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Volume 1 Chapter 78 Taking advantage of the chaos to seize power

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    After learning the exact news of Zhou Cang's embarrassing escape, most of the green forest heroes threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.  At this time, Cao Ang and the others were exhausted and had no strength to surrender. They all sat on the ground with a sigh of relief, regardless of whether there were corpses or pools of blood under their butts!

    At this time, Cao Hong finally came into use, commanding the auxiliary soldiers to tie up these thieves, and bandage the slightly injured ones among the thieves. However, the seriously injured thieves were healed one by one by the auxiliary soldiers, and they were put on the spot.  Behead!

    Of course, Cao Jun¡¯s treatment was naturally different from that of the rebel soldiers. The lightly wounded were quickly cleaned by their comrades with strong wine, applied with wound medicine, and bandaged properly.  The seriously wounded were carried to the wounded barracks, where they were diagnosed and treated by army doctors in an effort to save their lives.

    About half an hour later, Cao Ang regained his strength, stood up, and together with Xia Houyuan and others, assembled their troops and launched an attack on Zhou Cang's camp.

    At this time, there were only old, weak, women and children in the Zhoucang camp, and it was impossible to withstand Cao Jun's attack.  What's more, the person in charge, Cao Qi, had already died in the battle, and no one in the camp had the authority or ability to organize everyone to resist.  Soon, the camp was occupied by Cao's army. Of course, as Xia Houyuan had predicted, although there were some gold and silver utensils in the camp, there was no food!

    " In this way, Cao Ang and the others suddenly had a big burden on their backs. They couldn't bear to not provide meals to these people; but if they provided meals, then all the food captured in this battle would have to be bought.

    While everyone was worrying, Cao Hong ran over happily and looked at everyone with a smile: "You guys don't have any business acumen! You are still worried about their food. It's really sad!"

    Cao Ang bowed his hand to him and asked curiously: "Is there anything uncle can do?"

    Cao Hong laughed and did not answer, but deliberately asked Xia Houyuan: "Wonderful talent, Zixiu said that you are both civil and military, what can you do?"

    Xia Houyuan smiled and shook his head, "Zilian, stop talking and talk quickly. Okay, I admit, I am indeed not as good as you in this aspect!"

    Cao Hong laughed proudly. Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, he felt very satisfied. Then he smiled and said: "It's actually not difficult, but everyone hasn't thought of it yet. We can classify the women and children in the camp.  . We can sell the family members of those who died in war and serve as slaves. Anyway, these people¡¯s husbands, fathers, and brothers were killed by us. No matter how nice we are to them, they will still be full of hatred for us. Rather than giving in,  They have become a burden to us, so it is better to let them make some money for us. Besides, this is just a small county after all. Even if these people hate us deeply, they will not have much impact on us. As time goes by, the hatred will  It will fade away.¡±

    ??Everyone nodded again and again, agreeing in their hearts.  Cao Hong said with a smile: "As for the families of the remaining prisoners of war, they can also be divided into two categories. The first category of prisoners of war is strong, willing to join our army, and can be taken in by our army. We can let the family members of such soldiers  Send them back to Qiao County and place them in our Cao Manor. In this way, the soldiers can fight with peace of mind, and their families will be protected by us!"

    At this point, Cao Hong stopped, and Cao Ang quickly poured him a bowl of water.  Cao Hong smiled and said: "You can teach me!"

    After he finished drinking the water and waited for a while, he whispered: "As for the remaining soldiers, we can't let them go to waste. I suggest that they be incorporated into hard labor camps to be responsible for carrying the food, grass and baggage of our army.  . Their families, wives and children will stay in the county. In this way, we can get a group of hardworking and dedicated laborers without paying any money!"

    Liao Hua said coldly: "But then we have to help them support their families. Food is so expensive now, so we might as well just hire some coolies!"

    Cao Hong shook his head, "Don't worry, just listen to what I have to say. First of all, we don't have to spend too much food to feed them, they can barely survive from starvation; secondly, during this period, they can also make money for us by spinning cloth. Anyway, we  If we keep them in captivity and have no contact with outsiders, we can let them exchange cloth for food. The more they work, the more they will get. If they work less, they will get less. If they don¡¯t work, they will be hungry! And after we get the cloth, we can sell it in various places.  The profits are huge!¡±

    Liao Hua nodded in agreement.  Cao Ang looked around and asked for opinions. Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, he smiled and said: "Uncle, you have convinced me. Let's do this. I will leave this matter to you. Niu Zhi will learn from the side. After all, uncle is still here."  You have to go with me, you can¡¯t always stay here.¡±

    Cao Hong nodded in agreement, Niu Zhi also quickly saluted Cao Hong, and the matter was settled.

    Cao Ang scratched his head and said to Cao Duan: "Zixiang, what is the condition of your sick and wounded? Do you have enough medicine?"

    Cao Duan is fightingHe was injured on the field and is now recuperating in the injured barracks. This time he came to the meeting with the injury.  Hearing Cao Ang's question, he quickly said: "Don't worry, my lord, although there are many wounded people in the wounded barracks, there is no shortage of various types of wound medicine because of the strong hoarding before the war."

    Cao Ang nodded, "If you need any precious medicinal materials, you can ask the medical officer in the sick camp to apply to me. If nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely agree."

    After waving his hand for Cao Duan to sit down, Cao Ang asked Xia Houyuan: "Uncle, after the war, you sent many scouts to various places. How is the situation now?"

    Xia Houyuan stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "We are here now, and the county seat is seventy miles away from here. There has not been any news of our army's victory there, and they are afraid that the rebels will attack the county seat.  A curfew was implemented and entry and exit were prohibited. When our military scouts arrived, they were shocked. Now everyone in the county must be relieved. The local county magistrate also said that he would send people to the Invalid Army to deliver a batch of grain and grass supplies as a  Our reward for wiping out the remnants of the Yellow Turbans!"

    Everyone laughed, and Xia Houyuan pointed to the mountainous area on the map and said: "This should be the location of Zhou Cang's old camp. After the war, some stragglers fled to this mountainous area one after another. Our scouts also came forward to conduct reconnaissance, but this is a mountainous area.  The terrain is difficult to travel, and the scouts cannot get information quickly. However, according to their visual inspection, there are not many young people in Zhoucang's old camp. This information is consistent with the information we got from interrogating the prisoners, and should be more consistent with the facts."

    Cao Ang nodded, "According to reports from the prisoners, Zhou Cang was hit by a cold arrow while escaping from the battlefield, and was even more injured. He will not be able to go to the battlefield again in the short term. Even if Zhou Cang can successfully return to his old camp, it will not be possible.  Regain his strength. He has lost most of his young men and is facing a camp full of women and children. He is lucky to be able to survive with them. "

    Xia Houyuan nodded, "Zixiu is right. According to the scouts' observations, the mountainous area where Zhoucang's old camp is located is very barren and does not produce much. If you lose the young and strong labor force, it will be difficult to cope with this difficult life. It's just that  The terrain occupied by Zhoucang's old camp is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is difficult for us to capture it in a short time. Moreover, there are a large number of traps arranged along the way of Zhoucang. The scouts I sent were injured while exploring the road.  I was injured, so I had to stop exploring and rush back."

    Cao Ang nodded and said loudly: "Zhou Cang is careful this time, but he will suffer harm if he doesn't kill the snake. Since we have hurt him, we have to take the opportunity to kill him to avoid being harmed by him again. Let's do this,  After a day of rest, we will send another 50 people to attack Zhoucang camp, and leave this matter to Yuan Jian!"

    Liao Hua quickly stepped forward to accept the order. As a former bandit who had recently surrendered to the Cao family, he was very happy and satisfied with being able to gain Cao Ang's trust.

    Then Cao Ang, Xia Houyuan and others discussed some trivial matters and then adjourned the meeting.

    While Cao Ang was discussing with everyone, Zhou Cang also said to everyone in the hall: "Brothers and sisters, I, Zhou Cang, am incompetent. This time we are defeated!"

    Almost everyone lowered their heads and sighed.  Zhou Cang's expedition removed 500 people from the old camp, and almost every household participated in this operation.  Now there are only a few dozen people who can follow Zhou Cang back, and most of them died in battle or were captured.

    Zhou Cang also sighed: "After this matter is over, I will give you an explanation. But now there is a more important thing, and that is to survive!

    Now that we have lost so many people, several nearby small villages have become evil. They have been sharpening their guns these past two days, maybe they want to raid our old camp.  Moreover, our scouts who were out patrolling this morning also discovered Cao Jun's scouts. They are likely to send people here to eradicate us.  There are not many soldiers and horses in our old camp now. It will be very dangerous if we stay here any longer!  With this in mind, I am ready to lead everyone to move camp!  "

    ¡°Move the camp?¡± Everyone asked in surprise.  Someone even cried and shouted: "Qu Shuai, you can't leave. The seeds I have sown this year will be in vain if I leave."

    Some people nodded in agreement, but asked in a low voice: "Qushuai, when are we leaving? There are still some things in the house that need to be tidied up. And there is some new furniture this year, and a big car will be needed to pull it!"

    Zhou Cang sighed secretly and shouted loudly: "Brothers and sisters, is food, money, or our lives more important? If we keep the green hills, we won't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as we keep our lives, we will be able to  Seize more fields and steal more food!"

    At this moment, someone clapped their hands vigorously and walked in.  Everyone was very curious and turned around to see, but it was Pei Yuanshao in front of them.  I heard Pei Yuanshao say with a smile: "Okay, okay, I didn't expect the leader of Zhou Village to be so knowledgeable. It really impresses me!"

    Zhou Cang asked angrily: ??Pei Yuanshao, no wonder your elite soldiers are unable to work hard. You are secretly instigating all this, right?  !  It was me, Zhou Cang, who mistrusted you!  "

    Pei Yuanshao laughed and shouted: "Come here, please bring Zhou Cang down for me!"

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