Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3344 Who is the character among the characters?

Cao Zhao once naively believed that wars were things done by big men.

  What can a small person do in a war? It's not worth even a second glance!

War requires big scenes, big people, big brands, long legs, big breasts...

  Cough cough cough, they all have to be big anyway!

If there were only a pair of cute little ones, I would be embarrassed to stand up.

So now...

  Am I a big shot or a small shot?

If I am a big shot, why am I tied up like a pig?

  If I were a small person, then why did I always like big scenes and big people?

His own soldiers died, and he couldn't even fart.

Half of it was because of fear, and the other half was to find an excuse to escape.

His own soldiers thought that Cao Zhao was an important figure and should be treated as such, but in reality, Cao Zhao was just a prisoner.

  A prisoner who should have died but didn't!

A little person!

The blood of the personal soldiers flowed down, as if flowing into Cao Zhao's heart.

When alive, you are a person; when dead, you are just a piece of meat.

The headless corpse thrown on the roadside might become a delicious meal for scavengers in a few days.

These scavengers were attracted by the war in large groups, sneering, expecting, watching the war between humans, and then waiting to eat meat.

The head was hung on a wooden pole in front of the queue.

After all, it was the head of an armored soldier, a first-class head, and no one would waste it easily. Of course, this could not be counted as the credit of the hussar soldier who executed the beheading, but should be counted as the group of people who captured Cao Zhao, and it could be considered a collective achievement.

The eyes of the head were still half open and half closed, occasionally colliding with the wooden pole, making a dull "dong" sound, which seemed to be knocking on Cao Zhao's heart, and seemed to be constantly questioning, "Who are you? Who do you think you are? Why do you think you are such a big shot?"

Cao Zhao panicked.

Because he suddenly realized that the reason why he liked big scenes was not because he was a big shot, but because he was actually a small shot. Because he was a small shot, he didn't like to see small shots. It was because he longed to become a big shot that he liked big scenes.

He was so eager that he even thought he had really become an important figure. So he was happy when he received the order from Cao Hong, excited when he said goodbye to Cao Xiu, but disappointed after receiving the order from Cao Cao...

Cao Zhao was tied up, jolted, and staggered as he moved forward. He felt his blood flowing backwards and his head was dizzy.

Until he arrived at the temporary camp of General Fei Qian.

He heard the soldiers' shouts and saw the fluttering tricolor flags.

With a "bang", he was thrown to the ground like a pig or sheep to be slaughtered, splashing up a little dust.

Several more hussars came forward, pulled him up from the ground, and carried him into the camp.

Cao Zhao twisted his neck, trying to see the surrounding situation clearly.

However, as soon as he tried to raise his head and look around, he was pressed on the head by the hussar soldier beside him.

He couldn't break free, couldn't struggle, and could only stare at the ground.

There are lines drawn with chalk on the loess.

Clear, like a set rule.

The white line extended forward, all the way to the feet of a heavily armed guard that looked like an iron tower.

"Just these four guys?"

Some strange Chinese accents were heard.

Cao Zhao felt that the hussar soldier standing next to him seemed to be trembling slightly.

"Yes, that's him," the hussar replied.

"Give me your feet," said the strange voice.

"Huh? Oh."

The hussar soldier responded, kicked Cao Zhao down, and then lifted up his feet.

"What are the four rules?"

The strangely emphatic man seemed to be making a statement and also seemed to be asking a question, but soon Cao Zhao was grabbed by the ankle by the man and dragged in like a pig or sheep.

"No..." As the world spun around him, Cao Zhao struggled and twisted, his nose and tears flowing out of humiliation.

"You what! What are you doing?"

Another steady voice sounded.

"Oh, the idiot is coming in."

"Why are you dragging his feet?"

"These are the four rules."

"Ah huh? That's not the rule!"

As footsteps were heard, Cao Zhao felt dizzy again, and then he finally saw who was dragging him...

He turned out to be a Semu person!

  A Semu man who is as strong as a wild beast!

Cao Zhao suddenly remembered that the General of Cavalry had conquered the Western Regions!

Before Cao Zhao could change his mind, his neck was pinched again, and he was dragged forward like a chick.

"That's it!" the calmer voice said, "You, what's that? You should change your Chinese name. It's hard to pronounce every time I call you that name... Like that, who, Ma Da Ku Cha, hey! It's good, easy to remember!"

"No! Oh, what's wrong with my pants..."

"It's up to you. It's up to you."

As they got closer to the central military tent, the two men fell silent and stopped talking.

Cao Zhao still didn't feel comfortable even though he was dragged like this.

Perhaps because of the pain he had experienced before, Cao Zhao inexplicably felt that such behavior seemed acceptable...

As soon as he entered the tent of the Central Army of the Cavalry, his vision went dark. Before he could see clearly what was around him, Cao Zhao felt a pain in his knee and was kicked to his knees on the ground.

"The thief will be brought here!"

Armor clanked and he retreated.

Cao Zhao reluctantly raised his head to look.

In the center, on the main seat, sat a middle-aged man in military uniform, with some military officers and clerks on his left and right, some wearing battle robes, some wearing armor, and further away, stood guards as fierce as tigers and wolves.

The man in the lead was originally talking to the clerk beside him. When he saw Cao Zhao being brought in, he stopped talking and turned his gaze.

This man is the cavalry!

In those eyes, there seemed to be a vast ocean, deep, lonely, like an abyss or a prison. There was both compassion looking down on the common people in the world and the supreme majesty of controlling life and death in the world...

  Cao Zhao suddenly felt that all the hairs on his body seemed to stand up at this moment!

Fei Qian!

It’s Fei Qian!

After being frightened for a long time, Cao Zhao realized that he was completely panicked.

There seemed to be all kinds of sounds coming from all around, but he couldn't hear them for a moment.

Someone came forward and helped Cao Zhao, who was kneeling on the ground, up.

Cao Zhao turned his head blankly.

Of course, it was not Fei Qian who helped him up, but another unknown little person.

No, this guy...

Cao Zhao looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

  Ah!

He remembered!

"You, you are... Bao Shuyi's confidant..."

Cao Zhao's eyes widened, as if he understood a lot of things at this moment, but he soon became confused again. The Han Dynasty advocated loyalty and filial piety, and always despised those who surrendered for glory, especially in Shandong.

  There are five relationships, four loyalties and three great filial piety, and there are rules for rulers and subjects, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, brothers, and friends!

But now everything seems to be out of order...

"The Cao family treats you well..." Cao Zhao almost instinctively gritted his teeth, stared at Bao Zhong's confidant, and said, "Why, why is it so? !"

"Not too harsh?" Bao Zhong's confidant sneered. Anyway, he was now standing under the three-color flag, so some things that he didn't dare to say before were no longer taboo. "Harming my master, can you still call it not too harsh?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your Bao Shuyi is dead?" Cao Zhao was stunned.

"Humph! I mean the Prime Minister of Jibei!" Bao Zhong's confidant said, "Why, you don't dare to admit it?"

When Bao Xin died, it was Cao Cao who arranged Bao Xin's funeral and gathered Bao Xin's clansmen, giving them a piece of land, fields, houses, and crops. So for most of Bao's descendants, Cao Cao was a benefactor.

As for the fact that the body could not be found, although it was a bit strange, it was understandable.

It can be assumed that the Yellow Turban bandits at that time were blind, not knowing that Bao Xin's status was so valuable that he could be exchanged for money and materials, and even his body could be exchanged for food and fodder. They were trampled into meat paste in the chaos, and even Bao Xin's guards were mixed in with them and could not be found anywhere.

After all, it was the Han Dynasty. It was normal for soldiers to be late, and there were signs that Cao Cao's soldiers were not so obedient. Who could be blamed for Bao Xin's death on the battlefield?

Blame San Gong.

Anyway, whenever something goes wrong anywhere in the world, the three officials are always blamed.

Back then in Yanzhou, Bao Xin was still a powerful local tyrant and he even supported Cao Cao!

After Bao Xin's death, Cao Cao would lose the support of Bao Xin, a powerful local boss, and would be at a loss...

But in the end, it was said that Cao Cao won!

Looking at the result from the process, everything is accidental; looking at the process from the result, everything is inevitable.

  Back then, Bao Xin funded Cao Cao in Suanzao!

Give money, food and soldiers!

In order to repay this favor, even if Bao Xin expressed his intention to give up the throne of Yanzhou Mu to Cao Cao, Cao Cao had to give it to Bao Xin in return to repay the debt of favor. This was in line with the requirements of Shandong's "Five Relationships, Four Loyalties, and Three Filial Piety". However, what a coincidence, Bao Xin died in the battle, and not only was his body not found, but even the bodies of his guards could not be found.

Over the years, in addition to obtaining land and houses for survival, the Bao family also fought for Cao Cao, but for some reason they were never able to enter Cao's core political circle.

Perhaps it can only be said that Bao Zhong is not capable enough, and there are no outstanding children in the Bao family. Just like the people in Shandong often say, we should look for the reasons in ourselves...

All this time, Bao said nothing.

Silent.

Maybe it will last for ten, twenty years, or even a lifetime.

But today, under the cavalry tent, this silence was broken. Suspected of this little devil, twisting her hips, pulling the straps of her bikini and jumping out, twisting her body, showing everything that should and shouldn't be exposed, all naked in front of everyone.

Why is this so?

Cao Zhao was speechless.

And for some reason, his anger towards Bao Zhong's confidant actually began to dissipate...

But they are just small people who have no choice.

Bao Zhong's confidant had an indescribable smile on his face, then turned around and bowed, with a humble attitude, "Reporting to the cavalry, this man is Cao Xiu and Cao Wenlie's eldest son, named Zhao, and currently serves as the Sima Duwei of Cao's army..."

Verify identity.

"Um."

Fei Qian nodded and waved his hand to let Bao Zhong's confidants leave.

"Come here, untie me. Take a seat."

Fei Qian ordered.

A few days ago, Bao Zhong's confidant came and said that he wanted to surrender, and the condition in exchange was that his child would receive treatment at the Chang'an Baiyi Clinic.

Fei Qian didn't agree immediately, nor did he refuse. After all, this matter was not like the future where one could just make a phone call and call a car. If one really wanted to send someone from Cao's camp to Chang'an, there were many things that needed to be coordinated. If Bao Zhong's confidant couldn't come up with something more valuable, then it wasn't worth the trouble at all.

Even if you are willing to spend a fortune to buy horse bones, you must first prove that they are indeed horse bones, and the bones of a thousand-mile horse. Otherwise, if you just pick up a pig bone and say it is a horse bone, others will not only think that you are eager to get a horse, but also think that you are an idiot. Unexpectedly, before Bao Zhong had a final conclusion, Cao Zhao came!

Although Cao Xiu was only a humble member of the Cao family, he was also one of the core figures of the Cao family. Cao Zhao was Cao Xiu's eldest son. Logically, he should not have surrendered. Even if he was captured, he should have shown his courage to kill or chop people at will like Xiahou Dun, instead of asking to see the cavalry and surrender to Guanzhong.

This naturally attracted Fei Qian's attention.

"Why do you want to surrender?" Fei Qian asked, "Does Cao treat you poorly?"

Fei Qian suddenly found it a little funny. Before, when Cao Zhao was talking about Bao Zhong's confidant, he asked this question, "Is it thin?" Now Fei Qian asked Cao Zhao the same question, "Is it thin?" Therefore, from ancient times to the present, most companies do not advocate the culture of loyalty and righteousness, or the spirit of the wolf, but just ask one thing, "Is it thin?"

Of course, there may be people who think that the boss provides employees with a platform, so employees should unilaterally obey and contribute...

  A culture of blessings and a culture of gratitude!

Fortunately, Fei Qian had at least completed nine years of compulsory education, and understood the opposition and unity of contradictions. He knew that everything has two sides, and once there was a unilateral demand or the interests of both parties were unequal, there would inevitably be problems.

Fei Qian now feels that Cao Zhao’s surrender seems to have some inequality in interests.

What good is there in surrendering?

Alive.

Yes, if you surrender, of course you can survive, and possibly live a good life.

Right, Mr. Water Too Cold?

But other than that, it's hard to say there's much benefit.

For example, if Xiahou Dun refused to surrender, Fei Qian would still provide him with treatment, food and clothing, and would still be alive even if he was imprisoned, and he would not be easily killed. However, if Cao Zhao surrendered, Fei Qian would not easily accept him, and Cao Zhao would also lose his original interests on the Cao side, unless Cao Zhao had a far-sighted vision to recognize the rolling torrent and see through the layers of fog in history...

However, Fei Qian did not hear Cao Zhao say anything about good wood, gentleman, etc. He only heard Cao Zhao say very frankly that he was willing to surrender in order to save his father...

Ah, this is interesting.

Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin.

Bao Zhong said he wanted to save his child, and Cao Zhao said he wanted to save his father.

  Just a perfect pair!

However, Cao Xiu seems to be more valuable than Bao Zhong.

"The Cao family... The Cao family treated my father unfairly!" Cao Zhao said, gritting his teeth. It was unclear whether he was expressing hatred, anger, or just too much hostility as some "cultured people" said. "When my father was young, he unfortunately lost his life, but he did not receive any support from the Cao family. He could only carry the coffin alone and rent a grave for burial... Later, we moved across the river to Wu to seek refuge, and fortunately, the prefect of Wu County took him in..."

Fei Qian listened and nodded slightly.

Cao Xiu's grandfather was the governor of Wujun. At that time, Cao Xiu's father's family was in decline, and he died in middle age. Cao Xiu had to support the family at a young age. Logically speaking, Cao Xiu's surname was Cao, so he should have received support and care from the Cao family. But for some reason, Cao Xiu chose to be the governor of Wujun.

According to the official statement, the world was in chaos at the time and the Cao family members were scattered, but this does show that the Cao family did not provide any decent help and support from the time Cao Xiu was a teenager to the time he returned to the Cao family.

"My father has been working diligently and willingly since he took command of the army, but he still cannot be promoted..."

The more Cao Zhao spoke, the angrier he became, and he complained passionately.

Fei*Customer service staff* listened subconsciously and nodded.

To be honest, it is true that what Lao Cao did was not very authentic.

At that time, Cao Cao was raising an army to "eliminate rebellion" for the world. Cao Xiu came, and it was not easy for him to come back from Wujun. As a result, Mr. Cao praised Cao Xiu in front of others, holding Cao Xiu's hand and praising him as Cao's "thousand-mile horse". Oh, wrong, it was "thousand-mile colt", as if he was going to use Cao Xiu in the next moment...

But in fact, Cao Cao first sent Cao Xiu to take care of the baby as a nanny, and later he thought that this kid was okay, so he promoted Cao Xiu to the position of guard, commonly known as the gatekeeper...

Cao Cao and Cao Xiu were not familiar with each other at first, so it was understandable that they did not dare to make random arrangements at the beginning. After all, Shandong had to follow procedures. It was understandable, but the problem was that other people from the Cao and Xiahou families could become county governors with a college degree, while Cao Xiu was still guarding the gate.

This is somewhat inappropriate.

  If Cao Xiu himself was not extremely outstanding, he would have no chance to lead the army at that moment!

Even if he was the leader of the army, Cao Xiu's job was not a good one. First he took the Chenguan Road, and now he was rushing to attack Linfen...

That's right, the kid said it all. Cao Zhao said that he knew his father's attack on Linfen was a life-and-death situation, and he didn't want to see such a situation, and he didn't want Cao Xiu to die in vain on the battlefield, so he was willing to surrender, and was willing to go on behalf of the cavalry general Fei Qian to persuade Cao Xiu to surrender!

He spoke with sincerity and emotion, with ups and downs.

There is a plot, a source, a process, and a development, and everything seems to be reasonable.

Fei*Customer Service Staff*Qian listened and nodded in agreement. But since Fei Qian was temporarily acting as a customer service staff, could he make the final decision on the spot? Fei Qian said that he knew everything and understood everything, and then asked Cao Zhao to leave and wait for news...

Watching Cao Zhao leave under the escort of the guards, Fei Qian hesitated for a moment, then looked around, "What do you think about this matter?"