Du Bo knelt on his knees, tilted his head, and looked at the papers on the floor. Beads of sweat continued to seep out from his forehead, and his nose quivered rapidly.
"No, it's impossible!" He suddenly raised his head, with a ferocious expression on his face: "I followed the King of Chu and raised an army because the court was unjust and dog officials were rampant! My brothers have suffered a lot from those high-ranking families and corrupt officials. , how could they do such an unscrupulous act?"
Sheets of paper, stains of blood and tears, murders of entire families for a piece of broken silver and a few strings of copper plates are only ordinary among them. Rape and robbery are common, and brutal killings are just for fun... The evil of human nature is undoubtedly on display.
Cao Cao remained calm and said calmly: "I just ask you, if these things are true, how should your people and you be dealt with!"
"If it's true..." Du Bo's eyes were confused for a moment, and then sparks flashed out, turning into a prairie fire of rage: "What a stupid question! He should be killed, beheaded, and beheaded!"
"Okay!" Cao Cao slapped the table and stood up: "Guan Zhong, you take General Du to verify the authenticity one by one!"
"Yes!" Xu Guanzhong clasped his fists, took Du Bo's arm and left. Outside the hall, people were kneeling on the ground...
A few hours later, Du Bo was dragged back to the hall by several people like a dog.
Cao Cao glanced at him and saw that this fierce general with the nickname "Sai Zhang Fei" had a dark face as if he had been beaten by frost, his figure was chaffy, and his thick eyebrows were furrowed. His face was full of confusion, and he murmured: "Why is this happening? Why is this happening?"
Cao Cao nodded secretly, went down to the hall, drew his sword, and cut the rope with a bang while everyone screamed.
Du Bu was stunned, kneading his numb arms, and looked at Cao Cao in surprise.
"Show him a knife! Then bring in those thieves who have committed murders!"
After speaking, Cao Cao walked out with his head held high, walked outside the government office, stood on the high steps, and clasped his fists at the people in Jingnan: "I, Wu Zhi, have led the army here to suppress the rebellion. I have learned that the traitors have committed countless evil deeds." , I asked the thief general, how should he be sentenced? The thief general said, he should be killed, beheaded, and chopped into pieces!"
Soldiers and horses came from both sides and drove away the people, leaving a large area in front of the gate. Geng Gong led more than a hundred thieves to the yamen. He kicked them all to the point of kneeling. Cao Cao pointed and said: "Those people The evil deeds of thieves and bandits are obvious, and all the victims have pointed them out, and their crimes are conclusive."
He turned around and said, "Du Bo, didn't you say I should be killed? The thief you brought out, you come and kill him."
Xu Guanzhong pulled Du Bu out and stuffed the knife into his hand. Du Bu tightened the handle of the knife and glanced at the angry and hateful faces of the people in Jingnan. Murderous look gradually appeared on his face. He nodded and jumped down the steps. The subordinates who were kneeling on the ground glared fiercely, and suddenly shouted in a hoarse voice: "Wait for each one of them. They probably came from a poor background and were forced by officials and bandits. You all know what it feels like. I didn't expect that the one-day sword was here." Hands, you can actually do such evil things!"
After saying that, the light of the sword created a turbulent wave, and heads fell to the ground one by one. The others were horrified and cried loudly at the same time: "Commander, spare your life, Commander, please spare your life."
There were also people who screamed and cried: "The villain only wants to die in battle sooner or later, but he has never been used in this life..."
Du Bo chopped off half of his body with a knife and cursed angrily: "I'll let you use it! You bastard."
In front of the government office, Du Bu killed more than a hundred people in one breath, and blood flowed everywhere. Even the angry people in Jingnan were silent for a while.
"Bring more people here." Cao Cao's voice sounded coldly.
Geng Gong arrived with more than a hundred soldiers. When these soldiers saw the tragic scene, they were all frightened. The officers and soldiers cursed and beat them before forcing them to kneel down.
Du Bu changed his sword, his face was as iron as stone, and he did not say anything. He just chopped off the heads. As the heads fell to the ground, the bandits suddenly started crying and making a fuss. Among the bandits, several of them were probably Du. The soldiers had a deep friendship, and they all cried out and begged: "Captain, you promised my mother that you would take care of me, how can you chop off my head?" "Captain, I don't want to die, please spare my life." "Captain, I, I am your fellow countryman!"
Du Bo seemed as if he hadn't heard anything, and the sword came out like lightning, killing his life with one strike.
Gradually, those cries turned into curses, scolding him for being ruthless, scolding him for killing his brothers just to survive, scolding him for being stupid and pretending to be a good person even though he was a thief.
When Cao Cao heard these scoldings, a slight smile appeared on his lips - Du Fu, although he was not effective in running the army, he did not join in the evil.
Lu Junyi walked up and said in a low voice: "My dear friend, this guy is not a bad guy. With his martial arts skills, it would be a pity to kill him."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have my own ideas."
Not long after, everyone was killed again.
Cao Cao said: "Bring more people here."
... As dusk falls, mountains of corpses pile up on the streets, with blood reaching their shins.
Geng Gong looked pale and reported: "General, there are a total of 1,437 people who owe blood debts, and now they have been killed."
Cao Cao said: "Take him to the mass grave and bury him."
Geng Gong nodded and escorted the prisoner to collect the body.
The people all kowtowed and retreated, with a look of fear on their faces.
Du Bo raised his head, looked at Cao Cao, and twitched the corners of his mouth: "I have killed all the thieves who harmed the people. Now if you pay for this life, don't look for me again for other things."
After saying that, he returned the knife and slashed towards his throat.
Xu Guanzhong was on guard. The thin iron rod slipped out of his sleeve, and with a clang, the single sword was released.
Du Bo was stunned, and Cao Cao said: "There are more than two thousand lawsuits, but no one has accused you Du Bo. Even if you are guilty of not investigating, you will not die. You surrender, since you have the heart to save the world and save the people, the world is suffering." There are so many people out there, and with your abilities, you can always do something for these poor people."
Du Bu raised his head and sneered: "You know, a bandit's fault is like a comb, and an official's fault is like a grate. If you are an officer and soldier, you will not harm the people?"
Cao Cao took a few steps closer and whispered: "If you don't want to be an officer or soldier, just go to Liangshan. You must trust the name of Chao Gai, the King of Towers!"
"King Chao Tian!" Du Bo was stunned, and suddenly remembered that this person had just called himself Wu Zhi: "You know Liang Shan, are you...'Wu Mengde'?"
Cao Cao nodded: "I respect you for being an upright man, so I don't want to hide it from you. I came to join the army. It's just a temporary measure. I want to secretly seize Shandong and Hebei as my foundation to resist Jin Liao."
"You want to deal with foreigners!" Du Bo showed a look of surprise and respect. He thought for a moment, then bowed and said: "If so, I am willing to serve you from behind."
Cao Cao was overjoyed and stretched out his hand to help him up: "A strong man is a tiger warrior today. Now he is willing to help, so why worry about what can't be done!"
After a few days, all the troops and horses were sent back, and all thirteen counties in Jingnan Prefecture were pacified.
Cao Cao packed up his army and horses and headed up the Han River. Within a few days, he returned to Xiangyang. Sun An and Liu Yuan said that they had surrendered the "Dragon King of Han River", which was revered by the world, and took over the "Turning Boat Turtle" Hu Jing and the "Gulang Turtle". Hu Xian and others restored all nine counties in Nanfeng.
At this point, the rebellion in the three states was put down. Cao Cao counted his troops, and together with the thieves who eliminated the bad and retained the best, selected the best and surrendered, there were more than 30,000 people in total. He immediately gave the order and set off for Xijing.
Along the way, we stayed overnight at dawn and walked to the foot of Funiu Mountain. We had just set up camp when suddenly a soldier came to report that there was a scholar in white at the gate of the camp who came specifically to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao asked to go into the army tent and take a look. He felt that he looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he found that this person was Li Huai, the guard general of Jingnan. He had met him from a distance when he led the army to attack Xiangyang.
Cao Cao saw that his hands were empty and he didn't bring any weapons, and he wondered: "Sir, he has disappeared under Xiangyang City. He suddenly came to see you today. He must be able to teach me!"
Branch teaching: There are many heads in front of the government office, and blood flows in the streets. In the past, we all experienced the hardships of the world, but now we are so eager to do so.
(End of chapter)
