When the warships of the two armies approached, Cheng Pu pointed at Cai and , Cai Zhong and cursed: "Do you two know about Liu Biao 's loyalty to the great man? What's the good end to surrender to Cao Zhe?"
Cheng Pu
The two were full of shame. As soon as they hesitated, Cai Zhong was shot into the face by a soldier secretly arranged by Cheng Pu and fell into the water. Cao's fleet suddenly became disorganized. Cai He hurriedly ordered an arrow to be fired to block Jiangdong's attack.
At this time, Cheng Pu's clutch was approaching Cai He's command ship, but Cheng Pu was suddenly shot into the left arm. He gritted his teeth and used his right hand to pull out the arrow, and then used the bloody arrow to shoot back. Cai He was alert and turned around to avoid the arrow. He was still in shock. Cheng Pu had already held a knife in his right arm and jumped onto the bow of Cao Jun's ship and killed him when he saw someone.
In an instant, the boats in Jiangdong were like dragons, everyone was brave enough, and under the leadership of Cheng Pu, they jumped onto Cao's ships and started fighting. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Cai He quickly ordered the soldiers to row quickly and turn the boat and retreat quickly, but he had lost more than half of the warships and soldiers.
Cao Hong stood on the shore and saw Cai He returning with great defeat, he was furious and believed that he was the surrendered Jingzhou soldiers fought timidly and bravely. In order to establish military power and suppress the enemy, Cao Hong did not hesitate and personally pulled out his sword to kill Cai He who was kneeling in front of him on the spot. Then he held the long sword dripping blood and pointed at Cai He's body and shouted to the generals: "Let's stop fighting today and continue fighting tomorrow. If there is any fear of being afraid, it will definitely be the same as his!"
Everyone was frightened when they saw this.
Cao Hong's anger was not gone. He just returned to the central army hall. Before he could sit down, his subordinates suddenly reported that the army led by Cao Cao was here. Cao Hong quickly got up and rushed to the door of the hall to greet him, but saw Cao Cao walking towards him angrily. Cao Hong thought Cao Cao was angry because he knew that he had just led the navy to defeat the war. He was thinking about how to defend himself, but when he saw Cao Cao sitting in the court, he shouted and sternly scolded him: "When employed people, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun came to surrender sincerely, but were detained by you. What kind of intention are you? Do you do this to make the hearts of talents in the world cold?!"
Cao Hong saw Cao Cao so angry, and dared not argue, but thought it was Jia. Xu secretly complained about his evil behavior, and kept swearing in his heart: "It's really right, this dog is really sinister!" and secretly swore: "If you have a chance, you will not be able to spare this dog thief with a human face and a beast heart!"
In order to prove the truth and make up for the bad impact caused by Cao Hong's rude and carelessness, Cao Cao personally went to the prison camp to release Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, then said apologies and encouragement to comfort them, and brought wine and food to the two of them to suppress their fear. The two hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank him, and said gratefully: "I am willing to repay the Prime Minister with my death in this life!"
Cao Cao led the two back to the central army hall first. After everyone sat down, seeing Cai Mao and Zhang Yun relaxed, Cao Cao smiled and asked carefully: "How many more are there in Jingzhou's naval army, infantry, horses, money, and food?"
Cai Mao replied: "There are 10,000 horse army infantry and 40,000 naval army, but 20,000 naval army is now controlled by Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi , so there are 30,000 naval army here. Most of the money, finance, food and grass are gathered in Jiangling; the rest of the places are enough. Supply for one year."
Cao Cao asked again: "How many warships are there? Who is the management leader?"
Cai Mao replied: "There are more than 1,000 warships of all sizes. The navy was originally under the command of the Xia and Zhang Yun, and the horse and infantry army was led by Liu Biao himself."
Cao Cao heard this, nodded, turned around and ordered his subordinates to arrange for the two to retreat first and wait for arrangements at any time.
and others dispersed, and Cao Cao called Cheng Yu, the former army to join the army.Cheng Yu was a famous scholar in Dong'a, Dongjun, Yanzhou (now Yanggu, Shandong). He was eight feet and three inches tall (now 191cm). Although he was strong and tall, he was loyal and peaceful inside. He always used loyalty and justice as a standard for dealing with people and life. He did not consider personal gains and losses, nor was he afraid of offending the powerful. Because he often adheres to principles, he offended many colleagues. Many people don’t like him, but he never changes his nature. This was noticed by Cao Cao and was deeply trusted by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao asked him: "There are soldiers who reported that this southern expedition, another robbery happened. Who is so bold and reckless?"
Cheng Yu knew that Cao Cao hated people who were greedy for money the most. When Cao Cao was Sikong, he ordered that he be under his official position and initiated an investigation every year to allow the county magistrates of the county to evaluate the family property of officials. Therefore, Cheng Yu did not hide at all and said, "The few subordinates who are Zhang Liao are mainly the Qingzhou army governor Cao Hong." After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned and nodded, "I understand, go down."
When Cao Cao asked someone to call Zhang Liao to interrogate, Zhang Liao immediately knelt on the ground and admitted frankly, saying, "There is indeed such a matter. I will go back to the camp immediately to deal with these soldiers to ensure that such scandals will never happen again."
After these emergency official duties, Cao Cao went to visit the Cao Pi who was sick.
- From Xiao Yongge's "Three Kingdoms Absolutely Evil", picture from the Internet (copyright belongs to the original author)
