Sima Rui and his team fought very smoothly and beautifully. This battle not only completely defeated Sima Deren, but also seized a large amount of military supplies, which was a great harvest. When Sima Deren saw that the situation was hopeless, he had to shrink his army and form a large camp of the original three camps on the left, center and right. The troops retreated a hundred miles away. This Xiangyang City is about to guard the throat of this area. The city is high and the water is deep, and the terrain is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. He stationed here on the one hand, he ordered local officials to raise food, and on the other hand, he waited for reinforcements to fight again.

Xie An and his team were very victorious and were busy repelling Sima Deren's attack, and they made their majesty. From then on, they were shocked. Sima Rui returned to the military camp and ordered the military and civilians to celebrate for two days, and the banquet was held in the city. At the beginning of the banquet, he called Brother Wang Daolin and Wang Qiang to the front, and then he asked loudly: "The five hundred heroes who fought with Wang Daolin that night stood up." After hearing this, these people stood up immediately. Sima Rui looked at only more than ten people, so he shouted loudly: "Please stand up that night, the five hundred heroes who fought with Wang Daolin that night." After waiting for a long time, no one stood up. It seemed that these people were the only people. Sima Rui counted carefully, and there were only twenty-three people. He burst into tears and said in a choked voice: "Thank you everyone, Sima Rui thank you everyone." After that, he bowed deeply to the few people.

When these people saw it, they immediately said loudly, "Swear to be loyal to the prince." Sima Rui was overjoyed and immediately ordered the wine to serve. He poured a large bowl of wine for everyone. The people were moved to tears. This scene surprised Xie An and others. After all these people had finished drinking, he announced that they would specially grant these people the title of "Twenty-Three Warriors". Wang Daolin, who led the troops this time, was named Marshal, Wang Daohe Wangqiang, the general, and Liu Yuying was also named General. After hearing this title, Wang Daolin refused to accept it. He said:

"Thank you for your kindness to me. I personally think that this marshal is not competent, so I hope the prince will choose another wise man." Xie An also said: "You must be the marshal. Do you think that who in the army can lead 500 people to fight tens of thousands of enemies and beat them to the point of falling? Only you, Wang Daolin. Therefore, only you can have this honor." Everyone immediately shouted loudly when they heard this: "Congratulations to Marshal." Wang Daolin immediately bowed and thanked him. Then he rewarded the meritorious benevolence. The army suspended its troops for three days before advancing to Xiangyang City.

Xie An and his friends took advantage of the victory to pursue the surrounding prefectures and counties. They soon arrived at a place called Shangcheng, which was only forty miles away from Xiangyang City. According to Sima Rui's wishes, they captured Xiangyang City and were completely defeated. However, Xie An disagreed. He said: "Although we have won the battle, Sima Deren lost only nearly 40,000 people, and he still has tens of thousands of people in his hands. Moreover, his number of generals has not appeared yet, especially the two men, Liutong and Wang Laowu, which are even more difficult to deal with. Who is sad to guarantee that they have no terrifying means? If they are forced to force them, it will be difficult to deal with if they are anxious." Sima Rui felt it made sense when he heard this, so he had to stay here for a while, waiting for news from Hu Da and Xiaolin.

So what happened to Hu Da and Xiaolin? It turned out that they were in trouble. After burning Sima Deren's granary, Xiaolin and Hu Da bid farewell to Wang Dalin and others, and then set out on the road to Xuchang. It was a thousand miles away from here to Xuchang. They ate hungry and thirsty and ate nights. The two of them walked for more than a month and finally came to Xuchang. Xuchang was the capital of Wei after all, and Cao Cao and his descendants had been operating here for decades. The neat buildings here are beyond comparison to other cities. In addition, the towering palace buildings opened their eyes. Not to mention Xiaolin, even Hu Da was amazed. Then they inquired about Zhao Guokai

Someone told them that Zhao Guokai's home is behind Xuchang's government office, and its size is not much lower than that of the government office. Both of them were surprised. Xiaolin hurriedly asked, "Why can Zhao Guokai's home be compared with the government office?" The man laughed and said, "Did you come from afar?" Xiaolin hurriedly said, "Yes," and the man said, "Isn't this apart? Zhao Guokai's father Zhao Lei was originally the prefect of Xuchang. Their hometown is Chengdu. Although his father was an official in Xuchang, his reputation was particularly good and he was a fair official. However, they have been officials for generations. Later, his father built a house behind the government office. Do you think his house can be inferior?"

Xiaolin was speechless when she asked a question. At the same time, Xiaolin suddenly felt that their arrival would be difficult. It would be better if ordinary people were talking about it, but his father turned out to be the destiny of the court. If such a person left here with him and embarked on the road to confront the court? Isn't this a daydream? Hu Da also felt that things were difficult, but the matter was done by man. Only by taking Zhao Guokai's family away can he completely cut off his contact with the court and protect his family. Xiaolin said goodbye to this person and went to the back of the government office.

When they came to the street behind the government office, they saw that the street was very flat and wide. From a distance, they saw a square mansion standing there. There were two families holding sticks outside the gate. Hu Da and Xiaolin looked at it and did not walk directly. They just stopped in the distance for a while, and then left quietly. The two lived in a small shop. The two sighed and felt that it would be difficult to pick up Zhao Guokai's family. Xiaolin asked Hu Da: "If you have such a mansion, would you be willing to live a displaced life with others?" Hu Da thought for a while and said, "Unless he is a fool." Xiaolin nodded, but what should we do?

Just when the two were worried, they heard the sound of horse teams outside, and the sound was getting louder and louder, from far to near. Kobayashi felt very strange. It was too late now. What are so many horse teams doing? He wanted to see what happened, so he quietly opened the window. It was completely dark at this time. Kobayashi saw that there was no one in the yard, so he lit up the ground with his feet, like a clever cat, jumped into the yard from the window, and then lit up the roof with his feet.

He lay on the back slope and watched, and saw a pair of more than 100 horse teams on the street walking forward. The soldiers on the horse were brightly armored and brightly lit up the cold light against the moonlight. At this time, Hu Da also came to the room. He looked and said, "It seems that he was going to Zhao Guokai and his family. Could it be that something really happened to their family?" His words reminded Xiaolin. Xiaolin said in a low voice: "Follow the way." The two of them ran forward quickly.

After running for a long time, there was a wide avenue in front of him. After passing this avenue, he arrived at Zhao Guokai's home. He saw these soldiers scattering here and surrounded Zhao Guokai's family. Two officials walked up the steps and came to the gate of Zhao's family, and slapped the door knocker with their hands. As soon as they slapped three or four times, the door was opened. Immediately, a dozen soldiers came over, and they pressed the person who opened the door to the ground. The man shouted loudly:

What are you doing?" One of them aimed at this person with two punches. The man who hit the man bent over and begged for mercy and said, "Sir, please spare your life, sir, please spare your life." Then the man who heard it said, "Boy, what do I ask you, just tell the truth. Otherwise, if you dare to deceive me, I will twist your head and feed the dog. Did you hear it?" The man was so scared that he nodded repeatedly, and then stammered and said, "I heard it."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!