Lu's relatives

Chapter 613

Outside Yuzhang City, in Caizhong's barracks.Although it was almost Haishi, the main army's tent was still brightly lit.The night defense should have been arranged long ago, but Cai Zhong, who was supposed to rest at this time, stared at the people in the tent with his red eyes, his brows were furrowed with deep anxiety.

"General, is this news true? Could it be that the other party deliberately spread the news, just like the previous news that General Huang Zu is also in Yuzhang City at this moment, but it is an act intended to disturb our army's morale?" Jin Xuan looked anxiously at the seat , not like a general, but rather like a young and sour Cai Zhong, said with a dry laugh.As the prefect of Wuling, Jin Xuan is a short and fat man. In Jingnan, he pursued the policy of making friends with Wuling barbarians. As a result, the four counties in Jingnan, especially Wuling County, had no major wars for several years. .Unlike Cai Zhong, Jin Xuan is not the best friend of Liu Biao's lineage. To be precise, he and Liu Biao are just subordinates. He was directly appointed by the Han Ling Emperor to sit in Jingnan. It means listening to the tune but not listening to the announcement.Therefore, this time the troops were dispatched. To Cai Zhong's style of play, which is called a steady and steady fight, and it is called a delay to the military aircraft. Ke is the calmest.Although Cai Zhong was sweating profusely at this moment, Jin Xuan could still hold his breath.

"Deliberately spreading the news?" Cai Zhong was stunned for a moment, his face was about to rise in relief, but then it sank again, and he shook his head with a bitter face, and said, "Prefect Jin doesn't need to comfort Cai. This time This news is the news brought back by the six-hundred-mile light cavalry scout horse sent by a certain to contact the lord, and it is absolutely unmistakable. Besides, there is another monogram of the lord urging our army to end the war as soon as possible. It is impossible for other people to imitate the secret detainment of the agreement, so this news must be true. The fact that Jiangling and Xiangyang were attacked by most of the bandits one after another is probably true!"

"Then how should I respond to General Cai's intention?" Jin Xuan's complexion was wrong, he just nodded heavily, and asked Cai Zhong: "Did you have any specific instructions when the envoy sent a message to the general?"

"Ah! The key is that the lord didn't have any detailed instructions. It seemed that he only wrote a sentence in a hurry to ask Cai to end the war as soon as possible, and then there was no further text. What is the intention, but this one is a little confused!" Cai Zhong looked around. The main generals in the tent, together with Jinxuan and Shamoke, scratched their heads and said: "The war should be ended as soon as possible. It means that we should capture Yuzhang as soon as possible, and together with Huangzu's troops, Attack Danyang County? Or tell me to turn around and retreat back to Jingnan territory? Return to Xiangyang? This... This is ambiguous, but it is really unpredictable! Let’s see, Jin Taishou is Jingnan Veteran, I don't know how to teach the younger generation?"

"Then, does General Cai want me to mobilize all three armies tomorrow and storm Yuzhang County? Or should I start packing my bags and return to Jingnan in despair from tonight?" The indecision in Cai Zhong's words made it hard to hide. The good-tempered Jin Xuan also felt a little depressed. Could it be that the general of the three armies in front of him still dared to act only after receiving exact instructions from Liu Biao, as he did some time ago?Liu Biao couldn't understand what he said for a while, but this young Cai family boy was completely numb?On weekdays, Jin Xuan didn't think so, anyway, those who went to Yuzhang City to attack the city were all Cai Zhong's subordinates, Jingnan County soldiers and the borrowed Shanyue barbarians never participated, and would not hurt him Jin Xuan's subordinate soldiers vitality.Instead, Cai Zhong, who apparently came to gain fame and military exploits in Yuzhang County, could play on his own.In Yuzhang City, there are only more than 1 troops at full strength, not to mention [-] troops, even if it is halved, Jinxuan is sure to retreat without greatly compromising his own strength, so he has no problem with Cai Zhong before The way is without criticism.But now, Cai Zhong was dumbfounded just because of a vague letter from Liu Biao. When he asked people like himself, it was obvious that he couldn't figure out Liu Biao's real intentions. People top cylinders!Well, if the guess is correct, the credit will naturally go to Cai Zhongquan, who is "someone in the court". If the guess is wrong, who will be the one who will take the lead?Moreover, when the two armies joined forces before, they seemed to be indifferent to answering, and everything was directed by Liu Biao's long-term command.Do you want to nod your face?Thinking of this, Jin Xuan felt a little uncomfortable.

"Me? I think the lord's words seem to want us to capture Yuzhang County. After all, if we withdraw our troops at this time, it will take half a hundred miles. All the previous efforts will be in vain. "Cai Zhong didn't seem to hear the displeasure in Jin Xuan's question, but he really thought about it for a moment, and said: "But the news said that there seems to be a group of people with a large number of people and a strong combat power. The thieves, while the lord's eyes were all fixed on Jiangdong, unexpectedly forcibly attacked Jiangling County, and pointed their swords directly at Xiangyang, the headquarters of Xiangyang. To beware of Cao Cao and the thieves in Wancheng, the lord hurriedly brought back the [-] soldiers brought out. Therefore, if the lord's meaning in this news is probably worried that the raiding bandits can break through the capital in a very short time. It is the important town of Jiangling that should be guarded by Huang Zu, could it be... would it be... ah! Broken! How could I forget this place!"

"What did General Cai think of? Could it be... Lujiang!?" Although Cai Zhong acted a little too cautiously, and even had a bit of a mother-in-law, but for Cai Zhong who could make Liu Biao "rest assured" to hand over half of the entire army to his hands, in fact, There are really two brushes.Before, it was only because of Liu Biao's vague words and phrases that made his mind confused, but after being reminded by Jin Xuan, he suddenly understood the real intention of Liu Biao's worry.

"That's right!" Cai Zhongmeng clapped the table, although he understood Liu Biao's true intentions, he didn't let Cai Zhong show the slightest excitement, and even big beads of sweat oozed from his face because of anxiety, said "Lujiang River originally belonged to Yangzhou, but when Lu Bu's army pacified Jiangdong, it was seized by Huang Zu and he sent heavy troops to guard it, so that Lu Bu's army, which was already exhausted at that time, could not take it all at once. It was originally stable. After more than half a year, although there are Zang Ba thieves stationed in Danyang County, who are often provocative, but they are also afraid of our army's heroes, and dare not make mistakes easily. But now... it's hard to say!"

"Although there are rumors that General Huang Zu was captured by someone, it must be just a rumor that disturbed our army's morale. Thinking that Huang Zu was considered a brave general, even Sun Jian died at the hands of this person. Now there is a With the Wanshui Army and ten battleships in hand, how could these thieves from Jiangdong really win it? Besides, there is no other news from Danyang County, which Huang Zu was ordered to attack, so it can be seen that it must be ..." After hearing Cai Zhong's words, Jin Xuan also realized the danger, and the light smile on his face was gradually replaced by seriousness.Although the tone of voice still had the meaning of disbelief, it was not as confident as before!
"But... But what if the news is true?" After all, Cai Zhong is a person who is valued by Liu Biao and Cai Mao. As soon as this line of thinking goes down, the more he thinks about it, the more he realizes that it is very reasonable, and his face turns pale. Seeing Jin As Xuan spoke, the strength in his tone became weaker and weaker, and his voice became smaller and smaller, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said: "If that guy Huang Zu was really captured, but was hidden secretly and No, the soldiers of our army outside Danyang County were frightened and did not dare to move lightly; and the people in Yuzhang City held back our army. But this is not the point. The point is... the point is all of these If all the actions are aimed at holding back our army's offensive, their purpose is to provide cover for the attack on Xiangyang by the bandit soldiers, whose strength is large and where they come from.

"Hmm! General Cai may be thinking too much!" Seeing what Cai Zhong said, the expressions of the other mid-level generals of the Liu Biao Army in the tent changed accordingly, and they faintly panicked. Jin Xuan is also Liu Biao Army in name. The subordinate hurriedly spoke words of comfort: "How can there be such a coincidence in this world? If there is such a thing, then the person who planned such a strategy is already infinitely close to the wisdom of ghosts and gods. How can he be a person who will really appear in this world?" In my opinion, since the envoy has sent you a letter to General Cai, no matter what the intention is, we must take some action. As for what the other party's intention is, but if the lord is free to reply to you, General Cai, It can be seen that the lord still has room to control this matter. Don't worry, General Cai, if the current situation really changes, then in Yuzhang City, whether it is Xuzhou Governor Qin Xu or Guo Jia, But they are all extremely intelligent people, how could there be no movement!"

"Movement? What movement?" Jin Xuan's words were mostly consoling, and the intention was that no matter what happened, he, Cai Zhong, the military commander, must not be taken lightly.Cai Zhong understood the intention of Jin Xuan's words, and even though Jin Xuan's words seemed far-fetched at first glance, but when he thought about it carefully, it was not unreasonable. If the news turned out to be the worst outcome that he had expected, there would inevitably be some commotion in Yuzhang City, but he didn't realize that he was in a state of desperation here, but he had something to do with the other party, so he asked.

"General Cai, think about it, if the news is true, if all of this was planned by someone, then Yuzhang City must... oh no!" Jin Xuan was afraid that he had formed a daily relationship with his [-] army in the past few days. Fighting to the death, only attacking the "tacit" enemy in Yuzhang City at night, if it is really a conspiracy as Cai Zhong said, he will definitely not do nothing after receiving the news of Liu Biao's return to the army. When Xuan was about to explain the key point to Cai Zhong, who was already in a state of confusion, he suddenly heard a few thunderous cannons, followed by a burst of intensive horseshoes that were different from the previous night "programs". getting closer...

(End of this chapter)