After being driven away by Liu Bei, Cao Cao paid homage to my chief military adviser

Chapter 54 Liu Bei collapsed, Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi really fell into the hands of Cao thief!
The nine counties of Jingxiang are all under the control of Boss Cao.

But the gentry officials in the nine counties of Jingxiang are still in a state of fear and trepidation.

Although Boss Cao didn't attack them, and even served separately, there was no change.

But most of them think that this is just because Cao Cao is busy with the war and has no time to turn around and deal with them.

old days.

Boss Cao raised his troops to go south to attack Jingxiang.

Liu Bei couldn't defend Xinye, so he left in a panic.

Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were afraid of the power of Cao's army, and they also wanted to preserve the wealth and strength of the Jingzhou gentry.

So he united with the gentry, forced Liu Biao to death, and persuaded Liu Cong, Liu Biao's son, to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also made a solemn promise that Liu Cong's mother and son will live in Jingxiang forever!
This once made Madam Cai and Liu Cong ecstatic, and praised Boss Cao for his benevolence, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun for their vision.

however.

Wait until Boss Cao takes Jingzhou without bloodshed, and stay in Jingzhou City!
Immediately changed his mind and ordered Liu Cong's mother and son to move to Xudu for the elderly!
Liu Cong was so frightened that he was willing to accept and return the title, and only cut his job in Jingzhou to serve the people, and ended up living like this!
But Boss Cao refused and immediately sent them to Xudu.

He also ordered Yu Jin to lead the army and intercept and kill the two of them on the way!

Although this matter is kept secret, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.

Jingzhou gentry officials have more or less heard the tone.

Especially the members of the four major families are not reused.

Instead, Wenpin became the person most valued by Boss Cao.

Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, in front of the generals of Cao Jun, wagged their tails like dogs and begged for mercy, without dignity.

The Ma family is always worried.

"We were also bewitched by Zhuge Wolong in the past and made friends with Liu Bei. This matter is always dangerous. I'm afraid that when Prime Minister Cao is free, he will come to clean us up!"

Uncle Ma, the eldest, often gathered all the brothers and said worriedly.

"Although we have contacts with Liu Bei, it's just etiquette, and there is no actual intersection! My Ma family has neither charged for Liu Bei, offered advice, nor funded money and food. Why should I be afraid of Prime Minister Cao's investigation and confrontation?"

The second child, Ma Zhongchang, doesn't seem to be worried. He thinks that he is not afraid of the slanting shadow, and at worst he can explain the truth to Prime Minister Cao.

"Second brother is right. We have been in Jingzhou for many years, are we still afraid of him? There must be a reason. As the prime minister, he should enforce the law even more impartially!"

The youngest, Uncle Ma, often stares, looking fearless!
"Second brother and third brother are extremely pedantic! What reason do you need for the death of Mi Heng and Dong Cheng? Just label it a conspiracy, and hundreds of members of the whole family will be executed!"

"Leaving aside, Liu Cong, mother and son of Jingzhou, led Prime Minister Cao into Jingzhou, and then died for no apparent reason on the way to Xudu!"

"One by one, how do you reason?"

The youngest Ma Liang and Ma Ji Chang shook his head again and again, explaining the facts, and left the two elder brothers speechless.

"This matter is also simple. I have a plan and I can succeed."

Ma Su, the youngest of the Ma family, is only eleven or twelve years old, but he is the smartest.

Seeing that the four brothers couldn't stop arguing, they stepped forward and said childishly.

"What can you do?"

The four elder brothers asked in unison, with eight eyes staring at the child in front of them.

"Those who make big things in the world don't care about small details. Prime Minister Cao is brutal, but he has a unified heart. As long as we take the initiative to explain everything, I think we won't do any harm. With Cao Cao's plan, he naturally knows the reason why Qian Jin bought horse bones."

"I heard that under the prime minister's seat, Xun You is the most important. Why don't you ask Xun You to explain everything, and you have your own solution."

Ma Su laughed: "We are all short-sighted people, but we only want to protect the petty profits in front of us, but we can stabilize Jingxiang's people's hearts. Prime Minister Cao will not put Jingxiang's peace at our disposal for this little thing!"

After hearing this, Ma Liang applauded!
"Fifth brother is right!"

"I once met Xun You once. I will look for him tomorrow and tell my heartfelt heart. I hope that I can convey it to Prime Minister Cao, so that the hearts of the people in Jingxiang will be at ease!"

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Boss Cao once again held a meeting of the ministers in the Jingzhou government office.

What is discussed is nothing more than peace of mind, training the navy, and cutting the east of the river.

"My lord, I have something to tell you about my lord."

Xun You, who had just met Ma Liang in the morning, came out of work and said.

"Wen Ruo, please speak if you have something to say."

Boss Cao stretched out his hand to signal.

"Since the death of Liu Cong's mother and son, Jingxiang's officials and gentry are in panic. They are afraid of being implicated."

"There are even more gentry, who had been in contact with Liu Bei due to the situation in the past, and they are afraid that the prime minister will investigate and punish them one day, so they have a lot of worries."

Xun You summarized the chat records with Ma Liang and told the truth.

"In the past, I killed Liu Cong because the mother and son were totally worthless! Aren't they the ones who are greedy and loving, and who sell themselves to officials and nobles?"

"If they stay in Jingxiang forever, then the people of Jingxiang will really be in dire straits!"

"Besides, it's difficult to raise a girl and a villain. If you are close, you will not be inferior, and if you are far away, you will complain. This mother and child are a villain and a woman, so it is not easy to deal with."

"That's why I killed him, so as to avoid the future troubles of Jingzhou's turmoil."

Boss Cao said patiently.

"My lord's good intentions, we will naturally understand."

"But the Jingzhou officials and gentry don't think so. Most of them think that the lord is killing the donkey and killing the rabbit!"

Liu Ye got up and said that he also heard the private discussions of the Jingxiang gentry.

"The people of Jingxiang govern Jingxiang. This is my established policy. All the officials in Jingxiang have not been moved at all, and they are performing their duties."

"The gentry of Jingxiang, as long as you don't do anything disobedient, you can forget about the past. Why bother to mention the past? If you really want to go back, Gu was still working under Dong Zhuo before!"

Boss Cao said with emotion.

All the officials in the hall laughed and were in harmony.

Xu Chu, who was behind, was confused, but mentioned the Jingxiang gentry.

"Boss, those nobles are really powerful. I went to fight Zhou Yu some time ago, but I didn't dare to move your troops, so I invited Wenpin to borrow troops."

"In less than half a day, we borrowed [-] soldiers and five or six hundred large ships."

"These gentry are powerful factions, don't underestimate them!"

Xu Chu grinned and said with a smile.

Boss Cao lowered his head in thought, and nodded again and again: "I should think of a way to appease you."

Suddenly Jia Xu had an idea, stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, why not take advantage of this opportunity to reward them a lot!"

"How to reward?"

Boss Cao suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Hu Hou acted the day before yesterday, thanks to the help of the gentry. Although there was a loss, the credit was quite large."

"The prime minister might as well take this opportunity to reward the gentry who helped out, an extraordinary reward!"

"It is to let the gentry in Jingzhou know that as long as they are loyal to the prime minister, the prime minister will not treat them badly!"

Jia Xu said in a low voice.

"Miao! Jia Wenhe is really my number one think tank!"

Boss Cao beamed with joy, and said with a loud laugh.

"In this way, not only the Jingzhou gentry can feel at ease, but also the society will be stable."

"And it can also set an example for the gentry in Jiangdong, shake their resistance and encourage them to come and surrender!"

Cheng Yu also said excitedly.

"Yes! Just do it like this, pass on the order, and reward the meritorious families wantonly!"

"In addition, send a report to Xun Yu in Xudu, and send a batch of food, grass, and military pay. Don't disturb the law and order in Jingxiang, and don't let the people of Jingxiang suffer from the war!"

Boss Cao was so excited that he didn't forget Li Min.

All the officials were moved and praised each other.

After the decree went down, the Jingxiang gentry praised the prime minister's kindness one after another.

More gentry came and went to the Jingzhou government office to express their loyalty to Cao Cao.

He even took the initiative to donate money and materials, and even asked to form a team spontaneously to win Fancheng and offer it to the prime minister to show his loyalty.

But Boss Cao did not take advantage of his kind words of comfort.

For a while, everyone thought that Cao Cao had changed his temper, but people with a discerning eye knew that this was a self-protection strategy of the Jingzhou clan, but the lord changed from Liu Biao to Cao Cao.

Now that Cao Cao's warships have been burned, the northern soldiers are not familiar with water warfare, and urgently need the support of Jingzhou's clans that are good at water warfare.

……

Jiangdong water village.

Jiangdong's scouts, flying horses to report.

He came all the way to Zhou Yu and said respectfully.

"Captain."

Zhou Yu stared at him with disdainful eyes, and said calmly.

"Report."

The scout lowered his eyebrows and nodded solemnly.

"Captain."

"News from Jingzhou."

"Cao Cao is rewarding the Jingzhou clan now, aiming to win people's hearts."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said with emotion.

"It's unbelievable."

"This Cao Aman has learned how to buy people's hearts?"

Huang Gai was also surprised.

"Captain, that thief Cao wins people's hearts. Once he is completely stabilized, won't it disturb the hearts of my Jiangdong army?"

Zhou Yu's eyes gradually became cold.

Now Cao thief is very powerful and occupying Jingzhou again, such a reward is to recruit security.

There must be a clan in Jiangdong who wants to surrender.

Zhou Yu, who is a main fighter, naturally does not want to see this happen.

It is imperative for Cao Cao to go south, if he cannot stop the surrender faction.

I'm afraid there will be a chain reaction, causing more and more people to surrender in order to protect themselves.

At that time, Jiang Dong completely lost any ability to resist.

He was reduced to the fish on Cao's chopping board and allowed to be slaughtered by him.

"Speed ​​up the march!"

Zhou Yu snorted heavily.

"Go to Chaisang at the fastest speed."

"I want to see which family dares to surrender to Cao!"

He sped up his horse and headed towards Chaisang, speeding up his progress.

As the commander of Jiangdong soldiers and horses, although he is still young, he has made great military exploits.

In his early years, he followed Sun Ce and conquered Jiangdong.

Although Sun Ce died young, Sun Quan still regards him as his confidant.

In Jiangdong, in order to consolidate the position.

Sun Quan tried his best to check and balance the four major families in Jiangdong.

But Zhou Yu was the only one who didn't check and balance.

It was because he and Sun Ce trusted Zhou Yu no less than their own siblings.

Even the complete collection of soldiers and horses was handed over to Zhou Yu.

Holding Jiangdong soldiers and horses in his hand.

Zhou Yu's status is naturally below one person and above ten thousand people.

When he returns to Chaisang this time, he wants to take a look.

Who is it that dares to promote and surrender Cao!
Zhou Yu clenched the long sword at his waist with his backhand, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

He has made up his mind.

This time, a few must be killed, as a warning to others!

……

Jingzhou.

After Ma Liang rescued Jian Yong from prison, the two did not go back immediately, but found a secret place to rest.

"Ji Chang's great kindness and virtue, Xianhe will always be remembered in my heart!"

Jian Yong made a big gift to Ma Liang.

Ma Liang quickly helped Jian Yong up and sighed.

"Xianhe doesn't have to perform such a big gift."

"Ugh……"

Jian Yong sighed, saddened.

"Although thanks to Ji Chang's blessing, I was able to escape."

"It's a pity that my lord, Mrs. Gan, fell into the hands of Cao thief!"

Hearing this, Ma Liang was puzzled.

"Mrs. Gan?"

"No, Xianhe, is your news reliable?"

"Why haven't I heard that Cao Cao has taken in two wives?"

Jian Yong sighed and shook his head.

"Ji often doesn't know something."

"I am protecting Mrs. Gan and looking for the lord."

"Unexpectedly, Xu Chu caught up with him."

"Of course I lost to Xu Chu, and Mrs. Gan fell into the opponent's hands."

Hearing this, Ma Liang couldn't help sighing.

The story of Cao Cao's good wife has long been spread.

Now Mrs. Gan has fallen into the hands of Xu Chu.

He must have been locked up by Cao Cao.

"Xianhe, you have left prison now."

"It's better to go back to Fancheng as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"If we are discovered, neither you nor I can escape."

Ma Liang stared at Jian Yong and said seriously.

Jian Yong nodded: "Ji Chang's great kindness is unforgettable!",

"Okay, then I'll go back to Fancheng first, and then make plans."

"Ji Chang, farewell!"

Ma Liang nodded: "Farewell! Take care all the way!"

That night.

Taking advantage of the night cover of Jingzhou.

Jian Yong rode a horse, wearing the stars and the moon, and galloped out of the city.

In the direction of Fancheng, he galloped desperately.

……

Fancheng.

A figure came out from the skyline and came at a gallop.

Seeing that the other party was Jian Yong, the guards quickly opened the city gate and let them go.

Jian Yong traveled all the way to the prefect's mansion.

After handing over the horse to the soldiers in charge of guarding, he entered the prefect's mansion.

After seeing Liu Guanzhang and others, he couldn't bear it anymore, wept heavily, and knelt down on the ground.

"My lord!!!"

He fell to his knees, his shoulders trembling, and wept loudly.

Seeing this, everyone felt an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Guan Yu hurriedly asked, "Xianhe, where is Madam?"

Zhang Fei also nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong with you? Where's Madam?"

Liu Bei also looked at Jian Yong worriedly, burning with anxiety.

Jian Yong wept bitterly, pounded the ground with his fists, and sobbed.

"Lord!"

"Xianhe lived up to the great trust of the lord and failed to bring his wife back."

"Now, madam has fallen into Cao's hands!"

Jian Yong's words were like a thunderbolt.

Resounded in everyone's ears.

Liu Bei's heart tightened even more, his eyes darkened, and he almost passed out.

A man was born between heaven and earth.

Although to him, brothers are like brothers and women are like clothes.

However, Madam is not something that can be handed over to others casually.

He could accept his wife being left outside, and he could even accept killing her.

But the only thing he couldn't accept was that his wife fell into the hands of others.

Didn't that give him a big green hat?
Thinking of the fate of Mrs. Gan, who is slim and beautiful like a flower, falling into the hands of Cao thief.

Liu Bei was out of breath for a while, rushing forward with enthusiasm.

But he still held back his body so that he would not faint.

"hateful!"

"Cao thief is hateful!!!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat Cao Cao's flesh raw.

Guan Yu caressed his long beard, his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Zhao Yun also clenched his fists, wishing he could go straight to Xiangyang and save his wife.

Zhang Fei couldn't help it even more, his eyes widened with anger, and he stood up abruptly.

"Big brother!"

"Give me three thousand soldiers!"

"I'm going to go to Xiangyang now to rescue my sister-in-law!"

Liu Bei sighed, his eyes full of despair.

He waved his hand.

"Third Brother, Big Brother knows what you mean."

"But given you three thousand soldiers and horses, how can you kill Xiangyang?"

"Besides, we are already empty of troops. If the enemy attacks again at this time, how should we defend the city?"

Zhang Fei gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only sit down again.

Above everyone's heads, a cloud was shrouded, making them breathless.

They all knew that Jian Yong failed to bring back the words.

It means that Mrs. Gan can't be saved at all.

However, it fell into the hands of Cao Cao. With the character of the opponent, I am afraid that it is difficult to escape the humiliation.

Cao Cao is a good wife, this point has long been known among the princes.

Over the years, there have been no less than a dozen wives who have been humiliated by Cao Cao either voluntarily or under coercion.

This time, it seems that the green hat on the lord's head is definitely on...

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and spoke, angrily.

"Tie Cao, I am at odds with you!"

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