Cao Cao followed the imperial edict and marched to Wancheng.
The army stopped outside Wancheng, which brought a great sense of oppression to Zhang Xiu.
Chen Zhou followed the army and looked up at the city, thinking that this is Wancheng. The city wall is not very tall and it is easy to attack by force. I wonder what Zhang Xiu looks like and what that old bastard Jia Xu looks like. And Zou...
"Sir, what should we do?"
Dian Wei and Cao Ang, who are also in the army, are a little worried now.
The Master said, let them avoid Wancheng.
But they come to Wancheng, and the husband has no objection, so is there any danger in Wancheng?
"Don't worry, I'm here, there will be no surprises."
Chen Zhou's words immediately gave them great confidence.
The husband could predict the trouble and there must be a way to resolve it. Cao Ang and Dian Wei felt that their worries were in vain.
"Laodian."
"After entering the city, you can't drink. You must never leave your hand with your iron halberd. Keep it with you at all times."
"Master, prepare more war horses."
"If a fight breaks out, try your best to get out. If there's no fight, that's for the best."
Chen Zhou warned in a low voice.
When they heard that they were not allowed to drink, Dian Wei and Xi Zhong were both hopeless, but they had to listen to their husband's words.
Cao Ang trusted Chen Zhou unconditionally and nodded to express his understanding.
"Lord, the gate of Wancheng is open."
At this time, Li Dian, who had gone to explore the road, came back and said loudly: "I think that piece of embroidery means surrendering the city."
"real?"
Cao Cao raised his eyes and saw that the gates of Wancheng were wide open. Zhang Xiu would really surrender.
"Mancheng, contact the people in Wancheng to see if they sincerely surrender." Cao Cao ordered.
Li Dian received the order, took twenty personal guards with him, and rode towards the city gate.
After a while, he brought back someone, it was Hu Che'er who was under Zhang Xiu.
"Meet Mr. Cao!"
"Our general ordered me to come and surrender. We are willing to lead the entire city of Wancheng to submit to Duke Cao."
Hu Cheer said loudly.
Really surrendered.
Win without fighting.
Cao Cao suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted: "Go back and tell Zhang Youwei to lead the troops out of the city. All soldiers should put down their weapons and wait for my arrangements."
Youwei is the name of Zhang Xiu.
Hu Che'er goes back first.
After a while, Zhang Xiu led all the soldiers in Wancheng out of the city, put down their weapons, came to Cao Cao, and said loudly: "Zhang Xiu, I am willing to submit to Duke Cao."
His voice was so loud that even the former army officers and soldiers could hear him.
"good!"
Cao Cao shouted: "Enter the city."
"Lord, lead the troops into the city."
At this time, Chen Zhou came up from behind and reminded: "Just in case."
The reason why Cao Cao was chased and beaten in Wancheng was precisely because he did not lead troops into the city and the soldiers were stationed outside the city.
"Mancheng, Wenqian."
"You lead ten thousand troops and follow me into the city."
"The others are stationed outside the city."
Cao Cao saw that Chen Zhou was so cautious and thought it was necessary.
After Li Dian and Le Jin entered the city, they first occupied various towers and began to recruit Zhang Xiu's soldiers.
Zhang Xiu felt heartbroken when he saw that all the soldiers were gone. Those were the people left by his uncle Zhang Ji, but he could only accept the reality.
Jia Xu followed Zhang Xiu and signaled him not to mess around. After obeying Cao Cao, the soldiers now recruited by Cao Cao would still return to his hands in the future and just follow the arrangements.
"Enter the city!"
Cao Cao said again.
Everyone followed them into the city and stationed at Wancheng. Zhang Xiu walked in front of Cao Cao and led the way for Cao Cao, looking like he really wanted to surrender.
Cao Jun camped and rested at the military camp in the city. Zhang Xiu hurried back to the government office and sorted out Wancheng's various documents, household registration records, grain, grass, military equipment and other records before sending them to Cao Cao.
Seeing Zhang Xiu leaving, Cao Cao suddenly thought of what Chen Zhou had said in prison about the brothel.
"Anmin, go check it out. I want to know if there are prostitutes in this city."
Cao Cao not only wanted to know about people's livelihood, but also had some thoughts about that.
Zhang Xiu surrendered without a fight, which made his heart swell.
When Cao Peng and Cao Anmin heard this, they immediately understood what their uncle meant.
As a man, this is the good thing.
"Uncle, I will make arrangements right now."
Cao Peng also gave Cao Cao a "you know" look. This was not the first time he had done this.
When Cao Cao saw this, he smiled back with a smile that made you understand.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The eldest nephew still understands him. He only needs one sentence to understand how to arrange things.
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Chen Zhou didn't know that Cao Cao had arranged for Cao Anmin to find a woman, but he could probably guess that after entering Wancheng, the first thing Cao Cao had to do was to find a woman. This was Boss Cao's true nature.
Zhang Xiu first surrendered and then rebelled, and the Zou family was only one of the reasons.
Another reason is that Cao Cao rewarded Hu Che'er with property, which made Zhang Xiu feel like he was being poached, so he decided to rebel. Perhaps Jia Xu was also uneasy and cooperated with Zhang Xiu to rebel.
"Sir, what are we going to do next?"
Cao Ang asked cluelessly.
He and Dian Wei decided to stay with Chen Zhou when they were in Wancheng to avoid any accidents.
"Let's go visit Zhang Xiu."
Chen Zhou thought for a while and prepared to take Boss Cao's route, leaving Boss Cao with no way to go.
After deciding on the plan, they went directly to Zhang Xiu.
"The eldest son, Mr. Cao, is outside asking for an audience?"
Zhang Xiu was sorting out documents in the government office. When he heard the news, he immediately went out to greet him, bowed and said, "I have met the eldest son."
Cao Ang said: "General Zhang is too polite."
After speaking, he introduced: "This is Chen Zhou and Chen Duzhi. Let's come together to visit General Zhang."
Zhang Xiu was baffled by their visit, but he quickly put away all his thoughts and his eyes fell on Chen Zhou. The name was a bit familiar. He thought for a moment and said in surprise: "Could it be that Sir just pacified Guanzhong and killed Guo Si and Li Jue’s Chen Duzhi?”
"It turns out that General Zhang has heard of me."
Chen Zhou smiled slightly and said, "How about we go to the general's house and sit for a while?"
Zhang Xiuwei said: "But... I still need to prepare Wancheng's documentary records for Duke Cao."
"Just leave these little things to the people below."
Chen Zhou added: "I heard that there is a counselor named Jia Wenhe beside the general. I have long wanted to pay him a visit."
Cao Ang didn't know what Chen Zhou meant by doing this, but cooperation was enough. He asked in a slightly warning tone: "General Zhang won't deny us face, right?"
"Don't dare!"
Zhang Xiu took Chen Zhou and Cao Ang back to his home inexplicably.
At the same time, someone called Jia Xu.
When Jia Xu got the news, he couldn't figure out what Chen Zhou and the others wanted to do.
But the identity of Cao Cao's eldest son was very important to them, so Jia Xu had to go back and cooperate to find out what Cao Ang wanted to do.
Otherwise, after surrendering, you may not get any benefits from being under Cao Cao.
