Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 801
Jizhou, Zhen's family.

Cao Xiu, who was recuperating from his injuries, rubbed his sore eyes and brightened the oil lamp.Staying up late for several consecutive days made this gentle-faced "Cao's Thousand Miles Horse" look haggard, and the green beard that grew quietly under his jaw made Cao Xiu look a little sloppy, and he couldn't help yawning occasionally. It also made Cao Xiu look a little premature.

However, even so, Cao Xiu still plans to sleep and rest: since he followed Xia Houyuan and was defeated by Ma Chao last time, Cao Xiu made a vow in his heart to "surpass Ma Chao and assist Cao Cao" as his lifelong ambition.At this embarrassing moment when the Cao family was walking on thin ice, Cao Cao entrusted him with the important task of food protection that was related to the life and death of the entire Cao family.Cao Xiu felt that even if he died a hundred times, he could not live up to Cao Cao's trust in him.

So, after stimulating the noodles with cold water, Cao Xiu made himself sober again.He sat back on the desk again, rubbed his hands, reached out to fetch a roll of documents, and skillfully tore open the outer silk rope: These days, the supply of food and grass to the Zhen family is intermittent, and the amount is counted once a day. Cao Xiu wants to review it again Again, in case there is any mistake in the final count.

However, at this moment, there was a faint shout from outside the window.Cao Xiu's tired face suddenly froze, and he listened carefully.

"Go away!"

With just this sound, Cao Xiu's whole body shot out like an arrow from the string.

A clearer shout came from outside, and Cao Xiu's heart trembled with the shout: July is hot and dry, and the Zhen family granary is mostly made of wood and fur, and the fire is most feared.If it burns, it will be continuous and endless.

What's more, at this time, for the Cao family who is short of food.What was burned was not just tens of thousands of stones of grain, but the entire Cao family's foundation!

But Cao Xiu came a step too late, and the flames of the burned food and grass blew over. He was shocked to see that the Zhen family's granary in front of him burst into flames under the howling south wind, and the flames lit up half of the sky.

The granary of Zhen's family was in chaos at this time, the soldiers and guards of the old guards were running around, shouting loudly, shouting everywhere, some ran towards the outside of the granary, some ran into the granary, like a group of people who didn't know what to do. Head flies.Most of them were soldiers and villagers hired by the Zhen family, without any training at all, and they were completely at a loss when encountering such a thing.

Of course, there were also some soldiers of the Cao family standing on high places, shouting and trying to control this chaotic situation, but unfortunately no one listened to them.

Looking at this scene, Cao Xiu suddenly felt his bones start to freeze in the sweltering heat of July.However, this time was not the time to feel regret, after a "sudden" jump in his heart.Seeming to have come to his senses suddenly, he drew his sword from his waist, hacked to death a villager who ran away from him, and shouted loudly: "Where is the tiger and leopard rider?!"

"The tiger and leopard ride here!"

As soon as Cao Xiu finished speaking, the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers who had never disappointed him immediately rushed out from the flames and stood neatly in front of Cao Xiu: at this time, they were all wearing helmets and armor, and their clothes were in order. Tiger and leopard riders, no one is lazy or dereliction of duty.

However, the more this happened, the more frightened Cao Xiu became: None of the three hundred tiger and leopard riders slack off, so how did this fire start?

Cao Xiu shook his head abruptly, and hurriedly expelled the doubts that he didn't need to think about for the time being, and said, "A group of five, quickly gather the soldiers of the Cao family and fetch water to put out the fire. Those strong men who take the opportunity to make trouble and escape will be shot and killed." !"

"Promise!" Hearing the order, the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers dispatched five or five according to the groupings that had been set up, shuttled through the fire scene like a dragon, shouted Cao Xiu's order loudly, and organized the Cao family soldiers and villagers to fight the fire.

Seeing the performance of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cao Xiu's heart temporarily settled down a bit.However, at this moment, he did not dare to relax at all, instead he called a person around him and shouted loudly: "Who is on duty today?"

"Lord Lu Xiang."

After Cao Xiu heard this, he couldn't help frowning: This Lu Xiang is a general of the Yuan family, and the granary of the Zhen family is under the joint care of both the Cao family and the Yuan family.If something happened at this time, even though Lu Xiang could not get away with it, as a member of the Cao family, he did not have the right to reprimand Yuan's generals at this time.

After all, to put it nicely, Mrs. Cao accepts the care of Mrs. Yuan; but to put it more realistically, Mrs. Cao is just a beggar, and how can a beggar be a bully?

However, even so, Cao Xiu pondered for a moment, then shouted loudly again: "Where is he?"

Before the man could answer, a general in armor ran over in a panic. Cao Xiu recognized him as Lu Xiang, and asked coldly, "Where's your man?"

Lu Xiang seemed to have just been woken up from his sleep, and his mind was still a little confused. Hearing Cao Xiu's question, he held his helmet and gasped, "They're all outside...huh? Why did you come here?" Order me?!"

Lu Xiang finally turned around, but he chose the wrong timing.At this time, Cao Xiu could already smell the smell of alcohol and women's rouge from Lu Xiang. Obviously Lu Xiang didn't take care of the granary at all, and actually drank and slept with prostitutes at night!
Thinking of the Cao family's foundation being ruined in the hands of such idiots, Cao Xiu became furious.However, after trying hard to breathe and calm down, Cao Xiu still went too far.

Seeing Cao Xiu suddenly kicked out, kicked Lu Xiang to the ground, stepped forward to hold Lu Xiang, pointed his sword at Lu Xiang's throat and shouted: "Lu Xiang! Although our Cao family is accepting your lord's food and grass, But you must also understand that this is because our Cao family is useful to the Yuan family! And you neglected your duties and caused the Zhen family's [-] shi grains to catch fire. I want to see how your master will deal with you!"

"You, you..." Lu Xiang was agitated all over, and immediately sobered up from the wine.The struggling body began to tremble, and he couldn't help but ask Cao Xiu: "Little General, the matter in front of you..."

"Hurry up and hold your soldier talisman and call Yuan's soldiers to put out the fire! Now that the fire has just started, if you can save food and grass, you can save your dog's life!!"

"Yes Yes……"

After all, this is Jizhou, and Lu Xiang's subordinates are several times as many as Cao Xiu's.Therefore, although Cao Xiu was furious, he had to rely on Lu Xiang.And after Lu Xiang was restrained by Cao Xiuzhen, he also had scruples about Cao Xiu, a "yellow mouth child", and quickly got up to take orders and leave.

Afterwards, Cao Xiu arrested a few housekeepers of the Zhen family and told them to quickly recruit their subordinates and gather in front of the granary to fight the fire.With Cao Xiu in charge, with the influx of tiger and leopard cavalry and Lu Xiang soldiers, the panicked crowd gradually restored order.

After dealing with all this, Cao Xiu felt a little exhausted.But at this time, he couldn't fall down, and he caught up with three steps and two steps. Seeing the fire in the granary getting bigger and bigger, he became more and more suspicious and tired, and felt that the heat wave could be felt even a hundred steps away.

Cao Xiu was so anxious that he saw a group of people in front of them carrying food and grass regardless of their lives.Looking at his clothes, he was not from the Cao family, so he couldn't help but raised his head and shouted: "I am Cao Xiu from the Cao family joining the army, who is in front?"

One man was dressed in a Confucian robe, but it was fastened around his waist, and he rushed up: "Is it General Cao?"

"It's Cao Xiu!" Cao Xiu didn't see the man's face clearly, but he knew from his accent that he was from Hebei, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "I thank the righteous man for saving food......"

"Little General Cao, you don't need to be too polite. At this moment, the most important thing is to quickly put out the fire and transport the food and grass!" The man hurriedly helped Cao Xiu up and said.

But at this time, Cao Xiu realized that this person was not someone else.It is the current head of the Zhen family, the general Yan and Qu Liangchang Zhen Yan.After the death of her father and elder brother, Zhen Yan took over the Zhen family.In the hands of this person, the Zhen family not only did not decline, but became more and more prosperous.What's more, he was a secretary under Yuan's tent, and he was highly regarded by Yuan Shao. From this, it can be seen that this person is not like Lu Xiang.

However, at this time, Cao Xiu also knew that it was not time to talk nonsense.After hastily ordering his subordinates to fight the fire, he himself picked up the bucket and wanted to fight the fire himself.

However, Zhen Yan grabbed Cao Xiu and said in a low voice, "Little General Cao, this fire is so strange..."

(End of this chapter)