Chapter 1279 Xiangyang settled

There is no doubt that the most powerful controller of Jingzhou's combat power is Cai Mao, a general in the military division.

Listening to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people feel that this guy is not promising and incompetency. He relies on his brother-in-law Liu Biao, who controls Jingzhou, does evil, bullies loyal ministers, excludes Liu Qi, harms Liu Bei, and surrenders Cao Cao. Finally, Jiang Gan stole fake letters, let Cao Cao cut his head, went to the mental illness of Sun Liu's coalition army, and came out of the evil anger of the Liu faction, which was very happy.

But in fact, that's not the case at all. Cai Mao didn't need to rely on Liu Biao at all, but Liu Biao wanted to rely on him.

The Cai family is one of the largest families in Jingzhou. It is staggered in Jingzhou and has power in all counties and counties. Cai Mao's own aunt married Zhang Wen, the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the dynasty, and his eldest sister married Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar. In fact, if Liu Biao hadn't died as his wife, he would not dare to propose marriage to the Cai family and marry Cai. From this, it can be seen that the phrase 'the most prosperous of Cai at the end of the Han Dynasty' really lives up to its name.

The current head of the Cai family had 30,000 private soldiers and countless tenants as early as before Liu Biao entered Jingzhou. After Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he pushed the Cai family to the greatest position in Jingzhou in one fell swoop. At this time, his 70,000 combat power did not take a penny of Jingzhou's endowment, which is the most horrible force completely independent of Jingzhou's military system. If it hadn't been for the moral traditions of this era and the lack of real strategists, and Liu Biao had not done anything unpleasant to him, he might have become the actual controller of Jingzhou long ago.

And the 70,000 military camp of the head of the Cai family is on the outskirts of the west gate of Xiangyang. Ma Chao just had an inquiry with Cai Mao, and for Liu Xie, who has begun to collapse now, it is really another thunderbolt blow!

"No! Impossible!!" Liu Xie strode into the hall, but accidentally tripped over a piece of corpse. After raising his head with a bloody face, he was particularly ferocious, but he was still unwilling to shout: "In history, Cai Mao only made friends with Cao Cao, and you mastered the clothes and edict forced Cao not dare to use his most important force in Jingzhou, so I dare to come here! And you, I know that your only possibility is to connect Cai Mao through Cai Yong's line, but this plan has failed! You can't make Cai Mao submit to your Ma family!!"

Huo Jun saw that Liu Xie was so embarrassed and sad at this moment that he didn't know what to do. He wanted to help Liu Xie, but he was pushed away by Liu Xie and still muttered to himself, "No, Ma Chao, this is impossible!!"

Liu Xie was depressed, and the lobby had gradually become a supporting role, and the faces of two people also showed a completely incredible look. Especially the most shocking Liu Bei, it seems that no matter how powerful the medicine is, it can't make him fall asleep. He looked straight at Zhuge Liang, looking forward to Zhuge Liang and his backhand, but Zhuge Liang shook his head painfully and said silently, "It's too late. I thought that with the momentum of Ma Chao, I could make the lord firmly sit in the position of the lord of Jingzhou, but I didn't expect that Ma Chao, in addition to the Kuai family, even the Cai family had also surrendered. Go..."

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly dim. In fact, he understood the horror of Ma Chao's surrendering the Cai family at the first time: although the political situation in Jingzhou is chaotic, the basic pattern is that the Kuai family is in charge of government affairs and the Cai family is in charge of military power. If Ma Chao does not recruit the Cai family, then Liu Bei is the head of Jingzhou. With the support of the Ma family, his military strength can suppress Cai Mao in less than half a year. As for the Kuo family, Liu Bei is not too worried. After all, he also has a team. As long as the means are exquisite, it is not a problem to build a military and political group led by Liu Bei.

But if the Cai family is also loyal to the Ma family, the situation will be very different. Although Ma Chao did not explicitly annex Jingzhou, Jingzhou's military and political power is in his hands. Liu Bei can only become a puppet, and this puppet is sadder than Liu Biao that he must follow Ma Chao's instructions. Otherwise, Ma Chao may easily drive Liu Bei from the position of Lord of Jingzhou as tonight!

So, at a certain level, Liu Bei is more than Liu Xie to hear that Ma Chao did not recruit the Cai family!

But the reality is cruel. Ma Chao walked to Cai Mao's table in person and touched the glass with Cai Mao. After the two drank the glass of wine with a smile at the same time, he opened his mouth to say words that made Liu Xie and Liu Bei feel as painful as frozen in an instant: "Nothing is impossible. Liu Xie, you know that I will cooperate with you on the matter of the imperial mausoleum. Didn't you expect that I would also cooperate with Cao on the matter of the Cai family?

Say this, Ma Chao's eyes seemed to glance at Liu Bei intentionally or unintentionally. Liu Bei was shocked and understood that Ma Chao had seen through his plan. He couldn't help lowering his head and continued to stop with his strength. Ma Chao's eyes did not stay on him too much, but then walked slowly towards Liu Xie: "What you think is impossible is nothing more than that you don't want to admit that you really lost to me. You think you can defeat me in another world without any effort, and in this world, you should still be a winner. It's just that you didn't expect that you were not as good as me at all except for the rich coat you brought when you were born in that world!"

Ma Chao's words puzzled the whole lobby, and they couldn't understand the relationship between the two. But with Ma Chao's wonderful pace and rhythm, they were unconsciously attracted by it and listened to the resentment of another time and space.

"Perhaps, in your eyes, we guys who work hard at the bottom of society are just a group of losers with no dreams, no goals and no courage. We only deserve to exhaust our energy and physical strength every day to earn meager wages, and then watch your young, smart and elegant upper-class people enjoy themselves. Release** and squander your youth. At the same time, your arrogance and ignorance, in that iron reality, make you a spokesperson for pride and self-confidence, can stand arbitrarily on us who just lack a good background or an opportunity, and ruthlessly mock us.

The footsteps are getting closer and closer, and a proud body and an empty shell that can't rise on the ground become the most distinct contrast in this lobby. But Ma Chao's words are still deep and charming, with the helplessness of an era: "Now, you know, our group of people are actually more capable than you, and should be the main theme of that society! Sometimes, I can't even figure out why the material is so rich in that era, but the shackles are so strong and absurd! Fortunately, now I don't have to think about it. What I have to do is to shine the most dazzling light in this era when I have the ability to win!"

When the words fell, there was a sudden noise outside the lobby. The three soldiers and horses of Huya Rider, Big Ear Rider and Xiangyang Guard all rushed to the lobby and shouted almost with one voice: "No! Cai He and Cai Zhong led 70,000 troops into Xiangyang City from the west gate! This time, Xiangyang is full of soldiers and horses, knives and guns!!"

The coldest reality finally came true. Liu Xie looked up at Ma Chao blankly and said with a miserable smile, "Sure enough, it's not ten thousand to four thousand... I lost, lost completely, completely." After saying this, Liu Xie seemed to put everything down, and all his energy seemed to take out of his body. But the last doubt still lingered in his mind and lasted for a long time, which made him miserable: "Ma Chao, can you tell me what kind of deal you did with Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao would personally enter Xiangyang to persuade the Cai family to obey you?"

"Nothing, I just agreed to forgive Cao from the huge debt owed to the Ma family. Um..." After saying this, Ma Chao's eyes became a little strange and a little compassionate. He opened his mouth and finally closed back.

"Say it all. I even lost my self-esteem here today. What else is unacceptable?" Liu Xie turned around and seemed to have regained the majesty of the emperor.

"And move you away from his head for him." The tone was a little low, but Ma Chao understood that this was the last respect for Liu Xie: "Now the world no longer needs you as an emperor. He can't do it himself, so he naturally needs a little external force. Originally, I agreed to establish another emperor in two years, but now it seems that you have helped me a lot..."

"Ma Mengqi!!" Cao Cao was so intelligent that before Ma Chao could explain his words, Cao Cao vaguely guessed what Ma Chao had planned: "The agreement between us is not like this!"

"Why not?" Ma Chao turned his head and said with the pride of eating Cao Cao: "The emperor moved from Xuchang to Xiangyang. Your King of Wei is indeed no longer constrained."

"But, you can wear an edict..." Cao Cao blurted out, but his words stopped abruptly.

"The clothes and edict is a magical spell. Since I don't have to untie it with my own hands, why should I complete your Cao family?" Ma Chao smiled more brightly. As the biggest winner tonight, it is impossible for him not to be happy. However, soon he seemed to think of something and said in a suggestive tone, "If the king of Wei really wants to get rid of that spell, it's okay. At present, there is such an opportunity here in Jingzhou..."

"No!!" At this time, Liu Xie finally realized what Ma Chao wanted to do next. He shouted sadly, and then spit out a mouthful of resentment. He fell heavily in front of Ma Chao and couldn't get up for a long time.

And Ma Chao no longer cares about Cao Cao, who is pale, and tens of thousands of soldiers outside the door who don't know the sinister conspiracy. He just looked at Liu Xie on the ground compassionately and said lightly, "Let's end like this. The struggle between us can't be endless. In the magnificent troubled times, there is no room for those trivial jealousy in the previous life..."