And everyone else is used to it.

Obviously, his status in front of Hong Chengchou is very unusual. I'm afraid that I can rank first among these generals.

That's exactly the case, Hong Chengchou nodded at him and said with a smile: "You guy." ”

Cao Wenzhao smiled, although Hong Chengchou did not answer positively, he did not say it again. He seems to be rude, but in fact he is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, knowing that Hong Chengchou has already agreed to do this, if he says it again, it will backfire.

Dong Ce saw Hong Chengchou's attitude towards Cao Wenzhao, and immediately remembered Liu Ruozai's coverage of himself. The two are surprisingly similar, these two adults are more affectionate to Cao Wenzhao and themselves respectively than to others.

"Huh...... Your name is Dong Ce, right? Hong Chengchou suddenly seemed to remember something, asked Dong Ce again, and confirmed it with him.

Dong Ce was a little surprised, didn't he say it just now? But he still said honestly: "Yes, the last general is." ”

Hong Chengchou twisted his brows and thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "You are Liu Ruozai's subordinate?" Just came back from Gansu Town, didn't you? ”

Dong Ce immediately guessed why he was thoughtful.

The news of the surrender of the Chahar Department must have been known to some high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and Hong Chengchou, as the governor of Shaanxi Province, has a very high status, so it is natural to know this news. No, he'd heard his own name.

Presumably, at the beginning, he didn't think of this stubble, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered: Oh, it turns out that this Dong Ce participated in the surrender of the Chahar Ministry.

As Dong Ce guessed, Hong Chengchou really just remembered this, and after he confirmed that Dong Ce was the young man in front of him, his evaluation of him immediately increased a lot.

Hong Chengchou looked at the two of them, and suddenly smiled slightly: "You two, you are not in a hurry to get out of the city, very good." To be a general and a person who commands the army, he must always be calmer. ”

Dong Ce and Cao Wenzhao hurriedly saluted, and they didn't even dare to say that they didn't dare.

Like the Chuang Army, there is also a possibility of pretending to retreat, and if Dong Ce and Cao Wenzhao can't hold their breath, maybe they will immediately open the city gate and prepare to pursue, or go to meet Cao Wenzhao. No matter what the reason is, the city gate is finally opened, and at that time, the intrusive army may suddenly shake a shot, kill a horse gun, and take the opportunity to take Sanshui County.

And if Li Zicheng can take Sanshui County before Hong Chengchou's army arrives completely, and then occupy Sanshui County to hold on, with his troops, if Hong Chengchou does not have 50,000 people, it will be absolutely impossible to take it.

And Cao Wenzhao knew very well in his heart that there were not so many soldiers under Hong Chengchou now, and he could only be helpless against the intrusive army in the city at that time. Hong Chengchou, as the governor of the three sides, was robbed of a city by the intrusive army under his nose, which would also greatly damage his prestige.

Hong Chengchou is not without political enemies in the DPRK and China, and once such a thing really happens, he will definitely seize the handle for the political enemies of the DPRK and China and attack them in a big way. When the time comes, it remains to be said whether the positions of the governors of the three sides can be kept. I can't say that his entire career will have an extremely major turning point because of such a trivial matter between two generals and one thought.

Dong Ce hadn't realized this before, but as soon as Hong Chengchou said it at this time, he figured it out, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

If Fang Cai and Cao Wenzhao didn't judge clearly for a while, they went out of the city hastily, and as a result, they were beaten down by the breaking army, even if they could leave a life in the chaos, they were afraid that they would be beheaded by Hong Chengchou.

After being praised by Hong Chengchou, Dong Ce naturally hurriedly humbly did not mention it, but Cao Wenzhao said with a big grin: "Your Excellency, what you said, my old Cao is also an old man, how can I make such a mistake?" A few days ago, near Hutou Town, the last general, Dong Ce and my nephew also joined forces and fought a vicious battle with tens of thousands of thieves, killing more than 2,000 enemies! ”

"What?"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said in some surprise: "How many people are there in you?" Can you fight with more than 20,000 thieves and kill more than 2,000 enemies? ”

His surprise was by no means pretended, in fact, if Cao Wenzhao said a few years ago that he led 3,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 thieves to fight, then Hong Chengchou would not only not praise him, but would greatly reprimand him. Because what was gathered under Cao Wenzhao was the most elite part of the Ming army, and the army was so vulnerable at that time. Cao Wenzhao led 3,000 soldiers to fight with 20,000 intruding troops, regardless of victory or defeat, to be honest, it was a bit embarrassing. In that situation at that time, with the combat effectiveness of the invading army at that time and the combat effectiveness under Cao Wenzhao's command, Cao Wenzhao had to face at least ten times his own invading army without falling behind, so that he could be considered qualified.

But now it's different, this time, the Chuang army once again wantonly entered the pass, Hong Chengchou led the troops to confront and fight with the Chuang army, and it was obvious that this time, these Chuang troops, their combat effectiveness was much stronger than before. And just now, he also saw that the military appearance of the cavalry under Li Zicheng's department, from the other party's retreat when they were in a hurry but not chaotic, calm and moderate, etc., it can be seen that this army should be the elite of the army.

It is not easy for Cao Wenzhao to lead 3,000 soldiers and 20,000 soldiers of the other side to fight fiercely, and he can kill so many people, and it is even unbelievable.

The generals who commanded the troops around Hong Chengchou were also shocked by it.

They asked themselves, if they changed themselves to Cao Wenzhao's position, they were afraid that there was only one way to escape.

Seeing them showing such a gaze, Cao Wenzhao was even more proud in his heart, laughed, and said roughly what had happened in the past few days, and finally said: "Lord Governor Mingjian, in the first battle of Hutou Town, the last general, the nephew of the last general, and Lord Dong, the three of them led the troops to kill more than 2,000 thieves, and in the past few days of Sanshui County's defense, they have killed no less than 3,000 intruders, and the total number should be more than 5,000. ”

"The battle near Hutou Town was a field battle, and besides, we took the lead in leading the troops to leave, and we didn't have time to cut off the enemy's heads, maybe those corpses had already been taken away by the thieves. But the corpses under the city of Sanshui County are real, and they can be counted, and please check them. ”

In fact, here Cao Wenzhao is vague about some things, but he is trumpeting about other things. He also fled in the wilderness, but before fleeing, he fought with the Chuang army for a long time and killed a lot.

Therefore, in his mouth, it became a fierce battle between him and the Chuang army, and he saw that he was invincible, and then slowly retreated and came to Sanshui County to continue to hold on.

But no matter what he said, no one could uncover it. After all, the people who knew the inside story of the battle in Hutou Town were just him, Cao Bianjiao, Dong Ce and the three of them, as well as those who broke into the army. Whoever is in doubt should either ask them or ask the intruders, which is obviously impossible.

But Dong Ce and Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew have obviously reached an agreement, and the result is the same when they ask anyone.

They can only choose to believe what Cao Wenzhao said, what can you do if you don't believe it?

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this statement, and every link is connected, and it is natural to go down, and it feels like it is a natural thing to happen.

But Hong Chengchou heard that something was wrong.

Although Hong Chengchou is a civilian official, he has been in charge of the army for many years, and he knows all about these things in the army, and he is even more clear about the means used by some generals to lie about the military situation. Hearing Cao Wenzhao say this, he heard something and knew that there must be something untrue in Cao Wenzhao's words.

It's just that he didn't expose Cao Wenzhao.

First, Cao Wenzhao is his favorite general, and he has always been favored, so naturally he will not lose face at this time. The second is that the corpses of the invading army under the north city wall of Sanshui County have not had time to be buried, but they can't be faked. With these corpses, even if the battle in Hutou Town that Cao Wenzhao said earlier was fake, in fact, he lost the battle in Hutou Town and did not kill many enemy heads, then his credit is actually completely worthy of that defeat and is more than enough.