"The rebel army is the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and Cao Su is the captain of the rebel army."
"But Cao Su is only eighteen years old now, and he defeated Commander Qu of the Wanping Army here today and made great achievements in battle. Who knows that he will not become famous in the future?"
"In my opinion, you'd better go along. There's nothing wrong with walking a few more steps."
As the head of the major families, Wu Anbang, the head of the Wu family, spoke with a very subtle stance, vaguely connected to the rebel army.
This made the other big families who were still echoing the Zhao family change their expressions slightly, showing expressions that said, "This is actually reasonable."
Only the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Qing, was still chattering: "How can this not be true? How can this be true!"
Wu Anbang took the lead and walked down the tower, keeping his posture very low.
Afterwards, several small families could no longer hold back and followed the Wu family.
The Wu family has all gone, so what reason do they have for not going?
Others are the captain of the rebel army. Their big family can ignore the captain, but the small family cannot afford to offend them at all. The captain is huge and powerful. He can destroy them with just a breath.
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The city wall immediately became sparsely empty.
Zhao Qing's face was ashen, and the few family members who followed him didn't know what to do. They wanted to move a little bit, but they couldn't save face.
"Brother Zhao, shall we go down?"
Several people asked Zhao Qing.
Zhao Qing cursed and said: "Joke, what a big joke."
With that said, he walked down to the city.
Seeing how strong Zhao Qing was in defying power, several people really admired him.
But it was soon discovered that Zhao Qing had also walked outside the city gate.
"Wait, Brother Zhao, you..."
Zhao Qing sneered as he walked, his pace not slow at all.
"I want to see what a strong man this captain who is fighting against the rebel army is!"
When several people heard Zhao Qing speak like this, they suddenly felt enlightened.
It's still the Brother Zhao they are familiar with.
It's still the same as before, without any change.
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Outside Yuncheng.
Wuyangyang's Wanping Army was captured by the rebel army.
As required, everyone put down their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
Zhao Xi found a new Xuanjia, but Cao Su rejected it.
"Wear it later, there are still blood stains on your body."
The blood stains on my body were sticky, and I felt uncomfortable wearing black armor.
Cao Su walked shirtless in front of many sergeants. The rebel army and Wanping army all raised their heads and looked at this man who looked like a god and demon.
At the same time, I noticed Hu Rong's body dragged out from the woods.
Marshal Hu is dead...
Hu Ze, who was lying on the ground, had his eyes instantly red.
He lowered his head and did not dare to look at Cao Su.
However, Cao Su still saw Hu Ze in the mud at a glance.
"Who is this?"
Li Li beside him deliberately asked, pretending not to recognize Hu Ze.
Zhang Ke rolled his eyes, Li Li was really hurt.
Cao Su ignored Hu Ze and walked among the soldiers. Luo Yi came to report the results of tonight's battle to Cao Su.
"Sir, we have killed hundreds of Wanping soldiers and captured more than a thousand soldiers. Our army's casualties will not exceed a hundred." Although Luo Yi's tone was calm, his eyes could not hide the excitement.
This was a complete victory, a night battle plus a field battle, defeating the opponent in one battle.
Cao Su solemnly nodded and said: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect that the brothers fought so fiercely and killed more than a thousand enemy troops in just a short time."
Luo Yi was startled and explained: "Sir, you heard wrong, it's hundreds..."
"good!"
Cao Su stopped shouting, laughed twice, and patted Luo Yi's shoulder with satisfaction.
Then he strode past him.
Ahead, a group of gray-haired old men came from Yuncheng.
The leader was Wu Anbang, the head of the Wu family who had met with Cao Su before.
Wu Anbang was in high spirits and walked straight in front of Cao Su, pretending to kneel down.
"Little old man, I've seen Captain Cao!"
At such an old age, Cao Su didn't really ask him to kneel down. He directly stretched out his hand to stop Wu Anbang and supported Wu Anbang.
The heads of the houses behind him showed their presence and pretended to kneel down.
There was only one person who stood there all the time. After the other family heads made moves, he remained motionless, like a statue.
Cao Su spotted him at a glance and asked proactively.
"What do you call this Brother Eagle?"
Zhao Qing:..........
Wu Anbang quickly explained: "Captain Cao, this is Zhao Qing, the head of the Zhao family in Yuncheng. He injured his waist a few years ago and it is really inconvenient for him to salute."
"Yeah yeah........"
The family heads behind him quickly grabbed Zhao Qing and apologized to Cao Su.
Cao Su said "Oh", frowned and said, "Since your waist is not good, don't go out wandering around and go home early to collect your clothes."
Zhao Qing sneered, and just as he was about to speak, Wu Anbang blocked him in front.
Wu Anbang complimented Cao Su: "Captain Cao has extraordinary skills and defeated the rebel leader. He is indeed a hero."
As Wu Anbang opened his mouth to please him, the losers behind him also knelt down and licked him: "Yes, yes, Captain Cao defeated Hu Rong, one of the thirty-six commanders, at such a young age. It is a good story and enough to go down in history.
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"Captain Cao has a handsome appearance, and he is actually a dragon and a phoenix among men. Please accept my knee!"
Cao Su was a little surprised to see that the heads of these families were very "interested".
He accepted the compliments with a smile: "I thought everyone was a little surprised that we came uninvited to fight against the rebels, but it turns out that everyone is so supportive of our fight against the rebels."
What does it mean to come uninvited? This city has been occupied by rebels for such a long time, so why don’t you just ignore it and don’t ask?
These family heads laughed one after another and said: "No wonder, no wonder, we can defeat the rebels for the sake of the country and the people. The world is so big, we can go anywhere."
Then Cao Su sighed: "What you said is good, but now there is a question that needs to be put in front of everyone."
Wu Anbang felt a thump in his heart and had some bad premonitions.
But before he opened his mouth, some of the other family heads above him said reflexively: "If you have any questions, sir, it's okay. Our Yuncheng family will definitely help you."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Cao Su immediately showed great joy.
"Which head of the family spoke just now? Come out and let me get to know you. The court will not forget you!"
The head of the house who was speaking suddenly came to his senses after being cued by Cao Su. Looking at the angry glances from around him, his face suddenly turned pale.
Wu Anbang added: "Captain Cao, the Wu family will do their best to help us within our capabilities."
Cao Su smiled and nodded, without saying whether it was good or bad.
"What problem did your Excellency encounter?"
Rather than letting things go like this, Wu Anbang took the initiative to ask Cao Su a question.
Cao Su stepped aside, revealing the dark mass of prisoners from the rebel army and Wanping army behind him.
Cao Su said: "There are thousands of people, but the food has been exhausted. The first problem is that we need you to provide some money and food for the army. It can be regarded as your sincere heart to serve the country. In the future, I will definitely report to the court and ask for credit for you."
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Money and food?
Didn’t Wan Pingjun save a lot of money and food in the city?
These families were very depressed. These days, money and food are all hard currency, especially grain. Which family didn't try their best to collect as much food as possible to cope with risks, and gave all the money and grain to Cao Su. What would they eat and drink?
Did Cao Su not know that Wan Pingjun still had some family assets in the city?
So immediately the head of the family said: "Sir, the Wanping Army has built a new granary in the city. It is said that there is a lot of grain stored in it, enough to sustain the five thousand army for several months."
Cao Su's eyes lit up. Hu Rong also left a granary?
When everyone saw that Cao Su was silent, they thought that Cao Su had changed his mind.
Everyone showed joy. If there was a Wanping Army granary to support them, they shouldn't ask them to raise money and food, right?
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There was a pause at the city gate for a while.
The major families in Yuncheng, with their complicated influence, welcomed the rebel army back to the city.
Overnight, Yuncheng returned to the territory of the Qianyuan Dynasty.
After settling down for a while, Cao Su sat in the tent of the military camp.
There are still a few things to do next, the most important thing is to report military merit to your superiors.
His immediate superior was Wang Meng, and he was not worried that Wang Meng would take advantage of his military merits, because when Wang Meng passed it on, as the commander-in-chief of this partial division of the Wanping Army, he also had certain military merits.
In the same way, in the future when General You will report to the court, although Cao Su's small victory is not enough to make the emperor laugh, it will definitely be a good thing to boost the morale of the army, and military merit will be counted on General You.
It is the result of effective leadership.
There are also many matters such as dealing with Hu Ze, arranging patrols, and recruiting the Wanping Army.
Cao Su thought carefully and called Zhang Ke and others in.
"grown ups."
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Yuncheng is newly settled and there are many internal and external matters."
"You are all generals under my command. I would like to appoint a Yuncheng patrol general. I wonder who among you three is willing to take the initiative to claim it?"
Zhang Ke and the other three looked at each other. What is the difference between a patrol general and a patrol centurion?