Chen Qiubai smiled and said: "There are no big problems with the others, but I still want to ask about the specific situation of the bandit forces that General Cai needs us to eliminate, and how many men and horses does General Cai plan to allocate to us?" ”

Cai Mao said: "You asked this question well, I almost forgot such an important question, hey, I blame the big-eared thief for making me angry." ”

Immediately calming down, Cai Mao continued: "Now the bandits in Jingzhou can be mainly divided into three forces, headed by Gong Du, Liu Pi, and Huang Shao. These three bandit forces are all located in the southeast of Jingzhou City. But you also know that it is a troubled time now, and Jingzhou is originally the land of fish and rice, rich in products, rich in people's livelihood, and in recent years, Jingshenggong's governance can be regarded as quite rich. Therefore, Cao * in the north, and Sun Quan in the southeast have long coveted Jingzhou, and our main forces are focused on the defense of these two people, so I can allocate you up to 500 men and horses to suppress the bandits this time, I don't know what the general thinks? ”

"Five hundred centaurs, this ...... Wouldn't it be a little less? Also, I don't know how many people these bandits have? I guess it's going to be more than 500 people anyway! Hearing that Cai Mao had assigned them only five hundred people this time, Chen Qiubai asked nervously.

Cai Mao smiled and comforted: "Alas, don't have such an expression, you must know that five hundred centaurs are not small at all, and the combat effectiveness of the regular army of five hundred centaurs is quite strong." ”

Cai Mao continued to take a sip of wine, and then looked at Chen Qiubai, but found that he still looked distrustful, thinking that he actually asked his family to take five hundred big-headed soldiers to deal with the thousands of bandits, it was simply telling him to find death. But this matter was personally explained by Liu Bei, and it was impossible to do it, so he had to find a substitute for the dead ghost. In that case, anyway, this thing was not done in the end, but it was done but it really couldn't be done, and finally when Liu Biao asked, he put the responsibility on Chen Qiubai, which was Cai Mao's ultimate goal.

So Cai Mao continued to be cheeky and said: "Don't look at the large number of bandits now, but they are actually just a group of rabble, as long as you lead the five hundred army to arrive, they will definitely be able to kill them, lose their armor, and flee in defeat." ”

Chen Qiubai heard Cai Mao say these words, and felt completely unreliable. How do the words "five hundred" and "army" relate to "five hundred army"? Therefore, Chen Qiubai wanted to fight on the basis of reason, even if he had to at least lead a thousand men and horses out to suppress the bandits, so that he would have some chance of winning.

It's just that Chen Qiubai just wanted to speak, but he was preempted by the person named Ma Ningyuan, and only heard this Ma Ningyuan say: "General Cai Mao is right, if you want to exterminate a few bandits in this area, why do you need to mobilize the people, five hundred elite soldiers are enough, and there is no need to need too many other troops." ”

As soon as Chen Qiubai heard this Ma Ningyuan actually say this, coupled with Cai Mao's slamming appearance, he probably knew that the matter was basically settled, and no matter how unconvinced he was, he might not be able to do anything. If you insist on increasing your troops, you will only offend Cai Mao at that time, Cai Mao is now his top boss, isn't offending him looking for death.

After figuring out the joints, Chen Qiubai could only nod helplessly and said, "Since this is the case, then let's do it according to the wishes of the two generals." ”

When Cai Mao heard that this Chen Qiubai was actually quite good at judging the situation, it seemed that this guy's ability to steer the rudder was still first-class, so he laughed and said, "Hahaha...... In that case, let's say so, and I wish the two generals success and victory, cheers. ”

After saying that, the three of them had another drink......

Outside Jingzhou City, a group of about 500 troops marched towards the southeast of Jingzhou City, passing by some villages and houses along the way, which inevitably caused a lot of trouble again, making the people along the way unable to live in peace.

Of course Chen Qiubai didn't care whether a few ordinary people were dead or alive, but it hadn't been long since he came out of Xiangyang City, and he was so noisy all the way, smashing, scolding, and crying were all tangled together, Chen Qiubai was in a bad mood, where could he stand so much noise.

So Chen Qiubai couldn't help shouting: "Someone! ”

"Here! What did the general command? ”

"Pass the order! We must keep quiet all the way to suppress the bandits, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law. ”

"Yes, General!"

The adjutant general of this herald actually doesn't have much ability to fight, but his ability to bully and suppress is not small, and he is even more resolute in executing orders.

So in less than a short time, several of the most ferocious ruffians were arrested and cut off their heads in public.

Then the adjutant general shouted proudly in front of the sergeants: "Your Excellency the general said, you must keep quiet all the way to suppress the bandits, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law." ”

Hearing that the adjutant had handed down the military order, those soldiers who were lucky enough not to be caught were naturally trembling and quiet. But the people who were hurt the most knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Qiubai while saying, "This is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!" The general is really a master of the blue sky, saving the people from fire and water! ”

Chen Qiubai immediately looked at these ordinary people who knelt down for these people, and felt that these people were really a slave, and they were really born to be slaves, which completely made Chen Qiubai feel disgusted. But when I think about it, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm similar to these people before! It's just that I used to be in it for rent and a better life. And these people are just to simply fill their stomachs, not to starve to death, and in essence, both sides are also slaves!

"Alas!" Thinking of this, Chen Qiubai shook his head helplessly and sighed. turned back to Ma Ningyuan and said, "Ma Ningyuan! Why did you promise Cai Mao that we should lead 500 people to suppress the bandits, you must know that there are only 500 people, and now it seems that this combat effectiveness is also quite rubbish, the morale of this team is not very good, and there are so many soldiers and ruffians, with such troops, they actually want us to fight three bandits, I don't know how this battle should be fought! ”

Ma Ningyuan looked at Chen Qiubai and said unhurriedly: "What do you know, this Cai Mao is already impossible to give us more soldiers and horses, if you insist on fighting him to the end, it will definitely be us who will suffer at that time, and these bandits will not have an impact on Cai Mao's foundation in Jingzhou." If he wants to use the main force under his command to suppress the bandits, he is not so stupid! ”