the emperor's edict and refused to attack Yuan Shu!
If even a small person like Zhang Xiu dares to openly disobey the emperor's orders, then the emperor of Xu County will have even less prestige in the future!

That's why Cao Cao sent troops to attack and set an example for others!
Zhang Xiu said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Grand Marshal, it's not that I don't want to send troops, it's that Yuan Shu is very powerful, with many soldiers and generals, and I can't defeat him."

"If the Grand Marshal sends troops to attack Yuan Shu, I will definitely lead the troops to follow and fight against the rebellious people..."

"snort--!"

Before Zhang Xiu could finish speaking, Cao Cao slammed the wine glass down, his face full of gloom and anger in his eyes.

"The emperor's decree does not allow you to bargain!"

"You are a former subordinate of the traitor Dong Zhuo. You followed your uncle to attack Luoyang. I am already doing you a favor by not killing you now. Don't you know your sin?!"

Cao Cao's mood was unpredictable, and now he suddenly got angry, which shocked everyone.

Zhang Xiu immediately came to the front of the hall, knelt down, kowtowed and said: "I admit my guilt. I will gather soldiers tomorrow and go to attack Yuan Shu!"

Looking at Zhang Xiu who knelt respectfully, the anger on Cao Cao's face subsided a little.

"That's right. If General Zhang had acted this way earlier, why would I come here to attack Wancheng?"

"Okay, get up and continue drinking."

Only then did Zhang Xiu stand up from the ground, wipe the sweat from his forehead, and silently return to his seat.

The banquet continued without any further incident.

Cao Cao and his soldiers got drunk and stayed at the county governor's mansion; Zhang Xiu had no choice but to give up his mansion and move to other mansions with his trusted men.

In the side room, Cao Cao was lying on the bed and kept calling Dian Wei's name.

Dian Wei was serving outside the room. Hearing this, he walked in and asked respectfully, "My lord, what do you want me to do?"

"come here!"

Cao Cao was drunk and grabbed Dian Wei by the collar, dragged him to him, and asked with narrowed eyes: "Is there any beauty in this city?"

Dian Wei was stunned, but he knew his master's preferences, so after thinking for a while he said, "I just saw Zhang Xiu and his family move to another mansion, and there was a woman there who looked quite beautiful."

"But... this woman is Zhang Ji's widow, Zou, Zhang Xiu's aunt."

"Ah."

Cao Cao sneered when he heard this, sat up shakily, and said with a burp, "Zhang, Zhang Xiu, how can a defeated general be angry?"

"Go and get fifty soldiers in armor and bring the man to me."

Hearing Cao Cao's order, Dian Wei naturally had no objection. Without saying a word, he turned around and left the room to look for someone.

……

After Zhang Xiu left the county magistrate's mansion, he took his family and confidants to live in other mansions in the city.

But not long after, Dian Wei led fifty armored soldiers into the mansion and forcibly took Zou away.

When the servant reported the news to Zhang Xiu, he was in his study discussing the next countermeasures with his staff. He was shocked when he heard the news.

"That thief Cao, kidnapped my aunt?!"

Zhang Xiu stood up suddenly, grabbed the servant by the collar and questioned him.

The servant's face was half swollen. Hearing this, he said with tears in his eyes, "Yes, General. The kidnapper is a general under Cao Cao, named Dian Wei."

"He said Cao Cao wanted to invite his wife to his mansion to discuss matters. When we tried to stop him, he just started killing people!"

He was lucky that he was only slapped and survived.

“Ahhhh! You bastard! You’re going too far!!”

Zhang Xiu's eyes were red with anger. He immediately flew into a rage when he heard this. He turned around, took down the sword hanging on the wall, and wanted to go and fight Cao Cao to the death!

When the many counselors in the study saw this, they rushed forward to stop them.

"General, you can't do that! General, calm down!"

A slightly overweight scholar quickly stood up and hugged Zhang Xiu, stopping him.

"Jia Xu! Let me go!"

Zhang Xiu was furious at this moment, his eyes were red, "I was raised by my aunt since I was a child, I regard her as my mother!"

"You said calm down? If someone raped your aunt, would you remain indifferent?"

"Let me go! I want to fight Cao the thief to the death!"

Jia Xu gritted his teeth and said, "General, if you go over now, you will just die in vain! If you want to kill Cao Cao, then listen to me!"

These words finally brought back Zhang Xiu's sanity.

He stopped struggling and gasped, staring at Jia Xu and asked, "Do you have a way to kill Cao?"

"Have!"

Seeing Zhang Xiu calm down, Jia Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief. After raising his hand to tidy up his appearance, he said confidently: "This strategy will definitely kill Cao Cao in Wancheng!"

Zhang Xiu heard this, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He bowed to Jia Xu and said with gritted teeth: "Please teach me, sir!"

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(End of this chapter)