Xiangyang City, Cai Family Mansion.
"There's news, there's news!" In the Cai Family Mansion, Cai Mao, Kuai Ran, Kuai Liang, and his son, Kuai Ran, were all waiting anxiously for news. Finally, there was news.
A shadow guard quickly knelt in front of Cai Mao and said, "My Lord, this is a secret letter from the frontline."
Cai Mao took the letter and waved his hand to let his subordinates leave.
He quickly opened the envelope, took out the letter, and began to read it.
"How is it, Brother Desi?" Kuai Liang was the first to lose his cool and shouted anxiously.
"Don't be noisy. Aren't we looking at it?" Cai Mao choked. If it was any other day, Kuai Liang would have immediately retorted. After all, the two of them had been arguing in Jingzhou for decades. However, Kuai Liang did not reply this time.
"Ran 'er, go and prepare to rescue your Brother Liu Mang." Kuai Yue was much calmer. He took a sip of tea. Rather than saying that he was waiting for news, it was better to say that he was thinking of countermeasures for the future.
Kuai Yue had long thought that the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, had been captured and imprisoned by Liu Biao. This was the worst news that Kuai Yue could think of. If he sent people to rescue the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, they would have the ability to fight with the Xiangyang Navy.
"Brother Yidu, there's no need to go." Cai Mao shook his head and said to Kuai Yue. Cai Mao's expression was very ugly. This made Kuai Yue and the others' hearts skip a beat.
"Could it be that His Highness, the King Of Shu, has been killed by the Lord?" Kuai Yue suddenly stood up and asked Cai Mao. This was the worst news. If Liu Biao killed the King Of Shu, then everything that Kuai Yue had done would be useless. There would definitely be a war between Jingzhou and Yangzhou. The Cai Family and Kuai Family would be in an awkward position. Both Jingzhou and Yangzhou would treat them as thorns in their flesh.
"No, no, that's not it! The King Of Shu has already escaped! "Cai Mao said to Kuai Yue and the others.
"Escaped?" Kuai Yue and the others widened their eyes in disbelief. How was this possible? They knew that Liu Biao was really angry this time. He grounded Cai Mao and brought the Xiangyang Guards and a thousand of his personal guards to deal with the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, and the others.
If the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, left before the Kuai Family informed them, then everything would be fine. The King Of Shu could still escape. However, the King Of Shu was impulsive and was surrounded by Liu Biao's army. How could he escape? "Could it be that he can fly?" Kuai Liang couldn't help but say.
"He can really fly!" Cai Mao said weakly.
"Ahhh!" Kuai Ran cried out in shock. His Big Brother could fly? How was this possible? This was a joke. How could a person fly? He wasn't a god.
"If you don't believe me, then take a look for yourself!" Cai Mao said as he handed the letter over. Kuai Yue took it and read it. Kuai Ran and Kuai Liang didn't care about their image as they went over to Kuai Yue's side and read it.
The letter stated that Liu Mang had left. It was really sent out. They knew why Cai Mao's expression changed when he read the letter. It was because the letter stated how Liu Biao punished Madam Cai. She was imprisoned and her fate was unknown. Moreover, Liu Biao even said that he wanted to kill Liu Biao.
The Cai Family relied on Madam Cai's son, Liu Zong, to consolidate their position in Jing Province. If Liu Zong died, then what would be left of the Cai Family? Everything he had done for so many years would be in vain.
"I didn't expect Ran 'er's Big Brother to be so capable!" Kuai Yue smiled bitterly at Kuai Ran. Kuai Ran actually flew. This was something that people wanted to do but couldn't do. For them, flying was something that only gods could do. However, Kuai Ran was able to do it. Kuai Yue smiled bitterly at Kuai Ran.
"Is His Highness the King Of Shu really chosen by the heavens?" Kuai Liang couldn't help but interject. He had been to Yangzhou before. Liu Mang's subordinates, especially the veterans, were now the backbone of the Yangzhou Army. They described Liu Mang as a god that descended from the heavens.
At first, Kuai Liang did not believe it. Wasn't this a joke? How could there be any deities in this world? If there were, there would have been a change of dynasties. Even Zhang Jiao, who was known as the Heaven Duke General, had died in the end. So what if it was the Taiping Technique? How many people still dared to call themselves the Yellow Turban Army?
However, it was different now. Liu Mang, the King Of Shu, actually flew out.
"God?" Kuai Yue shook his head. It should be a trick. Kuai Yue was much calmer than his younger brother. He walked forward and said, "Brother Desi, now is not the time to cry. Since the King of Shu has escaped and Madam Cai has been sent to jail, what we should do now is to keep Young Master Liu Zong safe." Kuai Yue said to Cai Mao. Liu Biao's anger had reached its peak. What if he killed Liu Zong?
Kuai Yue knew that Liu Zong wasn't Liu Mang's son. This was because when Liu Zong was born, Lü Bu was still in Xuzhou. How could he come to Jingzhou?
"Okay." Cai Mao nodded. Although Liu Biao was furious with the Kuai Family and the Cai Family, it didn't mean that he was irrational. Unless he didn't want Jingzhou anymore, he wouldn't kill the Cai Family and the Kuai Family. Therefore, the Cai Family and the Kuai Family still had a chance. As long as they could protect Young Master Liu Zong and wait for Lord Liu Biao to die, the Cai Family and the Kuai Family would be able to consolidate their position.
"Report, report! There's a letter ahead! "Just as everyone was discussing the matter, another letter was sent over.
"There's more?" Cai Mao took it and opened it. "What?" Cai Mao's face darkened when he saw the letter. “
"Brother Desi?" Kuai Yue received the letter from Cai Mao. It said that Ziliu Pan had led 20,000 troops to Xiangyang.
"Liu Pan?" Kuai Yue remembered that this person was Liu Biao's follower. He was the son of Liu Biao's younger brother. As he had a good relationship with Liu Biao, he was raised by Liu Biao. As he wasn't related by blood, no one thought much of him. But now, he was back.
"Liu Pan?" Kuai Liang's impression of Liu Pan was that he was a playboy. Back then, Kuai Liang was the commander of the Xiangyang Guards and was in charge of the city's security. Back then, Liu Pan had really fallen into Kuai Liang's hands. Back then, Liu Pan had eaten a free meal and fought with other playboys in this hotel. Therefore, the boss had to bail him out. Kuai Liang happened to be present. When Kuai Liang was in office, he was a rash person. He was in charge of everything. He didn't care if you were a second young master or someone else. He only had one word, which was to arrest you.
As for this Young Master Liu Pan, he was even more unreasonable. He simply ignored Kuai Liang and didn't let Kuai Liang catch him. He even wanted Kuai Liang to come over and see him. He was showing off his arrogance as the second young master.
At that time, Kuai Liang was also very angry. Liu Pan just happened to be in the line of fire. Therefore, Kuai Liang gave the order to arrest Liu Pan. During this dispute, Liu Pan fought with the Xiangyang Guards and killed two Xiangyang Guards.
Kuai Liang was immediately enraged. After capturing Liu Pan, he immediately gave Liu Pan fifty strokes of the rod. Liu Pan was almost beaten to death. After that, he reprimanded Liu Pan for his crimes and locked him up in the Xiangyang Guard's prison. He was prepared to be executed after autumn.
This case even alarmed Liu Biao. How could it not? Liu Pan was Liu Biao's follower. No matter what, they were related by blood. Therefore, Liu Biao pleaded with Kuai Liang. At that time, Kuai Liang was like fire and water. No matter who pleaded for mercy, it was the same.
Liu Biao even slammed the table in front of Kuai Liang. Kuai Liang was also angry and said that unless Liu Biao killed him, he would die together with Liu Pan. This made Liu Biao feel helpless.
If Kuai Liang was killed, then he would completely fall out with the Kuai Clan. Moreover, Liu Pan was indeed in the wrong. Therefore, Liu Biao didn't dare to say anything. In the end, he could only secretly send people to the Xiangyang Guards' prison and release Liu Pan.
In order to prevent Kuai Liang from continuing to investigate, Liu Biao directly discussed with Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, and Huang Zu to remove Kuai Liang from his position in the Xiangyang Guards. At that time, the Huang and Cai Clans were also suffering. Kuai Liang didn't care about favors at all. Kuai Yue and Kuai Yue also had a headache. The three clans hit it off and removed Kuai Liang's position. Otherwise, Kuai Liang would still be in charge of the Xiangyang Guards.
"He actually came back!" Kuai Liang couldn't help but mutter to himself. After he was removed from his position in the Xiangyang Guards, he investigated and found out that Young Master Liu Pan was sent to the border by Liu Biao to join the army to protect his homeland.
Therefore, Kuai Liang didn't care about it. It wasn't much different from being banished. However, he didn't expect Liu Pan to come back.
"This Liu Pan didn't just come back! He also brought back an army. " Cai Mao's eyes lit up. It was written in the letter that there were twenty thousand elites, five thousand heavy armored cavalry, and fifteen thousand heavy armored infantry.
"Brother Desi, do you know about this army?" Kuai Yue asked Cai Mao. After all, Cai Mao was a military advisor. He was someone who was responsible for coordinating the entire Jingzhou army. Kuai Yue was surprised by the heavy armored cavalry. One must know that Jingzhou had many naval battles. Most of the time, ships and naval forces were developed. Where did the heavy armored cavalry come from? There was no need to talk about the heavy armored infantry. After all, they only needed iron armor. Jingzhou didn't lack iron ores. However, the heavy armored cavalry had extremely precious war horses. Jiangdong had only managed to produce 2000 war horses after so many years, and they were destroyed in the battle of Yangzhou. Jingzhou's heavy armored cavalry looked very luxurious. They were all good horses.
"I don't know about this either!" The reason why Cai Mao's eyes were shining was because of this. 20,000 elite troops, 20,000 heavy armored troops. It was such a big organization, yet he, the military advisor of Jingzhou, didn't know about it. How could Cai Mao not be angry? Cai Mao thought that only the Huang Family was competing with him. However, he was wrong. There was still Young Master Liu Pan.
"The Lord hid this very well!" Kuai Yue said to Cai Mao. If the Lord was hiding something from Cai Mao, what else was the Lord hiding? Cai Mao didn't know anything. This was too scary.
"Liu Biao doesn't trust us anymore." Cai Mao replied. This time, Cai Mao didn't call him Lord directly. Instead, he called him by his name. This showed that Cai Mao was angry.
"I'm not afraid of trust." Kuai Yue shook his head. Trust wasn't important. After all, Liu Biao was old. Even if he suppressed the Kuai and Cai Families, it would only last for a few years. As long as he ascended the throne, everything would be fine.
What was Kuai Yue worried about? It was the conversation between Liu Biao and Liu Pan. It was written in the letter that when Liu Pan met Liu Biao, Liu Pan called him Uncle and called him Father. This was the key point.
Originally, there were two successors in Jingzhou. The first was Young Master Liu Qi. Liu Qi was Liu Biao's eldest son and was the biggest threat. When Liu Qi was in Jingzhou, the Kuai and Cai Families were against him. They didn't allow him to enter the center of power. In the end, they even encouraged Liu Biao to send Young Master Liu Qi to Xinye. On the surface, it was for Young Master Liu Qi to handle government affairs. However, everyone knew that they wanted to kick Liu Qi out of Xiangyang so that Lord Liu Biao couldn't see Young Master Liu Qi. This way, Young Master Liu Qi wouldn't be able to react in time.
The second successor was Liu Zong. If Young Master Liu Qi was kicked out, then Liu Zong would have a high chance of succeeding. Now that Young Master Liu Qi was in Yangzhou, he was already a citizen of Yangzhou. It could be said that Liu Biao's right of succession was cut off.
Originally, it was foolproof. However, Liu Pan suddenly appeared. Liu Pan was the Lord's follower, the son of Kuai Yue's younger brother. Now, Liu Biao actually wanted Liu Pan to call him Father. What was going on?
Because of this, Kuai Yue immediately became vigilant. Liu Pan didn't come with good intentions. Moreover, Liu Pan brought back troops that even Cai Mao didn't know about. This showed that their Lord was hiding very deeply.
"He dares!" Cai Mao was really angry. When his sister was locked up by Liu Biao and her life was unknown, he wasn't this angry. When he was humiliated by Huang She, he wasn't this angry. However, it was different now. Cai Mao was really angry. He wanted to kill someone. This was Cai Mao's bottom line, which was to let his nephew Liu Zong inherit the position of Jingzhou Magistrate.
Once someone touched his cake, Cai Mao would fight to the death with that person. If Liu Biao really wanted Liu Pan to inherit the position, then Cai Mao might really rebel.
"Brother Desi, don't be angry. This is just a guess." Kuai Yue shook his head. He felt that the possibility of Liu Biao inheriting the position of Jingzhou Magistrate wasn't high. The most likely possibility was that the Lord wanted to use Liu Pan to restrain the Cai Family and Kuai Family. 20,000 heavy armored elites were invincible on the surface. Cai Mao's navy was really difficult to deal with.
"Where is this Liu Pan now?" Cai Mao asked. He wanted to meet this Liu Pan now.
"He went to chase after His Highness King Of Shu." Kuai Yue finished reading the letter. Liu Pan led his troops to chase after His Highness King Of Shu.
"He went to chase after Big Brother?" Kuai Ran was stunned.
"What's wrong with the sky?" Suddenly, Kuai Liang saw that the sky was starting to darken. However, the sky in the west was still shining brightly. The fiery red color made people cry out in surprise.
"Fire, fire!" Cai Mao could tell at a glance what it was. After all, he was familiar with fire and water, so he could tell at a glance what it was.
"Why is there such a big fire?" Kuai Yue asked. The fire was too big. It actually lit up half the sky.
"Someone set the mountain on fire?" Kuai Yue and Cai Mao thought of this at the same time. The two of them looked at each other. Only a forest fire would have such a scene. However, who would set the mountain on fire? That was the west side. Beyond the west side was the western city wall. Didn't the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, leave from there?
Naturally, only the army could set the mountain on fire. Cai Mao's troops were useless. Liu Biao's troops also didn't leave the city. After so long, only Liu Pan's troops were left. Why would they set the mountain on fire?
"King Of Shu, Liu Mang!" This was the only explanation. No one would be stupid enough to prevent a fire from burning the mountain, because if you were not sure about the direction of the wind, you might accidentally burn yourself. The fire was not easy to control, and it was difficult to extinguish it. What's more, there were many living trees in the forest, and this fire was really going to destroy everything.
The only reason they could set the mountain on fire was to chase after someone important. The King Of Shu, Liu Mang.
"My Big Brother!" Kuai Ran became anxious again.
… …
That's right. The fire was set to kill the King Of Shu, Liu Mang.
"Is the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, really going to be a coward?" At the foot of the mountain, Liu Pan did not receive any reply from Liu Mang and could not help but frown. "What time is it now?"
"Reporting to General, there is only a quarter of an hour left." Liu Pan's personal guard reported.
"Only a quarter of an hour left!" Liu Pan sneered. "Alright, start lighting the fire." Liu Pan ordered.
"My Lord, isn't there still a quarter of an hour left?" Liu Pan's subordinate asked.
"Start the fire first. I want to see how long our King Of Shu can endure." Liu Pan said to his subordinate. He wanted to start the fire first and use the smoke to lure Liu Mang and the others out.
The fire was quickly ignited. However, Liu Pan had deliberately isolated the area. Only three sides of the fire were ignited and only one exit was left. This was to force Liu Mang and the others to come out. The fire was spreading throughout the mountain. They must find an exit. This exit was to force them to come out and take down the place after the fire.
The fire began to spread, and the entire mountain was covered in smoke.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Liu Pan didn't even get to the enemy. Instead, he smoked himself and couldn't help but cough.
"General, let's go to the back!" A personal guard said to Liu Pan.
"Alright!" Liu Pan nodded and moved away from the fire.
The fierce fire began to rise, and heat waves came one after another. Liu Pan stared at the exit, waiting for Liu Mang and the others to be unable to endure the pressure and rush out of here.
"General, the hour is up!" Just as Liu Pan was anxiously waiting, a personal guard walked up and said to Liu Pan.
"Alright, alright! You really treat my words as nonsense. You still don't want to come out. Do you want to die so much? Alright, then I, Liu Pan, will fulfill your wish. " Liu Pan was furious. His face was full of killing intent. He had already given Liu Mang face. He asked Liu Mang to come out and surrender. He even gave him an hour to think about it. However, Liu Mang didn't give any face to Liu Pan. He didn't even come out from the fire.
"Men, light this place up!" Liu Pan said angrily to his subordinates.
"General, aren't we going to capture the King Of Shu, Liu Mang alive?" A personal guard asked. Liu Biao wanted to capture Liu Mang alive.
"Is it that important to be alive or dead?" Liu Pan said coldly. "Since Liu Mang wants to die, then I'll fulfill his wish. What are you waiting for? Light the fire!" Liu Pan shouted to his subordinates.
"Yes!" Soon, Liu Pan's heavy cavalry lit up the last exit. The fire rose like a fire dragon, wreaking havoc on the land of Jingzhou.
The entire mountain was covered with trees. Once the fire started, it would cover the sky and cover the earth. Half of the sky was dyed red.
"It's on fire! It's on fire!" It was impossible to contain such a huge commotion. The citizens of Xiangyang City all ran out. If the wind direction of the fire changed, it would be a disaster.
"Aiyo, who is this? How can they burn the mountain?" The people who relied on the mountain for a living cried. They couldn't live like this even if the mountain was burned.
"I saw His Highness the King Of Shu fly out of the west gate. It looks like the direction he flew out of!"
"Flew out? Are you seeing things? How can he fly out? "Some people didn't believe it.
"I'm lying! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not! I'm the son of a prostitute!" The people began to curse.
"I saw it too. His Highness the King Of Shu flew out. His Highness the King Of Shu is really a god." Someone sighed.
"Could it be that His Highness the King Of Shu is angry with what he did?"
"Preventing the mountain from being burned?" In the governor's mansion in Xiangyang City, Huang She also saw this scene. His face was a little ugly. Could it be that the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, was really trapped in the mountain by Liu Pan? Otherwise, Liu Pan couldn't have burned the mountain.
"Damn it! Damn it! King Of Shu, Liu Mang, Hanyang, why are you so stupid? Where is your intelligence? Where is your ability? " Huang She hated Liu Mang to the core. Why didn't he use the ability to deal with Huang She and escape from Liu Pan? It would be best if he could kill Liu Pan. That would be the happiest way for Huang She. If the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, fell into Liu Pan's hands or was burned to death, then Huang She would cry. This was because Huang She would have done all the work for someone else. Although he exposed the relationship between the King Of Shu, Liu Mang and Lady Cai, the main culprit was captured or killed by Liu Pan. His greatest contribution would be gone.
Huang She couldn't compare to Liu Pan in the first place. If his contribution was any smaller, then he wouldn't be able to survive for a long time.
"Is it my son who set the mountain on fire?" Liu Biao also saw the mountain fire. Liu Biao's lips curled into a cruel smile.
He wasn't thinking about the danger of the fire right now. He was thinking about killing the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. He felt that it was a pity that he couldn't personally torture the King Of Shu, Liu Mang to death. But it didn't matter as long as he killed him. "Hahaha!" Liu Biao laughed.
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