However, after Cao took Yanzhou, he wiped out Mount Tai. The Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou recruited more than 300,000 Yellow Turban Army soldiers. Now his strength has increased greatly. With a large number of civil officials, counselors and generals, he feels that he is now one of the most powerful princes in the world. When he thinks of his father, he should also let his father come to his territory to enjoy the blessing of the Qing Dynasty.

Cao Cao immediately asked the prefect of Taishan Ying Shao to go to Langya County to pick up his father Cao Song's family. Cao Cao's father Cao Song, avoided Dong Zhuo's harm, led his family to leave Chenliu, secretly sneaked into Langya County, and lived in seclusion in Langya County. After receiving the letter from his son Cao Cao, Cao Song, with his younger brother Cao De and his family, more than 40 people, and more than 100 people, including servants, maids and others in the family, hundreds of cars carrying all the wealth, and heading towards Yanzhou in a mighty manner.

When Cao Song and his family passed by Xuzhou, the governors of Xuzhou Tao Qian and Tao Gongzu were gentle, loyal and honest. Tao Qian and Cao Cao were also one of the allies who jointly attacked Dong Zhuo. Now Cao Cao’s reputation is resounding throughout the sky, with more than 300,000 soldiers in Yanzhou, and his strength has increased greatly. He is also adjacent to Xuzhou. He has long wanted to please Cao Cao so that Xuzhou is safer, and he felt that there was no reason to make friends with Cao Cao. When Tao Qian heard that Cao Cao’s father and family were passing by Xuzhou, Tao Qian immediately went out of the city to greet Cao Song’s family and his party, and served Cao Song’s family very thoughtfully. Every day, he held a banquet to entertain Cao Song’s family. He took out all the things in Xuzhou to entertain Cao Song’s family, and kept flattering Cao Song, hoping that Cao Song could say something good to his son Cao Cao after he returned.

Tao Qian warmly welcomed Cao Song's family for two days. Cao Song and his party were leaving. Tao Qian personally sent him out of the city. For safety reasons, Tao Qian also sent Xuzhou commander Zhang Kai to lead 500 soldiers to escort Cao Song's family to Chenliu. Of course, the purpose was only one, that is, to hope that Cao Cao would not send troops to attack Xuzhou.

Cao Song's family moved slowly along the way. It was the late summer and early autumn season, and it was also the season with the most rainfall throughout the year. Cao Song's family arrived at a place between Hua County and Fei County. Suddenly, heavy rain came in an instant. The road was muddy and slippery, so they could not move forward. They could only find a place to rest overnight and wait until the rain was clear before they could get back on the road.

And there was an inn halfway through the way, and there was no way. Cao Song's family had to temporarily join an ancient temple to stay. The monks in the temple connected them into the temple, and Cao Song placed the whole family in the temple to rest. He also asked Zhang Jian to lead his five hundred troops to station in the second corridor of the temple.

The clothes and pants of Zhang Kai's soldiers were wet by the heavy rain. The soldiers complained, and everyone was quarreling and complaining, and they were complaining to Zhang Kai. Zhang Kai looked at his brothers and felt very pitiful, so he called several of his small leaders and said to them: "Our army was originally a remnant of the Yellow Turban Army. Because the situation was pressing, we barely surrendered to Tao Qian in Xuzhou. We have surrendered so far, but we have not yet obtained the same benefits. Now Cao Song's family is carrying hundreds of cars of gold, silver and treasures. If we take the courage, we will all have a large amount of treasures, which is not difficult. There is no need for us to see Tao Qian in Xuzhou anymore. We can’t get the same benefits as him. Why don’t we work together to kill the generals and kill Cao Song’s family at the third update tonight. Then don’t all the hundreds of treasures he has with us? After we snatched the treasures, we went to the deep mountains and forests to be bandits. The government army had no way to deal with us. What do you all think of this plan?"

Several small leaders under Zhang Kai said, "We all listen to the general, we will kill the general tonight."

Zhang Kai said to them: "Then you go down and make all kinds of preparations and wait for my orders."

That night, the heavy rain kept falling. As the saying goes, it was wind and rain, and it was pitch black all around, and you couldn't see your fingers. At the third day, Zhang Kai led 500 soldiers to kill into the temple. At this time, Cao Song had not yet fallen asleep and was chatting with Cao De in the room. They were worried that the heavy rain would not stop until it was too long when they suddenly heard noise around, and shouting endlessly, and then cries came.

Cao De immediately went out of the room to check. As soon as he went out, he encountered Zhang Kai leading his soldiers and killed them. Before Cao De raised his sword, he was killed by Zhang Kai. Zhang Kai led his soldiers to completely massacre all the Cao Song family in the temple, and even the monks in the temple could not escape death. Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan who escorted Cao Song's family, and the soldiers were also caught off guard by Zhang Kai and others, and could not resist the killing of Zhang Kai and his soldiers.

When Cao Song saw his younger brother Cao De died, he immediately fled back with a concubine. Cao Song and his concubine wanted to climb over the wall, but the concubine was fat and could not climb up no matter how much they did. After climbing the hill for a long time, the husband climbed over the wall. Cao Song felt panic in his heart, and in the end there was no way, so the two had to hide in the toilet.

Zhang Kai and his soldiers killed all Cao Song's family and killed all the monks in the temple. Most of the soldiers under Taishan Prefect Ying Shao were killed. Finally, Zhang Kai's soldiers searched Cao Song and his concubine in the toilet, and Zhang Kai killed him without any worries.

Taishan Prefect Ying Shao escaped from Zhang Kai's pursuit, and Ying Shao did not dare to report to Cao Cao anymore. He knew that if he went there, his head would definitely not be able to be kept, so he had to run away from the world. The length of time he could hide was counted as long as he could.

After Zhang Kai and his 500 soldiers killed Cao Song's family, they robbed all the gold, silver and treasures loaded in hundreds of cars in Cao Song's family. They set fire to the temple. Zhang Kai took his 500 men and fled towards Huainan. They did not dare to show their strength and hid in the deep mountains and jungles all day long, hoping to wait for this matter to come out.

However, Zhang Kai did not kill all the soldiers under Taishan Prefect Ying Shao, but some soldiers still fled. They fled to Dongjun and reported the whole situation to Cao Cao. As soon as Cao Cao finished hearing this, he was so angry that he was out of nowhere, and he fell to the ground. After Cao Cao's men woke him up, Cao Cao still cried and wiped tears, and was in pain.

Cao Cao's subordinates took a lot of effort to persuade Cao Cao. Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said, "Xuzhou Governor Tao Qian sent troops to kill my father. This hatred is irreconcilable. I will immediately set up a large army to kill Xuzhou. I must let Xuzhou blood flow into a river. When I see the city, I will slaughter the city, and when I meet the village, I will not leave a single person. This will only make my heart full of hatred."
Chapter completed!