Xiaoguangong

Chapter 54 The Wrath of Cai Mao

In Jiangling, although Cao Jun is still mobilizing his troops recently, he has obviously relaxed the rhythm of his attack.

He also felt that the people were not attached, and if he wanted to fight a powerful enemy in Jingzhou, he had to do a good job of stabilizing the rear.

Cao Cao took away Cao Ren's military power (he was still temporarily acting as the general who conquered the South), and only let him be in charge of Jiangling's defense. He also appointed Wen Pin, who had been beaten to death by Cao Hong, as the prefect of Jiangxia, and made Cai Mao the right governor, with full control over the Jingzhou navy. .

All this shows Cao Cao's reconciliation gesture.

But the Patriarch of the Cai family knew in his heart that since ancient times, the struggle for interests has been either that the east wind prevails over the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

Cao Ren's repression instead aroused the same hatred of the northern army. They pushed all the previous failures to the Jingzhou army led by Zhang Yun, and pushed all the difficult and dangerous corvees to them. The strict military discipline before was also gone. However, under the connivance of the chief general, the guards of the major generals began to plunder the people of Jiangling, and the conflict between the two sides deepened day by day.

Cai Mao felt a little desolate in his heart. He thought that after Cao Cao controlled Jingzhou, he would quickly take control of the situation. At that time, the world would be settled, and he would be the leader of Jingzhou and even the entire Jiangnan faction. Song and others formed a faction and spent their lives in court struggles with Jiangbei people.

There were already many contradictions within Cao Jun, because they had been winning before, so such contradictions were temporarily shelved and hidden.

But now the depression of defeat makes people breathless, and this suspicion and entanglement will definitely continue to deepen, and it is not possible for Cao Cao to calm down completely with a few words and a little gentleness.

Cai Mao knew that it could no longer be the same as before.

If you want us to be your dog, you have to be a master.

If you don't have the skills, you have to obediently listen to me, Cai Mao, like Liu Jingsheng.

Do you want to stay in Jingzhou if you don't listen to me, Cai Mao?I'm going to see if you can do it!
On this day, Cao Hong's soldiers were looting in the street, and Cai Hao directly ordered Huang Zhong to fight. The few miscellaneous soldiers were no match for Huang Zhong, and they were all beheaded as soon as they confronted each other.

Cao Hong was shocked, and immediately rushed to the street with his soldiers.

When he saw that the assailant was actually an old man, he couldn't help being furious. He still remembered Cao Cao's advice, and he didn't want to fight with Cai Mao on the street. He praised Huang Zhong for his chivalry, bravery, and martial arts, and finally said with sorrow that it is better to resolve the enemy than to end it. It is better for Huang Zhong and Cao Hong to have a competition. Everyone got angry enough to vent their anger, and today's incident should have never happened.

Although Cao Hong felt something was wrong, but he was tyrannical by nature, and relying on Cao Cao's favor, he was unscrupulous, how could he be willing to be suppressed by Cai Mao.

He immediately agreed to compete with Huang Zhong, and stared at Cai Mao with resentment, and said coldly:

"I'll wait for the martial arts competition, life and death are life and death, so don't blame Hong's men for being ruthless."

The later results believe that most people can also guess.

Cao Hong was in his prime and had experienced hundreds of battles. He thought that in a sword fight, he could kill the old man in a moment, but he didn't expect that when the two confronted each other, he immediately felt that something was wrong.

The old man's knife skills are as continuous as a river hitting the shore, and as dense as a wind blowing to the bone.

After only three moves, Cao Hong's saber skills gradually became chaotic, and he broke out in cold sweat.

He retreated as he walked, and was about to jump out of the circle to make peace, but he didn't expect that an idler in the crowd tripped and stumbled. Cao Hong yelled and fell to the ground immediately.

Huang Zhong resented Cao Hong for allowing his soldiers to commit murder in the street. He walked up with a sneer, threw the knife on the ground, squatted down slowly, and punched Cao Hong hard in the face.

"Ah!" Accompanied by a scream, Cao Hong's silver teeth were broken, and the pain was unspeakable.

"Don't hurt brother's peace!" Cai Mao roared, and rushed forward to grab Huang Zhong from behind.

Looking at Cao Hong, whose eyes were full of hatred and fear, the Patriarch of the Cai family grinned, and squeezed out a long-suppressed pride from his yellow teeth:

"Liu Biao was such a character back then, when he saw me, Cai Mao, he had to respectfully call me a good brother.

What kind of thing are you? These days, I see that for Meng De's sake, I have been patient. You really think I am afraid of you.

Today I will teach you a lesson, if you offend my Cai family, you will not be able to leave Jiangling! "

Cai Mao pulled Huang Zhong away, and then winked around.

The few idlers who had tripped Cao Hong before rushed forward, and immediately punched and kicked Cao Hong, who couldn't stop screaming.

The guards who followed Cao Hong were shocked and drew their knives to rescue them one after another, but Huang Zhong raised his eyebrows and drew his knives to stop him. They all pulled away.

Poor Cao Hong, who had followed Cao Cao for many years, was beaten by a group of hooligans screaming and rolling on the ground. The people around cheered and couldn't help beating him.Cao Hong's limbs were broken, and several ribs were broken. The expensive clothes and swords on his body were snatched away by those hooligans, and he lay naked on the street.

Cao Ren, who had already taken over Jiangling's defense, couldn't believe his ears. He hurried over with Chang Diao and others to point out the five hundred defenders. Looking at Cao Hong lying on the street, Cao Ren was angry and furious, and he pulled out his head in hatred. With the knife in hand, he stared fiercely at Cai Mao's face.

"It's reversed, it's reversed. Rebellion, right? Alright, let's see who dares to fight me, Cao Ren!"

The last time the Cao family was so humiliated, Cao Cao slaughtered the entire Xu Bei.In a rage, Cao Ren immediately ordered Chang Diao and others to attack, and took Cai Mao's head.

How could Chang Diao dare to embarrass Cai Mao?
Cai Mao might not dare to kill Cao Ren, but Cao Hong's bodyguards were killed in an instant, and Chang Diao was afraid that he would suffer the same consequences.

His legs were trembling unceasingly, but he didn't dare to disobey Cao Ren's order, so he could only hold the knife in his hand tremblingly, and said loudly:

"Cai, why did Junhou Cai hurt people?"

Cai Hao looked surprised:
"Why do you defile people's innocence out of thin air? Everyone just saw that it was Zi Lian who wanted to compete with brother Han Sheng, and he said that life and death are fate, so don't complain.

Later, Zi Lian's personal guards wanted to step forward to commit murder, but it was Cai's personal guards who stopped him stubbornly, so that the swordsmen would not meet each other.

But it was also at this time that some hooligans saw Zilian's luxurious clothes and took the opportunity to plunder them. I can't blame me for that. "

Cao Ren cursed loudly:
"Fart! The one who beat Zi Lian was clearly a member of our army! How dare you deny it?"

Cai Hao widened his eyes and said:
"Is there such a thing? Well, those who beat people must be some handymen, and I will expel them immediately. I will also pay for Zilian's injury."

As he said that, Cai Mao actually took out a long string of copper coins from his sleeve and walked to Cao Hong's side gracefully.

As soon as he raised his hand, the copper coins fell one after another, and landed on Cao Hong's face with a crackling sound.

The falling copper coins knocked on Cao Hong's face, and the eyelids of this general of the Cao family, whose face was covered with blood, moved, and tears gradually trickled down.

Cao Ren stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and the anger, frustration and grief in his heart rushed straight to his forehead.

He stood up slowly, his dark and stern eyes were immediately covered with bloodshot eyes.

Cao Ren knew that he was far from being invincible, but he absolutely couldn't see his brother being humiliated in front of his eyes.

I'm just a ranger and a libertine, so I don't care about your great cause, just kill the person in front of you first.

"Ahhhh!" Cao Ren's roar was earth-shattering, and the roar of a wild beast and bloody spittle splashed everywhere, but no one dared to laugh out loud.

In the next moment, Cai Mao's eyes clearly reflected a silvery cold light.

That is Cao Ren's steel knife!

"Die to me!!!!"

Cao Ren was desperate, and he was invincible. Huang Zhong didn't expect Cao Ren, who lost his mind, to be so powerful. He wanted to help Cai Mao with a knife, but he was a little slower after all.

Seeing that Cai Mao was about to stain the scene with blood, Chang Diao, who had been hesitant to move forward, suddenly jumped out, hugged Cao Ren's waist with his side, and wailed loudly:

"Stay here, general, stay here, general! Don't kill! Don't kill!"

Chang Diao's scream brought clarity to Cao Ren's eyes, and Huang Zhong hurried over to protect Cai Mao.

Seeing the sharp steel knife in Cao Ren's hand, Cai Mao broke out in cold sweat.

He gasped heavily, knowing that he had passed the moment of life and death, subconsciously bit his lips tightly.

"Mao was as timid as a mouse since he was a child, and he dared not stay here for long.

I will go to the army to deal with some military affairs first. If General Cao wants to kill me, even if I get the prime minister's warrant, I will never resist! "

Said, Cai Mao quickly waved his sleeves, and disappeared in a flash.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't help but let out a breath of foul air.

It's too dangerous, if it's not stopped in time, it will almost lead to a catastrophe.

Cao Ren also let out a foul breath, threw the knife on the ground regretfully, gave Chang Diao a complicated look, and finally stretched out his hand and patted him on the back.

"Back to the camp, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years! We'll deal with it later."

"Whoever can kill Cai Mao, I will guarantee him to be a general!"

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A turmoil finally calmed down, but everyone didn't know that there would be a bigger turmoil soon.

A few days later, the grain transport ship from Xiangyang arrived at the riverside, and a young general named Yunshan walked down slowly, feeling the warm winter sun, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Jiangling, I'm back again."

"Why does it feel... weird here?"

(End of this chapter)