Three Caos fighting for a bride? Zhen Ji, I, Cao Zhi, will take her!

Chapter 179 I Know, I Care

I found myself with my hands and feet shackled and locked in a prison van.

Next to him, Yuan Shang received the same treatment.

However, due to a hangover, Yuan Shang had not woken up yet.

The prison van was bumpy all the way.

Looking at the surroundings, Yuan Xi knew that his two brothers had been taken away from Ji County.

Outside the prison van.

There were rows of fully armed soldiers, numbering hundreds.

Look at the direction the army is moving.

Yuan Xi guessed that they were preparing to offer his two brothers to Cao Zhi.

At the front of the soldiers.

Two generals riding tall horses suddenly came into view.

Yuan Xi was very familiar with these two people.

The person on the left is named Jiao Chu, and the person on the right is named Zhang Nan.

These two are the only two military generals in Yuan Xi's hands.

Two days ago.

When the news of Cao Zhi's lingchi execution of Lu Yu reached Ji County.

Yuan Xi specifically called Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan to his house.

He told the two that if they could defend Ji County and Youzhou this time, he would be willing to jointly rule Youzhou with them.

He remembered that after hearing his words, the two men swore on the spot that they would live and die with the Yuan family.

But who would have thought that these two men sold out their brothers in the blink of an eye.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Yuan Xi said angrily.

"Hey, are you awake?"

After hearing the noise, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan turned around.

Seeing Yuan Xi's angry face at this time.

A trace of guilt flashed across Zhang Nan's face.

As for Jiao Chu, he sneered:

"Whether we live or die is a matter for the future, but you two brothers are not far from death!"

"Don't blame us for being ruthless. You and I both know who Cao Zhi is. We brothers just want to survive!"

"Have you forgotten the oath you made?" Yuan Xi gritted his teeth.

"I remember that if you betray the governor, you will be pierced by thousands of arrows!"

Jiao Chu said coldly.

"But if I follow you and oppose the imperial court, I won't live to see the day my oath comes true!"

"You——" Yuan Xi was speechless for a moment.

So he turned his gaze towards Zhang Nan and said almost pleadingly:

"General Zhang, I have never treated you badly in the past. If you are grateful for my kindness, please let my two brothers go!"

"The Governor is naturally very good to his subordinates, but I don't want to die!"

Zhang Nan said in a deep voice.

"But please rest assured, Governor. After you die, I will burn more paper money for you!"

Yuan Xi: “…”

Seeing that Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan were determined to give their two brothers to Cao Zhi.

At this moment, Yuan Xi felt as if a hundred thousand alpacas were running through his heart...

"Second brother, we..."

Just then, Yuan Shang woke up from his drunkenness.

After hearing the conversation between Yuan Xi and Zhang Nan, Yuan Shang couldn't help but feel sad.

The two brothers looked at each other.

They both saw despair in each other's eyes.

……

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, an arrow appeared out of nowhere.

It hit Jiao Chu's neck right on target.

Jiao Chu felt a sweet taste in his mouth, and the next moment, he fell off the horse.

Immediately afterwards, thousands and thousands of arrows poured down like rain.

It won’t take long.

Zhang Nan and other soldiers were all shot dead.

In the horror of the Yuan Xi brothers.

A team of Wuhuan cavalry appeared in their sight.

Although they were Wuhuan cavalry, their leader was a Han Chinese.

"My two lords, Han Heng is late!"

The leading Han man quickly came to the outside of the brothers' prison car.

He comforted the two of them while chopping open the wooden door of the prison van with a knife.

Seeing that the visitor was the Youzhou Beijia appointed by Yuan Shao during his reign and his only advisor at present, Yuan Xi expressed his gratitude:

"Mr. Han, thank goodness I have you!"

"Don't say any more unnecessary words. We can no longer stay in Youzhou. Fortunately, Tadun Chanyu thanks the general for his kindness. My two lords, let's go to the grassland together!"

As he spoke, Han Heng brought two war horses to the two of them.

Seeing Han Heng say this.

What else could the Yuan Xi brothers say?

So he quickly jumped on the horse.

Following the pace of the Wuhuan cavalry, heading north.

……

Four days later.

When Cao Zhi's army entered Ji County.

At this time, Ji County was already in chaos.

Because of the departure of the two Yuan Xi brothers.

The deaths of Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan.

Ji County at this time.

It has become a state of anarchy.

Those soldiers who were usually restrained were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins.

At first, they just wanted to steal some money from the local tycoons.

But in one action.

After a soldier with such audacity raped the daughter of Shui Lingling, a wealthy family.

Pandora's box is now opened.

From that day on, these soldiers began to extort money from the local nobles and powerful families in an organized and large-scale manner.

If you don't obey them, they will rape your wife and daughter and kill your entire family.

Later, they even killed people in the streets for fun.

Countless innocent people died as a result.

Thanks to their "efforts", the once prosperous Ji County soon turned into a living hell.

……

The result was that when Cao Zhi led his army into Ji County, they were still killing people for fun.

Whether it is on the street, in people's homes, or in taverns, restaurants and other places.

There are figures of these soldiers doing evil.

"Kill!" Cao Zhi said angrily.

Accompanied by Cao Zhi's orders.

Cao Zhang, who had been furious for a long time, took the lead and killed people among the enemy troops alone.

In a short while, dozens of Ji County defenders who had just been committing evil were all killed by Cao Zhang.

"who is it?"

"Who is so bold?"

"No, enemy attack!"

……

The moment when Cao Zhi and others appeared in Ji County.

The Ji County defenders who rushed to the scene after hearing the news were stunned for a moment.

next moment.

Cao Zhi and others were dumbfounded.

The soldiers knelt on the ground and shouted surrender.

"Fourth Young Master, the Yuan Xi brothers have taken refuge with the Wuhuan and have already fled Youzhou..."

"Youzhou's defenders, Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, were also shot dead by the Wuhuan cavalry!"

"Although we are the defenders of Youzhou, we also know that we must report to the court and protect the people. Therefore, in the past few days, we have been looking forward to the arrival of the royal army!"

A general named Huang Tao stood up and expressed his willingness to surrender to Cao Zhi.

"I see!"

After hearing Huang Tao say this, Cao Zhi finally understood the real reason for the tragic situation before him.

"Fourth Young Master, we surrendered soldiers wouldn't dare expect any reward, but please, Fourth Young Master, consider our contribution in surrendering the city and forgive our minor mistakes!"

At this moment, Huang Tao continued.

In fact.

At the beginning, Huang Tao was planning to seek credit from Cao Zhi by "surrendering the city".

However, after seeing the furious expressions of Cao Zhang and others, Huang Tao changed his way of speaking.

But even so, there was still no guilt on Huang Tao's face.

At this time, he spoke humbly.

But his words and actions made him look like a meritorious official.

This action made Cao Zhang and others very angry.

If Cao Zhi had not given the order, Cao Zhang and others would have rushed forward long ago.

"Forgive, why should I forgive?"

Cao Zhi sneered.

"Those who kill will always be killed!"

"The moment you point your butcher knives at the people, you should have thought that one day others would point their butcher knives at you!"

"This……"

Huang Tao's face froze, and for a moment he couldn't guess what Cao Zhi meant.

After a long while, Huang Tao said in a deep voice:

"Fourth Young Master, there are 20,000 defenders in Ji County. They have all made mistakes over the past few days. Are you planning to kill them all?"

"Are you trying to play the game of 'the law is not responsible for the masses' with me?'"

Cao Zhi sneered.

"But unfortunately, what I fear least is threats!"

Huang Tao said it well.

With more than 20,000 soldiers committing evil together, Cao Zhi really couldn't kill them all.

But when he saw the corpses lying all over the long street.

The men's bodies were all mutilated, with knife marks all over their bodies.

The women's bodies were all naked, with large areas of white exposed to the air, and their faces were filled with fear and despair.

Because of this, even though Cao Zhi knew that what Huang Tao said just now was right, he was unwilling to agree.

"My Lords, I can lead you to find those evil beasts!"

At this moment, a trembling voice came into Cao Zhi's ears.

Cao Zhi looked in the direction of the sound.

The person who spoke was an old beggar with white hair.

When Cao Zhi's army entered the city, he was looting money from the corpses under the order of the Ji County garrison.

"Old man, you are looking for death!"

Seeing that the person who spoke was the old beggar who had kowtowed and begged for mercy in front of him, Huang Tao immediately threatened him.

"Snapped!"

Before Huang Tao could finish his words, Cao Zhi hit him in the face with a horsewhip.

"Old man, keep talking!"

Cao Zhi laughed.

Encouraged by Cao Zhi, the old beggar immediately told about the evil deeds he had witnessed against Huang Tao and others in the past few days.

Take the example of the old beggar.

Soon, throughout Ji County.

Those people who had surrendered to the Ji County defenders out of fear of death stood up one by one.

They cried to Cao Zhi and others with tears in their eyes about the evil deeds committed by the Ji County defenders in Ji County in recent days.

Cao Zhi accepted all of them one by one.

As long as it is confirmed that soldiers have done evil, as long as it is confirmed that the evil they have committed is sufficient to punishable by death.

Cao Zhi would ask Cao Zhang, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Chen Dao and others to lead troops to find them and eliminate them.

Under Cao Zhi's iron-blooded hand.

On the first day, Cao Zhang and his men killed three thousand of the Jixian defenders who surrendered.

That night.

Another group of 5,000 people immediately rebelled out of fear and terror.

Then, they were all slaughtered by Cao Zhi.

For a time, the entire Ji County was in panic.

At this point, Jia Xu finally couldn't help but say:

"Fourth Young Master, I know you don't want to see soldiers raising their knives against civilians, but this chaos has been going on for decades since the Yellow Turban Rebellion..."

"You may feel good about doing this now, but have you ever considered that once your reputation for killing surrendered enemies gets out, recruiting them in the future will be incredibly difficult!"

"Besides, these people are dead. Who knows and who cares about your persistence in avenging them?"

“Who knows, who cares?”

After hearing what Jia Xu said, Cao Zhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said:

"I know, I care!"

……

The words are divided into two parts.

When the brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

Following the Wuhuan cavalry all the way north.

Finally, five days later, we arrived at the border between Youzhou and the grassland.

I looked at the vast grassland in front of me, and then at the familiar yet unfamiliar Han scenery behind me.

The Yuan Xi brothers couldn't help but feel sad.

"My two lords, let's go!"