"Hurry up, we're going to get to the village ahead before the sun goes down. As long as we walk for another three days, we will be able to reach Yecheng, and you can play as much as you want. Now all of you are in good spirits, and you must do this task well. ”

Zhang Laogen stood in front of the carriage and shouted loudly.

Since Yuan Chang asked him to offer salt to Yuan Shao, Zhang Laogen selected a dozen strong men from the village, packed the salt in the salt field into four sacks, and escorted it to Yecheng in a carriage.

"Uncle Laogen, don't worry, we will do everything you want, otherwise when you go home, my father will definitely beat me again." ”

The person who spoke was Luo San, who was lurking beside He Yao at the beginning.

"Hehe, you have no interest in the third son, and you are beaten by your father all day long. ”

The strong man standing next to Luo San patted Luo San on the shoulder and laughed loudly. The other men, hearing his words, also laughed.

Luo Sansheng blushed and retorted: "He Dazhong, how much better are you than me? If Uncle Sangen is here, you won't even dare to let out a fart." ”

"Alright, alright, you two don't quarrel. ”

Zhang Laogen reluctantly persuaded that everyone else present was of the younger generation, and Zhang Laogen was the most senior, and everyone listened to him. However, after this noise, everyone's fatigue from the day's journey seems to have been reduced a lot. Zhang Laogen was about to order everyone to set off, when suddenly his brows furrowed.

"Be careful, everyone, something is wrong. ”

He Dazhong walked up to Zhang Laogen and asked puzzledly, "Uncle Laogen, what's wrong?"

Zhang Laogen frowned, with a solemn expression, seeing that everyone's faces were puzzled, he explained: "We traveled all the way, and there were birds and beasts roaring in the mountains and forests. Now that the sun is about to set, the beasts should be about to appear. However, we have rested here for some time, but there has been no sound of birds and beasts roaring, and the silence is a little too abnormal. ”

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, there was a shrill laugh in the forest. Then, a middle-aged strong man with a beard on his face appeared, and with his appearance, figures appeared in four directions, some younger and some older, with about a hundred people. Each of them had a weapon in his hand, a knife, a gun, a shu, and some with a wooden club.

The middle-aged strong man with a scumbag face seemed to be the leader of this group, looking at Zhang Laogen, showing a mouth full of yellow teeth, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "It seems that you are also an expert in this way, but when you meet my uncle today, you are unlucky." ”

"Uncle Gen, what now?"

Luo San held the long knife tightly in his hand, his eyes were vigilantly watching the robbers around him, but he asked Zhang Laogen anxiously.

Now the other side is almost ten times more numerous, and even if they can deal with two of them, they don't seem to be able to beat each other.

Zhang Laogen arched his hand to the middle-aged man and said politely: "This uncle, seeing that you are also from the Yellow Turban Righteous Warriors, and you are all poor people like us, why bother us? Recently, there has been a good harvest in the field, and I want to send some local products to my relatives in the city, and I hope that the uncle can let us pass here." There is some small money here, which can be regarded as filial piety to the uncle, what do you think?"

Some of these people in front of him still have yellow scarves tied to their foreheads, and they are obviously the remnants of the yellow scarves.

"Whew!"

The middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of phlegm angrily, and said hatefully: "his uncle's Yellow Turban righteous man? Why did Lao Tzu believe Zhang Jiao and their brothers in the first place, what else did the gods descend to? As a result, my brothers and I could only hide everywhere, and we couldn't even eat a full meal. If it weren't for you guys sending some good things to fight for tooth sacrifices from time to time, uncle, I might as well turn myself in, and I can still eat in prison, how can I live this kind of life, uncle used to farm more comfortably than now. ”

At the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising, it was mainly the people, and the slogan was that the Han court was corrupt and incompetent, and the people could not survive, and they wanted to overthrow the Han court and let the people live a good life. However, in the later period, the nature of the Yellow Turbans had changed, and they were more frantically killing the peasants than the government at that time, losing the base of the people's support, and completely becoming a bandit. Therefore, without the support of the people, coupled with the suppression of the imperial court and local tyrants, the defeat of the Yellow Turban was inevitable.

The middle-aged strong man glanced at Zhang Laogen, extremely disdainful of the large handful of copper coins in his hand, pointed to the sack on the carriage, and asked casually: "If you give us half of the things in the carriage, let you leave, how about it!"

How could Zhang Laogen agree to this request? The four bags of salt on the carriage were all exquisite table salt, and it would be strange if these Yellow Turban remnants knew what was inside, and they would let them go safely. Salt is an indispensable thing for the people, and the value of such exquisite salt is several times higher. If they give this salt to the local officials, not only will they be pardoned for their crimes, but they may also be able to become petty officials. What's more, these salts are to be given to Yuan Shao, to complete Yuan Chang's plan to promote salt, for the benefit of the people of the world, Zhang Laogen will not hand it over even if he fights for his life.

"Third son, Dazhong, Erwa, Yuzi, we cover you, you must send this thing to Yecheng and hand it over to Lord Thorn Shi. According to what I taught you, you will tell Lord Thorn Shi without missing a word, if Lord Thorn Shi does not agree, you will not be able to tell the method of making salt in death, do you know?"

Zhang Laogen took out his long knife and explained to Luo San sharply.

"Uncle Gen, we will definitely finish it!"

Luo San or Siren choked back tears and said in a choked voice.

"Okay, I haven't done it for a long time, and today it's enough to kill one, and I'll earn it by killing a pair. Everyone rushed with me and swore to serve the adults to the death. ”

"Swear to die to serve your lord!"

As Zhang Laogen's shout sounded, everyone shouted in unison and fearlessly rushed towards the Yellow Turban Yu Party.

"Damn it, look for death!"

The middle-aged man scolded angrily, waved his big hand, and surrounded the men on four sides to move closer to Zhang Laogen and them, while Luo San and the four people found a direction with fewer people, intending to flee in this direction.

"Ahh

"Rao... Ahh

Suddenly, the more than 100 people in the Yellow Turban remnants screamed one after another. As the screams rang out, these thieves fell down one by one as if they were cutting wheat, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people had lost their lives.

"What's going on?"

The middle-aged man was shocked, thinking that he was surrounded.

However, no one answered the middle-aged man's words, and his subordinates were still falling, and in less than a stick of incense, nearly half of the men and horses had fallen. At this time, the middle-aged man realized that there seemed to be a figure rampaging left and right under his men, and depending on the situation, there didn't seem to be many people.

"Damn, go back and kill them, what are you afraid of!"

The big man scolded angrily, there were only a few of them, and they let him die so many of his subordinates. Under the shouts of the middle-aged man, those yellow turban thieves seemed to react and turned around to kill the five people. However, every time they didn't see each other's faces, they fell to the ground, and they were both killed with one blow.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone fell, leaving only the middle-aged man.

"Brave men spare their lives, spare their lives..."

The five people walked over slowly, and it was the five people from Ye Gucheng. They didn't even look at the middle-aged man, and just when the middle-aged man thought that he had escaped with his life, Yu Guang saw a flash of cold light, and then he was no longer conscious.

"Heroes, thank you for saving your life!"

Zhang Laogen was also stunned by the sudden situation, and even forgot to take the opportunity to attack the middle-aged man and his group. However, Zhang Laogen was still shocked by the strong strength of these five people, and with the help of five people, he killed all the more than 100 yellow turban thieves.

Ye Gucheng put away his sword and did not speak. Lu Xiaofeng, as the spokesperson of the five, stood up and said, "Zhang Laogen, it was the lord who ordered us to secretly protect you to go to Yecheng. So you can rest assured that if you have any troubles, we will solve them for you, you just need to concentrate on completing the task of the main bus agent!"

Zhang Laogen suddenly realized that the five people were Yuan Chang's subordinates. He knew that Yuan Chang was not simple, and there were such powerful characters under him.

In fact, the five people of Ye Gucheng killed these Yellow Turban thieves so easily, mainly because they were originally farmers, and they had not been trained, and their companions were suddenly killed, and they did not react. If it is replaced by a trained soldier, even if the five people of Ye Gucheng are strong, not to mention whether they can kill everyone, even if they are injured, it is possible.

"You keep going, we will protect in the dark, and when you get to Yecheng, we will go about our own business. ”

Ye Gucheng's five people went to Chang'an this time, preparing to rescue Cai Yong, and protect Zhang Laogen and them to Yecheng by the way.

Zhang Laogen is not hypocritical, since he knows that it is Yuan Chang's arrangement, then he is more at ease. Three days later, Zhang Laogen successfully arrived in Yecheng, while Ye Gucheng and the five continued on the road to Chang'an.