In the city of Boxian, Xiahoudun heard the scout's report and immediately became furious.

"Will the guards really hang their brothers who have infiltrated the city on the city wall?"

The scout nodded vigorously and said indignantly, "There will never be a fake!" ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "The whole army will rush to Jiguan today and swear to kill Hao Zhao!" ”

Xiahoudun treated his soldiers extremely well, and rewarded his property every time, but he didn't buy his family property at all.

Because of this, Xiahoudun was deeply loved by the soldiers.

Now that he suddenly heard that more than 100 people were hanged on the city wall, how could Xiahoudun not be angry?

At this moment, the adjutant general couldn't help but say: "Sir asked me to slow down the march, and sent soldiers to disguise themselves as civilians and quietly blend into Keiguan." ”

"It's not appropriate to attack Keiguan before the army arrives."

The gentleman referred to by the adjutant general is Xun Yu Xun Gongda.

Sending spies to follow the people into the city was exactly what he came up with.

Otherwise, with the marching speed of Xiahoudun, a keen vanguard, the troops would have already arrived in the city.

Xiahoudun was glared at him when he heard this, and shouted: "The matter of Xizuo infiltrating the city has obviously failed, is it necessary to continue to slow down the march?" ”

Adjutant General Nuo Nuo did not dare to say anything more.

As a relative of Cao Cao, Xiahoudun was one of the few generals in Cao's army, and he was deeply valued by Cao Cao.

This time, he was the vanguard of the attack on Keiguan.

Xiahoudun was extremely strict, and what he was best at was long-distance running.

It was supposed to be a two-day journey to Jiguan, but Xiahoudun arrived in one day.

After arriving at the city of Jiguan, Xiahoudun insisted on leading the troops to the city despite the fatigue of the soldiers, and shouted fiercely.

The leader of Hao Zhao's own army, seeing Cao Jun's panting appearance, couldn't help but say: "The strength of the thief army is not much, and it is a tired army from afar. ”

"Why don't the general take this opportunity to lead his troops out of the city to kill and disperse the enemy army, so as to boost the prestige of our army!"

Hao Zhao looked at Xiahou Xuan, who was showing off his might under the city, for a while, and suddenly shook his head.

He opened his mouth and said: "Although Cao Jun is tired, he is vigorous, and the enemy general is not an ordinary person. ”

"There are not many defenders in Keiguan now, and every loss is extremely unfavorable to the defense of the city in the future."

"Therefore, we just need to defend the city."

When the commander of the pro-soldiers heard this, he was silent.

Xiahoudun sent people to scold under the city for a while, and when he saw that the guards in the city did not make the slightest movement, he immediately appeared in person.

He raised the spear in his hand, pointed at Hao Zhao and shouted: "The thief deceived the king, killed the minister without permission, and committed the rest of the princes for no reason, and the ambition of the wolf son is obvious. ”

"If the princes raise an army to attack Chen today, Guanzhong will be conquered sooner or later."

"If the thief is stubborn and insists on helping the thief to abuse, the day the city is broken, you will be peeled off and cramped, to thank the world!"

When the defenders in the city heard this, their faces changed.

Hao Zhao was full of emotion, and shouted: "My lord saves the mansion to the general, and he is the orthodox general of the imperial court to beg the Son of Heaven to beg for his ministers." ”

"Cao thief eats Hanlu in the world, but divides one side, not only does not pay tribute to the Son of Heaven, but instead raises troops to attack, it is really his heart can be punished!"

"If thou shalt now bow down to the ground facing the west, thou shalt be cleared of sins. If not, your ancestors will be ashamed of it! ”

Xiahoudun was furious when he heard this, and commanded the army to attack the city, but was shot back by the defenders of the city.

In desperation, Xiahoudun had to order the withdrawal of troops.

However, before the Cao army had completely retreated, he heard Hao Zhao's voice sound again: "Cao Jun's fine work is all here, do you want to retrieve their corpses?" ”

Xiahoudun looked in the direction of Hao Zhao's right hand, and saw more than a hundred corpses hanging on the city wall, swaying in the wind.

In fact, when he first arrived here, Xiahoudun had already seen those corpses, but he didn't say anything.

Because he didn't want to hit his morale because of this, he just didn't expect that Hao Zhao would directly pick out this matter.

Sure enough, Cao Jun looked at the corpses hanging on the city wall, and many of them changed their faces slightly.

Xiahoudun's face sank like water, and he shouted: "Since ancient times, the dead have been the greatest, do you still think this matter is worth showing off when you insult their corpses like this?" ”

Xiahou Xuan's words aroused the momentum of Cao Jun's hatred and hatred, and they all stared at Hao Zhao, their eyes full of anger.

For the people of this era, it is a deep-rooted concept that the dead are greater, and the earth is peaceful.

Hao Zhao's behavior is somewhat despicable.

But he didn't want to, Hao Zhao laughed twice and shouted: "If General Xiahou wants to get back these robed corpses, just speak out." ”

"Although he is on the other side of the enemy, he also respects the dead."

Xiahoudun looked at Hao Zhao in disbelief, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in this person's gourd.

However, Xiahoudun had always cherished the soldiers, so he naturally didn't want their corpses to be insulted like this, so he immediately said in a deep voice: "Are you really willing to hand over the corpses of these soldiers to me?" ”

Hao Zhao's face was even more happy when he heard this.

He looked around and found that many of the guards of the city had a look of sudden realization at this time.

In the past, Hao Zhao said that these people were Cao Jun's meticulous work, but there was no basis for his words, and even if he explained, he might not be able to win people's trust.

But now, Xiahoudun's words are tantamount to admitting that these people are his subordinates.

In this way, everyone thought of Hao Zhao's killing some time ago, and couldn't help but suddenly realize.

Even those who stormed the city gate and were mistakenly killed by Hao Zhao were suspected by everyone of being Cao Jun's meticulous work.

At this time, Hao Zhao is no longer the hairy boy who served as a personal soldier next to Chen Xu.

Over the years, he has grown into a qualified commander with talent and experience.

With a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, Hao Zhao shouted in a deep voice: "Our army represents the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and they are all righteous people. ”

"Since General Xiahou is so eager to get back the corpse of Pao Ze, how can Zhao not obey?"

After finishing speaking, Hao Zhao asked the soldiers to slowly put down the corpses hanging on the city wall.

Even if Xiahoudun was hesitant and sent someone to carry the corpse, Hao Zhao didn't let people release the arrows, and put on a dignified appearance.

After recovering the corpses of his soldiers, Xiahoudun looked at Hao Zhao with complicated eyes, then saluted him, and immediately led the troops to retreat.

Not long after Cao's army retreated, the people in the city were a little puzzled by the sudden disappearance of the corpses, and they couldn't help but ask others about the reason.

After learning that those people were Cao Jun's meticulous work, and Hao Zhao's dignified performance on the city wall today, the people knew why Hao Zhao killed like that in the first place.

Many people even blamed themselves and said: "General Hao has always been kind to others, how can he kill innocents indiscriminately?" It seems that we did blame him in the past. ”

For a while, the people's negative emotions towards Hao Zhao were all swept away.

Hao Zhao quietly re-established his position.

(This chapter was written yesterday and was added to the book's first protector, Rob Rucchi.) ）