Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 536
"My lord, the last general is here to make an apology!"

After repelling Cai Mao, Wang Wei got off the warship and came to Huarong County with Wenpin to plead guilty to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei waved his hand, and then said: "I already know about the confrontation between you and Cai Mao. You don't need to say more. You can't blame you for this matter. Besides, you repelled Cai Mao and others. After all, you not only did not Mistakes, but there are still credits!"

Wang Wei Wenpin looked at each other, and then Wang Wei said: "Master, Cai Mao grew up in Jingzhou since he was a child, and he is very proficient in water warfare. Although we will not be defeated by Cai Mao on water, we want to win in water warfare. Cai Mao, it is not easy!"

"Of course I know this. The military adviser has already decided on a countermeasure. Take Zhongye down to rest quickly! Zhongye fell into the river, and his body must be cold. Hurry up and boil some hot water for Zhongye to drink!"

How could Liu Bei not win people's hearts? He had heard that Wenpin's warship had been crashed and fell into the river, so he prepared ginger water in advance.

A guard brought a large pot of boiled ginger water. Liu Bei poured out a bowl himself, handed it to Wenpin, and said, "Zhongye, drink it while it's hot, to drive away the chill in your body!"

Wen Pin was flattered to take the Jiang Shui, then drank it in one gulp, and said emotionally: "Wen Pin is a defeated general, my lord treats me like this, I dare not obey!"

Liu Bei smiled slightly, and then said: "General, stop worrying about these things, go down and rest quickly, it will be bad if you accidentally catch the wind and cold."

"Yes!"

Wenpin bowed his hands to Liu Bei, and then retreated together with Wang Wei.

As soon as Wenpin Wang Wei left, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang beside him, "Military Master, can we really force Cai Mao to lead the army ashore by storming Jiangling City?"

Zhuge Liang walked up to the map, pointed at it with a feather fan, and said, "My lord, we marched very fast, and we arrived in Huarong within three days. So they didn't withdraw because they thought they still had a chance to support Jiangling and rely on Jiangling to resist us. Therefore, if we want them to come to land to fight us, we have to storm Jiangling City! And Cai Mao came here for peace He only left Jiangling for support, and all his money, food and supplies are in Jiangling City, taking Jiangling can be said to kill two birds with one stone! This is a plan to encircle and fight for aid!"

"So that's the case. If so, then I will immediately send Yide to attack Jiangling to force Cai Mao to return to Jiangling!"

Liu Bei immediately ordered Zhang Fei to lead an army of [-] infantry to storm Jiangling City.There will be soldiers and horses in Jiangling City to pass the news to Cai Mao's army.

"General, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to lead an army of [-] horses to attack Jiangling City day and night. If General Cai He hadn't beheaded several generals who wanted to open the door and surrender, Jiangling City might have been lost. Even so, we The army is almost unable to resist!"

In Cai Mao's navy camp, a guard of Jiangling City reported truthfully to Cai Mao.

"You go down first!"

Although Cai Mao was panicked in his heart, he couldn't express it. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, if he was timid before fighting, how could his soldiers and horses fight to the death.

But although Cai Hao pretended to be calm, he didn't dare to take it seriously, and hurriedly ordered all the generals under his account to gather in his camp, even the injured Zhang Yun also came to discuss matters.

After everyone arrived, Cai Mao hurriedly said, "Just now there was news from Jiangling City that Liu Bei ordered Zhang Yide to lead [-] troops to attack Jiangling while our army was not in Jiangling. Now Jiangling City is in danger!"

After hearing what Cai Mao said, all the people in the tent had different ideas. Originally, all the soldiers and horses in Cai Mao wanted to go back to Jiangling for rescue, because Jiangling had their wealthy family members, but the soldiers and horses who came to support Liu Bei were not. Think about it this way, because they came to attack Liu Bei, and they didn't want to divide their troops to rescue Jiangling.

Zhang Yun said: "General, I suggest returning to the army to help Jiangling. After all, the general is our foothold. If Liu Bei takes Jiangling away, we will be like duckweeds without roots. Liu Bei can hunt and kill us at will! "

After Zhang Yun finished speaking, the prefect of Lingling had a different point of view and said, "General Cai, I don't agree with General Zhang's point of view. If it comes to land warfare, we may not be the opponent of Liu Bei, but in this river In terms of water warfare, Liu Bei is definitely not our opponent. Although Wenpin Wang Wei knows water warfare, they have led the infantry for many years. They have not intervened in the affairs of the Jingzhou Navy for six or seven years. We have been unfamiliar for a long time, and we can see from today's battle that Liu Bei's navy has many more ships than us. But they only drew with us, so there is nothing to fear!"

After a pause, Liu Du said again: "Moreover, Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, will raise troops soon and lead the navy to support us. The navy under Huang Xu's command is the most elite navy in Jingzhou. At the beginning, Huang Zu relied on The ace navy in his hand shot and killed Sun Jian and Ling Cao of Eastern Wu, and now Huang Zu leads this navy to defeat Liu Bei, why should we go ashore and fight with Liu Bei's army!"

Cai Mao lowered his head and pondered, weighing in his heart how to do what is best for his own interests.

After a while, Cai Mao raised his head and said, "I have decided to abandon the ship and go ashore, and I cannot let Jiangling fall into Liu Bei's hands!"

Cai Hao had his own reasons for doing this, because when Liu Biao was alive, he and Huang Zu were equal in status, and even Huang Zu's status in Liu Biao's heart was still higher than his, because Huang Zu could be released as an official, and he alone Leading a troop, and although he commanded the Jingzhou troop, but when Liu Biao was alive, he still needed Liu Biao's consent to mobilize the troop.Now that he has lost Xiangyang and the King of Chu, he has become a bereaved dog. In the name of driving Liu Bei out of Jingzhou, he can gather so many soldiers and horses, and he did not let Huang Zu come, because once Huang Zu came, there would be a lot of soldiers here. But it’s not what he can say, both, Jiangling is his foothold, how can he let his territory be taken away by Liu Bei, if Liu Bei occupies Jiangling, he will really be as Zhang Yun said, It became that rootless duckweed.

"I disagree!"

Liu Du retorted.

"Liu Shuxian (Because there is no record of Liu Du's characters in historical materials, I borrowed the characters of Ming Dynasty painters.) Are you against me? Jiangling is my territory. If Jiangling is lost, where do you want me to go? If Liu Bei attacks It's your Lingling, if I don't rescue you, how do you feel!"

Cai Mao roared.

Liu Du was speechless by Cai Mao's words, so he had to go with Cai Mao to rescue Jiangling.

(End of this chapter)