Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 104 Horse Thief Looting (Part 13)
The county magistrate of Zaoqiang County wanted to inquire about the news several times, but was driven away by Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei has a domineering look, and no one is afraid of him.

Without any specific information, the county magistrate of Zaoqiang County had trouble sleeping and eating.

And Yuan Hai was the same, he knew that his house was burned to the ground, and all the servants were killed, and there were corpses inside and out, and he didn't know how many people died as the disciples of Yuan's family.

The next day, a terrible news was spread in the surrounding city.

Around, there is a very powerful group of bandits making trouble, robbing houses and doing all kinds of evil.

At the same time, during the day, many people saw this bandit with their own eyes.

They were all riding fast horses, running around, and there were even traces of horse thieves setting foot in several towns.

In this way, everyone in the surrounding city is in danger.

And this team that appeared several times was none other than Zhang Ning's team.

Zhang Ning's team dressed up as horse thieves, and deliberately appeared several times during the day.

Another day passed, and Yuan Hai did not receive any news.

There is no news about Yuan's family members, only that they suffered a lot of casualties.

At the same time, there is no news about what happened to Zhang Ming and Lu Zhi.

There were rumors that Zhang Ming was dead, and there were rumors that Zhang Ming was seriously injured.

That night, the pillar returned.

"What about the information I want?"

"Instructor, we found a lot of good relations with the Yuan family, as well as news about their family and some side branches."

Zhu Zi handed a large stack of papers to Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming began to delete and select.

After searching for about an hour, Zhang Ming picked out a few pieces of paper and said: "These families, break through their villages, loot all their property, and then burn them all down, but don't make more killings, let anyone who can escape escape. .”

Zhang Ming handed a few pieces of paper to Zhu Zi, and said, "You send someone to guide Zhang Ning and convey the order."

Zhang Ning didn't stay with Zhang Ming just to pretend to be a bandit.

Another day passed, and the bandit incident was already raging.

It was the third night when Zhang Ming was attacked.

This group of "horse thieves" appeared. They broke through three Zhuangzi in one night, killed dozens of people, and the most important thing was that all their property was looted, and then Zhuangzi was burned.

Of these three families, one of them has a close relationship with Yuan Hai, and the other two are also people with close relationships with Yuan Shao and his family.

When Yuan Hai received the news, he was terrified.

"What's going on, why did you beat up your own people?"

Yuan Hai was extremely anxious, but the matter was kept secret, and no one around him knew about it, and he couldn't send someone to find Zhang Ning and the others.

In shock, Yuan Hai has already spent three days.

For the past three days, he couldn't eat or sleep well, and he was very haggard.

On this day, Yuan Hai went to the county magistrate of Zaoqiang County with a gift.

Yuan Hai is still very influential in the local area, and the county magistrate greeted him respectfully.

"Master Yuan, don't worry, our government will arrest these horse thieves as soon as possible." The county magistrate thought that Yuan Hai was here to put pressure, after all, Yuan Hai's Zhuangzi was burned.

"Master Chen, magistrate Chen Da, the horse thief is going to be caught, but I can still wait, it's just that Lu Gong and Zhang Taishou happened to be guests in my village that day, I want to know their safety."

"I just hid that day and was not found. When I came back, I was frightened and fell seriously ill. I haven't recovered yet. My servants were all killed. I can't find anyone else, so I can only come to you."

County magistrate Chen looked at Yuan Hai's expression very badly.

"My lord Yuan, to tell you the truth, I have been to Zhang Taishou's garrison several times, but I never went there at all. His soldiers won't let him approach."

"You must confirm Zhang Taishou's safety, no matter what method you use."

Yuan Hai used the power of the Yuan family to exert direct pressure. The magistrate Chen had no choice but to go again.

Similarly, County Magistrate Chen couldn't find any useful news, and Zhang Ming wouldn't let him find any news.

That night, Zhang Ning attacked again and swept up another family.

This time it is a side branch of the Yuan family and has a very close relationship with the main family.

Suddenly, everyone around was in danger.

The county magistrate Chen and the surrounding government were very nervous. Yecheng finally sent an army of 5000 people to suppress the bandits.

And Zhang Ming still didn't show up.

Another day came, and the whereabouts of the horse thief became more arrogant, even sending spies to openly investigate around.

The horse thief is too arrogant.

Yuan Hai couldn't take it anymore.

So, someone secretly contacted Zhang Ning.

"Go and reply to your master, we want money, and if we want to stop, we need at least two cars of money."

What else did the visitor want to say, Zhang Ning directly sent someone to throw the visitor out.

The visitor didn't know that Yuan Hai was in the same gang as the original bandits and had a deal, so he couldn't explain Yuan Hai's meaning clearly.

What Yuan Hai feared most happened.

The other party said that they would continue to attack.

resignedly.

Yuan Haizhen sent people to deliver two carts of copper coins.

Zhang Ning took the money, ransacked Yuan Hai's other Zhuangzi that night, and then burned his Zhuangzi to the ground.

This Zhuangzi didn't have much property, but if a Zhuangzi was burned, he would lose a lot.

Yuan Hai wanted to cry but had no tears.

In fact, what he was more afraid of was that the news would leak out and Zhang Ming would retaliate.

He couldn't sleep or eat, and didn't know Zhang Ming's situation.

If Zhang Ming hadn't died and he had nothing, Yuan Shao would not recommend him, and Zhang Ming would seek revenge from him.

On the fifth day, there was finally news.

Zhang Ming and their camp broke out.

Go directly to Yecheng.

The team defended tightly, still keeping people away.

Similarly, Zhang Ming's situation still keeps people away.

No one knew how Zhang Ming was doing.

Two days later, Zhang Ming and others entered Yecheng.

It was Zhang Ming's three brothers who came out to negotiate. They had the title of generals and were officials appointed by the imperial court. It was no problem at all to bring people into the city.

Zhang Ming and Lu Zhi never showed up.

At this time, Yuan Hai did not dare to leave Zaoqiang County at all, and could only wait for news.

The range of activities of the horse thieves also increased. When the army from Yecheng arrived, the horse thieves ran towards Yecheng. They were all cavalry, and they came and went like the wind.

After arriving in Yecheng, within two or three days, they ransacked several Zhuangzi, big and small, and most of them set fire to them directly. They did not kill anyone or loot money, they just set fire to burn the Zhuangzi clean.

Several Zhuangzi around Yecheng were burned.

This is a major event that will shake the entire Jizhou.

The governor of Jizhou didn't dare to neglect anything, so he immediately sent troops to suppress the bandits.

However, their army could not find any trace of the horse thief at all.

Thousands of troops, chasing and intercepting around, are useless.

For three days in a row, horse thieves set fires everywhere, not only those who had a good relationship with the Yuan family, but also many other unrelated people.

Afterwards, the horse thief left and set fire to the surrounding counties.

The entire hinterland of Jizhou is in chaos.

The soldiers and horses around Yecheng moved back and forth, but they still couldn't find any trace of Zhang Ning and the others.

(End of this chapter)