Tao Qian said in surprise: "If you quietly let them cross the border, you are still worried that it will reach Yuan Shao's ears and provoke his unhappiness, how dare you blatantly send troops to escort them." Xuande Gong was not worried. ”

Liu Bei said: "Zhang Ben, the captain of the lord's subordinates, is a Yellow Turban thief, and many of the sergeants under Cao Cao are incorporated from the Qingxu Yellow Turban, and Zhang must be familiar with them. The lord can order Zhang to protect Cao Song's family, if the matter is not secret, it can be investigated by Yuan Shao, and it can be pushed to Zhang, only saying that he did it in private. In this way, there is no need to offend Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao can be married. ”

Tao Qian thought about it and felt that Liu Bei's idea was good, if Yuan Shao blamed it, it would be a big deal to offer Zhang's head. When Cao Cao received Tao Qian's reply to the letter, he was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly asked people to go to meet his father Cao Song's family.

However, it was said that Cao Song's family of more than 200 people, driving 100 carts, full of gold and silver property, came all the way to Xuzhou. Tao Qian knew that Cao Song's family was passing by, so he did not come forward to receive him, but secretly ordered Liu Bei to send some wine and meat, and ordered Zhang to bring 500 soldiers to escort him.

The 500 soldiers under Zhang were all the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered to Tao Qian with him back then, and when they saw Cao Song carrying so many heavy vehicles along the way, their eyes were hot. At this time, it was early winter, the north wind was rising, and the soldiers under Zhang had not had time to change into winter clothes, only wearing some single clothes and armor, and they were all shivering in the cold wind. On the contrary, Cao Song's family had already changed into thick brocade robes, and even the slaves in his family were wearing cotton jackets.

Zhang and his soldiers were thinly clothed, and they naturally wanted to sleep a little longer, but Cao Song was in a hurry to go, and he stayed overnight every day, which made these soldiers complain.

After a few days of traveling, they came to a desolate place, with no village in front of them and no shops behind, and when the weather became dark again, the soldiers complained, saying that they should not have hurried in such a hurry, but should have rested in the village just now.

Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De was an anxious man, and when he heard these soldiers complaining, he was furious, raised his horsewhip, and whipped wildly according to the soldiers around him, beating the soldier's skin and flesh, and scolding and scolding in his mouth: "You who kill a thousand knives, my eldest brother is the prime minister of the court, ask you to escort it, just this nonsense, if you don't hurry well, wait until you get to Puyang, see how my eldest brother cleans you up!" ”

Zhang Zheng was behind, and hurriedly persuaded when he saw this: "The adults are angry, they are also from poor backgrounds, and they are not afraid of hardship, but the weather is too cold, and the brothers are in a hurry, and they don't have time to change their clothes and armor, so they can't stand the cold." At the end, I will see that there are many brocade robes and cotton clothes on the cars of the adults, and if the adults are willing to borrow a few pieces to keep the brothers out of the cold, this foot will naturally be faster. ”

Cao De shouted again: "Okay, I actually came up with the idea of these property, I see where you are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, you are obviously some robbers!" ”

Zhang Ben was born in a yellow scarf, and he was most taboo for others to say that he was a robber, and after listening to Cao De's words, he was furious and said: "What if we are robbers, these properties of your Cao family are not plundered people's fat and people's ointment, can't we take them?" ”

Hearing Zhang's words, the soldiers all clamored. Cao De was startled, drew his sword in his hand, and said, "Zhang, don't you want to rebel?" ”

Zhang was just talking casually, but now when he saw Cao De drawing his sword and facing each other, he didn't feel that his heart was on fire, and he also picked up the steel knife in his hand, and said angrily: "Grandpa will be reversed today, what can you do to grandpa?" ”

Cao De was about to answer, when he felt a sharp pain in his heart, and when he looked down, he saw that a gorgeous peach blossom bloomed on his white brocade robe, but the stamen was a sharp knife tip shining with cold light.

Zhang just wanted to take advantage of his tongue, but he didn't expect someone to make the first move, and when he looked up, it was his confidant Lin Er, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Lin Er, who asked you to kill him." ”

Lin Er pulled the knife out of Cao De's back with a strong pull, and said with a sneer: "The general is angry." The brothers followed the general to seek refuge in Tao Qian, just to find a fortune, but the general also saw that now that the harsh winter is coming, the big guy doesn't even have a cotton coat. There are now 100 cartloads of gold and silver belongings here, if you don't take them today, will you be able to have such a good thing in the future? ”

As Lin Er's knife was pulled out, Cao De didn't let out a single exclamation, and slowly fell to the ground, opening a pair of goldfish eyes angrily, really blind.

The servants of the Cao family over there had already seen this scene and couldn't help but shout. Cao Song hurriedly poked his head out of the carriage and asked repeatedly, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Yun raised the waist knife in his hand and said loudly: "Brothers, Lin has already done this matter, if you don't kill them all, none of you will be able to escape." Now there is only one non-do, two endless, everyone has been taking this wealth! ”

The soldiers, still hesitating, looked at Zhang there. Zhang knew that he was a leading captain, and if something like this happened, he was the first to be held accountable, so he had to stomp his foot fiercely and sighed: "That's it, that's it." Lin Er, grandpa was miserable by you, and now he can only be forced to get on the thief ship and be his vote! ”

As he spoke, Zhang chopped down a slave of the Cao family who came over to inspect the situation, and said loudly: "Brothers, don't do it yet, but when!" ”

Lin Er also shouted on the side: "Remember, don't leave a living mouth!" ”

These soldiers were originally outlaws, and they had long been red when they saw these belongings, but now that Zhang and Lin Er had two people, they suddenly rushed up with strange screams. Before poor Cao Song could figure out what was going on, he was beheaded with a knife and his head was in a different place. A few of these slaves were also able to fight with fists and feet, and they rose up to resist, but they were outnumbered, and in the blink of an eye, they were chopped into pulp.

Zhang raised his knife and shouted on the side: "Check carefully, don't miss one!" ”

The soldiers are also very good at killing, and they don't care about men, women, and children, and they only care about cutting off their heads. For a while, screams rang out in all directions, resounding through the night sky. Soon, Cao Song's more than 200 family slaves were killed.

Lin Er approached Zhang and said, "General, this place is not suitable for a long time, there is a mountain col ahead, why don't you drive these vehicles there first, and then make a decision?" ”

Zhang was also worried that this killing would attract nearby officers and soldiers, so he waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, everyone, get to that mountain pass, divide your belongings, and go your separate ways." ”

Lin Er agreed, took the lead in driving an ox cart full of cloth, and the soldiers shouted, followed closely behind, and drove the cart to the mountain col in front of him.

The col was only three or five miles away, and these wagons and ox-carts, dragged and driven by the soldiers, were also very fast, and they reached the ground in a matter of moments. The hillside is covered with small dirt hills on three sides, and by the hazy moonlight, you can faintly see the slopes full of dense woods and weeds, except for a narrow entrance to the east. More than 100 cars are parked here, and it is not visible from the outside, and it is really a good place to sit on the ground and share the spoils.

Zhang nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Lin Er, it's really hard for you to find such a place." ”

Running too quickly just now, Lin Er gasped fiercely, and said with a flattering face: "Back to the general, the villain passed by this place a few days ago, and he was in a hurry, and he wanted to find a place for convenience, but he accidentally found this place, which came in handy today, which is really a blessing for the general." ”

As he spoke, there was a loud noise. It turned out that these soldiers under Zhang were originally born in yellow scarves, although they wore military uniforms for a few days and became officers and soldiers, but they couldn't change the gangsterism on their bodies, and when they saw that they were safe now, they couldn't help but start fighting for the belongings on the car.

Seeing this, Lin Er said loudly: "Brothers, everyone gathers around, these belongings are distributed by General Zhang, and no one is allowed to move around!" ”

"Don't worry, everyone has a share of 100 carts of gold and silver cloth here!" Zhang Chong nodded with satisfaction to Lin Er, jumped onto an ox cart, stood on top of the cage, and said loudly, "Brothers, come closer, everyone line up, ah......"

Before Zhang's words fell, he let out a miserable scream, and he didn't know where a sharp arrow flew from nowhere, hitting him in the forehead. The arrow was so powerful that it went through Zhang's forehead and went straight through the back of his head. Zhang's body shook twice on the ox cart, and he was planted, and until he died, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't look away.

This sudden arrow not only killed Zhang, but also caused a commotion among the five hundred soldiers. Lin Er shouted in the crowd: "Brothers, there must be a spy among us, who dares to plot against General Zhang, and wants to swallow these treasures alone, everyone must find out this person, and we must not let him go!" ”

Lin Er's shout reminded everyone that many people had already drawn their waist knives, and those with bows and arrows among the soldiers had become the key suspects, and they had already been surrounded by groups. These people have no military discipline, and now the leader Zhang Youzhi was killed by an arrow, and there is no restraint, and I don't know who used the knife to cut down an archer first, and the scene was suddenly chaotic and fell into a scuffle, especially those archers, who became the target of everyone's attack.

I only heard the sound of a bang, and on the hillside where there was not a trace of human figure just now, countless torches suddenly lit up, illuminating the entire mountain col as if it were day. Against the backdrop of the torches, thousands of arrows shone with a cold light, pointing at the soldiers in the melee. Only then did the soldiers know that there had been an ambush in the col.

Some of the organic spirit soldiers had already shouted loudly: "Lin Er, this son of a bitch brought everyone here, it must be a spy!" ”

When everyone wanted to look for it again, the surroundings were already in chaos, where was there still Lin Er's trace, and this kid didn't know where to hide.

Hearing a loud "bang", thousands of arrows were fired on the hillsides on three sides, and some soldiers who couldn't dodge were shot into hedgehogs in an instant, and some soldiers who saw the opportunity hurriedly hid behind the vehicle. But the arrows on the hillside came down in waves, and most of the soldiers under Zhang were quickly lost. The surviving soldiers saw that they were not headed, and they jumped up from the ground and ran towards the entrance.