Chapter 398: Tao Qian appeared
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The pale moonlight, the cold earth, and countless corpses lying quietly on the ground, their eyes wide open, as if indicting this merciless world. These corpses were nearly a thousand of Cao Song's guards, and because of Zhang Min's sudden attack, they were killed without much resistance. As for Zhang Min's subordinates, more than a dozen people died unexpectedly, and not many were injured.
When Zhang Min's team left for nearly an hour, a figure slowly stood up from the pile of corpses. By the moonlight, you can see the face of this figure, which is eight points similar to Cao De. That's right, this person is Cao Zhi and Cao Anmin who pretended to be dead.
Cao Anmin looked at the corpses all over the ground, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Subsequently, Cao Anmin searched frantically everywhere, and when he saw Cao De, Cao Song, Zou and Zhao Ji near the thatched house, Cao Anmin suddenly knelt on the ground and wailed!
"Father, grandfather, you died so miserably..."
Cao Anmin looked at the corpse of his relatives and cried loudly, and after a long time, Cao Anmin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and his face was full of hideous colors.
"Tao Qian old thief, if you kill my relatives, I will let you die a bad death!"
With endless hatred, Cao Anmin embarked on the road to Yanzhou.
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On the other side, Zhang Min led more than 3,000 soldiers who followed him, pulling Cao Song's household assets loaded in more than a dozen carriages. Slowly walked in the direction of Youzhou.
Jizhou Yuan Shao and Youzhou Gongsun Zan are both good places to go, but Yuan Shao has a close relationship with Cao Cao, if he goes to Yuan Shao. Maybe Yuan Shao will give him to Cao Cao. Therefore, after making a trade-off, Zhang Min finally decided to take refuge in Gongsun Zhan.
"Brothers, after taking refuge in Gongsun Zhan, as long as you have enough merit, it will be easy to become a county commander and a taishou. I will not do any harm to all my brothers who follow me. Make sure that you brothers can eat and drink spicy food, do you say it's good?"
"What the Lord said is that I will follow the Lord to the death!"
"Eat fragrant and drink spicy food and marry a mother-in-law!"
listened to Zhang Min's encouraging words. More than 3,000 soldiers shouted excitedly. Some people are even fantasizing about marrying a few girls to warm the quilt and be a groom every night after becoming an official!
Just as Zhang Min watched his subordinates discussing with satisfaction, suddenly. Zhang Min stopped the horse. He looked around solemnly, and then waved his hand to stop the advance of the army.
"Everyone, stop, on alert!"
Zhang Min's sudden order stunned the more than 3,000 soldiers, but then they all drew their weapons, raised their shields, and swept around with vigilant eyes. However, the surroundings remained calm. There is nothing unusual at all. The soldiers all looked at Zhang Min with puzzled expressions, not knowing what was going on!
Zhang Min ignored the soldiers' gaze. Instead, he looked forward with a solemn face, and after a while, Zhang Min shouted loudly: "I don't know which way of my friend, since I came, why don't you show up and see it?"
Although Zhang Min is not a top general, he is even a first-class general. However, when he participated in the Yellow Turban Army in the past, he was also a small ditch marshal, and he also had the strength of a third-rate general, and Zhang Min could still feel that the surrounding environment was wrong. Zhang Min's intuition told him that there seemed to be an astonishing murderous aura in the air.
However, after Zhang Min shouted, the surroundings were still calm, and there was still no abnormality. The soldiers were all wondering if Zhang Min was thinking too much? Some soldiers holding shields quietly put down their shields, after all, the shields were dozens or hundreds of pounds, and they would get tired if they kept holding them.
However, just as the soldiers let their guard down, a mutation occurred.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air sounded, and the unsuspecting Zhang Min soldiers suddenly fell in large pieces.
"Ahh
"What's going on?"
"Enemy attack, shield soldier on top!"
After seven or eight hundred soldiers fell, many chiefs and uncles also reacted, and hurriedly shouted loudly with shields and shields to defend themselves. However, there were also some soldiers who reacted slowly, and before they could take precautions, they were shot by the enemy's second round of bows and arrows, and in the blink of an eye, more than a thousand people fell under Zhang Min's command. As for Zhang Min, because he was quite vigilant from the beginning, there was no problem.
"Who is it? Who is it? Get out of Lao Tzu?"
Zhang Min's eyes were red and he roared forward, just now he was still fantasizing that he would be promoted to an official and make a fortune after waiting for Gongsun Zhan, but after just a while, he was ambushed by an unknown enemy. Judging by the number of arrows just now, the other party has at least 2,000 archers, so the other side also has nearly 20,000 men and horses. With so many troops and archers, it will definitely not be a bandit and a grass bandit, it will definitely be a regular army.
Could it be Cao Cao's people?
Just thinking about it, Zhang Min denied this idea.
First of all, Cao Cao did not necessarily think that Tao Qian would be unfavorable to Cao Song. Secondly, Zhang Min took a remote road, and even if Cao Cao sent someone to meet Cao Song, he would not necessarily encounter Zhang Min's men. The other party was able to set up an ambush, obviously being able to clearly know Zhang Min's movements. Thinking of this, Zhang Min suddenly understood who the people who were ambushing him were.
"Tao Qian old thief, you come out for me, I know it's you!"
Zhang Min's eyes were red, and he yelled angrily forward.
"Duwei Zhang, what should you be guilty of calling this assassin so rude?"
As Zhang Min's voice fell, an old but slightly energetic voice sounded. The owner of this voice, Zhang Min, is extremely familiar, who else could it be if it wasn't Tao Qian! Sure enough, surrounded by a group of soldiers, Tao Qian rode out on horseback, and a general who followed Tao Qian was Cao Bao.
"Zhang Min, you intend to rebel, and you call Lord Assassin Shi so rudely, you should be punished for your crimes!" Cao Bao followed behind Tao Qian, raised the spear in his hand, and rebuked angrily.
"Ridiculous. Who told you that Captain Pontus had rebelled? Cao Bao, you don't want to frame him. Now it is you who are attacking me for no reason. What's the point?"
Although Zhang Min was going to take refuge in Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian didn't know that if he didn't admit it, what else could Tao Qian do? However, when the next group of people appeared, Zhang Min immediately knew why Tao Qian was so sure that he had rebelled. And it can make an ambush so accurately.
"Humph!"
Cao Bao snorted coldly, waved his hand, and then walked out of the darkness. But it was one of the 1,000 men and horses led by Zhang Min before.
"Zhang Min, have you seen it, more than 1,000 people can prove that you have betrayed Lord Assassin Shi, don't you still want to deny it? Fortunately, Master Assassin Shi has long expected that you Zhang Min has bad intentions. Arrange for someone to watch over you. The evidence is now conclusive. If you are interested, you will be arrested immediately, and Lord Assassin Shi will be lenient. Otherwise, you will die without a place to bury!"
When he saw these 1,000 people, Zhang Min immediately understood that his intention to rebel could no longer be concealed.
It was only at this time that Zhang Min suddenly remembered when he had encouraged everyone to follow him to join other forces. It seems that there are many people who have not expressed their attitude. Obviously, these people are the more than 1,000 soldiers in front of them. Although more than 1,000 people followed him to Tao Qian when he was a Yellow Turban thief. However, people go to high places and water flows to low places, and under the lure of Tao Qian, more than 1,000 people were still bought by Tao Qian, and became Tao Qian's eyeliner next to Zhang Min. Obviously, Tao Qian was uneasy and kind to Zhang Min from the beginning, otherwise, he would not have done such a thing.
"Haha, ridiculous, ridiculous!"
Zhang Min knew that his intention to betray could no longer be concealed, so he didn't bother to defend it, but laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Old thief Tao Qian, if you don't want to be against me, where will I rebel? Speaking of which, you caused all this. ”
"Zhang Min, if you sincerely serve the history of the assassin, how can the history of the assassin defend you? Why does the history of the assassin not guard against others, but he wants to guard against you, it is because you have two hearts. Besides, if you don't rebel, you won't do it. If you want to blame yourself, you can only blame yourself, with bad intentions!"
Tao Qian looked at Zhang Min and said with a flat expression.
"Joke!"
Zhang Min looked disdainful, and mocked: "Tao Qian, old thief, you have deceived the people of the world, but you can't deceive me." If you hadn't thought about it against me, how could you let me do this? Cao Song is Cao Cao's father, if I kill Cao Song, how will Cao Cao let me go? When Cao Cao asks for guilt, you will definitely hand me over to Cao Cao, Tao Qian, old thief, you are not because I don't know who you are!"
Tao Qian was so ridiculed by Zhang Min, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Zhang Min, as a subordinate of this assassin history, this assassin history will naturally keep you safe, and this assassin history will not hand you over to Cao Cao to take the blame." ”
"Old thief, don't be hypocritical, others don't know you, but I know you! It's useless to talk too much now, since we want to fight, you and I will fight! Brothers, Tao Qian's old thief wants to be wiped out, and now it is the time of life and death, everyone should not leave their hands and kill a bloody road, this revenge, we will revenge it sooner or later!"
"Kill!"
"Kill Tao Qian's old thief!"
As Zhang Min's words fell, nearly a thousand people shouted behind Zhang Min. In the previous attack, more than 1,000 people had died under Zhang Min's command, and now there are more than 2,000 left. Only more than 1,000 people reacted and shouted with Zhang Min, so what about the remaining 1,000 people?
But Zhang Min also felt that not everyone was ready to fight him, and when he looked back, he saw that more than a thousand people were hesitating with expressions, and they didn't seem to have any intention of making a move.
It's no wonder that more than 1,000 people have such a reaction, before, Tao Qian was still their top boss, but in the blink of an eye, he became an enemy. Moreover, looking at the current situation, Tao Qian is looking for trouble with Zhang Min, which has little to do with them, so they naturally have no need to follow Zhang Min to die. Besides, these more than 1,000 people are not Zhang Min's henchmen, and when Zhang Min was agitated before, they did not firmly follow Zhang Min, but were moved by Zhang Min's bright future. Now at this critical juncture, they naturally have to reconsider, if their lives are gone, what is there to talk about the future. Therefore, the most important thing is to save your life now.
Seeing the reaction of more than 1,000 people, Zhang Min almost vomited blood out of breath and dropped the chain at this critical moment. Isn't this the rhythm of Lao Tzu? Without the desperate efforts of more than 1,000 people, how could he, Zhang Min, escape?
Is Zhang Min going to escape? That's right, this is exactly Zhang Min's real intention.
From the very beginning, when Tao Qian's men and horses were roughly calculated. Zhang Min had the idea of escaping. With his more than 2,000 troops, it would be a fool's dream to confront Tao Qian's more than 20,000 troops. Moreover, Tao Qian still came prepared, and it was even more difficult to overcome. Therefore, Zhang Min's heart has always wanted to escape. Of the remaining more than 2,000 troops, more than 1,000 were Zhang Min's loyal followers. Zhang Min naturally wanted to keep them, these forces were the foundation of Zhang Min's foothold, and Zhang Min definitely couldn't let them lose too much. And as for the remaining more than a thousand troops. is not Zhang Min's loyal follower, Zhang Min doesn't care very much. It's just that now if you want to escape Tao Qian's encirclement, these forces still have a role. That is to be cannon fodder. Help Zhang Min escape.
Just now, Zhang Min had already signaled several of his confidants with his eyes and passed on his thoughts. These henchmen and cronies have their own henchmen, and they are slowly passed on, and they have almost notified nearly a thousand soldiers who have faithfully followed Zhang Min. Even if there are some left who can't receive the information, Zhang Min can't take care of it.
Then, Zhang Min deliberately showed an angry posture of wanting to fight Tao Qian. First, it was to mislead Tao Qian and prevent Tao Qian from knowing that his true thoughts were to prepare to escape; It is to mobilize the blood of the soldiers, so as to fight Tao Qian with all their might, and create an opportunity for Zhang Min to escape. Of course, in Zhang Min's heart, the most important thing is his own life. As a last resort, he could only abandon the more than a thousand loyal followers, as long as he had a chance to escape. As for the centaurs, as long as their lives are still there, they can still have them sooner or later.
However, what Zhang Min didn't expect was that the more than 1,000 soldiers who were originally going to be cannon fodder did not react at this moment. Obviously, they were ready to return to Tao Qian's arms.
Over there, Tao Qian and Cao Bao also saw the situation on Zhang Min's side, and the two glanced at each other, and they had a plan in their hearts.
I saw Cao Bao move forward and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the captain of this school knows that you are innocent. The culprit of this mutiny is Zhang Min, as well as his comrades, you have just been deceived. So, Lord Thorn has decided to forgive you for your mistakes. As long as you are willing to lay down your weapons and walk to the team of Lord Assassin Shi, you are still a soldier in Xuzhou. Even if you don't want to be a soldier anymore, you can become an ordinary citizen in Xuzhou, and Lord Assassin Shi will definitely not punish you. Think about your parents, wives and children in Xuzhou, are you willing to go all the way to the dark with Zhang Min? It's still too late to wake up, if you wait for the battle to end, there will be no chance!"
The flatbread painted by Zhang Min is very desirable, but the premise is that there is a fate. Moreover, many people were ready to follow Zhang Min because of a momentary impulse. Now after listening to Cao Bao's words, thinking about his parents, wife and children at home, he suddenly calmed down, and began to think about their way again.
"Bang dang!"
Soon, a soldier made a decision, put down his weapon abruptly, and walked in the direction of Tao Qian's team.
"Ahh
However, before the soldier could go far, one of Zhang Min's confidants rushed up and killed the soldier with a single sword.
"Anyone who wants to betray is in such a fate, you all think through before making a decision. ”
After killing the soldier who had laid down his arms, the confidant of Zhang Min swept his cold gaze over the other hesitant people and said in a cold tone.
However, I don't know if his actions were counterproductive. After he killed the soldier and uttered the threatening words, the soldiers, who had been hesitant, suddenly made a decision. I saw nearly a thousand soldiers throw down their weapons and shields and swarm towards Tao Qian's team. As for the threat of Zhang Min's confidants, they have long been left behind.
And Zhang Min's confidants and cronies were also dumbfounded at the moment when they saw such a situation. Originally, he accepted Zhang Min's signal and wanted to kill one person, so as to achieve the effect of deterrence. However, who knows that this approach not only does not have a deterrent effect, but has a counterproductive effect. Those soldiers who were still hesitant at first, when they saw their henchmen and cronies doing this, they suddenly stopped hesitating in their hearts and resolutely returned to Tao Qian's arms.
Zhang Min's whole face darkened when he saw the actions of the nearly 1,000 soldiers. However, at this moment, so many people betrayed him and turned to Tao Qian, but he could no longer let his cronies kill chickens and make an example, if he stimulated the remaining more than 1,000 loyal followers. It is estimated that he will be left alone by then.
Now that the soldiers who were originally going to be cannon fodder have taken refuge in Tao Qian, then Zhang Min has to escape. It seems that the only way to sacrifice the remaining more than a thousand loyal followers is to be sacrificed.
"Zhang Min, you are perverse, everyone can't stand it, and take the initiative to take refuge in Lord Assassin Shi. You still haven't woken up, as long as you are willing to lay down your arms and surrender, Lord Thorn Shi will naturally be lenient with you, but don't be obsessed and unrepentant. ”
"Humph!"
Faced with Cao Bao's persuasion. Zhang Min just snorted coldly: "Cao Bao, don't talk nonsense." What kind of person Tao Qian is, I know better than you. I advise you to wake up sooner. Maybe one day my today will be your tomorrow. ”
"Zhang Min, it's useless for you to sow discord! Since you are obsessed, I will behead you for Lord Thorn Shi. Kill!"
Cao Bao shouted, slapped his horse and raised his gun.
"How daring. Since you don't know how to wake up. Don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhang Min roared angrily, slapped his horse and raised his knife to meet him. Zhang Min and Cao Bao also have a fight on weekdays, and their strength is also between them. However, what Cao Bao didn't know was that Zhang Min had always had hidden strength, one reason was that he didn't want Tao Qian to know how powerful he was, and the other reason was that he wanted to curry favor with Cao Bao, the general who controlled Xuzhou's military power, so Zhang Min was confident that his strength was stronger than Cao Bao.
"Kill!"
"Rush!"
When Zhang Min and Cao Bao rushed out. The soldiers they were leading also rushed out with shouts. And the more than 1,000 soldiers who were originally Zhang Min were standing aside at this time. And didn't do it. Anyway, Tao Qian allowed them to become ordinary people, and since they were no longer soldiers, they naturally didn't bother to do it.
"Kow, knot, knot!"
"Qiang, Qiang, Qiang!"
The soldiers on one side are fighting, and Zhang Min and Cao Bao on this side are also fighting fiercely, the two of them are stabbing and shooting, and the moves are fatal, as long as one is not careful, it is to drink and hate on the spot. Judging from the battle between the two, it seems that the strength is really between the two of them! In this case, why does Zhang Min still confidently think that his strength is stronger than Cao Bao?
In fact, this is because Zhang Min did not use all his strength.
Zhang Min was thinking in his heart that now he had no troops to use as cannon fodder for him, so Zhang Min was ready to sacrifice the more than 1,000 loyal followers. However, now that Tao Qian's men and horses are surrounded by all sides, it is a little difficult for Zhang Min to escape. Only Cao Bao alone has enough strength to drag him down, so Zhang Min thought in his heart that he wanted to get rid of Cao Bao's trouble, so that he would not hinder his next escape. However, if you really want to work hard, Cao Bao can still do it. For this reason, Zhang Min used the strength he usually used to compete with Cao Bao, so that Cao Bao thought that Zhang Min's strength was comparable to him. Zhang Min, on the other hand, is looking for an opportunity, once he has the opportunity to escape, he will solve Cao Bao with one blow, and then escape.
"Rush!"
"Kill!"
The battle between Zhang Min and Cao Bao over there was fierce, and the soldiers on the other side were also fighting extremely fiercely. Every soldier is attacking with all his might, and in such a chaotic situation at this moment, only by saving his own life can he have a chance of survival. Especially Zhang Min's subordinates, they are all Zhang Min's loyal followers, and of course they will fight hard. On the other hand, Tao Qian's men and horses are not so bloody, they think that their number is ten times that of Zhang Min, and it is easy to defeat Zhang Min's men and horses, everyone has such an idea, naturally they will not fight with all their strength.
Zhang Min's side had nearly 1,000 people, but they all fought with all their might, and Tao Qian's side was able to enter the battlefield with only seven or eight thousand people, less than 10,000, and these guys were unwilling to fight hard. Therefore, this battle lasted for nearly half an hour. And in this half an hour, Zhang Min and Tao Qian's subordinates were each damaged.
"Zhang Min, you still lay down your weapons and surrender, Lord Thorn Shi will definitely forgive you for your mistakes. ”
"Haha, if you want someone to surrender, you also have to see if you have such strength. If you don't have the strength, don't be embarrassed anymore and hurry home to hug your daughter-in-law!"
Cao Bao wanted to attack Zhang Min with his heart, but Zhang Min was unmoved, but encouraged Cao Bao's men and horses, wanting to rebel against Cao Bao's subordinates, and then with the help of the strength of these soldiers, he fought his way out and successfully escaped from Tao Qian's encirclement.
"Die!"
Zhang Min shouted angrily, as if Cao Bao was his enemy who killed his father and wife. Although Zhang Min was fighting Cao Bao, he still took his eyes into the situation around him.
"Good chance!"
Suddenly, Zhang Min saw that the soldiers under Tao Qian's command had begun to relax and be defenseless because it had been too long. Zhang Min thought about it in his heart, and decided to prepare to break through.
"I'll cut it!"
With a decision in his heart, Zhang Min didn't plan to waste time with Cao Bao, he shouted angrily, and the big knife attacked Cao Bao with all his strength with endless discussion.
"Bang!"
Cao Bao was defenseless, but he was shocked away by Zhang Min's blow. Zhang Min had a cruel smile on his face, and fiercely slashed at Cao Bao.
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