Liu Zheng's goal is not Cai Mao itself.

Cai Mao and the thousand officers and soldiers under him were just bait used by Liu Zheng to attract Qin Jie in Caiyang City.

This time Liu Zheng deliberately let Cai Mao go back, Cai Mao, who suffered a big loss, will definitely not admit his defeat, he will definitely make a big announcement in front of Qin Jie that he has suffered such an ambush, and then instigate Qin Jie to send troops to fight against these Yellow Turban thieves again.

Cai Mao's fanning of the flames will inevitably make Qin Jie quite concerned about the Yellow Turban Army outside the city, and then he will make a big move and bring more soldiers and horses out of the city to sweep.

And Cai Mao only saw the 4,000 soldiers and horses in this valley ambushed by Liu Zheng this time.

He didn't know that Liu Zheng had arranged a full 7,000 people here. So the next time he came over, he would only think that there were 4,000 people here.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zheng actually arranged 7,000 people here.

And these 7,000 people are not Liu Zheng's final killer weapon to deal with Qin Jie, his real idea is to wait for Qin Jie's second attack to lure them to the road to Wancheng and enter the second ambush.

The 30,000 people that Sun Zhong ambushed over there.

That was the real battlefield, and it was also the last step that Liu Zheng used to deal with Qin Jie.

Of course, before going to that step, first of all, Qin Jie will be in the middle of the plan and continue to send troops over to pursue Liu Zheng, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army.

And Zhou Cang took the remaining 2,000 men and horses to pursue Cai Mao, also to make Qin Jie even more annoyed, and wanted to provoke Qin Jie and attract Qin Jie to come over and pursue.

Cai Mao fled in despair, and it only took a quarter of an hour to escape back to Caiyang City.

At this time, Qin Jie, Caiyang City, had just reorganized his soldiers and horses, and was preparing to take people to Wancheng to join Zhu Jun's men and horses and besiege Wancheng together.

Seeing Cai Mao fleeing back in embarrassment, the 1,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him suffered heavy losses, and only a few dozen people were left around him to flee back, he immediately became furious and arrested Cai Mao for questioning.

Cai Mao came to Qin Jie's side with a depressed face, and swept away the previous high spirits, Cai Mao at this time was only lost and unwilling.

Qin Jie asked Cai Mao about the cause and effect, and in order to get away with it, Cai Mao naturally could only answer that he was chasing the enemy too deeply, and he said it in an ambush by mistake.

"Damn, we have just taken down Cai Yang City, and there is a small group of Yellow Turban Army so arrogant, dare to play tricks on me, Cai Mao, can you see the number of that Yellow Turban Army clearly?"

"I can see clearly, there are about four or five thousand people, not too good people, I look at their dress, it seems to be some remnants."

"Okay, I'm worried that I can't find the whereabouts of those yellow turban thieves, they still dare to chase them to Caiyang City, I'll give you a chance to make up for it, you go and order three thousand more people, and you must destroy this group of yellow turban thieves."

Although Qin Jie was quite annoyed with Cai Mao, if Cai Mao was punished at this time, Cai Mao would definitely not accept it, and simply gave him a chance to make up for it.

Cai Mao is a famous big family in Jingzhou, and he is a local family, even if it is Qin Jie, knowing that Cai Mao has been, he doesn't really want to be guilty of him.

When Cai Mao heard Qin Jie's words, his original depressed mood immediately ignited a raging fire at this time, and the time for revenge and shame had come, he had this opportunity, how could he not want to cherish it, so he went directly to Qin Jie to take the order.

As soon as Cai Mao left, Qin Jie frowned, and immediately shouted at the guards outside the door.

"Hurry up and ask Hansheng to come over!"

After a while, Huang Zhong hurriedly walked to Qin Jie's big tent.

"Your Excellency, you call me."

"Han Sheng, Cai Mao was ambushed and lost a thousand soldiers and horses, I suspect that this small group of yellow turban thieves outside the city has a purpose, maybe this time it is still an ambush, you go and lead three thousand soldiers and horses, follow behind Cai Mao, don't startle the snake."

"If Cai Mao is still in the middle of the plan this time, you can help Cai Mao as a helper. to annihilate those Yellow Turban thieves in one fell swoop. ”

Cai Mao is relatively stupid, and he may not have thought that there are masters in this Yellow Turban Army, but Qin Jie is not stupid, he has not been carried away by hatred, so at this time, he made a reinforcement again, intending to assist Cai Mao.

Huang Zhong quickly agreed, and after Cai Mao led people away, Huang Zhong also gathered 3,000 soldiers and horses, and quickly walked out of Cai Yang City.

On Zhou Cang's side, the 2,000 Yellow Turban Army that pursued Cai Mao, after driving Cai Mao into Caiyang City, immediately retreated according to Liu Zheng's previous orders.

It didn't take long for Cai Mao to take people and continue to walk out of Cai Yang City, rushing in the previous direction, quickly chasing Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang saw from a distance that this time it was Cai Mao leading the team, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

and Liu Zheng's estimation was good, Cai Mao did everything to chase him out.

Along the way, Zhou Cang once again used the guerrilla tactics mentioned by Liu Zheng to hang Cai Mao and let Cai Mao keep chasing behind, but this time, Liu Zheng changed places and did not continue to ambush Cai Mao in the position just now.

Instead, the ambush location was advanced, and when Cai Mao and the people had just walked out of Caiyang City, Liu Zheng's people who were hiding near him immediately rushed out.

First, Xu Huang rushed out with the other two thousand men and horses.

"Kill!"

Xu Huang pulled out his long axe, rode on his war horse, roared angrily, and guided the two thousand Yellow Turban troops around him to kill Cai Mao.

But this time, Cai Mao didn't have the panic she had last time.

After all, he already knew the number of Yellow Turban thieves here, and he had already thought in advance that there might be an ambush, and commanded the officers and troops around him to start fighting the enemy in an orderly manner.

Charging forward step by step, these officers and soldiers were well-equipped and their morale was high, and they began to attack the coalition formed by Xu Huang and Zhou Cang, and the two sides fought together at this time.

If there are no other factors in the way, even if there are Xu Huang and Zhou Cang. Two generals commanded these Yellow Turban Corps. The military quality of the Yellow Turban Army is also impossible to defeat the 3,000 people under Cai Mao's command.

After all, the overall quality of the officers and troops is still a little stronger than that of the Yellow Turban Army, and Rao is that Liu Zheng has trained these Yellow Turban Army, and there is no way to improve them to the point where they can compete with the officers and soldiers in such a short period of time.

In addition, Liu Zheng's real elite cavalry was not here, and he did not send it out, so Cai Mao fought more and more fiercely, and he was about to win, suppressing these Yellow Turban Army.

Liu Zheng watched Cai Mao lead people to continue deeper, and knew that the time had come, so he quickly waved his hand, so that the other three thousand people who had been ambushed here for a long time quickly circled behind Cai Mao.

"Up!"

Commanding the last 3,000 people, Liu Zheng gave an order, ordering these horses to start rushing towards Cai Mao's men.

The shouting of killing immediately came from behind Cai Mao again, and Cai Mao, who was already a little proud, instantly changed his face at this time.

"And ambushes?"