(ps: It's the end of the month, ask for the last monthly pass, and by the way, I recommend a book by a fellow villager in Guizhou, "Fighting the Sky", ISBN 2977881.) ）

What is unusual is that after being rescued by Ding Feng, Cao Qing, who was crying to death on the way across the river, stopped crying, and took his young sister Cao Hualou, who had been struggling and crying, into his arms, and let the soldiers pull Cao Zhi and Cao Xiong, and kissed his younger siblings in turn to comfort him, but even so, tears still oozed from Cao Qing's eyes and fell on the faces of his younger siblings bit by bit.

The Jingzhou army on the other side of the river did not withdraw, Zhang Fei also rode his horse to the shore, tore out his famous big voice and shouted: "Listen to the remnants of the Cao thief on the other side, you don't have to die, and this general is too lazy to kill you lost dogs, but you dare to ruin our clever plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and dare to kill our Jingzhou soldiers, you are looking for death yourself!" Don't think that you can survive after crossing the river, if you are smart, you will kneel and surrender immediately, this general can spare you from dying for the sake of you are mostly old and weak women and children! ”

The Cao Qing sisters and brothers on the north bank of the water and the last five Cao soldiers did not say a word, but looked at the south bank with hatred, and also looked at Zhang Fei who was riding on a black horse to show off his might. At this time, Zhang Fei suddenly laughed inexplicably, and laughed wildly: "It turns out that you are the family members of Cao Ying's thief, back then, Cao Thief bullied the king, brutalized Zhongliang, and forced my Taoyuan brothers to have no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the ground, almost cornered, and wanted to harm my brother in Wancheng, how rampant was it?" I didn't expect your Cao family to have today, right?! ”

Hearing Zhang Fei's tone, Deputy Director Tao immediately understood that it must be the captured wife and daughter of Boss Cao who confessed and revealed their identities and names, although I don't know if it was Boss Cao's wife who confided the truth in order to save her life, or whether Cao Xian and Cao Jie's sisters were young and ignorant and were scared out of their confessions, but it doesn't matter anymore, knowing that Boss Cao still has children on the north bank of the water, Zhang Fei will definitely not give up, and he will continue to face danger. After all, Zhang Fei was surrounded by Jingzhou soldiers, all of whom were skilled, and it was easy to cross the Danshui River, which was only about fifty steps wide.

"Little girl Cao Qing, listen up!" Zhang Fei yelled on the other side again, "Now your mother and your two sisters are in my hands, if you are smart, tell your people to lay down their weapons immediately, and obediently follow me to see the eldest brother, and see how he sends you down!" My eldest brother Liu Xuande is benevolent and righteous, and he will definitely not want your life! Otherwise, if you start to do it, you have no eyes for knives and guns, and don't blame me if you lose your surname! ”

"Little lady Cao Qing, did you hear that? Surrender immediately if you are wise, or it will cost you your life! The Jingzhou soldiers on the south bank also shouted, and a few Jingzhou soldiers laughed loudly: "Little girl, if you don't surrender, we will be your godfather!" ”

Fortunately, in addition to doing such immoral things as robbing Lili as his wife, Zhang Sanye is still a little cautious in terms of women, and when he heard this, he immediately whipped a silver-smiling Jingzhou soldier with a horsewhip and shouted: "Fart!" No silver wives and daughters! ”

"When the villains followed General Liu Pan, General Liu Pan didn't care about us." The Jingzhou soldiers who were pumped were a little unconvinced.

"Liu Pan is Liu Pan, follow me and don't do this, otherwise you will die!" Zhang Fei, who is known for his penchant for whipping soldiers, whipped it again, then turned around and shouted: "Cao Qing girl, listen up, you surrender with the team, this general promises not to hurt you, and promises not to let these rabbit cubs insult you!" Make a decision, or I'll give the order to attack! ”

The two mothers and two young sisters were in the hands of the enemy together, no matter how strong and decisive Cao Qing was, similar to Cao Boss, he was helpless, so he could only turn his gaze for help to the big men present, and Ding Feng and other five Cao soldiers were also You look at me, I look at you, none of them can come up with an idea, only Deputy Director Tao turned his back to Zhang Fei carefully, and said in a low voice: "Son-in-law, don't be fooled, I heard that Liu Bei's brother is just a guest army in Jingzhou, and the Jingzhou team in Ye County is dominated by Liu Pan, and Liu Pan is famous for plundering surrounding states and counties when he is in Youxian, Military discipline is very corrupt, and if you fall into his hands...... ”

Cao Qing's pretty and moving little face showed fear, this was not caused by Deputy Director Tao's intimidation, but when the Cao army was defeated the night before yesterday, Cao Qing had seen the Jingzhou soldiers robbing the Cao army's female dependents on the way to escape, and immediately tore their clothes and wreaked havoc after catching the female dependents, the sad cries of the Cao army's female dependents and the proud silver laughter of the Jingzhou soldiers are still echoing in Cao Qing's ears, once Cao Qing, who is very beautiful, falls into the hands of the Jingzhou team, what will happen to him, Cao Qing himself can't imagine.

In addition to being frightened, Cao Qing was extremely helpless, so he could only ask again: "Then what should we do now?" My mother and sister were all caught by the Jingzhou thief army, what should I do? ”

Deputy Director Tao was a little hesitant, because Deputy Director Tao didn't know where his search and rescue team had arrived, nor did he know if Zhang Fei had follow-up reinforcements, let alone whether there was a Jingzhou team in the upper and lower reaches of the north bank of Yanshui, so no matter how resourceful and innate Deputy Director Tao was, he couldn't think of any way to deal with it for a while. Just when Deputy Director Tao was hesitating and helpless for a rare time, Zhang Fei on the opposite side shouted again and said, "Hurry up, I don't have much time!" I'll count to ten, and if you don't surrender, I'll give the order to attack and kill you all!" One! ”

At least thirty Jingzhou soldiers stood on the shore, took away the useless burden on their bodies, and prepared to go into the water, Zhang Fei shouted again, "Two! ”

"Don't have much time?!" Deputy Director Tao noticed a small detail in Zhang Fei's words, and his heart was shocked, and a bad idea suddenly came to mind, and then Deputy Director Tao quickly lowered his voice and whispered to Cao Qing and Ding Feng: "Son-in-law, General Ding, if you want to save the two wives and two sons-in-law of Meng Degong, I have a way, but you must obey my orders and act according to my requirements." ”

"Do you have a way to save my mother and sister?" Cao Qing asked in surprise.

"100% sure!" Deputy Director Tao nodded categorically, boasted without blushing, and hurriedly said, "But you must listen to my arrangement, so that you can save them." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Cao Qing was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, so he nodded quickly, Ding Feng over there also nodded in agreement, and Zhang Fei on the other side of the river had already counted to five. Seeing that the situation was critical, Deputy Director Tao hurriedly ordered: "General Ding, you immediately arrange for two people to prepare firewood and grass, and go to a place where the enemy can't see in the distance to build a bonfire, the bigger the fire, the better, don't ask why, right away!" Son-in-law, you stand in front, I teach you what to say, you say anything! ”

Seeing Deputy Director Tao's solemn expression, Ding Feng and Cao Qing did not hesitate, and at that moment Ding Feng immediately arranged for the soldiers to make a fire, Cao Qing stood up, pressed the guidance of Deputy Director Tao who was half-squatting behind the big stone, and said loudly: "General Zhang Yide, you don't have to count, we will make a deal and guarantee a deal that satisfies you!" ”

"What kind of transaction custody satisfies my Lao Zhang?" Zhang Fei, who had already counted to nine, asked curiously.

"I know you're looking for someone, a young man in a white robe and white armor." Cao Qing followed Deputy Director Tao's instructions and said loudly: "As long as you return my two mothers and my two younger sisters to me, I will tell you the whereabouts of this white-robed man!" ”

"You know where he is?" Zhang Fei asked in surprise.

"Of course we do, because we've seen him before." Cao Qing said loudly: "At that time, he was lying motionless on the ground, I don't know whether he is alive or dead, we didn't pay attention to it, and then your soldiers pretended to be Xuzhou thieves and wanted to find him, and we knew that he was the person you were looking for." Since this man is so important to you, as long as you return my mother and sister, I will tell you his whereabouts! ”

"How do I know if you're lying?" Zhang Fei asked very slyly.

"He looks like he's about twenty years old, wearing a white robe and shining silver scale armor." Cao Qing said loudly: "He looks very handsome, with a pointed chin, a high nose, light eyebrows, and very white skin, if it weren't for a little beard on his lips, he would look like a beautiful woman, because I once searched for him to see if he brought dry food, so remember what he looked like - General Yide, is he the person you are looking for?" ”

Zhang Fei on the other side of the river was silent, and when Cao Qing was worried, behind the stone next to him, Cao Qing's youngest sister Cao Hua looked at Deputy Director Tao and said, "Big brother, you also have a pointed chin, a high nose, and very white skin." ”

"What?" Cao Qing was shocked, and when he quickly turned his head to look at Deputy Director Tao, Deputy Director Tao had already lowered his head weakly.

"Good!" Zhang Fei yelled on the other side, "I'll make this deal with you, as long as you take me to find this person, I'll let you go!" ”

"I'm sorry, General Yide, we can trust you, but we can't trust your men! I can't trust other Jingzhou generals! Cao Qing also said loudly: "You send my mother and sister to send them to cross the river safely, and I will tell you the whereabouts of that person!" By the way, don't expect my mother and sister to tell you the whereabouts of that person, I didn't see that person outside the woods at the time, and I can only tell you if you let my mother and sister cross the river. ”

"No way!" Zhang Fei flatly refused, saying, "What if you lie?" ”

"The three generals can not believe me." Cao Qing said loudly: "But please General Zhang think about it carefully, if I hadn't seen that person and looked at him carefully, how would I know his appearance?" ”

Zhang Fei hesitated again, at this time, the two Cao soldiers arranged by Ding Feng had already lit the bonfire, and the smoke was billowing into the sky, Zhang Fei was shocked when he saw this, and roared angrily: "What are you doing lighting a fire and making smoke?" ”

"Strange? Why is he so afraid of us starting a fire? Cao Qing was actually more confused than Zhang Fei, but the situation was urgent, and Cao Qing couldn't think about it, so he hurriedly followed Deputy Director Tao's instructions and said loudly: "Of course it's baking clothes, the little woman is weak, and she is soaked when she crosses the river, is there anything wrong with lighting a fire to bake clothes?" ”

Of course, Zhang Fei couldn't tell Cao Qing the reason why he was afraid that the Cao soldiers would catch fire, and after a little calculation, Zhang Fei shouted helplessly: "Okay, my old Zhang has done this deal, tell me the whereabouts of the white-robed man, and I will let your mother and your sister cross the river." ”

"You release people first!" This sentence didn't need to be pointed out by Deputy Director Tao, Cao Qing had already shouted it out by himself. Then after getting the guidance of Deputy Director Tao, Cao Qing added: "Third general, please rest assured, we don't know that white-robed man, and we won't lie to you for him, you can decide for yourself." ”

Seeing that the smoke behind Cao Qing and the others was getting thicker and thicker, Zhang Fei had no choice but to shout: "Come on, send those two old ladies and those two little girls across the river together!" ”

"Really let go?"

Cao Qing was so surprised that he couldn't believe that this was true, but Deputy Director Tao next to him urged in a low voice: "Say it quickly, soldiers who send people across the river are not allowed to carry weapons!" ”

Cao Qing glanced at Deputy Director Tao again, and then opened his mouth to make a request according to the instructions, Zhang Fei was also helpless, in order to quickly know the whereabouts of Deputy Director Tao, Zhang Fei could only hurry up according to the request, and ordered the four Jingzhou soldiers to lay down their weapons, carry Mrs. Ding, Mrs. Qin and Cao Xian, Cao Jie sisters across the river, although the Jingzhou soldiers were reluctant to let go of Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Qin, who still had charm, but they did not dare to fight against Zhang Fei's Yinwei, so they could only tie two large and two small four female characters behind their backs with clothes belts, and then swim across the river, Return the hostages you have just captured.

It wasn't until Boss Cao's two wives and two daughters landed safely on the north shore that Cao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to rush up to hug his mother and sister, Deputy Director Tao next to him hurriedly grabbed her little hand and ordered: "Zhang Feidu will ask you about the whereabouts of that person, and tell him that in a forest more than ten miles upstream of the Tanshui, there is a stream in the woods that flows into the Tanshui, and there is a dirt mountain in the forest, which is easy to identify." ”

"Okay." Cao Qing nodded, glanced at Deputy Director Tao again, and was even more suspicious in his heart, "The person Zhang Fei is looking for, how can he look more and more like this Brother Zhang?" ”

At this time, Zhang Fei really couldn't wait to ask about the whereabouts of the white-robed man, and Cao Qing followed Deputy Director Tao's instructions, until Mrs. Ding and others were successfully handed over to Ding Feng and others, and the four Jingzhou soldiers who crossed the river went back into the water and swam to the other side, and Cao Qing said the whereabouts of the white-robed man fabricated by Deputy Director Tao. But Deputy Director Tao also obviously underestimated some of Zhang Fei's IQ, and after learning the fabricated address, Zhang Fei was overjoyed, and laughed and shouted: "Little lady Cao Qing, stand up and call your three sisters, two mothers, and two younger brothers to stand up." ”

"What for?" Cao Qing asked vigilantly.

"Listen up." Zhang Fei smiled and said: "General Ben believes your words for the time being, and immediately leads someone to find the white-robed man, but the remnants of your family members of the Cao thieves had better not move around, because General Ben will leave half of the men and horses here to spy on you, find the white-robed man and let you go - if you lie to me, or plan to escape, they will attack immediately and kill all of you!" ”

"Thief!" Cao Qing's face changed suddenly, and when he hurriedly squinted his eyes to glance at Deputy Director Tao, he saw Deputy Director Tao's expression as usual, and he was not surprised by this, Cao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and he was more and more full of trust in Deputy Director Tao.

"Leave half of the people here to watch, keep an eye on those girls and children, if they dare to run and run, they will cross the river and kill them all! Not a single one to stay! ”

Throwing down this cruel sentence, Zhang Fei left with half of the Jingzhou soldiers, leaving twenty-five or six Jingzhou soldiers on the south bank of the Yanshui to monitor the Cao Lao family, who were already protected by only five Cao soldiers. After temporarily out of danger, Cao's mother and daughter first hugged their heads and cried, and then came to Deputy Director Tao together to thank them, Mrs. Ding also bowed to Deputy Director Tao Ying Ying when Deputy Director Tao was only wearing ordinary soldiers' clothes, and choked up and said: "Thank you Zhang Junjun, if it weren't for Zhang Junshu's design to save her today, the concubine will not only be unable to escape her life, but may also be insulted by the enemy. ”

Looking at Mrs. Ding, whose clothes had obviously been torn, and the countless mud handprints on the skirt on her chest, Deputy Director Tao sighed and said, "Madame, you don't have to be polite, it was Meng Degong who was kind to me first, and I just repaid the favor." ”

"Is the husband kind to the soldiers?" Mrs. Ding was stunned.

"yes." Deputy Director Tao, who almost missed his mouth, hurriedly smiled and said, "When I was in Taishan County, it was Meng Degong who rewarded my whole family with a mouthful of food, and didn't let my family starve to death in the troubled times, isn't it kind to me?" ”

"Zhang Junchu is polite, that's an exchange, you work for your husband, of course your husband will give you a fortune." Mrs. Ding was an understanding person, and then asked cautiously: "Soldier Zhang, the enemy is still watching us, but we have only five soldiers left, including six women and two children. ”

"Madame, don't worry." Deputy Director Tao comforted: "The villain is trying to find a way to take you away, and he will definitely be able to come up with a way, but it takes a little time to think about how to escape with his wife unscathed." ”

"The housewife doesn't have to worry." Ding Feng next to him also said: "If it really doesn't work, the last general will break the rear for you and buy time for you to retreat, please rest assured." ”

Ding Feng's words reminded Deputy Director Tao, and when he turned back to look at the Jingzhou miscellaneous soldiers on the other side of the river, Deputy Director Tao couldn't help but think in his heart: "Zhang Fei has already left, and there are more than 20 Jingzhou miscellaneous soldiers left, and they must cross the river first to catch up with us. ”

Thinking about it, considering the danger of doing so, Deputy Director Tao still put this idea aside for the time being, and just instructed Ding Feng: "General Ding, let the soldiers make the fire more vigorous and make more smoke to the sky, I noticed that the enemy is very afraid that we will light a fire and make smoke, in this case, let's ask for a surname to do the opposite, maybe there will be a good turnaround." ”

Ding Feng, who also noticed this, was about to go over to Gawang Fire, but Cao Zhi jumped out and screamed: "You can't add fire, you must put out the fire!" ”

"Little bastard, it's really not a good thing." Deputy Director Tao cursed in his heart, and then pretended to be surprised, and asked fakely, "Why?" ”

"You said this morning that the Xuzhou thieves won the battle upstream." Cao Zhi said with a gloomy face: "Later, Zhang Feipifu and the Xuzhou thief army were also afraid that we would light the fire and make smoke, indicating that he was worried that the Xuzhou thief army would rush over when they saw the smoke, and we will increase the fire now, what if the Xuzhou thief army is attracted to it?" ”

Deputy Director Tao, the number one actor in the late Han Dynasty, opened his mouth wide, then slapped his forehead and immediately jumped up, and said while rushing towards the bonfire: "Confused! Confused! How did I forget that? Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire! Don't bring the Xuzhou thief army! ”

Seeing Deputy Director Tao's anxious appearance, Cao Jun, who had already had some suspicions, was puzzled, and hurriedly followed, accompanying Deputy Director Tao to extinguish the fire - and inadvertently interrupted Deputy Director Tao's hope of deliberately increasing the fire. And Cao Zhi glanced at Deputy Director Tao suspiciously, and then pulled Cao Qing down, and whispered in Cao Qing's ear: "Sister, have you noticed something strange?" This thief in a shirt seems to be deliberately trying to attract the Xuzhou thief army? ”

"Also, the appearance of the white-robed man he asked you to describe is exactly the same as his! Sister, you say, could he be the person the Jingzhou thief army is looking for? ”

If it had been changed before, maybe the violent girl Cao Qing would have knocked on her younger brother's head, but this time it was an exception, Cao Qing not only did not knock Cao Zhi, but with a pair of clear beautiful eyes, he also stared closely at the Yitian sword on Deputy Director Tao's waist......

"Sister, this is for you." Cao Zhi handed a crossbow arrow wrapped in cloth to Cao Qing, and said in a low voice: "The poisonous arrow just now, if the situation is not right, my sister will kill that Zhang Shan with one arrow immediately." ”

Playing with the poisonous arrows carefully kept by his sinister brother, Cao Qing hesitated, but at this moment, the soldiers of the Cao Army, who were in charge of monitoring the enemy's situation, shouted, "General Ding, the enemy has gone into the water, and the enemy has all gone into the water!" ”

Cao Qing, Deputy Director Tao and others looked back in surprise, and saw that the more than 20 Jingzhou soldiers on the opposite side had indeed all been launched, swimming towards the north bank with their hands and feet, Cao Qing was shocked and exclaimed: "Didn't Zhang Fei say that if we don't escape, we won't be able to cross the river?" How does his talk not count? ”

"Eighty percent of them are interested in seeing the color." Deputy Director Tao snorted coldly: "These brutes, when they caught the two ladies, they didn't do much to them, and when Zhang Fei was not there, they would be even more unscrupulous." At that time, even if Zhang Fei asked, they could reply that it was us who ran first, and they were ordered to chase and kill! ”

"This, what to do?" Cao Qing panicked.

"My palace, you protect the master mother, they go first!" Ding Feng pulled out his waist knife and yelled.

"No way!" Deputy Director Tao roared even louder, "The terrain here is open, and there are more than 20 of them, how can you stop them all?" Rush up and pick them up on the shore, they must have come ashore first, just enough to break them all. ”

Ding Feng didn't say a word, shouted to follow me, and led the last four soldiers to rush to the riverbank, Deputy Director Tao pulled Cao Zhi with his left hand, picked up Cao Hua who was closest to him with his right hand, and ordered: "All over, don't leave General Ding and them, to prevent the enemy from outflanking." ”

After half a day of getting along, Deputy Director Tao had already established absolute prestige in Cao Qing's team, so after Deputy Director Tao spoke, Mrs. Ding and Cao Qing's mother and daughter did not hesitate, and immediately followed Deputy Director Tao to the back of Ding Feng and others, so that the enemy could not outflank and attack the family members who had no power to resist.

"Brother Yanzhou on the other side, listen up." Jingzhou soldiers, who were about to swim to the north bank, shouted in the river, "Don't give those girls their lives, enjoy them with us, have enough fun, let's let you go." ”

"Yes, they are all beauties, when will we be pawns to enjoy such beauties? Don't miss your chance and enjoy it with us! ”

Hearing such a silver smile, Mrs. Ding and Cao Qing and other female dependents were all discolored, but Ding Feng and the four Cao soldiers were pale, and the green tendons on the back of the hand holding the weapon jumped violently, Deputy Director Tao quickly observed the enemy situation, and found that this group of Jingzhou soldiers were full of courage and gall, but they were very smart and fan-shaped, and did not gather together to take turns to go ashore to find a fight, Deputy Director Tao gritted his teeth, and finally decided to drink a donkey to quench his thirst, pulled out his Yitian sword, handed it to Ding Feng, and ordered: "General Ding, you use this sword to kill the enemy!" ”

"Why?" Ding Feng was surprised.

"There's no time to explain." Deputy Director Tao forced the Yitian Sword into Ding Feng's hand, and Ding Feng subconsciously took it.

"Kill!" The first Jingzhou soldier jumped ashore, roared and waved his knife and rushed to Ding Feng who was standing in front, Ding Feng reflexively used the Yitian sword to fight, the swords intersected with a golden iron sound, and the iron knife in the hand of the Jingzhou soldier was suddenly broken into two, and the Yitian sword castrated was not eliminated, and the shoulder of the Jingzhou soldier was chopped, and the shoulder armor of the Jingzhou soldier was cut off, and the blood was like a spring.

Seeing this scene, not to mention the Jingzhou soldiers who were beheaded by Ding Feng, Ding Feng himself was also stunned, and then shouted in disbelief: "What a sword!" It turned out to be a divine weapon! ”

"Of course, after all, it's a Heavenly Sword that is more powerful than Zhao Yun's Qingyu Sword in Changbanpo."

Deputy Director Tao snorted coldly in his heart, but before he finished speaking, Deputy Director Tao was extremely depressed to find that there was another hard and sharp object, which resisted his fragile back, and then, Cao Qing's beautiful and cold voice also sounded in his ears, "How can my father's Heavenly Sword be in your hands?!" ”

"I picked ......." Deputy Director Tao replied tremblingly. (To be continued.) )