Chapter 4 Fraud and Deception 2. Words without faith
"Open the door! Open the door! Under Yongqiu City, Zhang Feng shouted hysterically.
"What people!" The captain of the city looked down warily.
"Give this thing to Master Zhang, and he will understand!" Zhang Feng threw a small cloth bag onto the city.
Yongqiu is the county seat, and the city wall is not too high, Zhang Feng relied on the skill of using the chain blade for many years to accurately throw the cloth bag on the wall stack.
The lieutenant picked up the cloth bag, opened it, and couldn't help but be surprised. In this cloth bag is a jade pendant, if Zhang Feng makes a slight mistake, he will be shattered.
"Your Excellency, wait."
For a person who only had his left arm but had such an accurate head, the captain did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly ordered someone to send the jade pendant to Zhang Chao.
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Soon after, the gate of Yongqiu opened, and it was Zhang Chao himself who came out.
"Zhang Feng, where is my brother now?" Zhang Chao heard that the person who gave the jade pendant was one-armed, so he vaguely knew that it was Zhang Feng.
"Brother Meng, don't hide it, Brother Ling Zhang Miao has already been killed."
"What!" Zhang Miaoben was riding on a horse, and when he heard the news, he dismounted in a panic and rushed towards Zhang Feng, and the soldiers who followed him also hurriedly followed.
"Your hand?" Zhang Chao glared at Zhang Feng angrily and asked. Because he also knew about the affairs of Chen Gongfu before, he was also very disgusted with Zhang Feng.
"If I say no, will Meng Gao believe it?"
"If it weren't for you, how would you have gotten my brother's personal belongings!"
"Alas, Brother Meng Gao has wronged me. I know that Brother Meng has prejudices against me, but I hope Brother Meng can understand one thing, the only person I hate is Lu Bu, and he has nothing to do with you two brothers. I had been captured by Yefeng, but I escaped by luck and met Brother Meng Zhuo on the way back to Yanzhou. I have always wanted to apologize to your two brothers, but I didn't have the opportunity, so when I saw Meng Zhuo that day, I poured out my heart to complain. Meng Zhuo Gaoyi, no longer care about the past, and hand over his personal jade pendant to me as a token, and come here to see you. Zhang Feng said sincerely.
"Humph! Are you a three-year-old child? Who, as you say, killed my brother? Zhang Chao didn't believe him at all.
"The Nightfront of the North."
"Nonsense, why are they doing this!"
Zhang Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Brother Meng, you are so confused. Now Cao Cao is the closest to the northern Yefeng, and Brother Meng Zhuo was entrusted by Lu Bu to ask Yuan Shu to send troops for help. Cao Cao naturally didn't want to see Yuan Shu come to be his enemy at this time, so he sent Ye Feng's people to assassinate Meng Zhuo. β
"And why did my brother let you come here?"
Zhang Feng looked left and right and took a step forward.
The infantry behind Zhang Chao immediately raised their weapons.
Zhang Chao waved his hand and stopped their next move.
"To save the general from trouble." Zhang Feng lowered his voice and whispered to Zhang Chao.
"How to save the law?"
"This is not a place to talk, can you go into the city and talk about it in detail?" Zhang Feng looked at the person behind Zhang Chao with his peripheral vision.
Although Zhang Chao was dissatisfied with what Zhang Feng had done, he decided to take a risk for the sake of the civil and military forces in the city.
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In the living room, Zhang Chao and Zhang Feng sat opposite each other.
"Say, there's no one else here."
"Two days later, at night, General LΓΌ Bu will lead his army back here, and then Meng Gao will only have to act at the opportunity and join General LΓΌ inside and outside."
"Hmph, how do I know when Bongxian will come. You're not kidding me. As he spoke, Zhang Chao's gaze became sharp, and he stared at Zhang Feng intently, hoping to see the flaw.
"Meng Gao, if I want to lie to you, why bother to take risks alone. Besides, now that I only have one arm left, it is difficult for even ordinary soldiers to deal with, so why should Meng Gao worry. Zhang Feng replied with a smile.
Zhang Chao didn't speak, but his heart was already in chaos at this time.
So, he had to settle Zhang Feng first,
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The next day, Zhang Chao sent someone to inform Zhang Feng early.
"Ten rules around it. This is the basic art of war, and it is also my situation at this time. Zhang Feng, is what you said true? If it is false, then Yongqiu will suffer a catastrophe. After thinking hard all night, Zhang Chao still expressed doubts about Zhang Feng.
"Since Brother Meng doesn't believe me, why bother asking." Zhang Feng said helplessly.
"I'm just skeptical, why Cao Cao can let you come to see me."
"How could he let me come. But I've been practicing stealth since I was a child, so it's not hard to get in. β
This is the truth, with the current deployment of Cao Cao's military camp, it is completely impossible to stop Zhang Feng.
"Then how do I know when Bongxian will come?"
"If you see three fires in the distance to the east, it is a signal for General Lu to attack."
"Even if I believe you, the generals in our army will not believe you. But if what you say is true, then I should now gather my troops and prepare my troops. So, whether you're true or not, you have to be sorry for it first. After speaking, Zhang Chao ordered someone to escort Zhang Feng down and keep him under strict supervision.
Zhang Feng did not refute, on the contrary, he was taken to a remote hut in the mansion very obediently.
Zhang Feng walked into the hut, and the wooden door behind him was closed.
He knew that there must be someone guarding the door. But it doesn't hurt, anyway, if you have time, you can just take a break.
So, in addition to eating and going to the toilet, Zhang Feng spent the whole day sleeping in this hut.
When the lamp was in hand, he once again beckoned the guards outside the door to ask for a toilet.
A guard opened the door and walked in as usual, only to find Zhang Feng standing in front of him expressionlessly, completely different from him who had been smiling all the time in the afternoon.
Zhang ...... Zhang Gongzi? But to go to the toilet? The guard noticed the slightest hint and touched his hand on the waist knife.
Zhang Feng regained his afternoon smile, and the guards thought that he was too careful, so he relaxed his vigilance. But the next moment, it was pitch black in front of his eyes, and sharp pain quickly came from his eyes.
Zhang Feng actually inserted his index and middle fingers into his eyes at an extremely fast speed.
Immediately after, Zhang Feng stepped to his left side without any pause, picking at his eye sockets and using the inertia of his body to twist his neck.
The guard didn't even have time to let out a scream.
Zhang Feng pulled out his waist knife as he fell, and at the same time, another guard rushed in.
"You ......" was the only word he uttered when he entered the house.
Zhang Feng held the knife in his backhand, like using a dagger, and rushed forward, slashing his throat.
On the battlefield, Zhang Feng may not be able to survive even a round of killing, but in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, the assassin's killing tactics have an absolute advantage. What's more, the other party is just an ordinary soldier.
Zhang Feng had already flashed behind the guard at the same time that the other party's throat was slashed.
He didn't have to look back, he knew that the man was going to die.
Zhang Feng walked out of the hut and gently closed the door. Inside the house, only two corpses were left that were gradually getting cold.
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"Report! General Zhang, it's not good, it's not good. A maid reported to Zhang Chao in a panic.
"Tell me slowly, what's going on?" Zhang Chao originally came back and instructed his family to pack up their things, and prepare to evacuate in case the joint attack failed.
"The eldest lord's wife and young master were ...... Caught by a wicked man. β
Zhang Chao was shocked after hearing this, his eldest brother had already been killed, if he couldn't protect his family anymore, what face would he have to go underground to see him in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chao hurriedly said goodbye to his family and came to his sister-in-law's residence.
As soon as he pushed the door open, Zhang Chao heard the voice of the disgusting person inside.
"Brother Meng, if you take another step forward, I will kill their mother and son." Zhang Feng said with a smile as he pressed his waist knife against Zhang Miao's wife and son, who were tied to the leg of the table.
"Zhang Feng! You bastard, I really can't believe you. β
"Heh, if Brother Meng wants to scold, scold happily, and when you scold enough, we'll talk about it." Zhang Feng has long been indifferent to this kind of insult.
"What do you want?" Zhang Chao asked hatefully.
"Order the generals to surrender to Cao Cao, and give me a token that will convince the generals."
"Delusional, you ......" Before Zhang Chao finished speaking, a woman's scream stopped him.
"Ahh ~~~~~β
Zhang Feng poked the knife into Zhang Miao's wife's thigh, her eyes were tearful in pain, her face was distorted, and her hands struggled to move to the front to draw the knife, but she couldn't move because she was tied.
"Brother Meng, please think twice before you speak. I promise you, as long as you surrender, General Cao will never hurt you in the slightest. As he spoke, he slowly shook the hilt of the knife from side to side, which undoubtedly made the woman's screams louder. And the boy next to her, that is, Zhang Miao's son, was already so frightened that he couldn't make a sound.
"Ahem! Enough, I promise you, surrender to Cao Cao. Zhang Chao gritted his teeth and glared at Zhang Feng and said.
"Brother Meng, you really value righteousness, and I admire it." As he spoke, Zhang Feng released the handle of the knife inserted in the woman's leg.
"Take it and go!" Zhang Chao held back his anger and threw a piece of jade pendant that was the same as Zhang Miao's to Zhang Feng, "When my soldiers see this, they will see me, and they will obey your orders." β
"Hehe, Brother Meng Gao is true to his word, and he will not break his word in the future, and General Cao will definitely not harm you and others," Zhang Feng said as he passed by Zhang Chao, "But it may not be necessary in the future." β
Before Zhang Chao could react, Zhang Feng had already quickly retreated, and once again held the knife that was still stuck in the woman's leg.
In the next moment, he pulled out his knife and stabbed Zhang Chao's chest with an arrow step.
Looking at Zhang Chao's surprised and annoyed expression, Zhang Feng restrained his smile and said to him with a cold look in his eyes: "Brother Meng, if there is an afterlife, remember, don't believe my words anymore." Then, Zhang Feng kicked hard with his right foot and pulled out the knife with this strength.
Looking at Zhang Chao, who was lying in a pool of blood and was already lifeless, Zhang Feng sighed slightly and said, "Since you were born in troubled times, why should you be so pedantic." β
He turned around slowly, his eyes like predatory beasts, staring at the mother and child who were still tied up......
Of course, I don't know if it's this mother and son, and all the subordinates haven't escaped.
After doing all this, Zhang Feng threw all the candles in the house onto the flammable objects in the courtyard. In this way, all traces were consumed by the fire.
Then, he took Zhang Chao's jade pendant and the seal letter found in the palace, and threatened the soldiers and horses in the city: Zhang Chao was disheartened because he suddenly knew that Lu Budong had fled and Zhang Miao had been killed, and he committed suicide by arson. And before he died, he ordered everyone to surrender to Cao Cao.
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In this way, as an agreement, when Cao Cao came to Yongqiu City on the third day, Zhang Feng was already in the city gate, waiting for a long time.