In April, near the south, Yiyang is already full of spring flowers, and the snow that accumulated in the winter of last year turned into a clear and sweet trickle, winding through the mountains, and then merging into small rivers and rivers, heading eastward.

During this period, there may be hundreds of flocks of birds, perched and frolicking by the stream, but they are disturbed by the sound of horses' hooves, and fly to the sky again, and the owner of this group of horses' hooves is Cao Ang and others.

In the vast morning mist, a group of more than 20 people went to the gathering place of the Yiyang Heroes, the village and town at the foot of Geyang Mountain on the edge of Yiyang.

The top five people in the ranks, none other than Cao Ang, Sima Yi, Dianman, Xu Yi and Hu Che'er, this time, Cao Ang and others all came with Hu Che'er's entourage, and the Jinhua Rong costume they wore on weekdays had already been replaced by simple civilian clothes, as for Xu Huang's side, it was under Cao Ang's instruction to station a thousand fine horsemen and five hundred crossbowmen more than 30 miles away, thinking that they should respond.

Along the way, Hu Che'er greeted many thieves who came with him, including many orderly, mighty and upright strong men, and many gods and obscene, at first glance, they were thieves in the mountains and villages who were roosters and dogs.

When I arrived at the village and town of Geyangshan, I saw that there were very few people in the village, and there were fierce faces everywhere, robbers from all sides of the rude mine, and when I arrived at a big house in the village, I saw that Yingchuan, Jianghuai and other mountain thieves still gathered in front of the house, Hu Che'er glanced at Cao Ang, and then took half a step, and said loudly to the house: "Yingshui Hu Che'er, should be invited by Zhoucang, Pei Yuanshao, the two owners of the village, to pay a visit!" ”

At this time, I saw a village owner outside the house coldly sneered: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Hu Che'er who took refuge in the official army, Your Excellency became an official general, and came to participate in the righteous meeting, it is really 'not forgetting the original'!" ”

Hu Che'er heard the thief's sarcastic words, and replied coldly: "It's not right for the owner of the village to say this, although Hu is not a reckless person now, but he came from afar to catch up with the two owners of the village, I don't know what is stopping you Huang Tai Huang Zhai master?" ”

The voice was not high, but with a light breeze in the sky, it came into the ears of the thieves at the door far away, and it could be heard clearly from far and near. For a time, thieves from all sides looked at this side. That Huang Tai is a Yingshui horse thief, and his subordinates have also gathered two or three hundred minions, which can be regarded as a figure within a radius of dozens of miles, listening to Hu Che'er's words with contempt, and was about to make a move, but saw the door of the mansion open, and a minion with a fierce face strode out and bowed to the thieves waiting at the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after cleaning up here, the lord of Zhouzhai invites all the knights to come in and wait." Zhou Cang of Woniu Mountain is strong in martial arts, and he is quite famous in the grassy green forest, Huang Tai didn't dare not give him face, just looked at Hu Che'er and snorted coldly, and then led the five subordinates behind him to enter first. The rest of the thieves were not watching the excitement, and walked into the courtyard one by one, Cao Ang said lightly to Hu Che'er: "Are these people all 'chivalrous'?" Why so many? ”

Hu Che'er nodded and said: "It is said that in this righteous meeting, there are famous thieves in Yingchuan, Yangzhou, and Huainan who have all been invited, and even if I am included, there should be as many as twenty-eight families, and if you add up the subordinates of these thieves, there will be 18,000 people." ”

"Eight thousand..."Cao Ang sighed in his heart, there are really a lot, there are so many thieves in Yinghuai alone, so how many thieves are there in the entire Han Dynasty? Cao Ang pondered in his heart for a moment, then glanced at Sima Yi beside him, and then walked into the mansion with the current.

The interior of the house is wide, and although it has been cleaned up, it is still messy, and it seems that the thieves have just occupied it, and the original owner does not ask. At this moment, a strong man dressed in a linen robe walked out of the hall, his appearance was rough, his face was full of black inverted beard, messy and rough, his muscles were tense, and he looked majestic and mighty.

There were more than ten people behind the man, with different figures and appearances, both old and young, thinking that they were his subordinates. I saw Huang Tai saying to the man with a messy beard: "Master Zhouzhai! It's been a long time, I don't know where the master of Pei Zhai is? Why don't you see others? "This person is Zhou Cang. Cao Ang secretly praised in his heart, just looking at his appearance is a warrior!

Although Zhou Cang looked ugly, he was well-mannered, so he smiled lightly and said politely: "Brother Huang, my brother stayed in Woniu Mountain because of the cottage matter, and never came, only Zhou came here this time, everyone, please inside!" The leaders of the twenty-eight thieves led their cronies into the main hall one after another, and each looked for a place to sit down. I saw Zhou Cang make a look at his subordinates, and saw more than a dozen minions take out the bronze cup of the wine jar from the inside, and fill it with the first of the thieves.

After some chilling, Wang Zhi, the owner of Canggong Cottage in Huaixi, said to Zhou Cang with a smile: "Brother Zhou, this time Woniu Mountain took the lead in finding our brothers to come to this Yiyang to meet, presumably not just to catch up with the past, right?" ”

Zhou Cang nodded, and said with a smile: "Zhou's meaning, presumably some of the leaders here know in their hearts that everyone is looking for a livelihood. Zhou was inconvenient to disturb, and this time he invited all the village owners to come to Yiyang to get together, which was for our life and death. Gao Yuqi, the leader of the Lujiang water thieves, said: "Life and death? I don't know what Lord Zhou Zhai means? ”

Zhou Cang put down the wine cup, sighed, shook his head, and said: "Boss Gao, now that we are on the verge of life and death, the leader won't know, right?" Since the defeat of Yuan Shu's army, Wancheng Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, our livelihood in the southwest has been declining, and now the Han Dynasty is gradually rising, which is not comparable to the past. ”

Cao Ang secretly praised in his heart, this Zhou Cang really has some foresight, worthy of the former Yellow Turban generals, different from ordinary thieves, the world since the Yellow Turban chaos, Dong Zhuo has created evil, there are countless thieves in Kyushu, the Han Dynasty officials and soldiers have no time to take care of themselves, and they are not able to levy at all, but since Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven and rectified Zhongzhou, the princes from all walks of life have annexed each other, and now it is basically a big set, a place with more energy, and the thieves in the territory have also begun to slowly let go of suppression, and Cao Ang, who has lived in Xudu for a period of time, also knows Cao Cao's ruthless attitude towards thieves, Now Yuan Shu fled south, Zhang Xiu returned to Cao Cao, Yingchuan, Jianghuai and other places also began to gradually settle down, I believe that in the near future, the official army will start to deal with this group of thieves who disturb the people.

There are still a few thieves among the people who don't know why, but under Zhou Cang's careful explanation, they also began to come to their senses, and they bowed their heads one by one, and Zhou Cang sighed and said: "For example, today, when it is not the chaotic period of the princes of the Eighteen Roads in the past, several major forces have been formed, and our situation is becoming more and more worrying, Zhou Cang invited the owners of the village to come this time, just to discuss, if the official army comes to conquest, our forces are thin, why not form an alliance and support each other?" ”

Hearing this, Gao Jian hurriedly nodded and said: "Lord Zhouzhai is right, his lips are cold, we should really be in the same boat, so as not to be broken by everyone." ”

"Hahaha" Gao Jian's voice did not fall, and saw Cao Ang looking up to the sky and smiling, everyone couldn't help but be slightly stunned, only to see Cao Ang ignoring Sima Yi's admonishing gaze and Hu Che'er's slightly pale face, and said loudly: "Everyone's argument is really pedantic, even if you unite in the name of Chen Qi (Cao Ang's previous life, the final result is just a dead end, and it is useless!) ”

Huang Tai's face changed when he heard this, and he shouted angrily: "What are you, dare to talk nonsense here?" Then he squinted at Hu Che'er and said coldly: "Master Zhouzhai!" Hu Che'er is already a general of Wancheng, and you are still looking for him to come, don't you want to provoke the officials and soldiers to come! ”

Zhou Cang smiled when he heard this: "Yingshui chivalrous Hu Che'er is my old friend, he is bold and upright, and Zhang Xiu just appreciates his martial arts, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not lose, so he is invited this time." Hearing that Zhou Cang was so righteous, Hu Che'er's face turned red, and he was secretly ashamed in his heart. And Cao Ang, Sima Yi and the others secretly praised: Good man!

I saw Cao Ang laugh when he heard this: "Lord Zhou Zhai is really righteous, and it is Chen Qi under General Hu's account, and this time I came together at the request of General Hu to find a way out for you." Zhou Cang was slightly stunned when he heard this: "How to live? ”

Cao Ang smiled and said: "Yes, the owner of the village, I want to ask you, even if everyone here is united, can you resist the official and military conquest?" I think that the owners of the village are only three or five hundred people, and the most are only a thousand people, even if they are united, what is the use, and your cottage can not be moved, and they are separated from the state capital and county, how to reinforce each other? ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, but Zhou Cang frowned and asked, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" Cao Ang said in a deep voice: "Only by joining the army can you survive." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, only to hear a broken sound, and Huang Tai threw the wine cup in his hand to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Where did you come from, wild boy! How dare you confuse the public with such a lie! You want me to be like Hu Che'er's seed, and bend our knees to join the official army! Bah! ”

Cao Ang frowned slightly, and was about to answer, but saw that there were still a few thieves who were angry, and his face was not good, and then he secretly thought, I am too anxious, how can these reckless thieves make sense in a few words, or wait and see what happens, and then smiled and said: "This is just at the invitation of General Hu, to find a way of life for you, it is the view of the family, you don't follow, and I won't say much in the future, but you can look at General Hu Che'er, his livelihood and future, you can ask yourself, what's wrong with joining the army." Then he retreated and said no more.

When those thieves heard Cao Ang's last words, a few of them seemed to be quite moved, Zhou Cang's face was slightly wrinkled, he touched the tiger's whiskers, and glanced deeply at Cao Ang and Hu Che'er, and was about to talk, but saw a small minion outside the hall walking in in a panic, whispering a few words to Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang's face changed slightly, and then got up and said: "Since they are both from the grass, they are the guests of this chivalrous meeting, please!" ”

The thieves were stunned when they heard this, and they whispered one after another, and Gao Jian was puzzled: "Master Zhouzhai, I don't know which way a hero came uninvited." Zhou Cang didn't say his name, but just sighed and said, "It's a friend who came all the way from the south river." ”

I only heard the sound of sparse footsteps outside, and five big men strode in, the first one, half draped and half wrapped in a crimson brocade robe, the broad hem dragged straight to the root of the feet, the messy thick hair was wrapped in a mess, with bird feathers inserted on it, and the most unusual thing was that there was a string of copper bells hanging around his waist, and the aisle was tinkling, so interesting.

At first glance, this person is handsome, with a burly body, like a heroic man from a reckless background, but Zhou Cang has heard his name and knows that if it is not good and angers this person, he is afraid that there will be no bones left. And when Cao Ang heard the sound of this person's bell, he was stunned and stood speechless for a long time.

I saw the bell man laughing: "A group of turtle sons, this place is hard to find, Lao Tzu came to the north for the first time, and almost turned around in vain in this ghost place for a long time!" ”

When a sentence came out, he saw that the heads of the thieves had a bad face, and Wang Zhi, the owner of Canggong Cottage in Huaixi, said coldly: "Who are you?" It's so rude! When the bell man heard this, he laughed and said, "Ashamed, ashamed, Lao Tzu was born with this stinky temper, who are you?" ”

Wang Zhi said angrily: "I am Wang Zhi, the owner of Canggong Cottage in Huaixi!" Hearing this, the bell man smiled and said, "Canggong Mountain Wang Zhi? You are not worthy to talk to Lao Tzu, call Zhou Cang of Woniu Mountain, Pei Yuanshao's come out! ”

The water thief Gao Jian scoffed when he heard this: "What kind of person are you, you want the two owners of Woniu Mountain to come forward to entertain?" The bell man smiled and said: "Who Lao Tzu is, you are not qualified to know, Lao Tzu only looks for people who have the means to speak, and other irrelevant people know each other, so they don't interject with me!" ”

When the thieves heard this, they were furious and said, "What a big breath! The man looked disdainful: "Lao Tzu's tone is so big, if you can't get used to it, just come up and teach a lesson!" ”

What a guts! In the face of Jianghuai, the many thieves in Yingchuan still have such a lot of confidence, there must be that person! Cao Ang finally reacted from the initial shock at this time, and suddenly frowned and said, "Jinfan thief! You are Gan Ning, the Jinfan thief who crosses the Yangtze River! ”

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