This day is Dingguo on duty, in the dead of night, suddenly saw Zhang Kewang leading a person, hurriedly walking towards this side, Dingguo hurriedly stepped forward, stopped the two, and said: "Big brother, my father has already slept, what is there to talk about tomorrow." ”

"I have something important to report, I can't wait for tomorrow, I must see my father immediately!" Zhang Kewang was talking and looked hard at Dingguo.

Seeing Zhang Kewang's strange expression, Dingguo was suspicious, and glanced back by the dim moonlight, only to see that although the person behind Zhang Kewang was wearing a Xiying costume, he buried his head deeply under a worn felt hat, and he couldn't see what he looked like at all, and one hand was hidden in the dark, as if he was using something against Zhang Kewang's back.

Dingguo was so alert that he immediately understood, but he didn't say anything, and still said calmly: "In this case, big brother, wait here for a while, and wait for me to go in." ”

After that, Dingguo turned around and went around to the back of the tent, waved his hand and quietly summoned Wang Guoren, the captain of the personal soldiers, whispered in his ear, waited for a while, and saw that the time should be almost up, and then walked back to Zhang Kewang.

"Big brother, my father called you in." Seeing that the person behind him did not look up, Dingguo quickly glanced at Zhang Kewang.

Zhang Kewang comprehended, and under the guidance of Dingguo, he led the man into one of the camp tents, and there was no light in the black light in the tent, and vaguely, there seemed to be a general wearing armor sitting on top of the military case.

"Father!" Zhang Kewang clenched his fists and deliberately shouted at the military case.

Hearing Zhang Kewang shout, the man decided that the person behind the case was Zhang Xianzhong, and immediately pushed Zhang Kewang away, took out the long sword from the scabbard and stabbed forward quickly, only to hear a bang, the wooden pillar supporting the armor could not withstand the impact of external forces, and fell down with a bang, and the armor was empty.

At the same time, only the sound of killing was heard outside, and hundreds of guards held torches high, illuminating the inside and outside of the camp as if it were daylight.

"Strongman, you have been surrounded, surrender quickly, spare you from death!" Dingguo shouted into the tent at the top of his voice.

Unexpectedly, there was a strange burst of laughter inside: "Hahaha, it's just that I am not acting well and falling into the way of the rogue!" failed to kill and sacrifice rebellion, ashamed of the trust of adults! Sin deserves death! Sin deserves death! ”

"Strong! The two armies are fighting their own masters, just lay down your arms and promise not to embarrass you! How is it? Dingguo continued to persuade.

I waited for a long time, but the other party did not respond at all.

Dingguo had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand to Wang Guoren: "Wang Guoren, hurry up and take a look!" ”

Wang Guoren nodded, and immediately tiptoed to the tent with a steel knife in his hand, carefully picking open the tent curtain with his knife, and by the light of the fire, he saw that the assassin had fallen in a pool of blood.

Wang Guoren walked into the tent quickly, probed the man's breathing and pulse, and confirmed that he was completely dead, then turned back to Dingguo and reported: "Boss, the assassin has killed himself. ”

"What? Is this dead? Zhang Kewang was held hostage inexplicably, and finally escaped, his heart was full of anger, and he wanted to torture that guy later, who knew that he would commit suicide like this, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth with hatred: "His grandmother's, it's really cheap, this kid!" ”

"It's a pity." Unexpectedly, there were still characters like Jing Ke among the officers and soldiers, Dingguo couldn't help but sigh slightly, and his face was full of regret.

"I said second child, Lao Tzu just hates the bodhisattva heart of your mother-in-law and mother-in-law! In troubled times, where is there so much benevolence and morality? As the so-called non-toxic husband, no matter what means are used, only the one who has the last laugh is the real winner! Zhang Kewang patted Dingguo's shoulder, regardless of whether he listened to the words or not, he immediately left without looking back.

"Boss, what should we do with this assassin's body?" After Zhang Kewang left, Wang Guoren stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Dingguo sighed again, waved his hand and said: "Since you are a strong man, go find a coffin and carry it outside the camp to bury it." ”

I tossed around all night, and when I waited until dawn, news suddenly came that Cao Ying had broken through the north gate.

It turned out that during the period when he was recruited by the imperial court, Luo Rucai had a friendship with Zhang Sanxi, the commander of Yunyang Guard, who guarded the north gate of Fang County. Seeing that Fang County could not be conquered for a long time, Luo Rucai sent someone to sneak into the city to get in touch with him, and the two quickly reached a tacit understanding.

In the early morning of the same day, Luo Rucai led the army to the north gate and sent people to hold high the banner and shouted: "The southern city is falling!" The rebels have entered the city! ”

Hearing the shouts of the rebels outside the city, the soldiers and civilians defending the city did not know whether it was true or not, and they were immediately frightened, and Zhang Sanxi took the opportunity to open the city gate and let Luo Ru enter the city.

The guerrilla Yang Daoxuan died in the street battle, Hao Mingluan held a big knife in his hand, and stood alone in front of the archway leading to the county office, and hundreds of Cao Ying's rebels arrived in an instant and surrounded him.

Although Hao Mingluan was like a god descending from heaven, he cut down more than 100 people one after another, but after all, he was still outnumbered and captured, and the county magistrate Hao Jingchun and the chief bookkeeper Zhu Bangwen were unwilling to abandon the city and escape, and sat on the county government hall, all of which were captured alive by Cao Ying's soldiers.

When Zhang Xianzhong took Zhang Kewang, Xu Yixian and 500 personal soldiers to the south gate, the city gate had been slowly opened by Cao Ying's rebels.

Zhang Xianzhong rode on the horse, stroked his injured left leg, and said hatefully: "Bird, it's a shame!" He lost so many brothers in vain, but let him Cao Cao take the lead! ”

After entering the city, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Zhang Bang to settle the people, open a warehouse and release grain, and soon the city returned to the previous order.

After dealing with these trivial affairs, Zhang Xianzhong immediately rushed to the county government non-stop, Luo Rucai had been waiting in front of the yamen for a long time, the two met for a while, and then walked into the county government hand in hand, and sat side by side in the public court.

After sitting down, Zhang Xianzhong slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Someone! Bring our parent official to Lao Tzu! ”

In a moment's effort, Hao Jingchun, the magistrate of the county, his son Hao Mingluan, and the servant Chen Yi were tied up by a group of knife and axe hands and pushed to the court.

"Get on your knees!" Behind him, the knife and axe hand held the ghost head knife and shouted in unison.

Hao Jingchun was unmoved, looked at Zhang and Luo behind the public case contemptuously, and said angrily: "I kneel to the sky, kneel to the ground, kneel to the king, and kneel to my parents, but who are you?" ”

Seeing that these three people stood up and did not kneel, Zhang Xianzhong immediately glanced at the knife and axeman.

The knife and axe grasped in their hearts, and without saying a word, they raised the back of the knife and smashed it into the knees of the three people, although their knees were smashed with blood, and their legs trembled under the severe pain, but the three of them still clenched their teeth and stood majestically, letting the blood flow to their toes, and refused to bend their knees.

"That's it, don't kneel if you don't want to." Luo Rucai felt admiration in his heart, and hurriedly ordered to stop, and then signaled the sword and axe hand to untie the ropes on the three people, and then asked, "Everywhere the righteous army goes, all the states and counties are looking at the wind and descending, why don't you surrender, but dare to resist the enemy?" ”

Unexpectedly, Hao Jingchun was completely fearless, and retorted sharply: "My Emperor Shengming, in order to save the common people from the suffering of swordsmen, pardon and other capital crimes, and grant Zhao'an!" However, he waited for his words but did not believe it, surrendered and rebelled, invaded my city, and slaughtered my Lishu! I'd rather die under the knife, how dare I descend? ”

Zhang Xianzhong didn't laugh angrily when he heard this: "You kid is stupid to read, what kind of bullshit is Wen Crepe?" If Chongzhen Lao'er is really a saint, why are so many people displaced and rebelling with my old man? You should tell me Lao Zhang! ”

Zhang Xianzhong's words made Hao Jingchun speechless, Luo Rucai thought that he had changed his mind, so he persuaded him again: "Hao Jingchun, as long as you promise to surrender, you can avoid death, you can think about it yourself." ”

Zhang Xianzhong also cherished Hao Mingluan's bravery, and persuaded Hao Mingluan: "My righteous army has besieged the city for several days, but Xiong Wencan has ignored it and not saved him when he sees death, why did you give his life for nothing?" Wouldn't it be better to submit to my righteous army, kill corrupt officials, get rid of corrupt officials, and create a peaceful and prosperous world for the people of the world? ”

Hao Mingluan hated the appointment of non-people by the imperial court, and under Zhang Xianzhong's persuasion, his heart was moved, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at his father, but Hao Jingchun was leaning his neck and standing proudly above the court, and said angrily: "Don't think about it, loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, if you want to kill, you will kill, why say more?" ”

Seeing that his father was so resolute, Hao Mingluan immediately made up his mind to die, closed his eyes, and stopped speaking.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that Hao Jingchun was soft and hard and didn't eat, and his patience had reached the limit, he slammed the case, stretched out his hand and pointed at Hao Jingchun and said: "Okay, you dog who doesn't know how to lift, drag these three people down to Lao Tzu, and hack them to death with a knife!" ”

The three of them were pushed under the court by the knife and axe hands, and the shouting and scolding were incessant.

The knife and axe hand first hacked Hao Jingchun to death, and his son Hao Mingluan fell to the ground, hugged his father's corpse, crying and scolding, and the knife and axe hand raised the knife again, and hacked Hao Mingluan and Chen Yi to death together.

Then, the knife and axe hand pushed Zhu Bangwen up, and saw the bloody corpses of Hao Jingchun's father and son under the steps of the public hall, Zhu Bangwen felt unbearable sorrow in his heart, and suddenly broke free from the knife and axe hand beside him, and slammed into the pillar, and his brain burst to death in an instant.

When his family heard that the old man had been martyred, they did not want to live alone, so they jumped into the well and died.

Dingguo witnessed everything in the hall, thanked the four for their loyalty, and after returning to the camp, he instructed Wang Guoren to take a few personal soldiers to sneak back to the county government quietly at night, and bury his father and son, together with Chen Yi and Zhu Bangwen.

After seizing Fang County, in order to expand their momentum, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai sent messengers to Junzhou to invite the five battalions of Hui Dengxiang, Wang Guoning, Chang De'an, Yang Youxian, and Wang Guangen, who had previously accepted the imperial court's recruitment, to re-raise the matter.

After receiving the letter from Zhang and Luo, the leaders of the five battalions could not make a decision for a while, so they made an appointment to get together to discuss what to do.

Wang Guoning was the first to speak: "Didn't we rebel just to get a full meal? To tell you the truth, everyone has lived a stable life in Junzhou for more than a year, and most of the brothers are unwilling to return to the hard days of hunger and fullness before. ”

Although Hui Dengxiang didn't want to rebel again, he didn't want to offend Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, he said leisurely: "That's right, but now that the eight kings and Cao Cao have sent a letter to invite, we have always been in the same spirit, if we refuse, won't there be no room for maneuver when we meet in the future?" ”

Everyone was talking, Yang Youxian turned his head to Wang Guangen and said, "Where to go, it's better for you to take the idea, big brother!" ”

Seeing that everyone turned their eyes to themselves, Wang Guangen hugged his fists and said: "Thanks to your brothers, since I want to say it, I will tell everyone what I want to say!" To be a man you have to talk about your conscience, and you have to accept Zhao'an, has the court ever treated us badly? Besides, if it's the other way around, we're just following behind the Eight Kings and Cao Cao and eating some leftovers, if not, the court will value us more. So weighing the pros and cons, I think it's better not to do the opposite, what do you think? ”

After listening to Wang Guangen's analysis, all the leaders present nodded again and again, but out of fear of Zhang and Luo's prestige, some people were still reluctant to express their positions.

Seeing this situation, Wang Guangen Huo Ran got up and said loudly: "The big husband has set up his own door, and today he is loyal to the opposition, and my generation is also opposed, it is out of his pants, I don't do it!" ”

At Wang Guangen's instigation, the other leaders no longer hesitated and expressed their agreement. Immediately afterwards, the five people bit their fingers on the spot, made an alliance with blood, and wrote to Xiong Wencan to express their position, promising not to rebel again.

However, although they intended to be loyal, Xiong Wencan was disturbed by Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and had no time to take care of it.