Chastity Layman

Cao Wuzheng was also one of the troops who attacked Shi'an County back then. His elder brother Cao Wuche raised troops in Pingyang, Chenzhou. After Cao Wuche established the Yuan Dynasty, he sent his brother Cao Wuzheng as the Marshal of the Southern Expedition, leading troops to attack Shi'an County in the south.

The Cao family was also powerful in Chenzhou at the beginning, and the two brothers were known for their bravery and loyalty. However, Cao Wuzheng was still inexperienced. He commanded tens of thousands of troops to attack Shi'an County. In the end, he first went to attack Yanguan, but failed to defeat him after more than half a year. Attack the will and keep it.

Cao Wuzheng was unable to attack on the front line for a long time, but Xiao Mian, who was king in Yueyang in the rear, sent people to join forces with Li Xizhi to attack Chenyang. Cao Wuche was outnumbered, defeated and killed.

Cao Wuzheng heard that his brother was defeated in the chaos in the rear, and his army's morale was unstable. Li Xizhi took the opportunity to attack and defeated him.

Cao Wuzheng simply led his tribe to surrender Li Xizhi.

Afterwards, Cao Wuzheng led his troops to guard the strict pass, rejected Xiao Xian, and fought against Lin Shihong. He also fought bloody battles for Shi'an County and made great contributions.

Li Longzhi put the people in charge of the government inside, while Cao Wuzheng led troops to defend against the enemy outside, and the two cooperated tacitly to protect one side.

At that time, many of Cao Wuzheng's subordinates and the tyrants in Guizhou saw that the world was in chaos, and the heroes were separatist one after another, so some people wanted to persuade one side to separatist.

Although Cao Wuzheng was out in the army, his qualifications and prestige were not as good as Li's, so he arranged for someone to lobby Li Xizhi, saying that you are a nobleman from Zhongzhou, and you have been stationed in remote counties here for a long time. People around you, whether they are Chinese or barbarians, They are all convinced by you. Now that the Sui Dynasty has no owner and the world is in turmoil, why don't you command Lingnan with your prestige and virtue? In this way, you can achieve the career of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo without any effort.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that Li Xizhi was not Xiao Mian. Xiao Xian was originally just a county magistrate, but was proclaimed king by some military leaders and established Liang Guo. But Li Xizhi didn't want to stand on his own at all. His answer was that my Li family is an aristocrat in Zhongzhou, who has been loyal and patriotic for generations. Where is the king?

After speaking, he beheaded the guy who persuaded him to make himself king.

Since then, Cao Wuzheng and other people have no longer talked about self-reliance.

However, after this incident, Shi'an County also began to have conflicts, mutual suspicion and wariness.

Two years later, there was no food and grass in Shi'an County, no reinforcements outside, and civil and military disharmony, so finally under the conspiracy of Cao Wuzheng and others, Xiao Xian was finally surrendered secretly, opened the strict gate, and let the Liang army go south.

Shi'an County was thus captured by Xiao Mian, and Li Xizhi was captured. Xiao Mian valued Li Xizhi's prestige, so he named him Minister of the Ministry of Industry of Liang State, and the chief inspector of Guizhou Province.

Although Xiao Mian was said to have more than 400,000 people at that time, he was only a county magistrate before, and he was supported by a group of army leaders to become king. Therefore, Nanliang was unstable from the beginning, and Xiao Mian was always pushed aside by the army leaders. The heads of the army successively became kings, and each state and county controlled the soldiers and horses, which was actually a separate party.

It was also difficult for Xiao Xian to move these people. He didn't kill Li Xizhi because he planned to use Li Xizhi to restrain those army leaders.

Originally, Cao Wuzheng secretly surrendered to Xiao Xian in order to use Liang Jun's hand to get rid of Li Xizhi, and then take control of Shi'an County instead of him. Cao Wuzheng and others who took the initiative to submit did not receive much reward.

"What should we do now?" a school lieutenant asked Cao Wuzheng.

Cao Wuzheng looked to the north and murmured, "Mr. Li should have already arrived in Chang'an City, right? This time, I probably won't come back again."

The Shanman was secretly picked up by Cao Wuzheng to cause chaos, and his purpose was very clear. When Li Xizhi entered the court, he thought he would finally have a chance. Who knew that the court did not let him take over as the governor, and the school inspectors would not let him . He is still a Guizhou Sima, and there are even rumors that he will be transferred to Annan Road further south.

Cao Wuzheng was very angry.

Why?

Li Xizhi didn't leave, so it's fine if he kept pressing on his head, but now that Li Xizhi is gone, why not let him take over as governor?

During the Sui Dynasty, Cao Wuzheng also made great contributions to protecting the environment and the people in Shi'an County.

Cao Wuzheng, who considers himself a warrior, sometimes thinks things more simply.

If you don't give it, I'll take it myself.

But for no reason, the imperial court refused to let him go, so he listened to his subordinates' suggestions and secretly provoked the Shanman to rebel. He originally wanted to rob and kill Li Xizhi when he went north, but he didn't come in time.

Later, he planned to rob and kill Qin Lang, Feng An, Li Daliang, etc. when they went south. When the Lingnan was in chaos, he just came out to "defeat the barbarians and regain the place" and made a great contribution, so that the governor of Guiyang would spare him Who else?

Maybe he will be given a more important official position.

It's just that although the plan is very thorough, the mountain barbarians are too useless.

"Qin Lang can't just come to Guizhou like this."

Cao Wuzheng gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice.

He has gone further and further down this road, and now there is no way back. If Qin Lang came to Guizhou, he was afraid that this guy would wipe out all the Jingshan barbarians in one go, and the little thing he planned would probably be out of control.

I have heard that Qin San is a cruel and ruthless guy. Although he is young, he is extremely ruthless.

"We are all doing business that loses our heads, even those of Zhu Jiu Clan. The arrow has already left the string and there is no way to turn back."

There is no turning back when the bow is opened, and it is difficult to ride a tiger.

There is only one way to go to black.

There are more than 20,000 mountain barbarians in Qin City, and Qin Lang has only 3,000 people, and they are not regular soldiers of the imperial court, but his personal pro-military troops. Those northerners are afraid of heat and are not familiar with fighting in jungles and mountains. .

So it's not like there's no chance.

"Contact those barbarian chiefs again, send them more gold and silver women, and tell them that we are all grasshoppers on the same rope, and no one should even think about shrinking at this time. You can rest assured them, as long as we Once the ticket is settled, the imperial court will have to compromise, they will revoke the naturalization, relocation and other orders, they can continue to stay in their own mountains and villages, they can continue to enjoy freedom, no household registration, no tax payment, no military service.”

He looked at the heads outside the city, his eyes were full of ruthlessness.

These guys actually ran to Guizhou, they really wanted to die.

"Tell those barbarians, just say those cowardly and cowardly guys, I will cut them down for them."

A school captain said, "Yanguan has fallen into Qin Lang's hands. He has 3,000 troops. I'm afraid it will be very difficult to take it back. It's better to let the barbarians guard Qincheng, maybe we can fight."

Cao Wuzheng shook his head.

The mountain barbarians don't look at the large number, but they think that they can rely on a few castle fortifications to forcefully win the original Qin Lang.

This kind of thing must be cut quickly.

After thinking about it, Cao Wuzheng felt that it was probably unreliable to count on the barbarians.

He said to another captain, "Go to the south and find Tan Dian yourself."

You have to be prepared with both hands.

"How about I take my brothers and go north, and if there is a chance, I will kill Qin Lang myself?"

Cao Wuzheng still has 3,000 old troops in his hand. These are the private troops of him and the school captains under his command. Shi'an County was attached to Datang. After the Guizhou was changed, the original county soldiers were abolished. It was abolished in name, but in fact it was changed to their family soldiers, and 3,000 people were still retained.

"Don't act rashly. Now Qin Lang doesn't know that we are behind the Shanman. As long as we are not exposed, there is no need for us to die!"

He gritted his teeth, "If those barbarians are really useless, then we will welcome Qin Lang and others into the city of Guilin, plant five hundred knives and axes at the reception banquet, and chop them all into minced meat with a single command, and then we will Unite with Tan Dian, Feng Xuan, Ning Ju, etc. and turn against him, Emperor Chang'an!"

Qincheng.

The three camps were originally occupied by Cao Wuzheng and others. Not long ago, they voluntarily withdrew. After the mountain barbarians made trouble, they directly occupied this place, and Cao Wuzheng never sent a single soldier to attack them.

Only when the strict pass was lost and some panicked mountain barbarians ran all the way outside Guilin city, did Cao Wuzheng send someone to chop off their heads and put them on the road pickets outside Guilin city for public display.

At this time, in King Qin's castle, leaders from more than a hundred tribes in the mountains were discussing matters together.

The leader is in his fifties, but he looks as strong as a thirty-year-old, with a thick beard, two bare arms, eyes as big as a bull's eyes, and a thick one like a bull.

Nicknamed Big Black Bull, he is a mountain barbarian chief with a tribe of more than 3,000 people. He is also the most powerful chief among the various tribes this time, so he was temporarily elected as the leader of the alliance.

Since the big black cow was sitting there, he was still wearing his shiny bright armor, which was a secret gift from Cao Wuzheng, a fine and high-quality armor.

On the chest and back of the armor, there is a huge shiny breastplate, which is bright and dazzling.

There are also two huge double-edged giant axes stuck on his back. These are his famous weapons. When he was young, he used these two family giant axes to kill eight strong men who were hostile to the enemy's village. , Fight to Fame.

Over the years, he has killed countless enemies with this pair of axes.

The ax that drank the blood was black and red.

He doesn't use a horse spear or a long spear. In the mountains and forests, this kind of hatchet is actually more useful, with great lethality, and it is not easy to be affected.

The big black cow sat there, holding a clay cup in his hand, which was filled with wine.

After the wine was finished, the chiefs were still arguing endlessly.

The big black bull smashed the pottery cup in his hand on the table, and with a bang, the pottery cup split into pieces, and the sound also interrupted all the savages.

"Stop arguing, what's the point of accusing each other? If you have the ability, use this energy to deal with Qin San and the others from the North! It was he who proposed to the Emperor Chang'an to drive all of us Wuling barbarians down the mountain, and then move to the north It is he who proposed that we should be naturalized, pay taxes, and serve in the military in Hetao, Yunzhong, Liaoxi and other places outside the Great Wall to enrich the northern border!"

"I, Hei Niu, never want to go to the north where people are freezing to death. My family has lived in the Wuling Mountains for generations, and I don't want to leave here. Here are our fields, hunting grounds, our ancestral graves, and villages."

A large group of barbarians followed suit and said that they could not go to the north.

"Since everyone doesn't want to go to the north, let's stand up and fight, take up the weapons in our hands and fight them. As long as we hurt them, the emperor of Chang'an will pay attention to us. Only after they know how powerful we are, will they We will take back his excessive thoughts, so we can stay here!"

"Fight them!"

The big black cow comforted the tribal chiefs who had retreated from Yanguan defeat, and did not laugh at them like the others.

"As the brothers said, they were just attacked by that cunning northern barbarian!" He looked at those people, "If I give you one more chance to regain your lost glory and let you be the vanguard, then Come back to Yanguan with me, do you dare?"

Several people stood up with red faces.

"I will personally chop off the head of the Northern Man, and I will be ashamed!"

"Okay, courage is commendable, you are all warriors, not cowards, whoever dares to laugh at you, I, Hei Niu, will never forgive him!"

The big black bull slapped the table, "For the tribe!"

A group of Shanman village chiefs shouted in unison, "For the tribe!"

The unanimous shouts of hundreds of village leaders are also amazing.