Immediately, three thousand cavalry headed north again.
The two groups of people left one after another. At this time, a person walked out of the grass. It was Zhao Feng's Bronze Bird.
All this was seen by Tongque.
At this time, outside Sizhou, Gan Ning and his soldiers had already surpassed the bandits who were transporting grain and grass.
Sure enough, Zhang Wei and others who were chasing after them saw these bandits transporting food and grass, and were eliminated in an instant.
Zhang Wei frowned secretly and thought: "Could all this be done by Cao Jun?"
Tongque, who had just had this idea, hesitated for a moment.
If it was done by Cao Jun, how could he do such a stupid thing and divide his troops into two groups?
This is obviously impossible. According to Cao Jun's moral character, he must focus on this food and grass baggage. Wouldn't it be better to take these grain and grass baggage home directly?
Moreover, when Sizhou and Hanzhong County mobilized troops, Cao Jun was obviously the most suspected. If they really wanted to take action, wouldn't it be better to directly send troops to intercept them openly?
As for the possibility of bandits, Zhang Wei directly ruled it out. He had never seen a bandit who could kill all the three thousand soldiers accompanying him.
Then the answer is obvious, Soochow.
Apart from Cao Cao, the only remaining force is Soochow. They want to dissolve their relationship with Xiliang and at the same time send troops to attack Cao Cao.
Everything behind this became clear in an instant.
Just as Zhang Wei continued to think, the carriage suddenly made a noise.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Zhang Wei showed a hint of curiosity, could this person from Xiliang still survive?
Then he immediately looked towards the carriage, opened the curtain, and saw a person tied up with a rope and his mouth covered in the carriage.
Zhang Wei looked at this person with a trace of curiosity and said lightly: "Who are you?"
The man whispered with a hint of stuttering and panic: "Report to the general, I'm sorry, I am the grain transport officer for this trip."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slap fell on his face.
Zhang Wei showed a hint of anger and shouted: "You bastard, the food and grass that we promised should arrive at the beginning of the month are now already at the end of the month."
"It turns out you are the talent!"
Gou An showed a trace of panic, covered his face with his hands, and said tremblingly: "I am Li Yan's nephew, you can't kill me!"
Zhang Wei's expression turned ugly, and he snorted, "This is Ma Teng's man, he really can't touch him."
However, there was no emotion in Zhang Wei's eyes, and he did not send anyone to chase the soldiers who were fleeing towards Cao's camp in the distance.
He said coldly: "Come here, bring these provisions and baggage back to me."
Then, these three thousand soldiers headed towards Hanzhong County.
In Hanzhong County, Zhang Luzheng was walking back and forth with a frown on his face. When he saw his brother returning, he quickly asked: "Gongze, how is the situation?"
Zhang Wei's face was not very good and he said: "Brother, I was still a step too late, and all the three thousand Xiliang soldiers accompanying me were killed."
Hearing this, Zhang Lu frowned even more and asked, "Can you find out who did it?"
If these three thousand lives are not found out, the matter may be a bit serious, and it is also very important to Zhang Lu.
Zhang Wei waved his hand and one person was brought up.
At this time, Gou An was already bruised and swollen, and could not even walk normally.
Two soldiers supported him.
When he saw Gou An coming, Zhang Wei didn't give him any good looks. He just said lightly: "Tell me what the people you met on the way are like."
Gou An raised his head, the smell of alcohol still lingering in his mouth, and said in a daze: "Those are dressed like bandits, and their faces are covered. As for the other people, they didn't see clearly either."
"I vaguely heard them saying that they wanted to go to Duke Cao to receive the reward."
"belch"
After he finished speaking, he burped.
This time, Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu couldn't help it anymore, and cursed angrily: "Then why are you a month late in delivering grain and grass?"
Gou An turned his head and said: "The journey is long and our army was stalled in the face of heavy rain, so it was delayed for some time."
Hearing this, Zhang Lu couldn't help but get a headache. He stopped looking and waved his hand and said, "Take it with you."
He exhaled, his eyes brightened, and then he said: "The person coming here must not be Cao Jun."
Zhang Wei on the side also nodded, as he had guessed.
"I think so too."
There was a sharp look in Zhang Lu's eyes. Although Zhang Lu was relatively small in power, Soochow was a bit too arrogant.
The murders were all on his face.
"Come here, Baili is urgent. This letter must be delivered to Ma Teng."
At the same time, outside Sizhou, Gan Ning and his Qianjinfan camp had disguised themselves as refugees. As for Yizhou and Hanzhong County, they did not dare to go any further.
The men who intercepted and killed Xiliang were discovered. It was impossible for Zhang Lu to have no reaction, and all the surrounding counties and counties must be on guard.
And these are not the most important, but Zhang Wei saw it in his eyes. If it is guessed that Cao Cao did not do all this.
Then his month of being a bandit in the mountains was in vain.
If I had known earlier, I would not have spared that peaceful life, but I didn't expect that it would cause trouble now.
At this moment, he had to disguise himself as a refugee and head towards Sizhou.
I heard that Cao Cao's men were recruiting refugees, so there shouldn't be anything unusual among them.
As long as he can get through the city defense, he has hope of returning to Soochow.
And among the counties on the border of Sizhou.
"General Huang Zhong, the military advisor has an order."
Hearing this, Huang Zhong couldn't help but become cautious. The team in front of him only belonged to the intelligence organization of the military advisor.
"The end is here!"
Tongque continued: "Today, a group of thousands of refugees will sneak into the city, and this group of refugees is disguised by Gan Ning and his subordinate Jinfan Camp. We must capture them all alive when the time comes!"
Huang Zhong's eyes showed a sparkle. With his eyesight, he could distinguish even one person among a thousand people.
Then he bowed and said: "The last general takes orders."
The bronze bird in front of him nodded, turned and left.
On the border of Sizhou, countless people were passing through this checkpoint, and nearly a hundred people were at the city gate to maintain order and at the same time search the items carried by those entering the city.
Gan Ning looked at this scene and frowned slightly. Wasn't Cao Jun's search of the city too cautious?
The soldiers on the side couldn't help but frown and said: "General, you are not allowed to bring weapons into the city."
This alone makes them a little embarrassed.
What made him even more helpless was that there was not even a single village near the county where Cao's army was located.
"No matter how many things there are, I don't need any more weapons. Let's go into the city."
Gan Ning led his soldiers towards the city. Seeing the strict search in front of him, Gan Ning couldn't help but become a little nervous.
"Keep your head up."
The soldier's cold voice came.
Gan Ning's face was dark, and his eyes showed a trace of red. The soldiers were so frightened that they couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Next one."
At this time, there was a person outside the city gate with eyes like an eagle's. He saw Gan Ning in an instant. In the same instant, his eyes became distracted, just like an ordinary person's.
