The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 365: Jingzhou Situation

In Moling City, Cao Cao received the letter sent by Xiahou Dun, and finally let out a long sigh.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia both looked puzzled upon seeing this.

"This is a letter sent by Yuan Rang." Cao Cao handed the letter sent by Xiahou Dun to the two men.

The two exchanged glances, and Guo Jia's eyes suddenly lit up. He said, "This Lu Meng is really good. I haven't even thought of this plan."

"Although this plan is good, it has been criticized." Xun Yu looked solemn.

"Yes! You can use merchants or civilians to spy, but using merchant ships and letting soldiers disguise as civilians and merchants to attack enemy cities will indeed be criticized." Cao Cao sighed: "Lu Meng's strategy is okay, but I'm afraid he will not have a good death in the future."

Guo Jia said nonchalantly: "The winner is the king. Why should we care about these things? As long as we can defeat the enemy and capture the city, everything else is meaningless."

From a military perspective, Guo Jia thought that all this was nothing, although he also thought that doing so was somewhat unkind, but Cao Cao was going to die, so why would he care about anything else?
"Forget it. It seems that Jiangxia can be taken down in about a month. Then, it will be time to deal with the Lujiang navy. No matter what, we can't let them do whatever they want on the Yangtze River. We must teach them a lesson."

Cao Cao was disgusted by Zhang Liao and Gan Ning. They took advantage of the strength of their navy and the large number of ships to frequently harass cities along the river, plundering the people and food supplies, making Cao Cao miserable.

Although Lu Meng's plan was a bit dirty, it didn't seem to matter in the face of his own power.

Cao Cao immediately signed the order, appointing Xiahou Dun as the main general and Lu Meng, Cao Chun and others as deputy generals, leading the troops in Chaisang to attack Jiangxia.

Xiahou Dun was indeed a brave general. After receiving the order from Cao Cao, he immediately launched a fierce attack on Jiangxia. Huang Zu was no match for him at all. In less than ten days, he was under the gates of Xiahou Dun's army.

Huang Zu, who was beaten to a pulp, could only write letters to Cai Mao and Kuai Liang, begging them to send troops to rescue him.

Ever since Huang Chengyan left Xiangyang, the reputation of the Huang family in Jingzhou has deteriorated a lot. Huang Zu was just a military man who was domineering in Jiangxia. He was okay as a local emperor, but he was far from qualified to govern a region.

When Liu Biao was alive, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Huang Zu. This arrogant guy didn't take Liu Biao seriously at all. Even Liu Biao was like this, let alone Cai Mao and Kuai Liang.

Even Huang Zu wanted to go to Xiangyang and become the governor of Jingzhou himself. So after Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou was without a master, and it was actually the three families who were causing trouble.

Huang Zu, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang.

Among the three, Huang Zu was the weakest. If it was normal, it would be fine, the three of them fighting each other, no big problem, but now it was different, Cao Cao's army entered the country, wanting to seize Jiangxia.

Huang Zu still thought that Cao Cao was concentrating on dealing with Sun Quan, but he never expected that Xiahou Dun would rush into Jiangxia at this time and catch him off guard. By the time he reacted, the enemy was already at the gates of the city.

After discussing with his son, Huang Zu sent people to Xiangyang for help. We are all from Jingzhou, and Jiangxia can't fall into Cao Cao's hands!

What he didn't know was that when Xiahou Dun attacked Jiangxia, Lu Meng and his subordinates had already disguised themselves as merchants and civilians and sailed upstream on merchant ships.

In response, the Jiangxia navy did not stop the merchant ships and allowed them to move westward.

In Xiangyang City, Kuai Liang and Cai Mao sat together for the first time. Behind one of them were Cai Zhong, Cai He, Zhang Yun and other generals, and behind the other were Wen Pin and Huo Jun. "Cao Cao invaded Jiangxia, Huang Zu sent a letter asking for help. Should we help or not?" Kuai Liang handed the letter to the other party.

Cai Mao didn't even look at him, and sneered, "Save? How? Will you save him, or should I? How will we arrange the troops, money and food? After we save him, will Huang Zu listen to us?"

After hearing this, Kuai Liang stopped talking.

Now the battle between the two for Jingzhou has reached a critical moment, and the only thing left is a fight. Sending one's troops to Jiangxia at this time will mean that the other's troops in Xiangyang will be reduced.

If two people send out troops together, who will lead the army? How to ensure fairness, etc., these are all problems.

The most important thing is, after saving Huang Zu, will Huang Zu be honest? Will he obey the orders of the two? And whose orders will he obey?

"Jiangxia is Jiangxia of my Jingzhou, how can it fall into the hands of Cao Cao? I think you and I should lead reinforcements to Jiangxia together to rescue Huang Zu. As for the future, we will talk about it later. I believe Huang Zu will make the right choice." Kuai Liang said lightly.

Jiangxia must be rescued, but after being rescued, Huang Zu can no longer have the final say over Jiangxia.

After hearing this, Cai Mao's eyes suddenly lit up and he secretly sighed in his heart that these scholars were all evil-hearted. Kuai Liang was not going to rescue people at all, he was clearly going after other people's property.

He is no different from Cao Cao, both want to take Jiangxia for themselves.

It's just that the methods adopted by both sides are different. Kuai Liang's approach is even more disgusting and appears more shameless.

But what does all this have to do with me?

"Jiangxia is Jiangxia of Jingzhou. It really can't fall into the hands of others. This time you and I will send troops together and attack Cao Cao. Cao Cao's main force is still in the southeast, fighting with Sun Quan. This is just our opportunity to seize the land of Jiangdong. In this way, you don't have to stay in Jingzhou and compete with me for Jingzhou." Cai Mao rolled his eyes and suddenly said.

Kuai Liang showed a hint of interest when he heard this, and then he said, "Okay, but you must not support Liu Bei. The four counties in southern Jing are not something he can covet."

When Cai Mao heard this, a look of dissatisfaction immediately appeared on his face.

In today's Jingzhou, Cai Mao's main power is in Nanjun, while Kuai family is on good terms with the four southern counties of Jingzhou. Especially after Liu Biao's death, the four southern counties of Jingzhou chose Kuai family, which allowed Kuai family's power to enter the four southern counties of Jingzhou, which made Cai Mao very dissatisfied.

In order to suppress the Kuai family, Cai Mao had been secretly supporting Liu Bei, preparing to use Liu Bei to weaken the Kuai family. Now that this matter was pointed out by Kuai Liang, Cai Mao did not show any embarrassment on his face and seemed very calm, which shows how thick-skinned the other party was.

"Okay, in that case, how about you and I gather 150,000 soldiers and horses this time, divide the army by land and sea, and march to Jiangxia to attack Cao Cao together?" Cai Mao's face was filled with a smile.

There are 220,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, 30,000 of which are in Jiangxia. This time, the two men have mobilized 150,000 soldiers, which can be said to be a full-scale attack. It is obvious that they not only want to rescue Jiangxia.

"Okay." Kuai Liang frowned. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the problem.

(End of this chapter)