Chapter 3: The Assassination of Tao Qian

In late May of the fourth year of Zhongping. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Youzhou war horses are draped in saddles, and Youji heroes are equipped with swords and shields.

The sealed preserved mutton mixed with coarse salt grains was stuffed into the whole horse's rump sac, and nineteen rode away from Yan's Wuda horse.

Yan Dong stood at the gate of Wubao, watching his brother leave all the way and not returning for a long time.

Zhuo County is a good place, it is located in the southwest of Youzhou, and it is the state border to walk 100 miles to the west, but if you want to go from Jixian County to Luoyang, the imperial capital, there are three best roads, and these three roads have to pass through a place called Zhuo County in Youzhou.

Zhuo County, needless to say, Liu Bei Liu Xuande's hometown, but Liu Bei is not in Zhuo County now. Some time ago, Liu Bei, who was the first lieutenant of Anxi County because of his meritorious service in fighting the Yellow Turban, couldn't bear the bribes of the superintendent, so he tied the superintendent sent by the county to supervise the place and beat him up fiercely, abandoned the official and fled.

This is also the first time in this era that the name Liu Xuande has crashed into the ears of people all over the world with an extraordinarily strong attitude.

There is almost no need to think about it, if Tao Qian wants to go to Luoyang, he must pass through Zhuo County, and if he wants to go from Ji County, Youzhou Zhishuo, to Zhuo County, there is only one road that is more than 100 miles long...... That is Tao Qian's only way.

On this road, there is a place called Liangxiang, there is a river north of Liangxiang, which is a tributary of the Juma River, which is called Laishui in the more ancient Spring and Autumn Period.

Yan Beidang decided to ambush Tao Qian in the Juma River!

Standing on the hillside north of Liangxiang, Yanbei looked at the surging Juma River, and did not look back and asked, "You have thought clearly, you can not follow me." ”

Wang Yizheng looked at the Mighty River intently, and when he heard the words, he suddenly asked, "Huh? I'm thinking, are we really going to ambush Tao Qian here? ”

"Yes, it's going to be here!" Although Yanbei has not read any military books, he has seen the mighty Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou Hushui Yehe was defeated by the Han army with fewer strikes and more blows, "The great sage and good teacher called this a half-crossing attack, which means that when crossing the river, the enemy can advance or retreat, if it is a large army crossing the river, the enemy can be divided on both banks, if it is crossing the bridge, it is a narrow road to meet." ”

"No matter which one it is, it is a fight of life and not death, as long as the enemy's retreat is not blocked, and someone escapes, the enemy's army will be weak." Yan Bei shook his head and said with a fierce face: "But we don't want to live, we must kill them all without leaving any of them." ”

Wang Yi nodded, took a deep breath, and asked, "How are you going to fight, and after the fight, how do we go to Jizhou?" ”

Before setting up the ambush, Wang Yi talked to Yan Bei about the way out, Youzhou must not stay, and Yan Bei does not want to lead this kind of disaster to the third brother, even if he himself lives in the world, at least he left a good family business for the Yan family, and a good background for his future nephew.

Later, they thought of Wang Yi, who had a remote brother named Wang Zheng, who was a military marquis in Zhongshan and was in charge of 600 county soldiers, and when the time came, they went to Wang Zheng.

It's a big deal, just like my mother said, when I was a child, I rode a sheep and wore a leather and held a pole, and when I grew up, I rode a horse, pierced armor and held a spear!

"If one of them is killed without leaving any ground, let's bury them on the spot, no one can find him in ten days and half a month, take away the armor and treasures that he carried with him, go north to sell them to the Wuhuan people, and exchange them for BMW goods and send them to your brother up and down when the time comes, so that we can have a good background for our brothers." Yan Bei looked at the rushing stream, narrowed his eyes, and planned: "If the wind leaks?" We abandoned the horses, tied them together with ropes, and hurried to the north, while we fled south along the Juliu River, ran fifty miles out of the boat, and went straight to Qingzhou. ”

Wang Yizu has been a border army for three generations, and his kung fu is good, but it is obviously very difficult for him to plan these things, but fortunately, there is a person with a good mind like Yanbei, so he nodded violently and said: "When the time comes, I will do as you say!" ”

Yanbei can't do anything else, he didn't say anything about his kung fu and the ability to plan an escape, he fled all the way back to Youzhou with more than 60 yellow turban fugitives all the way, and finally more than 20 walked to his hometown in Liaodong, what did he not experience on the way? The encirclement and interception of the Han army was a piece of cake.

"Yes, you, me, and Jiang Jin have the best martial arts in our face, do you see the bridge over the river?" Yanbei pointed to the wooden bridge on the Juma River that was several feet wide and said: "When the time comes, as soon as they get on the bridge, I will lead ten good hands to attack them from the front, Tao Qian's subordinates should be men who have seen blood, but they will not be much stronger than us, if there is a rout, I can defeat them." ”

Jiang Jin is a rare good hand among the old men of the Yellow Turban, and his martial arts are strong, because he is a person from Jixian County, he took two riders north along the way to investigate the entourage and honor guard that Shi brought back to Luoyang.

"You and Jiang Jin, take the remaining six brothers, and ambush them in the woods on the north bank, just see them there." Yan Bei pointed to the dense forest not far from the opposite bank and said: "When the time comes, you will wait for the opportunity to move, if there are deserters, you will kill them quickly with horses, if there are no deserters, you will copy the bread from behind the bridge, and attack back and forth!" Tao Qian stepped down from his post and went back to be an official in Beijing, and there should not be many people in his entourage except for his family. ”

Yan Bei said this, in fact, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, in case Zhuo County was too guarded and drove hundreds of county soldiers along the way to escort him, he couldn't help it.

In the next three days, Yan Bei and the others lived in the mountains and forests north of Liangxiang like a group of homeless people, Wang Yi also took off his leather armor and ran to Liangxiang, and bought some dry food and secluded spirits in the market, which were used to satisfy his stomach and stomach and the worms in his stomach...... Drinking water is too good to say, and the Mighty River is everywhere, and the last thing that is lacking is water.

They were waiting for news from Jiang Jin.

On the third day, Jiang Jin and the three of them galloped back, this young but strong Youzhou man turned over and dismounted as soon as he saw Yanbei, and said with a smile on his face: "Yan Qushuai, Tao Qian's old thief's car has already set off on the road, and there are more than 30 family members and entourage, but half of them are slaves and female dependents, there are only twelve warriors, a personal guard wearing two armors, and the rest are just leather armor on foot...... Moreover, there were several large boxes with them. ”

Speaking of the back, Jiang Jin's eyes lit up, in his opinion, if the first assassin was brought to Luoyang from Youzhou, of course, if he bought the gold, silver and jewelry of the mansion in Luoyang!

"Don't talk about those, twelve samurai, only one rider has iron and two armor? That's half the story! With joy on his face, Yan Bei asked with a fist high-five, "How long will it take for them to come over?" ”

Jiang Jin thought for a while and said: "When I came back, they set off, and the foot soldiers moved very slowly, and now they may only reach Guangyuan City, and they will probably arrive tomorrow evening!" ”

"Good! Let the brethren eat and drink enough tonight, and tomorrow we will do great things! ”

In Yan Bei's eyes, this is revenge for his brother and himself, but these yellow turban veterans have no obligation to work hard for this, all because of his kindness in the past two years...... But it doesn't matter, tomorrow they will be grasshoppers on a rope again.

Assassinate the history of the imperial court assassination together? It's inseparable!

Tao Qian came later than Yan Bei imagined.

Yanbei waited in the forest until the next evening, Wang Yi and Jiang Jin had already ambushed in the forest on the opposite bank, and there was still no Tao Qian and his party on the official road.

At this time, he finally understood the greed for Tao Qian's luggage in Jiang Jin's words when he came back, and also understood why Tao Qian and his party walked so slowly.

Seven large boxes were pushed by domestic slaves on the official road in carts, just like the men who escorted grain and grass during the march and battle.

If it's used to hold money, how much does it have to be loaded?

At the moment of the great enemy, this kind of thing only flashed in Yan Bei's mind for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, he untied the reins and took out the wine jug from the horse's hip sac.

They are not regular Han troops, nor do they have those military disciplines, some are just full of blood and undieable life...... How can you not drink alcohol at such times?

"Brother, dry this pot of wine!"

Among the woods, Yan Bei turned over his horse, lifted the wine jug and poured it into his mouth, the liquor entered his throat like a knife scraping his throat, but it made people proud, "Survive, regardless of whether you are high or low, life and death brothers, I will take you to Jizhou to fight for a good background, my good son, get on the horse!" ”

"Get on the horse!"

The pottery wine pot was poured down, ten Youzhou heroes who grew up on horseback drank heartily, eleven pottery wine pots fell on the yellow earth and shattered, the wine stained on the beard of the yellow turban old man had not been wiped, the sword had been unsheathed, and with the whistling sound that only had when the cavalry galloped outside the Saiwai, Yanbei raised his sword and roared out.

Wind and dust, all under the horse's hooves!

"Kill!"

Youzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian's convoy, at this time, Kankan walked on the wooden bridge for a third of the way, and saw a large amount of dust suddenly floating in the forest, accompanied by the sound of shouting and killing, several thieves rode with swords, wrapped in galloping murderous energy.

For a while, even the guards who had been following Tao Qian for many years and riding on horses were stunned, robbing the convoy of Youzhou Thorn History on the boundary of Youzhou?

Where did the thief come from with such guts?

At this time, no one could have imagined that someone would have such courage, let alone that the purpose of the thief was not to rob money, but to take his life!

"Go to the thief stationing in the horse, Tao carries most books, if you want money, Tao can give only the belongings...... Otherwise, we will see each other! At this time, Tao Qian is not the old Tao envoy Jun in Xuzhou, now although he is old, but just two years ago he also rode a horse to fight a tough battle with the Qiang people in the northwest, and the majesty of the Danyang veterans was killed, after a few battles, he immediately held the chariot and shouted: "Women and children avoid the car, Cao Hong, order the servants and personal soldiers to line up to meet the enemy!" ”

A personal soldier named Cao Hong shouted orders, and the family soldiers hurriedly lined up.

This is Tao Qian's strategy when he is facing the enemy, the thief cavalry kills to be majestic, if he stops listening to the first half of his sentence, the morale will be stifled, and at the same time give his subordinates time to line up and resist the cavalry with foot soldiers!

However, the enemy cavalry did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and the personal guard named Cao Hong was still passing the order, so he gathered Tao Qian's family in the chariot and horse formation to protect him, and the young thief with a rebellious face had already galloped on his horse, and Cao Hong hurriedly drew his knife to block.

A black horse, with black hair, galloped like lightning, and the ring knife that was tightly grasped in the outstretched right arm suddenly stood out, bypassing the sword soldier that was lifted out of the sheath on Cao Hong's head, and slashed straight towards his head with a buckled hood.

The cold light flashed, the ring knife drank blood, Cao Hong's big head rose in the wind, and blood shot out from the broken neck.

"Tao Qian, accept your life!"

After the thief's head, ten horsemen strode on!