The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 388: Spy Impossible

Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou were already dying, so Dongfang Sheng didn't pay much attention to them. He cared more about Liu Bei and Sun Quan, who were his main "care" objects.

It's no wonder that Liu Bei is a generation of heroes, and he has made a name for himself with the five counties of Jingzhou alone. Even Cai Mao and other Jingzhou gentry often come and go to his banquets to have a good time.

After learning about Dongfang Sheng's assassination from Cai Mao, Liu Bei was ready to move, but after Dongfang Sheng returned safely, Liu Bei could only sigh for bad luck.

However, Cai Mao recently brought new news that Dongfang Sheng has already started to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou, and Yizhou is currently empty of troops.

After hearing the news, Liu Bei summoned all his advisers and generals overnight and held an emergency meeting. At the same time, he also contacted some Jingzhou nobles who were already on the same boat as him to seek their support.

All this is going on in full swing, and Liu Bei will naturally not forget the strongest Jingzhou gentry, Cai. If he doesn't get Cai Mao, it is impossible for the Jingzhou gentry to obey his orders.

After Liu Bei sorted out all other matters, he took Chen Dao directly to Cai Mao's mansion.

After Cai Mao was bathing and changing clothes, he was talking to Kuai Yue about the situation in Jingzhou. No matter how careful Liu Bei was, he couldn't hide it from the gentry in Jingzhou. As soon as he moved, someone came to tell Cai Mao.

As soon as Cai Mao heard the news, he called Kuai Yue to discuss it. Among the gentry in Jingzhou, only the Kuai family could be compared with the Cai family, and the other gentry families were just drifters.

Kuai Yue glanced at Cai Mao, showed a strange face and asked: "Degui, you first surrendered to Dongfang Sheng, Yizhou Mu, and sent him a fierce general, Huang Zhong, but later you sold his news to Liu Bei, what is your intention?"

Although the strength of the Kuaiyue family is not as good as that of the Cai family, but his own abilities and talents are good. Cai Mao didn't want to let this little friend have doubts, so he explained with a smile: "Soldiers are deceitful! I did all this It's all..."

"Master, please see Liu Jingzhou." The voice of Cai Mao's butler suddenly came from outside, interrupting Cai Mao's words.

"Yiedu, please hide for a while, Liu Bei is here." Cai Mao showed a nervous look on his face, and at the same time opened a hidden grid to let Kuai Yue hide in, then Cai Mao cleared his throat and said, "Hurry up and invite Liu Bei." Come over to Jingzhou to talk about it."

As soon as Cai Mao's words fell, Liu Bei walked over from the outside, followed by Chen Dao and a group of soldiers, coming fiercely.

At this time, Liu Bei was no longer as decadent as he was in the past, but now he was radiant and full of spring breeze, and those who didn't know thought he had a second spring.

However, Cai Mao was a little uncomfortable with Liu Bei's style of work. Liu Bei used to be servile when he made friends with the nobles like himself when he lived in Xinye, but now that he is in power, there is no respect in his words, and there is only a feeling of superiority.

Cai Mao didn't care about Liu Bei's attitude, but felt that Liu Bei was too eager for quick success. Although he was older, he was still quite impatient.

"I don't know why Liu Jingzhou came here late at night?" After all, Cai Mao has been tested for a long time, so naturally he would not show any unhappiness or unnecessary expressions, he just said to Liu Bei calmly.

Liu Bei walked in on his own, while Chen Dao stood outside guarding responsibly.

Seeing this situation, Cai Mao understood a little bit, and at the same time, he was even more annoyed. As the leader of the Jingzhou gentry, when did he receive such treatment?

Liu Bei looked directly at Cai Mao and said, "Now I have a big fortune to be with you, Degui. I wonder if you will cooperate with me once?"

Cai Mao's eyelids twitched, and he suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "I don't know what Liu Jingzhou said about great wealth? Cai Mao is dull and can't understand."

"The day before yesterday, you said that Yizhou was empty. This time, I have joined forces with Sun Quan from Jiangdong to gather [-] soldiers and horses to save the people of Yizhou from the dire straits. I wonder if Degui can help me for the people of Jingzhou?" Liu Bei said very sincerely. , as if what he holds is the most just thing in the world.

Cai Mao naturally also understood that the excuses that the princes used to attack each other were all vain things. If you really believed it, you would be bought and counted the money in the end.

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he glanced at the door intentionally or unintentionally, then sat upright and stopped talking.

Naturally, Cai Hao also saw Liu Bei's unintentional gesture, and now he had to agree to this situation even if he didn't agree, otherwise Chen Dao and the others would definitely use force to persuade him directly, and he didn't know how he died in the end.

Liu Bei's method looks drizzle and cool, but it still has a sense of cruelty.

In history, Liu Zhang was finally defeated and surrendered, and died of a sudden illness three years later. The situation here may be a bit intriguing.

As for whether it is better to slaughter the city directly like Cao Cao, or kill you quietly after earning a reputation like Liu Bei, this is a matter of opinion for the benevolent.

"As a worker in Jingzhou, Mao would like to be sent by the state shepherd." Cai Mao lowered his head and said, there was a strange light in his eyes, but Liu Bei didn't see it.

"Okay, if I can succeed this time, you, Degui, will definitely benefit from it." Liu Bei threw out his 'jujube' to comfort him.

Before leaving, Liu Bei asked Chen Dao to stay, euphemistically calling it to protect Cai Mao, which made Cai Mao who was already very aggrieved even more angry, but he had to bow his head under the current situation. Fighting with people like Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei left, Cai Mao called Kuai Yue out. After the two had a discussion, Cai Mao called a few servants to get a set of servant clothes for Kuai Yue, and then let Kuai Yue go out in the early morning. Among the servants, they went directly out of the Cai family's mansion.

However, Tai Shici, who was stationed in Weixing County and Shangyong County in Jingzhou, suddenly received a secret order asking him to mobilize everyone to prepare for the battle, and at the same time let him block the checkpoints of the two counties and temporarily prohibit everyone from passing through.

Three days later, Tai Shici saw Dongfang Sheng who was rushing to Jingzhou day and night, accompanied by a veteran with a gray beard and the Tiger and Leopard Camp.

After talking about the current situation in a hurry, Dongfang Sheng asked Tai Shici to lead troops into Jingzhou to attack Liu Bei.

While in Yizhou, Badao and Tuobahan were marching to Weixing County and Shangyong County in Jingzhou with their newly trained army and cavalry, accompanied by a large amount of food and grass.

(End of this chapter)