The two came to the county government office. The county magistrate took out a letter and said: "Both of you are summoned today. It's not for anything else, but there is a letter from Murong, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, sent to me. It's because I heard about you two." With a reputation as a hero, I want to second you two to go to Qingzhou on official business."
The two brothers looked at each other and Cao Cao said: "This county is under the rule of Dongping Prefecture, how can Qingzhou Prefecture second us?"
The county magistrate said: "If he were an ordinary magistrate, he would naturally not dare to do so. However, Magistrate Murong is the uncle of the current dynasty. Because his sister, Concubine Murong, is very popular in the palace, he does things without any scruples."
Cao Cao said: "I see, but I don't know what the purpose is for him to transfer my brother?"
The county magistrate said: "According to what he said in his letter, there was Qingfeng Mountain under his rule. There was a group of strong men in the village. They colluded with Hua Rong, the deputy magistrate of Qingzhou Village under the rule of Qingzhou Prefecture, and killed Liu Gao of Zhengzhi Village. , Magistrate Murong sent Commander Qin Ming and Military Supervisor Huang Xin to annihilate Qingfeng Mountain. Unexpectedly, these two men betrayed the imperial court and became bandits. Instead, they attacked Qingzhou. Although they did not capture the city, they killed it. There are many good people outside, so Magistrate Murong was furious and wanted to capture these people and cut them into pieces to take revenge. However, there are no more capable generals in this state. I heard someone mention your brother's name, so I wrote a letter to invite you."
Wu Song looked at his brother after hearing this, but Cao Cao lowered his head and remained silent.
The county magistrate said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu. If you don't want to go, I will write back and find an excuse to refuse him. After all, it is not my government's business."
Cao Cao said: "Since the county magistrate said that the guy was a man with a good background, he refused without hesitation because he was afraid that it would hinder the county magistrate's future. It's not that Wu was afraid of going to war, it's just that those thieves and bandits can make the officers and generals surrender, and they must have fighting strength." They are not weak. Although my two brothers have some martial arts skills, a tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves."
The county magistrate smiled and said: "If you are worried about this, there is no need to worry about it. Then Magistrate Murong and Magistrate Chen of Dongping Prefecture have borrowed five hundred elite soldiers. He also has more than a thousand capable soldiers in his own prefecture, and they are all under your brother's command."
After hearing this, Cao Cao smiled and said, "In that case, my brother is willing to go."
The county magistrate was overjoyed and was about to hand over the troop deployment documents and asked him to mobilize the troops when he passed by Dongping Mansion.
The two said goodbye to the county magistrate and came out of the office. Wu Song said: "Brother, why do you have to work hard for others?"
Cao Cao said: "The reason why I agreed to do this is because I want to calm down and think about it. Secondly, I want to see how powerful the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are. Thirdly, I want to take advantage of the situation to recruit heroes for future plans. "
When I got home, I told Pan Jinlian about going on an expedition. Pan Jinlian suddenly burst into tears and said unhappily: "It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out for a while. What's more, I have to go to battle to kill the enemy, but I didn't take a dangerous risk for nothing? At home now, Wouldn't it be nice for the big man to enjoy wealth and honor in peace of mind? If you think the servants are not taking good care of you, just buy a few more small ones to take care of you."
Cao Cao laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to rub her face and said, "Do you think I'm a hungry ghost in lust? What's the charm of a little girl like that who doesn't know the charm? If I have the energy, why don't I attack you more often? That's all, woman. Don't worry about men's affairs. I'll leave in as little as two months, and I'll be back in as soon as one month. You can live peacefully at home, but don't cause any trouble for me."
Pan Jinlian suddenly blushed and said coquettishly: "The slave family only has Da Lang in mind now, why don't you still refuse to believe me?"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Oh? Then let me have a taste of what it feels like to only care about my mother-in-law..."
A night without words.
The next day, Cao Cao and Wu Song each wore leather armor and ordered forty people to leave the city. Pan Jinlian bid farewell to each other in tears. It was not until Cao Cao was far away that they went home and closed their doors, making up their minds never to leave the city.
Cao Cao led forty people, half of whom were local soldiers from the county, and half of whom were idle men from the county and surrounding villages. They were all quite strong and bold men, and had long been fed by Cao Cao with money to become his confidants.
He usually practiced martial arts with Wu Song, and also gave guidance to these people. No matter how powerful they were, even if they were fighting in formation, even four to five hundred people would be difficult to defeat in a conflict.
Two days later, I arrived at Dongping Prefecture City. I paid a visit to the magistrate and took out the troop deployment documents. I received another five hundred Dongping soldiers.
Cao Cao knew how to sharpen his sword and cut firewood, so he only walked forty miles a day and set up camp early. He spent half a day adjusting the soldiers. After five or seven days, at least they looked much more orderly.
On this day, when everyone was walking, they suddenly saw two high mountains facing each other. They were about the same height and similar in shape, just like twins. Cao Cao couldn't help but cheered: "The two mountains are facing each other, but they look like a pair of door gods."
At this time, Tan Ma reported that there was a road between two mountains in front of the road. Two to three hundred people were blocked in the middle of the road. They were divided into two groups facing each other. The people in one group were all wearing red, and the people on the opposite side were all wearing white. In the middle of the two groups, two horses , two generals, two halberds, fighting vigorously, I don’t know where it came from.
Seeing this, Cao Cao stopped his men and horses, and Wu Song and his two horses came closer to see the two generals fighting. After watching for a moment, Wu Song smiled and said: "These two halberds are ordinary, but they are well dressed."
Why do you say this? It turned out that one of the two people was riding a red horse, wearing a flowered robe and vermilion armor, a circle of red agate on his belt, a square halberd with a red painted pole in his hand, and a golden leopard tail on the halberd, which was fluttering and very beautiful.
The other person is no less impressive, riding a white horse, wearing a Su Luo robe, a set of shining silver iron armor, a silver belt, a cold silver painted halberd in his hand, and a five-color money flag hanging on the halberd. It is plain white with a little color. Very eye-catching.
Wu Song's voice was strong, and the two of them were fighting vigorously. Upon hearing his words, they exchanged glances, stepped away at the same time, and glared at Wu Song.
The man in red scolded: "The two halberds we have, no matter how hard we travel in the world, there will be no third halberd. You don't know how to use halberds, so you are talking nonsense."
Wu Song laughed heartily and pulled out two big iron halberds from behind: "Then what do you two think of my two halberds?"
Chuanbai laughed three times and said: "These two halberds of yours are stupid, big and clumsy. They may be able to chop down trees, but they will show their cowardice when going into battle."
Both of these two people were only in their early twenties, looking young and energetic. Wu Song was not too proud of himself. He just smiled and said: "I have trained these two halberds and have never met an opponent. Today we meet on a narrow road. How about you two?" Let me try to see if my halberd can only chop down trees."
The one wearing red said with a smile: "How dare you invite us to fight? I'm the only one who can't defeat you with three moves, so I'll kowtow to you."
After saying that, he pinched the horse's belly and rushed straight towards it like a raging fire.
Wu Song laughed and said, "Brother, let me go and have some fun." After saying that, he galloped out.
The two horses crossed each other, and the red-clad angry halberd struck. Wu Song swung his iron halberd, and with a clang, the painted halberd flew away from his hand.
The man in red clothes was stunned with shock. Wu Song smiled and said, "How about it? Kowtow."
But the one in white interjected: "Kowtow for what? You are just relying on your strength, and he didn't take precautions. If you are skilled in halberd skills, he will be ten times better than you."
Wu Song shook his head and said: "Okay, okay, then you two come together and let me see what is the exquisite halberd technique. I won't use any force to suppress you."
The man in white rode out. Halfway there, he picked up the red painted halberd on the ground with his long halberd and handed it into the hands of the man in red. They both shouted in unison and stabbed the two halberds one to the left and the other to the right.
Wu Song swung his halberd to block it, and he kept his word. He did not use too much force, but only controlled the force to a similar range to the two men. The three horses spun around like a revolving lantern, and the four halberds flew up and down, hitting five or seven times. Wu Song suddenly He stretched out his left halberd, hooked it on the red halberd and pulled it. The red halberd immediately blocked the white halberd. Wu Song stretched out his right halberd and gently placed it on the neck of the man in white.
Before the red halberd could be withdrawn, Wu Song's left halberd slipped out and struck down along the opponent's halberd shaft. The man in red was so horrified that he quickly gave away his hand. The tip of Wu Song's halberd was already touching his heart.
The two men looked at each other, got off their horses at the same time, turned their heads and bowed: "The two of us sat in the well and looked at the sky. We just met the heroes in the world today. I would like to know my brother's name."
