Chapter 36 Xu Shu

Wei Yan wanted to speak but stopped. He followed Cao Chong for a long time, but he didn't say it. Cao Chong saw his expression and didn't say much, talking all the way. When it was almost time to Dangyang, Wei Yan could not help it: "How can you know that there is an ambush in the valley?"

Cao Chong smiled, and he looked at Wei Yan with interest: "Wen Chang knows there is an ambush in the valley?"

"That's right, Uncle Chen brought Jiang Xia's 10,000 elite soldiers in the valley, waiting for the young master to get on the hook." Wei Yan saw that they were far away from the valley and could not go back, so he told Liu Bei's plan. However, he didn't seem too surprised to see Cao Chong, and was puzzled. "How could there be an ambush in the valley?"

Cao Chong looked back at the invisible valley with some thanks, and gave a sigh and said, "Liu Bei was disbanded by the Prime Minister's army in the morning. After resting until the afternoon, the people should have been almost gathered, and a lot of soldiers gathered. He set out in front of us. Why are he still not far ahead? If he is determined to escape, he is afraid that we will not be able to catch up with him at all, so I think he is a fraud."

"In addition," Cao Chong said: "The people from Jiangxia set out three days ago. At their speed, they should have arrived at Dangyang to respond at this time. Even if they have no effect at Dangyang, there should be no news on the way. Ten thousand people are not a few hundred people, so it is not easy to hide their bodies, or they hide. And this is the only place suitable for ambushing along the way."

Cao Chong was originally just speculating, but now he has been verified by Wei Yan. There are indeed ambushes in the valley, but he turned around safely before falling into the trap. This pride made him feel particularly relaxed. The initial guess was more confident and less suspicious.

When Pang De and Yan Xing heard that there was indeed an ambush in the valley, the regret in their hearts disappeared completely. If they were forced to object to Cao Chong's identity at first, they could only admire him now. The two smiled at each other, secretly glad that this time it was a good trip, with extremely small losses, but the gains were not small.

On the way, they met Xiahou Shang. Xiahou Shang was anxious. There were only less than 800 of his thousand cavalry left, but there were more than 4,000 Liu Bei soldiers he had collected. Apart from those who were seriously injured, there were more than 2,000 who could fight. Once these people were in chaos, he was really unable to bear it and could not pick up the knife and chop it. It would be easier to cause chaos. Seeing Cao Chong's two thousand cavalry coming back here, I finally let it go, and hurried over to hand over, and gave the twins he promised to give to Cao Chong.

Cao Chong looked at the pair of little beauties who were crying and wailing with pear blossoms, and felt pity for Xiahou Shang. Looking at Xiahou Shang's greedy look, he was not very interested in these two little girls, but he was reluctant to send them to Xiahou Shang. He thanked Xiahou Shang in a fake manner, and arranged for someone to accept the four thousand scattered soldiers while asking questions with kindness.

When the two girls saw that Cao Chong was similar to them and had a very good attitude, they felt much more frightened and anxious. They looked at each other, and one of them said steadily: "Our surname is Mi, my name is Xiaoshuang, and my sister is Dashuang. They are both families outside Xiangyang City. They were scattered by the chaos in Changbanpo, their father was lost, and their mother... died." Mi Xiaoshuang said, looking at Xiahou Shang with a complicated look. Xiahou Shang did not dare to say anything, and turned his face away.

"Since that's the case, you can follow me back to Xiangyang. If you can find your relatives, you can go back. If you can't find them, follow me for the time being." Cao Chong sighed. To be honest, although he is only thirteen years old in his physiological age, he is in his twenties and is not rejected by beauties, but he still feels that he can't do anything about beauties who are only twelve years old. Although his brothers are mostly married in their teens, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang don't need to

As for the words, not only have a wife, but also several concubines, even Cao Zhi, who was seventeen years old, and Cao Xiong, who was fifteen years old, had a wife. There were many people who proposed marriage to him. Didn’t Cai Mao send his daughter to his room? But he felt that he was not used to it. This beauty that had not yet developed, no matter how beautiful it was, she was still a flower bud. To be beautiful, it was the best like Cao Pi’s wife Zhen. At the age of twenty-five and six, she was as attractive as a blooming flower, which was in line with his aesthetic viewpoint in his previous life.

The Mi sisters thanked Cao Chong, and rode together on a horse, followed a tiger soldier to find his mother's body, and found a car to take her back to Xiangyang for burial.

Liu Bei waited in the valley for a long time, but heard someone coming to report that Cao Chong was watching outside the valley for a while and retreated. He was furious and chopped the long sword in his hand hard on a small tree. Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but they had no choice but to persuade Liu Bei to be at ease. There are still many opportunities in the future. Now Chen Dao has come with 10,000 elite soldiers, and Guan Yu has also brought 10,000 naval troops to Hanjin. He joined forces and negotiated with Jiangdong. He was not completely ineffective. While the two were persuading, a Jingzhou scout rode into the mountain on a horse and walked over with a small white flag.

"My son asked me to bring a letter to Mr. Xu Fu." The scout looked at Liu Bei with a pale face and was a little scared. His voice was a little weak. He couldn't help but take two steps back, fearing that Liu Bei would disagree and slash him up with one knife.

"I am." Xu Shu was secretly shocked. His name was used for a long time. There are not many people who know it now. Why did Cao Chong know it? "If you have something, just say it in person, and if you have nothing, leave quickly."

"My son said that Lingtang was seriously injured and wanted to go back to Xiangyang to heal his wounds. Lingdi followed him. If the gentleman wants to go back to Xiangyang, he should leave quickly. He is waiting for the gentleman in Dangyang. It doesn't matter if the gentleman doesn't return to Xiangyang. He will take good care of Lingtang and Lingdi for his husband."

When Xu Shu heard this, he felt as if he was struck by lightning and was stunned. When his mother was separated, he had an ominous premonition, just thinking that his younger brother was still by his mother's side, he thought that there would be no big deal and he might be able to catch up soon. Unexpectedly, what he had been waiting for was this news. What should he take good care of was house arrest. He was confused for a moment, and he was in a state of turmoil, and he was in a state of turmoil on the hillside.

When Liu Bei saw him, he was secretly disappointed. He stepped forward and patted Xu Shu on the shoulder and said, "Yuan Zhi, it's me, Liu Bei, I, have no blessings. I originally wanted to create a career with Yuan Zhi, but I didn't expect to help Liu Boyu seize Xiangyang. I went south to Jiangling and suffered a crushing defeat, which caused tens of thousands of people to be harmed by Cao's thieves. Now my aunt was captured by the little thieves, which was really heartbroken. Yuan Zhi is a great talent. As long as he returns to Xiangyang, I think Cao's thief will not make things difficult for his aunt. Yuan Zhi, you should go with him."

Xu Zhi was so ignorant that he had already become confused. After hearing what Liu Bei said, tears came out of his eyes. He held Liu Bei's hand and said, "Lord, I am a village man. I am so proud of him. I have been secretly in love with him. I wanted to work with him and make achievements, but my mother was captured by others. Even if I stayed by my lord, I would be a walking corpse and useless to be of no use to him. Kong Ming is a talented person who is a hundred times better than Guan. I hope that the lord will be trusted and will be able to accomplish great things. I am in the north and wish the lord a success."

After saying that, he cried to the ground, bowed three times, got up and said goodbye to Zhuge Liang and others. He was single and followed the Jingzhou scout down the mountain. He headed westward, and in the middle of the night, he arrived at Cao Chong's camp in Dangyang.

Cao Chong was washing his feet under the service of Mi Dashuang and Mi Xiaoshuang. Although the two girls were not very skilled, their skin was better because they were tender, so they were a little clumsy and almost knocked over the copper basin several times. Cao Chong didn't say anything. When he heard the news from outside that Xu Shu was coming, he quickly pushed away Xiao Shuang, who was putting on his socks, putting on his socks in two or three times, and putting on his shoes to greet him.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, it's so slow." Cao Chong laughed, pulled Xu Shu into the tent and sat down, and said to Mi Dashuang and Mi Xiaoshuang: "Go and ask to prepare orders of wine and food. Mr. Yuanzhi thinks he hasn't eaten yet."

Xu Shu was stunned when he looked at Mi Dashuang and Mi Xiaoshuang who responded and said something. He was about to say something, but he saw Mi Xiaoshuang shook his head indifferently and had to shut up. When Cao Chong saw it, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why, Mr. Yuanzhi knows them?"

"Oh, the Tong family is so good. I have seen it several times." Xu Shu quickly replied, "I don't know why I got to the young master's tent."

"They got separated from their father and their mother died. When my subordinates saw it, I took them back to Xiangyang to see if they could find their family. If they couldn't find them, they had to stay in the camp for a while. Since Mr. Yuanzhi knew his family, that would be great." Cao Chong was very happy to see Xu Shu, and even happier when he entered Cao's camp. He didn't say a word, but spoke as usual. He chatted about the situation of the Mi sisters. Xu Shu casually said that he was familiar with him before, but now he hasn't seen him for many years, so he was not very clear, so he made excuses. Although Cao Chong was a little suspicious, he didn't ask much. He accompanied Xu Shu to use some wine and food and arranged for him to rest.

Cao Chong stationed in Dangyang for a few days. On the one hand, he had to wait for Cao Cao from Jiangling to return, and on the other hand, he had to arrange for the people of Dangyang to retreat. In this matter, he was very domineering. No matter what the reason, all the people who went south from Xiangyang would retreat north. He even issued an order that those who were unwilling to retreat would be taken back. Even if they wanted to settle in Dangyang and did not go to Jiangxia. Those who were willing to retreat north could provide food along the way. For this reason, he sent a quick horse to Xiangyang and Jiangling to ask for a large amount of food and grass, and notified the officials along the way to provide assistance.

Zhou Buyi was very puzzled by this. Although Xu Shu was unwilling to pay attention to his affairs, he did not quite understand why he forced all the people to return to Xiangyang. Cao Chong explained that this place would be a battlefield for a while. Although Jingzhou was pacified, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were always standing by. It would be better if the court could surrender them. But if the surrender failed, this place would definitely be a place of war and could not be considered completely safe. The local people were unable to do so. How could these people who left their hometowns face the upcoming war? Even if they did not fight, how could they face winter? Only by concentrating in Xiangyang can the government provide centralized relief and starve to death.
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