Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 33 Zhao Botao captures Cao Wenlie alive
The next day everyone gathered in Guan Yu's tent early in the morning. After learning about the situation from Liu Pi and Gong Du himself yesterday, Zhao Feng confirmed that Du Yuan did not know that they had defected to Liu Bei, so they could sneak into the city and pretend to surrender to catch him off guard. .Of course, the two of them alone are not enough, at least hundreds of people should be brought with them, even if Guan Yu captured Runan and was forced to join Du Yuan, Du Yuan would not be suspicious.

At this time, Zhao Feng saw that almost everyone had arrived, so he said to Guan Yu, "Second General, I think it's best for Liu and Gong to go to the city at night, so that we can all go together, and there are so many of us in broad daylight." It is easy to be exposed by following behind."

"That's right, let's continue to attack the city during the day today." Guan Yu made sense after thinking about it, but obviously he couldn't wait during the day, and it seemed that there was nothing else to do besides attacking the city.

At this time, Hao Meng took the initiative to come out and ask for Ying, saying: "Second General, I, Hao Meng, have not made an inch of merit since I defected to the lord. Now Du Yuan is afraid of the Second General's Huwei and dare not fight, why don't I call for a challenge, maybe this fellow will fight Waiting for me to kill him, wouldn't everything be fine?" Hao Meng is indeed a little impatient, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, among the eight generals, won the trust of Liu Bei in guarding Guangling, and Song Xian and Wei Xu also joined Zhao Feng in a surprise attack last time. Lei Bo has made great contributions, and now even Hou Cheng has just pacified Xiangcheng.Although it was just an empty city, it was tantamount to picking up the credit for nothing, but at least it took down a county.Among the people who went out several times, he was the only one who hadn't made any achievements yet. Hao Meng was really anxious.

"Huh?" Guan Yu looked at Hao Meng and estimated his martial arts in his heart.According to Liao Hua, Du Yuan's martial arts were worse than him, and Hao Meng's martial arts and Liao Hua were only brothers. If Du Yuan really dared to fight, maybe Hao Meng could really bring some surprises.

"General Hao, Du Yuan is very timid, I'm afraid he won't fight anything." Liao Hua shook his head with a wry smile, but Hao Meng said disapprovingly: "Anyway, you have to try it anyway, even if you don't want to fight, let's fight again." Just siege the city."

"Alright, General Hao has nothing to do if he wants to fight, but he has to be careful." Guan Yu made a decision like this, and Zhao Feng looked at Hao Meng who was going to fight boldly, and after thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

On the city of Qiaojun, "General, the enemy general Hao Meng is calling for battle below the city!" A sentinel reported to Du Yuan. "Hao Meng?" Du Yuan was taken aback when he heard that it was him who challenged. Cao Xiu who was at the side heard that it was Hao Meng who asked quickly, "But Hao Meng, one of Lu Bu's eight masters?"

"Exactly!" The sentry replied honestly.

"In that case, wait for me to go out and kill this person to strengthen my momentum." Cao Xiu waved his hand and ordered his bodyguards to prepare weapons and armor, while Du Yuan was still a little worried: "Major General, since Hao Meng is a general of Lu Bu, he must be proficient in martial arts. Major General needs to be careful."

"Don't worry, Governor Du. Although I haven't fought against Hao Meng in Puyang, he hasn't even passed [-] rounds under my uncle Cao Ren. I think I'm still better than him." Cao Xiu naturally knew Du Yuan Not really worried about himself, but it still made him feel at ease.

"That's good!" Du Yuan felt relieved, and then went up to the top of the city wall to plunder for Cao Xiu.

However, Hao Meng was challenged and scolded under the city, and he was overjoyed when he saw the city gate "creak" open.But when he saw that it was a young general who was going out, he didn't seem like Du Yuan, he felt a little bit guilty in his heart, so he better ask to clarify first.

"Who is coming? But Du Yuan?" Hao Meng shouted loudly when the other party approached.

"Cao Xiu, Cao Wenlie, Hao Meng's idiot, die!" Cao Xiu didn't want to say much after reporting his name, and he went forward to fight with his horse and spear.After only five or six rounds of fighting, Hao Meng was taken aback: This Cao Xiu looks like he is only in his twenties, how can he be so skilled in martial arts, he seems to be a step above himself.Thinking this way in my heart, the effort in my hands was even more compromised.Finally, after more than [-] rounds of fighting, Cao Xiu stabbed him in the left shoulder. If it wasn't for the slow dodge, he would have hit the chest right now.

"The wind is tight, it's nonsense!" Hao Meng was originally a robber in the forest, but this loss was so anxious that he yelled out all the old jargon, and he even ran back desperately on his horse.Cao Xiu didn't chase after him, but laughed loudly immediately: "Such martial arts skills dare to call battle, Xuzhou is really deserted!" Seeing Cao Xiu's victory, the defenders on the city beat drums happily to help.

"Huh?" Guan Yu in the military tent couldn't help being very surprised when he saw Hao Meng return home wounded. "The last general is incompetent, no match for Cao Xiu, please punish the second general." Hao Meng said shamefully, clutching his wound.

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Why, General Hao, didn't you lose to Du Yuan?" Guan Yu understood a little bit after hearing Hao Meng's words.

"Exactly, the last general was defeated by Cao Xiu." Hao Meng replied.

"Who is Cao Xiu?" Guan Yu asked everyone in the tent. Zhao Feng was about to speak, but Li Yan who was beside him answered first: "Cao Xiu is Cao Cao's nephew. Although he is only in his twenties, he is very skilled in martial arts. He knows the art of war quite well, but for some reason he is not in Xuchang, but in Qiaojun." Not to mention that he didn't know, even Zhao Feng, a foresighted traveler, never thought that Cao Xiu would stay here because of his illness.

"Hmph, you little brat, wait for me to kill him." After listening to Li Yan's introduction, Guan Yu couldn't hold back immediately. "Second General calm down, forgive me why does this kid need the Second General to go out and wait for me to capture him alive." It was Zhao Feng who stepped forward to ask Ying.

"Huh? Bo Tao is willing to go, but he still needs to be careful." Guan Yu saw that it was Zhao Feng, and knowing Zhao Feng's martial arts, he knew that Zhao Feng would definitely win this time, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

The reason why Zhao Feng asked for a fight was not entirely a whim.When he knew that Cao Xiu was also in Qiao County, he immediately keenly felt that this was a good opportunity.If this nephew of Cao Cao's family can be captured alive, at least it will be of great benefit to the entire battle situation in Yuzhou.But when it comes to capturing alive, Guan Yu's martial arts follow the routine of opening and closing. It is much more difficult for him to capture a person alive than to kill him instantly.On the contrary, his marksmanship is soft but strong, and if he wants to capture him alive, the chance of success will be higher.

Besides, Cao Xiu, with his body recovering from a serious illness, he should accept it as soon as he wins a game.But he is just over 20 years old now, and young people will inevitably strive for strength and victories.

"Huh?" Cao Xiu suddenly saw another group of troops from Guan Yu's stronghold, but the leader was also a young general, who seemed to be about the same age as himself. "The general will be known by name, but I will not kill the unknown rats." Cao Xiu felt very good about himself now, and called the battle first.

"Xuzhou Zhonglang General Zhao Feng, Zhao Botao, Cao Xiu, please die!" Zhao Feng didn't bother to argue, so he slapped his horse and fought Cao Xiu.Between the two horses pedaling wrongly, the two of them were already fighting together.

It has been almost six years since Zhao Feng traveled to this world.In the past six years, except for the first year when he was a pavilion chief in Pingyuan County and didn't practice much martial arts, and then joined the army in Pingyuan County, Zhao Feng has never let go of his training in martial arts.In addition to the daily hard work and hard work, there is no shortage of heads-up with Guan Yu or Zhang Fei every three days.Zhao Feng reckoned that his current martial arts, although slightly worse than Guan Zhang's fierce generals, were still only first-tier, almost at the same level as Zhang Liao or Tai Shici.

As for Cao Xiu, he was obviously not enough for Zhao Feng.The two had only fought for more than ten rounds, and Cao Xiu only felt that every time his spear was stabbed, the opponent seemed to be able to defuse it with ease.Moreover, every time the weapons collided, Cao Xiu felt that his weapons were almost being swept away, so he held on to the barrel of the gun with all his strength to continue the battle.

After eight or nine rounds of fighting, Zhao Feng had almost figured out Cao Xiu's strength, and now he no longer used the Taiji marksmanship, but changed to the Yang family's marksmanship to recruit and attack.Cao Xiu was already inferior in martial arts, so Zhao Feng was caught off guard when he suddenly changed his moves. Seeing that the opponent's moves were getting faster and faster, after barely blocking seven moves, he was finally stabbed in the left shoulder by Zhao Feng, and then swept off his horse by Zhao Feng across the barrel of the gun.

"Tie me!" Zhao Feng put the point of his gun against Cao Xiu's throat, and several nimble soldiers followed quickly, and tied Cao Xiu into a big rice dumpling with thick hemp rope. "Du Yuan, listen to me, drive quickly and surrender, and I can spare your life. Otherwise, I will cut this Cao Xiu into pieces. At that time, neither we nor Cao Cao will let him go." Yours!" Zhao Feng noticed a man who looked like a general watching from the top of the city, he probably was Du Yuan, so he threatened him, trying to scare this timid man away.

Du Yuan was at a loss on the top of the city, but Cao Xiu, who was tied into a rice dumpling, had already shouted anxiously: "Prefect Du, don't bother me, you must not open the city and surrender, otherwise my Cao family will die! If I, Cao Xiu, die today, I will die, and my uncle will not blame you if he finds out in the future!"

"Gag his mouth!" Zhao Feng said angrily.At this moment, a white-haired old man tremblingly walked up to the top of the city, and said as loudly as possible to Cao Xiu who was below the city: "Nephew Wen Lie, I can't save you today, I have to stick to the city. I hope you would rather die than submit To humiliate the prestige of my Cao family."

"Yeah!" Cao Xiu who was gagged was speechless, but still nodded vigorously.Seeing this situation, Zhao Feng immediately understood that this old man might be an elder of the Cao clan, and if he spoke, it would be unrealistic to use Cao Xiu to force Du Yuan to surrender.

"Take him to see General Guan, I don't believe this kid is useless." Zhao Feng said bitterly, several of his own soldiers escorted Cao Xiu, and Zhao Feng went back to the big tent to meet Guan Yu.At this time, the city gate of Qiaojun had been closed again, and the remaining thousands of people who had no time to enter the city knew that there was nothing to be done, and they all surrendered one after another.

(End of this chapter)