[I finally came back from Beijing and put this chapter on the train. Today is my grandfather’s 80th birthday. I sincerely wish him good health and a long life! Next week’s news recommendation for the History Channel, I hope everyone will continue to support it!]

It was already dawn, and Liao Hua said with a grievance: "Lord, according to the instructions of the bandits, Pei Yuanshao spent the night in this room last night. Who would have thought that someone would change in the middle of the night, and he actually rewarded the woman to Wang Xiaosan! Lord, although I didn't ask Pei Yuanshao for the head, killing Wang Xiaosan is a merit after all!"

Xiahou Yuan didn't speak, but just looked at him with a smile.

Cao Ang smiled and patted Liao Hua's shoulder, and said happily: "Yuan Jian, you are too conscious and don't have to make a review at all! Although you recognized the wrong leader of the thief last night, no one could see clearly at night. Moreover, you also shocked the thief soldiers with the head of Wang Xiaosan, causing them to lose the courage to resist, and they definitely made great contributions!"

After hearing Cao Ang’s comfort, Liao Hua felt at ease. Xiahou Yuan beside him smiled and said, “Zi Xiu, although I failed to capture Pei Yuanshao last night, I also seized a lot of property. In addition, I asked Pei Yuanshao’s personal guards about the cave where they were hiding food. I had sent someone to carry it. I should be able to come back soon.”

Cao Ang nodded slightly, turned to Cao Duan and asked, "Zixiang, did you count it just now! How many bandits have we captured and how many people have we rescued?"

Cao Duan quickly bowed and said loudly: "Lord, we killed 73 bandit soldiers last night, captured 217 bandit soldiers, and rescued more than 400 people. In addition, according to the bandit soldiers, they were divided into three groups to plunder, and the other two bandit soldiers had more than 300 people, respectively, and were active in Mengjiazhuang and Fengjialin areas."

Cao Ang nodded, "You mobilize the people later to collect their property and transfer them immediately, so as not to be retaliated by the bandits. By the way, I will give you half an hour to organize the people to identify the captured bandits. Anyone with blood debts on their hands will be killed on the spot and will be punished with their lives!"

Cao Duan accepted the order loudly and immediately went to deal with the matter.

Cao Ang said to Niu Zhi again: "Zi Nong, immediately take your subordinates to count the list of the wounded and dead on our side, and submit it to me later. We must not leave a brother behind!"

Niu Zhi took the order loudly and quickly took his men to deal with the matter. He also took some money to hire the people to build thin-skinned coffins and restrain the dead.

At this time, Xiao Yi had urged the cavalry to set up a guard post around the village. Cao Ang was relieved to whisper with Xiahou Yuan to sum up the gains and losses of the battle last night and the improvements that should be made in the future.

About an hour later, the people helped the elderly and the young, kowtowed three times to Cao Ang with the property they distributed to them, and then left. When the people walked away, Cao Ang immediately led his troops to take the prisoners and seized property to the garrison.

When they arrived at the camp, they found that Cao Hong had mobilized his servants to lay a layer of wooden fence around the camp and were directing his men to build a horse-resisting horse-resisting man.

Seeing Cao Ang and the others returning successfully, Cao Hong shouted excitedly: "Zi Xiu, what is the result of the battle last night?"

Cao Ang scratched his head gently, pushed Liao Hua, who was huddled behind him, and said with a smile: "Uncle, Yuan Jian made great contributions last night and led his subordinates to raid the residence of the thief. Although he did not successfully kill Pei Yuanshao, he fled in a panic, causing the thieves to lose their organization! Not only that, with the strong assistance of Uncle Miaocai, we had completely wiped out Pei Yuanshao's headquarters last night!"

Cao Hong laughed, but his eyes were not on Liao Hua at all. Instead, he stared at the property escorted into the camp and said happily: "It seems that you have seized a lot of property. Come on, come on, let me see the roster for my uncle and let me calculate it! Let's go north and there is a small county town that can rest and sell the goods by the way!"

Looking at the light in Cao Hong's eyes and then at the saliva faintly on the corner of his mouth, Cao Ang laughed silently. However, everyone laughed without caring about Cao Hong's face.

Everyone quickly packed up and left behind the necessary wardens and returned to the camp to take a break. Just as they were sleeping happily, Pei Yuanshao stood at the entrance of the small mountain village with a blue face.

"Master, I just counted it. There are still forty-seven brothers here. The rest are either killed or captured!" A bandit soldier said carefully.

Pei Yuanshao gritted his teeth and asked, "How many?!"

"Forty-seven!" The bandit retreated quietly and whispered.

"Children Cao Ang, I, Pei Yuanshao, will definitely seek revenge on you!" Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly, even choked. He rubbed his nose, widened his eyes, and stared at the distance fiercely.

The bandit soldier nodded, smiled flatteringly and handed a robe: "Master, put on your clothes first, it's colder to run naked!"

After being reminded by him, Pei Yuanshao felt cold and hurriedly wrapped his robe on him. He fled in a hurry last night and only wore a thin middle robe. Later, because the middle robe was too light in color, it was too obvious in the dark. In order to avoid exposure, Pei Yuanshao decisively took off his clothes.

Looking at Pei Yuanshao in a mess, the bandits sighed inwardly, but still asked in a low voice: "Master, what should we do next?"

Pei Yuanshao frowned slightly, and saw that the bandit soldier Song Dong had obvious worry on his face. He smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, how could I, Pei Yuanshao, be defeated by a small defeat?! We still have 600 people, we can still kill Cao Ang when we gather together! Wang Xiaosan is dead, you Song Dong is my personal guard captain, I will keep it for you to have delicious food and drink!"

Song Dong quickly knelt down and kowtowed at Pei Yuanshao a few times, showing his loyalty. He didn't expect that he would be promoted one day, and his ancestors would accumulate virtue!

After two hours, the bandits from Feng Jialin ran back crying, bowed to Pei Yuanshao hurriedly, and said sarcastically: "Master, it's too late to be subordinate. I heard that our main force was attacked by someone, and the group of killers in Mengjiazhuang turned against each other on the spot, saying that they were obeying the command or not, and they wanted to make trouble! As for Feng Jialin's coward, he was so scared that he lost his courage and was almost dispersed!"

Pei Yuanshao slapped his thighs and shouted angrily: "I am sincere to these unfamiliar wolf cubs and let them find villages to enjoy themselves. This is how they repay me, and their conscience is eaten by the dogs! Didn't you tell them that we will cooperate with Zhou Cang to hold a major event?"

The bandits in charge of contact were sad and said aggrievedly: "It would be fine if they didn't say it. When they said it, they laughed continuously, saying that Zhou Cang and the others were the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, which was the key target of the government's attack. If we were strong and strong, we would join forces with them, the government would naturally not dare to do anything small. But now that our main force has been completely wiped out, and we would collude with the Yellow Turbans, we would be looking for death! Maybe the government will take the initiative to attack and find our bad luck. It would be better to stay safely in the local area!"

"Bah! What do they know?! A group of ungrateful beasts!" Pei Yuanshao said angrily: "When I and Zhou Cang join forces to annihilate Cao Ang and regain their heroic spirit, I want to see how their Mengjiazhuang will give me an explanation! Come on, go north with me, let's meet with Zhou Cang! By the way, let's go to the cave to get all the food and property out, and recruit some heroes!"

So half an hour later, in the empty cave moved by the Cao family army, Pei Yuanshao knelt on the ground, feeling so distressed...

When he woke up, Cao Ang felt a lot more energetic. When he got up, he found that Xiahou Yuan had not been sleeping. He was patrolling back and forth in the camp and strengthening the fortifications. Now, a thick layer of mud was painted outside the fences, and simple earthen walls were built. Even if Pei Yuanshao commanded the two men to attack, he would not get any advantage.

Cao Ang was very moved and hurriedly took over the command and asked Xiahou Yuan to take a nap. Although the team did not set off today, it was a long way to go, and the iron man felt uncomfortable!

Seeing that Cao Ang had recovered his spirit, Xiahou Yuan did not refuse and entered the tent to rest. Cao Ang tied his sword around his waist and began to patrol the camp. After he walked around the camp, he found that Cao Hong was still counting the property with a hundred times of energy without any fatigue. The guys were also shiny in their eyes, and they were estimating the price and book based on the integrity of the property, and they were very excited.

Cao Ang scratched his head. The leader could lead the team. This sentence really makes sense! Looking at Cao Hong's excitement, Cao Ang did not disturb him, but came to the wounded camp next to the camp.

Seventeen servants who died in battle last night have been put into the coffin, found a barren mountain to bury them, and marked them. In the future, if they have the conditions, they will move their bodies back to their hometown. According to the rules set by Cao Ang, the families of the dead will receive a certain amount of pension, enough to support their lives. Moreover, the descendants of the dead can be promoted first, and they can also act as partners in the shops under the name of the Cao family, and the treatment is also generous. Therefore, although there are dead in the team, the morale is quite high.

Now the twenty-five people in the injured camp were the worst injured. The wounds had been washed with strong wine by the accompanying doctors and bandaged them properly.

Seeing Cao Ang come here, the wounded soldiers stood up and saluted him respectfully. Cao Ang quickly took a few steps and said repeatedly: "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, don't burst the wound! Everyone is suffering. When I arrive at the county town, I will buy some medicines and will definitely not delay everyone's injuries!"

The wounded soldier next to him quickly saluted and said gratefully: "Lord, it's a blessing for me to be a soldier under your command! In fact, I was also unlucky yesterday. I killed three thieves, but was stabbed by a thief woman. Oh, it's embarrassing!"

Cao Ang smiled and said, "Is it stabbed or exhausted?"

When he asked this, everyone laughed. Many people laughed and pulled their wounds while laughing, and they couldn't help but grin...

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Chapter completed!