In the twelfth year of Tianfu, at the end of May, Xuzhou, Donghai County.

Night.

There are no stars on a moonlit night, and the clouds cover the moon. The moon, which had been eaten by the tengu, was blocked by the clouds, and the light it emitted became more and more dim.

In stark contrast to the fires on the ground—bonfires on the city walls, torches roaming around the city, illuminating almost every corner.

The Xuzhou army and the Taiping army have been facing each other here for three days, and in these three days, neither side has launched any substantive attack, at most they will send people out to call for battle, if there are any people who do not resist and scold, they have to shoot their guns and immediately find someone to fight, then most likely no one will stop them.

So at this time, the soldiers on both sides had another good show to watch.

They were all waiting, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

The Taiping army battle line is scattered, starting from Xiapi to attack in three lines, respectively towards Langya, Dongguan, and the East China Sea, at this moment the war in Langya and Dongguan is basically over, only Donghai County is still in the confrontation, the battle line can not advance, after the East China Sea, is Pengcheng.

That is where the Xuzhou Prefecture is located, so this East China Sea must be guarded if you don't keep it.

Cao Kang came out again today to call for battle, as one of the ten generals of the Taiping, not to mention his force, at this moment his seven-foot spear is holding a broken head that is still open, his godless eyes are looking at the direction of the city wall, as if questioning those indifferent brothers on the city wall, "Why don't you come to avenge me?!" ”

The owner of the head is surnamed Zhang, people who know him, all call him Zhang Laosan, he is a centurion, a long knife makes the tiger and the tiger angry, the camp is rarely low-handed, he went out of the city yesterday to fight, facing Cao Kang, but Shihe, he was picked off the horse by a gun, defended to death on the ground, and then Cao Kang cut off his head, and shouted for a while, seeing that no one should fight, he swaggered back to the camp.

Most of the soldiers on the city wall were indifferent, but a few quietly raised their eyes, unable to bear to look at Zhang Laosan's head. Only Zhang Li is different, he stared at Cao Kang deadly, his eyes were about to crack, and his teeth were gnawed together, as if he wanted to eat Cao Kang alive, he clenched his spear into a fist with one hand, and clutched his spear tightly with the other, if you look closely, you will find that his whole body is trembling slightly, because of anger, because of fear, and because of ...... Agitated.

Because, he was going to kill the man who killed his brother.

Zhang Laosan is Zhang Di's brother, and he also single-handedly pulled Zhang Di into the barracks, so that he would not be unable to eat, so he was very grateful to this cousin, but he died yesterday, and he was cut off the leader right under his nose.

So he wants to take revenge, but he knows that he is not Cao Kang's opponent, let alone Shihe, even Wuhe, Sanhe, he may not be able to survive under Cao Kang's spear, but no matter how long he lasts, no matter how long he can't beat him, he only needs his own knife to touch him.

Zhang Di's profession is rare, before joining the army, he was a snake catcher, all the snakes in Xuzhou, he can distinguish at a glance, of course, he also knows, what snake, the most venomous, can put people to death.

The most valuable thing on the snake is actually snake venom.

In recent years, it has become more and more difficult to catch snakes, sometimes, for more than a month, it is difficult for Zhang Li to catch a snake that can be sold at a price that he is satisfied with, but a few days before he joined the army, he caught an extremely rare snake - the black refining snake, this snake is extremely poisonous, and it is still incomprehensible.

This kind of snake is often unattended, unless someone makes a bid, there will be some snake catchers willing to catch it, the reason why it is "partial", because every year because of the snake catchers who die, nearly eighty percent of the snake catchers die because of black snakes.

Zhang Tong caught the black refining snake, even though no one wanted to buy it during that time, he still caught it, because there was no way, there was no rice at home, and he had to catch it. Before he found a buyer, Zhang Laosan asked him to join the army, so he had to hurriedly take out the venom gland of the snake and carry it with him, intending to find an opportunity to find a seller to sell.

But not anymore.

Zhang Li went to the general who was defending the city and told him that he wanted to go out of the city to fight, and that he had a way to kill Cao Kang.

The general defending the city was skeptical, but still agreed, although this man was just a foot soldier, and the general was reluctant to believe that he could kill Cao Kang, but in case, the death of an inconsequential foot soldier would have a chance to kill Cao Kang, and this deal, no matter how you think about it, will be profitable.

Before leaving the city, the general also "intimately" changed him into a standard armor that only centurions could wear, so as not to make Cao Kang laugh at him and say that there was no one in the Xuzhou army.

......

......

A moment later, the two armies were in front.

Cao Kang looked at the man who was out of the city alone, and suddenly laughed again.

Looks like I'm having fun again today.

The skinny man didn't even ride a horse, but just took a knife and walked towards him step by step.

"What? Don't you even have horses? Cao Kang couldn't help laughing, "Even those who go out of the city to fight can only walk? Still is...... Afraid of death, and then lose the horse, is it not cost-effective? ”

But the man kept silent, he closed his mouth tightly, his eyes stared at Cao Kang, and he turned a deaf ear to his provocation.

waited until Zhang Di walked to a place twenty steps away from Cao Kang and stood still, but he didn't say a word.

"You're too boring, aren't you?" Cao Kang frowned, as usual, those who went out of the city to fight would report to their homes, but this man didn't seem to have this plan.

Cao Kang suddenly turned over and dismounted, standing at the same height as Zhang Di, he looked at Zhang Di, and said, "Then get off the horse and fight with you, lest you say that I have no horse to bully you." ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Kang waved his spear and put on a posture, and at the same time hooked his finger at Zhang Di, signaling him to attack first.

Zhang Tong didn't delay, he still kept his mouth tightly closed, he didn't even roar, and rushed towards Cao Kang, Cao Kang couldn't help laughing, "Are you dumb?" Don't shout a few times when you charge? ”

Between the words, Zhang Di had arrived, he waved the knife in his hand and slashed it fiercely, but was easily picked away by Cao Kang, "You don't speak, wait for the time when the head will fall to the ground...... But there's no chance! ”

Cao Kang's spear stabbed out, that

The spear was like a snake that snaked out, and its fangs instantly stabbed three wounds on Zhang Di's body, but none of them were fatal.

It seems that he wants to "perform" again.

Zhang Li was still staring at Cao Kang, he understood why his brother lost, the spear in Cao Kang's hand was really a poisonous snake, violent and fast, when Cao Kang really got serious, I am afraid that no one in the city behind him was his opponent.

But in the moment of three or four breaths, Zhang Di had five more wounds on his body, he couldn't stand anymore, he knelt on the ground with a knife, gasping violently, none of the injuries on his body were fatal, but they would drain the blood in his body little by little.

The general on the city wall sighed, shook his head, turned around and walked down the tower, the victory was decided, there was no need to look any further.

The First Clan

Cao Kang waved his spear lightly and kept walking around Zhang Di, like a beast waiting to attack, "You are worse than that waste yesterday, how dare you go out of the city to fight?" I see that although you are wearing centurion armor, you don't even have the strength of a centurion, right? Why come out and die? ”

Zhang Li suddenly smiled, "For the sake of ...... Kill you. ”

"Arrogance!" Cao Kang snorted coldly, and took the gun straight to Zhang Di's chest.

But Zhang Li suddenly stood up, he fought with the last strength in his body, and rushed towards Cao Kang, and at the same time swung the last knife.

"Bell", with a crisp sound, Zhang Di's knife came out of his hand, the snake venom of the black refining snake had already attacked, and he didn't even have the strength to hold the knife, so just the reaction force of the armor also made his knife fly out.

Cao Kang looked at the person in front of him coldly, he was already a dead man, but his movements did not stop, the spear had penetrated his chest, he stepped forward step by step, and the spear was pushed out inch by inch behind him.

Zhang Di suddenly grabbed Cao Kang's hand, he looked at Cao Kang, squeezed out a smile from his face and said, "I said it...... I will, kill you. ”

As soon as the words fell, he lowered his head violently, bit out a blood mark on Cao Kang's hand, and then didn't move, and died under Cao Kang's gun.

Cao Kang frowned, but there was a sudden feeling of discomfort in his body, he just looked at Zhang Di, and always felt a little strange, why did he ...... Seven orifice bleeding?

But he didn't think about it anymore, raised his head to the side of the city wall, and wanted to yell and mock the Xuzhou soldiers who would only shrink in the city, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was very weak, and then, there was a sudden feeling of warmth in front of his mouth, and he reached out and touched it, it was actually blood?!

"I'm ...... What's wrong? He muttered in a low voice, and he turned back a few steps, wanting to go back to the camp and find a military doctor to show him, but the next moment, he suddenly fell headlong to the ground.

There was a burst of exclamation in the military formations on both sides, and they were all thinking about a question in their minds, Cao Kang, what happened?

In the twelfth year of Tianfu, at the end of May, Cao Kang, one of the ten generals of Taiping, died under the hands of a nobody, and his big drama was not staged, it ended early, although Cao Kang ranked low among the ten generals of Taiping, but later, when talking about Cao Kang's death, many people would sigh and sigh, saying that he could have written more chapters in troubled times.