In the early years of Jian'an, Chancellor Cao received an imperial decree to put down the rebel Yuan Shu. With the army short on provisions, he executed the chief quartermaster in front of the troops to steady morale, then decisively crushed the enemy in battle. What a brilliant stratagem!
There was just one little problem: it would have been great if the unlucky quartermaster about to lose his head hadn't been me!
Banners fluttered as the great army gathered. Watching the bare-chested executioner, all bulging muscles, swing his massive blade behind his head, Wang Hou ruefully raised his middle finger to the heavens.
