Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 85 Indecision
Between Hua County and Fei County, somewhere in a small village in the mountains.

This village originally had only a dozen families and dozens of dilapidated thatched huts, but now a team of hundreds of people passed by.

This team was extremely huge, not only had hundreds of vehicles, but also hundreds of cavalry and infantry, all armed with swords and guns, and everyone wore a blue cloth on their foreheads.

The old village head leaned on a wooden stick and tremblingly held a bowl of eggs to meet the group of uninvited guests. What greeted him was a steel knife.

Zhang Kai put the knife back into its sheath, and held the bowl of eggs firmly with the other hand, and the old village chief's body fell into the muddy water.

Zhang Kai turned his head and said to the soldiers behind him, "Kill them all."

Hearing this, the soldiers under his command rushed into the village like wolves and tigers with knives in hand, dragged the men and women inside out of the house and killed them.

In the troubled times at that time, the nobles were superior, the generals were normal, and the soldiers were inferior.

As for the common people, they could be tools for growing grain in the fields, backup for soldiers, objects of plunder, or even grain itself, but they were not counted as people.

As a commoner, he might die hastily and silently one day, just like the villagers in this village.

The whole process happened so quickly that the villagers didn't even have time to react, and the only sound left in the whole village was the chirping of chickens and dogs.

After a while, the barking of chickens and dogs disappeared.

Zhang Kai peeled off an egg with one hand and threw it into his mouth. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he swallowed it. Feeling that his throat was a little dry, he took out the water bag and poured a few mouthfuls of water. Then he jumped off the horse and walked towards the carriage in the middle of the team.

He knocked on the wall of the carriage, and said, "Mr. Cao, do you want some eggs?"

The car door opened, revealing Cao Song's face full of smiles, "Captain Zhang has worked hard, I'm not hungry yet, I'd better leave it to the captain's subordinates."

Zhang Kai held the egg, but looked at the shivering plump concubine behind Cao Song, and stayed there for a while.

Cao Song understood, and quickly said with a smile: "If the captain is interested, this woman will be given to the captain."

When the concubine heard this, her face became even more frightened.

Zhang Kai laughed aloud: "Forget it," he raised the bowl in his hand, "I'm still more interested in eggs."

After speaking, he turned around and left with a bowl.

The concubine breathed a sigh of relief, and complained to Cao Song, "Master, why are you willing?"

Cao Song's face was gloomy: "Shut up!"

The concubine was so frightened that she quickly fell silent.

Cao Song thought for a while, and asked the concubine to call Cao De who was in the carriage behind. After a while, a young man in his 20s hurried over with his long gown by the hem, and got into the carriage.

Seeing the car door slam shut, the concubine at the back had to stand outside.

When the soldiers passed by her, they unscrupulously looked at her plump body wrapped in silk clothes, which made her even more frightened and uneasy.

In the car, Cao Song asked, "Where are you?"

Cao De hurriedly said, "We're almost in Fei County."

"Passing through Fei County, head north all the way, and you should be able to meet Ying Shao, the prefect of Mount Tai, to welcome our team."

"And the elder brother has already sent troops to attack Taishan County and Langya, the army is nearby, no matter who we meet, they should be safe."

Cao Song's face was gloomy, and he said, "We can't get there."

Cao De was surprised: "Why?"

Cao Song sneered and said, "When I met this Kai the day before yesterday, I thought it had bad intentions."

"It was said to be an escort, but many soldiers took the opportunity to knock on the cart containing the goods, obviously eyeing the things inside!"

"I'm afraid they'll see money and kill us when the time comes!"

Cao De was surprised: "If this is the case, we only have a dozen guards, and the rest are coachmen. How can we resist?"

"Should I distribute half of the goods to them?"

"Idiot!" Cao Song's face was gloomy, "They can get all of us if they kill us, why only get half of it, would you do it?"

"The reason why they have been slow to do so is that they are probably looking for a suitable place to do so."

Cao De was even more alarmed when he heard this, "Isn't this place very suitable?"

Cao Song said in a deep voice, "It may be here, or it may be Fei County, but it is absolutely impossible for us to go north again."

Cao De was puzzled, "Why Fei County?"

Cao Song hated iron but said: "If you have half the skills of Brother Ni, I won't be so tired!"

"Because they need a place to cover their hands!"

"This village is too small, and it's not easy to cover up the traces of so many vehicles. They are also afraid that your elder brother's cavalry will appear at any time and chase them down!"

"But Fei County is different. The city has just been massacred there, and there must be dead bodies everywhere in the city."

"When the time comes, throw our corpses inside, divide up the belongings in the car, destroy the car and burn it, and there will be no traces!"

When Cao De heard this, he said anxiously, "Then what should we do?"

Cao Song's face was gloomy: "At night, you find a servant to put on your clothes and stay in your car. You find a way to find a horse and go to the north to find someone to rescue us."

When Cao De heard this, he panicked and said, "I can't do it!"

"If you can't do it, everyone will die!" Cao Song shouted.

"Like your elder brother, you are betting on your life at any time, how about you?"

Cao De didn't dare to say it, he thought that that person is a scoundrel, I'm the son of a son, can I be like him?
Seeing that Cao De looked like he couldn't get up, Cao Song snorted coldly, "Then you just stay here and wait for death."

Cao De quickly said, "I'll go!"

He finally figured it out, if he stayed still, he might die tonight, but if he went out, no matter what, he could at least live for a few more days.

Zhang Kai walked up and down the room, staring at the hundred or so carts outside, his eyes flickering.

These people can be killed at any time, the key is how to kill them.

Starting from Yangping County, Donghai County, I thought I could stop Cao Song and his party going west.

But Cao Song didn't know how he got the news in advance. He was going to the northwest. Zhang Kai didn't expect it, and ran north for more than [-] miles before meeting Cao Song.

But it was a bit embarrassing at this time, because this place is only a few dozen miles away from Fei County, and Cao Cao's army may be encountered at any time.

Although the people transferred by the spies said that Cao Cao's army had suddenly turned north to attack Jimo, Zhang Kai did not dare to bet whether Cao Cao's army was still nearby.

After all, he had heard that Cao Jun still had an army that appeared in the east!

Zhang Kai was very greedy. Not only did he want to kill Cao Song, but he also wanted to take away his wealth. On the surface, he was a general of Tao Qian, but he had already secretly joined Yuan Shu!
Tao Qian gave him an order to take Cao Song back to Yangping, and if he couldn't do anything, he could kill Cao Song's family.

But Yuan Shu's order to Zhang Kai was to kill Cao Song!

Zhang Kai knew what Yuan Shu was thinking.

If Cao Song is killed, Cao Cao will die in Xuzhou, and in the south, Yuzhou, where Yuan Shu and Sun Jian are located, will reduce the pressure a lot.

Moreover, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Tao Qian would not be able to support him, so he could only obediently dedicate Xuzhou to Yuan Shu!

Zhang Kai was bought by Yuan Shu very early on, and he was hesitant these few days, but now he finally made up his mind to betray Tao Qian and defect to Yuan Shu.

After all, Yuan Shu has the attitude to fight for the world, Tao Qian is far behind.

But Zhang Kai also had his own little calculations. He wanted high officials and rich salary, and he also wanted gold, silver and treasures.

The problem he is facing now is how to leave Xuzhou safely with a hundred cars of treasure without being discovered after killing Cao Song, and join Yuan Shu in Yuzhou!

(End of this chapter)