Chapter seven hundred and ninety seventh pottery merchant and Xun Yu
In Cao's Mansion, a group of men in black had been hiding above the house. They had crossbows filled with arrows in their hands, and they suddenly shot at Xu Rong's location.
The nurse caught by Xu Rong accidentally hit an arrow because he was closer to Xu Rong. Xu Rong also became alert because of his death and hurriedly took out his sword to protect himself.
In this era, the probability of people in high positions being assassinated and killed is much higher than later generations imagined. Moreover, the threat posed is by no means ordinary.
Jing Ke assassinated Qin, Zhuan Zhu killed King Liao of Wu, Yao Li assassinated Qing Ji, Cao Mo held Duke Huan of Qi hostage with a dagger... Xiahou Dun was all captured alive by Lu Bu's assassins.
So the moment the arrows rained down from the roof, Xu Rong understood in his heart that this might be an arrangement that Cao Cao had made years ago.
Once one's own rear is captured, the dead soldiers it has raised over the past few years will all be dispatched. With the determination to die, they will take advantage of the enemy to enter the city, break into their own mansion, and finally paralyze the careless ones.
On this occasion, assassinate the enemy leader in one fell swoop!
With Cao Cao's character, it is very likely that he would make such an arrangement.
These dead soldiers have been raised and trained by Cao Cao for many years. They are not allowed to show up on weekdays and never make a move. If they want to take action, they must be determined to die and find a way to fight with the enemy the moment their base camp is captured.
The first to perish together.
Of course, if Cao Cao is the winner among the princes in the end and his base camp has never been conquered, then these dead soldiers may not have to take action in their lifetime.
But obviously Cao Cao couldn't do it.
These dead soldiers are now starting to move out.
They were all hiding on the roof.
After shooting the guard to death, the dead soldiers kept firing their crossbows downwards.
But if the first wave of arrows misses, it will be very difficult for the downward arrow offensive to succeed. Moreover, the number of such dead soldiers is limited, so the offensive is actually not that many.
Hitting the target with one hit is the most important thing to them.
The soldiers around Xu Rong surrounded him with shields, while other soldiers climbed onto the roof to deal with the assassins.
Xu Rong snorted coldly and shouted at the soldiers who rushed into the roof: "Catch them alive!"
But it is a pity that since you can become a dead soldier, it is basically impossible to be easily captured alive.
Soon, the dead men in black were seen falling from the roof one by one and landed in the open space, motionless.
On the roof, a Jinling Army soldier shouted to Xu Rong: "General, they will kill themselves as soon as they see us coming up!"
Xu Rong's eyes glowed fiercely under the mask, and he said: "Look carefully and see if there is anyone alive!"
"promise!"
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After a search, a total of ten dead soldiers were found in Cao Cao's mansion.
Sui Gu was assigned to serve as a deputy general under Xu Rong. He looked at the dead men in black who committed suicide and wiped their necks on the ground. He couldn't help but smacked his lips and said: "General, do these people usually hide in Cao Cao's mansion?
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Xu Rong shook his head and said: "Probably not. It seems that there should be a tunnel leading outside the city in Cao Cao's mansion. These dead soldiers got the news and came to Cao Cao's mansion through the tunnel... No wonder his family members all
You can sneak out quietly without making a sound. This person named Cao is really no ordinary person! He is both smart and insidious."
Sui Gu looked at the men in black and said, "There are only ten of them. Isn't the number too small?"
After Sui Gu reminded him, Xu Rong suddenly understood.
He suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Yes, with Cao Cao's power and ability, there should not be only ten such dead soldiers... Where is the Prime Minister going now?"
Sui Gu swallowed his saliva and whispered, "It seems that I went to the dungeon where Xun Yu is."
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Sure enough, at this time, Tao Shang had led Xu Chu, A Fei, Huang Xu and a group of Tiger Guards to the dungeon in Xuchang.
The dungeon has basically been cleared of people. Those who guard the dungeon are running when they should and escaping when they should.
The pottery merchant, led by A Fei and others, walked into the dungeon.
In the innermost room, the pottery merchant saw Xun Yu, who was faint and skinny.
When the pottery merchant saw Xun Yu, he couldn't help but be surprised: "How did he become like this?"
Ah Fei stepped forward, looked at Xun Yu's appearance, and said, "He is hungry. It seems that the people in Xuchang City have never given him food."
The potter frowned.
Killing people with no more than a nod and not giving them food is a bit too much.
Little did he know that this was a method used by Cao Pi to force him to write a confession.
The pottery merchant turned his head and shouted: "Which of you has dry food in your hand? Send it to him quickly. The world is in a hurry!"
Huang Xu casually spread his hands and said: "It's so late at night that we come to attack the city. What fool would bring food with him..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Chu strode over, took out a piece of oilcloth from his waist, unfolded it and said, "Let him eat, there is roast chicken... and water in it!"
The potter took the roasted chicken and water, and first poured the water in the leather bag into Xun Yu's mouth.
After Xu Chu handed over the things, he turned around and came to Huang Xu, grabbed the armor on his chest, lifted him up from where he was, and said, "Who do you think is a fool?"
Huang Xu looked like he was about to cry.
The pottery merchant couldn't hold back his joy either... He could do this without any hesitation!
Huang Xu looked at Xu Chu with aggrieved eyes and sobbed: "General Xu, what are you doing?"
Xu Chu raised his head proudly and said: "For whatever reason, I am willing to be hungry when fighting, so I can keep some with me, can't I?"
Huang Xu hurriedly gave a thumbs up and said: "General Xu didn't forget to eat when he went into battle. He is truly a man of heaven."
The pottery merchant held back his joy, tore off a piece of chicken, and placed it near Xun Yu's lips.
Xun Yu drank some water and became more awake. When the chicken was handed to his lips, he seemed to instinctively want to take a bite.
But suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, glanced sideways at the pottery merchant, and finally closed his mouth with difficulty.
"Don't want to eat?" the pottery merchant asked doubtfully.
Xun Yu shook his head vigorously: "I won't eat anything named Tao."
The potter smiled and said: "If you don't eat it, you will die. Moreover, this is the imperial court's thing, not mine. The salary you and Xun Yu eat is all the salary of Han Dynasty."
Xun Yu snorted lightly: "Do you treat Xun as a three-year-old child?"
Xu Chu stood behind the pottery merchant and couldn't help but get angry when he saw this.
"Isn't it just a meal? It's a grind! Why you put so much effort into it is up to me!"
After that, regardless of whether the pottery merchant agreed or not, Xu Chu stepped forward and tore off a chicken leg, grabbed Xun Yu's head, covered his mouth, and slapped him fiercely.
"Woooooo!" Xunyu's mouth was filled, and he flapped his hands vigorously, as if he was suffocating.
"Hiss~" The pottery merchant took a deep breath when he saw this.
Huang Xu and A Fei felt cold sweat break out on their foreheads.
This General Xu is such a tiger!
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
Xun Yu's mouth was stuffed with chicken leg meat. He wanted to spit it out but couldn't. He wanted to swallow it but couldn't.
Xu Chu used the bones of the chicken legs to shove the meat into Xun Yu's mouth, and then pulled his jaw hard, manually chewing the chicken for him.
Then he put a skin bag into his mouth and poured it into Xun Yu's mouth. He was stunned to stuff all the chicken into it.
"Cough cough cough!" Xun Yu covered his neck and coughed hard, as if he was about to die.
The potter's scalp felt numb when he saw it.
"Are you filling in the ducks?" the potter asked him.
Xu Chu shook his head and said, "No, this is the method I used to feed those pigs that didn't eat."
"Pigs also don't want to eat?" the pottery merchant asked weakly.
Xu Chu snorted and said, "What do you think? Pigs are just like people sometimes, they can be hypocritical!"
Xun Yu stopped coughing. He raised his head and glared at Xu Chu fiercely.