Tao Qian said in surprise: "If we let them cross the border quietly, we would worry about spreading the news to Yuan Shao's ears and causing his displeasure. How could we dare to blatantly send troops to escort them? Xuande Gong's words were thoughtless."
Liu Bei said: "My lord's captain, Zhang Kai, was originally a Yellow Turban bandit, and many of Cao Cao's sergeants were recruited from the Qingxu Yellow Turbans. Zhang Kai must be familiar with them. My lord can order Zhang Kai to protect Cao Song's family, if something goes wrong."
The secret was discovered by Yuan Shao, so we can blame it on Zhang Kai and just say that he did it privately. In this way, we don't need to offend Yuan Shao, but we can also make a good relationship with Cao Cao."
Tao Qian thought about it and felt that Liu Bei's idea was a good one. If Yuan Shao was blamed, the worst he could do was to offer Zhang Kai's head. Cao Cao was naturally overjoyed when he received Tao Qian's reply that he agreed to use the passage, and hurriedly sent people to meet his father Cao Song.
One family.
But it was said that Cao Song's family, more than 200 old and young, drove hundreds of carts, loaded with gold and silver, all the way to Xuzhou. Tao Qian knew that Cao Song and his family were passing by, so he did not come forward to receive them, but secretly ordered Liu Bei to send some
After feasting and feasting, Zhang Kai was ordered to bring 500 soldiers to escort him.
The 500 soldiers under Zhang Kai were all the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered to Tao Qian with him. They were all jealous when they saw Cao Song with many heavy vehicles along the way. It was early winter, and the north wind suddenly started.
, and Zhang Kai’s soldiers had not had time to put on their winter clothes, so they only wore some single clothes and single armor, and they were all shivering in the cold wind. On the contrary, Cao Song’s family had already put on thick brocade robes,
Even the servants in his house wore cotton-padded jackets.
Zhang Kai and his soldiers were wearing thin clothes and could not bear the cold, so they naturally wanted to sleep for a while. However, Cao Song was in a hurry and stayed overnight at dawn every day, which made these soldiers complain.
After traveling for several days, they arrived at a desolate place with no village in front and no store behind. The weather turned dark again, and the soldiers began to complain. They all said that they should not be traveling in such a hurry, but should rest in the village just now.
It's later.
Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De was impatient. Hearing the complaints from these soldiers, he became furious. He raised his riding whip and hit the soldiers around him with a whip, beating the soldier's skin to pieces and cursing in his mouth.
: "You guys who have killed a thousand swords, my eldest brother is the prime minister of the court, and I asked you to escort him. This is a lot of nonsense. If you don't hurry on your way, when you get to Puyang, let's see how my eldest brother will deal with you!"
Zhang Kai was behind him. When he saw this, he hurriedly advised: "Sir, please calm down. They are all from poor backgrounds and are not afraid of hardship. It's just that the weather is too cold. The brothers came out in a hurry and didn't even have time to change their clothes and armor. It's really unbearable."
"It's cold. There are many brocade robes and cotton-padded clothes on the carriage when I see you at the end. If you are willing to lend me a few, my brothers can keep out the cold, and my feet will naturally be faster."
Cao De shouted again: "Okay, you are actually thinking about these properties. I don't think you are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. You are obviously robbers!"
Zhang Kai was born in the Yellow Turbans, and he was most afraid of being called a robber. After hearing what Cao De said, he became furious and said, "So what if we are robbers? These properties of your Cao family are not plundered by people, don't we get them?"
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After hearing what Zhang Kai said, the soldiers all started to make noise. Cao De was startled, drew his sword in his hand, and said, "Zhang Kai, do you want to rebel?"
Zhang Kai was just talking casually at first, but now when he saw Cao De drawing his sword, he felt angry. He also picked up the steel knife in his hand and said angrily: "Grandpa turned against me today, what can you do to me?"
Just as Cao De was about to answer, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. When he looked down, he saw a gorgeous peach blossom blooming on his white brocade robe, but the stamen was a sharp knife tip that shone with cold light.
Zhang Kai just wanted to use his words, but he didn't expect someone to make a move first. When he looked up, it was his confidant Lin Er. He couldn't help but said angrily: "Lin Er, who asked you to kill him?"
Lin Er pulled out the knife from Cao De's back with a forceful pull, and said with a flattering smile: "General, calm down. The brothers followed the general to seek refuge with Tao Qian, just to find wealth, but the general also saw it, and now the severe winter is coming
Now, everyone doesn’t even have a cotton-padded coat. There are hundreds of carts of gold and silver property here. If we don’t take them today, will we be able to have such a good thing in the future?”
As Lin Er pulled out the knife, Cao De didn't even utter a exclamation, but slowly fell to the ground, his goldfish eyes wide open in anger, and he really refused to rest in peace.
The servants of the Cao family over there had seen this scene and couldn't help shouting. Cao Song hurriedly stuck his head out of the carriage and asked repeatedly: "What happened?"
Lin Yun raised the knife in his hand and said loudly: "Brothers, Lin has already done this. If we don't kill them all, no one will be able to escape. Now there is only one thing we can do and we will not stop.
Get this wealth!"
The soldiers were still hesitant and looked at Zhang Kai. But Zhang Kai knew that he was the leading captain, and if something like this happened, he would be the first to be held accountable, so he could only stamp his feet fiercely and sigh.
He said: "That's all, that's all. Lin Er, my grandpa has been hurt badly by you. Now the only thing I can do is force him to join the pirate ship and be his support!"
As Zhang Kai spoke, he chopped down a servant of the Cao family who ran over to inspect the situation, and said loudly: "Brothers, if you don't take action, we'll wait until later!"
Lin Er also shouted from the side: "Remember, don't leave anyone alive!"
These soldiers were originally desperadoes, and they had long been jealous when they saw the property. Now that Zhang Kai and Lin Er started to attack, they suddenly swarmed forward with strange screams. Poor Cao Song was stabbed before he could figure out what was going on.
The heads were cut off and the bodies were dismembered. A few of these slaves were good at fisting and kicking, and they rose up to resist, but they were outnumbered and were chopped into pieces in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Kai held the knife and shouted: "Check carefully, don't miss one!"
The soldiers were all capable of killing, and they didn't care about men, women, old or young, they just focused on beheading the heads of the ranks. For a moment, screams rang out, resounding through the night sky. Soon, more than two hundred of Cao Song's family members and servants were killed.
Glossy.
Lin Er came close to Zhang Kai and said: "General, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. There is a mountain col ahead. Why not drive these vehicles there first and then make a decision?"
Zhang Kai was also worried that the killing would attract nearby officers and soldiers, so he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, hurry up. When we get to that mountain col, we will divide the belongings and go our separate ways."
Lin Er agreed and took the lead in driving an ox cart loaded with cloth. The soldiers shouted and followed closely behind, rushing the cart to the col in front of them.
The mountain col was only three or five miles away from here. These horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts were driven very quickly by the soldiers, and they reached the end of the field in a short time. There were small hills of a hundred feet high on three sides.
In the moonlight, you can vaguely see that the hillside is covered with dense woods and weeds, with only a narrow entrance remaining on the east side. More than a hundred cars are parked here, which is not visible from the outside. It is indeed a good place to sit on the ground and share the spoils.
Zhang Kai nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Lin Er, it's really hard for you to find such a place."
He ran too fast just now. Lin Er took a deep breath and said with a flattering face: "Back to the general, I passed by this place a few days ago. I was anxious and wanted to find a place for convenience, but I unexpectedly found
Having found this location, it comes in handy today, which is really a blessing to the general."
While he was talking, there was a burst of noise around him. It turned out that these soldiers under Zhang Kai were originally from the Yellow Turbans. Although they had worn military uniforms for a few days and became officers and soldiers, they could not change their banditry. Seeing that they were safe now
, couldn't help but start fighting for the belongings in the car.
Lin Er saw this and said loudly: "Brothers, everyone gather around. These properties will be distributed by General Zhang. No one is allowed to touch them!"
"Don't be anxious, everyone, there are hundreds of carts of gold, silver and cloth, everyone has a share!" Zhang Kai nodded with satisfaction to Lin Er, jumped onto an ox cart, stood on the cage, and said loudly, "Brothers,
Everyone come closer and line up, ah..."
Before Zhang Kai could finish his words, he let out a scream, and a sharp arrow flew from nowhere and hit him in the forehead. The arrow was very powerful. It entered Zhang Kai's forehead and came out straight through the back of his head.
.Zhang Kai's body swayed on the bullock cart for a few times, and he fell down. He still had his eyes wide open until he died, unable to close his eyes.
This sudden arrow not only killed Zhang Kai, but also caused a commotion among the five hundred soldiers. Lin Er shouted in the crowd: "Brothers, there must be spies among us who dare to plot against General Zhang and want to
If you want to steal all this property, we must find this person out and never let him go!"
Lin Er's shout reminded everyone that many people had drawn their swords, and those soldiers carrying bows and arrows had become key suspects and had been surrounded for a long time. These people had no military discipline to begin with, and now
The leader, Zhang Kai, was hit by an arrow again and died. He was even more unrestrained. It was not known who cut down an archer first. The scene suddenly became chaotic and fell into a melee. Especially the archers, who became the target of everyone.
goal.
There was just a sound of banging, and on the hillside where no one could be seen just now, countless torches suddenly lit up, illuminating the entire mountain col as if it were daytime. Against the background of the torches, thousands of arrow clusters shone with a cold light, pointing towards
He looked at the soldiers in the melee. Only then did the soldiers realize that there had been an ambush in this mountain col.
Some soldiers were already shouting loudly: "Where's Lin Er? This son of a bitch brought everyone here, he must be a spy!"
When everyone tried to search again, the surroundings were already in chaos. There was no trace of Lin Er anywhere. This kid had hidden somewhere.
There was a loud "bang" sound, and thousands of arrows were fired from the hillsides on three sides. The soldiers who could not dodge were shot into hedgehogs in an instant, and some soldiers who saw the opportunity hurriedly hid behind the vehicles. But the sharp arrows on the hillside were
Waves of arrows were shot down one after another, and most of Zhang Kai's soldiers were quickly destroyed. The surviving soldiers jumped up from the ground and ran towards the entrance.