Zang Ba is a purebred soldier, and he has been a member of the Jizhou Army for so long. He has never heard of a county governor being beaten by a group of bandits and asking for help. If Zhang was placed next to him now, he would definitely slap him first.
Some big mouths.
"ok, I get it."
The captain looked at Zang Ba's dark face and did not dare to say anything else. He directly clasped his fists and accepted the order to reply to Nanyang Prefect Zhang Fang's letter asking for help.
Zang Ba was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, but Cai Mao was scratching his head because someone came to him with Liu Biao's letter and jade pendant.
After reading the letter, Cai Mao couldn't help but fell into deep thought. If those bugs and flies came to talk to him about his plan to resist Yuan Shu, he would have simply ignored it.
But now that Liu Biao is replaced by his brother-in-law and his old boss, there is a bit of a problem.
With the jade pendant and Liu Biao's autographed letter, there is no way to fake it, but what he thinks now is that when they dominated the nine counties of Jingxiang, they didn't even fight Yuan Shu.
Can the people on the stage overthrow China and establish the Han Dynasty?
Maybe Liu Biao had this confidence, but he didn't dare to believe the other party. This was a huge gamble. If he won, it might mean nothing. Once he lost, the entire Cai family in Jingzhou would be wiped out.
It's not that he can't afford to gamble, but that he can't afford to lose. Even if Liu Biao is his brother-in-law, he has to clear up the relationship. Even if he is alienated by Yuan Shu and loses his job, he can't use the Cai family's foundation.
spell.
After thinking for a while, Cai Hao directly burned Liu Biao's letter, and his jade pendant was placed on his chest. Then he picked up the letter and began to write a whistleblower letter.
"Cai Qi."
After Cai Hao finished writing, he shouted directly outside the door.
"Owner."
Cai Qi was Cai Mao's private soldier, Cai Mao's bodyguard, and even his dead man. After entering the door, he directly saluted Cai Mao with cupped fists.
"You immediately take a few smart people and leave, go north to Xindu, and present this thing to Prime Minister Jushou. This letter is related to the life and death of the Cai family. Do you understand?"
Cai Mao solemnly handed the letter into Cai Qi's hand.
"Master, don't worry. People who believe in you are alive, but people who believe in you perish."
Hearing what Cai Mao said, Cai Qi also knew that there was definitely going to be a big problem in Jingzhou. Since it was related to the life and death of the Cai family, what else could he do? He just had to fight to the death to complete the task.
"No, even if you die, this letter must be delivered to me safely in Xindu City. Do you understand?"
Cai Hao stared at his eyes. What he wanted was not that the letter would be released after death, but that the letter would be delivered to the letter capital safely.
"No, no matter what, I guarantee that the letter will be safely delivered to Lord Xindu Jushou."
Now Cai Qi had nothing to say and directly stated that the letter would be delivered to the capital safely.
"Go at night and take waterways. The fewer people will notice, the better. Remember, you must be secretive. Do you understand?"
"promise."
That night, Cai Qi took nine dead men and went directly into the water at night, and then quietly left the water village along the waterway.
Just as Cai Qi left, a figure flashed out and then disappeared into the navy stronghold.
"Cai Qi, Cai Mao's deceased soldier, just left the water village with nine people through the waterway. I don't know what he did."
Soon the news of Cai Qi's disappearance spread outside Dazhai.
"What did you say?
Cai Qi took people away?
Or this midnight?
There’s a ghost in here.”
People outside heard that Cai Mao's dead men jumped into the water and escaped in the middle of the night. There must be something wrong here, something fishy.
"what to do?"
Another ghost-faced man looked at him and asked directly.
"Kill him. I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in this Cai Mao gourd."
After thinking for a while, the leader directly chose to rob and kill Cai Qi.
"promise."
Hundreds of people were like hungry ghosts at night, coming and going without a trace, pursuing Cai Qi directly in the direction of the water village.
"General, there is a situation."
Just when the ghost-faced men were chasing Cai Qi, their traces were also detected by people arranged by Dian Wei.
"What's wrong?"
When Dian Wei heard about the situation, he immediately became excited.
"A group of people appeared outside the navy camp. These people were all wearing black robes and had ghost faces on their heads. They suddenly moved collectively just now and chased them in the direction of the water camp."
The scout reported the news directly to Dian Wei.
"There is something going on here. This group of ghost-faced men must be the rebels that the lord is obsessed with. They must have come to the Navy to instigate rebellion against Cai Hao. This sudden turn must be due to some emergency. Let's go.
Meet this group of ghosts and monsters who can’t stand the stage.”
Dian Wei thought for a moment, and there was a gleam in his eyes. There must be something he didn't know about, and he couldn't let it go.
"promise."
Soon Dian Wei led 500 guardsmen to leave their hidden camp, and like ghosts in the night, silently chased in the direction of the ghost-faced man.
Cai Qi led the men to swim a distance of two kilometers before getting out of the water. After resting for a while, he climbed on the horses that had been prepared and ran towards Xindu in the right direction.
"Cai Qi?"
Just after Cai Qi ran wildly for half an hour, a row of cavalry wearing black robes and ghost masks appeared in front of him.
"Um?"
When he heard his name being called from the other side, Cai Qi was stunned, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes. He didn't understand why he would be discovered by others when he was so secretive.
"Cai Qi, tell me, where are you going?"
The leader did not hesitate and asked directly what the other party wanted to do.
"who?"
Cai Qi couldn't help but frown, but as he spoke, he had already pulled out the steel knife in his hand.
"who?
You don’t need to know, you just need to tell me what Cai Mao asked you to do and why?”
The person on the other side ignored Cai Qi's question and just asked him what he wanted to do.
"You have no right to know."
After Cai Qi said this, he winked, turned around and ran back. The people around him did not hesitate, drew out their steel swords, and charged forward to kill him.
"Kill, don't let one get away."
Seeing Cai Qi trying to run away, the ghost-faced man smiled slightly and directly ordered the chase.
The black-robed ghost-faced man ran like the wind, directly killing Cai Qi's men, while Cai Qi ran as fast as he could without looking back.
Just as Cai Qi fled backwards, a dozen ghost-faced cavalrymen appeared in front of him like ghosts.
Cai Qi glanced at the enemy in front of him, turned around and ran again, but he had nowhere to escape. The ghost-faced cavalry had already surrounded him, waiting until the leader of the ghost-faced men in front came to kill him.
"Cai Qi, I'll give you a chance. Now tell me where you are going and your purpose, and I will spare your life."
The leader of the ghost-faced men rode out and came to Cai Qi.
"Hahahahaha, hahahaha, go ahead and dream about your spring and autumn dreams."
Cai Qi directly took out a fire folder from his arms and casually put it on his body. The flames burned instantly and began to burn upward along his clothes.
"Whoosh."
The leader of the ghost-faced men bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and a sharp arrow shot into Cai Qi's chest like lightning.
"Put out the fire and search yourself."
There was a sneer on the corner of the ghost-faced man's mouth. He wanted to play with him, but he was a bit naive.
A group of ghost-faced men immediately came to Cai Qi's body and used the water bags they carried to put out the fire on Cai Qi's body. However, after a search, nothing was found.
"No?
This is impossible."
Hearing that nothing had been gained, the leader was stunned and went directly to Cai Qi's body.
"Pull over the bodies of those nine people."
At this time, the leader frowned slightly and directly ordered people to pull over all the nine corpses that came out with Cai Qi.
Ten corpses were lined up in a row, all placed in front of the ghost-faced man.
"There must be something fishy here. Dig up the body for me. I want to see where they can hide the things."
A cruel smile flashed in the eyes of the leader of the Ghostfaced Men, and he directly ordered his subordinates to exhume the corpse and retrieve the items.
"promise."
The ghost-faced people did not hesitate at all, unsheathed their swords and began to execute the order.
"found it."
Suddenly someone shouted, and a bamboo tube as thick as a thumb appeared in his hand.
"Bring it to me."
The leader collapsed in two steps and grabbed the bamboo pipe directly in his hand. Just when he was about to open the bamboo pipe, a hail of arrows suddenly struck and nailed a dozen ghost-faced men to the ground.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, cover my breakout."
Seeing the unexplained arrows, the leader of the Ghost-faced Men directly put the bamboo tube in his sleeves, got on his horse and was about to break out of the encirclement.
"Where to go."
Suddenly there was a loud roar, like thunder, which almost scared the Ghost-Faced Man. Then a black light flashed, and the iron halberd cut the front Ghost-Faced Man in half like the wind.
Dian Wei came down the mountain like a tiger and attacked the ghost-faced cavalry. The rearguard behind him was also rampant and followed Dian Wei to attack the ghost-faced cavalry.
Suddenly attacked, the ghost-faced cavalry were cut down in large pieces by the guards before they could react. Just now they were hunters, but now the situation suddenly reversed, and they became prey being rounded up.
Unable to rush out, the remaining ghost-faced cavalry surrounded the leader, looking at the enemies surrounding them from all directions with fear in their eyes.
"who are you?
Why did you attack and kill us?"
Since he couldn't escape, the leader of the Ghost-Faced Man came out from the crowd and rode alone in front of Dian Wei. Looking at the iron tower-like man in front of him, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"You don't need to worry about who we are. Now you are the prey and I am the hunter. To me, you can only answer questions."
Dian Wei glanced at the people in front of him, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"What is your identity, who do you serve, and who is your leader."
After hearing Dian Wei's words, the leader of the Ghost-faced Men was silent for a while. He was just a small leader and he really didn't know who was above him.
"It's a man, kill him."
Dian Wei doesn't care about you. Who they are doesn't matter to Dian Wei at all. He is just asking a routine question.
"kindness?"
The ghost-faced man was stunned, he hadn't spoken yet, why was he going to kill him?
Dian Wei didn't care. He slashed directly at the leader of the Ghost-faced Man with his iron halberd like the wind. The other party waved his sword to resist in a symbolic way, but everything was in vain.
The wind of the halberd drifted by, and the leader of the Ghost-Faced Man was cut in half, including his body and his sword.
"kill."
Dian Weidu activated, and the surrounding guard soldiers also activated at the same time, annihilating all the ghost-faced cavalry.
