Chapter Eighty-Eight: Cao Shen of Anti-Pei County Captures the Pass

Ren Ao rushed to Cao Shen's house and told Cao Shen about the situation. Cao Shen was shocked, and immediately said to Ren Ao: "You go to the prison to rescue Liu Zhong, and then kill the West Gate." Ximen is guarded by my brother Cao Shang, and he will definitely be able to go out. I'm going to save Lord Xiao now! Ren Ao turned and left. Cao Shen hurriedly ran into the back garden and took out the Heaven Opening Treasure Knife that had been hidden for a long time. I saw that the knife saw the light and sneered, and a white light pierced the sky. Cao Shen was surprised: Why is this baby singing now? Is it really going to make a contribution? hurriedly led the horse out of the park, then flew on the horse, carried the knife, and went straight to Xiao He's house.

Xiao He was thinking about raising troops at home, when suddenly a gust of wind blew out the lights, and Cao Shen had already jumped into the door. Xiao He was startled and hurriedly asked why he was so panicked. Cao Shen said: "Zhao County's order has changed, and he sent a sergeant to arrest you." I'm protecting you now, and your home is out of the city! Xiao He was shocked and asked, "What about your family?" Cao Shen said: "The county order wants to arrest you, it has nothing to do with me, they won't harm my family!" Xiao He said: "Since they came to arrest people, there must be a lot of people, how can you resist alone?" Or do you kill it first and report to Pavilion Chief Liu, and let him send troops overnight! Cao Shen shouted: "If we want to raise an army against Qin, we can't do without you!" Please don't shirk and gather your family out of the city, right? Xiao He immediately summoned his family members to gather in the middle of the courtyard.

When everyone was in a hurry, there was already the sound of people shouting and screaming outside, and it turned out that Wei Cai had already arrived with his troops, and they surrounded Xiao He's house. After a while, I heard Wei Cai shouting: "Capture Xiao He alive!" Let Xiao go and be punished for treason! Cao Shen turned on his horse and shouted: "Don't panic, when I open the courtyard gate and go out first, you will follow me!" With that, he ordered someone to remove the deadbolt and open the courtyard door. Cao Shen shouted, jumped out of the horse, waved the Sky Opening Knife, and immediately cut down a large area. Wei Cai didn't expect Cao Shen to be here, he only stabbed Cao Shen with a sword, where was the opponent, he just swung it twice and fled. The rest of the sergeants saw that it was their boss Cao Shen, and they didn't dare to fight, so they ran away with Wei Cai. Cao Shen protected Xiao He's family and ran towards the west city gate.

When Ren Ao came to the county office, he saw the noise of people at the door, and he was afraid that others would recognize him, so he climbed into the county through the side wall and went straight to the prison. He came to the prison, found Liu Zhong, cut down the doorman, rescued Liu Zhong, told him what had happened, and then immediately took him out of the city. Liu Zhong picked up the weapons of the doorman and killed the generals with Ren Ao, and an official errand poured out from under the two corridors. Ren Ao and Liu Zhong slashed with their knives, slaughtered out of the county government gate, and went straight to the west city gate. When they came to the city, they saw that Cao Shen's family protecting Xiao He had also arrived, and everyone gathered together. Cao Shen said to Liu Zhong and Ren Ao: "You two must protect Lord Xiao, I'll call the door!" Cao Shen came to the city gate, only to see that the gate was closed and already guarded.

The one guarding the door was Cao Shen's cousin Cao Shang. Cao Shen reined in the horse, stood up with a horizontal knife, and arched his hand to Cao Shangzuo and said: "Brother, the county order wants to kill me and Lord Xiao, let us out of the city quickly!" Cao Shang sneered: "You are an official of the Qin State, the county of Pei County, why did you want to escape?" Cao Shen said: "It's just because Lord Zhao raised an army against Qin, but he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to arrest me and Lord Xiao He." Cao Shang said: "Lord Zhao treats you well, why do you fornicate with robbers?" Cao Shen said: "Zhao County Order promised to let Liu Ji come back to raise troops together, but someone sowed discord from it, and now Zhao County Order has ordered to arrest me and Lord Xiao, the situation is urgent, I can't tell right from wrong, please let my brother open the net and let us out of the city!" Cao Shang said: "Liu Ji was originally a robber and a key criminal of the country, but you are a thief without permission, and your future will be ruined from now on!" Now listen to my brother's words, please restrain yourself from the precipice and return to the court. With your ability, you will be able to atone for your sins, and the future is immeasurable. Success or failure is just a thought, please think twice? Cao Shen said: "The county order is jealous of the virtuous and can, and will not use people, and besides, there is no way to be tyrannical, and it is only a matter of time before it perishes, so why should we help the abuse?" Should my brother also abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and follow us to raise an army? Cao Shang said angrily: "You betrayed the country and want me to be destroyed? Cao Shen said anxiously: "Since my brother doesn't want to betray Qin, I'm not reluctant, it's just that the county order wants to kill me and Lord Xiao now, only go out of the city first, otherwise we will definitely die!" Cao Shang sneered: "I know that you will not repent, the county lieutenant has ordered me to guard the West Gate, and I can't let go of a rebel, if I let you go today, I will be disloyal to Lord Zhao, and even more disloyal to the court." We are each our own masters, so go another way. Cao Shen pleaded: "The situation is urgent, please read it for the sake of the same sect, let me wait out of the city?" Where is Cao Shang willing to put it, Heng Ge immediately stood still in the middle of the road, and ordered all the officers and soldiers to guard the city gate.

At this time, someone from behind had already caught up, shouting: "Lord Zhao has an order, guard the city gate, and let Xiao He and Cao Shen go to be punished for treason!" Cao Shen panicked, clasped his hands together, and prayed to God: "God, please cool me!" It's not that I, Cao Shen, is ruthless and unjust, killing my brother of the same clan, it's really a last resort! "Let's just go straight to Cao Shang and take it directly. Where did Cao Shang think that Cao Ying would come to kill him, so he was defenseless. Cao Shen raised the knife and fell, and Cao Shang's head had already rolled to the ground. When Cao Shen was born, it happened to be the time when the star appeared, and his mother took the name Shen. And the cousin's name is Shang, and some people said at that time that Sam Xing and Shang Xing did not appear in the sky at the same time, and I was afraid that their brothers would not get along for too long. Now Cao Shen really killed Cao Shang and fulfilled the words of the prophet. Cao Shen killed the sergeants guarding the gate again, smashed open the city gate, and stood behind the door opening. Everyone rushed out of the door.

Cao saw that all the people who followed him had gone out, so he went out of the city on horseback. At this time, the pursuers had already arrived, and Cao Shen looked back and saw that it was Wei Cai again. It turned out that after Wei Cai was killed by Cao Shen and retreated, he hurriedly rushed back to the county, changed his armor, and took a spear to chase after him again. When Wei Cai came to the gate of the city, Xiao He had already left the city, so Wei Cai shouted at the officers and soldiers to rush up, intercept Cao Shen, and scolded: "Anti-country thief, get off the horse and die!" Cao Shen was furious, and Hui Ma fought with Wei Cai. That Wei Cai was a newly promoted prison peng, and he didn't know what Cao Shen's martial arts were, so he only cared about wielding a spear to stab Cao Shen. Cao Shen roared, and chopped Wei Cai to death under the horse with only one sword, and the rest of the officers and soldiers did not dare to step forward, Cao Shen turned his horse's head and chased Xiao He. There is a poem praising Cao Sandao:

A generation of famous generals stood out and immediately crossed the cage when they heard the wind.

With a beautiful political mind, Yao Shun has a knife quenching and a pelican to help the world.

Rebuke the sea and the heroes vibrate the rivers and mountains from then on.

Who is the best in siege field warfare? Han Mo is rotten.

Cao Shen caught up with Xiao He and said: "Wei Cai has been killed by me, I'm afraid that the county order will come to chase after me personally, you quickly lead your family to leave, and I will be left alone!" Xiao He said: "Zhao Feng is a useless thing, and he won't chase him." I'm just worried about your small home! Cao Shen said: "Although something happened, but my friends are in the city, they won't sit idly by, but I killed my brother, I'm afraid that I will be punished!" Xiao He said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and their hearts have their own home." I had to kill him today, and it was also his destiny to do this, please don't blame yourself too much. I heard that Liu Ji had captured Fengyi, so we hurried to him. "Say it, and urge everyone to leave. But they hadn't gone far, when suddenly the torches in front of them were bright, and people shouted and neighed, as if someone had killed them. Xiao He was overjoyed and said: "This must be Liu Tingchang!" When they got closer, they saw a leader holding a big horn in his hand and shouting at them: "Who is the person ahead, quickly report the name?" Cao Shen heard Fan Hao and shouted: "Lord Xiao He is here!" Fan Xu turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to meet him. Cao Shen asked, "Where is Pavilion Chief Liu?" Fan replied: "It's right behind." After a while, Liu Ji led the team to catch up. Fan Hao shouted: "Big brother, Xiao and Cao are here. Liu Ji then dismounted to meet him. When Liu Ji saw that his second brother and Ren Ao were there, he happily asked, "Why did you go out of the city in the middle of the night?" Liu Zhong told the county order to change the hexagram and kill Xiao He and Cao Shen. Fan Hao shouted on the side: "Okay, good! Now great, great! We can do it ourselves! Hurry up and chop down the dog officer! ”

When Liu Ji saw Xiao He and Cao Shen coming to vote overnight, he said excitedly: "How can I, Liu Ji, let the two adults be so important, I'm afraid I have the trust of the two!" Xiao He said: "Pavilion Chief Liu, you are generous and benevolent, and you dare to do things, and kindness has spread all over the township." Now that the world is in turmoil, it is the time for heroes to use force. As the saying goes, 'the times make heroes', and now we are in troubled times, and heroes will be born in troubled times. We have already killed the officers and soldiers, broken with the tyrannical Qin, and now we can only rely on your prestige to raise troops, I wonder if Liu Tingchang has such ambitions? Liu Ji said angrily: "I hate Tyranny Qin to the core, and I wanted to raise troops for a long time, but I didn't get your on-demand, how dare I retreat now!" Xiao and Cao were overjoyed, and said in unison: "We get a hero like you, and we can be regarded as meeting the master!" Please bow down to us! Seeing this, Liu Ji also hurriedly bowed. The three of them looked up, smiled dumbly, and got up together. Liu Ji asked: "What should we do now?" Xiao He asked rhetorically: "How many people did you bring?" Liu Ji said: "I have won 300 strong men, and 2,000 more soldiers." Xiao Hexi said: "Attack Pei County first, save Lord Cao's family, and then call on the whole county to raise troops!" Everyone said in unison: "Capture Peixian!" Kill! Kill! Kill! The roar of thunder had already alarmed Pei County, so Liu Ji led everyone to kill Pei County.