Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46 Di Qingyan Assassinates Zheng Bao

When Di Qing arrived in the Chaohu area, he quickly found out where Zheng Bao's was entrenched.

After inquiring about Liu Ye's residence, Di Qing came to visit.Liu Ye met Di Qing and asked, "General Zhang's crusade against Yuan Shu has already made him famous in the Huainan area. What's the matter with him sending you here?"

Di Qing took out Zhang Yi's letter and said to Liu Ye: "Xu Yu, governor of Jingzhou, recommended my lord to my lord, so my lord wants to invite him to work in Shouchun."

After reading the letter, Liu Ye said, "I already understand what General Zhang meant, but I can't escape here. I have a plan, and I need your cooperation."

"I don't know what the plan is?" Di Qing asked cautiously.

"I will declare that you are an envoy sent by the imperial court, and then tell everyone with great fanfare. After Zheng Bao hears about it, he will definitely come back and bribe you. At that time, I will set up a banquet to entertain Zheng Bao. You hide a dagger and assassinate Zheng Bao Just do it!"

Di Qing thought for a while and said, "It's easy to assassinate Zheng Bao, but I have tattoos on my forehead, so I can't pretend to be a messenger."

Liu Ye chuckled: "It's simple, you just need to wear a Lunjin (the hat Zhuge Liang wears in TV dramas)."

Di Qing is a general and has never brought this thing with him.After being reminded by Liu Ye, he suddenly realized, and immediately clapped his hands and said, "It is according to Mr.'s wishes."

Liu Ye took out the clothes he seldom wore and changed them for Di Qing, and then found out the Lun scarf. After tidying up, Di Qing also became a scribe.

Liu Ye found a dagger and said to Di Qing, "Your Excellency must kill Zheng Bao. If you can't kill him, we will all be in trouble."

Di Qing said confidently: "Don't worry, sir, I promise to kill you with one blow!"

Liu Ye went to start preparations, and began to publicize the arrival of the imperial envoy to check the situation in Huainan.

And Di Qing also sent people out of the city to contact Li Hongzhang in Hefei so that he could take advantage of the situation.

Speaking of which, Zheng Bao is from Yangzhou.Is a powerful, quite courageous.When Sun Ce and Liu Yao fought, Zheng Bao went to Jiujiang County, gathered a team, and then coerced the local tyrants to join him.

In a short period of time, tens of thousands of people gathered, and many powerful families in Jiujiang and Lujiang who were harmed by Yuan Shutu chose to join Zheng Bao.

In fact, Sun Ce had already left Yuan Shu at this time, and it seemed that these aristocratic families should join Sun Ce.But otherwise, this group of aristocratic families felt that even if Sun Ce left Yuan Shu, it would not be a good thing.So this group of people would rather go to Zheng Bao than to go to Sun Ce.

Zheng Bao's greatest wish is to return to Jiangdong.When he felt that his power was already very strong, he wanted to take these people who took refuge in him and migrated to Jiangdong.

But these people don't want to go to Jiangdong, which is not their hometown.They will not leave their hometown easily unless it is absolutely necessary.Moreover, Jiangdong is still a barbaric place now, and Baiyue frequently rebelled, which is not as good as Huainan.

Zheng Bao had no choice but to find a way to persuade these people.At this juncture, an envoy from the imperial court came to check suddenly, and Zheng Bao turned pale with fright.

What he is doing now is actually no different from rebellion.But he didn't want to rebel yet, so he could only appease the court envoys, not let them have trouble.

So Zheng Bao brought hundreds of guests, wine and meat to Liu Ye's house, and met Di Qing: "I don't know that the envoy came from afar, but I hope to make amends."

Di Qing was so vain and submissive, Zheng Bao felt that the emissary was easy to speak, and was overjoyed.

Liu Ye said at this time: "I have already prepared a banquet, how about the two of you join in and discuss?"

"It's natural!"

Both of them agreed, and Zheng Bao frequently toasted Di Qing during the banquet, unaware that Di Qing wanted to kill him.

Zheng Bao's diners were all drinking and eating in the courtyard in front of the hall, no one looked into the hall at all.

Seeing that he didn't pay attention to the inside, Liu Ye immediately gave Di Qing a wink, and Di Qing nodded.Liu Ye picked up the wine cup and said to Zheng Bao: "These days are thanks to the envoy's care, and Ye respects the envoy's cup."

Although Zheng Bao was not drunk, he was obviously unresponsive.People like Liu Ye don't usually respect him much, so it must be wrong to be so polite now.But Zheng Bao didn't realize it at all, and started drinking after Liu Ye.

At this moment, Di Qing had quietly touched behind him, pulled out the dagger from his arms, and thrust it into Zheng Bao's throat.

Zheng Bao fell to the ground clutching his neck, kicked his legs a few times before dying of anger.

The sound of Zheng Bao falling to the ground alarmed the doormen outside. Just as the doormen were about to rush into the lobby to check, they were stopped by more than a dozen soldiers holding ring-shouldered knives.

Di Qing cut off Zheng Bao's head, walked to the front of the hall, and said loudly: "Zheng Bao conspired to rebel, and now he will be punished. If you surrender now, you will be given a lighter sentence, and you will not be sentenced to death!"

"Who are you?"

Di Qing quickly removed the scarf, revealing the tattoo on his forehead, "I am Di Qing, under General Zhang Yi's command!"

"Ah—it's Di Heitou!"

Di Heitou?
Di Qing was also at a loss. When did he have such a nickname?

It was Liu Ye who came over quietly and explained to Di Qing in a low voice beside Di Qing.

It turned out that the news of Zhang Yi's recovery of Shouchun had already spread throughout Huainan, and the story of Di Qing's killing of Ji Ling was also widely spread.Because of the tattoo on Di Qing's forehead, he is called Di Heitou.

Di Heitou, Di Heitou!Di Qing couldn't care what others said.But this name is quite useful, Ji Ling is one of the best generals under Yuan Shu, he died in the hands of Di Qing, how capable Di Qing is!

Intimidated by the rumors, Zheng Bao's disciples did not resist, but obediently surrendered.

Di Qing immediately sent someone to send a letter to Li Hongzhang.Early the next morning, Li Hongzhang's warship sailed into Chaohu Lake and the port of Juchao.

This time Li Hongzhang brought more than 1000 navy troops, quickly occupied Juchao, and then with the cooperation of Di Qing, he surrendered Zheng Bao's tens of thousands of troops.

Li Hongzhang selected 3000 people to fill the navy.Zheng Bao also has warships. Although they are not as big as Li Hongzhang brought, manpower is still needed to drive these warships.

The remaining 8000 people were reorganized by Di Qing. Zhang Yi was shocked by this incident. There were tens of thousands of soldiers all of a sudden, and he couldn't bear it!

Although Li Hongzhang and Di Qing were summoned by him, he would not rest assured that they would have more soldiers than himself. This was a hidden danger!

Therefore, Zhang Yi hurried to Juchao under the pretext of wanting to see Liu Ye.After arriving at Juchao, Zhang Yi made some personnel adjustments, appointed Li Hongzhang as the head of Juchao, and appointed Di Qing as Hefei Order, took 3000 troops to Hefei to serve, and gave him a military post as a lieutenant.

(End of this chapter)