The ear-piercing screams came from the rear, causing the soldiers of Cao's army who were resisting Hou Cheng's group on the front line to turn their heads to look.
But they saw that Cao Pi had turned over from the sand. He held the dead Cao Zhi and cried bitterly: "My fourth brother! Why did you go like this, ah ah ah!"
"ah?"
"Fourth Young Master? Fourth Young Master is dead?"
"This, this! How could this happen?"
The soldiers of Cao's army all stared in shock and looked at Cao Pi holding the dead Cao Zhi in disbelief.
This all happened so suddenly.
Cao Pi's cry still rang in everyone's ears.
"My fourth brother is only in his early ten years! You cruel Jinling dogs and Xuzhou pigs, you will be punished sooner or later!" Cao Pi's curse was unforgettable and made people have goosebumps all over their bodies.
Cao Jun's soldiers were also angry now, and no one knew who suddenly shouted: "Come on, avenge the Fourth Young Master!"
The soldiers of Cao's army were all red-faced and their eyes were bloodshot as they rushed towards Hou Cheng's army to kill them.
Their current momentum is completely different from before. Each one of them is like crazy, desperately attacking and killing Hou Cheng.
Although this offensive is not a big deal for Hou Cheng and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the death of Cao Cao's son gave Hou Cheng a bit of a headache...
At the beginning, the pottery merchant specifically asked not to harm Cao Cao's family members.
It was a good thing all of a sudden. He didn't get any credit, but he got into big trouble.
Hou Cheng turned his head in anger and looked at the soldiers who were shooting arrows, and said: "Didn't I tell you to shoot horses? Why the hell are you shooting people? Don't you distinguish between men and horses?"
The archery team of Bingzhou Langqi felt very aggrieved.
"General Hou, we shot horses, not people!"
"How did Cao Cao's son die without shooting? Did you curse him to death?"
"General Hou, this matter is really strange. Many of Cao Pi's soldiers were not hit by arrows after falling from their horses. That's because we were aiming at the horses below. But after Cao Pi's horses were shot over, we stopped.
There was no arrow renewal, and my subordinates had been aiming at the Cao Pi brothers just now. I feel that they were not hit by the arrow at all... Instead, the two brothers rolled into a ball on the ground, and I don't know what kind of scheming they were playing."
"Stop talking nonsense! There is no such thing as scheming. When a person dies, he is dead. How can there be so many excuses?"
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance.
But the support troops led by Yu Jin had already arrived.
Cao Pi looked at Yu Jin's generals from a distance, and vaguely saw the opponent's banner, and the hope of survival suddenly ignited in his heart.
"General Yu, Cao Pi is here! General Yu, save me!"
Yu Jin arrived with a group of troops and horses, and without saying a word, launched a fierce attack on Hou Chengjun.
Yu Jin, on the other hand, went to fight Hou Cheng in person.
In terms of ability, although Hou Cheng was considered a powerful figure in the Bingzhou Army, compared with Yu Jin, he was far behind in all aspects, whether it was leadership or formation, bravery or strategy.
He was a freebie in front of Yu Jin.
After fighting for a while, Hou Chenggong was sweating profusely and miserable.
This Yu Jin is so awesome! He is absolutely no match for him!
Forget it, now that the trouble has been caused, even if you don't make the mistake, you will risk your life. Go back and admit your mistake to the Prime Minister!
Hou Cheng raised his hand, violently swung Yu Jin's weapon away, and said, "Yu Jin, you are so powerful! When we meet next time, I will behead you!"
After that, he called the soldiers to retreat in a hurry to the rear.
Yu Jin did not pursue him, but hurriedly came to Cao Pi's side, got off his horse and dismounted.
"I have met the Second Young Master. Second Young Master, are you okay... Huh? This, this is?"
Cao Pi cried and shouted to Jin: "My fourth brother is dead. My fourth brother was killed by that thief Hou Cheng... My brother is dead, and I don't want to live anymore! I have no face to see my father!"
After saying that, they saw Cao Pi throwing down Cao Zhi's body. He stood up and was about to find a stone to hit his head on.
Yu Jin was shocked and said hurriedly: "Stop him quickly!"
He pulled Cao Pi hard from left to right to prevent him from doing stupid things.
Seeing that his men had controlled Cao Pi, Yu Jin lowered his head and looked at Cao Zhi's body.
But his face was full of fear, his mouth was open, and his expression before death was full of pain and unwillingness. It was very scary to look at him.
Yu Jin had seen death expressions a lot, so it wasn't a big deal, but this was the first time Yu Jin had seen Cao Zhi's special expression.
Cao Pi knelt on the ground, crying hard, and there were soldiers beside him to persuade him.
Yu Jin took advantage of this opportunity, leaned down, and carefully looked at the arrow that shot into Cao Zhi's chest.
The arrow feathers on the arrow tail, for some reason, became extremely wrinkled, as if they had been kneaded.
Yu Jin frowned, reached out and pulled out the arrow from Cao Zhi's chest, then turned around and walked to Cao Pi's overturned horse, pulled out another arrow and kicked it into his arms.
"Protect the second young master back to camp!" Yu Jin ordered loudly.
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Xuchang City, Sikong Mansion.
The pottery merchant looked at Zhang Liao and Hou Cheng standing below with a dark face.
Zhang Liao had a guilty look on his face, while Hou Cheng was trembling all over, obviously frightened by the potter's expression.
Tao Shang took a deep breath and said, "Cao Zhi...it is said that he is Cao Cao's favorite son."
Hou Cheng was agitated and grinned: "Prime Minister, this matter..."
"Although we have the advantage when it comes to military strength, as the saying goes, we will win with a weak army. If Cao Cao knew this news, I am afraid he would desperately come to us to fight for his life."
Speaking of this, Tao Shang looked at Hou Cheng and said, "Do you think I should send you to Cao Cao so that you can explain to Cao Cao for me?"
When Hou Cheng heard this, he was so frightened that he trembled all over.
"Prime Minister, I don't think this is necessary?"
The potter didn't smile. He just touched his chin and looked Hou Cheng up and down. His eyes were very unkind, as if he were looking at a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
Hou Cheng trembled all of a sudden, and he knelt down with a thud: "Prime Minister, don't blame me for this! Then there is no conclusion as to how Cao Zhi died."
The potter raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean by that?"
Hou Cheng burst into tears and recounted all the doubts about Cao Zhi's death to the pottery merchant.
After Hou Cheng finished speaking, he saw that the pottery merchant was deep in thought.
Of course, he didn't know whether these were the fabrications of Hou Cheng's exoneration, or whether they were true.
"Since you have brought back the rest of the Cao family this time, I will not punish you severely. However, if you disobey my military order to capture them alive, you still have to be punished a little and give you fifty big bans."
"Ah?" Hou Cheng almost stopped crying when he heard this: "Is this a small punishment? Prime Minister, is this too much punishment? How about thirty spanks?"
"seventy!"
"Is forty okay?"
"one hundred!"
"No, no! Just fifty big boards, just fifty! Fifty rows, fifty is good...it's very comfortable!"
Hou Cheng had no choice but to go out to get the board. Zhang Liao said to Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, how will Cao Cao's family be accommodated?"
The pottery merchant thought for a moment and said, "Let them live in Sikong Mansion. Send someone to take good care of them. Don't wait too long."
"They live in Sikong Mansion, where are you, Prime Minister?"
"I'll just move out. I don't live anywhere else... Zhang Liao, send people to be on guard against Cao Cao's movements. I'm afraid that Cao Zhi will completely anger him. Maybe Cao Zhi will fight with us this time."