Chapter 9 The Ninth White Rabbit Dragon's Den

Dong Zhuo, a rebellious official and traitor, was killed and his body was exposed on the street. The news spread quickly throughout Chang'an City. The soldiers inside and outside the palace shouted long live, and the people all over the city took to the streets to celebrate.What's even more strange is that since the day when Dong Zhuo's dead body was laid on the street, over Chang'an City, the cloudy and rainy weather that had lasted for a long time immediately turned clear, the sun and the moon were shining brightly, and there was no breeze. Mr. Pang De, a hidden hero of the generation, carried out the shocking plan to help the Han Dynasty and maintain the unification during this period. With the cooperation of Zhuge Liang, Diao Chan, Wang Yun and others, he successfully achieved it and made great achievements. The world's subjects and common people brought a glimmer of hope.

However, the general trend that the long-term must be united, and the long-term must be divided, is still evolving rapidly, and it will not be reversed due to the conspiracy of a group of people with lofty ideals such as Mr. Pound. The killing of Dong Zhuo took place in April of the third year of Chuping, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. After this mutiny, Wang Yun joined forces with Lv Bu and a group of courtiers to barely stabilize the chaos in the court. However, the people in Chang'an City had only spent two months of peace and stability, and the court experienced an astonishing upheaval.

Since Dong Zhuo's death, Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, appointed Situ Wang Yun as a minister equivalent to the prime minister to handle the government affairs.Lu Bu was also granted the title of General Fenwei, commanding the three armies of the imperial court.Wang Yun and Lu Bu, with one article and one military, are in charge of the government together.If the two manage their affairs well, the world may gradually become stable and stable. However, both Wang Yun and Lu Bu are very vengeful people, and they don't have the large-scale mind to be handsome. After Wang Yun took charge of the prime minister, he ordered Dong Zhuo's former ministers and party members to be investigated, imprisoned or killed, and Dong Zhuo's old subordinates were in constant panic.

Dong Zhuoyan's son-in-law, Li Ru, was the first person Wang Yun wanted to kill to vent his hatred.However, Li Ru fled to Shanzhou outside the city a long time ago, and gathered Dong Zhuo's old troops, such as generals Li Cui and Guo Si, to resist the court's pursuit. Lu Bu sent Li Su to lead the army to attack Li Ru in Shanzhou, but was defeated by Li Cui and Guo Si, and sneaked back to Chang'an alone. Seeing that Li Su fled back in a big defeat, Lu Bu scolded angrily, "You've frustrate me, damn it."Li Su was already resentful that he was not promoted by the court because of his meritorious service in killing Dong Zhuo, but now he was reprimanded by Lu Bu, his heart was furious, and he retorted.How could Lu Bu bear it, he immediately ordered the sergeants to push Li Su out of the gate of the army, and beheaded him for public display.Li Su persuaded people to rebel repeatedly throughout his life, and finally ended up being beheaded by the people he persuaded to rebel.

Lu Bu beheaded Li Su, intending to personally lead the army to attack Li Ru. When Li Ru heard the news, he was afraid of Lu Bu's might and courage, and was panicked.The soldiers of his troops were also timid. They screamed and shouted several times a night, and all the plants and trees were soldiers.Li Ru knew that he could no longer defend, so he secretly led several soldiers, abandoned the camp and fled.Unexpectedly, his personal soldier Hu Qier, greedy for wealth and honor, stabbed Li Ru to death, beheaded Li Ru, and presented it to Lu Bu. Lu Bu also ordered a crusade against Dong Zhuo's former subordinates Li Cui, Guo Si and others.

Li Cui and Guo Si knew that they would not be tolerated by the court, so they made up their minds to resist desperately, and led the army to attack Chang'an first. Lü Buden City refused to defend, and they held each other for eight days.The Shu soldiers under Lu Bu's subordinates changed, opened the city gate, and let Li Cui and Guo Si's army enter. Lv Bu charged repeatedly with his halberd. Although he killed many enemies many times, his generals also suffered a lot of losses, so he had to fight a bloody road and leave the city.Before leaving, he sent someone to invite Wang Yun to go with him, but Wang Yun refused, and decided to live and die with Chang'an.Lü Bu had no choice but to lead thousands of soldiers and horses, went east out of Wuguan, and went to Yuan Shu.

Seeing that Lu Bu had fled, Li Cui and Guo Si led their troops to attack the palace gate. Wang Yun led his guards to guard outside the palace and was killed by the rebel army under the palace gate. Li Cui and Guo Si led troops into the palace gate, killed more than ten thousand officials and civilians, and forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to submit, asking for an official title.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to order Li Cui to be General Yangwu, and Guo Si to be General Yanglie, both in charge of the government.As a result, the Han Dynasty court fell into the hands of Li Cui and Guo Si, two rebellious officials and generals.

Li Cui and Guo Si, in order to avenge Dong Zhuo, ordered the massacre of the city for three days. No less than ten thousand courtiers and common people in the city were massacred.The people in Chang'an City fled the city one after another. On the way, mothers abandoned their relatives and children, people ate the flesh of the old and young, birds pecked people's intestines, and hung dead branches in their mouths. Li Cui and Guo Si searched for Dong Zhuo's bones and buried him in the cave built by Dong Zhuo himself. They forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and all the officials of the court to go to worship.

At this time, Pang Degong, the hidden hero of Tianji, has brought Diaochan and Zhuge Liang together, and lives in seclusion in Xianshan, Jingzhou, to observe the situation of the world. Lord Pang De first heard the drastic changes in the regeneration of Chang'an City, and he couldn't help but sighed deeply.He also knew that Li Cui and Guo Si buried Dong Zhuo's remaining bones in Yuwu, so he couldn't help but rushed to investigate. Pang Degong rushed to Meiwu, Dong Zhuo's self-built palace on the outskirts of Chang'an, but seeing Meiwu's feng shui standards, he couldn't help but sighed: Dong Zhuo has lived here for several years, and he has been sheltered by the dragon energy of the Yangzhai. Although the Yang energy has been broken by me, The power of the dragon energy in his Yangzhai house still shades him into the earth to rest in peace, and because of this, Li Cui and Guo Si succeeded in the mutiny. ?

Duke Pang De was deeply touched, he walked to Dong Zhuo's tomb, and saw the engraving on the huge stone tablet in front of the tomb: Eight gold lacquered characters on the tomb of Dong Gongzhuo, the grand master of the Han Dynasty.Pang Degong couldn't help being filled with hatred and resentment, he pointed his halberd and scolded bitterly: "The heavenly secret is like this, the way of heaven is unjust, and if the veins of the earth allow this thief to be buried, the earth has no spirit." Before Mr. Pound finished speaking, a thunderbolt sounded from the sky, and the door of Dong Zhuo's tomb opened without wind, and a bolt of lightning rushed in. With a bang, Dong Zhuo's coffin, bones, and the built cemetery were all shaken into powder, and then Then there was a strong strange wind, and a pile of powder was blown away without a trace.The geographers of later generations judged that this is a typical example of the burial of the wicked.

However, although Pang Degong, the hidden hero of Tianji, slowed down the performance of the general trend of Tianji with his amazing supernatural powers, it was still difficult to achieve his ambition of helping the Han Dynasty and saving the people, all of which hit Pang Degong very hard.He also began to look disheartened, and even began to doubt whether his desire to use others to reverse the trend of the world was just a dream? In fact, the evolution of the general trend of the world has also confirmed Mr. Pound's doubts one by one. Dong Zhuo was punished, but immediately Li Cui and Guo Si rebelled.The imperial court was in turmoil, and the people of the world were in panic. The eighteen princes who united against Dong Zhuo that day accelerated their respective ambitions to compete in the world. Gongsun Zan, the white horse general of Beiping prefect, occupied Liaozhou. Qi Xianghou, Yuan Shao, the leader of the original 18th Route crusade against Dong Zhuo's allies, occupied part of Hebei, Shanxi, and most of Shandong in the vast Bohai Sea area. Yuan Shao's younger brother, Yuan Shu, occupies the Nanyang area. Liu Biao ruled Jingzhou area separately. Sun Jian was proud of the imperial jade seal, and also occupied the Changsha area. Zhang Lu's five buckets of rice Taoism mainly occupies Yizhou. Liu Zhang occupied the Hanzhong area and ruled the roost. And Cao Cao, who had a deep relationship with Lord Pound, is also working hard to establish his own territory. At that time, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans still insisted on fighting. Liu Dai, the governor of Gunzhou, went out to fight against the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. He was defeated and died. At that time, Cao Cao, who served as the prefect of Dongjun in Shandong and Hebei, had 20 cities under his rule. It was a county named after Qin after Wei.At this time, Cao Cao's clan had only 20,000 troops, and he was the weakest of the eighteen princes. Li Cui, who hijacked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and made himself a general, heard the news and discussed with Guo Bang. Guo Bang said: "The yellow scarves are in chaos in Shandong, and we are beyond our reach. If we want to destroy the bandits, we must send troops to fight against them." Li reminded: Cao Cao was the initiator of the crusade against Dong Zhuo's allies, how could he listen to our orders? Guo Si laughed and said, "Now that the Son of Heaven is in our hands, have you forgotten the allusion of coercing the Son of Heaven to command the princes?" Li reminded him to wake up violently, and said happily: "It's so wonderful!"I am going to present the emperor to issue an edict, ordering Cao Cao to crusade against the Yellow Turban. Not a day later, the envoy of the Han court came to Dongjun as expected, and issued an imperial edict to Cao Cao, ordering Cao Cao to send troops to fight against the Yellow Turban rebels in Shandong. When Cao Cao received the edict of Emperor Xian, he gladly accepted the edict and sent the Han envoy away.Cao Cao's brother Cao Ren said: "This is the treacherous plan of Li Cui and Guo Si, the thieves who have stolen the country. They want to use the hands of the Yellow Turban to kill the power of the princes. How can my brother take orders easily?" Cao Cao laughed and said: "They want to borrow swords to kill people, so that I will fight with the Yellow Turban to lose both sides. Don't I know?"But I am also well aware of the current general trend, like sailing a boat against adversity, if you don't advance, you will retreat.Therefore, I decided to take this opportunity to march in accordance with the order, justifiably, and take this opportunity to expand my strength. When Cao Ren heard this, he came to his senses and sighed, "Brother has a good opinion, you are really a hero in troubled times." Without hesitation, Cao Cao immediately commanded 20,000 troops. His brother Cao Hong stayed in Dongjun, and he personally led Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, and other relatives. Taking advantage of the death of Liu Dai, the governor of Gunzhou, he sent troops to Gunzhou County.Not a day later, Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei County, also led 15,000 troops to help out.Cao Cao was overjoyed and entertained Bao Xin warmly. Cao Cao, together with Bao Xin, commanded an army of 35,000 and launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Army.The Yellow Turban Army has a strong military force, known as one million, but its actual strength is also up to 500,000.There is a great disparity between strength and weakness. Cao Cao has been defeated repeatedly, but he is still defeated repeatedly.After several hard fights, the counterattacking Yellow Turban Army was defeated.But Bao Xin, the chancellor of Jibei County, was originally one of the eighteen princes, but he died in battle. Cao Cao held a grand funeral ceremony for Bao Xin, mourning and weeping, which made Bao Xin's subordinates very grateful, so they returned to Cao Cao's banner.Tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered to Cao Cao from the Yellow Turban Army. Cao Cao treated them kindly and never captured or killed them.So the Yellow Turban Army was very grateful for their surrender, and the rumors spread that the morale of the Yellow Turban Army began to waver. Cao Cao saw that the army's morale was boosted by grief, and knew that the morale of the army was available, so he took the opportunity to lead a newly formed army of 100,000 troops and launched an attack on Qingzhou, an important town of the Yellow Turban Army in the southeast of Shanxi. The Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou lost to Cao Cao's mourning soldiers, and they were defeated and scattered. Because most of Cao's army were former soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and Cao Cao's benevolence and righteousness in treating surrendered soldiers had spread throughout Shandong, so most of the Yellow Turban Army returned to Cao Cao. Three hundred thousand people. Cao Cao treated all surrendered soldiers kindly. The old and weak were given travel expenses to return to their hometowns to spend the day, while the strong and strong were incorporated into the camps of Cao's army.Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan to serve as supervising and training generals to train the former Qingzhou Yellow Turban soldiers, and suddenly formed a well-trained army capable of conquering and fighting, named Qingzhou soldiers.Qingzhou soldiers admired Cao Cao's benevolence and were very loyal to Cao Cao, so they became Cao Cao's most powerful soldiers in the Central Plains and the world hegemony. Cao Cao recruited talents again in Gunzhou, and soon two uncles and nephews came to vote. The uncle's surname was Xun, and his name was Yu. He was originally an aide of Yuan Shao.His nephew's name is You, who was once an official worshiped as the servant of Huangmen, and he is also a famous person in China.Cao Cao discussed with his uncle and nephew, and they were very speculative. He couldn't help being overjoyed and said happily, "Let both uncle and nephew be my wife Zhang!"Immediately, the two were included in the commander-in-chief camp, and Xun Yu was named the marching commander, and Xun You was the marching professor, and they jointly made plans for Cao Cao. Xun Yu was grateful for Cao Cao's kindness, and recommended a resourceful man named Guo Mingjia to Cao Cao.Cao Cao was overjoyed and went to Guo Jia's mansion to pray in person.Guo Jia felt Cao Cao's kindness and agreed to go out to serve Cao Cao. Cao Cao appointed Guo Jia as a marching counselor. As a result, in Cao Cao's camp, the number of civil servants and advisers increased greatly. In terms of military generals, a general led hundreds of people to join him soon. This general was surnamed Mingjin and had extraordinary martial arts skills. Cao Cao appointed him as a lieutenant of Dianjun. Two days later, Cao Cao's personal general Xiahou Dun brought another big man to vote. Cao Cao saw that this man was so powerful and his body was like an iron tower, he couldn't help wondering: Who is this strong man? Xiahou Dun said: "He is from Chenliu, his surname is Dian and his name is Wei, and he has amazing powers."He once served in Zhang Miao's camp, had a quarrel with his subordinates, killed dozens of people by hand, fled to the mountains, and hunted for a living.Xiahoudun was hunting in the mountains, and saw him chasing a white-fronted tiger with eye-catching eyes. He jumped across the stream, but the tiger was so frightened that it crouched still, and as a sign of surrender, it led him to meet the lord. Cao Cao wondered: Is he really so brave? Xiahou Dun laughed and said: "Dian Wei once killed an enemy for a friend, and went straight out of the downtown area with his head held high. Hundreds of people dared not approach him."He is good at using two iron halberds, each weighing 80 catties, and he can use them immediately, swinging them like flying. Cao Cao wondered, "How about asking a strong man to test his bravery in our army?" Without saying a word, Dian Wei jumped on his horse with his two halberds and galloped back and forth, dancing like flying. The banner under the army tent was suddenly blown by the strong wind, and it was on the verge of falling.Seeing this, Dian Wei dismounted from his horse, shouted back all the soldiers, swung his halberds, clamped the flagpole left and right, and stood in the wind. Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "A real warrior in the world!"Immediately, he made Dianwei the captain in front of the tent, in charge of the guards of the camp, and personally took off the brocade jacket he was wearing, put it on for Dianwei, and presented a horse with carved saddles.Dian Wei admired him wholeheartedly, and prostrated himself on the ground to Cao Cao as a pledge of allegiance to the death. So far, Cao Cao's strength in Shandong, his subordinates have counselors, military generals, and 300,000 soldiers, and Qingzhou soldiers swear allegiance to the death. Cao Cao's reputation has been compared with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Gong Shengzan, Sun Jian and others. The princes of the road are no longer brothers. The universe is changing, the sun and the moon are moving, and the general trend of heaven is evolving rapidly. Everything is not transferred or reversed by human will or human conspiracy. Pang Degong, the hidden hero of Tianji, once gave great support and spared no effort to point out the dragon veins of the white rabbit for him, Liu Bei, the orphan of the Liu family, who was in his thirties at this time.He has two great generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, to help him, but he never takes care of the secrets. Although he has contributed to the imperial court by repeatedly fighting the Yellow Turban Army, he has no choice but to evade the imperial court's pursuit and seek refuge with his classmate Gongsun Zan. Shelter here.Later, Gongsun Zan presented to the court, and Liu Beicai was appointed magistrate of Pingyuan County in northern Shandong. As the magistrate of Pingyuan County, Liu Bei actively recruited troops, but due to his low reputation, few soldiers came to join him, and he was unable to support a large number of soldiers and horses. Therefore, there were only more than a thousand soldiers directly under him. , 3,000 people are temporarily recruited hungry people. Pang Degong had the highest expectations for Liu Bei. He expected that Liu Bei would eventually become the backbone of helping the Han Dynasty and saving the common people. At best, it was only a small county where he could settle down. Duke Pang De hides in Xianshan, Jingzhou. In addition to teaching Diao Chan and Zhuge Liang the secrets and metaphysics every day, he pays close attention to the performance of the general trend of the world.But Mr. Pang De had to sigh inwardly. Although his grand plan to use people to reverse the secrets of the heavens, although he had a small success, compared with the big goal of helping the Han Dynasty and saving the common people, it was more than a hundred and eight thousand miles away!Duke Pang De couldn't help being a little disheartened because of his confusion, so he had to devote all his energy to his heir, Zhuge Liang. However, his disciple Zhuge Liang was only seventeen years old at the time, and he still had to go through a very difficult and long-distance experience before he could become the backbone of the Han family and save the common people. Duke Pang De knew this very well. He loved Zhuge Liang as the successor too much, so he would rather slow down the implementation of his terrifying plan than let Zhuge Liang rush forward and strive to lay the most solid foundation for him. At this time, in the outskirts of Yangdu, Langya County, Shandong Province, Zhuge Liang's hometown, Guan Ren, the god, and Zuo Ci, the old man of the fairy, are still unremittingly training their good disciples Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Hui.These two extraordinary people in this world, like a secret competition, are not afraid of hardships and persuasion, vowing to make their apprentices better than each other. The critical and mysterious years of the three brothers and sisters Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun, and Zhuge Hui did not end until the outbreak of war in Shandong.Guan Ren, the god minister, and Zuo Ci, the immortal old man, escorted Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Hui's younger brothers and sisters to Xianshan, Jingzhou, in a corner of Shangpian'an, where Lord Pang De lived in seclusion, to meet Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Hui's elder brother Zhuge Liang.Since then, the three great strangers in the world, Pang Degong, the secret hero, Guan Ren, the fairy old man Zuo Ci, and the three brothers and sisters of the Zhuge family Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Hui, and Diaochan, the heroine of Tianji, A group of people, three old and four young, gathered mysteriously and mysteriously on Xianshan Mountain in Jingzhou. On the other hand, the Eighteenth Route princes who formed an allied army because of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, apart from Liu Dai, the governor of Gunzhou, and Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei County, who had died in the battle, have also completely split up, each occupying their territory and holding their own arms. Ambition, both want to dominate the world and annex each other. Born in a famous family, Yuan Shao, the most powerful former leader, fell out with his younger brother, Yuan Shu, who was second only to him in strength due to his ambition to fight for hegemony. In order to strengthen their respective strengths and contain each other, the two Yuan brothers have already wooed the princes, and Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Liu Biao of Jingzhou.And Sun Jian became enemies with Yuan Shao and Liu Biao because of the competition for the Imperial Seal, so Yuan Shu formed an alliance with Sun Jian, and even drew in Gongsun Zan, the white horse general in northern Liaobei, to form a force that could compete with Yuan Shao. , at a stalemate, unable to take care of other princes at all. During this period of time, Cao Cao, Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and other forces took the opportunity to expand and develop on a large scale.As a result, Cao Cao gained a large and stable territory in Shandong, and Zhang Lu's five-doumi Taoism also gained a firm foothold in Yizhou; Liu Zhang was firmly entrenched in Shuchuan. Thus, the land of China finally formed the eight princes of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang, as well as the small court of the puppet emperor Han Xiandi who only ruled one imperial capital. Chaotic grid. So far, even Pang Degong, a generation of Tianji hidden hero who has worked tirelessly to help the Han Dynasty, has to admit that he has worked hard all his life to help the Liu family's blood, and the great plan of the Han Dynasty court, all of which he has worked hard to plan. , in the face of the unstoppable and unstoppable general trend of heaven, which is like a rolling giant wheel, and under the violent impact of a torrent of waves, it has completely failed! Finally, Duke Pound had to settle for the next best thing, and began to shift his target to the princes of the world.He began to carefully examine who, among the eight princes who ruled the world today, is the candidate for the true son of heaven who will rule the world in the future, belong to the destiny, and have a deep foundation. At this time, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are still uniting their respective allies Liu Biao, Sun Jian, and Gongsun Zan. Zhang Lu, the five-doumi Taoist who occupies Yizhou, only takes being the king of Yizhou as his greatest satisfaction, and has no intention or ability to compete in the Central Plains. Although Liu Zhang, who occupies Shuchuan, has a vast territory, his military strength is weak, and his food and grass are in short supply. Liu Bei, who was the magistrate of Pingyuan County in Shandong, was even weaker and unable to compete with the eight princes. Among the eight princes, the one who is most likely to dominate the Central Plains and even rule the world is none other than Cao Cao, the shepherd of Gunzhou who owns the regions of Dagon Prefecture (Shandong and Hebei) and Dongjun (the area of ​​Pu County, Henan) and who holds the military and political power in these regions. up. At this time, Cao Cao occupied a large territory in Gunzhou and Dongjun County. The fertile land was very conducive to storing food and raising troops. He also had a group of good scholars. It is so strong that no one in the world dares to underestimate it. And when Pang Degong ordered the dragon veins of Panlong for Cao Cao's grandfather Xiahou Haikan, the first wave of dragon energy has already been fulfilled in Cao Cao's biological father Cao Song. It is much easier than Liu Bei; and the second wave of dragon energy from the Cao family's ancestral line is flourishing on Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's great fortune as king is irreversible. Therefore, even Pang Degong, the hidden hero of Tianji, began to pay close attention to Cao Cao's fortune to see if he was the right candidate to rule the world and the Ninth Five-Year King.If Mr. Pang De judged that Cao Cao was really the son of the heavenly dragon, which has been rare for hundreds of years, he would do his best to help him, and Zhuge Liang, as Mr. Pang De's direct disciple, would definitely become the backbone of Cao Cao.If Cao Cao had the help of Tianji Xiayin, his mentor and his apprentice, he would have a great chance of calming down the world and becoming the emperor's real son of heaven in one fell swoop. It is a pity that Cao Cao's original fate did not have the foundation of the real emperor, and the performance of the general trend of heaven and earth runs on another track. Cao Cao was in Shandong that day, thinking that his land was already stable, and he had no determination to enter the Central Plains for a while, so he planned to stay in Shandong for development.He did not forget his biological father Cao Song's full support for him. He was convinced that he had established a firm foothold, so he planned to bring his biological father Cao Song to Shandong to take good care of him. Cao Cao immediately sent Taishan Taishou to help, and went to Langya County to meet Cao Song. Cao Song was chased and killed by Dong Zhuo because of Cao Cao, and was forced to flee to Langya County in Shandong to live in seclusion.At this time, in response to Cao Cao's letter brought by the helper, knowing that his son had become a shepherd of Gunzhou and his land was stable, he followed Cao Cao's wishes, together with his brother Cao De, more than forty people from his family, and more than a hundred people from his family, drove More than a hundred vehicles, escorted by Ying Shao, headed all the way to Gunzhou. On the way from Langya County to Gunzhou, Xuzhou must be passed through. At that time, the prefect of Tancheng, the prefecture of Xuzhou, was surnamed Tao and surnamed Qian.Tao Qian, as his name suggests, is a humble gentleman, honest and kind. He saw that Cao Cao had become the shepherd of Gunzhou, and he had wiped out the Yellow Turban army. At this time, he heard that Cao Song's driver, Cao Cao's biological father, was passing through Tancheng. Tao Qian couldn't help being overjoyed.Cao Song saw that Tao Qian was very famous, so he didn't need to be negligent. He comforted him with kind words and agreed to return to Gunzhou. On behalf of Tao Qian, he passed on the greetings to his son Cao Cao. Tao Qian was very pleased. He welcomed Cao Song into the city and held a banquet in the government office to entertain Cao Song.After staying for two days, Cao Song was afraid that his son would be anxious, so he insisted on leaving. It was also inconvenient for Tao Qian to stay any longer, so he personally sent Cao Song out of the city, and specially sent Zhang Kai, the captain of the county, to escort him with 500 soldiers from the county. A group of hundreds of people traveled northward and arrived in Huaji after half a day.It was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the weather changed as soon as it changed. Suddenly, there was a shower of rain, and there were no villages or outlines in the surrounding area, so we had to go to an ancient temple to shelter from the rain. Cao Song and his family lived in the temple, and ordered Zhang Kai's five Hundreds of people are stationed in the corridors on both sides of the Buddhist temple.Soon the rain became heavier and heavier, and the clothes of Zhang Kai and the five hundred soldiers were soaked by the heavy rain. Zhang Kai was originally a remnant of the Yellow Turban, with a greedy and violent heart. Seeing that Cao Song drove a lot of cars, he knew that he was a rich man, so he called his leader to a secluded place and said: "We belonged to the Yellow Turban soldiers. We were killed by the court and forced to surrender to Tao Qian, but There is no benefit at all. Instead, he is forced to suffer. Right now, this person surnamed Cao is a rich man, and his family wealth will be rich. Do you want to be rich?If you want to, it is convenient for the general to go in today, kill the old and young of the family surnamed Cao, take the property, and then fly high and flee far away, so we don't have to worry about food and clothing. All the leaders under his command have not changed their traits of thieves, so how can they object?After a secret discussion at the moment, it was decided to act immediately at the second watch of the night. That night, the second watch was at two o'clock, and the wind and rain were blowing. Cao Song suddenly felt frightened, restless, and had trouble falling asleep.Suddenly he heard the sound of killing all around, his brother Cao De raised his sword and went out of the temple to have a look.Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the corridor, he was killed by the rebels with a halberd. Cao Song was shocked, and hurriedly took a concubine with him, and ran into the abbot's room, intending to escape over the wall.Unexpectedly, the concubine was too fat to climb up, and Cao Song was reluctant to leave the concubine, so he had to go to the toilet with the concubine to escape.Unfortunately, they were discovered by the rebels, who beheaded Cao Song and his concubine one by one with one sword. Cao Song's family and more than a hundred followers were spared, except for a few who escaped with their lives.The tragic situation at this time is very similar to the situation when Cao Cao beheaded Lu Botu's family back then. Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan sent by Cao Cao to escort him, knew full well that he had encountered a catastrophe. He tried his best to escape, but he dared not return to Dagon Prefecture, and instead joined Yuan Shao. Zhang Kai and other five hundred Yellow Turbans rebelled against the party, beheaded Cao Song's family, looted all their belongings, and fled to Huainan to hide. Soon, Ying Shao's escaped subordinates rushed back to Gunzhou to report the bad news to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately cried and passed out on the ground. Everyone rescued Cao Cao and comforted him one after another.Cao Cao's eyes were fierce, and he gritted his teeth and said sharply: "My father's death is all because of Tao Qian's villain!"He indulged the soldiers and brutally killed dozens of members of my father's family. After Cao Cao finished speaking, he ordered categorically: pass on my decree, and the army will be dispatched to slaughter Xuzhou to avenge blood.