"This matter, this official will definitely investigate."

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly.

It's just that when his eyes swept over the cavalry queue behind Cao Wenzhao, his face suddenly sank, and he shouted in a low voice: "Cao Wenzhao, why are there only so many soldiers and horses left under your command?" ”

Speaking of this, his voice trembled a little, and he looked at Cao Wenzhao with some hope in his eyes, and said, "Or do you just bring out the soldiers and horses here, and the rest are hidden in the city?" ”

He obviously hoped that Cao Wenzhao would give him a positive answer, but Cao Wenzhao shook his head. Speaking of this topic, his face also became heavy, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Governor, the last general can't stand you, three thousand soldiers, that's all that's left for fighting!" ”

"What?"

Hong Chengchou only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off his horse.

These people under Cao Wenzhao were transferred to Cao Wenzhao by him from the elite of the three sides of Shaanxi, and they were also the most elite part of all the officials and troops in Shaanxi, and they have always been relied on by him. At this time, Cao Wenzhao told him that only the current 900 people were left with these 3,000 soldiers!

The result was a bit overwhelming for him.

Cao Wenzhao knelt heavily on the ground, landed his head on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, the last general is incompetent, please punish him." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at him, his fingers trembled for a while, and he couldn't speak for a while.

However, he was the governor of the three sides after all, and he had also seen a big battle, so he quickly calmed down, knowing that it would be useless to kill Cao Wenzhao at this time, even if he killed him, those elite cavalry who died in battle would not come back. At this time, Cao Wenzhao must not be moved, on the contrary, he must be wooed a lot.

If you want to form such a cavalry again, you need to borrow a lot from Cao Wenzhao.

He immediately made the decision that was in line with his identity and the most important decision to be made at this time.

Hong Chengchou turned over and dismounted, personally helped Cao Wenzhao up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Chief Cao Bing, I don't blame you for this, although we have lost so many people, but we have killed more enemies, speaking of which, you have made a great contribution!" Rest assured, after you go back this time, this officer will draw elite cavalry from three sides and gather under your command again, asking for money for money, food for food, and people for people! Let's build such a strong army again! ”

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him!

Then he said a few more words, and Hong Chengchou led the army into the city to prepare to be stationed.

The county seat of Sanshui County is not large, and it is very difficult to accommodate the nearly 30,000 troops he brought. However, it is not necessary to go in, most of the soldiers stayed outside the city and set up camp, Hong Chengchou took the generals and personal soldiers to live in, but he could barely tolerate it.

Encamping outside the city is far less comfortable than being resettled in the city, and Governor Hong does not want to suffer like that.

The troops who stayed outside the city were busy camping, and the troops that entered the city entered the city in turn.

Just when they entered the North City Gate, a person suddenly rushed out of the oblique stab, fell directly in front of Hong Chengchou's horse, kowtowed again and again, and said loudly: "Lord Hong, you have to be the master of the lower officials!" ”

This person moved really fast, and the soldiers next to Hong Chengchou were defenseless, so he rushed directly to Hong Chengchou's horse. When the soldiers came to their senses, they quickly dismounted and surrounded the man in the middle, and several of them went up to capture him.

Hong Chengchou glanced at it, but he saw the eye-catching cyan official robe on this person's body, so he immediately said to those pro-soldiers: "Wait! ”

Several pro-soldiers hurriedly responded and stopped.

Hong Chengchou leaned down and carefully looked at the kneeling man on the ground.

This person is wearing a cyan official robe, looking at the pattern on the complement, it should be a seven-rank official, Hong Chengchou immediately guessed his identity, in this small Sanshui County, who else can a seven-rank civil official have in addition to the county order here?

Thinking that the other party was a parent official here, and he was also a civil official, Hong Chengchou, who had been surrounded by military generals for a long time, felt a cordiality in his heart, and said softly: "What's the matter?" Get up and speak! ”

The man stood up according to his words, Dong Ce glanced sideways, and saw that this person was about forty years old, and his face was full of tears at this time, with a handful of snot and tears, and he was sobbing and crying, who is it not the county magistrate of Sanshui County?

Seeing that it was him, and then looking at his appearance at this time, Dong Ce suddenly chuckled in his heart, and quickly glanced at Cao Wenzhao. But seeing Cao Wenzhao sitting firmly on the horse, he still looked like he was grinning, and there was a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously not taking this matter seriously.

Dong Ce sighed secretly, and then watched how the situation developed here.

Hong Chengchou said to Guan Yinzhi: "Who are you, why are you crying in front of this official horse?" As an official of the imperial court, he is like this, what kind of system does it become? ”

Although he was reprimanding him, the concern in his words could still be heard.

As soon as he mentioned this stubble, Guan Yinzhi fell straight down again, and sobbed: "Lord Hong, you must be the master of the lower officials!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to kneel down again.

Hong Chengchou glared at him and said sharply: "Speak well, don't kneel down without moving!" ”

"Yes."

Guan Yinzhi's heart trembled, he glanced at Cao Wenzhao, his eyes were full of resentment, and then said to Hong Chengchou: "So that Lord Hong knows that the lower official is the county commander of Sanshui County, Guan Yinzhi, a few days ago, when Cao Wenzhao entered the city, the lower official had a few words with him, and Cao Wenzhao humiliated the lower official. He not only beat the subordinate official at the gate of the city and in front of the public, but also framed the subordinate official for fornication and thieves, and even ordered someone to put the subordinate official under house arrest, which is really too deceitful! Lord Hong, you must be the master of the next pass! ”

This is the third time he has said this today.

As soon as Guan Yinzhi's words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

The Ming Dynasty has been a noble and martial artist for hundreds of years, and in the cognition of most people present, although Cao Wenzhao is the chief soldier, and Guan Yinzhi is just a mere Qipin Zhi County, but if Guan Yinzhi gives Cao Wenzhao face, Cao Wenzhao can only bear it.

Who is called Wenwu Shutu?

As long as Cao Wenzhao dares to make any fierce resistance, it will attract the suppression and backlash of the entire civil official group.

But he didn't expect that Cao Wenzhao would dare to act so boldly, and directly beat this pass, and he was beaten at the city gate, in front of many people! It's not even after the fight, and he said that he colluded with the thieves and locked him up!

It's a bit of a mystery what to say.

Although everyone was in an uproar on the surface, many people secretly gave a thumbs up to Cao Wenzhao in their hearts, and their hearts were very happy. After all, they are all military generals, and they have been bullied by civilian officials for so many years, and they have been bullied all the time. In fact, the civil officials who have been riding on their heads all the year round, and urinating, and commanding have long been very dissatisfied and angry, but they don't dare to resist. At this time, Cao Wenzhao resisted, and still resisted in this fierce way, so that they all had a sense of identity, and they admired and recognized Cao Wenzhao very much.

Of course, in addition to admiration in my heart, I was also a little worried, after all, no one knew what Lord Hong Chengchou would do with this matter. After all, Lord Hong is also a civil official, and Cao Wenzhao acted so boldly, would it cause Lord Hong to be furious and even kill him with a knife?

The example of He Renlong back then is not far away!

No matter how high-level military generals they are, these civilian officials who command the army will kill them when they say they will kill them, and there will be no politeness or hesitation.

After Guan Yin finished speaking, Hong Chengchou immediately felt a burst of anger rise in his heart. It's just that he is scheming after all, and this matter involves his most favored and most respected general, so it is not appropriate to show any emotions on his face, so the expression on his face is still faint, and it seems that what Guan Yinzhi is talking about is just an ordinary trivial matter.

He looked at Cao Wenzhao and asked lightly, "Chief Cao Bing, what Master Guan said, but the truth?" ”

Cao Wenzhao grinned and said, "That's right, what he said is right." It's just that he skipped the details of the matter, and his intentions were really sinister, but it was actually to frame the last general. For the details, please allow the last general to talk about it. ”

Hearing him say that there was still a secret in this matter, Hong Chengchou's anger in his heart dropped slightly, and he said lightly: "Say it!" ”