Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1862 When the benefits are in front of you, the relatives are all scum

The battle between Fei Qian and Cao Cao has gradually entered the final juncture in Yingchuan, and many news have gradually spread to Jingxiang. The first news is that Fei Qian has won Yang Di, almost one step away from Xu County Not far away, the second news is that Cao Cao led the army back to Yingchuan and is about to arrive in Xu County.

  After these two news reached Jingxiang, almost everyone took a breath. Looking at this, is there going to be a battle for the emperor between Fei Qian and Cao Cao?

As for the imperial edict, the people in Jingzhou are also arguing endlessly. Some people say that since it is an imperial edict, if it is disrespected, it will inevitably violate loyalty. , but almost everyone has the same consensus, that is, after the rain stops, I am afraid it will be the time to see the outcome.

  And these discussions in Xiangyang did not affect the fierce battle in Jiangxia City in the drizzle.

  Cai Mao's face was as sinking as water, with a faint evil spirit, staring at Jiangxia City in front of him.

  Liu Biao is dying soon...

  Maybe it's the work of these few days, or two days earlier, or two days later, anyway, it's just this month's work, it depends on how long Liu Biao can spend. Speaking of this, it also shows that no matter what this time, Liu Biao is unlikely to recover. Of course, Cai would not do it himself, because as long as he did it, some flaws would inevitably be left, and such flaws would undoubtedly be fatal, so he simply dragged on like this, letting Liu Biao gradually dry up, and finally Died "naturally".

   However, having said that, it is impossible to delay for too long. Liu Biao was also seriously ill for a while, and then he was unable to discuss matters, but he recovered after a month or so, so this time, if the delay exceeds one month, it will inevitably arouse suspicion from many people, even though the Cai family now controls However, if the Kuai family or other Liu Biao officials forced them to come to the door and insisted on seeing Liu Biao, it would be a very troublesome matter.

   Therefore, it can be delayed, but not for a long time.

  The best thing is that Cai Mao wins Jiang Xia here, and "just in time" encounters Liu Biao's death at the time of triumph, that would be perfect...

Cai Hao looked up at the sky, the drizzle had gradually become scarce, but it was still drifting sporadically, and it could be said that it could no longer have a major impact on the battle, so he immediately issued an order to raise the command flag, and in the four fields, everyone It was the soldiers who shouted together, but it was also very powerful and extraordinary. Jiangxia faced water on one side and land on three sides. Cai Mao simply attacked in two directions on the land, giving way to one side of the city wall.

Cai Mao's military training is more or less a family tradition, so when the command flag is unfurled, and one infantry phalanx after another starts to advance, there is more or less method and momentum. When a certain distance is reached, Jiangxia City begins to have some The arrows shot down, but because of the consumption of the past few days, it was not as dense as before.

The flag was shaken, the drums were beating, and the infantry array under Cai Mao was divided into two parts. One part began to increase its speed and move at full speed, and then became faster and faster until it ran wildly, while the other part was archers. Less, immediately stood still, drew the bow and set the arrow, and began to shoot each other with the city.

   From time to time, siege soldiers were shot down by arrows, and the originally relatively neat queue became somewhat disorganized, causing Cai Mao to frown. However, shooting arrows from the city wall can reach a long distance, relying on the downward force of the arrow, and the destructive power is sufficient, but it is scattered and does not form an effective strike force, so there is not much way to stop Cai Mao's attack. The momentum of the charge.

   Huang Zu is the descendant of Huang Xiang. Huang Xiang was a well-known filial son in the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Twenty-Four Filial Pieties". Huang Xiang co-existed with eight sons, Huang Qiong, Huang Gui, etc., which are called "Eight Schools of Huang Family".

  The descendants of the eight sects, except Huang Xiang's eldest son, Huang Qiong, continued to live in Jiangxia Anlu and became the Anlu Huang family line, and the rest moved to various places. The second son, Huang Gui, moved to Langzhong, Brazil, and became the ancestor of the Huang family in Langzhong; the fifth son, Huang Zan, moved to Lingling and established the Lingling Huang family.

  Both Huang Zhong and Huang Zu came from Huang Qiong, the eldest son of Huang Xiang, while Huang Gai from Jiangdong came from Huang Zan, the fifth son of Huang Xiang. As for Huang Chengyan, he came from Huang Li, the youngest son of Huang Xiang. As for seniority, Huang Gai and Huang Chengyan are roughly equal, Huang Zu is probably three or four generations behind, and the youngest is Huang Zhong.

Logically speaking, Huang Zu should be closer to Huang Chengyan, but in fact, Huang Zu looks down on Huang Chengyan, thinking that Huang Chengyan's work with craftsmen is not on the table. But it’s just that the blind cat ran into that, it’s not that much skill, and Huang Zu is quite proud, let him go to Huang Chengyan every day, and Huang Gong Huang Taigong screams all day long, Huang Zu consciously can’t stop That face, so over the years, the relationship has been neither good nor bad.

   In terms of seniority, Huang Chengyan married a daughter of the Cai family, and when he met Cai Mao, if he was serious, he would call him uncle! Then Cai Mao's seniority is also higher than Huang Zu's! The elders teach the younger generation a lesson, even if Hussar General Fei Qian is here, he is still no older than his seniority!

  So Cai Hao is not very worried about Huang Chengyan's problems. It's like a distant relative who has a big accident in his family. He may lend a hand to help, but if he wants to bankrupt himself, I'm afraid he will weigh it in his heart. In terms of close relationship, the relationship between the Cai family and the Huang family is not bad, but in the face of interests, the relationship can only be ranked one row behind.

  Why don't you talk to the Huang family?

   What a joke, it should be the Huang family who came to talk to me!

   Hussars are Hussars now, back then when they were nothing, didn’t the Cai family support Fei Qian?

  Even if we take a step back, the Cai family's request is not too much, as long as Jing Xiang is nothing more, is it possible that Huqi and Huang's family will turn their faces and deny anyone, and even wipe out the Cai family's share?

  So this attack on Jiangxia is of great significance. Not only to declare that the status of the Cai family in Jingxiang is inviolable, but also to show their own strength and deter those who have other thoughts...

After throwing down dozens of corpses, the attacking soldiers passed through the wooden ditch and began to rush towards the city wall, either throwing ropes or lifting the wooden ladder on their shoulders, intending to When the ants were about to ascend the city, Jiang Xia's defenders also began to exert their strength, either pushing the ladder, or throwing wood and rolling stones, interrupting this wave of attack again...

Seeing this, Cai Mao was not only not angry, on the contrary, he felt a little joy in his heart, because from the beginning of the attack to the repulsion, it was basically a lot slower, which shows that Jiang Xiazhong is also gradually starting to get tired up!

A serious siege battle is relatively slow and long. It takes a lot of time to attack a round, organize the formation, and arrange matters, and then rush up. It would take a lot of time to step back and reorganize the array. If many of the later generations of knights who carry "qwert" as a hidden weapon come to watch the battle, they will shout out immediately, "I have taken off my pants. You just let me watch this? ! 』

   Seeing this, Cai Mao sent someone to push him onto the Chongche and Yunlou, and began to prepare to strengthen the attack. In Cai Mao's view, the value of these equipment is higher than that of ordinary soldiers. It is not a big deal if dozens of soldiers die, but if the siege equipment is destroyed, it will be too troublesome to rebuild.

  Jiang Xia's soldiers are exhausted, which means that Cai Mao's next plan is more likely to succeed. So Cai Mao re-sieged the city, and the intensity suddenly increased a lot, and the battle damage of both sides continued to increase...

  …”(●°u°●)”…

  Cai Mao and Huang Zu were playing happily, but neither of them noticed that at some point, there was an extra pair of eyes around them, watching their situation closely.

Around Jiangxia, in addition to Jiangling water, there are Han water, and Wei water, etc. These water systems have built a huge water network, plus various lakes and swamps in the surrounding area, it is simply a natural training ground for naval forces. Great place to hide your tracks.

The overall environment of the Han Dynasty was much more humid and hot than that of later generations. Even though the breath of the Little Ice Age has blown on the buttocks of the big man, there are still many big lakes in many places. For example, in the south of Jiangxia, there are Santai Lake, Guanghan Lake, It is even connected to Yunmengze.

This Yunmengze stretched enormously in the pre-Qin period, but due to the accumulation of quicksand and changes in mountains and rivers, it was gradually shrinking. Even in the Western Han Dynasty, townships and counties had been established on the accumulated ground of Yunmengze, such as Huarong. , Jingling and so on...

   Now, Zhou Tai and a group of people are hiding in such a big swamp, watching Jiang Xia's movements.

   The enmity between Huang Zu and the Sun family was not caused by Sun Jian's death, but was forged when Sun Jian was still alive. Although Huang Zu's combat power is generally inferior to many people, Huang Zu seems to have a talent, that is, regardless of victory or defeat, he can definitely kill the enemy general.

When Huang Zu and Sun Jian fought, although they didn't take advantage of it, Huang Zu killed Sun Jian's generals, that is, members of the Sun family. There was a conflict between the ancestors. During the fight, Huang Zu killed Xu Kun (Sun Jian's nephew), and if it is said that in history, Huang Zu later killed Ling Cao during the battle with Sun Quan...

  So, although everyone in Jiangdong disapproved of Sun Quan sending troops, how could Sun Quan hold back?

Not to mention, in fact, the Sun family is the most suitable target for future generations of time travelers. From Sun Jian's generation to Sun Quan's generation, they are all without saying a word, holding a knife is the master. Sun Quan is more or less better, Sun Jian and Sun Ce can It is really suitable for people who don’t want to do anything else all day long, just want to kill men and stab women, or the other way around. The key is Zhou Yu and Er Qiao, isn’t it…

Seeing the turbulent situation in Jiang Xia, Sun Quan was like scratching his heart with claws. After holding it in for a few days, he couldn't hold it anymore. Even though he knew that his behavior would probably not be approved, he still secretly ordered to let Zhou Tai took a group of soldiers and hid here, ready to find a chance to add some fuel to Jiang Xia's war.

   According to the standards of later generations, Zhou Tai is a "poor and lower-middle peasant" of the Sun family. He has a good composition and belongs to the most steadfast part of the Sun family. Zhou Tai followed Sun Jian when he was young, followed Sun Ce after Sun Jian died, and now he follows Sun Quan. His loyalty to the Sun family is as hard as steel.

  『The time has come! "Zhou Tai's eyes were piercing, he glanced to the north, and then looked around at the soldiers around him, "Old Master's revenge, this time is an opportunity!" 』After so many years, including where Zhou Tai is, some people still call Sun Jian the old master, Sun Ce the eldest master, and Sun Quan the young master. Of course, this is all behind Sun Quan’s back.

Many of those around Zhou Tai are veterans of the Sun family, and they all understand the grievances between the Sun family and Huang Zu, so after hearing Zhou Tai's words, they all expressed that there would be absolutely nothing wrong with following Zhou Tai. vague.

  Zhou Tai nodded, and said his plan: "Jiangxia water gate is weakly defended, we can sneak in to destroy the gate in the dark, disturb the city, and take the opportunity to kill the yellow thieves!" 』

  Everyone thought about it and thought it was feasible, so they implemented it according to the policy, but they never expected that when Zhou Tai and the others arrived near Jiangxia's water gate, they also saw a group of figures sneaking towards Jiangxia's water gate!

  This is really...

   Zhou Tai didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only stop for a while, thinking about what he should do, or else, follow behind and pretend to be Cai Mao's people?

  While Zhou Tai was still thinking, the battle of Minato had already broken out.

Not long after Cai Mao's soldiers rushed in, they were discovered by Jiang Xia's guards, and immediately sounded a gong to warn them. The water gate actually looks like a trap set aside on purpose!

Zhou Tai watched the flames turbulently on the top of the city, screaming continuously, sweat dripped from his head, luckily Cai Mao's soldiers took the first step, otherwise he would rush in with his troops, and he would have been shot in the same way. I fell into Huang Zu's trap!

what to do?

   Huang Zu in Jiangxia City was obviously very proud of his strategy, and went up to the top of the city, laughed at Cai Mao's camp, gave an excited speech, and then wobbled down the city wall. The Cai Mao camp on the other side also seemed to know the failure of the water gate, so they gradually put away the torches and returned to the camp...

   Zhou Tai looked at it, and suddenly a bold idea popped up, what if at this time, attack Minato again?

Huang Zu of Jiangxia must have thought that Cai Mao's plot had been defeated, and both generals and soldiers would be somewhat lax. If he took advantage of the road destroyed by Cai Mao's soldiers to launch another surprise attack, on the one hand, he could save a lot of time in opening up the road. On the other hand, it is impossible to say that Jiang Xia's defenders can be caught off guard!

Zhou Taixiang was very courageous when he came, and since he thought about it, he did it straight away. He took his men to the water gate of Jiangxia at dawn, and then cut the wooden fence rope that Jiangxia's soldiers temporarily pushed down to block the water gate. He dragged away the stone bars used to block the passage, and sneaked into Jiangxia City!

Jiang Xia's soldiers, including Huang Zu, did not expect that someone would score twice, and they were caught off guard by Zhou Taizhen. Not only did Zhou Tai and others break through the defense of the water gate and rushed into the city, they also A lot of material houses were set on fire, and the smoke billowed into the sky!

Cai Mao heard the news, stared at it for a while, and then although he was not sure what happened, since there was a riot in Jiangxia city, he couldn't do nothing by himself, so he hurriedly summoned soldiers and launched an attack on Jiangxia. Onslaught...

  (end of this chapter)