As Cao Wu ran, he lifted up the quilt that wrapped the woman in his arms. He only lifted a corner, and he saw the stunning face.
Damn it, it wasn’t Sun Shangxiang who was abducted, it was Xiao Qiao!
Xiao Qiao was groaning, her face was flushed, and she was feeling groggy. It was obvious that she had caught the wind and cold the day before yesterday and was still not recovered.
Previously, Zhang Xia's people rolled her up in a quilt and took her away, leaving only a small vent for ventilation, which seemed to aggravate her illness.
Ah Da asked curiously: "What on earth is going on?"
Cao Wu pouted: "Sun Shangxiang is calling you later. Aren't you picking up girls on my behalf? Go back and stabilize her!"
Ah Dabai glanced at him and said, "You are such a person. I don't know how you have such a brain. You can entertain me at any time."
As a result, Cao Wu didn't reply, and Sun Shangxiang's shout came from far away again.
"Ugly guy, please keep Brother A here, and I'll ask Brother Ben to let you go!"
When Cao Wu heard this, he almost vomited blood. It turned out that the general who just squinted his eyes to collect the money was actually Sun Bi, Sun Boyang, the governor of Yuzhang and the new conquest general. Sun Quan's cousin was the highest-ranking frontier official in the Sun clan.
Thinking of Sun Quan, it is not difficult to guess what Sun Ben was doing when he led his troops out in the middle of the night. Most likely, they are out hunting again. This is all inherited from the Sun family, and they don’t know what they can catch if they go into the mountains at night.
Sure enough, the general shouted: "It turns out to be Zhang Biejia. We didn't recognize each other just now. I am Sun Bi, the prefect of Yuzhang. You and I, Jiangdong, are allies. Please come back, Yixu!"
How could Cao Wu obey and go back? He could only run faster.
Because Cao Wu was an envoy, the cavalry did not fire arrows, but chased him desperately.
Fortunately, their six horses are all carefully selected fast horses, and ordinary cavalry horses cannot catch up.
However, Sun Bi and Sun Shangxiang's horses were no ordinary horses. They quickly chased after them. Except for the two divine horses Cao Wu and Ada, the other four horses were obviously not as good as Er Sun's horse. Soon after they saw it, About to be caught up.
Four guards should be able to defeat one Sun Ben without incident, but there are hundreds of cavalry behind them. If they are delayed, there will be no way to survive.
Cao Wu was a hero like Cao Cao. They were brothers who lived together day and night. It was impossible for him to abandon his brothers, so he simply changed direction, abandoned the main road, and headed for the small road, hoping to pass the small road and delay the large group of cavalry.
However, not long after walking, the four guards were almost caught up.
Cao Wu looked back and reined in his horse decisively. The little red horse stopped suddenly and turned back.
Cao Wu opened the corner of the quilt that wrapped Xiao Qiao and said loudly: "General Sun, look out! Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin's wife Zhou Qiao are here. General Zhou is fighting on the front line. His wife misses him and asked me to take her to the front line to visit. You Don’t force or obstruct us, or chill the hearts of the soldiers on the front line!”
Sun Ben was chasing after him. After hearing this, he took a closer look and saw that the person Cao Wu was holding in his arms was actually Xiao Qiao.
After going to fight against Cao Cao, Zhou Yu was appointed as the left governor and Cheng Pu was appointed as the right governor.
Zhou Yu was the governor of the war on the Western Front. He had military power and a prominent position. His wife was held hostage, which made Sun Ben hesitate.
Sun Shangxiang asked curiously: "Is it really Sister Xiao Qiao who is going to the front line?"
Sun Bi slapped his forehead: "Silly girl, this guy is very sharp-tongued and talks black and white. If Xiao Qiao really wanted to go, why would he ride with him! Do you think we are fools?"
The fool Sun Shangxiang said angrily: "Sister Xiao Qiao has been having a cold day and can't sleep. Today I have something to do, so I asked her to rest in my bed. It was you who kidnapped her!"
Only then did Cao Wu know why he kidnapped the wrong person. Zhang Xia and other guards went deep into Jian Chu and had been performing tasks. They were not familiar with Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Qiao and others. They tied up the people on the bed when they saw them. Who would have thought that the person sleeping on Sun Shangxiang's bed was actually It’s not Sun Shangxiang.
I also blame myself for not checking it out in my hurry.
Sun Shangxiang is Sun Quan's sister and Sun Ben's cousin. After all, the relationship is close. If Sun Shangxiang is kidnapped, there will naturally be more room for negotiation.
Xiao Qiao was different. Sun Quan had just asked Zhou Yu to go to Poyang alone to check on Sun Ben's movements. It was impossible to reconcile a young governor like Zhou Yu with a local feudal official like Sun Ben. Moreover, Sun Ben He also has a history of abandoning his wife. If Sun Ben really excuses himself to ignore the hostages, he will be in trouble.
By now, it's too late to say anything.
As soon as Cao Wu stopped, the other horses also stopped. Zhang Xia rode silently and stood on Cao Wu's right, A Da on the left, and the other four guards were arranged on the left and right, but they were vaguely defensive.
Ada said in a rough voice: "Sister Shangxiang, we are the envoys of Yizhou. Jiangdong has formed an alliance with me, Yizhou, and they are going to collude on big things. Why are you still detaining us?"
As soon as she spoke, Sun Shangxiang hesitated.
Sun Ben narrowed his eyes and said, "This is Zhongmou's order. We have to wait until Zhongmou comes back to tell us everything!"
Cao Wuqianbai said: "Zhang was in Chaisang City and heard that General Zhou had a lot of quarrels with you. It turns out that you really don't care about General Zhou's wife's life or death! General Zhou was the governor of the war on the Western Front. He was already under suspicion because of the nursery rhyme. He endured the humiliation and bore the heavy burden. While you were on the front lines going through life and death, you secretly attacked someone else's wife in the rear, are you worthy of General Sun?"
He shouted so loudly that the cavalry behind Sun Ben heard it, and some people started talking in low voices.
Zhou Yu's influence in the Jiangdong Army was too great. Except for Cheng Pu and other veteran generals who were dissatisfied, Zhou Yu was the god of the army. When they heard that Sun Ben might have killed Zhou Yu's wife out of selfish motives, the soldiers were in an uproar.
Sun Ben gritted his teeth and yelled several good words. Before he could say anything, Cao Wu said, "Zhang also heard that General Sun's daughter had long been married to Cao Zhang, the son of the thief Cao. Could it be that the general wanted to get married because of the in-laws of his children?" , will you turn to Cao Cao and destroy our alliance between Yizhou and Jiangdong?"
Sun Ben's eyes were no longer squinted. He stared at Cao Wu, speechless for a long time.
His youngest daughter did marry Cao Zhang, but it was a thoroughly political marriage.
In the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu died of illness, Sun Ce became independent and needed to attack Huang Zu to avenge his father, while Cao Cao confronted Yuan Shao in the north.
For their own goals, the two sides of Sun and Cao temporarily made peace in the form of a marriage, refraining from attacking each other, and each stabilized their own rear areas.
Cao Cao's ten-year-old son Cao Zhang, later known as Ye Xia Huang Xu'er, married Sun Ben's youngest daughter, who was only two years old. In exchange, Sun Ce's fourth brother Sun Kuang also married Cao Cao's niece.
Then, Cao Cao, who was extremely powerful, recruited Sun Ce's second brother Sun Quan and third brother Sun Yi to serve as officials in the court.
Sun Ce originally supported his family members' ability to become high-ranking officials. Fortunately, Zhang Zhao and others tried their best to dissuade him. Sun Ce realized that this was Cao Cao's plan to turn his two younger brothers into hostages, so he did not let them enter the capital.
Otherwise, the heir to the Sun family can only be the fourth brother Sun Kuang, and Sun Kuang is related by marriage to Cao Cao, so they are one family.
This kind of scheming was not something that the soldiers behind Sun Ben could understand, but everyone knew that Sun Ben's daughter was Cao Zhang's wife.
Hearing Cao Wuyi's instigation, the soldiers were in an uproar again.
Sun Ben's forehead twitched. He had never seen such a shameless person. In just a few words, he almost instigated all his people to rebel.
The most important thing is that if he really does it, this matter will become his handle and be criticized by others.
Since Xiao Qiao was in the opponent's hands, he hesitated for a long time and finally said: "Zhang Biejia, I still said the same thing. It is Zhongmou's intention to keep you. All the people around you can leave, but you can't! You There’s no need to provoke, I’m worthy of the Sun family’s fortune and I’m not afraid of what you say!”
Cao Wudao: "Then let them go first. When they go far, I will let you go!"
Sun Ben said: "Okay, but how can I trust you?"
Cao Wu laughed and said: "I, Zhang Song, put the head on my neck as a guarantee. If my people leave and I don't go back with you, then Zhang Song's family will die without a burial place!"
In ancient times, it was believed that there was a god standing three feet above the head. It was impossible for ordinary people to make such a poisonous oath. Cao Wu's oath shocked Sun Shangxiang.
Sun Shangxiang said: "You ugly monster, you don't need to swear such a poisonous oath..."
Sun Ben's face was uncertain, and he finally said: "Okay, then it's up to you. Let them go first, but if you don't go back with me then, don't blame the sword for having no eyes. You have to make amends to General Zhou." !”
Cao Wu saw his firm eyes and knew that he had made up his mind. Even if his men doubted him, he did not waver in his decision, even if it would hurt Xiao Qiao.
He was thinking that Sun Ben was appointed as an official by Yuan Shu when he was young, but he abandoned his wife, resigned from the official position and went to Sun Ce.
This kind of character is really not that easy to deal with.
He looked around and motioned for everyone to go first.
Zhang Xia wanted to speak, but Cao Wu stopped him with a look. Even though Zhang Xia was highly skilled in martial arts, it was impossible for him to defeat hundreds of cavalrymen.
Zhang Xia obeyed Cao Wu's orders. Although he felt uncomfortable, he had no choice but to obey the order.
Cao Wu said softly: "You go first, wait until you leave Chaisang, pass through the Jiangxia area, and arrive at our territory, and then find a way to meet us!"
Zhang Xia nodded, and Ah Da also wanted to speak. Cao Wudao said, "This place is dangerous, so be obedient!"
Ada's tears suddenly fell like beads. This was the first time Cao Wu saw her crying like this.
Ah Da didn't insist anymore. He grabbed three iron pipes from under the horse's belly and handed them to Cao Wu. Then he cupped his hands and said, "Farewell, Zhang. See you later!"
Now that things have happened, as a woman, she can only have a chance to save Cao Wu by going back and informing Cao Cao. So without any further hesitation, he rode away with Zhang Xia and others.
Cao Wu nodded, understanding the general situation, taking the overall situation into consideration, not caring about mother-in-law and mother-in-law, clearly feeling like a knife is twisting his heart, but still making the most correct choice, this is Diao Chan.
Now that they are all gone, Cao Wu has no burden.
He held Xiao Qiao in his arms and stared at the cavalry surrounding him.
Next, he can only rely on himself.
