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Chapter 218 Celebrating for Zhao Shihu
Xuan Town, northwest of Huailai, on the ground of the river valley east of Tietouyu.

Zhang Cheng watched over ten riders approaching gradually, ten of them were his bodyguards at night, and the leader was Niu Sheng, and he didn't know the remaining four riders.

When Liu Quan saw someone coming, he hurried forward to meet him. The four riders on the other side ran in front of Liu Quanquan, stopped their horses, got off their horses and fell to the ground. Niu Sheng and others rode their horses to guard around. Especially that big monkey, whose face was trembling uncontrollably.

After a while, Liu Quan led a person to Zhang Cheng. When the person saw Zhang Cheng, he knelt down on the ground immediately, offering a cloth bag with both hands, which was still dripping with blood.

He said in a deep voice: "Labayu Zhao Liang pays his respects to the general. Here is the head of Hu Sihai, the head of the North Liang, presented by Zhao Shihu from Muzhajian. Please check it with the general."

Zhang Cheng looked coldly at Zhao Liang who was kneeling on the ground, and waved his hand. Sun Dashan stepped forward, took off the cloth bag and opened it, and suddenly a head appeared inside.

Although this head was covered in blood, it could still be seen that he was not very old, probably not more than 30 years old. There was a fresh incision on his right face, which still couldn't conceal the handsomeness of that face.

Sun Dashan looked at the head for a few moments, then turned to Zhang Cheng and said, "General, it is indeed the old thief Hu Sihai from Beiliang."

"Zhao Shihu, where are you now?" Zhang Cheng asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Liang was still kneeling on the ground, and replied: "Without the general's permission, Zhao Shihu is still waiting outside Tietouyu."

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Outside the Xiyu Gate of Tietou Valley, there is a middle-aged man with a strong body. His upper body is naked with blue veins, and there are several finger-thick iron bars on his back.

He was walking into the Yumen step by step, kneeling, and behind him, there were 37 other men, like him, naked with iron bars, kneeling and walking forward, but they all had only an iron bar on their bodies.

Although the spring wind was not as cold as the winter wind, it was still extremely cold when it hit the naked body. Several of them were shivering non-stop, but they still insisted on kneeling all the way forward.

After entering the Xiyu Gate, he knelt down and walked for more than [-] steps before arriving at the hall of Tietouyu's meeting hall. Dozens of armored soldiers stood on both sides of the gate, looking majestic and solemn.

They exuded a strong murderous aura that only those elites of hundreds of battles possessed, which made Zhao Shihu and the thirty-odd people feel a little terrified.

Just heard Zhao Shihu's rough voice shouting outside the hall door:

"Zhao Shihu, the fleeing army at Longmen, mistakenly believed in the instigation of the evil bandit Hu Sihai, and accidentally attacked the soldiers under General Zhang's command. Now he has repented and mentioned the head of the evil bandit Hu Sihai, and pleaded guilty.
I beg General Zhang to ignore past suspicions and allow Zhao Shihu to serve under his command. He will definitely repay him with death. "

Zhang Cheng sat steadily on the grand teacher's chair in the middle of the hall. He only felt that the chair was so damn comfortable. He wondered if he should ask the old man Shi Tiegen to add some simple springs, and then make a cotton pad to transform it into a sofa. It would be more comfortable!
When Zhao Shihu outside the hall yelled for the third time, Zhang Cheng waved his hand, and Chen Zhong, who was standing next to him, shouted loudly, "Open the door!"

"Squeak..."

The door of the hall of the Tietouyu Conference Hall was opened, and Zhang Cheng was sitting majestically in the upper chair, with a large iron table in front, and the generals under his command sat on both sides and the lower heads, and behind them were all dressed in iron armor. Sergeants are not accepted at night.

"Xuanzhen guerrilla guards on the North Road, General Zhang Cheng passed Muzhajian Shanzhai Zhao Shihu to see him." Chen Zhong was still standing behind Zhang Cheng, and shouted loudly.

I saw Zhao Shihu struggling to cross the slightly high threshold and enter the hall. He lay down inside the door without saying a word, kowtowing his head.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang Cheng had basically subdued Zhao Shihu, so he stood up from the grand master's chair. When the people below saw Zhang Cheng get up, how dare they continue to sit there, they all stood up in unison.

At the same time, all the iron armored soldiers standing in the hall turned around in unison, their eyes all focused on Zhao Shihu, and a sound of "clang clang" resounding from every corner of the hall.

After Zhang Cheng got up, he walked slowly in front of Zhao Shihu and looked at him quietly, but Zhao Shihu didn't dare to raise his head, but lowered his head slightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng bent down, stretched out his hands to help Zhao Shihu up, and said, "Master Zhao, please get up."

Zhao Shihu, who was kneeling on the ground, heard that Zhang Cheng still called him "Zhao Zhaizhu", so he didn't dare to get up, but Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand to lift it up vigorously, but he didn't dare to resist, so he had to follow along, with a face on his face. Full of horror.

He stood up with a face full of fear, seeing the wider the smile on Zhang Cheng's face, the more terrified he felt.

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhao Shihu, and said to him in a deep voice: "Zhao Shihu, you were trying to intercept and kill the soldiers under the general's command in the official way, but you were deceived by Hu Sihai. Now you know that you have repented. This general Why are you so petty?"

Looking at Zhao Shihu who looked terrified, Zhang Cheng continued, "I'll forgive you if I ask you for your crime. I have a task for you here. Dare you go?"

Here, Zhao Shihu looked dazed. When Zhang Cheng helped him up, he felt that he forgave and accepted him, but the sentence "Zhao Zhaizhu..." made him feel helpless immediately.

But later, when Zhang Cheng called his name again, and said that he was not so stingy, he felt at ease, but he was always unsteady. He thought: If he has made up his mind to follow this General Zhang Cheng in front of him, what is there to do? Hesitant.

With this in mind, he took a step back, and with a "plop", he fell to the ground again, bowed his head, and said in a deep voice: "General, I, Zhao Shihu, is a rough man. The brethren shall have their mouths full to eat;

Today, since I have come to join the general, I have no second thoughts. I will kill and cut according to the general's will. For example, General Meng will not abandon me and take me in, but if there is a urge, I will not back down. ;

Zhao Shihu is willing to be by the general's side, always be driven by him, and go through fire and water for the general, and he will do whatever he wants! "

Zhang Cheng looked at him, and said in a deep voice: "Although Hu Sihai from Beiliangtou has given his leadership, there are still bandits gathering in his village. If we don't take advantage of the situation to wipe them out, it will eventually endanger the place.

General, I have sent you to lead the army to step down the northern beam, how dare you go? "

When Zhao Shihu heard this, he knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists in salute, and said, "General, please sit here and wait for the sound of victory. Shihu will definitely return before dark."

"slow!"

Zhang Cheng stopped him, turned around and said to Chen Zhong: "Chen Zhong, take Baiqi and go with Brother Zhao."

After Chen Zhong took the order, Zhang Cheng ordered again: "Sun Dashan, you arrange some people and carts to go with you, Chen Zhong, there is no need to keep the head of Beiliang, the old bandits in the village can be dealt with on the spot, and none of them will be kept.
Other bandits, military households and civilians captured nearby can be brought back, and all materials such as money, grain and grain in the village can be taken back to Labayu. "

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Looking at the backs of Chen Zhong and Zhao Shihu going away, Zhang Cheng said to Liu Quan: "Prepare the food and drink, and celebrate Zhao Shihu's achievements tonight."

(End of this chapter)