Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

In the winter of the ninth year of Jian'an, there was heavy snowfall in the sky.

This year's winter is still very cold, but in the Central Plains and Hebei, the people no longer have to worry about survival.

In Fancheng City, Cao Ren, who was warming himself by the fire, suddenly heard a report from a soldier: Dozens of transport ships had arrived at the port.

After Cao Ren heard this, he didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly put on his cloak, called his lieutenant Niu Jin, and took a hundred or so personal guards with him, and rushed towards the port.

When he arrived at the port, Cao Ren was shocked by the scene in front of him, and couldn't help sighing: "Good guy!"

In front of him, there are more than 1000 young and middle-aged men who look like beggars. They are ragged, unkempt, skinny, and many of them are covered with blood-oozing bandages. They are shivering in the cold wind. It seems that if he If you are two hours late, this group of people might have to explain it here.
I don't know how they got here
But judging from the clothes of the leaders, although the armor on their bodies was tattered, it could be seen from the style of the armor that they were indeed high-ranking generals.

Seeing hundreds of Cao Jun coming on horseback, although Cai Mao didn't know Cao Ren, judging from Cao Ren's bearing and armor, he should be the city guard.

Cai Mao endured the hunger that he had not eaten for three days, and waited until Cao Ren and the others approached, then bowed his fists and saluted, "General Cai Mao in Xiajingzhou, I have seen the general!"

Cao Ren didn't hesitate at all, he quickly turned over and jumped off his horse, helped Cai Mao up and said, "Hahaha! I have heard about General Cai's name for a long time, seeing him today is enough to comfort my life!"

"Uh..." Cai Mao was a little confused by Cao Ren's reaction, why does this tone sound weird?

"Oh! I was so happy to see General Cai that I forgot to introduce myself!" Seeing Cai Mao was a bit puzzled, Cao Ren slapped his forehead and said, "I am General Jianzhong Cao Ren, who is now the guard of Fancheng."

"So it's General Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao!" Cai Mao was stunned, thinking, then there's no problem.

Cao Ren's flattery just now is indeed a bit strange for someone with little fame and status.

But who is Cao Ren?That is Cao Cao's closest and most valued clan brother!To a certain extent, his attitude can actually be regarded as Cao Cao's attitude.

When these words came out of Cao Ren's mouth, it immediately appeared that he had given Cai Hao and others a lot of face.

Cao Ren glanced at many Jingzhou soldiers who were not fully clothed, and hurriedly said to the guards beside him, "Hurry up, take General Cai's subordinates to the barracks, and serve them with good wine and good food! Also, go and get two thousand cotton-padded clothes, Two thousand quilts, we must not let the brothers who came from afar starve and suffer cold!"

After arranging Cai Mao's subordinates, Cao Ren took Cai Mao's arm again and said, "Several generals, follow me into the city, and I will hold a banquet to cleanse the dust for you!"

Cao Ren's arrangement was not bad, but it was precisely because it was so good that Cai Mao felt a little uncomfortable.

He sneaked a glance at the subordinates who were so grateful to Cao Ren, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "It is true that Cao Ren has established a good impression in our army with just some wine, food and clothes."

But after thinking about it, his Cai Mao brothers are determined to serve Boss Cao, and the more than 1000 soldiers are actually not that important.

Cai Mao's heart immediately became open-minded, and he clasped his fists in thanks and said, "That's it, thank you General Cao for your hospitality!"

"Please!"

Cai Mao is not as useless as he appears in the novel.

On the contrary, as the head of the Cai family, he has huge contacts and resources in Jingzhou; moreover, he is also a very capable naval officer.He led the navy to fight Jiangdong back and forth, which is not something ordinary people can do.

Now Cao Cao has no shortage of wise generals or fierce generals, but the only thing missing is naval generals.

Although there are Gan Ning and Su Fei now, if the navy wants to expand, it must have more generals who understand water warfare.

In fact, in the past few months, Cao Cao had received many letters from the officials and gentry sent by the chief general of Jingzhou, and they had secretly sent letters expressing their willingness to surrender.

Now that the news of Cai Mao's vote has spread to Xuchang, Cao Cao and others see the hope of taking Jingzhou without bloodshed.

If you can directly persuade to surrender, no one will be willing to fight.

For Cai Mao, he has no great wisdom, but he does not lack little cleverness.As early as when Pang Tong drove him to flee everywhere, he had already decided to join Cao Cao.

In the early years, the Shadow Guard had many connections with the Cai family, and even when Liu Cong intended to seize the position of Lord of Jingzhou, the Shadow Guard even provided some secret assistance.

It's a pity that because of Zhuge Jin and Pang Tong's quick cutting, Cai Mao and others were given a firm foothold by Pang Tong and Liu Qi before they could react.

Cai Mao was so angry that he didn't listen to the shadow guard's suggestion to leave Jingzhou and go to Boss Cao. Instead, he tried to gather troops to attack Xiangyang. In the end, he was defeated by Pang Tong, and was hunted down in a big circle on the map.

Cai Hao had already thought about choosing to surrender to Cao Cao.

Compared with Soochow, Cao Cao has almost no naval forces under his command. Cai Mao's investment is like sending charcoal in the snow, and he will definitely have a chance to show his fists; and if he seeks refuge in Jiangdong, he may only be able to guard the shipyard.
Cai Mao's arrival made Cao Cao very happy, and even hosted a banquet for his three brothers in the prime minister's mansion.

During the banquet, Cao Cao also called Lu Yan, Gan Ning, and Su Fei over, saying that they were both navy generals, and asked them to get acquainted first.

However, Gan Ning, Su Fei, and Cai Mao were a little embarrassed when they met. After all, Gan Ning and Su Fei were once a member of the navy of the Jingzhou Army, but now they are all sitting in the prime minister's residence of the deadly enemy Cao Cao.

It's really where we don't meet each other in life!

The most embarrassing thing for Cai Hao, Cai Zhong, and Cai He is that Gan Ning and Su Fei, who were despised and neglected by them in the past, have now become the commanders of Cao Jun's navy. superior.

Now this meeting, how could the three brothers Cai Mao not feel a lot of embarrassment in their hearts.

Fortunately, Gan Ning and Su Fei are "open-minded" people, and they didn't care about the contempt of the Cai brothers back then.

During the banquet, Gan Ning and Su Fei took turns drinking with the Cai family brothers, until the three of them drank under the table before giving up.

Seeing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but ask, "Actually, even if Cai Mao and the others join, your status will not be shaken. Why are you so narrow-minded?"

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "But our warships and cannons are not owned by others, so why are these guys so cheap?"

It turns out that you are not reconciled to sharing your baby with others? !

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and said, "Of course not! The navy is also divided into units. You are the most elite unit of the Han Navy, and only you can afford these most advanced weapons!"

Cao Cao and Lu Yan would not be so stupid, they would hand over the most high-end weapons to people like Cai Mao who surrendered.Moreover, the equipment and maintenance of these things are very costly, and it is not easy to equip them if you want to equip them.

Seeing that both Lu Yan and Cao Cao had expressed their views, Gan Ning finally laughed and said, "With your words, my old Gan can rest assured! Hahaha!"