After all, in such a war-torn era, there may be a strong enemy invasion, or a thief may cause chaos, and war may break out anytime and anywhere.

The guard on the city wall was in good spirits, and it seemed that he had already prepared for the night shift.

"General, come and see!" shouted the soldier on the lookout, and Wen Ping looked in the direction the soldier was pointing, only to see dozens of people walking towards Xiangyang City.

Wen Ping said: "It's a wanderer, close the city gate! The archers are ready!" At the sound of the order, the archers lined up all over the city tower, and they were full of bows and crossbows, ready to release arrows at any time, and the city gate was closed with a bang. When those displaced people got closer, Wen Ping could see clearly, and the leader stood on top of a grain cart, majestic, and it was in all directions.

Wen Ping shouted: "Who is coming?" Although Cheng Sifang has been working in the Xinye Mijia Chamber of Commerce for several months, Wen Ping does not know Cheng Sifang.

Cheng Sifang and everyone stopped, and Cheng Sifang saluted Wen Ping, and said: "General, these are the people of Jingzhou, please open the city gate and let us in!"

General Cai clearly ordered that the displaced people are not allowed to enter the city, you should retreat quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Cheng Sifang said: "These are not homeless people, they are all local people in Jingzhou, and please ask the general to be clear." ”

Wen Ping said: "How do you prove it?" Cheng Sifang said: "Sixty miles south of Xinye, there is a small village, these are the people in the village, if the general does not believe it, he can go to visit." ”

Wen Ping saw that Cheng Quartet didn't seem to be lying, and said in his heart: "If it weren't for the people of Jingzhou, I would let them into the city, it would be against the generals, if it was the people of Jingzhou, it would be inappropriate for me not to let them in." So he said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and ask General Cai." So Wen hired someone to invite Cai Mao.

The Cai family is a big family in Xiangyang, and when Liu Biao first arrived in Jingzhou, he asked Cai Mao as an assistant. Cai Mao is also a fierce general, since serving as the governor of Jingzhou, Jingzhou has been rich and strong, among the best in the world, and the soldiers are strong and strong, making it difficult for Jiangdong Zhou Yu to seize Jingzhou, defend Jingzhou, Jingzhou is not lost, Cai Mao has made great contributions, and won the trust of Liu Biao.

When he was young, Cai Mao rushed to the top of the city tower, looked at it, and said: "What do you want to gather in my Xiangyang?" Cai Mao shouted: "I won't let you into the city!" Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were in rebellion with tens of thousands of troops in Jiangxia, intending to seize the land of Jingxiang, but the food supply was in dire straits, how do I know that you are not with Zhang Wu and Chen Sun? What if you buy grain to help them?" Cai Mao saw that Cheng Quartet was riding a grain cart, and his heart became even more vigilant.

Cai Mao did not allow the homeless people to enter the city, just to prevent Zhang Wu and Chen Sun from being thieves, and when he saw these many homeless people, how could he know if there were a few of them? Cai Mao would rather kill 3,000 by mistake than let go of one. It is precisely because of Cai Mao's decision that the villagers in the small village cannot buy food and can only eat people to survive.

Cheng Sifang was furious: "What are you talking about? In order to prevent thieves, do you even ignore the people of Jingzhou?" Cai Mao said: "If Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are not removed, I will not let the exiles into the city, if there are traitors among them, set a fire in Xiangyang City, do you say that the people of Xiangyang are important, or are the people of just one village important?"

Seeing that Cai Mao was not allowed to enter the city, Qing Xuan was anxious and asked, "Childe, what should I do?" Although Cheng Sifang was annoyed, he saw that Cai Mao was resolute, and he was afraid that Cai Mao would hurt the villagers by throwing arrows, so he asked the villagers to retreat, and he and Xiao Zhihan were still standing on top of the grain cart, and Cheng Quartet said: "Cai Mao, Cai Dudu is right?" Cai Mao saw the villagers retreating, so the archers took the bows and arrows, and said, "It's down." ”

Cheng Sifang pointed at Cai Mao and said, "If you don't let us into the city today, you will definitely regret it!" Cai Mao smiled: "I want to see how you make me regret it." ”

Cheng Quartet "hummed" and turned around in the grain truck.

Cai Mao said to Wen Ping: "You have to strengthen your vigilance. Wen Ping answered, and Cai Mao turned to leave.

The villagers are temporarily sheltering in a small forest, if they can't go to Xiangyang City, all the villagers are looking in all directions. Xiao Zhihan asked: "Boss, what should I do?" Cheng Quartet said: "Xuande Gong loves the people like a son, how could he watch these people starve to death?" Xiao Han, you go to Xinye now, please come over to Xuande Gong, I want to see how Cai Mao is going to communicate with Xuande. ”

Xiao Zhihan responded, unloaded the horses from the grain cart, and headed for Xinye.

Time passed minute by minute, the night was about to go, and the sunrise would come, but Wen Ping did not have a trace of tiredness, only observed every move of the villagers, and saw Cheng Sifang standing on top of the grain cart, looking at his side with a smile, and couldn't help but be stunned: "What is this person thinking?"

was puzzled, but heard Cheng Quartet say loudly: "General Wen, I know that you are a loyal and righteous person, why do you watch the people of Jingzhou suffer?" Wen Ping's character is very good, seeing that these people are all hungry, and they can barely cope with it by relying on the cart of grain in the Quartet, and the cart of grain is about to be eaten, Wen Ping really can't bear it in his heart, but the order cannot be violated, Wen Ping had to be silent.

Cheng Sifang said: "If General Wen insists on not letting us in, we must be optimistic about Xiangyang and don't make any trouble. ”

Wen Ping said: "No matter what, the order cannot be violated. ”

Cheng Sifang smiled: "In this way, then I can only be sorry for General Wen." ”

Wen Ping couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and suddenly there was a fire behind him, and a soldier hurriedly ran over: "General! Oh no! There is a fire in the east of the city!" Wen Ping was taken aback: "What are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and put out the fire!" The soldier left, Wen Ping glanced at Cheng Sifang, and saw Cheng Sifang standing on top of the grain cart, leisurely, as if everything was under control.

Wen Ping was shocked: "Could it be that he set this fire? He still has accomplices in the city? Is he an accomplice of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun?" When the center was in chaos, another soldier ran over: "General! There is a fire in the south of the city!" He was startled again, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to put out the fire, and looked at Cheng Sifang again, and saw that Cheng Sifang was still so leisurely and complacent, Wen Ping's eyes were almost spewing fire: "Cheng Sifang! Who are you?"

Cheng Sifang smiled: "I'm just a businessman." Wen Ping shouted: "Merchant, how can a businessman have such great ability to set fire to Xiangyang City? You must be Zhang Wu Chen Sun's man!"

Cheng Sifang said: "You say that I am me, no matter what, if you don't open the city gate and let the people in, let Xiangyang taste the same taste as these people!"

Wen Ping was furious, and he didn't know how Cheng Sifang set fire to the city, but one thing was certain, Cheng Quartet was not good. So he shouted, "Shoot the arrow!"

Under the order of Wen Ping, the archers set up their bows and arrows and pointed them in all directions. Cheng Sifang shouted: "If you dare to release arrows, I will burn Xiangyang City!"