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Volume 1 Chapter 73 Old and cunning

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    Pei Yuanshao caught a louse from his body, threw it into his mouth, bit it with all his strength, and gritted his teeth to enjoy his current life.

    Zhou Cang frowned and asked his scout in a low voice: "Cao Qi, are you sure this beggar is Pei Yuanshao? Are you kidding me?!"

    Cao Qi looked aggrieved and said in a low voice: "Brother, you know me! I have always been loyal and down-to-earth in my work. How could I deceive my brother?!"

    Having said this, he looked at Pei Yuanshao who was blowing his nose, bowed and saluted, his waist almost forming a 90-degree angle with his legs: "Brother Pei, give me some face and show off your martial arts skills! I beg you!"

    Pei Yuanshao struggled to wipe the eye mucus from the corners of his eyes and wiped the snot on his cheeks. Cao Qi, who was full of expectations, couldn't help but feel nauseous: "Brother, maybe I'm looking for the wrong one. How about I look for it again?"

    Zhou Cang shook his head, looked at the people around Pei Yuanshao, and whispered: "Although this person is not very reliable, the more than fifty people around him are all elite. To have such an elite bodyguard, he is definitely not  Ordinary people! Maybe he suffered some unexpected blow and became like this! Let me ask!"

    After saying that, Zhou Cang strode forward, walked in front of Pei Yuanshao's guards, and said loudly: "I am Zhou Cang, what stimulation did your leader Pei receive, and how did you become like this?"

    When Zhou Cang asked this, Pei Yuanshao's men began to complain one after another, starting from Cao Ang's raid on Pei Yuanshao's headquarters, until Pei Yuanshao's people betrayed their relatives and left, leaving only these guards around him!

    Only then did Zhou Cang understand the cause of the matter. Looking at Pei Yuanshao, whose face was full of frustration and loss, he sighed and secretly shook his head: Pei Yuanshao's mental endurance is too poor, and he was beaten to death with just one blow.  Confused.  But this is okay. In the past, there were rumors that Pei Yuanshao had ulterior motives for his deployment. Now that he is no longer a threat to himself, he should comfort him and try to win over his elite men. Those are rare  Elite soldiers!

    Speaking of which, these more than fifty men of Pei Yuanshao can be regarded as loyal. Even after Pei Yuanshao fell into such a situation, these people still stick to it, which is really admirable!

    So Zhou Cang chatted pleasantly with Pei Yuanshao, but Pei Yuanshao just squatted on the ground and pinched the lice.  After saying a few words, Zhou Cang felt that it was boring, so he ordered people to send rice and grain to Pei Yuanshao's troops, and also gave them a few tents.

    When it was time for dinner, Zhou Cang specially ordered his men to send more than ten hares to reward these elite soldiers.  However, Zhou Cang would not have expected that when Pei Yuanshao left Zhou Cang's sight, he immediately regained his consciousness and hid deep in the tent.

    Song Dong reported in a low voice: "For the report to the leader of the village, among the 500 soldiers Zhou Cang brought, there were about 300 young men, and more than 100 of them had self-made Huanshou swords in their hands. They are really rich!"

    Pei Yuanshao nodded and said in a low voice: "Zhou Cang's troops used to be the main force of our Yellow Turban Army. They broke through the county with the Yellow Turban warriors. It is normal to have some iron weapons in their hands. Otherwise, how could I treat them?  Tempting?! So Zhou Cang doesn¡¯t have much doubt about us, and the people around the camp aren¡¯t watching our details?¡±

    Song Dong nodded repeatedly, "That's right! Village leader, you are so far-sighted that you can actually guess Zhou Cang's thoughts, and you have the courage to come here and fool the stupid Zhou Cang yourself! That's why you have  Anyone with this ability would be discovered by Na Zhoucang!"

    Pei Yuanshao smiled proudly and said in a low voice: "I'll tell you later, let's contact Zhou Cang's men more and exchange more feelings. When Zhou Cang and Cao Ang fight to the death, we will suddenly seize power and annex Zhou Cang's troops.  . By that time, Cao Ang will be exhausted physically and mentally, and we can take advantage of the situation to take revenge!"

    Song Dong nodded repeatedly and kept saying flattering words, making Pei Yuanshao laugh

    At this time, Cao Hong also counted up the property and reviewed it several times. He smiled and said to Cao Ang: "Zixiu, you did a very good job in this business a few days ago. I calculated it.  The money you seized this time was enough to make up three times the profit of the goods we carried! It seems that the most promising profession in the world is robbers! Otherwise, we will march all the way and eliminate these robbers along the way! What do you think?  "

    Cao Ang couldn't help but laugh. He, his uncle, thinks about making money every day. I really don't know how he will become such a famous person in the future!  Cao Ang calculated the time and found that he had enough people in his group.  In his memory, it would take more than a month for his father to reach his destination. He could fight more battles to give the soldiers full training.

    So Cao Ang said with a smile: "I just follow my uncle's wishes, but IThe soldiers in the camp need to replenish and recuperate. If they attack the mountain stronghold along the road, their strength is really insufficient.  "

    Cao Hong said with a smile: "Actually, I have considered this issue a long time ago. Well, I have more than a hundred men here! They are all strong men. You can choose some from them to fill the vacancies of soldiers. As for me  The manpower here can be selected from those prisoners. Although they are all bandits, as long as we give them hope of freedom and let them make a little money, they will be a steady stream of help for our guys.  !¡±

    Cao Ang nodded repeatedly, and considering that he specialized in the art, he entrusted the matter to Cao Hong.  As expected, Cao Hong lived up to Cao Ang's expectations, and soon summoned more than forty brave men from among his clerks and added them to Cao Ang's headquarters. At the same time, after Cao Hong's deception, no, patient persuasion, more than sixty men  The bandits rushed to apply for jobs as Cao's servants and successfully signed the contract. They also paid half a month's wages in advance in exchange for some grain to satisfy their hunger.

    Considering that the current army was relatively weak, Cao Ang did not continue the march. Instead, he added these more than 40 men to the army and stepped up time for training.

    At the same time, Cao Ang also sent people to the county to get in touch with the local garrison and quietly purchase weapons from them.  Because the price offered by Cao Ang was relatively fair, and he could pay with hard currency such as money and soft goods, Cao Ang soon bought the weapons he wanted and replaced all the more than 200 men in his hands with the standard equipment of officers and soldiers, almost  Each person was given a ring-headed knife.

    Moreover, Cao Ang also recruited a large number of young and strong refugees from near the county town, and selected more than 300 people from them to serve as auxiliary troops for the army.  Although there may be some tricks of the bandits, Cao Ang is confident that he can assimilate them.  After all, even if they are auxiliary soldiers of the Cao family, their treatment is not too bad. They have enough food and drink and some salary. They are still more attractive than the bandits who are not guaranteed day and night.  Cao Ang also set up prizes among them to reward those who exposed and surrendered without guilt. In just two days, more than 40 spies were found among them!

    Cao Ang was not polite to these spies and immediately handed them over to Xia Houyuan, who was supervising military discipline.  It has to be said that Xia Houyuan still has a lot of talents. Among them, there are people who are aspiring to be outstanding writers. They have a good understanding of all aspects of the structure of the human body. He is even more knowledgeable about which parts of the human body cause the most pain.  He knew it well; and several of the people in Xia Houyuan's hands were police officers and had a history of abusing criminals.  Through the cooperation of these talents, the spies soon clearly explained the forces behind them.  It can be said that even the color of Zhou Cang's middle coat is known to Cao Ang and others!

    In terms of fame, Zhou Cang is much more famous than Pei Yuanshao.  As soon as Cao Ang heard Zhou Cang's name, he wanted to conquer him and make him his general.  After all, the only well-known general in his hands now is the second-rate general Liao Hua, who is still young and incomplete.

    However, as Cao Ang got to know Zhou Cang more deeply, he became more and more aware that he had no chance of conquering Zhou Cang!  Because Zhou Cang's master died in the hands of Cao Cao's cavalry, Zhou Cang hated Cao Cao very much. He once planned to assassinate Cao Cao, but gave up because the journey was too far.  Now that he heard that Cao Ang, the son of Cao Cao, was here and brought a large amount of goods, Zhou Cang immediately led more than 500 people to the nearby area and was carefully setting up camp in a mountainous area, preparing to attack Cao Ang's troops.

    Cao Ang also thought about a sneak attack on Zhou Cang's camp, but after conducting personal reconnaissance, he gave up the idea.  Zhou Cang's camp is not only heavily guarded, but the terrain chosen is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Zhou Cang has learned Pei Yuanshao's lessons, so the chance of success in a sneak attack on his camp is extremely slim.

    Cao Ang also wanted to ignore Zhou Cang's troops, but every time Cao's army came out of the camp, Zhou Cang's troops began to gather and mobilize.  Considering that the opponent did have some fighting strength, Cao Ang did not dare to take the risk of marching under Zhou Cang's surveillance, and could only huddle in the camp.

    What Cao Ang didn't expect was that he did not take the initiative to attack Zhou Cang, but Zhou Cang's reputation increased. In the past few days, Pei Yuanshao's subordinates have been dispersed, or stragglers have joined Zhou Cang's camp. Now Zhou Cang's  The number of people in the department has exceeded 700!

    Facing this matter, Cao Ang was a little uneasy, but Xia Houyuan said with a smile: "Zixiu doesn't have to worry about it. The more people Zhou Cang has, the more our chance of winning will increase!

    Don¡¯t forget, the more people there are in Zhoucang, the more food will be consumed. However, we have recently increased food prices and have already purchased all the food in nearby areas.  After Zhou Cang's troops ran out of food, Zhou Cang had only two choices: one was to destroy his reputation and disband those newly loyal troops; the other was to storm our camp to obtain food.

    I think that Zhou Cang pays more attention to reputation, and he should not be willing to disperse the team he has finally gathered.  In this way, they can only come and attack our camp. When the time comes, we can rely on the people in the camp.?Terrain, teach them a deep lesson!  After Zhou Cang's troops are defeated, it will not be difficult to capture Zhou Cang!  "

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