Chapter Ninety-Five: Pig-like teammates
Jinan is located in the southernmost part of Qingzhou, close to Linzi, adjacent to Yanzhou Taishan County, Jibei County, and Xuzhou Langya County.
Without him, Jinan is connected to the Taishan Mountains, many hills, complex terrain, and there are many yellow turbans and other thieves entrenched on all sides, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian has been ordered to cross the border more than once to send troops to destroy here, but it has been in vain; This was once the place where Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao took office, once served as the minister of Jinan, suppressed Haoqiang when he was in office, put an end to the obscenity of Liu Zhang, the king of Jinan, so that the government affairs were clear and the people praised him; In addition, the northern country of Jibei, which is only separated by a river of Jishui, is also the place where Cao Jun cantoned his troops, so although Jinan is in the territory of Qingzhou, the people's hearts are mostly towards Cao Cao in Yanzhou.
Jinan Guozhi Licheng, less than 100 miles away from Confucius's hometown Qufu, according to legend, this is the place where Emperor Shun ploughed, since the Han Dynasty has come, there is "Qilu Haojie, Jinan Famous Scholars" reputation, there are many families, can not be provoked, even Cao Cao several tough measures after a few times, also had to know the difficulties and retreat, the book said that the illness resigned, not to mention the reputation of Lu Bu who is even more unbearable? Since Cao Cao's departure, Dong Zhuo's rebellion broke out, and this place has returned to chaos.
After Lu Bu took office as the pastor of Qingzhou, although Jinan was the closest to Linzi, he regarded this place as the last place to start, because of the complex form of this place. When Qin Xu and others went to Xuzhou before, because they were in a hurry, they didn't notice how different this place was from other states and counties, but this trip turned back to Linzi, and with a mighty convoy, although the Mi brothers looked mysterious, saying that they had their own way and would not be disturbed, they had witnessed it many times before, but the closer they were to Linzi, as long as they passed through the border of Jinan for nearly three hundred miles, Qin Xu became more and more inexplicably a little unable to relax.
"Master Qin, this place is only more than eighty miles away from Jinan City, but it seems that the movement ahead is not quite right! There are signs of a large crowd of people on both sides of the road! Sure enough, not long after everyone set foot in the territory of Jinan, the three brothers Sun Guan, who temporarily served as scouts, came back and brought back a not very good news.
"Could it be the remnants of the Yellow Turban? Qingzhou is running out of food, and these yellow turban thieves are afraid that they will not have food for the night! I'm waiting for this mighty time to go to Linzi, I'm afraid I've already fallen into their calculations! Qin Xu frowned and said. Almost the whole of Jinan has the existence of Mount Tai's remaining veins, the hills rise and fall one after another, the mountains are high and the grass is lush, it is the natural ambush place of Jijia, before that, Qingzhou Jiaohe, Yanzhou Liu Dai, Xuzhou Tao Qian was ordered to conquer the Yellow Turban for many years, but it was also in vain, and Qin Xu was not cautious.
"Master Qin, don't worry!" Mi Fang didn't care about Qin Xu's worries, and said with a big grin: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, my Mi family is a businessman, relying on many friends, no matter what kind of person he is, as long as he is in Qingxu and Xu, he will sell some face to the Mi family." ”
"I hope so!" Qin Xu nodded, his mind was a little solemn, and he ordered: "Order, everyone is on guard, be careful of thieves ambushing!" At the same time, speed up and strive to get to Linzi as soon as possible. ”
"No!" Mi Fang was a little reluctant to respond to the road. The people who transported the grain carts were all members of the Mi family, and it was Mi Zhu who made a special trip to select the guards for Mi Fang in order to show favor to Lu Bu, and there were thousands of people, all of whom were very strong men. After all, it was Lu Bu's order that had not yet been obtained, and the matter of sending orders to them had to fall on Mi Fang.
Mi Fang is just a gentleman, or a young man who has been spoiled by Mi Zhu, there is no bad heart, but the others are a little less, maybe he has some talent in business, but after all, under the shroud of the Mi family's halo, he does not have enough understanding of the cannibalistic world of the late Han Dynasty, and always thinks that there is a Mi family, and these people from the wild road have to give him some face.
The group walked forward for a few hours, and the city wall of Jinan City could already be seen in the distance, Mi Fang's sullen mood gradually improved, and by the afterglow of the setting sun, he pointed to the shadow of the city in the distance, and said: "Master Qin, take a look, I'll just say that you are too worried, where will there be any big road people, even if there is, it is just a small stream of rogues, maybe there were some ideas before, but seeing the banner of our Mi family, there are thousands of people, how dare you act recklessly?" This is going to be in the city at once, and there is no ......."
"Bang!"
Before Mi Fang's words fell, he saw the rolling sound of huge stones on the hills on both sides, which was a little deafening in the quiet dusk.
"This, how is this possible? What's going on? Mi Fang's triumphant words had not yet been finished, and her face changed drastically. Although she was young, Mi Fang didn't think that this suddenly tumbling stone would be a coincidence.
"Shut up!" Qin Xu shouted Mi Fang angrily, pulled Mi Fang, and dodged an oncoming stone under the escort of Sima Mao and Kong Erzi. Fortunately, the slope of these hills is not large, and the density of stones is not high, and these Mi family members are also trained, and after experiencing the initial chaos, they quickly calmed down. After smashing several wagons that could not dodge, the damage was reduced.
After these stones, no one took advantage of the situation to rush down, and it was learned that the people who blocked the convoy were not regular military horses, at least the people who led the troops did not know much about the art of war; Otherwise, according to the density of the stones, even if the number of these people is not much, a condescending round of killing is enough for Qin Xu, a thousand people, to drink a pot. But these people surprisingly didn't do this, giving Qin Xu and the others a chance to breathe.
"Go and ask who the other person is?" Qin Xu pondered for a moment and instructed Sun Guan: "The others quickly sorted out their baggage, prepared to speed up the march, and took refuge in Jinan City for a while. Dead cat, Yin Li, you and others each bring two hundred people to outflank them from both sides, and act at the opportunity. ”
"No!"
"I don't know which way a friend is blocking my way, in the lower Mount Tai Sun Guan, and ask a friend to show up!" Sun Guan stepped forward and shouted at the top of the hill.
"Sun Guan? Haven't heard of it! Don't talk nonsense, leave the grain cart and the horses and the little doll in the lead, and spare your life, otherwise after a while, it won't be those few little stones that greet you! The figure flickered among the low trees on the hill, and after a while, a man replied in a rough voice.
"Coming at me? It's kind of interesting! Looking at their arrangement, it seems that we knew our return route in advance! A hint of doubt flashed on Qin Xu's face. Except for the Tao brothers, there is no one who has offended anyone in Xuzhou, and who has the ability to know the secret route of the Mi family, except for the two brothers, there seems to be no one else.
"Who the hell are you? Dare to stop my Mijia convoy, aren't you afraid that Xuzhou Mu Tao Gong will send troops to recruit you? Mi Fang heard Qin Xu's self-muttering, and her face suddenly changed. I swore before that this trip would be worry-free, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing when I arrived in Jinan, but Mi Fang was a little sarcastic about Qin Xu just now, but I didn't expect to come to retribution so soon, what is this to rob the grain, it is clearly a slap in the face of the Mi family.
"Less nonsense! Show up and kill me, brethren! With the shout of the person just now, under the cover of the bushes, a group of people and horses showed their figures, although the number of people could not be seen clearly under the dusk, but there were also three or five hundred people, which was nothing, but the outfits of these people surprised Qin Xu and the others.
Looking at the equipment of these people, it should not be ordinary bandits and rogues, not to mention the good clothes and armor, and with strong bows and crossbows, these are all forbidden items in the army, whether they are bandits or yellow turban rogues, it is impossible to have; It's just that what Qin Xu can't understand is that if these people are not rogue bandits, how can they brazenly show their figures when they have an advantage in terms of armor and weapons, or terrain and terrain in addition to being less than their own number, is there any aftermath?
"General, you see that little white face surrounded by a group of people in the middle, it must be that Qin! We're going to make a fortune this time! A strong man next to him approached and said. I don't know if I deliberately let Qin Xu hear it, or if my voice was born like this, although I deliberately lowered my voice, I was still heard clearly by Qin Xu and the others, and the title of this person suddenly made the nervous Mi Fang almost laugh. General? Would the general of the imperial court be so poor that he only took three or five hundred people to rob the ravines and ravines?
"Who are you? What is the grudge with Qin? If you want to set up an ambush here, you want to arrest Qin? Seeing that Sima Mao and Yin Li's kung fu had successfully appeared behind these people, Qin Xu asked.
"This general is ......" The "great general" was asked by Qin Xu, and subconsciously opened his mouth to answer, but was pulled by the person next to him, and immediately reacted, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, see no, we have a bow and arrow in hand, you wait to get off the horse quickly, and there is still a way to live, otherwise when the time comes, ten thousand arrows will be fired together, so that you will die without a place to be buried!" ”
"Hahahaha!" The words of the "general", this time even the Mi family who was close to the point laughed out loud, and Mi Fang couldn't cry or laugh, you still have ten thousand arrows? Have you ever seen a bow that shoots arrows without even having time to twist it?
Originally, I thought that the face of the Mi family was so unselling, which made him a big ugly person in front of Qin Xu, but in the end, he was a stunned young man who didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he was sent to death by someone else's support.
"How much does my head potter pay you?" Qin Xu, who was guarded by everyone, suddenly asked loudly without laughing with Mi Fang and the others.
"The eldest prince asked Lao Zhang to bring me a message, and offered you 1,000 gold for life and 300 gold for death! Hmm...... "The "general" is a real person, and as soon as Qin Xu asked, he blurted out.
"TNND, I'm so cheap? It can't be that Lao Zhang swallowed a lot of it, right? Then these weapons and armor are also given to you by the potter? It's a terrible thing! Qin Xu said loudly with a look of indignation.
Although I don't know who Lao Zhang is in this person's mouth, the title of the eldest prince has successfully deceived the main messenger to be the pottery merchant, and he also glimpsed Zhang Min's little secret without opinion......
"Humph! Even if you do, it's okay, you're doomed to die here anyway! The "general" listened to Qin Xu's words, and immediately reacted that he had been deceived by Qin Xu to tell the truth, his face changed color, and he said angrily: "Brothers, capture Qin Xu alive!" Go back and claim your reward! Belch? ”
……
There are very few applicants!
The accent isn't right either!
The "general" looked back angrily, and suddenly felt a little cold in the crotch of his pants, in addition to a few people around him, the other three hundred well-dressed thieves were holding their heads in their hands at this time, kneeling on the ground and trembling. was being stared at by more than 200 Mi family members with iron rulers and steel knives, and they didn't even dare to say a word, no wonder they didn't make a sound before, and the two leaders were standing behind them with blazing eyes.
“…… Tap, I'm afraid it hurts......"