The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 249

Cai Hao analyzed the situation for Mrs. Cai: "Now Huo Jun, Huo Ge and his father and son command [-] troops in Maicheng. Wenpin commands [-] troops in Jingling. These three are Jingzhou warriors. Sun Quan invaded Jiangxia, and Liu Bei claimed to be It's Cousin Liu, in Jiangling, he often has the idea of ​​occupying Nanjun, if our deeds are exposed, the people attack inside, and the bandits attack outside, we will definitely die without a place to die."

Mrs. Cai took care of so much, her eyes were crying like peaches: "Then what do you think should be done?" Cai Mao had already thought of a way to survive, and said tentatively: "Madam and the current Jin Wang Yuan Xi are old, it is better—— than me Let us lead the people to surrender, and weed out Wenpin, Liu Bei and others."

Mrs. Cai was taken aback, and hesitated: "It's better to recruit Wenpin to Xiangyang to relieve the military power." Cai Mao said: "It's useless, it will definitely alarm Liu Cong, and it will be self-defeating.

Mrs. Cai was ruthless: "I will immediately revise the book to the King of Jin. Prepare yourself, the eighth day of October is Liu Biao's death day, and Liu Cong will definitely take people to pay homage outside the city. This is a rare opportunity. You can discuss it with Kuai Yue. Get rid of Liu Cong."

Of course I raised my hands in support of Madam Cai's plan, I almost jumped up with joy, hurriedly repaired the book, and promised her Mrs. Yipin, Cai Mao will be a general of Hussars.Let them kill Liu Cong quickly.

At the same time, I carefully analyzed the situation. I think there were four reasons why Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi.One is that he himself is too arrogant; the other is that the northern soldiers are not acclimatized to Jingzhou, and the plague is rampant. I am prepared for this, and I have prepared a prescription for dispelling heat and preventing diseases, and let the Huotou army put rice soup for the soldiers to drink Thirdly, the chosen location for dispatching troops was completely wrong; as we all know, the deep waters and low soil in the south of the Yangtze River, with rice fields and rice fields, are not suitable for land warfare, but Cao Cao chose to attack by land.Now that I have invaded Yizhou, the Yangtze River is shared by Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Of course, I will not go by land; Invaded Jiangnan.Thirdly, Cao Cao's strategic goal had problems from the very beginning, and this problem was the most fatal among all the problems that led to his failure.He shouldn't fight Liu Bei and Sun Quan together.

If you fight Liu Bei, you will fight Liu Bei, and don't provoke Sun Quan. As long as Sun and Liu are not in an alliance, there will be no so-called Battle of Chibi at all.Liu Bei is sure to die, and Zhuge Liang may even send his army south to attack Kuaiji and Wu Jun when he has nothing to do.

If you want to win this chapter, the most important thing is that Sun Liu cannot form an alliance.Therefore, I ordered Xu Shu and Deng Zhi to set off for Soochow immediately to negotiate a strategic alliance with Sun Quan.What was promised to Sun Quan was the land in the four counties of Jiaozhou currently occupied by Jingzhou.

On the first day of October, when Deng Zhi and Xu Shu came back from sending letters, they had already returned along the waterway, but the agreement was not reached, and Sun Quan was still hesitating.Xu Shu has tried his best to tell him that King Jin sent troops this time to attack Liu Bei and avenge Liu Bei in Yizhou, but he would not plot against Soochow.When the army arrives in Xiangyang, they will never garrison Jiangling to threaten Jiangxia. Please rest assured, King Wu.Sun Quan shook his head, but said, "I will reply when Zhou Lang returns from Poyang."

Sure enough, Liu Cong went out of the city to sacrifice to heaven on the eighth day of October, and the sick generals he brought with him did not exceed five thousand.Cai Mao accompanied him, and the city of Xiangyang was guarded by Kuai Yue and Cai Zhong.Of Liu Cong's 60 troops, one thousand are personal soldiers, led by Deng Ji, who has followed Liu Biao for half his life. He is almost [-] years old this year and is very loyal. Liu Cong has extra trust in him.

Twenty miles out of the city is the Liu family's ancestral hall, the ancestral temple.Liu Cong got off his horse and walked with the generals to sacrifice.Cai Mao had already greeted his lieutenants, as long as Liu Cong got off his horse, he would go up and catch and kill Liu Cong immediately.I am responsible for dealing with Deng Ji.

The personal soldiers lined up on both sides of the ancestral hall to protect Liu Cong.When Liu Cong stepped into the ancestral hall, Cai Mao shouted: "Do it." The three thousand elite soldiers behind him rushed forward.Many civil servants were present, and when they saw that their own people were fighting with their own people suddenly, they were so frightened that they ran away with their heads in their hands, and countless died among the chaos.When Liu Cong saw Cai Mao's rebellion, he hurriedly called Deng Ji.Deng Ji was a master of martial arts, wearing armor, entered the siege, pulled Liu Cong on the back of his horse, fought a bloody road, and wanted to escape back to Xiangyang.Cai Mao saw it at a glance, galloped over with his sword in hand, and slashed and killed Liu Cong.Deng Ji withstood two moves, did not dare to fight, and walked away. Cai Mao chased after him with three or four hundred men.

After a while, Deng Ji rushed to the city of Xiangyang, and Deng Ji shouted from the city: "Quickly open the city gate, Cai Mao is plotting rebellion." , ordered a thousand archers to line up at the gate of the city.Put down the drawbridge.Deng Ji drove his horse into the city.What greeted him was a torrential rain of arrows.Deng Ji and Liu Cong behind him were shot into honeycombs in an instant, and fell down under the horse.

At this time, Cai Hao had also rushed into the city, and quickly ordered people to close the city gate to block the news.On the one hand, he sent someone to notify King Jin to send troops quickly.

Paper can't hold the fire, how could Liu Bei not smell such a big movement.Not only Liu Bei, Wenpin, Huo Jun, Huo Ge and his son also received the news at the same time.

Needless to say, the mourning contest was in full swing.First, Liu Bei ordered the three armies to be silent, set up an altar in Jiangling City to cry and worship Liu Cong, and vowed to crusade against him, and then Wenpin and Huo Jun joined forces with [-] troops and approached Xiangyang to avenge the Lord Liu Cong.

On October [-], Cai Mao announced that he would succeed General Zhennan and lead the nine counties of Jingxiang to surrender to Jin Wang Yuanxi.At the same time, he sent someone to send the surrender letter to Luoyang.

I have already drawn up a comprehensive plan, and the army Hanzhong, Yizhou, Yingchuan, and Huainan will attack Jingzhou in four directions.The first route is the Tianfeng and Jiangyi canals in the Central Plains. They leave Runan and Yingchuan respectively by land and enter Wancheng.In the second route, Li Dian led an army of [-], leaving Hanzhong Chenggu, passing through the Han River, attacking the three counties of Shangyong, Xicheng, and Fangling, and reaching Xiangyang. Yiyang and other counties put the entire Nanyang County under the control of Yuan Jun, and joined forces with Tianfeng in Fancheng.The fourth road is also the most critical and difficult road. Guo Jia, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Yun have already rushed to Linjiang and Kuiguan, and are ready to concentrate on attacking Baidi City through Wu Gorge.Once Baidi City is broken, Yuan Jun can capture Jiangling downstream and drive Liu Bei away, and Yuan Jun's forces will spread all over the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.The key issue is that it must be guaranteed that Sun Quan will not intervene with troops.Prior to this, the imperial court officially issued an imperial decree, ordering Cai Mao to be the shepherd of Jingzhou and Kuai Yue to be the governor of Jingzhou.Act on a fake festival.

On November [-]th, Wenpin and Huo Ge's army crossed the Xiangjiang River, a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City, and went to the village.And issued a statement vowing not to surrender Yuan Bing, unless King Jin bestows death on Cai Mao's rebels.

After eight days of smooth sailing, Li Dian's army captured Xicheng, Fangling, and Shangyong without bloodshed.In the early morning of the [-]th, [-] Hebei soldiers arrived at the north gate of Xiangyang City.The geographical location of the three counties in Xicheng is very important, connecting Hanzhong and Bashu to the west, Xiangfan to the east, and can attack Nanyang County and Luoyang.It's really a strategic place.And the prefect stationed at Fangling was Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law Kuai Qi.Kuai Qi is Kuai Yue's nephew, Kuai Yue ordered him to surrender, how could he not listen.At the same time, Kuai Qi also persuaded the two brothers Shen Yi, the prefect of Xicheng, and Shen Dan, the prefect of Shangyong, to surrender.

Li Dian ordered Kuai Qi, Shen Dan and Shen Yi to call the door.Cai Hao was overjoyed and wanted to open the door. Zhang Yun reminded him: "You must not open the door without seeing the King of Jin. Li Dian is Cao Cao's surrendered general, so he may not be reliable. Outside the south gate, Wenpin and Huo Jun and his son are waiting in full force, and they will attack the city soon. Your Excellency, you can let Li Dian go to the village on the road outside the south gate, block Wenpin, and wait for the king of Jin to come." Cai Mao said: "Good." He lay on the tower and shouted to Li Dian: "General Li Mancheng, the army has worked hard all the way. It's time to open the city and work hard, but the enemy is at hand, and the army of the traitor Wenpin has already arrived outside the south gate. If spies sneak in, you and I will have no face to see King Jin. I will not obey."

Li Dian couldn't understand it when he heard it. If you don't come here, don't you just want Lao Tzu to retreat from the enemy?There is no way, since I am here, I have to go if I don't go, otherwise I won't be able to explain to King Jin.Then he led his troops to the south gate and set up camp at the intersection ten miles outside the city to block Wenpin's way.

Tian Feng and Jiang Yiqu gathered 25 Qingzhou soldiers stationed in Xuchang, Yingchuan, and Runan.On October [-], on the night of receiving the letter of surrender, we set off.Cao Jun was dispatched to surrender Duan Shu as the vanguard, commanding [-] troops, and stationed in the Mopo area through Jia County overnight, then occupied Luoyang, fronted Wancheng, and remotely controlled Xiangfan.On the third day, the vanguard army entered Wancheng, and Hu Xiu, the prefect of Nanyang, surrendered.Tian Feng sent General Yang, Sui Gu, and Duan Shu to attack Lushan, Anle, and the ancient city without a fight. Also on November [-], Tian Feng and the forward army went to Queweipo, intending to enter Xinye.

Unexpectedly, there was desperate resistance in this place.

Under the Xinye Order, Xue Ti, the guard general, is a first-class general under Liu Biao's account.Uncompromising loyalty, vowed not to surrender.

When Xue Ti heard that his lord Liu Cong had been murdered, Cai Mao took charge of the state shepherd and delivered a decree to surrender to Yuan Xi.He was so furious that he almost chopped off everyone in the army surnamed Cai.Hearing that Yuan Bing had occupied Nanyang County, he was so anxious that he hurriedly summoned soldiers and horses, preparing to fight desperately.

Xinye County is not far away, eighty miles northeast of Xiangyang City, where Zhuge Liang lived.Although it is close to Xiangyang, it is under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County.The county guard Hu Xiu had already ordered to surrender, but Xue Ti treated him like a fart, not only refused to surrender, but also assembled [-] troops, ready to resist.Although Xinye is not big, it has a lot of food and money, and it also has the largest prison in Jingzhou.Many desperadoes, thugs, and important political criminals were imprisoned inside.Xue Ti, without further ado, released all these people to form a death squad.Apart from the indefinite term and the death penalty, these people regained their freedom all of a sudden, they also ate and drank well, and even had companions in the city, and they were unanimously willing to serve.

Two of them are noteworthy, and these two have been imprisoned for two years.Xue Ti took a look, isn't this the Zhonglang general Huang Zhong and the school lieutenant General Wei Yan?He suddenly remembered that he was imprisoned by Cai Mao.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan had no idea what was going on, and Zhang Er King Kong couldn't figure it out.Xue Ti was overjoyed, with these two strong generals, Yuan Bing could never think about moving forward.After telling the story to the two of them, the two of them cried as if their own father had died, clamoring to avenge their lord Liu Cong.

Xue Ti thought about it, he couldn't just keep defending the city, so he sent Huang Zhong to go down to the village near Queweipo, and Wei Yanshuai to go out to the south gate to command two thousand troops to lie in ambush at Boling Ferry by the Baishui River. Collision.

Of course, Xue Ti didn't have Zhuge Liang's ingenious plan, he set fire and flooded, but the two moves he played were also very clever, with advances and retreats, echoing back and forth.

At the same time, the Huainan army of Zhao Zilong and Xu Huang did not encounter any resistance, and took over the four cities of Gushi, Guangzhong, Pingchun, and Yiyang via the Huaihe River.From Yiyang to Mianshui, driving fifty miles outside of Fancheng, it is equivalent to crossing Xinye, and putting Xinye County into a situation of two sides attacking.Fancheng guard Fu Shiren went out of the city to greet Fu Shiren and expressed his willingness to surrender. Zhao Yun Xu Huang ordered Sun Gaoshuai to guard Fancheng with [-] soldiers, and Fu Yingshuai with [-] soldiers to guard Mianshui. The two crossed the river without stopping. .

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were still not allowed to enter the city, but Zhao Yun was allowed to camp outside the city.Zhao Yun's army went to the south gate to support Li Dian.

Li Dian had already fought against Wenpin and Huo Jun. The strength of the two sides was equal, each was injured, and there was no winner.Wenpin's martial arts were superb, but Li Dian was no match for him. He was shot in the shoulder and almost turned upside down.Wenpin was overjoyed. He thought he was invincible. He came to fight again the next day. Li Dian was seriously injured. He thought to himself, if he went out, he would be guaranteed to die. I was timid and afraid of death, and was worrying, when suddenly soldiers came to report that Huainan reinforcements had arrived.

Li Dian hurriedly asked, "Who leads the army?"

The soldier said: "General Zhao Zilong is written on the handsome flag." Li Dian smacked his lips and said, "It's over, the Wenpin bastard is dead."

Wenpin flaunted his power in front of the battle and scolded Li Dian for being a coward.Three generals Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and Li Dian rushed out of the camp.Wenpin recognized Xu Huang, and when he saw the Huainan Army joining the battle, his heart sank. He had experienced Xu Huang's big axe before, so he knew it was a formidable enemy.I thought to myself that it would not be easy to win now.Unexpectedly, it was not Xu Huang who came out to fight, but the little girl who was quietly in vain.Oh, Wenpin thought to himself, this is obviously sending a sheep to the tiger's mouth, how dare I accept such a generous gift.

Wenpin made a big mistake by judging people by their appearance.Zhao Yun just wanted him to make mistakes, so he didn't show a banner behind him.Wenpin thought he was an unknown person.Angrily, he said to Xu Huang: "Xu Huang, I am your ancestor, you look down on me, you sent me a little boy to beat him up, and when he dies, don't blame me for not saying hello to you."

Xu Huang waved his hands again and again: "No blame, no blame, brother Zhongye must not give me face, let him go and teach him a lesson." Wen Pin squinted at Xu Huang, pointed at Zhao Yun arrogantly, and said, "This is what you said , don't blame me for not giving you a chance, it's over, the little boy is dead, watch the knife."

(End of this chapter)