was able to escape these waves of arrows, and there were only a hundred soldiers left. Not only is the entrance narrow, but there are no vehicles to cover up, and it can be difficult to escape from there. Therefore, these surviving soldiers did not all run to the entrance, and some soldiers did not want to be the target of the archers who were ambushed on the hillside, and continued to hide behind the vehicles, thinking that they could survive for a while.

However, to everyone's surprise, the arrows on the hillside actually stopped at this time. The soldier who had escaped earlier turned a corner and disappeared at the entrance. As a result, the dozens of soldiers who were still hiding behind the vehicle could not stay still, jumped up one after another, and also ran towards the entrance.

Halfway through the race, they heard a terrible scream from the direction of the entrance, the sound of horses' hooves, and a masked man with a large knife in his hand, riding in and killing him. Every time the big knife in the man's hand swung, a head rose into the sky, and no one could dodge his sword. The man and the man and the horse had already been stained red with blood, and it was obvious that the dozens of people who had escaped just now had already become the ghosts of his sword.

The remaining dozens of people shouted and ran back, but they heard the sound of the bowstring on the hillside, and another wave of random arrows shot down, and most of the unstoppable rout soldiers were killed and wounded, and the remaining dozen or so people neither dared to flee nor fight, so they had to throw away the swords and guns in their hands and kneel on the ground to beg for mercy.

The man rode past them, not showing the slightest pity for them who kept kowtowing their heads, but still waved the big knife in his hand unhurriedly, and reaped the lives with an indifferent expression.

Soon, the 500 soldiers who were still alive just now had turned into dead corpses all over the place. More than a thousand archers who were lying in ambush on the hillside also rushed down the mountain, and at the entrance at the same time thousands of swordsmen and axes poured in, and by the light of the torches, it could be seen that all of them had black cloth on their faces.

The masked man with the big knife shouted, "Quick, drag these corpses aside and drive the vehicle out of the col." ”

Because of the chaotic arrows just now, many cattle and horses driving were not spared, and these heavy vehicles needed to be dragged hard by the soldiers, and the movement was naturally much slower. A person walked out of the group of bowers, and he pulled down the black cloth covering his face, and it was Liu Bei.

Liu Bei carried the double-strand sword, walked to the side of the man who made the sword, stroked the three long whiskers under his chin, frowned, and said, "Second brother, if it is like this, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the village before dawn." Tell the sons and daughters to take inventory, and leave the heavy things behind. ”

It turned out that the masked man who made the knife was Guan Yu, no wonder he killed those soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. Guan Yu was about to say yes, when he suddenly saw a person crawling out from under an ox cart that was crooked on the side of the road, but it was Lin Er, Zhang's confidant.

Lin Er dusted off the dust on his body, walked quickly to Liu Bei, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu, the little one will ...... according to your orders."

Before his words fell, he suddenly felt a chill in his throat and blood rushed out. Lin Er stared at Liu Bei deadly, pointed his finger, and finally couldn't speak again, and fell head-on, the corpse parted, and the head rolled to the side.

Guan Yu slowly put down the big knife in his hand and said disdainfully: "The villain who sells the lord for glory, you can't be left!" It's a pity that Guan's treasure knife was dirty. ”

Suddenly, Guan Yu's face sank, and he shouted angrily: "What person, come out!" ”

It turned out that when he slashed Lin Er to death, there was an exclamation of "ah" from the ox cart where Lin Er was hiding. Although this voice is very soft, who is Guan Yu? That is also a top master, how can he escape his ears, he has long been able to hear clearly.

With Guan Yu's broken drink, the ox cart shook slightly. The ox cart was loaded with silk cloth, and with a wave of the big knife in Guan Yu's hand, he threw the cloth of the whole car to the ground, and a slender figure under the cloth was trembling.

Liu Bei took a closer look, and it turned out to be a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, wearing a pale red long skirt and holding her bun, but just now she hid under a pile of cloths, scattered her scalp, covered her face, and couldn't see it clearly. Liu Bei brushed the girl's hair away, only to see that she was looking at herself in horror with a pair of big black eyes, although her face was pale, she still couldn't hide her beauty, and couldn't help but whisper: "Little sister, don't be afraid, those thieves have been killed by us." Tell me now, who are you? Why are you hiding here? ”

Guan Yu's knife had already been raised high, and when he saw Liu Bei and Yan Yue's appearance, he thought that he wanted this girl, so he had to slowly put it down again, turned over and dismounted, and also came to Liu Bei's side, wanting to hear what this girl said.

Seeing Liu Bei whispering, the girl couldn't help but feel relieved, and she also struggled to get up from the ox cart, said a blessing to Liu Bei, pointed to Lin Er's unrelated corpse, and said, "The slave maid is called Yan'er, and she was originally a maid in Lord Cao Song's mansion. This evening, this man named Lin Er suddenly said to the slave maid that the slave maid should find an opportunity to hide in this ox cart, so that the slave and maid would appear here. ”

Liu Bei smiled and asked, "Why did Lin Er let you hide in the ox cart?" ”

Yan Erqiao's face flushed, and she lowered her head and said: "Lin Er thought that he fell in love with the slave maid, so he let the slave and maid hide in the car, otherwise, the slave and maid would have been killed by these rebels together with the master." ”

Liu Bei bowed his head and said, "So Lin Er is your life-saving benefactor." Yan'er, do you know anyone who escaped with their lives? ”

Yan'er shook her head vigorously and said, "Although Yan'er is hiding in the car, she is watching the movement outside through the gaps. Those soldiers were really ruthless, many soldiers had already been killed and had to make up for a few knives, except for Yan'er who got the news in advance and hid, no one was able to escape. ”

Liu Bei still said with a smile on his face: "So, you really should thank Lin Er, and go with him to be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate!" ”

Before Yan'er could figure out what he meant by this, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and saw that the double-strand sword in Liu Bei's hand pierced her left and right chests together, and it didn't sink into the handle. Yan'er didn't even snort, her body went limp, and she slowly fell to the ground.

Guan Yu was taken aback and said, "Big brother, she's just a girl, why did you kill her?" ”

Liu Bei pulled the double swords back from Yan'er's corpse, wiped them back and forth on her corpse, got the blood stains on it, and said in a deep voice: "She must have heard what Lin Er said just now, and she must have guessed that Lin Er was instructed by us." Maybe she won't say it, but I believe in the dead! ”

Guan Yu didn't say anything more, he vaguely felt that since his eldest brother got the heirloom jade seal, he had changed a little, he had become a power-oriented, he had become cold-blooded, and he had become a little unrecognizable. But Guan Yu can be sure that there is one thing that Liu Bei has not changed, that is, he regards himself as his own brother as always. Just for this point, Guan Yu didn't want to think too much, so he just accompanied Liu Bei all the way to continue walking.

The soldiers quickly recounted their belongings, and the gold and silver were carried away in soft carts, leaving some heavy items and worthless cloth, piled up with the corpses of the soldiers, and then a fire was kindled.

These vehicles will be transported to a manor more than ten miles away, which was originally the property of the Mi family, but now it has been assigned to Liu Bei's name. Where Liu Bei quietly recruited thousands of soldiers, and the soldiers who had set up an ambush in the mountain col today were mobilized from that manor.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu did not escort the vehicle with the soldiers, but took more than a dozen light horsemen and took the opposite road. In order not to arouse Tao Qian's suspicions, they must rush back to Xuzhou City as soon as possible.

Seeing that Guan Yu's mood was not high, Liu Bei guessed that it was because he killed the maid, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Second brother, those who do big things are not informal." As long as the Han family can be restored, what does it matter if a few people are sacrificed? This time, Cao Song's family was killed by Zhang, if my expectations are correct, Cao Cao will soon raise troops to avenge his father. ”

Guan Yu frowned and said, "In this way, I'm afraid that Xuzhou will fall into a war." ”

Liu Bei looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, and said disapprerovingly: "If Xuzhou is not chaotic, how can you and I wait for the opportunity?" ”

This time it was actually a game carefully set up by Liu Bei. After learning the purpose of Cao Cao's letter, he suggested that Tao Qian agree to borrow the way, and even suggested that Tao Qian let Zhang serve as a guard. And Zhang's confidant Lin Er had already been bought by Liu Bei, even if Cao Song's family could treat Zhang's soldiers a little better, Lin Er would try his best to lead the convoy into that mountain pass. It really doesn't work Liu Bei can still carry out a strong attack, after all, at this time he has mastered the secret army of 5,000 people, and it is natural to win with 5,000 people against 500 people.

In fact, Liu Bei didn't need to lead the convoy to that mountain col at all, there were many secluded places along the way, and he could launch a surprise attack at any time to end the life of Cao Song's family, and he could also blame Tao Qian and attract Cao Cao's revenge. The reason why Liu Bei carefully set up this ambush was just to kill Cao Song's family and seize Cao Song's property at the same time. Because, although Tao Qian handed over the Mi family's real estate and land to Liu Bei, this year's autumn harvest has passed, and the rent in these fields will not be collected until next summer at the earliest, and Liu Bei urgently needs a large amount of money in order to expand his power. With the gold, silver and jewelry he snatched from Cao Song, it was enough for him to use for a while. Liu Bei can be described as killing two birds with one stone this time.

Cao Cao was looking forward to it in Puyang, but Cao Song's family didn't come to the left or right, and finally waited for the news that more than 200 members of the family were killed by thieves. Cao Cao screamed and fainted on the spot, Xun and the others also panicked, pinching people and pushing their chests.

After a long time, Cao Cao woke up and said hatefully: "I didn't expect that Tao Qian's old man would disobey the yang and yin, and he would actually do some poisonous things." The hatred of killing his father is not shared, how can Cao sit idly by. Order the three armies to send troops to Xuzhou immediately! ”

Xun hurriedly said: "Lord, this matter must not be done!" ”