Soldiers come to the world

Cai Mao in Xiangyang, Cai Mao has been a little upset these days. He did not expect Liu Jing's counterattack to be so sharp. Not only did he gain the upper hand on the moral level, but everyone in Jingzhou knew that it was Zhang Yun who made the first move, and that Liu Jing's counterattack was so sharp. An attack on the Jingzhou navy has been launched.

Now Cai Mao doesn't know how the battle is going, can Zhang Yun support it?More importantly, his son Cai Yi is also there, will something happen to him?

All kinds of unanswered questions and worries made Cai Mao restless. He wanted to send troops to support Zhang Yun today, but he was firmly opposed by Wen Pin and Wang Wei, as well as many Jingzhou officials.

Now Liu Jing only sent troops to the Yicheng navy for personal grievances. Once Xiangyang sent troops, the civil war in Jingzhou would inevitably break out.

Although Liu Biao is seriously ill now, Liu Zong is temporarily acting as the agent of Jingzhou government affairs, and Cai Mao has the military and political power, but after all, he is not so big that he can overwhelm the sky with one hand, and Kuai Yue, Liu Xian and others also have a certain right to speak.

Especially Wenpin and Wang Wei, who are directly in charge of the army, are Cai Mao's confidantes. He knows that these two people are only loyal to Liu Biao.

From the fact that the two of them resolutely opposed the increase of troops in Yicheng today, we can see some clues. They pretended to prevent the outbreak of civil war, but in fact they still secretly favored Liu Jing. Once Liu Biao passed away, what would they do?

Cai Mao had already thought of the most terrible outcome. If they didn't use force to seize power directly, or they took the army away and went to Jiangxia or Nanjun, Xiangyang would be the same.

At present, Xiangyang controls 6 troops, including the [-] navy commanded by Zhang Yun. The remaining [-] people are in the hands of Wenpin, Wang Wei and Cai Mao. .

And Wang Wei led 1 troops to station in the south of Xiangyang, mainly to defend Nanjun. Cai Mao controls.

Originally, Zhang Yun's navy was in charge of defending Jiangxia, and Cai Mao had always paid the most attention to it, but today Wang Wei and Wen Pin jointly opposed sending troops to support Yicheng, which made Cai Mao feel another potential crisis.

In contrast, Zhang Yun's possible defeat has become less important, except for his son's safety.

At this moment, a family member reported outside the door, "Master, Mr. Lu has an urgent matter to see you!"

Cai Mao was slightly taken aback, what's the matter with him?Cai Mao still nodded, "Please come in!"

The so-called Mr. Lu is Huang She. After three years, he has been hiding behind the scenes, wooing Jingzhou officials for Cao Cao, and advising Cai Mao. He is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, and it will come out to bite people at any time. For a moment, Huang She walked quickly After walking in, he hurriedly said after entering the door: "Uncle Shi, Zhang Yun's entire army is wiped out!"

Cai Mao was taken aback, "How do you know?"

"Zhang Yun escaped and came back. He brought back a letter from Liu Jing with me." After speaking, Huang She took out a letter and handed it to Cai Mao.

Cai Mao was bitter in his heart, the navy was still finished, he couldn't help feeling a little dazed, why did Zhang Yun go to Huang She's place, and even bring a letter from Liu Jing, what's going on?Could it be that he was captured and then released by Liu Jing, that should be the case, otherwise how could he send a letter to Liu Jing.

Cai Mao sat down slowly, opened the letter and read it again. It was indeed about his son, who had fallen into Liu Jing's hands. Liu Jing asked him to keep silent about Zhang Yun's fiasco, otherwise his son's life would be in danger.

Cai Mao remained silent, the thing he was most worried about happened, at this moment he suddenly hated Zhang Yun, why didn't Zhang Yun take good care of his son?But after thinking about it, even Zhang Yun himself was arrested, how could he keep Yi'er.

With a helpless sigh, Cai Mao asked again: "How is Zhang Yun now, why didn't he come to see me?"

Huang She shook his head and said, "He was wiped out and captured by Liu Jing. He is full of shame and shameless to see Uncle Shi."

"Hmph! It's unbelievable that he would be ashamed."

Cai Mao hated him very much, at this moment he didn't want to see this useless person again, he had a superior force, but was defeated by Liu Jing, the whole army was wiped out, this incompetent and useless person, it would be best to die.

Huang She smiled sinisterly and said, "Uncle Shi, don't you think it's a good time for Zhang Yun to come back?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Didn't Uncle Shi always hate Wenpin and Wang Wei? When Zhang Yun comes back, he can replace one of them, especially Wenpin. He is stationed in Fancheng and is the biggest threat to Cao's army going south. What does Uncle Shi think?"

Cai Mao's eyes lit up, this is an excellent way, however. . . .He pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, but Zhang Yun is a defeated general. If he replaces Wenpin or Wang Wei, I'm afraid people will not accept it."

"Uncle Shi is a little confused. As long as it is the transfer order of the state pastor, do Wenpin and Wang Wei dare not obey? If Uncle Shi is worried that these two people will be pushed into a hurry, he might as well use an excuse to strengthen his defense against Jiang Xia. From Wenpin and Wang Wei Take a part of the army from each hand and give it to Zhang Yun, so that Wenpin and Wang Wei won't react violently, what does Uncle Shi think?"

Cai Mao pondered for a moment. He could use Mrs. Cai to get Liu Biao's troop transfer order. This is indeed a way to alleviate the threat of Wenpin and Wang Wei. If Cai He's [-] troops are added, he can completely control Xiangyang. .

Cai Mao nodded, "Okay, that's the decision. You go talk to Zhang Yun with him. If he doesn't understand, let him come to me directly."

"Uncle Shi, my nephew has one more thing to do!"

"Tell me, what else is there?"

"I just want to remind Uncle Shi. Uncle Shi should know that the Prime Minister has ordered to increase troops to Nanyang. Cao Jun is likely to make moves recently. Uncle Shi..."

Before Huang She could finish speaking, Cai Mao waved his hand and interrupted him, "You don't need to remind me, I know what's going on."

Huang She laughed dryly, "As long as Uncle Shi knows what's in his mind, the little nephew is leaving."

"Go!"

At this moment, Cai Hao suddenly hated this Huang She very much. If Cao Cao had anything to do, he could just send someone to find him. Why did he have to go through this Huang She for everything? Would Huang She still want to overwhelm him in the future?

He didn't send Huang She either, and looked at his back coldly as he walked away. He became a little upset again. He knew the news of Cao Jun's increasing troops to Nanyang a few days ago, and he felt that this was a sign that Cao Jun was going to attack Xiangyang. , but Cao Jun didn't contact him about anything, which made him feel that Cao Cao didn't trust him. If he didn't get Cao Cao's trust, his future would be bleak!

After pondering for a long time, Cai Mao sighed, and said to the left and right orders: "Prepare the carriage, I'm going to the State Shepherd's Mansion!"

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Huang She left Cai's mansion, his pseudonym was Lu She, and he had his own house in the east of the city, but instead of returning to his residence, he got on his horse and went straight to the north gate.

He received two important tasks from Nanyang Cao Ren last night. One was to let him try to weaken the defense of Fancheng. It was a bit troublesome, Cao Ren asked him to find a way to build [-] warships.

If Zhang Yun hadn't been defeated, it would have been easy to get it, but now Zhang Yun's entire army has been wiped out, and all Jingzhou warships have fallen into Liu Jing's hands. Cai Mao has no choice but to ask him to get [-] warships.

Just when Huang She was upset, he got an important piece of information from Jia Hong last night. There was someone in Jiang Xia who might be able to help him complete this task.

Huang She sped up his horse and galloped towards Xiangyang Wharf.

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Liu Biao suddenly fell ill shortly after the New Year. He woke up slowly after five days of coma. His lower body had completely lost consciousness. He was in a coma for almost half of the day. Even when he woke up, he was sometimes confused and sometimes sober. Moreover, he was very easy to get angry, and his servants were dragged out and beaten severely if they were careless. Even Mrs. Cai was often dragged out and beaten to death under his orders.

Not only is he unconscious, but more importantly, his body has completely collapsed. An eight-foot-tall man only weighs more than a hundred pounds, and he is as thin as a skeleton. Anyone who sees him can see that he is exhausted. Not a few months.

After Liu Biao fainted and woke up at the beginning of the year, he ordered Liu Cong to be crowned son and handed over the power of government affairs to Liu Cong. He also ordered Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Liu Xian, Pang Ji and others to assist Liu Cong. It will be implemented after approval, but in fact Liu Cong is just a puppet, he does not leave the house, and all decisions must be approved by Mrs. Cai before he promulgates and implements them.

Although Liu Biao handed over the power of government affairs to Liu Cong, Liu Biao never handed over the tiger talisman to mobilize the army to Liu Cong. There is no ability to grasp the soldier talisman at all, and the soldier talisman is actually under Mrs. Cai's control.

As night fell, Liu Biao's concubine Luo Shi walked slowly to Liu Biao's ward with a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup. Eight of Liu Biao's confidant guards stood at the door of the ward.

Liu Biao was also quite vigilant. He knew that he was unconscious most of the time, so he only allowed the doctor Zhang Rong and his concubine Luo Shi to enter his ward, not even his wife Mrs. Cai.

Luo Shi is the dowry maid of Liu Biao's ex-wife Chen Shi. She was about 30 years old and gave birth to Liu Biao's son Liu Xiu. He is 14 years old this year and is extremely sick. Almost all medical craftsmen believed that he would not live to adulthood.

That's why, although Liu Biao had a third son, no one considered his inheritance, as if there was no such person.

Although Luo Shi was old and decrepit, she was never favored by Liu Biao, but at the most critical moment, she became Liu Biao's most trusted person because she did not have any family background and was just the daughter of a small family.

Luo Shi carried the tray and walked slowly to the door, the guards moved away immediately, she opened the door and entered the room, until she walked into the inner room, Liu Biao was in a coma, all his hair had fallen out, he was wearing a soft hat, and his face looked like A skeleton with a face like gold paper.

Luo Shi put down the lacquer plate, hesitated for a moment, slowly took a jade box from Liu Biao's pillow, opened it carefully, and inside were eight soldier symbols carved from jade and a jade tablet. Wait, there are only half of them.

With this soldier talisman and the dispatch document issued by military advisor Cai Mao, all the troops in Jingzhou can be mobilized, even Liu Jing and Liu Qi's troops, and they can be asked to assist in defense.

And the jade badge is also very important. It records who uses which soldier talisman. This is a secret that only Liu Biao and the soldiers in charge know.

Luo Shi's heart was pounding with nervousness, she lifted the skirt, there was a bag sewn inside the skirt, she took out the other eight imitation soldier charms and a fake jade tablet from the bag, and replaced the soldier symbol jade tablet in the jade box, Hidden in the skirt.

Putting the jade box back to its original place, she turned around and went out. The guards were all used to her coming in and out, no one questioned her, and Luo Shi went back to the inner house.

In the inner hall, Mrs. Cai was sitting at the table waiting for her. Luo Shi took out the military talisman and jade tablet and put them on the table, then lowered his head, "Madam, it's all here."

Mrs. Cai was overjoyed and checked them one by one. It turned out to be Liu Biao's most important military talisman. She smiled at Luo Shi, "Don't worry! I will never break my promise. No matter what happens to the general in the future, I will guarantee all your son's expenses."

"Thank you madam, the maidservant is going to serve the master."

"Go! In two days, I will order someone to deliver the gold to you, so that you can feel at ease."

"Thank you madam!"

Luo Shi backed away slowly, Madam Cai was extremely pleased, she put the soldier talisman and jade token into a jade box that had been prepared, hugged the box in her arms, and immediately ordered: "Come on!"

A maid walked in from the outside, Madam Cai told her: "Get the carriage ready, I want to go back to Cai's Mansion!"