Wen Tianxiang, one of the "Three Heroes of the Late Song Dynasty", once described in a poem the scene when Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, fought against Xuzhou and forced Liu Bang to retreat to Xingyang.

The poem says: The thatched hut is desolate and the old solid tomb, and the Han Wangcheng is against the Chu Wangcheng. Xuzhou fireworks are abundant, and the world still comes to fight for the corners of the house.

The white horse passes through the gap, and the sun and the moon are like a shuttle. More than 400 years have long since disappeared in the long river of history, and the arrow marks and sword lights left behind have even been integrated with the city wall, becoming a mottled shadow on the city wall.

However, the sound of the battle horn has not completely disappeared, and the fireworks in Xuzhou are still shallow at the foot of the city wall. Zhang Yan, the commander of the Montenegrin Army, just waved a knife lightly on the neck of Cao Hong, the prime minister of Pengcheng, and the fireworks erupted again, rising into the sky.

"Lord, just such a stupid thing made Liu Xuande almost come up with nothing, it's just a big joke in the world, this Liu Xuande is just afraid that he will also lose his reputation!" Kicking Cao Hong's head, Zhang Yan smiled contemptuously and asked the Taoist priest in front of him.

It turned out that the man dressed as a Taoist priest in front of him was His Majesty Yuan Shu Yuan Road, who was still high up a few days ago!

Yuan Shu shook his head, patted Zhang Yan on the shoulders and said, "In the past, I heard that Cao Mengde had a heroic theory, and Yuan thought it was true. He said: The dragon can be big and small, and it can rise and hide; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves.

Swallows, Fang is deep this autumn, the war situation in the world is disturbed, and the dragon is also changing according to the world, and the Jews have the will to cross the seas. Wang Deyu, Cao Mengde, Sun Wentai and my brother are like the dragon that has taken off, and in just a few months, Yang Weihai has become famous all over the world, and for a time there is no light.

But as Cao Mengde said: dragons can be big and small, and they can rise and hide. If Wang Deyu, Cao Mengde and others have begun to soar in the universe, then Liu Bei must be the hidden dragon lurking in the waves. Swallow, have you ever heard that a dog that barks doesn't bite, and a dog that bites doesn't bark?

Although he put this Cao Hong in the position of Peng Chengguo's prime minister, it seems that it does not conform to his former style, but he must have his own reason. This person is accustomed to forbearance, and is good at confusing the people with a benevolent and righteous face, and in a few years, he has gone from a white man to a dignified state pastor, which must not be underestimated! ”

"In this case, his subordinates have a plan to drive this Liu Bei out of Xuzhou, and he is unspeakable, and he can't say anything about his suffering!" Zhang Yan nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his head to look at Yuan Shu, and the essence in his eyes flashed.

"What's the plan?"

"Attack yourself with your own spear

Shield! ”

"Are you sure?"

"It's sure it's feasible, although the lord can rest assured, his subordinates and Ji Dashuai will definitely be able to perform this play well!"

Seeing Zhang Yan's categorical words, Yuan Shu stroked his beard and smiled, his hands shook violently and soared into the air like a great peng spreading its wings, and then disappeared on the roof of the Prime Minister's Mansion in a few leaps.

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In less than three moments, the scholars and ladies who had climbed high outside the city and overlooked the distance, and even planted dogwoods all over the city, were stunned by the scene at the city gate.

I saw that two or three hundred people had gathered at the gate of the city, which had always been clean, among them were scholars, fishermen, farmers, hunters, merchants, and some aunts and young ladies.

"Brother Zhang, what's going on inside? With so many people gathered here, aren't they afraid that Cao will knock on the bones and collect the gathering tax according to the head after a while? A young man who looked like a scholar poked his head out of the carriage, saw from a distance that there happened to be a student he knew in the crowd, and hurriedly asked.

Cao knocking bones is naturally Pengcheng's minister Cao Hong, because after he served in Pengcheng, he cleverly set up a name for the people under his rule to extort tyranny, and every time he made a move, he either picked the skin or knocked the bones and sucked the marrow, and always squeezed the people out of their wealth before they stopped.

The common people are weak and have no backing, and they often dare to be angry and dare not speak, so the people in the city call it "Cao knocking bones", and the so-called gathering tax in the mouth of the scholar is one of the names he established.

Brother Zhang heard the call of his friend, hurriedly turned his head, and saw that it was the young scholar he knew well, and immediately laughed: "Brother Yu, you have miscalculated this time, I am afraid that Cao knocked the bone you said this time I am afraid that I will not be able to collect our gathering tax again!" ”

What do you mean by that? Could it be that Liu Xuzhou has already transferred Cao Knock Gu away? Brother Yu was shocked when he heard this, and then turned around with great joy and took a big sip of wine from the car, "Cao knocked on the bones, and my Pengcheng finally ushered in a sunny day." Happy, just listen to Brother Zhang, your words are worth floating! ”

Brother Zhang held a piece of paper in his hand, pushed aside the crowd and walked in front of Brother Yu: "You drunkard has a fight with Mr. Guo, the military commander under the command of the former general, no matter what you are happy or not, you must first take a pot of wine to pour it." However, you guessed wrong this time, that Cao knocked the bone was not transferred to another place by Liu Xuzhou! ”

"Huh? Since that Cao knock bone is still here, why do you say that this Cao knock bone will no longer collect the gathering tax, Brother Zhang? It can't be that his conscience has found out, right? ”

Brother Yu heard this

Stunned, Brother Zhang had already taken over the topic and smiled: "Of course not, what conscience can he have for that dog thing?" In this world, wherever there is Cao knocking bones, the sky is three feet high, how can he be kind? ”

Dig three feet into the ground, and the sky will be three feet high, he naturally knows what Brother Zhang said, Brother Yu shook his head and asked, "What does Brother Zhang mean?" ”

"Cao knocks on the bones anymore, of course he has been knocked by others!" Brother Zhang laughed, pointed to the crowd in front of him and said with a smile, "The head of Cao Knocking on the bone is now hanging at the gate of the city to show the public, Brother Yu, do you want to go in and take a look?" ”

Brother Yu waved his hand: "People are dead, what's the fun of watching?" It's a pity, today I waited to go out of the city and ascend, otherwise I wouldn't have missed the scene of watching Cao knock on the bone and be beheaded, presumably the scene must be extraordinarily spectacular!

This Cao knocked on the bone and served as the minister of state for only a few months, but he has repeatedly forced the wives and wives of the people under his rule to be separated, and the family is ruined. Liu Xuzhou was able to kill Cao Knock Gu immediately regardless of his reputation this time, which can also be regarded as very happy! ”

"Humph! Liu Bei, Liu Xuzhou? Brother Yu, pull it down. That hypocrite who sells his reputation? If it weren't for his ungrateful reputation for being afraid of crossing the river and demolishing bridges, why would I, Pengcheng, be persecuted by Cao Banggu? Brother Zhang was furious and sneered at Brother Yu.

Brother Yu shook his head helplessly: "Brother Zhang, Yu knows that you were born poor, and you don't have a good impression of those imperial relatives and relatives, and you are a little cynical, but this time you have to admit that Liu Xuzhou has indeed done a great thing for the people of Pengcheng!" ”

"Brother Yu, wake up, if Liu Bei really kills this Cao knocking bone, even if Zhang has no good impression of this Han clan, he will not talk nonsense with a clear conscience. Brother Yu, take a good look for yourself, Cao Banggu's death has nothing to do with Liu Bei's half money! ”

Brother Zhang threw the page in his brother's hand, still indignant, and hugged his fist to Brother Yu and walked away.

Brother Yu hurriedly spread out the paper, Huo Ran was shocked, only to see that the paper wrote: In the past, Liu Bei was the pastor of Xuzhou, and he was not virtuous and nepotistic.

Cao thief repeatedly deceived my people, it is really a heinous crime, and the crime cannot be punished. Today, it is difficult for Zhonglang to see it, and I can't bear to let us and other sincere people still suffer under the rule of Liu Bei and Cao thief, and I am willing to be the master of this fang, and it is also my court is upright, and I Xuzhou is sunny and sunny!

And the inscription of the last line of the text is: Zhang Yan, the commander of the Black Mountain Army!