Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

That's why Cai Mao came to the door and expressed his desire to form an alliance.

As long as Cao Ang can support it, Cai Mao will naturally be able to successfully recruit more strength to join.

Cai Mao believed that as long as he could bring out enough benefits to attract Sun Ce. They will never refuse.

And Cai Mao never thought that the other party would refuse.

In Sun Ce's mansion, a personal guard hurriedly walked in.

"General, Cai Mao wants to see you."

"Oh?" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "He is still really persistent. Please come in."

"Here." The guard took the order and retreated.

After a while, Cai Mao walked in.

"Hahaha, I saw General Sun today and he is indeed very handsome." Cai Mao said flatteringly as soon as he came in.

"General Sun, please speak." Cai Mao said quickly.

"General Sun, don't forget your current situation." Cai Hao gritted his teeth.

"Thirty thousand stones of food and grass." Sun Ce stretched out three fingers: "Besides this, I want you to help me deal with the big families in Xiangyang City."

This guy is actually being a swindler.

Cai Mao was not a fool, so he naturally knew that Sun Ce did it on purpose. It’s just that the conditions proposed by the other party are too harsh.

"Don't Cai Shijun think this is natural?" Sun Ce retorted.

"Cai Shijun should be very clear about the value of this city. And now I want to exchange this empty city for your help, Cai Shijun."

Because he knew how big Sun Ce's appetite was.

At this time, Cai Mao couldn't help but doubt Cao Ang's judgment.

If Sun Ce swallows those 30,000 stones of food and grass, he will definitely turn against him, so he must not agree to the other party's conditions easily. .

"Cooperation?" Sun Ce showed a strange expression, and then smiled and said: "If we want to cooperate, I'm afraid I need Cai Shijun to show enough sincerity."

"I wonder what the reason for Cai Shijun's visit is?" Sun Ce said calmly.

"Cai Shijun, you are threatening me." Sun Ce opened his eyes: "You can try to see whether I die first or your Cai family perishes."

"Humph." Cai Mao glared at Sun Ce.

"General Sun, your appetite is too big," Cai Mao said.

"If Mr. Cai is not happy, please do so." Sun Ce closed his eyes after saying this.

He couldn't come up with thirty thousand stones of food and grass. Even if he could take it out, he would be reluctant to part with it.

"Haha, since Mr. Cai is not sincere, I will not send you away far away." Sun Ce said with his eyes still closed.

"General Sun is being too loud. Just for an empty city, he actually asked me to pay 30,000 stones of food and grass. This is a bit overwhelming." Cai Mao's face darkened.

Is Sun Ce really the weak person who can be bullied?

"I heard that General Sun went to Xiangyang to recruit troops and was preparing to recruit heroes from all walks of life. I wonder if General Sun is now interested in agreeing to my previous conditions and cooperating with a certain person." Cai Mao went straight to the point.

After saying that, Sun Ce stood up, turned around and walked out of the room.

"You" Cai Mao was immediately choked.

Sun Ce's threat was really sharp.

He didn't know whether this sentence was true or not, but Sun Ce's father Sun Jian was really capable of conquering Xiangyang.

"Sun Ce, I, Cai Hao, will get back this debt sooner or later." Cai Hao stared at Sun Ce's leaving back hatefully, and said cruelly in his heart.

"Brother Gong Jin, what do you think?" After coming out of the study, Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu who was standing aside.

"This old fox is not easy to fool." Zhou Yu shook his head.

"Haha, it seems I still underestimated him." Sun Ce said coldly.

"However, it is beneficial to us that he came to us to cooperate this time." Zhou Yu suddenly smiled. "Huh?" Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What do you think Bo Fu said?"

"If Cai Mao really wants to unite with us, then he must be sincere enough.

But this time he only brought a few dozen stones of food and grass. Apparently he hadn't thought it through yet and was just testing our bottom line. "Zhou Yu said.

"Well, that makes sense." Sun Ce nodded.

"However, this also proves that Cai Hao does not dare to put eggs in one basket. I guess he has sent someone to notify others." Zhou Yu continued.

"This is best." Sun Ce's mouth curved slightly when he heard this.

During this period, because Sun Ce wanted to expand his strength, he became somewhat alienated from the princes around Jingzhou. Even a little hostile.

However, he didn't mind. Because he knew that his target was Cao Ang. Not these small princes.

The existence of these people is a drag on him.

"I hope you won't disappoint me this time." Sun Ce murmured to himself.

the other side.

Soon, Cai Mao summoned his counselors to discuss.

"General, do you really plan to cooperate with Sun Ce?" a counselor asked worriedly.

"Yes. We must make a choice as soon as possible, otherwise we will have no chance." Cai Mao looked solemn.

"But Sun Ce is so insidious and cunning. I always feel that he has other agendas."

"But where did we get so much food, and what is there for Sun Ce to plot?" A counselor said with a frown.

"I don't know this yet. However, I guess Sun Ce is planning to use our strength to conquer Xiangyang." Cai Mao said.

"Conquer Xiangyang?" Everyone shouted in surprise.

"Is this possible? There are 20,000 defenders in Xiangyang." A counselor hesitated.

“Although I don’t know what his plan is, Sun Ce definitely wants to capture Xiangyang and occupy the city.

After all, Xiangyang City has a special location and is a huge treasure land. "Cai Mao said.

"The value of Xiangyang City is immeasurable. If Sun Ce can occupy this place, it will be equivalent to owning half of the country."

"If Xiangyang City falls into Sun Ce's hands, then we will be in danger." A counselor said worriedly.

"That's true." Cai Mao nodded in agreement: "So, no matter what, we must prevent Sun Ce from capturing Xiangyang."

"So what are you going to do, general?" asked a counselor.

"Sun Ce wants to use our strength to seize Xiangyang City, so we might as well take advantage of him first," Cai Mao said with a smile.

"This is a good idea!" Everyone praised it.

"Let's do this. I will write a letter and you will immediately order someone to send it to Jiangxia." Cai Mao said.

"No." Everyone responded.

Cai Mao immediately wrote a letter and asked his men to send it to Jiangxia quickly.

At this time, Sun Ce was sitting in the garden of his mansion, tasting wine, waiting for the news.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and then a guard hurried into the garden.

He sent intelligence from frontline scouts.

"Lord, there seems to be some movement in Cao Ang outside Xiangyang City," the guard said.

"Oh?" Sun Ce's face changed when he heard this.

"My lord, my subordinates suggest taking advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy and attack Huanglong directly," the guard suggested.

"Haha, that's a good idea." Sun Ce smiled while stroking his hands after hearing this. (End of chapter)