Cai Mao is a more despised character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cai Mao's family are favored by the big figures in the Three Kingdoms period, so what is The life of Cai Mao's character? And is cai mao really like what is written in the novel? How did he die?
A brief biography of Cai Mao
Cai Mao (蔡瑁), courtesy name Dejiao, was a native of Jingzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Cai Mao served Liu Biao when Liu Biao was the assassin, and Cai Mao's second sister was also Liu Biao's successor. After Liu Biao's death, in 208 AD, Cao Cao entered Jingzhou, and Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao and became Cao Cao's subordinate.
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Cai Mao was born in a family that was famous at that time, his aunt was Zhang Wen's wife, his eldest sister married Huang Chengyan, and the second sister became Liu Biao's wife, Cai Mao was friends with Cao Cao when she was a teenager, and when she grew up, Cai Mao discussed with Ku Yue and Qu Liang to pacify Jiangnan because of the reasons of the second sister. In 192, Liu Biao was made a General of Zhennan by the Han Court, while Cai Mao was made a General of Zhennan by Liu Biao.
Cai Mao's second sister was very favored by Liu Biao, Lady Cai loved Liu Biao's second son Liu Qi, and Liu Biao originally liked liu Qi, the eldest son who was very similar to himself, but after Lady Cai's slander, Liu Qi fell out of favor and Liu Qi gained power, and Cai Qi became Liu Qi's henchman. In 208, Liu Biao became seriously ill, and Cai Mao, Together with Zhang Yun and others, supported Liu Mao to succeed Him as the Assassin of Jingzhou, and after Cao Cao reached Xinye in September, Cai Mao and Ku Yue together coerced Liu Mao to surrender to Cao Cao, and later joined Cao Cao's command and was knighted as Hanyang Pavilion Hou.
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How Cai Mao died
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cai Mao was executed by Cao Cao, when Zhou Yu used Jiang Gan to kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun with a divisive strategy, so is this true? In fact, in history, the final cause of Death of Cai Mao is not recorded, so it is estimated that he died of illness. Luo Guanzhong actually did not like Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's sellers seeking glory, so he wrote about their fate very tragically, and even did not let them understand why they died.
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In fact, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, did Cao Cao really win Zhou Yu's counter-plan? Cao Cao was nothing more than killing people with a knife. Moreover, Cao Cao finally let Cai Zhong and Cai He go to Zhou Yu's side to surrender, in fact, they were to send them to death, but Cao Cao's means were very clever. However, after Cai Mao's death, Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi did not have a single general in the Water Army, which was one of the reasons why Cao Cao's army lost in the Battle of Chibi.
Historically, since Cai Mao and Qu Yue surrendered to Cao Cao, in fact, the two did not have a special contribution, and in 214 AD, Ku Yue died of illness and entrusted his family to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao should also be good to these generals, so Cai Mao, as An old friend of Cao Cao, his ending should not be very bad, and Cai Mao should eventually die naturally.
During the Three Kingdoms period, in fact, most people died for their confidants, and many people had turned to different people, hoping to get ahead, so Cai Mao, as a person of that era, must also have such thoughts. Cai Mao was born in a famous family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he wanted to achieve a career. Cai Mao's betrayal of Liu Mao is an act of injustice, and although we understand Cai Mao's move, injustice is a fact.