At the beginning of the change, there was a loud noise.

The sound sounded like the exclamation of thousands of people, the sound of inhaling and exhaling mixed with the voices of those who shouted and spoke impassionedly, echoing through the ancient city and spreading far and wide.

"Hoo ......"

"It's Tao Gong, Tao Gong is here!"

"Tao Gong, are you in good health? The little old man is incense day and night, praying for you, and this thought is not in vain. ”

"Tao Gong is fine, great, great!"

"Tao Gong, are you going to meet the hussar general?"

"Tao Gong ......"

Xu Fang looked back in amazement, and his heart was suddenly shocked!

Condescending on the city wall, he could see clearly that a fire dragon was rapidly approaching the north gate, and the direction it came from should be the center of the city. According to the usual layout of Middle-earth castles, the center of the castle is where the castle guard is located.

"Is it ......" the hair on his body exploded like a frightened cat, and he quickly realized what was happening, and then he shook his head desperately and cried out to himself, "No, it can't be! ”

As he spoke, he turned to Cao Hong on the side, his face was full of hideousness, and he hissed and asked: "Cao Degang, you did a good thing!" Do you think you can sell it to Wang Yu'er in this way? Wrong! Miss by a mile! You are a little bit of a trivial matter, when you arrive in Qingzhou, you are lucky to be a little official, do you still want to have the scenery of the past! ”

In his mind, only if Cao Hong bets on both sides, it is possible that Qingzhou's fine work will take advantage of the loophole and rob Tao Qian out.

"No, it's not me, it's really not me!" Cao Hong was already stupid, and was asked by Xu Fang by the neck, only then did he come back to his senses and hurriedly denied it.

He and Cao Bao are of the same race. The two brothers are Tao Qian's confidants, and when they were young, the two also had some achievements, and they made a lot of contributions with Tao Qian's expedition to the south and the north, which was trusted and reused by Tao Qian.

However, in the past few years after settling down in Xuzhou, the ambition of the two when they were young has quickly eroded, and they have long since lost their bravery. That is, Tao Qian remembered the old feelings. Keeping them by his side has not diminished the authority of the two.

But as Tao Qian's health deteriorated, Cao Hong and the others also knew very well that the good days would not be long.

Therefore, after Cao Bao arrived in Xiapi. I haven't fought a serious battle, let Yuan Shu encroach on the territory of Xuzhou, and then blindly rush it, which is to save the opportunity to support the army. In troubled times, gold and silver are not enough, and only by holding a gun in your hand can you ensure prosperity and wealth.

Hence the previous union. and this operation to block the city gates. Cao Hong has already staked his net worth and his life, where is there any meaning of double-faced?

"! If it's not you, how can Tao Lao Pifu get out of the house? "Where is Xu Fang willing to believe.

Tao Qian appeared, and the main forces of Haoqiang's private soldiers all went to the Dongcheng barracks. The mutiny seemed to have failed, and he and his allies were doomed! He had no choice but to die. You have to find a reason to make yourself look less stupid.

"Not me. It's really not me......" Cao Hong wanted to cry, but just before the tears fell, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and he shouted: "It's General Tao himself!" ”

"How is it possible, the old man is obviously sick...... Xu Fang still didn't believe it: "Besides, aren't the guards of the Assassin's Mansion all your henchmen?" ”

"It's my henchmen, yes, but they are all soldiers brought out by General Tao himself, they are all veterans who have followed the general into battle, the general appears, where will they listen to me?" Cao Hong cried with a sad face, and subconsciously used the past name.

After Tao Qian came out, he was a military general for a long time, and in the second year of Zhongping, Huangfu Song personally ordered his general and appointed him as the captain of Yangwu to go with the army. Brother Cao Hong followed Tao Qian at that time, and made a lot of contributions in Xiliang, and he was also a meritorious veteran.

In recent years, Tao Qian's old age has been fully revealed, on the one hand, he has poor control over the jurisdiction, but on the other hand, he is vigorously supporting Qingzhou. At first, it was free assistance, and then they did business together, as Xu Fang said before, Qingzhou can have such a prosperous situation today, and Tao Qian, the hero behind the scenes, has indeed contributed a lot.

Including the Cao Hong brothers, everyone in Xuzhou thinks that Tao Qian is old and confused, and he treats Wang Yu, an outsider, better than his own son. gradually forgot Tao Qian's tough wrist, but this carelessness eventually led to a fatal flaw.

"......" Xu Fang was stunned for a while, and suddenly grabbed Cao Hong's wrist, and the fierce light flashed in his eyes: "How many guards are there in the Assassin's Mansion?" ”

“…… Eighty-six people. Cao Hong replied in a daze, and after speaking, his face moved slightly, as if he realized something, and struggled for a moment, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Good, good! There are dozens of my soldiers here at the city gate, and there are more than 100 county soldiers who obey orders...... Degang, during this time, you must stabilize the situation, as long as the old puppet dies......"

At the critical juncture, Xu Fang also made a quick decision, while speaking, he made a few gestures to the general, and then pulled out the sword at his waist, raised his arms and shouted: "There is a fine work of pretending to be a pottery envoy, disturbing the morale of the army, the army obeys the order, follow me to kill this wing!" ”

In the dim twilight, the long sword slashed out with lightning-like brilliance, and someone on the city wall responded with a bang, and among the shadows, I don't know how many figures came out in response.

"Not good!" Zhuge Liang was shocked.

Tao Qiantao's light is obscure, and the outstanding wisdom of the strange soldier is unexpected, but if he pretends to be a pig for too long, he may not be able to eat a tiger, and if he doesn't do it, he will become a pig. Xu Fang dared to jump off the wall in a hurry, he must have a certain degree of certainty, can Tao Qian withstand it?

"Don't worry, Tao Gong is not that useless old man, he is not pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, he is just taking a nap all the time." Wang Yu was calm, and he didn't worry at all.

Historically, the hidden dangers within Xuzhou have always existed, but it was not until Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou that they broke out in full force, why? It was nothing more than being suppressed by Tao Qian by various means.

Tao Qian in history still wants to do something, so he has been working hard to integrate all forces in Xuzhou. And in this life, starting from the Luoyang Army, Lao Tao devoted most of his energy to supporting himself, and it is obvious that he has placed ideals or beliefs on himself.

If you only look at it from the perspective of taking over Xuzhou, it is only good to let the contradictions in Xuzhou erupt. It doesn't hurt. Friends and foes are clear, and it is better to come than to have hidden dangers lurking inside, and try to eliminate them and throw bogeys.

At present, it is impossible for Tao Qian to entrust Xuzhou to himself, but the territory he got is clean. Before today, there may be a lot of hidden dangers in the East China Sea, but after today, these jumping clowns will be swept away!

This is probably the ultimate purpose of the old man's own trip.

It's about clearing obstacles for yourself. It is also a test of oneself, or a hint to oneself that if the old man is younger, he may work hard to achieve his ideals.

The tacit understanding between the two is naturally unknown to others. Therefore. Even a smart person like Zhuge Liang is worried about the current situation, but Wang Yu is not worried at all, he is very confident in Tao Qian, how can the old man's performance before the curtain end?

Zhang Xiao's mood tonight has been in ups and downs. At the moment when Xu Fang swung his sword and pointed to the city, he finally couldn't hold it back.

No matter what, Tao Envoy must not be allowed to die like this! He stabbed his spear at the figures who were charging down the city.

"Dang!" It's a pity that the target's martial arts are much higher than him. Obviously with his back to him, he was still running wildly, but as if he had eyes behind him, he blocked with his backhand. easily blocked Zhang Xiao's inevitable shot, and then turned around.

"Is that you?" I saw each other's faces clearly. Zhang Xiao's eyes widened suddenly, and she was shocked.

As a secret agent, his martial arts are indeed very ordinary, the key point of the secret agent's survival is to hide himself, if he is discovered, no matter how high his martial arts are, it is in vain, similar to Wang Yu's practice in Luoyang, which is strictly forbidden in the code of secret agents. Therefore, what shocked him was not the other party's martial arts, but the identity of the other party.

"It's me." Seeing that it was Zhang Xiao, the sneak attacker did not fight back, but nodded at him, and then continued to rush with a knife.

"How could you ......" Zhang Xiao never expected that the one who was almost attacked by himself turned out to be Chen Ye, who was known for his loyalty, but the scars on the other party's face were unique, and it was impossible to admit mistakes. It wasn't until he saw the other party's next move that Zhang Xiao finally suddenly realized.

The skills of the veteran of a hundred battles are indeed good, although he was delayed by Zhang Xiao for a moment, but Chen Ye's feet flew quickly, and he clicked a few times on the steps, and then his arms shook, and he flew up like a big peng with wings spread, and pounced in the air!

Seeing a flash of the knife, a miserable scream sounded, and a private soldier of the Xu family howled loudly and threw down his weapon, and stretched his hands desperately behind him, trying in vain to cover the huge wound that was more than a foot long...... Without waiting for the other private soldiers to wake up from the shock, Chen Ye waved his sword, followed the knife, and pounced on the next target with great speed.

The private soldiers were furious, and were about to rush forward and dissect the attacker's body, but the county soldiers who followed up showed their blades one after another.

"Kill!"

"Kill all the rebels!"

Zhang Xiao found out that most of the county soldiers who rushed forward were meritorious veterans, and the unified feature was that they had all participated in the previous battles when Tao Qian entered Xuzhou. These people's situation in the army is similar to that of Chen Ye, they have prestige, but their official positions are very low.

As a result, now that I look at it, these people turned out to be Tao Qian's hidden chess pieces in the army!

The number of private soldiers of the Xu family is not much, all of them are foxes and fake tigers, if they do it with others, they may be able to coerce some of the county soldiers, but now they are all people who are similar to Chen Ye. If they hadn't been so shocked that they couldn't react, the soldiers might have besieged it in a big way.

"You, you ......" Looking at Tao Qian, Xu Fang's eyes seemed to have seen a ghost, he had experienced too many things tonight, and the shock in his heart was too great, for a while, he didn't know how to face this person he thought he was very familiar with.

Dotard?

A history of waste thorns that can't even control authority?

The self-righteous jumped out and stretched his neck under the opponent's knife...... The waste is your own people!

"Tao Gongzu, hello, hello!" In the midst of the swords, facing the fierce eyes of the county soldiers, Xu Fang laughed wildly: "It's me who underestimated you, it's me who deserves to die, just let me take the first step, let's start over again." ”

The laughter continued, and he jumped directly from the city wall.

Cao Hong's face turned pale, looking at the familiar figure in the firelight under the city, his legs were weak, and he collapsed to the ground like a mess of mud.

Night falls.