In Fiction
In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's forces suffered early defeats against Zhou Yu's forces. Zhou forged letters from Cai and Zhang and had Jiang Gan return them to Cao Cao. Cai and Zhang were then executed by Cao.
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