The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 502 501 Jingzhou Storm (13)

Just two days ago, an envoy sent by Cai Mao suddenly came to Pingyu, the county town of Runan County, and asked to see Yuan Huan by name.

When the two armies fought, Yuan Huan received the envoy sent by Cai Mao, and after talking with him, he knew that Cai Mao had the intention of murdering Liu Biao.

Liu Biao raised his army and fought without declaring it. He divided his troops into three groups. One was led by Zhang Xiu, the other was led by Liu Qi. Liu Biao himself led the central army, which was also the most powerful army.There is only one purpose, that is, dissatisfied with Zhang Yan's reforms, and wants to attack Pengcheng to rescue the current emperor.

No matter what the reason was, since Cai Mao wanted to kill Liu Biao, Yuan Huan naturally had no objection.After all, Liu Biao is the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou army. Once the commander-in-chief dies, the Jingzhou army will have no leader and will retreat accordingly.Moreover, there was Cai Mao as an internal response. Most of the Jingzhou army following Liu Biao's expedition this time were Cai Mao's subordinates.

Yuan Huan thought it over and over again, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he agreed to cooperate with Cai Mao, and formulated a false surrender strategy to make all the counties along the way surrender to Liu Biao, and he was no exception.

However, Yuan Huan also clearly realized that Cai Mao was a future trouble of using a knife to kill people, so he took precautions against Cai Hao, and was also afraid that Cai Mao would deceive him. Revenant.

However, Yuan Huan was not stupid, so he would not let Cai Mao kill two birds with one stone, but changed the plan he had agreed with Cai Mao, with the purpose of mobilizing Cai Mao's army so that Runan City would not be threatened.

In addition, Yuan Huan even sent people to various places to call for reinforcements. The closest to Pingyu should be Chen County. Chen Wang Liu Chong has a private armed force of 5000 people. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is at least stronger than those militiamen.But as far as Yuan Huan knew, Zhang Xiu led an army to attack Yingchuan, Yingchuan prefect Yang Xiu had sent a signal for help to Chen Wang Liu Chong, and Liu Chong led his army to support Yingchuan.

Then the next best thing is to count the army stationed in Qiao County.Qiao County is the hometown of Xu Chu, the current general of Wei, and also the place where Chen Gui, the former Prime Minister of the Pei Kingdom, was buried. In order to commemorate the help Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his sons gave him, Zhang Yan sent an army of 500 people to guard Chen Gui's tomb. , the general guarding the tomb is none other than He Yi.

Since He Yi returned to Zhang Yan with Liu Pi and others, he became Xu Huang's general, but later because of some crimes, he was relegated and fined to guard Chen Gui's tomb in Qiao County.

However, because of Xu Chu, the fierce general in Qiao County, the local folk customs are very tough, and the place is famous for being brave and ruthless. .

He Yi had a friendship with Xu Chu, and after talking with these people in Qiao County, he realized that they all wanted to join the army and wanted to become generals like Xu Chu.Therefore, He Yi suggested to Zhang Yan that some young and middle-aged men from Qiao County should be recruited to join the army on the grounds that the Huai and Ru areas are areas that must be contested by military strategists. And as a military force defending Pengcheng, on the other hand, it also reduced some security problems for Qiao County.

The lack of troops has always been a headache for Zhang Yan, so after hearing He Yi's suggestion, Zhang Yan immediately agreed and asked He Yi to take full charge of the matter. Strengthen training during the slack season, and help the surrounding people to harvest when the farming season is busy.

Therefore, He Yi recruited warriors into the army with great fanfare. At the beginning, the number of the army was only a few thousand, but it gradually expanded to 2 today.

And because of this incident, He Yi was reinstated and became a general again, responsible for commanding the army, stationed in Qiao County to protect the environment and the people, and even used it to defend Pengcheng.

The person who went to Qiao County to announce the decree was Yuan Huan, so Yuan Huan knew Qiao County's army well.

Later, because Liu Pi and He Man were not comfortable with Xu Huang's strict military management methods, they prayed for transfer.

Therefore, after several considerations, Zhang Yan transferred Liu Pi and He Man to Qiao County, and reunited with He Yi again. The three jointly took charge of this 2-man army, and this army, in name, belonged to General Wei. Xu Chu's subordinates.In this way, this army is even more proud.And He Yi, Liu Pi, He Man and others also worked more attentively for Zhang Yan, for fear that something might go wrong again.

The reinforcements that Yuan Huan invited this time were the army commanded by He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man. As the garrison guarding Pengcheng, this army was well-trained and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. Liu Pi and He Man also changed their former gangster spirit and started to do things very seriously.

Because He Yi, Liu Pi, He Man and others were unwilling to embarrass Xu Chu, and more than half of the army were young and middle-aged people from Qiao County. They were unwilling to embarrass Xu Chu or the people in their hometown. They believed that people from Qiao County would become famous all over the world.

On the surface, Yuan Huan asked Cai Mao to attack this army, but in fact, this army is already on its way to Pingyu, and if there is no accident, it will arrive tomorrow.

Cai Mao wanted to use Yuan Huan to kill with a knife, but Yuan Huan was not stupid, he wanted to use this time not only to get rid of Liu Biao, but also to counterattack Cai Mao, so that Cai Mao knew how powerful he was.

Liu Biao followed Yuan Huan and soon came to Pingyu City. The city gate was decorated with lanterns and festoons, as if it was about to celebrate the New Year. On both sides of the road at the gate of the city, people lined up to welcome him, which further satisfied Liu Biao's vanity.

This time Liu Biao set off with Kuai Liang as his military advisor, and Kuai Yue was in charge of guarding Xiangyang City, but when all the counties he passed were looking forward to surrendering, Liu Biao gradually lost his sense of defense, and he was determined to win Runan County. When Liu Biao received Yuan Huan's surrender letter, his last trace of worry disappeared in an instant.

Moreover, Cai Mao was worried that Kuai Liang would be in the way when he was with Liu Biao, so he asked Liu Biao to assist Liu Bei in escorting the grain and grass, and completely dismissed Kuai Liang.

In this way, Liu Biao was always surrounded by Cai Mao's people, which was more conducive to Cai Mao's actions.

Liu Biao happily followed Yuan Huan to Pingyu City. Seeing the scene in front of him, he seemed like a victorious teacher returning in triumph. The smooth journey along the way made him gradually lose his guard and followed Yuan Huan straight away. Arrived in Pingyu city.

Yuan Huan warmly entertained Liu Biao with fine wine and delicacies. During the banquet, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others left because they were overwhelmed with alcohol or had something to do in the barracks. In the end, only Liu Biao and Liu Biao's confidantes were left in the city. , are stationed in the barracks outside the city.

After Cai Hao and Zhang Yun returned to the barracks, they immediately falsely passed on Liu Biao's order, and all the fifty thousand troops they brought were taken away. They pretended to go to attack the enemy, but in fact, the fifty thousand The army stopped after less than [-] miles to the east from Pingyu City.

Of this 5-strong army, 5 of them are Cai Mao's subordinates. Cai's influence is everywhere in the army. It can be said that Cai Mao gave an order, and the [-] people would do whatever they asked him to do, even more than what Liu Biao said. Still works.

However, there are 1 people who are subordinates of Wang Wei, another general in Jingzhou.

When the army stopped advancing, Wang Wei rushed over from the rear army. After seeing Cai Mao, he asked, "Captain, didn't you say that Xingye rushed to Qiao County to attack him unprepared? Why did you stop after walking for a while?" ?”

Cai Mao said: "Just received the report from the scouts, the army from Qiao County is already on the way to Pingyu, if we go forward, we will meet them, our army has come from a long distance, the soldiers are exhausted, so what It is the opponent of the fresh army. Why don't you stay here, lie in ambush on the road you must pass, recharge your batteries, and launch a fierce attack when the enemy army arrives, and you will surely be able to catch the enemy army by surprise."

Wang Wei savored Cai Mao's words, and felt that what Cai Hao said was very reasonable, and Liu Biao was not around, Cai Hao was the supreme commander, and if he didn't listen to him, he would be disobedient, not to mention that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and an ambush is better than an encounter Go up a lot, right?
Therefore, Wang Wei no longer had any doubts, and all [-] troops were scattered on both sides of the road to ambush according to Cai Mao's orders.

At the same time, in Pingyu County, Yuan Huan had already got Liu Biao drunk. Seeing that Liu Biao was not awake, he immediately sent Liu Biao back to the guest room, and then sent people out of the city to investigate and see Cai Mao's army. Where did you go.

More than half an hour later, the scout came back and reported to Yuan Huan that all the enemy troops outside the city had withdrawn, leaving only 500 people guarding the camp, while Cai Mao led the army to the east. As for where he went, Not found out.

Yuan Huan nodded after hearing this, but he was not at ease with Cai Mao, because Cai Mao dared to kill Liu Biao, what else could he not do?

Therefore, Yuan Huan once again sent out several scouts to investigate overnight, and must find out the movements of Cai Mao's army, so as to know what Cai Mao's intentions are.

An hour and a half later, the scouts sent out finally rushed over. This time, the scouts found out the location of Cai Mao's army, which was about 25 miles east of Pingyu City.

After Yuan Huan heard this, he looked nervous, and said: "Sure enough, as I expected, Cai Mao stationed the army here because he wanted to raise the army tomorrow to ask the crime. If I really kill Liu Biao, then I will really be killed." Cai Mao's treacherous plan."

From Yuan Huan's point of view, Liu Biao was already in his pocket anyway, and it was up to him to decide whether to kill him or not, and when to kill him.At such a critical moment, Yuan Huan would not risk Liu Biao's life, at least at this juncture, he could not kill Liu Biao.

Yuan Huan frowned, and after a lot of hard thinking, he finally came up with a strategy to deal with Cai Mao.

(End of this chapter)