Early the next morning, Cao Cao led the army to the city of Suixian, and shouted loudly to the city: "The prime minister is not here today to attack the city, you can quickly ask Cai Deqi to come and talk back." ”

When the sergeant at the head of the city saw Cao Cao like this, he immediately went to inform Cai Mao.

But said that Cai Mao was waiting for Cai Yin's news in the barracks, and saw that he had not returned all night, and couldn't help but be secretly anxious in his heart, and he had not closed his eyes all night. ”

But Cao Cao laughed and said: "I haven't seen you for many years, Cai Deqi's demeanor is still the same, you and I are old people, and we are both Han courtiers, how can we cooperate with the thief and resist the king's order?" It is better to abandon the city and surrender, and the prime minister will definitely welcome him. ”

Although Cai Mao has the intention to secretly help Cao Cao, how can he dare to tell the truth in full view of everyone now? So he said without hesitation: "My state pastor was ordered by the king to guard Nanyang, and then lent the county to General Zhang Xiu to settle down, but no matter what, this is always the land of the Han family, and my state pastor does not dare to have any selfish intentions. The last general thinks that the prime minister's move is really inappropriate. ”

Cai Mao's words originally meant to sue Cao Cao, as long as he said a word, he could open the city gate at any time, and there was no need to send troops to attack, but Cao Cao didn't understand, because he was ambushed by Hu Che'er last night, and thought that Cai Mao deliberately used high-sounding words to prevaricate himself, but in fact he wanted to control Sui County alone, so he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and said with a smile: "That is the case, this prime minister ordered you to open the city gate immediately, and personally went to the front of our army to express your intention to surrender, I don't know if General Cai is willing?" ”

In fact, Cao Cao didn't deliberately embarrass Cai Mao, he had to make him pay for the surrender because he was ambushed the night before, and he was already on guard in his heart, so he asked Cai Mao to do this to show his sincerity.

And although Cai Mao is indeed willing to do this in his heart, how dare he say this in front of the two armies? So on the one hand, he secretly complained about why Cao Cao was in such a hurry, and on the other hand, he had to say with a dry smile: "The prime minister's words are wrong, although this city is owned by the imperial court, it is also a place where my state pastor temporarily lent General Zhang Xiu to live in, so at present, only General Zhang Xiu or my state pastor can be the master, and the last general is ordered to stay here, but he is not allowed to call the shots."

The meaning of Cai Mao's words is actually to sue Cao Cao, although Zhang Xiu has surrendered to you, but still has a lot of influence on this city, as long as you send Zhang Xiu over to raise his arms, this county is yours. But where did he think of it? Zhang Xiu was not in Cao Cao's army at all, which made Cao Cao mistakenly think that Cai Mao was deliberately shirking.

So Cao Cao couldn't help but be furious, pointed at Cai Mao with a horsewhip and shouted: "Okay, you Cai Mao, who is untrustworthy, is so playful, you think you are smart, are others stupid?" You support the army into the county, but it is just a plot to enter the county, Hugh said that it is Mr. Jia Wenhe, even such a shallow person as Benxiang can see the meaning, hehe, Cai Mao, since you dare to refuse my Wang Shi, you must have been ready to bear the anger of Benxiang, even so, I won't talk nonsense, you just look forward to Liu Jingsheng in the face of Ling Mei, and you will not be executed. ”

Cao Cao sneered a few times, and then prepared to wave his army back.

But at this moment, Hu Che'er, who was unaware of Cai Mao, grabbed his longbow and shot an arrow in front of Cao Cao, shouting: "Cao thief, it's all over now, you are still delusional about the relationship between us and Cai Junshi, it is really hateful, you give me death." ”

Although Hu Che'er's archery technique is not weak, Cao Cao has already been blocked by guards, so this arrow is naturally useless.

Although Cai Mao was nervous in his heart, but now in full view of everyone, even if he had the courage, he didn't dare to admit any collusion with Cao Cao, so although he was very dissatisfied with Hu Che'er causing trouble, he couldn't say anything, and could only hope to send a messenger to Cao Ying at night to explain well.

Cao Cao was very angry at Cai Mao's appearance, and shouted: "Cai Mao, I remember you, you just wait to lose your head." ”

After saying that, he turned around angrily and led the army back.

Cai Mao was silent after going back, although he wanted to punish Hu Che'er, but he couldn't find any excuse, but comforted his loyalty, and persuaded him to go down and have a good rest, so he urgently repaired a letter to Cao Cao to show his apology, and agreed to send someone to open the city tomorrow night to offer the pass.

And this time, in order to ensure that the letter was delivered to Cao Cao, he ordered four personal soldiers, each holding a letter, to go down from the four cities of east, west, south and north, and then gather together in front of Cao Cao's camp, and agreed with them that they would be limited to the time of Cao Cao, and that those who did not arrive at the time would not go again, and then the other soldiers would select one person to send a letter to the camp to deliver a letter to Cao Cao.

Of course, for the sake of secrecy, he had already ordered two of his own soldiers to be sure to kill the other soldiers who sent the letter together, and to destroy the other letters as well.

And for the candidate to open the city gate, he has also arranged, so far, in order to appease Cao Cao's anger, Cai Mao can no longer take care of this much, he secretly decided to come back this time a strong man broke his wrist, and staged a bitter trick himself, and beat Cai Cheng, the confidant general who surrendered to Jianyì, with anger, so that Cai Cheng feigned dissatisfaction, and led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to open the north city gate at night, and surrendered to Cao Cao, and after the incident, he led his troops to kill Cai Cheng and the rebels, and then took the opportunity to escape back to Xinye for garrison.

That night, the soldier who passed by the West City Gate was naturally caught by Hu Che'er, who had been waiting aside, he briefly looked at the letter sent by Cai Mao to Cao Cao, and then treasured it, beckoned more than 100 henchmen around him, quietly opened the West City Gate, and fled overnight.

"Hehe, now that Cai Mao's evidence of collaborating with the enemy has been obtained, and Cai Mao will lose one henchman and more than 1,000 personal soldiers tomorrow, this can be regarded as a lesson for this collaborator. Hmph, if it weren't for him, why would we leave the county where we have lived for three years? ”

Hu Che'er jumped onto the big boat that Su Fei had already prepared for him, looked at the county town in the night, and sighed softly.

said that after Cao Cao returned to the camp, he was angry in his heart and scolded Cai Mao.

I only heard Xun You's persuasion: "The prime minister is angry, the lower official has been thinking about it for a long time, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that this matter is very strange, Cai Mao now has to rely on the prime minister to help him deal with Liu Qi, how can he do such a thing as forcibly occupying the county?" What's more, he wrote a lot of letters to the prime minister, isn't he afraid that the prime minister will send these letters to Liu Biao's case? Also, I don't know if the prime minister has noticed that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu did not appear in the city today, so the lower officials believe that this matter must be a divisive plan set up by Jia Xu, and if the lower officials expected it is correct, I am afraid that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are no longer in the county seat. ”

Cao Cao is also a wise man, and when he heard the words, he instantly understood the joints, and couldn't help but pat the case and said: "What Gongda said is right, this matter must be Jia Xu's plan, a good golden cicada shell and then add a discordant plan, it is really powerful." ”

While he was talking, a guard suddenly reported to Cao Cao, saying that Cai Mao had sent an envoy to ask for a meeting outside the camp, and Cao Cao had already guessed what would happen, so he immediately ordered someone to invite him in.

But seeing the guard's crooked armor and covered in blood to pay homage to Cao Cao, and presented the letter written by Cai Mao to Cao Cao, Cao Cao couldn't help but shout when he saw it: "Things are as Gongda expected, Benxiang and Cai Deqi have all fallen for Jia Xu's plan." What a Jia Xu, it is really hateful to use this poisonous trick. ”

Seeing that the envoy's armor was not in order, Cao Cao asked the reason again, only to know that Cai Mao used four messengers to deliver the letter in order to ensure success, Cao Cao heard that only three came today, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: "It seems that the two messengers sent by Cai Mao last night and the one who disappeared today all fell into the hands of Hu Che'er, and the evidence of Cai Mao's collaboration with the enemy in the future will fall on Liu Biao's desk sooner or later, maybe I can take this opportunity to implement Fengxiao's strategy of forcing Cai Mao to surrender in advance, so that the land of Jingxiang will soon belong to me, When my strength soars, what will I be afraid of? ”

Cao Cao rewarded the messenger with a few words of comfort, and wrote a secret letter, ordering him to go back and hand it over to Cai Mao himself, and then ordered him to return to Sui County.

But said that Cai Mao received Cao Cao's letter to himself, and couldn't help but be frightened, cold sweat, until then he knew that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu had already fled with his family on the day he entered the city, and he didn't know whose hands he wrote a few letters to Cao Cao, once these letters were put on Liu Biao's desk in the future, he couldn't hide from the crime of collaborating with the enemy no matter what, and even if he didn't die, I am afraid that the power in his hands would definitely be deprived of it, and even the entire ethnic group might be affected by this.

"Life and death and wealth are just a thought, as long as you help me get Jingxiang, I can ensure your wealth for a lifetime, so that your Cai family will become the first family in Jingxiang, and if you refuse, I thought I would like to see the tragic situation of you becoming a ghost under the knife, and then Gu Nian has a friendship with you, and one day in the future, when the prime minister calms Jingxiang, who is not allowed to return to your tomb to worship."

Thinking of Cao Cao's words in the letter, Cai Mao couldn't help but think of Zhang Yun at the beginning, that Liu Biao would even go to prison for his own nephew, and he would definitely not be merciful to himself, even if he was willing to show mercy to his subordinates, I am afraid that Liu Qi's kid would never spare himself.

"Hmph, Liu Qi Xiao'er, if it weren't for you, I would naturally be able to control Liu Cong lightly, and use this to control the entire Jingxiang power, once Cao Cao led the army to kill, I will hold Liu Cong hostage and surrender to Cao, and I will not lose the position of the marquis in the future, but now as long as you are here, my hopes have come to naught, so I made this qiē all because you forced it." Cai Mao gritted her teeth and said coldly.