11. Water Thief Ding Feng
Ding Feng, whose courtesy name is Chengyuan, was originally a leader of a thief on the Yellow River. It was not easy to make business on the Yellow River. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Ding Feng was thinking about finding a place to be a big shot.
I have heard people talk about how prosperous Nanpi City was. He brought two of his subordinates to check in and see if he could. The three of them walked around the city and bought a lot of things until the evening when they left the city.
Since he decided to rob Nanpi City, it would naturally be that Ding Feng and the other three went to check in. In fact, Ding Feng sent four teams, each team had three people and had different tasks.
"Brother, we have all found out clearly. The garrison in the city is called Gao Lan, but it seems that it has not been in the city recently." Ding Wu leaned over to Ding Feng and said. Ding Wu was a general under Ding Feng, who was originally named Dong Wu. He was very valued by Ding Feng, so he recognized him as his brother and changed his name to Ding Wu. This time he went to the site to check in and sent him to learn about the army and generals in the city.
"But recently it is said that two powerful figures came to the city. They quickly took over the army after Gao Lan left, but their names were not found out." Seeing that Ding Feng did not say anything, Ding Wu continued.
"Brother, we are not going to attack the city, we are just grabbing a vote. Only brothers can guard the city gate. We robbed it and ran away. We are afraid that their official army will not succeed when we reach the water." The spoken name is Li Ba, a leader under Ding Feng, and he has two boats under his command of more than 100 brothers.
"Well, what Li Ba said makes sense, but this city gate is the top priority. If the city gate is taken away, we will become a turtle in the jar." Ding Feng looked at Ding Wu and said, "Old Wu will leave it to you with the city gate! Be sure to guard until we retreat."
After hearing Ding Feng's words, Ding Wu opened his mouth and smiled, then patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, if I have me here in one breath, I will protect the city gate."
The remaining people had no objection, so Ding Feng arranged a leader to lead the boat to the bank of the Yellow River to respond, and the rest were divided into three groups to disguise themselves as caravans and sneak into Nanpi City.
By the way, Liu Bei secretly took over Nanpi City. He implemented Han Fei's thoughts and implemented several relaxed policies for merchants. This made merchants endless exchanges, especially as the New Year holidays gathered in Nanpi City and was very lively.
After Ding Feng and others paid the city tax, they easily entered Nanpi City. They had already stepped on the spot yesterday and came straight to Xicheng, which was a gathering place for merchants. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to be over, many merchants packed up the money they had earned for a year and prepared to go home for the New Year. Every merchant was a moving gold mine at this time, not to mention that there were hundreds of merchants here. Ding Feng and his men set their sights on these merchants.
Mi Zhu is the head of the Mi family in Xuzhou, but now the form of Xuzhou is unknown. The Tao, Cao and Chen families are both officials, but the Mi family is a pure merchant family, so they feel unable to do so when competing with the other three families. Therefore, Mi Zhu also came here this time to expand the Mi family's business in Jizhou.
Mi Zhu was pondering in the lobby, and suddenly the housekeeper rolled in and ran in, shouting, "Master is not good! A robber has robbed our silver and goods!"
Mi Zhu was shocked at first, and then he said with a funny look: "How is this possible in the city? Butler, you're wrong!"
"Master, it's really that more than just our business in the West City have been snatched by them!" The butler threw himself on the ground and wailed.
"Ah!" Mi Zhu's first reaction was that the prefect of Nanpi City wanted to kill the chicken to get eggs? Based on the news he had just obtained, Nanpi City is no longer in the control of the Xin family, and a master has been secretly changed. Could it be that he wants to withdraw money from the merchants? No, this matter is not just a joke. Since this person knows how could he be so short-sighted because he is behind the scenes? Thinking of this, Mi Zhu said to the butler: "You don't have to panic, it's just a loss of money. Don't go to the West City, go directly to the prefect's mansion! I believe that the prefect will definitely give us merchants an explanation."
At this time, Liu Bei had already learned about the rebellion in the West City. He urgently ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to catch the robbers, and to guard the city gate alone, so that the brave men could escape from the sky.
After giving the order, Liu Bei was not at ease and ordered someone to take his armor. He took his personal guards to the west market in person. He wanted to see where the thief came from and dared to make ground on Tai Sui's head.
When Liu Bei felt that when he was in the west, he saw a mess. Many injured people were still rolling on the ground and wailing, but the group of robbers disappeared. "Damn it! Chase me!" Liu Bei immediately ordered to chase the city gate. Just after crossing two streets, he heard the shouts of killing in front. It turned out that Zhang Fei and his men had blocked the group of thieves.
Zhang Fei was training the army today, and suddenly a soldier sent Liu Bei's order. When Zhang Fei saw that, he was so good that he immediately ordered the troops to come to the west market. However, he became more cautious and did not go straight to the west market, but chose to come to this intersection. This is the only place to go to the city gate, and it was indeed blocked Ding Feng and his party here. "Don't leave, thieves! Your third grandfather is here!" Zhang Fei roared and raised his snake spear to take Ding Feng straight.
Ding Feng was almost scolding Li Ba to death. If he hadn't robbed the soldiers, how could he be blocked? But no matter how much he scolded, he would have rushed over first. Thinking of this, Ding Feng shook the sword in his hand and greeted him.
At this time, Zhang Fei's hair and beard were all open, and the snake spear drew three phantoms and headed straight for Ding Feng's head and shoulders. Ding Feng saw Zhang Fei's move and knew that he had met a master, but he was not timid, as the leader of the water thief, Ding Feng also had his own pride.
The long sword drew an arc and blocked Zhang Fei's snake spear. Two weapons collided in mid-air. With a loud bang, Zhang Fei shouted: "Good skills!" The snake spear swung down like a mountain pressing down on it.
Seeing Ding Feng's right hand's mouth was numb and his long sword almost flew out. He said to himself: "This person is definitely a first-class expert. I am not as good as him. If I can't, you have to get out quickly." At this time, Zhang Fei's second spear fell down. Ding Feng held the knife in both hands and walked out, and another loud noise. Ding Feng felt that his arms were about to break, and the war horse under his crotch almost collapsed to the ground with a long sound.
Ding Feng suddenly exerted his strength and put the snake spear aside. At the same time, he turned around and shouted: "Let's come and help me!"
Li Ba also woke up at this time. If he could not defeat the big black man in front of him, his group would probably be buried here. So he gritted his teeth and rushed towards Zhang Fei with a big gun.
Zhang Fei didn't take Li Ba seriously at all. He shook the snake spear and pointed it at the tip of Li Ba's spear. Li Ba seemed to be hit by a horse, and his body was thrust and almost fell off the horse. He didn't dare to take action and lie on the back of the horse and rushed to the side.
Chapter completed!