Cao Thief

Chapter 54 The Great Change in Wancheng (15)
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This is the first update, old and new pay back!

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It was late at night and the wind was strong!
Sitting in the small tent, Cao Peng quietly pulled out the long knife, found a soft and dry rag, and polished the blade.Since the Hanhuan Knife was in his hands, he has not seen blood yet.But there was a faint cold red light on the knife edge, which also showed that it had drunk blood.

"Afu, what are you doing?"

Wang Mai returned to the small tent, ready to take off the armor on his body.

He leaned the iron halberd and serpent spear against the frame, then took the hook off the arm and stretched his body.

Cao Peng raised his head and asked, "Where is brother-in-law?"

"He Weitun will be patrolling the camp..."

Deng Ji, as a servant, needs to undertake a lot of things.

But things like this inspection should not be done by him.But out of caution, he still patrolled the camp with Wei Yan.

It is unknown if the wind breaks the big banner.

Both Wei Yan and Deng Ji became extra cautious for this reason.

Cao Peng put the knife in its sheath, stood up and walked to Wang Mai's side, "Brother Hutou, my right eyelid has been twitching. People often say that the left eye jumps for money and the right eye jumps for disaster. I am a little worried that it will happen. What happened."

"misfortune?"

Wang Mai looked at Cao Peng in surprise, "What can happen?"

"I have no idea!"

Cao Peng couldn't explain clearly, why was there such a strong uneasiness?Therefore, he didn't know how to explain to Wang Mai.

Wang Mai smiled and said: "Ah Fu, you think too much! We are still one day away from Wancheng, and we are very safe here."

"This... just take it as my wild imagination." Cao Peng smiled wryly and walked to the door of the small tent.The wind outside the tent was whistling, and it seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.He frowned, then suddenly turned his head and asked, "Brother Hutou, is there anything weird about Ma Yu's side?"

"Very honest!"

Wang Mai thought for a while, "He hardly talked to anyone all day long, and he worked very hard."

"Brother Hutou, please do one thing. If something happens, you must protect my brother-in-law and leave. If you can escape, then go home immediately. Take my father, my mother and my sister, and go to Tufu Mountain... ...Before I left, I asked your father to go to Tufu Mountain to seek help. There are some old brothers of his in the past, you protect my father and them, and go to your father, can you do it?"

Cao Peng's expression was serious, which made Wang Mai a little nervous unconsciously.

"Ah Fu, what's going on? Why are you so suspicious? We are not doing well now, what could go wrong?"

"Don't worry about it, I just want you to promise me!"

Wang Mai hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded to express his understanding.

"What about you?" He asked worriedly.

Cao Peng smiled, "I will follow General Wei Tun. With his protection, there shouldn't be any danger."

"Well, my father told me to listen to you before we set off... But I really don't see what danger we are in now."

Wang Mai couldn't help muttering something, which made Cao Peng laugh.

There are some things that I can't see the clue.But be prepared, be careful and never make a big mistake...

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"Cao Peng, Wang Mai, hurry up and gather in the camp."

When Wang Mai and Cao Peng were talking, a small school suddenly shouted outside the tent.

Neither Cao Peng nor Wang Mai took off their armor, so they immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the small tent, "Brother, what happened?"

"Wei Dubo, something has happened!"

"what?"

Cao Peng couldn't react for a while.

It wasn't until he was dragged by Wang Mai to run that he realized that Wei Dubo was Wei Ping.

Wei Ping, what happened again?

Cao Peng and Wang Mai hurried to the center of the camp and saw Wei Yan straddling his horse.

Twenty spearmen lined up behind him.Seeing Cao Peng and Wang Mai coming over, Wei Yan shouted sharply without saying a word: "Cao Peng, get on the horse immediately."

"Here!"

"Wang Mai, you stay and accompany Deng Jiecong."

"Here!"

Cao Peng quickly straddled his horse and glanced at Wei Yan in surprise.

Wei Yan ignored him, but said to Deng Ji and Tang Ji who were at the gate of the camp: "Deng Jiecong, Old Tang, you two are here to collect the camp and protect the food and grass. I'm going to the mangrove forest. Before I come back, you must not act rashly, remember to be careful."

Deng Ji and Tang Ji quickly surrendered!
Cao Peng, who was confused, still didn't understand the situation.

Wei Ping, something happened?

"Ah Fu, take someone with you and follow me!"

After Wei Yan finished speaking, he and Cao Peng rushed out of the simple camp with twenty spearmen.

"Deng Jiecong, what happened?"

Deng Ji looked solemn, and said softly: "Just got the news, Wei Dubo was ambushed in the mangrove forest while leading the scout army to patrol the surroundings..."

"Ambush? Who ambushed?"

Deng Ji shook his head, "I don't know yet, General Wei Tun just went to check.

Hutou, follow me and continue to patrol the camp.Tang Ji, you lead people to keep an eye on the supplies, food and grass, and if there is a situation, immediately counterattack. "

Tang Ji agreed and took the people away.

But Deng Ji looked worried, because Cao Peng's earlier reminder still rings in his ears.

Like Cao Peng, Deng Ji is also worried at the moment...

Wang Mai subconsciously clenched the snake spear, and inserted the hook on his arm into the shield, tightening it tightly.Taking a deep breath, he could only pray secretly, hoping that nothing would happen.It seems that Ah Fu's concerns are not unreasonable.At this time, the situation is really chaotic.

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Cao Peng followed Wei Yan, galloping on his horse.

Twenty spearmen ran wildly behind them, closely following them.

It seems that these Yiyang soldiers have received special training. Although they have two legs, when they run, they are only not far behind Wei Yan and Cao Peng.

"General Wei Tun, what happened?"

Cao Peng galloped up to catch up with Wei Yan and asked loudly.

Wei Yan slowed down the speed of the horse a little, and briefly told Cao Peng what happened.It turned out that just now, a Yiyang cavalryman ran back covered in blood and told Wei Yan that Wei Ping and his men had been ambushed.

The opponent's situation is still unclear, and the ambush appeared very suddenly.

Wei Ping took a few scouts, entangled him tightly, and sent the scouts back to ask for help.

Traveling through the crowd often has a huge flaw.They may be able to grasp the general trend, but they cannot grasp the mystery of the details.

Cao Peng also has this problem.

Even if he can say the classic words of ten victories and ten defeats, he has no understanding of the subtleties of this era.So much so that until now, he was bumping around like a chicken without a head.Did Cao Cao use troops against Liu Biao during the War of Wan?

At a time like this, in this place...

It seems that the only person who can use troops against them is Cao Cao.

However, Cao Cao has just been surrendered by Zhang Xiu, so he has the ability to use troops against Liu Biao at this time?
Cao Peng is also uncertain.

The mangrove forest is located about thirty miles northwest of the sunset camp.Because there is a maple tree here, in autumn, the maple red looks like fire from a distance, so it is called a mangrove forest.When Wei Yan led Cao Peng and others to the mangrove forest, he saw a few solitary unowned war horses wandering outside the forest neighing sadly from a distance.Beside them, there are several corpses...

Wei Yan shuddered Lingling!
Although the distance was still far away, he still recognized at a glance that those horses were Wei Ping and his scout mounts.

Outside the woods, Wei Yan jumped off his horse, took two quick steps, and squatted down next to a dead body.The corpse was prostrate on the ground with its back facing the sky, and the blood under its body turned the ground into a pool of red mud.

"Ah Fu, torch!"

Wei Yan roared, and Cao Peng quickly jumped off the horse, took out a torch from the horse's pocket, lit it with a torch, and immediately illuminated the surroundings.He walked quickly to Wei Yan's side, and before he could speak, Wei Yan snatched the torch from his hand, lowered his head and turned the corpse over to identify it carefully.

It is their own scout!
His eyes were wide open, and his expression was very strange.

Wei Yan may not be able to see anything, but Cao Peng, who was a criminal policeman in his previous life, can also see the strangeness.

The expression of the deceased was clearly an unbelievable expression, as if he was deadly, but he still couldn't believe it.And the wound on his body was also very obvious. It was a gunshot wound, right where his throat was choked.In the blood hole the size of a baby's fist, blood is still flowing...

Cao Peng looked around twice, and found that there were obvious traces of fighting left around.

However, the scars on the corpses are different.There were three corpses, apparently in a fight, hacked to death with random knives; another scout was killed from behind.The wound was the same as that of the previous deceased, the fatal wound was an iron basket.

"Ah Fu, have you found Wen Bo's body?"

While Cao Peng was observing these corpses, he heard Wei Yan shouting loudly behind him.

The spearman had already reached the mangrove forest, out of breath, and his formation was a bit scattered.Cao Peng turned around, but suddenly, a hairy fear appeared.That kind of fear is like blackness without fingers, snakes and insects crawling in, hearing it deeply, and beasts approaching...

"Brother Wei, be careful!"

Cao Peng shouted loudly, and his body suddenly fell forward.

That is, the moment he leaned his body, a series of bowstring sounds suddenly came from the mangrove forest behind him.Dozens of sharp arrows pierced through the air and made a sharp whistling sound, flying towards them.Cao Peng fell to the ground with a thud, and the arrow brushed against his back and flew by!
(End of this chapter)