On the night of the wind and snow, the snowflakes were sprinkled one after another, shrouding everything in the world in a state of confusion, and ten zhang away from the opposite side, it was already a blur and difficult to see. On such a sinful night when the night was dark and murderous, and the wind was high and the fire was good, in the camp of the Cao army, which only had a few bonfires and torches, suddenly came out of a team without torch lighting.

Sneakily walked more than ten miles, the front of the Cao army team suddenly brightened the fire, a team of cavalry wrapped in white fur with torches, carrying bows and arrows, ghostly appeared in front of the Cao army team, the team of three big flags fluttering in the wind, the middle of the main flag on the word 'gentleman', the left and right side flags each book 'benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom' and 'gentleness, courtesy and thrift' five words, frozen face red gentleman soldiers in unison, "Zi said, learn and learn it, it is not pleasant, there are friends from afar, it is also pleased......." ”

The ghostly gentleman army suddenly appeared, and the Cao army that went out of the camp to sneak attack was of course in chaos, and hurriedly lined up to prepare for the battle, and Cao Lao, who personally led the army to sneak attack, also secretly scolded Tao Ying Xiao'er in his stomach, and then ordered the soldiers to put on torches, personally rode their horses in front of the formation, and laughed at Tao Ying and said: "Tao Ying Gongzi, we meet again, but Tao Gongzi, what do you mean?" This afternoon, I just agreed with you to divide Ru Ying's money and grain equally, and you also promised not to interfere with my attack on Runan He Yi, tonight I personally led the army south to Runan, I don't know why Gongzi came to stop again? ”

"Old horseman, what a scoundrel......

Tao Ji was furious, and he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, but Tao Ying waved his hand to stop the third brother, and went out to Cao Ying and smiled: "Ming Gong misunderstood, I didn't stop Ming Gong from attacking Runan He Yi, I just wanted to ask, Ming Gong went to attack He Yi, but what is the need to help?" Anyway, Ming Gong, you also helped to eliminate Huang Shao's main force, and you must do your best to repay Ming Gong's kindness. ”

Seeing that Tao Ying refused to tear his face and start the war again, Cao Ying suddenly breathed a sigh of relief - Boss Cao did not want to re-start the war with the prepared Junzi Army, in the open terrain of the hinterland of Yuzhou, if the Cao Army could not guarantee that it would give the Junzi Army a fatal blow as soon as it struck, then the Cao Army might be more equipped than the terrain in the hinterland of Yuzhou. So Boss Cao laughed again and said loudly: "Thank you Gongzi for your kindness, but there is no need, Cao is not in his eyes about the rabble of the He Yi brothers." ”

"Since that's the case, then you can rest assured." Tao Ying nodded very generously, and said with great concern: "Ming Gong, although he is a junior in the next, but in the Ming Gong used to say that the grace of sparing his life, I still have to persuade Ming Gong to say a word, Ming Gong is better not to risk night battles and night marches, because Ming Gong's army is different from the Junzi Army under the Junzi Army, the soldiers of the Junzi Army do not have a chicken blind eye (night blindness), not afraid of night battles and marches, but Ming Gong's team is different, presumably there are chicken blind soldiers to account for at least three or four percent, night marching is very dangerous, and it is more dangerous when fighting. ”

Deputy Director Tao did not brag about this, the Junzi Army paid great attention to the supplement of vitamin A and carotene in the food, as long as there were conditions, they would try to provide the Junzi Army officers and soldiers with vitamin A-rich liver, as well as supplements of carotene-rich perilla and water spinach, nearly 1,000 Junzi Army officers and soldiers did not have a single night blindness, and they took advantage of the night battle. And Boss Cao is limited by the times and doesn't understand this truth, so there are really a lot of soldiers suffering from night blindness in the team.

"If you set up an enemy, you will be a lifelong trouble." Boss Cao, who regretted more and more that he didn't cut Tao Ying with a knife, sighed secretly in his heart, but said with a forced smile: "Thank you Gongzi for your advice, Tao Gongzi is very good at advice, I can't commit crimes at will, Gongzi, please go first, I will order the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, and we will meet again." ”

"We will meet again, Ming Gong, please guarantee." Tao Ying agreed with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, nearly a thousand gentlemen's troops immediately turned around neatly, singing the military song of the gentlemen's army and walked away, "Guanguan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, gentleman is good......." ”

"Phew! Thief! Hypocrite! Spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm at the back of the gentleman's army, and Boss Cao shouted helplessly: "Pass the order, the whole army will turn around and return to the camp to rest and sleep." ”

"Lord, do you really want to retire? Let's not sneak attack Tao Ying'er's grain delivery team? Li Dian asked suspiciously.

"Sneak attack? Tao Ying'er is ready, what else are we going to attack? Boss Cao scolded angrily, and secretly calculated: "There is no way, it seems that I can only go to Runan first, and get the money and food of Brother He Yi to alleviate the current food shortage." Alas, how could I have looked away and let this deceitful child go? Regret not at the beginning, regret not at the beginning. ”

At the same time, in the ranks of the gentlemen's army, Tao Ji was also unhappy and asked Tao Ying: "Second brother, Cao thief has no faith in his words, and sent troops to attack our army's food team, second brother, why do you still have to make a false deal with him, why don't you order us to attack and teach this old thief a lesson?" ”

"I can't help it." Tao Ying frowned and said: "Although our gentleman's army is not afraid of Cao thieves, it is difficult to completely defeat and annihilate them, and if you really tear your face with Cao thieves again, there is no way to transport the money and grain from Dingling back to Chen State, so I can only tolerate it for the time being, warn Cao Lao Thief, and let him not attack the idea of sneaking up on our grain transport team." The matter of revenge must wait for the money and grain from Dingling to be transported back to Chen Guocheng. ”

Tao Ji is still a little dissatisfied, but considering that the food is expensive at the moment, although the five counties of Xuzhou are not short of money and food to feed the army, but if you want to march to fight and expand the army, you have to need more money and food, and it is better not to throw away the money and food that you can get, so Tao Ji had to sigh and nod, and gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Old thief Cao, wait, wait for the money and grain from Dingling to be transported back to Chen State, see how we clean you up!" ”

In view of the fact that there was no chance to sneak attack, in the early morning of the next day, the main force of the 6,000 Cao army had no choice but to set up camp and take the official road to Yangshan in Runan to find trouble with the Yellow Turban thief He Yi's brothers stationed there. The gentleman's army sent the news back to Tao Ying, and the cautious and suspicious deputy director Tao did not dare to take it lightly, and was still monitoring from a distance of more than ten miles to prevent the Cao army from turning around and raiding, but fortunately, Cao Jun, who already knew how difficult the gentleman's army was, did not dare to play tricks this time, and honestly just went south, and arrived in Runan County on the spot, and arrived at Dingying on the second day, and quickly crossed the water and went south at full speed.

Boss Cao can't go faster, Cao Jun's food shortage is already serious, and he was burned nearly half by Deputy Director Tao, and if he didn't hurry up to grab He Yi's brothers, the six thousand Cao Army elites would have to starve to death in Runan County. The Junzi Army followed all the way to the north bank of the river, until it was confirmed that Cao Jun had gone away, then he changed back to the Yellow Turban thief costume and turned east to chase the grain team led by Sun Guan and Lu Su.

In order to save horsepower and prevent Cao Lao from killing back the carbine, the Junzi army did not retreat quickly when it returned to Chen Guo this time, and finally caught up with the Dingling grain team, the Dingling grain team had also passed Ruyang and arrived in Chen Guo County.

After meeting with Deputy Director Tao, he was surprised by Tao Ying's youth, Huang Shao had to thank Tao Ying again and again without saying anything in front of Tao Ying, and repeatedly thanked King Wu for saving his life, while King Wu was hypocritical and polite with King Huang, and was not in a hurry to grab the grain - there were still thirty miles away from Chen Guocheng, and at this time, kill King Huang and kill King Huang's team, but King Wu himself would have to contribute to carry the money and grain. But at this time, an accident happened, and there was a sudden noise and scolding from the side of the Junzi Army, Tao Ying, Huang Shao and others were shocked together, and hurried over to check the situation.

When they arrived at the scene of the incident, the matter had already gotten into trouble again, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Gentleman's Army dismounted and fought on foot, surrounding a young man with a yellow turban thief in tattered clothes, who was fighting with the young general with a spear in his hand, and the young man with the yellow turban was really skilled, and he was beaten by everyone and retreated, without falling behind, and knocked several Gentlemen soldiers to the ground. Surprised by the martial arts of this yellow turban general, Tao Ying hurriedly shouted: "Stop, retreat!" ”

"Uncle Chen! What are you doing? Huang Shao also shouted angrily: "Why do you want to clash with King Wu's soldiers? Have you forgotten who saved your life? ”

"King, you can't blame me for this, they did it first." The young general of the yellow turban shouted loudly, "The last general just thinks it is strange, and asks why the hooves of King Wu's cavalry are nailed with iron rings?" Then King Wu's cavalry was going to arrest the last general and punish him, and the last general was forced to fight back. ”

"This kid is so observant! Even the horseshoe noticed! Tao Ying was shocked, he didn't expect that there was such a talent in the Yellow Turban Thief team, and he could even notice the horseshoe nailed under the horse's hooves, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was meticulous and intelligent.

At this time, Tao Ji and Chen Ning and other generals of the Junzi Army have also come up to explain, it turns out that after the Junzi Army and the grain team met, this seventeen or eighteen-year-old Yellow Turban General has been pestering the Junzi Army's team, constantly asking the Junzi Army about this and that, and asking all the absolute secrets of the Junzi Army, such as how the Junzi Army turned back and released arrows during the charge, and what was the role of the rope sleeves on both sides of the saddle, and none of the soldiers of the Junzi Army paid any attention to him, but the Yellow Turban General even noticed the secret of the horseshoe of the Junzi Army. Tao Ji and Chen Ning were forced to be helpless, so they had the idea of taking down this yellow turban general and killing people.

After listening to Tao Ji and the other generals' explanations, Tao Ying probably had the bottom in his heart, so he took the initiative to smile at Huang Shao and said: "King Huang, misunderstanding, just misunderstanding, my soldiers are more short-tempered, and if they don't say a word, they will beat people, it's not ours." Okay, forget it. ”

"Thank you, King Wu." Huang Shao saw that Tao Ying was not angry, so he also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly shouted to the yellow turban general: "Chen Dao, why don't you quickly kowtow to King Wu and apologize?" ”

"Chen arrives?!" The horsewhip in King Wu's hand almost fell to the ground, and he shouted at the yellow turban general in surprise: "Your name is Chen Dao?" ”

"Back to King Wu, the last general is Chen Dao, the word Uncle Zhi." The yellow turban general Chen Zhi replied with a fist in the same surprise, and apologized to Tao Yingxing: "Don't blame the king, it may be that the last general has too many mouths, and he asked too many questions to annoy the king's soldiers, and the last general will ask the king for guilt." ”

"It's a trivial matter, when the tongue and teeth are fighting, let alone a big living person?" Tao Ying waved his hand generously, and almost wanted to say something to recruit Chen Dao, but considering that Huang Shao was next to him, he finally endured it, said a few kind words to Chen Zhi, and then let the grain transport team continue to march, requiring that Chen Guocheng must arrive before dark, the order was conveyed, and the grain transport team continued to march.

Of course, after getting rid of Huang Shao's entanglement, Tao Ying quickly slipped back into the ranks of the gentlemen's army, and instructed in the ears of Tao Ji and Nian Bin and other generals: "When you get to Chen Guocheng in a while, when you do it, you must take down that Chen Zhi for me!" Remember, you must live, and you must not let him run away, even if Huang Shao is allowed to escape, you must not let him run away! Tao Ji and Nian Bin and others just suffered Chen Zhi's loss, and said that Tao Ying wanted to settle accounts after the autumn, so he naturally agreed.

After walking for more than 30 miles with Huang Shao's hypocritical politeness, the Dingling grain team finally arrived at the city of Chen Guo, and Xu Sheng, who stayed behind in Chen Guo, had also opened the city gate and led the defenders of the city out of the city to greet him. Seeing that the city of Chen Guo was strong, the soldiers and horses were majestic, and Huang Shao, who was almost at the end of the road, was of course overjoyed, and thanked King Wu without a mouth: "Thank you, thank you, King Wu, there is such a strong city to defend, and there are such majestic soldiers and horses to defend the city, it seems that this time in Xia Huang Shao can save his life." ”

"King Huang, that's not necessarily." Tao Ying smiled slightly, and said quickly: "King Huang, I could have spared you from dying, but you have done too many evils, robbing money and grain, destroying silver and plundering, and you have harmed too many innocent people over the years, if I don't kill you, I really can't explain to those innocent people." ”

"King Wu, what do you mean by that?" Huang Shao asked in surprise.

"That's what it means!" Sun Guan, who had been waiting for a long time next to him, shouted, and suddenly pulled out a knife and slashed at Huang Shao's neck, blood splashed from the knife, and Huang Shao's head also flew into the sky. At the same time, Tao Ying and Sun Guan's personal army also drew their swords and spears together, quickly surrounded the other Yellow Turban generals, and lit the cannon to send out a signal.

"Listen to it all!" Tao Ying tore off the fake beard on his face, and said with righteous words: "I am Sima Tao Ying, the commander of the Xuzhou Assassin Mansion of the Han Dynasty, and I am here to capture and kill the Yellow Turban Demon Thief of Ru Ying by the order of the Assassin Mansion, and I am here to eliminate the violence for the people and the country!" Now the first evil has been punished, never punished for evil, and those who surrender on their knees can be spared death! ”

At the same time, there are also the Junzi Army and the Xuzhou infantry, seeing that Tao Ying sent a signal, immediately tore off the yellow scarf on his head, waved his knife and spear and rushed to the Huang Shao team, the Xu Sheng team in front also shouted in unison, rushed to this side together, the team of the Dingling Yellow Turban thieves was in chaos, and they threw down the grain carts and money carts and fled in all directions, and the Xuzhou army took the opportunity to kill people and seize grain, disperse the thieves, and the Yellow Turban people surrounded by Tao Sun's personal soldiers saw that the general trend had gone, and they could only quickly throw down their weapons, and shouted surrender on their knees. Without exception, they became prisoners of the Xuzhou army.

As soon as the overall situation was decided, Tao Ying immediately couldn't wait to lead the army to the position of Chen Zhi's grain team to get people, at first Tao Ying was worried that Chen Zhi was so skilled that Tao Ji and others would not be able to take him, but after arriving at the scene, what made Tao Ying overjoyed was that Chen Zhi not only did not escape, but also threw down his weapon and let the soldiers of the Junzi Army tie him up, Tao Ji also took the initiative to greet him with joy, and said with a smile: "Second brother, this demon thief has been taken, second brother, you see whether to crack or skin him, and the younger brother please order the prison sentence." ”

"So smooth?" Tao Ying asked in surprise: "His skills are so good, you took him down so quickly?" ”

"This demon thief was stupid by the little brother, he didn't run away at all, as soon as the little brother rushed in front of him, he immediately threw down his weapon and surrendered." Tao Ji replied with a grin.

"Can you scare him silly? Impossible, right? Tao Ying smiled, but he didn't bother to worry about his cousin who had merit, so he just dismounted and walked in front of Chen Zhi, smiled at Chen Zhi and asked, "General Shuzhi, why don't you run away and not resist?" Aren't you afraid that my cousin will hold a grudge? ”

"What's the use of running?" Chen Zhi calmly replied: "If the general's soldiers have a grudge, they must find the last general to settle old accounts, and the two legs of the last general can outrun the four legs of the general's soldiers' war horses?" Instead of wasting effort, it's better to stay and save some effort. ”

"The mind is really clear." Tao Ying smiled even more happily, and asked again: "General Shuzhi, then why don't you resist?" With your skills, it's not difficult to kill a few soldiers of our army to avenge Huang Shao, right? ”

"I hate Huang Shao for not listening to me, I don't want to give him my life for a long time." Chen Zhi bowed his head and said hatefully: "I have been in his account for two months, although he has repeatedly made military exploits, but he just does not listen to my contrary advice, I advised him to rectify military discipline and refine the soldiers, he did not listen, persuaded him to repair the city wall to strengthen the city defense, he was reluctant to pay that little money and food, just last night, I was still persuading him to be careful of the general, you take the opportunity to annex, beware of the general, you capture the thief and capture the king first, and suddenly attack him, he still does not listen." The bitter mother-in-law has reached this point, and I can be regarded as repaying his kindness for taking him in, and there is no need to bury him anymore. ”

"Then you're not afraid that I'll kill you?" Tao Ying asked curiously: "You know, you still offended my military prestige just now, aren't you afraid that I will hold a grudge and settle accounts with you?" ”

"If the general wanted to kill the last general, he would have done it a long time ago." Chen Zhi replied more calmly: "Just now, the last general was one enemy and ten, and still injured several generals' subordinates, the general has witnessed it with his own eyes, if the general intends to want the general's life, you can use the excuse that the general offended the general's military prestige, and ask Huang Shao to take the general down, or reprimand the military stick, or temporarily detain, so that the general can not continue to resist, and then the general can be easily killed when he moves." But you didn't do these generals, so from that time on, the last general has already understood that you don't want the last general's life. ”

Tao Ying looked up to the sky and laughed, then pulled out Tao Ji's waist knife, cut the rope on Chen Zhi's body with his own hands, and said sincerely: "General Chen, you are a talent, a rare talent, but you are buried in the Yellow Turban Thief team, I wonder if you are willing to serve under me?" I can guarantee that in my team, you will be able to show your strength and shine and become a real celebrity! ”

"The last general has long been willing to do so." Chen Zhi was overjoyed, hurriedly knelt down on Tao Ying's knees, and said loudly: "The last general Chen Dao, I am willing to serve the general, saddle up before and after the horse, go to the soup and go to the fire, and swear to die!" ”

"Good! Good! I have to be a general, I have arms! Tao Ying laughed and picked up Chen Dao, all the previous worries were finally put back in his stomach, and he muttered in his stomach, "Damn, I finally have a decent thug, and if I meet a heads-up fighter in the future, I finally don't have to send Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Lu Fengxian to the court to embarrass me." ”

"Wait!" Muttering here, Tao Ying suddenly remembered something again, and said secretly in his heart: "If I'm not mistaken, there should be another fierce general on the Runan side, who is it?" Why can't I remember? ”

(To be continued)