I saw a plump young woman standing in the door, her pretty face was pale and she was trembling.
If it’s not Zhang Xiu’s aunt Mrs. Zou, who is she?
And the reason why she was trembling was very simple, a steel knife was placed on her neck!
Hearing Zhang Xiu's scolding, Cao Ang touched his nose, looking embarrassed but also feeling a little aggrieved.
Because the one who came up with this method was none other than Yang Ling!
It turned out that Yang Ling suddenly remembered that since Zhang Xiu valued Zou Rui so much, he might as well use her life as a threat to force Zhang Xiu to let them leave.
Cao Ang felt that this plan was a bit underhanded and didn't want to agree, but Yang Ling's words made him change his mind.
"To achieve great things, do not stick to trivial matters! This is what I once talked about with your father, and he strongly agrees with my point of view."
Cao Ang was shocked!
No matter what, for the sake of his own life, the lives of his teacher and others, so what if he becomes a villain for once?
Hence the current scene!
"Let my aunt go!"
Zhang Xiu's pupils almost burst out with fire as he said viciously.
"General Zhang Xiu, I don't want to embarrass Mrs. Zou. As long as you let us go, I will never hurt Mrs. Zou!"
The whole place was silent, and everyone focused their attention on Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth.
He knew that if he let Cao Ang leave, there would be endless trouble!
But how could he just watch his aunt being killed?
Seeing Zhang Xiu's hesitant expression, Jia Xu hurried forward and whispered,
"Lord, you must not delay important events..."
"Military advisor! If I don't care about my aunt, wouldn't I be ridiculed by everyone in the world?"
Zhang Xiu looked at Zou Rui, who was so frightened that her face turned pale, and finally sighed,
"Okay, I promise you!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Ang and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But Jia Xu shook his head slightly, with a look of disappointment on his face!
Zhu Zi is not enough to make plans!
As Zhang Xiu's men dispersed, Cao Ang, Yang Ling and the others rushed out of the city with Mrs. Zou in their arms.
In order to show his sincerity, Zhang Xiu did not press too hard, but followed him from a distance, about a hundred steps away.
Yang Ling and the others left the city smoothly without any obstruction.
Although Zhao Yun outside the city did not receive the news, he heard the shouts of killing in the city and naturally knew that something had happened.
He did not dare to neglect, and had already led his army to wait outside the city.
Seeing Yang Ling and his party leaving the city safe and sound, Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly came forward to greet them.
"Brother, Mr. Zixiu, what happened?"
"We'll talk about it later!"
Yang Ling said briefly.
"clear!"
Zhao Yun was immediately enlightened when he saw Zhang Xiu's men and horses following him.
"Cao Ang! You are safe now, why don't you let my aunt go quickly?!"
Zhang Xiu said loudly from a distance.
"teacher?"
Cao Ang looked at Yang Ling.
"Let it go."
Taking Mrs. Zou as a hostage is indeed a bit disgraceful.
If you break your promise again, it will be a shame!
Yang Ling walked up to Zou Rui, sighed, cupped her hands and said,
"Madam is frightened, I have no choice but to do this! I hope madam will forgive you, I will send you back right now."
Seeing that Yang Ling had no intention of harming her, Zou Rui felt a big stone fall to the ground and whispered,
"Thank you, sir."
Yang Ling nodded to the soldiers on the left and right, and they immediately took back their weapons.
Zou Rui glanced at Yang Ling secretly, and then ran towards Zhang Xiu without looking back.
After Mrs. Zou returned, Zhang Xiu said coldly,
"My dear Cao Ang, I have recorded today's revenge, and I will repay you tenfold in the future!"
After saying this, he pulled the reins and led the army back to the city.
Yang Ling, Cao Ang and others also led the troops back to the camp.
Inside the tent.
Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, and Xu Chu were dejected.
Yang Ling sat on the couch with a straight face, a look of hatred on his face!
Although there was no danger tonight and they returned safe and sound, they still lost a lot of people.
The most important thing is that Wancheng, who had just received it and was not yet warm, was lost like this!
How could Yang Ling not settle the score?
"Master Zixiu! Is this the kind of person your teacher is in your heart?"
Yang Ling sighed.
Cao Ang wanted to say yes, but seeing Yang Ling's angry look, he honestly kept his mouth shut.
"Brother, Mr. Zixiu and the others have realized their mistake, so let's forget about it."
Zhao Yun stood up to smooth things over.
“The top priority is to think about what to do next?”
Now that Zhang Xiu has rebelled again, it is impossible to capture Wancheng with their strength alone.
When the Jingzhou army arrives, Wancheng will naturally be occupied by Liu Biao.
Yang Ling's expression softened and he said slowly,
"Actually, I still have a backup plan..."
"Really? What's the culprit?"
Cao Ang's eyes widened and he said quickly.
"You will know this later."
Yang Ling smiled and stopped explaining to them.
…
In Wancheng.
After settling his aunt properly, Zhang Xiu called Jia Xu into his study to discuss business matters.
"Military advisor, Cao Ang humiliated me too much. What should we do?"
Jia Xu couldn't help but rolled his eyes when he heard this.
You have let people run away, and you still ask me what to do?
Seeing him like this, Zhang Xiu smiled and said,
"Please understand, military advisor, if I ignore my aunt, wouldn't I be no different from an animal?"
Jia Xu knew that there was no point in worrying about this anymore.
He sighed and frowned,
"If Cao Ang escapes like this, we will be in trouble."
When Liu Biao's army arrives, he joins forces with Cao's army to attack the city.
With Zhang Xiu's strength, how could he withstand it?
Jia Xu stroked his beard and said thoughtfully,
"Such an incident happened tonight, and Cao Ang relied on despicable means to escape."
"The morale of Cao's army must be low!"
"Tomorrow, the princess is asked to go out of the city to fight. Even if Cao Ang cannot be defeated, he must be defeated and driven away."
"After I deal with him, I will go to see the Jingzhou army and convince them not to attack the city."
Zhang Xiu knew that there was no other way, so he could only nod and said,
"Everything follows the military advisor's orders."
Seeing that the night was getting darker, Jia Xu didn't stay long, got up and left.
When he just returned to the mansion, the old housekeeper came over again.
"Master, someone just sent a letter."
Jia Xu was slightly startled, took the letter, opened it and started reading.
After reading the content of the letter, Jia Xu's face became extremely serious.
He was silent for a moment, burned the letter with the candlestick next to him, and then let out a long breath!
…
Early the next morning.
Zhang Xiu then ordered his troops and horses to fight out of the city.
On the bank of the Feishui River, he pointed at Cao Jun's camp and yelled!
"Teacher, what should I do? Do you want to send someone to fight?"
After being scolded for making a mistake yesterday, Cao Ang did not dare to make any unauthorized decisions anymore.
"Of course we have to send people to fight."
Yang Ling narrowed his eyes and said to Zhao Yun beside him,
"Zilong, it's up to you to meet your senior brother!"
After some chatting at the banquet yesterday, Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu discovered that they were actually brothers, both coming from Tong Yuan's sect.
I just didn't expect that today I would be on the battlefield, and there would be a fight.
