Chapter 173: Killing Cai Jiu, Gathering at Jieyang Ridge

The great river eastward, the waves are exhausted, the eternal lover.

Speaking of this poem "Nian Nu Jiao", it was written by Mr. Su Dongpo to evoke memories of the past at Chibi.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao raised an army of one million and advanced by land and sea. Zhou Yu used fire and Kong Ming offered sacrifices to the wind, and a battle across the river was fought, with blood staining the waves red and corpses piled up like mountains.

Today, a big disturbance occurred in Jiangzhou. Dozens of heroes joined the battle and captured a prefect who was sent to the north. Moreover, he was the son of Grand Tutor Cai. This will surely shock the world.

Thousands of years later, he will still be regarded as a romantic figure.

But Cao Jie still hoped that Liangshan would be exposed later, so that Chen Xizhen could deal with the subsequent wrath of the court.

In fact, he knew in his heart that it was impossible for such a group of people to hide the fact that they had robbed the execution ground in broad daylight and made money from the prefect.

"Brother, I heard the thunder and the shouts of killing in the city, which made me very nervous."

Li Jun welcomed Cao Jie and his party onto the boat and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the Jiangzhou navy ferry, black smoke was also rising.

It was Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun and the Tong brothers who were causing trouble.

Without his warships, who could catch up with him, the Dragon of the River, in the Xunyang River?

Chao Gai threw Cai Jiu onto the deck and laughed, "What's there to be afraid of with just Jiangzhou? Even Cai Jiu was captured effortlessly by my brother's scheme."

"Yes!" Huang Wenbing gave a thumbs up and praised: "If we capture Cai Jiu openly, it will be a big battle. The Jiangzhou officers and soldiers will not dare to lose the prefect and will go all out to attack us. Now with my brother's plan, we can get him on the boat without anyone noticing."

"Brother is good at making plans, he is truly a man of virtue!"

"Haha, it's just a small thing, not worth mentioning."

Needless to say, by collecting a lot of [Strategist] experience points, I am one step closer to upgrading [Concentration].

Everyone sailed to Jiangbei, while the Jiangzhou general, who was in charge of the army of the province, and other generals, gathered the messy fleeing soldiers.

When they heard that the prefect was missing and might have been taken away by bandits, they were all furious and felt a chill down their spines:

"There are only a hundred or so bandits running rampant in Jiangzhou City, and they have also taken away Prefect Cai. If we can't rescue them, we will all be buried with the Prefect!"

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

Being robbed of the execution ground was a minor crime, it was just because of lack of strength. But after losing the chief officer of a state, how could these military generals be better off? !
In Jiangzhou city, gongs and drums were sounded, and the troops and horses were reorganized and they went out of the city to chase after the enemy.

From afar, one could see flags blocking out the sun and swords everywhere. In front of them were armored cavalrymen, and behind them were soldiers holding spears, wielding swords and axes, charging towards the riverside.

If he had such fighting intention before, how could Cao Jie escape so easily?

But at this moment, Cao Jie had already reached the center of the Xunyang River, and even if they grew wings, they could not catch up with him.

With the skillful maneuvering of the boat in the water, the sails were fully hoisted and the boat sailed like an arrow towards the north of the Yangtze River, which belonged to the territory of Huainan West Road.

On the boat, Li Kui was washing his clothes with river water, cursing: "You were so scared that you peed all over me, and the stench was so bad. You are not a real hero."

Song Jiang escaped from death and was filled with joy, not caring about Li Kui cursing in his ears.

"Brother Song Jiang, I have some good medicine to stop bleeding and reduce inflammation. Please apply it."

"Thank you, brother. I will never forget your kindness in saving my life."

As long as you take out the three real volumes of the Heavenly Book, I will repay you for your kindness in saving you.

After the disaster in Jiangzhou, Song Jiang was completely defeated.

Cao Jie now only wants to search out all the heavenly books in his stomach.

At this time, Chen Liqing came over, looked at the medicine in Song Jiang's hand, and choked up and said, "Maybe you can give me some of the medicine. My father is seriously injured and it is difficult for him to survive without medicine." Song Jiang cursed, "It's all because of him that I am in this situation. You still want the precious medicine that your brother gave me? You still have the nerve to ask for it..."

Chen Liqing's pretty face looked ugly.

"Add one year!"

Cao Jie extended a finger.

Selling it for three years is selling it, selling it for four years is selling it, Chen Liqing sighed slightly, nodded and said, "Okay."

"Take it away! I don't want his medicine... Even if I, Chen Xizhen, jump down from here and die without a burial place, I still don't want his medicine..."

"Hehe, it would be better if you die, old man." Li Kui washed his clothes, put two axes on his waist, and said with a smile: "I think your daughter is just right for my brother to be his wife."

Chen Xizhen stopped screaming immediately, gritted his teeth, snatched the ointment, and applied it to the wound without saying a word.

The group stopped the boat at a small ferry hidden under Jieyang Ridge and headed straight for Jieyang Ridge.

On the mountain, Duke Mu, his youngest son Mu Chun, Jiao Ting and others had been waiting eagerly for a long time.

As soon as everyone arrived, they smelled the aroma of meat and wine.

After a fierce battle in the city, I am now hungry.

Soon, Ruan Xiaoqi and others returned safely.

On the Jieyang Ridge were Gongsun Sheng, Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaoqi, Liu Tang, Li Kui, Jiao Ting, Shi Qian, Huang Wenbing, Xue Yong, Hou Jian, Mu Taigong, Mu Hong, Mu Chun and thirteen servants of the village, Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng and seventeen private salt dealers, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun and fifteen boatmen.

There are eighteen leaders in total, plus Chen Xizhen and his daughter Chen Liqing.

At this time, Cai Jiu also woke up from his coma.

After looking around, he knew his situation.

"Hero, spare your life!"

"As long as the heroes spare my life, I am willing to give them any money. I have millions of taels of wealth in Jiangzhou City..."

Kowtow is like pounding garlic.

"Cai Jiu, you are about to die."

Now, the person who wants Cai Jiu to die the most is Huang Wenbing. There is no turning back.

Cai Jiu glared at Huang Wenbing and shouted, "Huang Wenbing! You hurt me! I trusted you so much, but you hurt me... Aren't you afraid that my father will kill all your clans?"

"Hahahaha!"

Huang Wenbing laughed loudly: "You, and your father, the traitor Cai Jing, have committed many crimes that cannot be listed in the book. You will surely die before me. Your Cai family is rich enough to rival a country, but you are still greedy. You have robbed so many good people of their properties in the shops, manors, fields, and forests in and outside Jiangzhou!
Your short-lived son is a sex-hungry ghost and a beast on earth. You bastard, I was the one who killed your son, and we are doing justice for the heavens."

Cai Jiu was so angry that his mouth was crooked and his eyes were squinting, and he almost had a stroke.

But he still had a strong will to survive. He knelt in front of Cao Jie and begged for mercy.

At this time, Li Kui suddenly shouted, "I heard from a storyteller that in ancient times, when a large army set out, they would kill someone as a sacrifice. Today, we brothers have gathered here. To travel thousands of miles to Liangshan is no different from setting out on a large army. Why not skin this guy alive and use him as a sacrifice?"

"Brother is right."

Chao Gai clapped his hands and laughed, "It's a pity that Brother Cao Zheng is not here. His skill in skinning people alive is unmatched in the world."

"Forget it, we will each kill him with a sword, and then we can set off as a blood oath and sacrifice."

After Cao Jie finished speaking, everyone picked up Cai Jiu, stripped him of his clothes, tied him tightly to a tree, picked up a small knife, and cut Cai Jiu into pieces...

(End of this chapter)