Cao Thief

Chapter 53 The Sunset Gathering in Wancheng
I would like to say sorry to everyone here.

Laoxin has been running between Chengdu-Nanning-Beihai since No.11 because of participating in the author's salon.

I first arrived in Nanning yesterday, then went to Beihai immediately, and then returned to Nanning from Beihai at noon today.Tomorrow I will return to Chengdu... To be honest, I have been exhausted in the past two days, and I am exhausted.As you know, the old and new documents are broken, so there are no manuscripts in hand.I had no choice but to upload the codewords now in the hotel.

The update is a bit weak, but after returning to Chengdu, it will be made up next week, please forgive me.

In addition, thanks to book friend 123a456, who became the first leader of "Cao Thief".

Old and new on Monday, I will definitely add more thanks.

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In later generations, there is a very interesting statistic in the Legend of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, which is called loyalty!
Cao Peng didn't expect to get Wei Yan's loyalty, and with his current situation, he didn't have much capital to ask for loyalty.

But without loyalty, it can increase goodwill...

The idea of ​​presenting the knife originated from Deng Ji.The time of contact with Wei Yan is not too long, but Deng Ji can roughly figure out Wei Yan's character.In this person's bones, he is very proud, but he is not unreasonable.As long as it is a person, there are seven emotions and six desires, there will be likes and dislikes.Deng Ji felt that in order to survive this catastrophe safely, it is undoubtedly the most important to have a good relationship with Wei Yan.

So, he thought of the strategy of offering a knife!

Regardless of the fact that Wei Yan is a general with hundreds of people, he actually doesn't have much savings.

A good knife in the market can cost at least several thousand, or even tens of thousands... Don't bargain, the price is really not too high.The good knife mentioned here is actually an ordinary Jushou knife.For example, the dragon sparrow in Cao Peng's hand was put on the market for less than hundreds of thousands of dollars, so don't even think about it.As for the real precious sword, it has a price but no market.Millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, may not be available.

The big ring knife in Wei Yan's hand belongs to that kind of standard ring knife, which is only a few thousand dollars.

As Cao Peng said, a hero deserves a sword.If he could have a good knife, Wei Yan's combat effectiveness could at least be increased by a few percent.

As for Cao Peng, he can't make dragons and birds.

Instead of keeping the knife by your side and wasting it, it is better to give it to Wei Yan to win his favor.

In the past, Deng Ji would never, and would not bother to do such a thing.But now, he seemed to be enlightened, and began to think about some inhumane little moves.But often it is this kind of small action that can come in handy at critical times...

Cao Peng is very pleased with Deng Ji's change!

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The convoy was not moving fast, and it could even be described as a 'snail'.

This was originally just a very ordinary mission.But with Cao Cao's dispatch of troops, this escort became somewhat unusual.

Wei Yan kept communicating with Deng Ji along the way.

The two walked side by side, while Cao Peng and Wang Mai dragged behind them.

"Brother Tiger Head, you have to be careful."

"Be careful of what?"

"Keep an eye on Ma Yu, that guy is too quiet!"

"I know."

For Cao Peng's exhortation, Wang Mai will not ask the reason.

In his opinion, since Ah Fu said that, there must be his reasons.Ah Fu has good knowledge and pays a lot of attention, and he may not be able to understand some things when he speaks them out.Since it is incomprehensible, why bother to ask?Just do what Ah Fu says...

On the first day of the first lunar month, he fought Wei Yan outside Yiyang Tun. Although Wei Yan was slightly injured, Wei Yan had no malicious intentions, so the injury was not serious.Wang Mai's foundation was already good, and after that, he practiced Baji with Cao Peng for more than 20 days, so it was not difficult to recover.

It's only two days of work, and there is no serious problem.

"Ah Fu, who do you think will win this time?"

"Ok?"

"It's Cao Cao and General Zhang..."

"I guess Mr. Cao will suffer a loss this time!"

"Why? I heard that Cao Cao is very good at fighting, and he has many capable people under his command. Can General Zhang beat him?"

“Sometimes, when it goes so well, you get carried away.

This man, once he gets carried away, he will be unlucky... Mr. Cao's army advanced so smoothly that he invaded Nanyang County almost without bloodshed. "

Cao Peng pretended to teach Wang Mai.

Of course, it is impossible for him to say that he knew that Cao Cao would lose, and he would lose badly.So I can only use this method to communicate with Wang Mai.Wang Mai is a real person. Hearing Cao Peng's words, he didn't refute. Instead, he thought about it seriously and nodded in agreement.

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It was getting late, and the convoy continued on its way.

Just when Wei Yan and the others escorted the vehicle and crossed the river from a ferry, and were about to continue on their way, a fast horse came galloping from a distance.

"Where is Wei Tun? Where is Wei Tun?"

Wei Yan leaped out and shouted sharply, "Stop coming, I'm Wei Yan."

The man on the horse immediately reined in the reins, got off the horse, and knelt down in front of Wei Yan's horse. order. I came all the way humbly, and finally caught up."

As he spoke, he offered a command arrow with both hands.

Wei Yan dismounted, reached out to take the command arrow, and after a glance, he confirmed that the command arrow was indeed from the Nine Girls City camp.

"That's great, why stop moving forward?"

"This one……"

The messenger hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "To tell you the truth, General Wei Tun, just received the report at noon, and Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao yesterday."

"what?"

Wei Yan was taken aback and his expression changed.

"Cao Cao's troops advanced rapidly. After breaking through Ye County on the first day of the first lunar month, Cao Hong, his admonisher, captured Duyang on the second day. Zhixian and Bowang counties surrendered on the same day. Zhang Xiu sent envoys to Bowang yesterday. Please surrender. It is said that Cao Cao has agreed to his surrender request.

After Huang Bing Cao Shi got the news, he immediately sent his subordinates to chase after the general... Bing Cao Shi said that there are many variables in the confrontation between Zhang and Cao.If Zhang Xiu surrendered, the five thousand stones of food and grass would not have to be sent to Wancheng.But the current situation is still unclear, so we had to ask General Wei Tun to station there... Humble has finished spreading the news, and needs to report back to Nine Girls City immediately.I wonder if General Wei Tun has other orders? "

"Oh, I have nothing to do here for the time being, please report back to General Huang and say that Wei Yan obeyed!"

"Here!"

The messenger stood up and cupped his hands, then got on his horse and left with a whip.

Wei Yan has a headache...

"Deng Jiecong, just after receiving the military order, General Huang ordered you and me to camp on the spot and wait for the order."

Not many people paid attention to Wei Yan's conversation with the messenger just now.Deng Ji was busy adjusting the car battle and arranging things, so he didn't pay attention.

Hearing that Huang She asked them to camp on the spot, be it Deng Ji or Cao Peng, I couldn't help but feel a little bit in my heart.

This is so good, what kind of camp do you stay in!
"Just got the news that Zhang Boluan has surrendered!"

"what!"

Deng Ji was taken aback, but Cao Peng was a little confused.

"Deng Jiecong, who is Zhang Boluan?"

Deng Ji glared at Cao Peng, and said softly, "Zhang Boluan is General Zhang, Zhang Xiu of Wancheng."

Cao Peng sensed Wang Mai's puzzled gaze, and seemed to be asking him: You just said that Cao Cao must be defeated, why did Zhang Xiu surrender?

This kind of thing is really hard to explain.

So Cao Peng could only endure Huang She's slap in the face for the time being.

Deng Ji asked: "Since General Zhang surrendered, we should return to Nine Girls City. Why do we have to camp here again?"

Wei Yan rubbed his short green beard on his chin, and said with a wry smile, "I don't know what General Huang's intention is? But I guess, there is no certainty about Zhang Boluan's surrender. So General Huang asked us to stay here temporarily, waiting for Wan Wan to surrender. Confirmation from the city. As soon as Zhang Boluan really descends, we will return immediately. This place is less than a day away from Nieyang County; if it is false, we will continue to escort."

It sounds like that's the only way to explain it!

Deng Ji couldn't see the problem, so he nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I'll arrange camping immediately."

"There is Lao Deng Festival."

After Wei Yan finished speaking, he signaled Cao Peng to follow.

Taking advantage of others, it is natural to give more care.

On this point, Wei Yan is not a person who does not know what is good or bad...

Cao Peng gave Wang Mai a wink, and Wang Mai nodded, indicating that he would pay attention.

Then, Cao Peng followed Wei Yan and rode his horse slowly.Along the way, Wei Yan didn't say a word, his long eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

"Tun general!"

Not far away, Wei Ping came to the front with Liuqi.

Wei Ping asked: "Why is it so good that it suddenly stopped moving forward?"

"General Huang has an order to camp on the spot and wait for new orders... Uncle Wen, have you ever asked, what is this place?"

Wenbo is Wei Ping's character.

He bowed immediately and replied: "Huitun General, this place is called Xiyangju, it is the junction of Jiyang County and Wancheng. Let's go back, it is Jiyang County; and now, we are in Wancheng. Going further north, you will reach Wancheng around tomorrow evening."

"It's really a fucking fork."

"Then shall we retreat or stay on the spot?"

Gathering at sunset is a very interesting place.

Jishui is connected to Yushui, thus forming the boundary between Wancheng and Jiyang County.At the same time, this sunset gathering is the boundary between Wancheng and Nieyang County.Go south along Jishui for about ten miles, and you will be under the jurisdiction of Nieyang County.Overall, this Sunset Gathering is another place that doesn't care about anything.

Wei Yan thought for a while and replied: "Let's camp here. If we go back again, we will be in serious trouble. Even if General Huang tells us to go back to Nine Girls City, we can also go back via Nieyang. Anyway, the difference is not too much, so there is no need to go back." No more trouble... Brothers have been walking all day, it is hard enough. Rest early and wait for General Huang's order... Uncle Wen, but you have to work hard again."

"Please tell the general!"

"With Xiyangju as the center, advance [-] li to the north to see if there is any enemy situation.

I just got the news that Zhang Xiu has surrendered... I am worried that if it is true, there will be Cao Jun haunting this area, so you have to be more careful. "

"I will understand at the end!"

Wei Ping intervened and obeyed, and left with Liuqi.

Wei Yan scratched his head in distress, then turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go back. Set up the camp first, and then wait for news."

Cao Peng did not express an opinion, and he is not qualified to express an opinion.

As Wei Yan went straight back to the ferry, he saw that the chariots and horses had been replaced by a circle, and a crude camp had taken shape.

Just when they were about to enter the camp, a large flag planted on the carriage suddenly collapsed, causing a series of riots.Tang Ji ran over in a hurry and helped up the big flag again.Wei Yan's face became very ugly.

According to the saying of this era, the breaking of the banner and the collapse of the banner are all bad omens.

Cao Peng stretched out his hand at this moment, and said to himself, "The wind is blowing!"

(End of this chapter)