After dark, the bonfires dotted on the plains echo the bright stars in the night sky, and the scenery is extremely magnificent.
Li Ding sneered and said: "It is indeed a good horse."
He was talking about the liger, but he looked at Cao Peng with disdain.
Beside the bonfire, dozens of followers gathered around to isolate Cao Peng and Wang Shuang. There was no other way, so Cao Peng and Wang Shuang had no choice but to make another bonfire, and the two sat together and talked in low voices. The ligers and tigers
It's not far away, so you can relax and enjoy yourself.
Cao Peng understood what Li Ding meant: The horse is a good horse, but the man is not so good...
Li Ding followed Li Qi's order and took Cao Peng to Hongshuiji. Although Li Ding complied with Li Qi's wishes, he kept making sarcastic remarks with guns and sticks in his words along the way. It was obvious that he didn't think much of Cao Peng.
Oversight, combined with his resistance to the Han Dynasty court, also made him not have the enthusiasm and respect Li Qi had for Cao Peng, and he was even disgusted.
Having lived on the grasslands since childhood, Li Ding was almost no different from those barbarians.
Cao Peng felt deeply about his hostility to the Han people, or to the imperial court. In fact, Li Ding's attitude also represented most of the senses of Hongze's descendants. Due to the weakness of the imperial court, Li Ding
These fourth-generation descendants are not optimistic about the imperial court at all. They have not experienced the great achievements of General Dou Xianbing in Mobei, nor have they seen Chen Tang's heroic spirit in foreign lands. Even Duan Jiong's achievements in wiping out the Xianling Qiang were not seen.
Never heard of it... Since Li Ding was born, most of what he saw was that the Han army was vulnerable and was defeated by the Qiang and Hu.
From the Bianzhang Rebellion to the Beigong Boyu rebellion...
He was born late, and since he can remember, he has never heard of the brilliant achievements of the Han army.
On the contrary, the Xiongnu, Qianghu, and Xianbei people repeatedly succeeded in conquering the border and plundered large numbers of Han people. For this reason, Hongze people and those barbarians also had several battles, with half the victory and the loss. The concept that the Han army was weak and vulnerable was widely used.
It was deeply ingrained in Li Ding's mind. For a young man who grew up on the grassland and was influenced by Hu Feng, a weak court was not enough for Hongze people to work hard for. Therefore, when Cao Peng brought people here, Li Ding
Feeling disgusted with him.
Cao Peng raised his head, glanced at Li Ding, only smiled and ignored him.
"No coward!" Li Ding sneered again, and then smiled at his followers: "No wonder the Han family can't defend Hexi, but they rely on us to conquer the country. Hongze people are all good men, but they don't know how to make peace with each other.
Let’s fight together without cowards.”
His followers burst into laughter.
"you……"
"Wang Shuang, shut up."
Seeing that Wang Shuang was furious and wanted to stand up to retort, Cao Peng quickly shouted to stop.
He turned his head and glanced at Li Ding and others, "Your father is a Han family member, your grandfather is a Han family member, your grandfather is a Han family member, and your great-grandfather is also a Han family member... If they find out, their children and grandchildren will
They are a group of people who have betrayed their ancestry and forgotten their ancestors. I am afraid that they will shed tears even under Jiuquan. Cao is not talented and does not want to talk to a group of unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust beasts."
Along the way, Cao Peng remained silent.
But once he counterattacked, the fierceness in his words suddenly appeared.
Li Ding was startled, and then he realized that Cao Peng was scolding him, and he became furious.
"You dare to scold me?"
"I only call you beasts, what does that have to do with you?"
"you……"
Li Ding stood up with a roar and took two steps forward.
All the relatives and followers also stood up one after another and surrounded Cao Peng and Cao Peng.
"Cao, I won't get into this kind of verbal dispute with you. You'd better apologize to me, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you."
Cao Peng used a wooden stick to stir the bonfire and sneered: "A certain family doesn't talk to animals."
"you wanna die."
Li Ding's face became extremely ugly. Two of his followers saw Li Ding being humiliated. Without saying a word, they stepped forward to teach Cao Peng a lesson. The man who grew up on the grassland was extremely athletic. Seeing the two of them arrive beside Cao Peng,
Before Wang Shuang could take action, Cao Peng's wrist flicked, and the stick shaking the fire shook. Two burning logs flew out of the bonfire and hit the chests of the two followers. In an instant,
, the fire suddenly lit up and sparks flew everywhere.
The two followers flew out backwards, and the clothes on their chests suddenly burned.
They were so frightened that they screamed and rolled on the ground.
Cao Peng slowly stood up and said, "Is this what Hong Zeerlang is capable of? If you don't engage in verbal quarrels, you won't be able to do it physically."
No one could see clearly how Cao Peng jumped on the firewood just now.
Li Ding waved his hand, indicating that he would go up and put out the fire on the two men. He stared at Cao Peng with a pair of tiger eyes, showing a cold look.
"What, do you want to do something?"
Li Ding's cheeks trembled slightly, and his hands slowly reached towards his waist.
"You can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it with a knife..."
Cao Peng sneered and ignored Li Ding's actions, but said calmly: "Let me make it clear, I don't want to go to Hongshuiji with you this time. It's just because of your grandfather Li Xiaowei's request that I
Agree.
Don't think that I take advantage of your tribe. I can generally understand your grandfather's intentions.
I just hope that you can get acquainted with me, and that one day you can return to your hometown and make achievements in the future, which is better than being a nameless and ownerless soul in this pastoral plain for the rest of your life. I endured this journey, not because I am afraid of you, but because I am afraid of you.
I am worried that I will hurt you, which makes Captain Li worried... Hongze people, bah! Your ancestors, and even generations of ancestors, have regarded themselves as Han people. When did you, a bunch of slanderous people who have forgotten their ancestors, become more and more? That's right.
The imperial court may have felt sorry for your ancestors when it abandoned Hexi, but this is by no means an excuse for you to betray your ancestors...
You want to take action, are you ready?"
"what to prepare?"
Li Ding was stunned and asked.
Unexpectedly, Cao Peng didn't say anything. He stepped on the yin and yang and suddenly rushed out. Before Li Ding could react, a long shining knife was pressed on Li Ding's shoulder. The sharp edge of the knife was revealed.
There was a thick smell of blood, and a dark red light circulated in the firelight... Li Ding didn't even see clearly how Cao Peng arrived in front of him, and how he pulled out the knife. The long knife in his hand had no time to come out.
The scabbard had been controlled by Cao Peng. The sharp blade made his heart tremble, a cold air rushed straight to his tailbone, and his body suddenly froze.
"Let my young patriarch go!"
Several of the followers drew their weapons and shouted loudly.
Cao Peng said sternly: "Wang Shuang, tell them to shut up and stop killing people."
As early as Cao Peng took action, Wang Shuang was ready to attack. Before Cao Peng finished his words, he picked up two fire sticks and threw himself out. Wang Shuang entered Cao's mansion from the ***. So far, there have been
It took four or five years. From the simple dog training at the beginning, to later Cao Peng valued him and taught him kung fu... Later when Hua Tuo arrived in Xudu, Wang Shuang followed Hua Tuo to learn the tiger and crane tricks in Wu Qin Xi, and the kung fu also followed.
When Cao Peng taught Cao Zhang and others, he also asked Wang Shuang to follow him. In just five years, Wang Shuang had achieved great success in training. Although he was not as good as Han De, he was still at the level of a first-class general. If it weren't for this,
, this time Cao Peng went to Saibei as an envoy, it was unlikely that he would follow Cao Peng.
As soon as he took action, two balls of fire were seen flying.
With his flexible body skills and the secret of Bai Yuantong's back fist, the poker in his hand seemed to have become spiritual. After three snaps, a series of screams were heard, and the weapons in the hands of the three followers fell.
There was a trace of burns on his wrist, and he backed away with his hands folded. Wang Shuang threw the poker into the bonfire, raised his hand and pulled out the two iron knives, and stood next to Cao Peng, looking at him with a murderous look on his face.
Looking at the panicked followers.
"Cao, you..."
"Li Ding, shut up."
Cao Peng shouted sharply, and Li Ding swallowed back the words as soon as they reached his lips.
"I don't care what you think of me, or how you feel about the imperial court. I came to Hongze this time with my own mission. Whether you believe it or not, I have never thought of taking advantage of you Hongze people.
strength……
So, it doesn't matter what you think of me.
But if you dare to ruin my affairs, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Yes, you may be brave and good at fighting, but to the court, you are just clowns... What about Ma Teng and his son? No matter whether they are sincere or not, at least in name, they must obey the court's orders. If you dare to harm me
Regarding the matter, I can immediately mobilize tens of thousands of troops from Guanzhong to wipe out Hongze within ten days."
Cao Peng's voice was fierce, but Li Ding's face was pale.
He was trembling in his heart, but he still held his head up stubbornly and stared at Cao Peng.
"I have seen a lot of people like you... Don't think you are so powerful. When I was fifteen years old, I led thousands of people to defeat the elite soldiers ten times my size. What about Jiuyuan Lu Bu? In the end
You didn't break through the city I was guarding either... After this mission is over, you can do whatever you like. But now, you'd better be more honest."
As he spoke, Cao Peng flicked his wrist, and the steel knife swished past in the air.
Li Ding felt a chill in his body, and the sword flashed in front of his eyes. When he came to his senses, Cao Peng had already put away the sword.
And there were knife marks left on his body.
The knife mark was close to his body and tore his clothes. The wind blew over and Li Ding shivered.
"Strength is not in your mouth, nor in your hands, but here."
Cao Peng pointed at his heart and said, "Your grandfather was a powerful man, but it was not because of his great martial arts, but because of his unswerving loyalty to the court. And you are not worthy of my care, because you have been
I don’t even know who I am.”
Li Ding's face turned pale and he looked at Cao Peng blankly.
But Cao Peng seemed to have lost interest in him and turned back to the bonfire.
"Young patriarch, let's..."
"Shut up, everyone!"
Li Ding stopped his followers' words and turned back to the bonfire.
He sat there, motionless, looking at the blazing bonfire in front of him, without saying a word.
Seeing that Li Ding remained silent, the subordinates also closed their mouths one by one. Several injured subordinates took out the medicine they carried and applied it on their wounds.
Someone secretly looked at Cao Peng and Wang Shuang, with admiration in their eyes.
Men living in Muyuan admired brave men the most. Previously, due to the influence of Li Ding, they didn't care about Cao Peng. But just now, the power shown by Cao Peng's master and servant made them
I feel extremely admired. In comparison, the cynicism and cynicism of people like me along the way seem like clowns when I think about it now.
This is a powerful man!
No wonder, even the liger followed him.
"Hello!"
Li Ding suddenly turned his head and shouted towards Cao Peng.
Cao Peng raised his head and looked at Li Ding...
"Have you...really fought against that Bingzhou tiger?"
"certainly!"
"The result..."
"I lost!"
Cao Peng spoke very calmly, without showing any affectation at all.
"But the tiger is dead now, and I am still alive."
"I know."
Li Ding lowered his head as he spoke.
The reputation of the Nine Plains Tigers is also very loud in Hexi. Lu Bu made great achievements in battle in Bingzhou. He once killed those barbarians who heard the name of the Tigers and fled, which touched Lu Bu's edge. Although Li Ding had never met Lu Bu, he was very fond of Lu Bu.
He was highly respected. Hexi was occupied by the Qiang and Hu, and Lu Bu was nothing less than a hero to the Han people living on the grasslands.
Li Ding hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I will help you with your work, but I want to make it clear that I am not afraid of you."
Cao Peng smiled and said, "Whether you are afraid of me or not, what does it have to do with me?
Boy, for the sake of Lieutenant Li, let me give you a piece of advice. There are many masters in the Central Plains, and there are even more powerful generals under my lord's command. You are very skilled, but if you are still so arrogant in the Central Plains, sooner or later you will be killed.
The head is in a different place. Not to mention anything else, if I pull out one of the few people around me, I can take your life.
You have a good saying, and you can see the truth in your hands.
But if you don’t have a strong enough heart, your kung fu will not be much better. Learn from your grandfather and make your heart strong as soon as possible. Only with a strong heart can you be able to do anything at any time.
fear."
After that, Cao Peng stretched out, lay down with his clothes on next to the campfire, and closed his eyes.
The gentle autumn wind swayed the pastures on the pastureland in the distance and rustled, as if singing quietly to the autumn wind...
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The bonfire has been extinguished, and smoke is rising.
When the morning sun first rose, Li Ding changed his clothes and set out on the journey again with Cao Peng.
Only this time, he did not ridicule Cao Peng, but remained silent. Even his followers showed a little respect for Cao Peng. The group of people had nothing to do, and at noon, they arrived at Hong Kong.
Water collection.
The autumn sun is shining brightly, making people feel warm and comfortable.
Li Ding took the lead and arrived outside the gate of Hongshuiji City. He was about to enter the city when he suddenly heard a voice shouting from beside him: "Li Ding, why are you here?"
Li Ding looked back and saw a group of people surrounding a young man galloping towards them.
"It's Dou Hu!"
Li Ding did not look back, but told Cao Peng in a low voice.
"He is Dou Lan's eldest son, and he is also a very famous warrior in Hongshuiji... But this man does not have a good impression of the Han family."
After saying that, he urged his horse to go forward and chat with Dou Hu.
Cao Peng, who was among the retinue, patted Dahuang's forehead gently, narrowed his eyes and looked towards Dou Hu.
This person is also very hostile to the Han Dynasty!
However, it is understandable that when his ancestor was sentenced to death by the Han Emperor, General Dou Xian's army fell apart, and his family was sent to Hexi to guard the border. Dou Xian may be arrogant, but to the Han Dynasty, he is indeed a leader.
It's a great achievement, but in the end... no matter who this kind of thing happens to, they will be dissatisfied and even resentful.
Li Ding specifically singled out this person, which seemed to remind Cao Peng that Dou Hu's status in Hongshuiji must not be too low.
At this time, Dou Hu took Li Ding and prepared to enter the city.
Suddenly, he turned his horse's head and ran towards Cao Peng...
Cao Peng was shocked, but his face remained calm.
Dou Hu reined in his horse, stared at Cao Peng for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
