Cao Bianjiao said to Cao Wenzhao with some depression: "Uncle, after these thieves bring us back, will they kill Ji Yao in front of other thieves?"

Cao Wenzhao shook his head: "If you really want to kill us, then kill us directly. Why do you need to sacrifice to you first? Do you think this is the ritual of the sour scholars of the Ministry of Rites doing? I see that Baishui Zhu Ba has no intention of killing us."

"He is not going to kill us?" Cao Bianjiao Daqi.

Cao Wenzhao snorted coldly: "He said we were swords. He swung the wrong place. We want to see where the sword should be swung."

Cao Bianjiao was speechless.

At this time, the Zhu army set up a camp next to the ruins of Huxian Town. Xue Hongqi's army and Bai Yuzhu's army, who were the first to lure the enemy, also came here to gather. They suffered some losses, but the losses they suffered were much smaller than those of the officers and soldiers. In the years of confrontation between the peasant army and the officers and soldiers, this was the smallest loss, so although the soldiers of the Bai Yuzhu's army played the role of a defeated army, they were now smiling.

More than 10,000 troops set up camp tents around Huxian Town, covering an area of ​​one or two miles wide. The army buried the pot and made rice, and the soldiers rested. Zhu Yuanzhang sent in to remove the bondage of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, and let them take action under the surveillance of Ma Xiaoyao and others.

The two Caos of the two big and small know that they would not die for a while, and they were determined to see what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do. They did not make a fuss, nor did they fight to the death, and followed him silently. They walked around the camp and saw that Zhu's direct troops did eat food when they entered. Most of the soldiers were cooking a kind of round lumps of soil. After cooking, they picked it up and looked very delicious. Both Caos could not recognize such things, but they did not open their mouths and called them "grassroots", but they just tried their best to observe with their own eyes. Seeing the soldiers eating with relish, it was obviously a very delicious thing.

Da Cao couldn't help but ask Zhu Yuanzhang: "This kind of food is your military ration? It's a severe drought. Where did you dig this thing from?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Of course I planted it myself."

The big and small Cao didn't believe it very much, but they didn't easily say something they didn't believe, but continued to follow them silently. At this time, they walked to the direction of the Baiyuzhu Army, and saw that the situation of the Baiyuzhu Army was far worse. They had no lumps to eat, but they cooked some brown rice and coarse grains, mixed with wild vegetables and tree bark, and everything was messy. Every soldier was bitter and drooling at the little thing in the pot. Their white spoon was not unified, which means that these foods were not uniform. At this point, they were far inferior to Zhu Jun.

Walking forward, we came to the more than 800 surrendered border camps. After a period of counting, we found that there were 853 elite border soldiers who surrendered this time. At this time, the soldiers of Zhu Yuanzhang's army were teaching them to cook taro. With the help of Zhu's soldiers, the surrendered border soldiers were fishing taro out of the boiling water, and then tearing the thin skin outside, revealing the fragrant taro meat. A border soldier opened his mouth and bit it, with a satisfied smile on his face.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xiao didn't know what it felt. The border army was owed by the court for many years. They rarely saw such a smile on the faces of the border soldiers. At this time, General Cao, who had pointed ears, suddenly heard a few people behind him whispering. When he looked back, he found that it was the soldiers of the Bai Yuzhu Army.

The Bai family army sat not far from the surrendered soldiers and muttered dissatisfiedly: "We are both from the rebel army, so we have food for the officers and soldiers who have not yet surrendered... What's the matter with this competition?"

A small leader next to him knocked hard on his head and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense... We and Zhu Bajun are not together, so what's strange about eating each other? Those officers and soldiers surrendered to Zhu Ba, and they became Zhu Ba's soldiers. Of course, the food they ate was the same as Zhu Bajun."

The soldiers whispered: "I heard that my elder brother is hesitating whether to join Zhu Bajun... If only if I join... I would have wanted to eat the thing in their hands for a long time. I heard it is called taro, which is very delicious."

"It's not that simple." The little leader knocked on the soldier's head and whispered: "The military discipline of Zhu Bajun is very strict, and burning, killing, looting is strictly prohibited. It is said that if you violate the military commemoration, you can hang up and beat them at the least, and behead them at the worst. Think about it yourself. Can you make a living by your negligence?"

"Damn it, isn't it just a regular practice? I don't like burning, killing, looting, but I just do these dirty things if I can't eat enough or wear warm. As long as I keep my food and clothes warm, will I still have to burn, killing, looting?" The soldiers of the Bai family army murmured in a low voice.

The little boss smiled and said, "If you enter, you think like you, our elder brother won't hesitate..."

The group of soldiers were discussing. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was walking in front, had already hit the Bai Yuzhu head-on. Bai Yuzhu first gave Zhu Yuanzhang a big gift, then pushed the Jinshan, turned the jade pillar, bowed and shouted: "Brother Bai Yuzhu, from now on, I am willing to worship Baishui Zhu Ba as his eldest brother, and lead the three thousand brothers under his command to join the Huanglong Mountain Village! Be careful to abide by all military disciplines."

Today, Zhu Yuanzhang easily defeated the officers and soldiers and captured the two Caos alive. The shock brought to Bai Yuzhu was too great. He could no longer describe Bai Yuzhu's mood at this time with admiration or respect. He simply had the urge to kneel down and hold Zhu Yuanzhang's feet.

After camping, Bai Yuzhu gathered a group of old brothers and asked them about their opinions. As a result, the old brothers said that as long as they had the food and salary level of Zhu Bajun, they would never burn, kill, loot, and would definitely abide by military discipline. Bai Yuzhu had no longer any worries and quickly came over to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang had been waiting for him to vote for him, and the three thousand young and strong people were in their pockets in vain. Don’t be foolish! He smiled slightly and said, “Brother Bai, get up quickly, let’s go on the way for Yao in the future.”

Bai Yuzhu bowed two more times before he got up.

Seeing that he was quite sincere, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Since Brother Bai has joined our Baishao family, we will be a family in the future. I will first give you three thousand brothers... Oh, no, it's our three thousand brothers to solve the military rations."

When Cao Wenzhao heard this sentence beside him, he couldn't help but whisper to Cao Bianjiao: "This Zhu Ba is very powerful. He deliberately said the words wrong. First, he talked about your three thousand brothers, and then turned it into saying, "No, it's our three thousand brothers. In this way, he secretly reminded Bai Yuzhu that these three thousand brothers will have to be in charge of him in the future."

Cao Bianjiao hadn't understood it just now, but after his uncle said it, he woke up and couldn't help but feel silent: "The bandits actually have such a scheming?"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an order and saw shadows shaking on the bank of the Yellow River in the north. It seemed that a group of people were running towards the river. After a while, a large group of people pushed many grain trucks over and dumped a large number of taros among the three thousand soldiers on the Baiyuzhu. The soldiers of the Zhu army shouted: "Brothers, we will be in the future. You can cook these taros tonight. We will officially distribute military rations to you..."

"Wow!" The Bai family army was overjoyed. The soldiers all surrounded the pile of taros. They were so quick that they had grabbed the taros and threw them into the pot... Cao Bianjiao looked up and looked north and said strangely: "They transported the soil from the north, but the Yellow River in the north, how can the food be transported there?" Because it was too late, his vision could not be far away, so there was nothing on the edge of the Yellow River.

Cao Wenzhao's face changed drastically and said in surprise: "Boat! It must be a boat! Oh, why didn't I expect it... They brought eight Flang machine cannons to fight us. How difficult it is to transport eight cannons on land. It turned out that they were transported by ship by boat with the help of the Yellow River."

The two Caos changed their faces, and they were fighting with the thiefs. How could this be...? This is simply incredible. Where did they get the transport ship? Which dock did they load the goods? Where did they get the goods? This is simply beyond the scope of understanding.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while before saying, "The thief entered a nearby place not far away. There must be a city that has been managed for many years! There must be! And this city is right on the bank of the Yellow River."

Cao Bianjiao looked disbelief: "But... we have never heard of a thief occupying a city for many years. At most, he would take it and leave, and he had never managed it."

"I have to think about it carefully..." Cao Wenzhao's mind turned quickly: "Puzhou? This city is opposite the Yellow River, but... since this city was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the court quickly took it back. It should not be Puzhou. Dali? Uh... or Chengcheng..."

Thinking of this, Cao Wenzhao slapped his forehead suddenly: "You can't be wrong, Chengcheng! When he came to cross the river from Chengcheng to help light the lamp Zhao Sheng... I should have thought that the transport ship of Zhuba must have set off from Chengcheng. Chengcheng is backed by Huanglong Mountains and is very close to Zhuba's base camp. He can easily control this county town. Maybe the county magistrate and a group of officials in Chengcheng have long been controlled by Zhuba."

Cao Bianjiao said in confusion: "Even if the county magistrate is controlled, why didn't the gentry and merchants in the county come out of news?"

Cao Wenzhao sighed, "Nephew, have you not discovered it yet? The Baishui Zhuba Army is very good. His army is more like officers and soldiers than our Baishao officers and soldiers. If so, the county town he governs might be better than the county town governed by our court. If the gentry and businessmen live a comfortable life and are not persecuted, why should they join the court? Are they not afraid of the disasters of war?"

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he finally understood: "In the eyes of the people, our officers and soldiers are villains who oppress the villagers and kill good people and make contributions! Of course, the gentry and merchants dare not inform the court..."
Chapter completed!