Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 244 Zhang Xiu Cautiously Avoids Suspicion

Zhang Xiu returned to the bank of the Fieshui River, and there was a warship of Zhang Yi after a li or two.Zhang Xiu was heading towards the nearest ship, but Hu Che'er beside him suddenly shouted: "General, look, the warship ahead is on fire."

Zhang Xiu looked in the direction Hu Che'er pointed, and happened to see a warship ignited in the distance.Zhang Xiu looked at the nearby warships again, and some fireworks were faintly emitted.

Zhang Xiu flicked the reins, "Quick, the boat is on fire, let's hurry over there!"

Zhang Xiu took the lead, and the good horse under him immediately rushed out to throw off his men, and rushed towards the warship with a single ride.

Hu Che'er and the guards around Zhang Xiu hurriedly followed.Since Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, the cavalry around Zhang Xiu were gradually replaced by Cao Cao.

At the very beginning, Zhang Xiu left a few thousand, and after defeating Yuan Shao, he exchanged some.Although Cao Cao added a lot of soldiers to Zhang Xiu, they were all infantry, and his cavalry slowly left 2000 people.

This time when he came back from Jizhou, he had the excuse that the north needed cavalry, so he lent Zhang Xiu's cavalry to Zhang Liao.Now Zhang Xiu only has Hu Che'er and thousands of infantry around him, and his power has already stepped forward.

Zhang Xiu knew that he would never have the chance to lead the cavalry again. Judging from the fact that Zhang Yi was of his own clan and was still under him, Cao Cao would definitely not believe him.

But Zhang Xiu can understand, he once looked for Jia Xu, this old slicker once told him that Zhang Yi's matter made him very dangerous.Moreover, when Cao Ang and Dian Wei were killed in battle, they were mentioned from time to time. This matter may have something to do with Zhang Yi. If you, Zhang Xiu, cannot kill Zhang Yi, you will definitely not gain the complete trust of the Cao family.

Zhang Xiu also knew in his heart that it would be extremely difficult for him to kill Zhang Yi.Zhang Yi was also a prince after all, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command.And Zhang Xiu only had a few thousand men. Not to mention killing Zhang Yi, it would be difficult to kill even one of Zhang Yi's generals.

Therefore, according to Jia Xu, what he can do is to act cautiously and not let Cao Cao doubt him further.

Therefore, when Cao Cao took the cavalry from him, Zhang Xiu did not refuse, but instead showed a greedy side, and asked for land in Xuchang, just to reassure Cao Cao.

Many of Cao Cao's generals are also suspicious of Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu is careful not to conflict with these people, he is afraid of being sued by others.

He has encountered more than one or two things like Xiahou Dun.Zhang Yi attacked Cao Cao's territory several times, and Zhang Xiu was the first to say that he would lead troops to attack. After Cao Cao refused, he stopped talking and asked for the next best thing to go north and stay away from Zhang Yi.

When Runan attacked Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu was in Xuchang and did not follow him.After learning that Zhang Yi rescued Liu Bei, Zhang Xiu expressed to Xun Yu in Xuchang that he was willing to lead troops there.

But at that time, Cao Pi happened to come back to escort the grain and grass. Cao Pi was very suspicious of Zhang Xiu and refused.Zhang Xiu stopped talking about going south, and instead talked about going to Sili to suppress the bandits, and Xun Yu agreed.

As a result, after Zhang Xiu arrived in Sili, with the assistance of Zhong Yao, he wiped out more than [-] bandits.

When Zhang Yi went north to attack Xuzhou, Zhang Xiu also followed Cao Cao to Xuzhou.When he was about to reach Xiapi County, Zhang Xiu begged to bring one to attack Zhang Yi, but Cao Cao's subordinates all objected, and Cao Cao did not agree.

Zhang Xiu once again asked to go north to block Qingzhou's invasion, and Cao Cao agreed.

At that time when Zang Ba went south, Qingzhou took the opportunity to attack Langya. Just when Zhang Xiu arrived, he defeated Qingzhou's army, beheaded more than [-] people, captured thousands of people, and made another contribution.

In addition, when Zhang Xiu attacked Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang, he fought bravely and made continuous military exploits.When he returned from Jizhou, he was named Marquis of Xin'an.

Xin'an is a county, which belongs to Hongnong County. Zhang Xiu is already a county marquis, and he is the largest among the marquises who can be named.There is his Hou State in Xin'an County, but he only eats [-] households, and Xin'an County still has some leftovers. The whole Xin'an is now divided into Xin'an County and Xin'an Hou State.

It was also Zhang Xiu who had been cautious and conscientious, which made Cao Cao feel at ease with him, so he brought him to rescue Jingzhou.

After arriving in Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu has been conscientious and conscientious. Everything is for Cao Cao's sake first, so he and Xiahou Dun attacked Zhang Yi's navy without any complaints.

You must know that Zhang Xiu's military position is much higher than others, and his status is distinguished.Coming out with Xiahoudun, and Xiahoudun is still the main general, not only lowers his status, but also will be monitored all the time, he can completely refuse.

If Li Dian and Li Tong were to do this job, there would be no problem at all.Li Dian and Li Tong were originally lowly officials, and they were very compatible with Xiahou Dun.If it were another county lord, he would definitely not be under Xiahou Dun.

Even if Xiahou Dun is a relative of Cao Cao, no matter how good his relationship with Cao Cao is, he is only General Fubo, one level behind Zhang Xiu's Po Qiang General, and his title is also much lower. Thinking that Cao Cao underestimated him, rebellion was possible.

But Zhang Xiu agreed, and not only agreed, but also faced Xiahou Dun's almost questioning suspicion, he didn't express his opinion, but chose to avoid suspicion.

Zhang Xiu shook off his subordinates to avoid suspicion. He rushed directly to the side of the burning warship, climbed up to Mengchong through muddy water, tore off a tarpaulin, and continued to extinguish the flames.

But the fire was already burning, and Zhang Xiu couldn't extinguish it at all.He turned his head and saw that Hu Che'er and the others had already caught up, so he searched on the deck, but only found some parts of the crossbow.These parts were still broken, but Zhang Xiu snatched them out, threw them under the boat, and asked Hu Che'er and others to pick them up and put them away.

Knowing that the fire was very serious, Zhang Xiu got off the boat.A lot of his hair was burned in the fire fighting.But Zhang Xiu didn't care about it at all, as soon as he got off the boat, he went straight to the horses on the bank, and said while riding: "Quick, let's look downstream and see if there are any burning boats."

"General, you seem to have been burned." Hu Che'er said with concern.

"No, it's hair!" Zhang Xiu rode his horse downstream without looking back.

Zhang Xiuyou found a few warships with low fire power and found many parts of powerful crossbows.But some of these parts are complete and some are destroyed.Zhang Xiu looked at these parts and was puzzled. The big ones seemed not to be destroyed, but the small ones were basically destroyed.

"Is there any secret here?" Zhang Xiu couldn't help thinking, but he really couldn't figure out what mystery these small parts were hiding.

(End of this chapter)