In the evening, outside Wuling City in the hinterland of Jingzhou, a carriage was driving quickly towards the city gate. At the gate of Wuling City, Wuling Prefect Cao Yin was guarding there with a few close followers in a formal manner.
, saw the carriage approaching from a distance, and a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face. He hurriedly made a gesture to the cronies behind him, and asked all the people to disperse, clearing the outside and inside of the city gate, and then quietly guarded
over there.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the gate of the city. The driver pulled the reins hard and stopped the horses pulling the carriage, but he showed off his beautiful driving skills. The driver looked at the leader of Wuling City coldly.
Cao Yin, the master, shouted: "Are you Cao Yin?"
Cao Yin has been operating in Wuling City for so many years, and he has long been the local emperor in Wuling City. How could anyone dare to be so rude to him, let alone a humble coachman! But what is surprising is that Cao Yin did not feel dissatisfied at all.
, on the contrary, he respectfully stepped forward to salute, clasped his fists and replied: "This official is Cao Yin!"
Seeing Cao Yin admitting his identity, the coachman nodded, jumped down from the driving position, walked to the door, clasped his fists and bowed sideways, saying: "First Master! Second Young Master! We have arrived!"
After the coachman finished speaking, a short while later, he saw the carriage door curtain was opened, and two young men walked out, who turned out to be the two leaders of the Kuai family, the two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue!
Kuai Yue walked in front and got off the car first. Then he waited for his brother to get off the car and followed Kuai Liang before starting to walk forward. Kuai Liang slowly walked to Cao Yin and first looked in front of him.
Wuling City, looked at Cao Yin again, nodded and said: "Cao Yin, you have done well over the years! Thank you for your hard work!"
However, Cao Yin did not even dare to raise his head. He lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "What did the eldest son say? Cao Yin is just doing things according to the eldest son's instructions! There is no hard work at all! eldest son! Panda and Huang
The general arrived at Wuling City two days ago and is now waiting for the eldest and second young masters at the military camp in the city!"
"Oh?" Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue's eyes lit up. Kuai Liang stroked the goatee he had just grown in the past few months and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Pang Ji and Huang Zu to move very fast.
! Let’s go! Let’s enter the city now!” After saying that, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue walked directly to the city gate.
But after passing through the city gate, there was a carriage parked that Cao Yin had arranged for a long time ago. The carriage that the Kuai brothers were riding in had traveled too many miles in the past few days, and the horses pulling the carriage were already exhausted.
The Kuai brothers were not polite and just got into the two brand new carriages. The coachman who was standing next to the new carriage was just about to get in when he heard a sudden sound behind him.
With a cold snort, the coachman who had followed the Kuai brothers to Wuling City gave him a cold look, but pushed him away, got on the carriage, and continued to work.
He became the coachman of the Kuai brothers.
Regarding the actions of the coachman, Cao Yin just shook his head silently at the people around him. It was obvious that this man was not just a coachman, but he was probably a personal guard of the Kuai brothers. Although this kind of person looked like
His status was humble, but in the eyes of the Kuai brothers, his status was even higher than that of the Wuling prefect, and Cao Yin couldn't afford to offend him.
Of course, no one would take this little friction to heart. Cao Yin immediately mounted his horse and led the way, leading the carriage of the Kuai brothers to the military camp at the other end of Wuling City. As soon as the Kuai brothers left, the people of Wuling City
The city gates were immediately closed tightly, and many defenders were deployed on the city walls. Cao Yin ordered a curfew for Wuling City early today. There was not even an ordinary citizen on the streets in the city.
It was escorted by heavily armed soldiers.
Cao Yin and the Kuai brothers quickly arrived at the military camp in the city. At the gate of the military camp, a middle-aged man in official robes and a bearded general in armor were guarding there. They saw
Cao Yin arrived with a carriage, and they all stepped forward and saluted the carriage from a distance. The coachman once again showed his great skills and stopped the carriage steadily at the entrance of the military camp. Waiting until
After the Kuai brothers got off the carriage, the middle-aged man and the bearded general came forward and saluted respectfully to the Kuai brothers, and shouted: "Your Majesty Pang Ji (the last general Huang Zu)! I've seen the eldest son! I've seen you.
Pass the Second Young Master!"
The Kuai brothers were quite enthusiastic about these two people. They stepped forward quickly, stretched out their hands at the same time, and helped Pang Ji and Huang Zu up. Kuai Liang said with a smile: "Pang Pang and General Huang have worked hard these days.
!”
The middle-aged man is Pang Ji, the governor of Guiyang, and the bearded general is Huang Zu, the guard of Nanjun! Originally, the Kuai brothers came to Wuling, and Pang Ji and Huang Zu should also go to the city like Cao Yin.
They were greeted at the door, but this time they arrived in Wuling secretly. They had always hidden the news, so in order to keep it secret, the two of them had to wait at the door of the military camp. Hearing Kuai Liang's words, Pang Ji smiled
He shook his head and said: "You're welcome, eldest son, these are just the duties of the lower official! This time, the lower official has sent garrison troops from Guiyang, Lingling, Xiangdong, Hengyang and other counties, a total of more than 3,000 people.
, brought them all to Wuling!"
Huang Zu on the side also shouted loudly: "The same is true for the last general. That old boy Cai Qiao thought that the last general had gathered all the soldiers and horses of Nanjun to go to Xiangyang to help Cai Mao seize power! But he never thought that the five thousand defenders of Nanjun would
All the five thousand navy troops have been brought to Wuling by the last general!"
After hearing this, Kuai Yue, who was behind Kuai Liang, couldn't help showing surprise on his face. Their previous plan was to expect Huang Zu to bring out half of Nanjun's troops, which would be considered good, but they didn't expect that they could deceive Cai Qiao.
All the soldiers and horses of Nanjun were handed over to Huang Zu. In this way, the soldiers and horses brought by Pang Ji and Huang Zu, plus Wuling's original defenders, were a force no less powerful than Sun Jian's Changsha County!
Such good news almost made the still immature Kuai Yue almost unable to control his emotions!
On the other hand, his brother Kuai Liang remained calm. Such good news only earned him a faint smile, nodded and said: "Well done! By the way, General Huang! I don't think Cai Qiao could have all the troops and horses so easily."
Leave it to you, shall we? Among the Nanan County garrison, there may be spies from the Cai family, have they been dealt with completely?"
Huang Zu slapped his chest loudly and said: "Don't worry, eldest son! How can the general not be on guard against that old man? In the end of the year, those who will be around that old man have already arranged for him to be in the army.
The details of the spies were all figured out! As soon as the general left Nanjun with his troops, he got rid of all the spies without leaving any future trouble!"
Kuai Liang finally showed a happy expression this time. In this way, it was equivalent to completely controlling all the troops and horses in Nanjun in the hands of the Kuai family! Immediately, Kuai Liang made a gesture to everyone, and then took the lead.
He walked towards the military camp. Naturally, everyone looked at Kuai Liang and followed him closely.
From the outside of the military camp, it seemed that there were not many soldiers and horses in the entire military camp. However, when they arrived inside the military camp, they found that all the soldiers and horses brought by Pang Ji and Huang Zu were placed in the center of the military camp. The military camp was absolutely invisible from the outside.
What's the change? Kuai Liang praised it and asked, "Who came up with this idea?"
Pang Ji, who was following Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, didn't take any credit, and replied directly: "Back to the eldest son, this method was thought up by Prefect Cao! He said that there must be an informant planted by the Cai family in Wuling City.
Before the eldest son arrives, it’s not time to break up with the Cai family. So Xiaguan and General Huang’s soldiers sneaked into the city in batches, and they have been hiding in the military camp these days to avoid being exposed!"
Cao Yin, who was following at the end, didn't expect that Pang Ji didn't take away his credit. Cao Yin was surprised and happy. Among everyone, Cao Yin was at the bottom in terms of power in his hands and official qualifications, even the highest.
Even his family background was not as good as that of Pang Ji and Huang Zu. If Pang Ji really wanted to take away his credit, Cao Yin would just smash his teeth and swallow it, not daring to be dissatisfied at all. But Pang Ji actually expressed his credit for Cao Yin himself
, Cao Yin knew very well that before, he only had a number in Kuai Liang's eyes, but now, I'm afraid his weight in Kuai Liang's eyes will increase a lot!
Sure enough, after hearing Pang Ji's words, Kuai Liang showed a surprised expression for the first time. He turned his head and glanced at Cao Yin. Although he didn't speak and just nodded towards Cao Yin, Cao Yin was extremely happy.
I wish I could hug Pang Ji and kiss him!
Everyone just walked all the way towards the center of the military camp, and soon arrived at the big tent in the military camp. Everyone entered the big tent one after another, even the coachman of the Kuai brothers was no exception.
The Kuai brothers stood up straight behind them. The Kuai brothers didn't say anything about this. Pang Ji and Huang Zu also looked accustomed to it. Cao Yin, the smallest person, naturally didn't talk too much, leaving all the other sergeants behind.
Outside the big tent, after entering the tent, he consciously sat at the last table.
Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, Kuai Liang, who was sitting in the chief position, nodded and said to everyone: "Our operation this time has been very smooth! With the help of all the gentlemen, now we are here
Wuling County already has the force to compete with the Cai family. Coupled with our financial resources in Jingzhou, the Cai family can no longer ride on the head of our Kuai family! All this is due to the princes! My two brothers are here
I would like to express my gratitude to you all!" After saying that, Kuai Liang sat up straight, bowed his hands to everyone, and Kuai Yue, who was sitting next to Kuai Liang, did the same.