Jianming Chaos

"Master Cheng you are talking about, do you mean Governor Cheng Pu?" Zhou Yu was surprised.

"Exactly. Teacher Pang said that Cao Jun will send at least two killers to get rid of Lord Zhou Yu and Lord Cheng Pu."

"Pang Tong is really good at predicting things!" Zhou Yu was amazed and said, "Then invite the strong men to follow me into the village and receive the reward."

"No, it's an honor for Tiangu Sect to serve Soochow. I'll take my leave first, and please take care, Commander." Just as Hu An finished speaking, he disappeared into the night.

At this time, Gan Ning also led people to arrive.He pleaded guilty on the ground: "The subordinate came down late, which surprised the governor!"

Zhou Yu helped him up, and said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, if Juan hadn't rescued him, my life would have ended!"

"Who is Juan? Where is he?" Gan Ning asked.

"A member of the Sky Valley Sect was instructed by Pang Tong to rescue me. He just left." Zhou Yu said what happened just now.

Gan Ning and Han Dang looked at each other and silently lowered their heads.

Zhou Yu understood what they were thinking.It's true that his own general still needs people from the Tiangu sect to protect him. Once this matter gets out, it will be difficult for him to save face.

"The subordinate was negligent. He should have expected the assassin to appear early in the morning. It was all due to the commander's plan that was effective, which delayed the time and made the assassin hesitate for a while." Gan Ning felt ashamed of his negligence.

It turned out that Zhou Yu had previously confessed that if the assassin took him away, he would send someone out of the stronghold to shout the words just now to mislead the assassin so that he would not dare to attack easily.

"Xingba doesn't need to blame himself, I am also responsible. We didn't expect Cao Jun to do this. The assassin is a member of the White Tiger Team." Zhou Yu said to everyone, "Everyone must be more careful in the future!"

They escorted Zhou Yu back to the camp.No one rests in the village, and everyone enters a state of first-level alert.

"I clearly saw Jiang Gan holding documents in his hands at that time, and I told him to go back quickly. Why did the assassin also have documents in his hands?" Gan Ning was puzzled.

"I guess, King Bodi somehow replaced the document in Jiang Gan's hand. Jiang Gan was going to see Cao Cao with a blank document without knowing it." Zhou Yu speculated and analyzed.

"Then...how will Cao Cao treat him?" Han Dang was curious.

"I guess Cao Cao didn't bother to kill him, so he could just blame him. My old friend, it would have been nice if he had joined Soochow at the beginning." Zhou Yu felt sorry.

"Captain, I suggest checking the entire camp overnight, and there must be no fish that slip through the net." Han Dang suggested.

Zhou Yu agreed, and immediately ordered to check every corner of the village overnight to ensure that there were no assassins hiding; at the same time, he sent people to the second camp overnight to support Cheng Pu.

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King Baidi returned to Cao Ying as quickly as possible, broke into the main tent all the way, and saw Cao Cao scolding Jiang Gan, so he said: "Prime Minister calm down, what Mr. Jiang said is true, there is indeed a traitor in the army!"

After all, he presented the secret letter.

Seeing the savior coming, Jiang Gan breathed a sigh of relief.Of course, this savior is not very competent. He belongs to the kind who pushes you into the water and picks you up again.

Cao Cao frowned after reading the secret letter.He read the content of the secret letter to the generals, and there were many discussions under the account.

Xu Shu asked King Baidi: "Are you sure that this secret letter was written by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun?"

"I'm not sure, I just heard..." King Baidi described the situation at that time.

"These two are Jingzhou's surrendered generals, so it's not surprising that they have two hearts." Cao Cao's suspicions began to arise.

Xu Shu disagreed, saying: "Prime Minister, don't rush to make a conclusion. Although Cai and Zhang surrendered to Jingzhou, it is true that they did their best to build water fortresses and warships for our army."

"It is also true that he sent arrows to Liu Bei's army and caused the prime minister to be ridiculed for no reason." Jiang Gan interjected.He figured it out, no matter what the facts are, he must firmly insist that Cai and Zhang are traitors, otherwise he will suffer disaster himself.

"Call me Cai and Zhang immediately, and I will confront them face to face!" Cao Cao ordered.

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At the same time, the second camp of the Wu army was about ten miles away.

It turned out that when Xu Shu sent people to assassinate Zhou Yu, he also sent killers to the second camp to solve it together with Cheng Pu.He knew that Cheng Pu was also one of Jiangdong's pillars and must be removed.

The camp of Wu Jun stationed in Sanjiangkou this time is mainly divided into two parts. The first camp is led by Zhou Yu, and the second camp is led by Cheng Pu.The two camps both set up water and land double villages, connected end to end, echoing each other from a distance.The veteran guarding here, Cheng Pu, is the deputy commander of the whole army, only under Zhou Yu.

Cheng Pu is considered a veteran figure in Soochow. He followed Sun Jian, who founded the foundation of Soochow, in the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, and later conquered Dong Zhuo and defeated Lu Bu.Later, after Sun Jian was plotted to death by Huang Zu's soldiers, Cheng Pu assisted Sun Ce in pacifying Jiangdong and further consolidated the regime of Soochow.Until today's Sun Liu teamed up, Cheng Pu is still in a highly respected position. In terms of seniority, he is definitely above Zhou Yu, but Sun Quan did not hand over the first position of the chief governor to him this time.Sun Quan believed that although Cheng Pu had more military experience than Zhou Yu, he was inferior to Zhou Yu in terms of strategic vision and tactical deployment, so Zhou Yu should be the governor.For this reason, Cheng Pu felt very unhappy, but the age crisis was in front of him, so he could only accept the reality.At present, the most important person of Sun Quan is still Zhou Yu.

In fact, according to Zhou Yu's original intention, Wu's army was to be set up in one large camp to facilitate overall management and prevent the dispersion of troops; Cheng Pu insisted on setting up two camps, saying that this would lengthen the line of defense and prevent the enemy from hiding.Later, in disregard of Zhou Yu's orders, Cheng Pu led his troops privately and set up a second camp by the river about ten miles away from the first camp.His subconscious mind mainly wanted not to get too close to Zhou Yu, so as to avoid embarrassment in military affairs.

In this first battle, Cheng Pu originally wanted to use the advantage of geographical location to make a head start, but Zhou Yu took the lead, and he was very worried about this.As a veteran, Cheng Pu still has a scale in his heart. He knows that the overall situation must be the most important thing at present, and there should be no infighting, otherwise it will affect the result of the battle.He thought, as long as Zhou Yu can take on this important task and live up to the expectations of the lord and the people of Jiangdong, there is no need to worry too much.

In the evening, Cheng Pu sat alone in the tent and read at night with a light on.He was studying the bamboo book on the Art of War. Although he had read it countless times before, every time he re-read it, he had a new experience.

He saw a sentence in the bamboo book, "Experience first comes from practice, and second comes from age", and he couldn't help laughing bitterly.Regardless of practical experience or age, Cheng Pu is far superior to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu is always one level above him. This is an undeniable fact.He thought that there is no absolute in the world, only following the will of God is the right way.

"I'm old. This world belongs to young people. Why should I mess around? After this battle, it's time to retire." Cheng Pu comforted himself again.In fact, his heart is not convinced at all.

At this time, a person opened the curtain and came in. It was his son Cheng Zi.

"Father, why don't you rest at this late hour?" Cheng Zi asked with concern.He also knew what was on his father's mind, but he didn't want to reveal it.

"Sleep after watching it for a while. Go to sleep first." Cheng Pu concentrated on studying without raising his head.

Looking at his father's silver hair and bloodshot eyes, and thinking that he has served Soochow for many years, but his status has always been in a bottleneck zone, Cheng Zi also secretly feels sorry for him, but there is nothing he can do to help.

"Father worked hard day and night, and made countless contributions to Soochow, and he will definitely be rewarded. No matter what, I will support you, father." Cheng Zi comforted.

Cheng Pu nodded slightly to express his appreciation, but his attention was still focused on the content of the bamboo book.

Cheng Zi sighed softly and exited the tent.

Cheng Pu rubbed his increasingly sleepy eyes with his hands, recalling his military career for many years, he couldn't help feeling that life was like a dream.

Not long after, he heard a voice from outside the tent: "Stop! What are you doing?"

Before the words were finished, the two soldiers guarding outside fell in, spitting blood from their mouths.Cheng Pu was shocked when he saw this.

A soldier who was still alive said intermittently: "Du...du...quick...run..."

Just as Cheng Pu was about to leave the tent, a man with a big arm and a round waist in a night suit broke in, his gaze was menacing, and he was full of murderous intent.

"Who are you?" Cheng Pu realized something was wrong.

"I came here specially to see you off!" The other party did not declare his family background.

Cheng Pu was startled, and hastily pulled out the saber hanging on the wooden stand, and said, "Presumptuous! Do you know who I am?"

Since no one expected that Cao Jun would send assassins, the security here was not strict at night, and ordinary masters could easily sneak in. This was also Wu Jun's mistake.

"I know, I'm here for you, Commander Cheng." The assassin said coldly.

"If I guessed correctly, you are the assassin sent by Cao Cao, right?" As expected of a veteran, Cheng Pu quickly calmed down in the face of the sudden danger.

"Hmph, it's right, it's not right." The assassin responded ambiguously.

"How dare you go deep into the enemy's position alone, you are quite courageous. Are you afraid that you will not be able to get out?" Cheng Pu deliberately frightened the other party.

"I'm a professional assassin, and this kind of thing is nothing to me. Besides, it's dead of night, not many people know that I'm here!" The assassin was not intimidated.

"Don't be too complacent. The old man has galloped on the battlefield for many years, and you want to kill me alone? The sword in my hand is stained with countless blood!" Cheng Pu flashed his sword.

Shocked by the opponent's aura, the assassin nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's Cheng Pu, a veteran of Soochow Wu. His courage is commendable, and I admire you! But I have to kill you!"

"Before you kill me, at least let me know your name." Cheng Pu looked straight into the other's eyes without any fear.

The assassin thought for a while and said, "Okay, there are rules in the Jianghu, so I will let you die to understand. Let me tell you, I am the assassin of the White Tigers, and my name is Cao Da. I am the younger brother of General Cao Chun."

"What? You mean the General Cao Chun who once assisted Prime Minister Cao in destroying Tadun on White Wolf Mountain and conquering Wuhuan Kingdom?" Cheng Pu was surprised.

"That's right, it's my brother. I didn't expect my brother's fame to spread to Jiangdong!" Cao Da was very surprised.

"If it hadn't been for the loss to General Tianfeng in the martial arts competition back then, General Cao Chun would have been the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry. ...No, it should be called the White Tiger Team." Cheng Pu spoke in a tone that sounded like he knew everything.

"You know quite a lot, Dudu Cheng. No wonder Master Huan Feihu told me to get rid of you!" Cao Da began to exercise his muscles and bones.

"Where's your weapon?" Cheng Pu couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the opponent was unarmed.

"I never use a weapon to kill people. As long as I get close to the other person's body, he will die! For the sake of your admiration for my brother, I will give you a chance to leave your last words." Cao Da said in a hypocritical manner.

"I don't need your charity, let alone leave any last words, because my time has not yet come!" Cheng Pu said firmly.

Cao Da was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "As expected of 'Old Spicy Ginger', I admire, admire! Since you don't cherish this unique opportunity, I will send you to heaven right away!"

Cheng Pu kicked over the desk, and the oil lamp went out.

Cao Da was in the dark, and he could only judge his position based on the light from his sword. He was not good at catching air currents like gods and humans.He lunged forward.

Cheng Pu's night vision ability is not weak, he sensed a murderous aura ahead, and slashed at it with a sword.

Cao Da flashed quickly, and at the same time flew away, kicking Cheng Pu's saber away.

Cheng Pu wanted to pick up the sword, but it was too late.Cao Da poked his palm, five fingers deeply penetrated into his abdomen.Cheng Pu screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I touched your soft intestines, hahaha!" Cao Da laughed loudly.

Cheng Pu felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and felt weak all over his body, as if he saw the god of death beckoning.

Cao Da pulled out his hand, and immediately five pillars of blood spurted out from Cheng Pu's abdomen, staining the ground red.

Cheng Pu fell down all of a sudden.He is old and has many old war wounds on his body, so he is powerless to resist, and he doesn't even have the strength to shout.

"Don't worry, it will be over soon, eat me with a heart-piercing palm!" Cao Da raised his bloody sharp palm.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind hit from behind.Before Cao Da could react, a sharp arrow pierced through the curtain, piercing his heart impartially.