"All the sailors are dispatched!" Cai Mao shouted with red eyes: "Even if the Yangtze River is turned over, you must find those two fishing boats, my sister, and my nephew, and you must also find them, otherwise I will skin you!" Cai Mao is really anxious, his sister and nephew are related to his Cai family's status and glory in Jingzhou, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes.

With Cai Mao's order, the remaining naval forces in Jingzhou were all dispatched, nearly 100 warships turned around the oars, covered the river and went out, rampage on the spacious Xiangjiang River, but suffered those fishermen who made a living by fishing, as long as they met the Jingzhou naval army, they were taken to the warship and tortured and questioned, and the fishing boats that relied on them for their livelihood were also turned upside down, and the fishing boats were smashed through and sunk by the wolf-like sailors, but all the fishermen who avoided were caught up by the warships, and a rain of arrows shot down all over the world, and the sound of crying and shouting resounded on both sides of the Xiangjiang River.

Almost all of the Jingzhou Navy was trained by Cai Mao, and it was not impossible to track down Cai's for Cai Mao, but it was impossible to find out from night to noon on the second day, from Xiangyang to Xiakou, but the two fishing boats that kidnapped Cai and Liu Zong disappeared as if out of thin air, and they were never seen.

"General, the north wind blew at noon yesterday and the south wind blew at night, if the enemy fled south, we would not be able to catch up." Cai Mao's lieutenant Zhang Yun admonished Cai Yun: "The enemy is very good at seizing the opportunity, there was very little north wind in the spring, but they just seized it. If it wasn't a coincidence, they were ready to kidnap the lady and the young master. ”

"The only people who are familiar with the hyacinths are southerners." Cai Mao gritted his teeth and said: "Sun Jian is really scheming, choose our army to march west and the army is empty, if most of the navy army is not taken away by Huang Zu, they will not be able to get out of Xiangjiang." ”

"General, didn't the lord send someone to chase General Huang back?" Zhang Yun asked, "If the water army comes back, we have a much greater chance of finding Madame." ”

"Nope." Cai Mao shook his head and said: "Kuai Liang, they feel that they can't delay state affairs for the sake of my sister and nephew's private affairs, so they stopped the envoy sent to transfer Huang Zu back, and they are pestering my brother-in-law to talk about the truth." ”

Zhang Yun is Cai Mao's cronies, and Cai Mao's family is sharing honor and disgrace, and when he heard this, he was shocked and said: "General, you have been fooled, that Kuai Liang and others are for official business, and they are obviously harming you." ”

Cai Mao was stunned and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Yun paused and said: "General, if you think about it, you and I are the governors of the Jingzhou Navy and the army, all because the lady is your own sister, the young master is your nephew, and we have worked hard." If the lady and the young lord encounter misfortune, and the lord marries another back room, then where will you be in front of the lord, and can you keep your naval governor? Don't forget, Kuailiang's daughter is still waiting to be married. ”

Cai Mao's face changed greatly when she heard this, and the more she thought about it, the more cold she became, and suddenly shouted: "The flagship turns around and goes back to Xiangyang to see the lord!" The others stayed and continued to look for my sister! At that moment, Cai Mao didn't dare to put it aside anymore, and took Zhang Yun and Zhang Fan straight back to Xiangyang.

Along the south wind, Cai Mao and Zhang Yunfei rushed back to Xiangyang, went ashore to change horses and went straight to Liu Biao's house, just arrived at Liu Biao's house, Cai Mao saw Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others were pestering Liu Biao to prepare the grain and grass supply plan for the westward expedition, and Liu Biao was in a daze with a gloomy face, and he didn't know where to fly there. Cai Mao pushed away Kuai Liang who was blocking in front of him, knelt down in front of Liu Mian, and howled: "Lord, save my sister and my nephew, they are also your relatives." ”

Liu Biao woke up from his dream as before, and left his seat to help Cai Mao and said, "Deju, has your sister found it?" I'm in a hurry. ”

Cai Mao knelt on the ground and refused to get up, but cried: "Sun Jian'er is very thoughtful and prepared, taking advantage of the opportunity of the north wind yesterday, we have been on hold for another day, and we can't catch up." My sister, she, has been arrested in Jiujiang. ”

Liu Biaoru was struck by lightning, staggered back a few steps, sat on the ground with his buttocks, hugged his head and cried: "My beloved wife, my Zong'er, I'm sorry for your father......"

"Lord, lord." Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Biao, who was calling the heavens and the earth, and Zhang Yun took the opportunity to admonish: "Lord, without further ado, we should immediately recruit back the army of Huang Zu, and order soldiers and horses to ask Sun Jian for people, otherwise after a long time, the safety of the lady and the young master will be difficult to guarantee." ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Biao struggled and said, "Zhang Yun, you immediately take my gold medal sword to chase Huang Zu and call them back." ”

"My lord." Kuai Liang hurriedly dissuaded: "The person who kidnapped Mrs. has not yet been determined to be Sun Jian, who rushed to Jiujiang, but made enemies for no reason, and Huang Zu went to rescue Yizhou, but it was for state affairs, how could the lord abandon state affairs for the sake of family affairs?" ”

"Kuaizirou!" Cai Mao jumped three feet high and scolded: "The kidnapped people are not your sister and your nephew, of course you don't have a backache when you stand and talk!" Kuai Liang was dumbfounded by Cai Mao, and Cai Mao knelt down at Liu Biao again, crying: "Lord, if you don't save my sister and my nephew, then you don't have to keep me, let me go with my hard-working sister and nephew." After that, Cai Mao drew his sword and was about to wipe it on his neck - Zhang Yun, who had been discussed earlier, of course hugged him by the hand, cried and persuaded each other, pulled and pulled, and cried to death.

Liu Biao was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed Cai Mao and cried: "Deju, you must not be like this, I am already sorry for your sister, I can't be sorry for you anymore." Liu Biao turned to Zhang Yun again and said, "Why don't you go after Huang Zu?" Do you really want to watch Dejue die in front of you? ”

Zhang Yun was overjoyed and was about to leave, but Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Yi Zhi and others quickly knelt in front of Liu Mian and stopped: "Lord, no, Yizhou is in danger, and Huang Zu withdrawing his troops is tantamount to sending Yizhou to Dong Thief." Liu Yan's envoy Zheng Du was also present, kowtowed, and said: "Liu Tingshi, kidnapping Mrs. must be a treacherous plan of Dong thieves, the purpose is to break up the Jingyi Alliance, and the assassination history must not be tricked." Kuai Liang and the others also nodded, unanimously insisting that this was Boss Dong's poisonous plan, and Liu Biao could not be fooled, Liu Biao was originally an indecisive person, and after some persuasion by the scholars, his determination could not help but be a little shaken.

Seeing that Zhang Yun was strong, he quietly glanced at Cai Mao, and made a killing gesture at Zheng Du, Cai Mao understood, suddenly jumped up, raised his hand and stabbed Zheng Du into the heart. When the incident happened suddenly, everyone was startled and looked at Cai Mao with a hideous face. Cai Mao smiled and said: "It's all you, you deceived the lord to ally with you, offended Dong Taishi, and killed Dong Taishi's messenger, forcing my lord to the point of breaking with Dong Taishi, causing Dong Taishi's in-laws to kidnap my sister." ”

Zheng Du almost couldn't believe that Cai Mao, who had received so many heavy gifts from him, would kill him, and in his throat He wanted to say that Lu Su was not killed by him, but Cai Mao had already pulled out the sword, and Zheng Du's chest suddenly spurted out a stream of blood arrows, splashing Cai Mao's face all over his body, and people also staggered and fell to the sky, whimpering for his life.

Cai Mao wiped the blood from the soles of his boots, and glanced viciously at the Shilin present, who were already stunned with fright, and were swept away by Cai Mao's viper-like gaze, and immediately retracted his head and echoed, not daring to dissuade Liu Biao again. Cai Mao turned over and knelt down to Liu Biao, "Lord, Dong Taishi's army is unparalleled in the world, and our army should not be an enemy of him, since Dong Taishi is willing to send Yong'an to us, let's agree to his conditions." In this way, we can free up our hands to clean up Sun Jian. His Majesty suggested that this Zheng Du's head be sent to Dong Taishi, who was busy with the affairs of Sichuan, and would definitely not interfere in our war against Sun Jian. ”

The envoys of Yizhou have all been killed, what else can Liu Biao say? Unless he wants to wage war against the three forces of Dong Boss, Liu Yan and Sun Jian at the same time - Liu Biao doesn't have the courage to do so. At that moment, Liu Biao sighed, nodded and said: "Okay, send someone to send Zheng Du to Taishi, just say that we agree to his conditions, and we only need Yong'an, just ask Taishi not to interfere in our war with Sun Jian." ”

At this point, Shilin in Jingzhou also knew that the matter was irreparable, so he could only silently watch Cai Mao go to Zhang Luo to ally with Dong Laoda, and Zhang Yun took Liu Biao's sword to chase Huang Zu......

On the vast Yangtze River, the two-leaf lonely boat is galloping, the baiji dolphin is surging with the boat, the birds cover the sky, Pang Tong sits on the bow of the boat with a jar of wine, and lets go of the night owl and sings: "The wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is whistling, and the white bird flies back." Boundless falling trees and Xiao Xiaoxiao, endless Yangtze River rolling ......"

"Good poems, good words." Lu Su applauded, and added in his heart - that is, his voice is not good. Lu Su was in a good mood at the moment, and the depression of persuading Liu Biao to fail was swept away, and he also sang loudly: "The Yangtze River is rolling eastward, the waves are sweeping away the heroes, and the success or failure turns to the ......."

Lu Su's vocal level is obviously much better than Pang Tong's, Pang Tong and Xu Shu listened to it like fascinated, and when Lu Su finished singing, the two asked together: "Brother Zijing, who made this statement?" It's wonderful. Lu Su smiled, hugged his fists towards the west and said, "Taishi, only he can make such a superb statement." ”

Pang Tong and Xu Shu shook each other, and said in unison: "Isn't Taishi a northerner?" How could he make such a majestic poem on the Yangtze River? Lu Su spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Lu Su doesn't know, the only thing Lu Su knows is that Taishi has definitely never been to the Yangtze River." Pang Tong and Xu Shu were dumbfounded, and Pang Tong sighed for a while: "Taishi is really a god and a man." Xu Shu looked at the west from afar, thoughtful.

sighed, the three of them turned the topic to the current situation, Pang Tong told Lu Su with certainty, "Cai Mao is a person who forgets his righteousness for profit, and has always been at odds with Jingzhou Shilin, and this time he joined forces with Shilin, not because he really considered Liu Biao, but because Zheng Du bribed a lot, he would agree to the Jingyi Alliance." But once the Jingyi Alliance threatens his Cai Mao's interests, then he will inevitably break with Shilin. ”

"If Xu Shu's expectations are good." Xu Shu said: "Jingzhou Shilin hates the Taishi to the bone, and he will definitely oppose the withdrawal of the army and turn the spearhead to Sun Jian, so Cai Mao will kill Zheng Du and force Liu Biao to withdraw in order to keep his glory and wealth." ”

Lu Su was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, hugged his fists at the two and said: "The two gentlemen are talented, and the enemy is expected to be the first, and the time and place are favorable, and the people are meticulously considered, and they can't be suppressed." Pang Tong and Xu Shu returned the salute and were polite, and Lu Su pointed to another boat and asked, "In this case, what should Liu Biao's wife and young son do?" ”

Pang Tongyi smiled and asked Lu Su rhetorically: "Zijing wants Liu Biao and Sun Jian to attack each other?" Or is it just a matter of dividing the Jingyi Alliance? Lu Su didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Of course, I want Liu Biao and Sun Jian to attack each other, and Dong Taishi will benefit from the fisherman,"

"Come here with your ears." Pang Tong smiled, Lu Su hurried up, and Pang Tong said softly: "Then we will bring Cai and Liu Zong to ......." ”

After listening to Pang Tong's strategy, Lu Su looked embarrassed and muttered: "It's ...... like this, it's too much, right?" They are, after all, women and children. ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Zijing only cares about Liu Biao's wife and children, does he not care about the wives and children of thousands of Yizhou people?" If Liu Biao goes west, how many wives will be separated from the people of Yizhou, and their families will be ruined, won't Zijing think about them? Pang Tong also smiled: "Then the Cai family bullied men and women in Jingzhou, and they did all kinds of evil, and they should also have this retribution." ”

Lu Su was silent for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and said: "No poison, no husband, for the sake of the people of the world and the Taishi, Lu Su is out." After that, Lu Su called Ma Zhong and whispered a few words, and Ma Zhong smiled and went to do it. Only then did Lu Su turn to Pang Tong and Xu Shu and smile: "Two gentlemen, I believe that you will definitely get along very happily with Taishi and Wenhe, especially Wenhe, who will be very happy to meet you." ”

Poor Cai was frightened from the time she was kidnapped, but fortunately, although those men in black were vicious, they did not violate her, and Cai was a little relieved. When Ma Zhong jumped on the boat where she was being held, she was holding Liu Zong, who was crying, and Ma Zhong went in to look at her, and said with a lewd smile in a Jiangnan accent: "General Han Dang has an order, the brothers have worked hard, and Liu Biao's wife will reward the brothers to relieve their boredom, but don't play badly." ”

"Don't." Cai's screamed and shrank to a corner of the cabin, but the good hands of Dong Zhuojun, who was famous for his military discipline, pounced early, tore her clothes with all hands and feet, and pounced one after another......

When Cai woke up, I don't know how much time had passed, and found that she was already on land, and she was still being carried away in a black cloth bag, but her heart and son were not in the bag, and she didn't know how far she had walked in the dark, but she heard someone shouting in front of her: "Stop, you are from that army?" ”

She replied, "I am under Admiral Wang, and this woman was bought by Admiral Wang, and she was tired of being played with by Admiral Wang, so she asked us to send it to the brothers to enjoy." ”

With a burst of lewd laughter and cheers, the cloth bag containing Cai's was quickly untied, and a group of Eastern Wu soldiers appeared in front of Cai's, and those hungry ghosts didn't even bother to pull out the cloth that blocked her mouth, and several people pounced......

Ma Zhong smiled and handed Liu Zong to a junior colonel Sun Jianjun, and said with a smile: "This is that woman's wild seed, you can look at it." The little colonel didn't look at it, took Liu Zong and threw it into the barracks, scolding and scolding: "Damn, the woman who entered our barracks didn't get out alive, who cares about her son." ”

"Brothers, play well, brothers go back to give the general his life." Ma Zhong and several Dong Zhuojun wearing Sun Jianjun's military uniforms laughed and retired, and walked to the riverside, where Lu Su and others' fishing boats had been waiting for a long time.

Five days later, Huang Zu's army, which received the report of the 'well-wisher', raided the military camp of Sun Jian's army in Jiujiang, rescued Cai's family, who was tortured to almost no human shape, and found the body of Liu Zong, who was killed by Sun Jian's soldiers because of crying, the furious Huang Zu ordered the total annihilation of Sun Jian's army in Jiujiang, Zhang Zhao and Han Dang could not resist the enemy, so they had to lead the defeated army to flee to Hulin, Sun Jian, who was attacking the last local tyrant in Jiangdong, Yan Baihu, was furious when he heard the letter, and immediately ordered Zhou Yu and Huang Gai to lead the army to counterattack, and the year-long war between Jingzhou and Jiangdong began.

For more information on what happened next, see the next chapter.