Although Cao Zhi and others were brave, they also made several beautiful counterattacks. After all, the number of people varies too much. The old guards were not as physically exhausted as ten years ago, and they soon showed signs of fatigue.

Cao Zhi timely shrank his defense line, gave up almost all his supplies, and made every effort to protect the lives of the personnel.

Although he was mentally prepared in advance, when he watched the arrows flying in the air, life and death were right in front of his eyes, and screams were right in his ears, Cao Miao was still a little nervous. As for those who were not mentally prepared and thought they would die tonight, they were even more confused, and many women even cried out. Even Mrs. Xie, who had always been steady, was no exception, with a desperate expression, sitting quietly aside, waiting for the arrival of fate.

The thieves who had the upper hand were even more arrogant. Some were still besieging Cao Zhi and others, trying to break the last line of defense and kill them all. Some of them had already rushed to plunder the spoils and get some affordable ones first. Although the thief leader cursed and kept talking nonsense, and even drew his sword to slash the two of them, he still could not restrain the team and worked together to attack.

The legendary five hundred gold is so tempting, no one wants to be taken first by others.

For most people, the main purpose of this trip is to seek wealth, and killing is second-hand, and some people even don’t want to kill people at all. Anyone who has a little brain knows that killing Cao Zhi’s family will not be of any benefit to them, but may cause death.

If they could grab the five hundred gold, they would be satisfied.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Zhi found the mastermind from the chaotic crowd: a middle-aged man who had been hiding in the darkness was protected by several strong men. He was originally far away and did not attract attention. Until the thieves were distracted and attacked Cao Zhi and others for a long time, he could not help but rushed to the thief leader and urged them to attack with all their might, and was discovered by Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi immediately issued an order to capture this person alive.

Three arrows tied with fire-induced objects were ignited and shot straight into the air, clearly visible in the chaotic rain of arrows.

Soon, Cao Miao saw a thrilling scene.

More than a dozen horses ran out from the reed marsh in the distance, quickly slashed the thieves, and cut the thieves' originally not-so-stricken team into two sections. The knights on the horses stood up with spears and waved their swords, stabbed one thieves after another, chopped down, or directly knocked them away with war horses.

Seeing that the other party was ambushed and there were cavalrymen, the thieves panicked and many people began to run away.

Cao Zhi seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack. He grabbed the prepared war horse, jumped onto the horse, and took Lao Bai and another old guard to attack the mastermind. The thieves panicked and ran away when they saw the war horse, but no one dared to stop him. The mastermind found that the situation was not good, so he turned around and wanted to escape, but it was too late. Cao Zhi's three cavalry rushed to him, and gently knocked him to the ground.

The ambushed cavalry came and met with Cao Zhi, surrounding several men who were fighting stubbornly. Someone dismounted and swung the knife ring without saying a word, smashed the mastermind unconscious, took it back to the formation, and threw it in front of Cao Miao.

Cao Miao was prepared for a long time, so he asked Ah Hu to tie up the man, block his mouth, and then searched himself.

This is a middle-aged man, about forty years old, with a white skin, three strands of beard neatly maintained, and a little bookish. The blue-black cloth on his body is not very suitable, so it should not be his own clothes, but the clothes inside are very suitable and have good texture, so it should be his own. Especially the leather shoes with certain waterproof functions on his feet are definitely not worn by thieves. Thieves prefer to barefoot.

The hands are very clean, the five fingers are long, there is no dirt in the nails, and there are calluses on several parts of the fingertips. There are many opportunities to write with a pen. The muscles on the arm are very strong and calluses on the tiger's mouth are probably martial arts. There is no fat on the body, the muscle groups are very well-proportioned, and they usually have a lot of physical activities. They are not pure civilians.

Apart from his clothes and leather shoes on his feet, he didn't have much stuff on his body. He should have been prepared for anything that might reveal his identity.

After Cao Miao finished searching, he nodded. Ah Hu bent over and shook his hand and slapped two loud slaps in the face.

"Pa!" The slap was crisp, and the middle-aged man opened his eyes, looked at Cao Miao in front of him, and then looked at the thieves who were chased by the cavalry, with a look of horror in his eyes. He looked at Cao Miao, then looked at the things found from him, and whined twice, but they were blocked tightly, and he didn't know what he said.

Cao Miao looked him up and down, and a innocent smile appeared on his face.

"It's very cautious and hardly any useful clues are found. I think, even if I beg you, you won't tell you who it is, right?"

The middle-aged man stared at Cao Miao hatefully, snorted, his eyes calmed down, and showed a bit of determination.

Cao Miao beat him loudly. Ah Hu stepped forward and stepped on the middle-aged man, took off his leather shoes, pulled off his feet, pressed his calves, and fixed his feet in front of Cao Miao. Cao Miao pressed his ankle with one hand and stretched out the other hand, and Qingtao handed over a short knife. Cao Miao held the short knife inverted and smashed it hard on the middle-aged man's toes with a knife ring.

"Bang!" With a crisp sound, the toes were broken by the knife ring and raised up.

"Ao--" The middle-aged man's eyes widened in pain and struggled desperately. However, Ah Hu was pressed and unable to move.

Cao Miao didn't look at him and said to himself: "I understand that your life and life are in the hands of others and you can't make the decision. Even if I let you go, you will never be able to escape death when you go back. It's better to stand it to the end. Maybe you can still keep your family intact and keep a name for loyalty." As he said that, he broke another toe of the middle-aged man.

"The beauty of a gentleman is a man. I deeply admire you if you want to be a loyal minister and I will fulfill you." Cao Miao raised his short knife and then slapped the middle-aged man's third toe with great accuracy.

Three toes were smashed one after another. The middle-aged man burst into tears in pain, his whole body twitched, and his mouth was sobbing that he was like cursing or begging. Cao Miao looked at him in confusion, and his subordinates did not slow at all. He broke his fourth toe, leaving only his big toe intact.

"What did you say?" Cao Miao raised his short knife and looked at the middle-aged man blankly. "Call me? It doesn't matter, curse me. Anyway, I'm just a madman, and I'm not afraid of being scolded." After that, he smashed his big toe and then let go of his hand pressing on his ankle.

"Woo——" the middle-aged man screamed in pain. He subconsciously retracted his feet, tears falling like rain.

"Take his shoe off." Cao Miao said, pulling out the cloth from the middle-aged man's mouth. "Swear, scold, scold, scold, hurry up."

"You...you are just a lunatic." The middle-aged man cursed.

Cao Miao nodded indifferently. "I know." He reached out to grab the middle-aged man's other foot. The middle-aged man was so scared that he was no longer looking at cursing. While trying hard to retract his feet, he kept saying, "I said, I said, I said everything."

Cao Miao held up the short sword, with a little disappointed between his eyebrows. "Are you sure?"

The middle-aged man was afraid that he would not believe it, so he nodded vigorously and even threw out his snot. "I said, I said everything."
Chapter completed!