When the war drums rumbled, the mountain valley became a mess.
Lei Xu's soldiers and horses were not all composed of the Yellow Turban Army back then. In fact, after the Yellow Turban Army was defeated and the entire army was disbanded, Lei Xu took the remaining soldiers and defeated generals and traveled around, joining many groups, including those who were defeated by Cao Cao.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans who left Qingzhou... almost all of their former subordinates were killed or injured. The three hundred men in their hands were the defeated generals who had gathered together after being routed from Qingzhou.
mob!
This is Cao Peng's evaluation of this team.
When the war drums sounded, everything went into chaos...even Lei Xu was a little panicked.
If he had stayed in the valley at that time, he might have been able to stabilize the morale of the army. But as soon as he went out, these rebel soldiers lost their restraints.
King Cao Peng bought some people and slipped into the valley.
They soon found the cave where the thieves kept their horses.
There were no soldiers or horses guarding the outside of the cave, so the group easily slipped into the cave.
In these days, elite soldiers are hard to find, and elite cavalry are even rarer. Even though Lei Xu has snatched more than a hundred war horses, there are actually not many people in his hands who are good at riding. The reason for asking for horses is actually for transportation.
.As Cao Cao gradually established a foothold in Yuzhou and sent Xia Houyuan out to control Chenliu, the space for Lei Xu and others to move became smaller and smaller, and it was even difficult to move forward.
At this time, Lei Xu had thoughts of leaving Chen Liu.
He already has a place to go!
As soon as Hu Ban finishes his final vote, he will start taking action...
Don't think that his affection for Zhou Cang is just out of love for Zhou Cang. The more reason is that Lei Xu thought of a good idea.
He felt that if Zhou Cang robbed the Wei family's belongings, Xia Houyuan would be alarmed.
He said he wanted to cover Zhou Cang, but he had already made a plan in his heart to let Zhou Cang attract Xia Houyuan's attention. Then according to the original plan, he stormed Yongqiu, raided it, and quickly evacuated Chenliu County. Waiting for Xia Houyuan to react.
By then, he was already thousands of miles away.
But Lei Xu didn't expect that when he was plotting against Zhou Cang, someone was also plotting against him secretly!
The guards in Tuen Ma's cave are very lax.
Five or six grooms were awakened by the noise and commotion outside, and stood up in a daze and poked their heads out.
"Ghost!"
A horseman was startled when he saw Cao Peng and others.
It turned out that when Cao Peng was lurking, he asked everyone to smear mud on their faces.
The light was dim, and their faces were all dark, making them look particularly scary. Wang Mai didn't wait for the groom to shout the second sentence, rushed up to him, raised his knife, and knocked him to the ground. Following Cao Peng's attack,
The guards did not hesitate and rushed forward. The grooms did not even understand what happened, but they were chopped down one by one by Wang Mai and others and fell into a pool of blood.
From beginning to end, Cao Peng didn't take any action at all!
It's not that he doesn't want to do it, it's just that he doesn't have time to do it...
The speed of Wang Mai and his gang is really too fast! After experiencing the series of fights in Sunset Ju and Jiu Nu City, Wang Mai kills people even more fiercely than Cao Peng. That sword strike is fast and accurate.
, killing with swords, and between advancing and retreating, there seemed to be such a terrifying murderous aura.
Murderous aura sounds very imaginary, but it is real.
In other words, murderous aura is a kind of temperament... If you have never killed someone or experienced life and death, you cannot have such a temperament.
This thing is not something that can be practiced.
Dianman and Xu Yi are both more skilled than Wang Mai. But if they fight in front of the battle, the outcome is still in between.
After Wang Mai dealt with the horsemen, he looked towards Cao Peng. Cao Peng nodded and made a gesture to Wang Mai!
"Get the horses out!"
Wang Mai immediately ordered and picked up a torch from the cave wall.
The ten retinues quickly began to take action, untying the reins of all the war horses and driving them out of the cave at the same time.
"Let's withdraw!"
Cao Peng waved his hand and walked out.
The followers hurriedly followed, and Wang Mai was at the end, throwing the torch on the haystack.
When the hay met the flames, it burned quickly. When the war horses saw the light of the fire, they panicked and rushed out of the cave, neighing.
At this time, Cao Peng and others had already met Dianman Xiahoulan.
"How's it going?"
"everything is normal……"
"Find Uncle Zhou and Hu Ban as soon as possible, and then let's find a place to hide."
The fire started, and the officers and soldiers arrived!
For Cao Peng, his mission was completed.
In this case, if Xia Houyuan could not solve Lei Xu, then he would no longer be Xia Houyuan. Therefore, Cao Peng was relieved and did not even feel burdened at all. However, with such a large mountain valley and so many caves, he wanted to
It is not easy to find Zhou Cang.
Cao Peng met several groups of thieves along the way, but they were all in twos and threes.
Dianman's halberd flew out and easily defeated the opponent. When encountering a large number of thieves, Cao Peng and others did not fight hard and dodged early.
"Afu!"
Cao Peng suddenly heard someone calling his name.
Looking up, he saw Zhou Cang and Hu Ban emerging from a stone room.
"This way."
Zhou Cang was covered in blood, and his long knife was dripping with blood.
Hu Ban's face was as pale as paper, and he followed closely behind Zhou Cang, trembling all over.
He was just an idle guy from Gaoyangting. He was quite good at stealing and stealing, but when it came to killing people, Hu Ban couldn't even compare to Deng Ji.
"Uncle Zhou, how are you doing there?"
Cao Peng ran over quickly and stopped beside Zhou Cang.
Looking past Zhou Cang's side, he saw seven or eight dead bodies lying strewn about in the stone chamber, all obviously the work of Zhou Cang.
"I thought I could be caught by sending a few thieves!"
Zhou Cang sneered, "Lei Zijian, you underestimated me too much."
"Let's talk about it inside first."
Cao Peng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhou Cang and Hu Ban were fine. He ducked into the stone chamber, followed by Wang Maidianman, while Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan stood guard behind the stone chamber door.
After counting the number of people, there were no casualties.
The mountains and valleys were in chaos. The thieves were running for their lives, shouting and screaming.
One after another, the war horses rushed out of the valley like crazy, causing the exit of the valley to suddenly become chaotic and crowded.
The sound of war drums is getting closer and closer!
The shouts of killing from the officers and soldiers could be heard faintly.
Cao Peng suddenly smiled and said, "Hu Ban, you can rest assured now."
"What are you worried about?"
"Gaoyang Pavilion... at least there won't be any more thieves and bandits. You can also give an explanation for your horse theft. Just say that you discovered the traces of the thieves. In order to protect the safety of Gaoyang Pavilion, you had no choice but to compromise and get involved. What you did was,
Just waiting for an opportunity to catch all the thieves."
"ah?"
Hu Ban was startled and a little confused.
It turns out that this principle can be said in this way?
"In the art of war, this is called death time!"
"Death time?"
"Even if Lei Xu is caught, I will never drag you into the water."
When Cao Peng spoke, there was a calm and calm temperament.
The chaos outside the stone chamber seemed to have nothing to do with him. It was this temperament that eased the somewhat depressing atmosphere.
Dianman smiled and said: "So, not only is this guy not guilty, he has also made a great contribution."
Cao Peng smiled and did not answer the topic, but walked towards the door of the stone chamber.
At this moment, Hu Ban felt as if he was in a dream. It took him a long time to wake up and stammered: "Have I made any meritorious service?"——
Xiahou Yuan did not bring many troops this time, only 800 people.
But these eight hundred men were the most elite soldiers under his command. It was not that Chen Liu did not have elite soldiers, but because Xia Houyuan could not act rashly.
A small bandit is not worth his effort at all.
If Xu Yi hadn't asked him for help, Xiahou Yuan might not have been able to manage Lei Xu's finances. What really made Xia Houyuan decide to send troops was when Xu Yi told him that Lei Xu was going to sack Yongqiu and then flee Chenliu County. As the prefect of Chenliu County, Xia Houyuan would definitely not sit idly by.
If this kind of thing happens. If Yongqiu is really robbed by Lei Xu, it will be difficult for him to talk to Cao Cao in the future!
The officers and soldiers did not attack rashly.
Instead, they moved toward the bandits' hiding place amidst the rumble of war drums.
How could a ragtag group of people be the opponent of these eight hundred warriors? After fighting all the way, the bandits were almost defeated. Lei Xu was too focused on one thing and the other, and did not command his men to resist in time. So these bandits seemed to be leaderless. Except for the initial resistance
After a while, they no longer had the intention to fight. Everyone retreated in a hurry when they heard the sound of war drums. How could they dare to confront the officers and soldiers...
"Afu, look!"
Zhou Cang suddenly pointed outward.
Following the direction of Zhou Cang's finger, Cao Peng saw a group of people running into the mountain valley in embarrassment.
"That short man is Lei Xu!"
Cao Peng couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and a flash of light flashed through his eyes.
Lei Xu is related to Xue Zhou, and Xue Zhou is a Guangling bandit and a famous pirate.
The chaos in Haixi is inseparable from Xuezhou... If Deng Ji wants to gain a foothold in Haixi, he must confront Xuezhou.
Then, Deng Ji faced a problem.
Is there someone else hiding behind Xue Zhou?
Perhaps, we can find clues from Lei Xu...
Thinking of this, Cao Peng gently pulled out the steel knife.
"Follow Lei Xu!"
"Um?"
"I want to find out about Xue Zhou's situation from this guy."
Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan suddenly showed signs of understanding.
Cao Peng turned to Wang Mai and said, "Third brother, Brother Hutou, you stay here and wait for the arrival of General Xiahou."
"Where are you going?"
"Uncle Zhou and I are going to do something."
Wang Mai immediately said: "I'll go too!"
"Brother Hutou, you all stay here and don't act rashly. If there are too many people, trouble will easily happen... With Uncle Zhou and Xiahou here, they can withstand thousands of troops. Third brother, don't move too much. We are sure of victory.
, if there are casualties at this time, the gains outweigh the losses."
"But……"
Cao Peng's face sank, "You promised me that you would obey my orders in everything. This is an order!"
Wang Mai and Dianman still wanted to argue, but they opened their mouths and finally agreed to obey.
After Cao Peng and the others looked at each other, they rushed out of the stone room. Wang Mai and Dianman immediately occupied the seats on both sides of the door and looked outside.
"Lao Qi, what the hell is Ah Fu doing?"
Noriman was a little unhappy.
It's not easy to encounter a war, but there is no chance to show off your skills.
Those thieves were too weak to interest him at all.
Wang Mai shook his head, "I don't know, but Ah Fu has always been plotting behind the scenes. Since he said that, there must be a special reason."
"How about we follow him secretly?"
"No..." Wang Mai quickly waved his hand, "Didn't Ah Fu say that with so many of us, something could easily happen."
"But……"
"Third brother, since we have agreed, don't mess around.
You may not know much about Ah Fu's temperament. He looks weak on the surface, but he's a fierce tiger in his heart.
If this incident made him angry, he would dare to fall out with you and even drive you back to Xudu... Don't laugh, I'm serious. When he was in Zhongyang Town, his body and bones were far inferior to what he is now.
But because someone bullied his mother, he took me around that person's house for a long time. I asked him what happened, but he refused to tell... As a result, he went to that person's house that night and killed the person.
"
Noriman couldn't help but fell silent.
After a moment, he whispered: "There are so many thieves outside, what if... I'm worried that Ah Fu and the others will be outnumbered."
"this……"
When Wang Mai heard this, he also looked thoughtful.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"Let's follow him secretly!" Dianman looked back at Hu Ban and the subordinates, and lowered his voice: "Just the two of us will go there, don't let Ah Fu know. If Ah Fu and the others are fine, we won't show up. Just in case.
…We can also help.”
Wang Mai couldn't help but feel excited!
He was also a little worried, but what Cao Peng said just now was so serious that Wang Mai nodded in agreement out of habit.
What Noriman said makes sense.
If Ah Fu and the others are in danger or have an accident, how will they explain to Cao Ji and his wife and Deng Ji and his wife when they go back?
"We are only following. We are not allowed to take action unless it is absolutely necessary."
Noriman suddenly grinned widely, "Of course, I'm afraid too... Bah, I'm his third brother, I'm not afraid of this guy!"
Cao Peng, Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan followed Lei Xu and others into the grotto hall.
"Commander, the army is approaching, what should we do?"
I only heard a bandit asking in panic.
Lei Xu was silent for a while, "Let's leave here right away."
"What about the brothers outside?"
"At this time, let's take care of them... Let them stop the officers and soldiers for a while, it will buy us some time. Pack up quickly and bring those things that are easy to carry and valuable... Lei Fang, go and get them
Get those armors. Let’s put on the army armor and take advantage of the chaos to escape! Everyone, hurry up, if we are discovered, it won’t be that easy if we want to leave!”
My followers and followers immediately split up.
I saw the thief named Lei Fang, with two people, carrying a box from the corner of the hall.
When he opened it, there were all armors from the army. They must have been something Lei Xu had obtained before. Lei Fang took out a set and handed it to Lei Xu.
Lei Xu didn't refuse and immediately changed into his armor.
Then, I saw him pulling out a box from the stone couch, wrapping it in cloth, and carrying it on his shoulder.
"Leifang, are you ready?"
"Commander, everything is ready!"
"Let's go!"
Lei Xu is not sloppy at all when he does things.
As for the thieves under his command, in his eyes, they are not worthy of attention at all.
The group of people walked out in a hurry. After Cao Peng, Zhou Cang, and Xiahoulan looked at each other, Zhou Cang and Xiahoulan nodded to him in unison.
"Lei Xu, with the way you are dressed, are you going to join the army?"
Zhou Cang ducked out of the darkness and blocked the way of Lei Xu and others.
Lei Xu was startled at first, but when he saw clearly that it was Zhou Cang, a ferocious look suddenly appeared on his face.
"Zhou Cang!"
He shouted loudly: "I have no grudges with you in the past and no grudges in the near future. Why do you want to harm me?"
Zhou Cang laughed loudly, "Lei Xu, a man should be born in this world. He should use the sword in his hand to achieve unparalleled achievements. How can he be a thief all his life?"
"What do you mean?"
"Hey, what can I mean? I just want to borrow something from you."
"what?"
Lei Xu is obviously a flexible guy, and he is very aware of the situation at hand, and is not suitable for entangled with Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang said with a smile: "I would like to borrow your head to present it to my young master."
Lei Xu was startled when he heard this.
Listening to Zhou Cang's tone, it seemed that he had taken refuge with some big shot! Maybe he was a child of some high-ranking family. But he didn't care about it at this time. He gritted his teeth and said: "Zhou Cang, how dare you bully me like this? Do you think that,
Am I, Lei Xu, easy to bully?"
"Is it okay to bully me? I'll tell you after you beat me... bring me your head."
Zhou Cang roared and rushed forward.
Lei Xu shouted sharply: "Kill him!"
Without saying a word, Lei Fang and his men rushed toward Zhou Cang. At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from the shadows.
He screamed and stabbed Lei Fang. Lei Fang didn't expect that Zhou Cang actually had helpers. He knew Hu Ban's ability and it was nothing to worry about. So he didn't care and slashed out with his backhand.
"Leifang, be careful!"
Lei Xu quickly shouted loudly, but... he shouted too late!
Xia Houlan's skill is now only a step behind Zhou Cang's.
Moreover, his spear was also long and powerful. When it struck with the sword in Lei Fang's hand, Lei Fang's sword collapsed to the side with a clang.
The silver spear paused for a moment, then stabbed out fiercely.
Lei Fang couldn't help being frightened, and quickly retreated, trying to dodge.
What a Xia Houlan, his steps suddenly became agile, he accelerated suddenly, and at the same time, after taking a step, the silver gun that was originally held tightly with both hands was suddenly held with one hand. He leaned forward, one foot landed on the ground, and the other foot was raised.
From then on, the length of the silver spear suddenly increased.
It was too late to say that, but soon, it was already too late for Lei Fang to hide!
There was just a pop, and the big gun penetrated Lei Fang's chest. Xia Houlan didn't rush, and with a sliding step, the other hand held the gun barrel again and again. Following his moves, he closed the yin and yang handles with both hands.
, throw away Lei Fang's body, and then you can continue fighting. At this moment, Lei Xu suddenly moved. He pulled out the Wu Hook, held the sword in both hands, and took small steps under his feet. The steps were not big, but the speed was
Fast.
"Give my brother his life!"
As Lei Xu spoke, he suddenly jumped out and Wu Gou slashed at Xia Houlan fiercely.
But the moment he drew his sword, a figure flashed out of the corner of his eye, followed by a cold chill that hit him from the back of his head... -
