Chapter 45: Breaking the City Gate
"General Cai Mao can only grieve you to accompany us!"
Cai Mao was brought to Liu Zheng's side by his subordinates, Liu Zheng actually didn't need to talk to Cai Mao, anyway, the next plan only needs to use Cai Mao's appearance, as for Cai Mao's cooperation or not, it doesn't matter, if he doesn't cooperate, then there will be another fierce battle.
At that time, he directly killed Cai Mao and let him remember it for a long time.
The reason why Liu Zheng wanted to capture Cai Mao alive was precisely to consider dealing with Qin Jie next.
He brought Cai Mao over, briefly described his plan to Cai Mao, and asked Cai Mao to cooperate with him, if he didn't cooperate, he would kill Cai Mao.
Cai Mao trembled angrily, but there was nothing he could do, for the sake of his own life, he snorted coldly and did not speak again.
After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he quickly led people and continued to approach Cai Yangcheng, and at the same time stripped off the clothes on the corpses of these dead officers and soldiers when he fought with the officers and soldiers before.
Ordered the Yellow Turban Army under his command to change into the clothes of these officers and soldiers. Then Cai Mao led the disguise and rushed to Caiyang City to recover his life.
If you want to deal with Qin Jie, you can't attack by force, you can only outwit it.
Although Liu Zheng is also sure of winning the storming of Caiyang City, Qin Jie still has thousands of soldiers and horses in Caiyang City, if he relies on the city wall to confront Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng wants to defeat Caiyang City, and he will inevitably lose thousands of soldiers and horses under his command.
At that time, even if Qin Jie can be captured alive, the lost soldiers and horses will not be able to recover. If Qin Jie can be caught without much effort and at a very small cost, it will naturally be very desirable.
Therefore, Liu Zhenghui wanted to use Cai Mao, use Cai Mao's identity to deceive the soldiers defending the city, and open the city gate, so he entered the city and controlled the entire Caiyang City for a short time, and then Sun Zhong's 30,000 soldiers and horses could surround the entire Caiyang City.
In this way, Qin Jie would not be able to escape even if he inserted his wings, so he could only be caught obediently.
Liu Zheng took Cai Mao and quickly returned to Caiyang City, using some of the official troops who had surrendered before and mixing some of the Yellow Turban Army inside, wearing the clothes of the official army.
Separated from the distance of the city wall, even if the officers and soldiers on the city tower can observe it, they may not be able to see clearly in a short time whether these people are yellow turban thieves.
In addition, there is Cai Mao, no matter whether Cai Mao will take the initiative to cooperate, but Cai Mao thinks about his own life, Liu Zheng only needs to let him not speak, just stand next to him and let people recognize his face.
Anyway, Liu Zheng had already taken away the weapon on his body, and then asked Zhou Cang to stay by his side and threaten him with a knife at any time, and kill him on the spot if he was disobedient to see how he resisted.
In this way, the officers and soldiers pretended to be the 3,000 Yellow Turban Army appeared outside Caiyang City, easily deceived the soldiers defending the city, and let the 3,000 Yellow Turban Army enter the city.
Quickly control the various checkpoints, and let the 30,000 Yellow Turban troops outside the city enter the city.
Qin Jie was still leisurely waiting for Cai Mao and Huang Zhong to send him the good news at this time.
But he never expected that what he was waiting for was tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, who would change the flag of Caiyang City.
Liu Zheng easily opened the gate and poured soldiers and horses into the city. When he took people to the county government of Caiyang City.
At this time, Qin Jie didn't know that this Caiyang City had changed owners.
"Someone's coming!"
Qin Jie shouted leisurely, the guards beside him.
But no one answered him.
Qin Jie shouted again, but still no one responded to him, and this time he couldn't sit still, pushed open the door and walked out of the house.
Unexpectedly, Liu Zheng took Zhou Cang and Xu Huang and walked in from outside.
The plot immediately became vigilant and questioned Liu Zheng loudly.
"Who are you? Why is it here? ”
"Is this the new Lord Qin Jie, the Taishou of Nanyang County?"
"Sure enough, it's a talented person who knows how to be reasonable."
Liu Zheng glanced at Qin Jie, at the beginning, he had the impression that Qin Jie should be a powerful and capable general.
But at a closer look, I found that this guy was wearing a Confucian robe, a little less, heroic and extraordinary, but a little more scholarly spirit.
Qin Jie was very smart, and after noticing that something was wrong for the first time, he immediately sensed from the outfit of Liu Zheng and the others that these people in front of him should be the remnants of the Yellow Turban Thieves.
"You're Yellow Turban Thieves!"
Qin Jie said in surprise, and at the same time his face was incredulous.
"It's worthy of being a Taishou Lord, but he is smart, and he can see through our identity at a glance."
"Someone! There are thieves! Come on! ”
As soon as Liu Zheng admitted his identity, Qin Jie immediately shouted outside the hospital, wanting to arrest Liu Zheng and the others.
"No need to shout, Lord Qin Jie, the people outside here are no longer there."
"I just complimented you on your cleverness, why are you suddenly stupid, and if there are people outside, how can we be here?"
Liu Zheng simply explained to Qin Jie.
Qin Jie was not stupid, after Liu Zheng's reminder, his face immediately changed miserably, but he still had a trace of illusion and immediately refuted Liu Zheng.
"Impossible, I still have three thousand soldiers and horses here, how can you quietly defeat my Caiyang City!"
"Hahaha, what's so difficult about this, I'll just use tricks to open the city gate, and then sneak in, just capture Caiyang City quietly, why use a soldier."
"Open the gates by trickery?"
As soon as Qin Jie heard Liu Zheng's words, the expression on his face changed, and then he suddenly remembered something, and he was even more surprised.
"Impossible, how can you deceive the city gate, unless it is Cai Mao and Huang Zhong!"
Qin Jie could think of what strategy Liu Zheng used, but how could he think that he didn't want to believe that it was Huang Zhong and Cai Mao.
After all, Huang Zhong and Cai Mao transferred seventy percent of the soldiers and horses under his command, and if they were defeated and lost to the Yellow Turban Army, it would be a huge blow, and he didn't want to believe it.
A smile appeared at the corner of Liu Zheng's mouth.
"Then guess it, it's Huang Zhong or Cai Mao."
"It can't be Huang Zhong, his son is still in my hands, only I can save his son, it must be Cai Mao, it's Cai Mao's bastard, isn't it!"
Liu Zheng smiled and opened his mouth to Qin Jie, and directly asked Qin Jie to bring in who betrayed him, he immediately thought about it, and then said that it was Cai Mao who betrayed him.
Cai Mao is the eldest son of the Cai family of the Jingzhou family, and has always coveted his position as Jiangxia Taishou, and he is not very harmonious with him, plus he was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army before, Qin Jie blamed him.
makes Qin Jie inevitably think that Cai Mao betrayed him.
But after listening to Qin Jie's words, Liu Zheng not only did not mock Qin Jie, but heard some interesting things in Qin Jie's words.
"Huang Zhong's son is in your hands, can you still save him?"
Liu Zheng muttered what Qin Jie had just said, and immediately fell into deep thought.
Perhaps Qin Jie's words were the key for him to break through Huang Zhong and recruit Huang Zhong.