Through Zhuge Jin, Cai Mao agreed to unite with the potters.

Zhuge Jin took the news and quickly returned to the potter's barracks.

At present, the Jinling Army is gathering the county towns around Xiangyang City step by step.

After receiving the news from Zhuge Jin, the potter was very happy.

"Ziyu looks at Cai Mao, is the intention of my surrender true or false?" The potter asked Zhuge Jin.

In fact, he knew in his heart that if there was no accident, Cai Mao's intention would definitely be true, but he still wanted to hear Zhuge Jin's opinion, after all, Zhuge Jin communicated with Cai Mao in tandem through Huang Chengyan.

And Zhuge Jin is a person who is still more reliable in speaking and doing things, and he is not the kind of person who talks falsely.

Zhuge Jin thought about it seriously for a while, and then replied: "Looking down, Cai Mao's intention to surrender this time must be true. ”

"Why?"

"Cai Mao is now in Zhangling County, called a county guard, in fact, he is an abandoned son, since the beginning of the Liu Biao period, Jingzhou Liu has been suppressing him, and now Xiangyang's Pang is taking advantage of the opportunity to unite with Liu Bei, located on it, Cai Mao is only afraid that there are a hundred unconvinced, and the situation in Jingzhou is not very good, if I am Cai Mao, I am afraid that I will not continue to hang myself on this tree, and I will also find another master...... And today, when it comes to the male lord, which one can be compared with the prime minister? ”

Hearing this, the potter couldn't help laughing: "Ziyu, you praise me for what you say, when did you, a sincere person, learn this way of flattery?" ”

Zhuge Jin arched his hand and said: "How do you say this, Prime Minister? Where is this flattery, Jin is just telling the truth. ”

When Zhuge Jin said this, his face was very serious, and he looked upright, if it weren't for his left finger unconsciously touching his right finger, the potter might have really been fooled by him.

"Ziyu, if there is nothing to do in Jinling City, you can stay in the army, now that Kong Ming is not by my side, you stay here to help me give advice."

Zhuge Jin seemed to be a little hesitant when he heard this: "Prime Minister, I have never led a soldier to take charge of a general......

"You don't need you to lead the troops, these things naturally have me, you just need to follow me and help me come up with ideas."

"No." Zhuge Jin no longer shirked.

The potter narrowed his eyes and said, "Since Cai Mao has agreed to surrender, how should we make a move next and close Xiangyang?" ”

Zhuge Jin admonished the pottery merchant: "I feel that if I want to take Xiangyang, it is nothing more than to let Cai Mao and us cooperate inside and outside, but he is currently in Zhangling County, if he comes back directly, it is not reasonable, and it is easy to show flaws, what we have to do now is to give General Cai a reasonable reason to return to Xiangfan." ”

The potter thought about it seriously and said with a smile: "It's not simple? Let's knock down Zhangling County, he won't have nowhere to go, but to return to Xiangfan. ”

Zhuge Jin saw that the potter was to the point at once, and then said: "The prime minister is really a good opinion. ”

The potter instructed him: "Ziyu, you write a letter to Cai Mao now, telling him that I will send troops to attack Zhangling County in the future, let him be careful, I will really order a strong attack, let him make a road as soon as possible, so as not to be accidentally injured by our generals, it will not be very good-looking." ”

Zhuge Jinqi said: "Why do you want to attack seriously, can't you make a show?" ”

The potter raised his hand and pointed to the guide, and said: "Pang Tong of Xiangyang City is not an idle person, his talent is similar to that of your brother Kong Ming, if I play with Cai Mao in advance, I am afraid that I will not be able to hide it from him." ”

Zhuge Jin suddenly got up and said, "I'm going to prepare here." ”

After saying that, I saw him snort at the potter, and then walked out of the tent.

……

Three days later, the potters sent five generals, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, and A Fei, to each lead their headquarters to besiege Zhangling County.

The soldiers and horses of Jinling City were menacing, and they did not relent, and they captured Zhangling County with lightning speed, and defeated Cai Mao's army.

Cai Mao was extremely helpless when he lost his position, so he could only immediately lead his army to return to the land of Xiangyang.

However, he did not lead his troops back to Xiangxiang, but stationed in Yixian near Xiangyang, and sent people to Jiangling to report on the one hand, and sent people to Xiangyang to ask for support on the other.

Cai Mao's letter was sent to Xiangyang City, and Pang Tong did not express his position immediately after reading it, he just found the generals and asked them for advice.

Many Xiangyang generals said at the time that Cai Mao should be rescued, after all, he was a general of Jingzhou and had to help.

Some people also said that Cai Mao should be invited back to Xiangyang to help defend the city.

Hearing this, Pang Tong was silent, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others were also dumbfounded.

Even if Cai Mao lost power, he has been in Xiangyang for many years, and has been in charge of the army, and his prestige in the army is very high.

Especially now that Guan Yu and Pang Tong are at odds, many Xiangyang generals are dissatisfied with the behavior of these two generals, and feel that they can't hold Xiangyang, but it is better to ask Cai Mao to come back and preside over the overall situation.

Of course, Pang Tong will not agree, and Guan Yu will not agree either.

However, in the face of the earnest expressions of the generals in Xiangyang, Pang Tong was unwilling to erase their enthusiasm in public, but he felt that at this moment, there were some words that Guan Yu said that were more appropriate and appropriate.

He turned his head to look at Guan Yu and said, "What does General Guan think about this?" ”

Guan Yu hated to go up and kick Pang Tong to death.

When you ask me at this time, it is clear that you want to lead the resentment of the generals of Xiangyang to me!

Guan Yu, as Liu Bei's personal general, naturally would not agree to let Cai Mao come back, but as soon as the problem is said now, it is pure hatred.

But the problem is, he won't fail to answer yet.

If it were someone else, he might have passed perfunctorily in front of Pang Tong, but what kind of person is Guan Yu? The character is dragged to the sky, and in the face of Pang Tong, how can he be soft?

"General Cai Mao has just been defeated, and it will be difficult for him to let him come to Xiangyang City, so you might as well let him be stationed in Yicheng and echo Xiangyang." Guan Yu said his opinion lightly.

As Guan Yu's words fell, many people cast dissatisfied glances at him.

Of course, this is also the effect that Pang Tong wants.

He stroked his beard happily and said, "Since this is the case, then it depends on General Guan's words." ”

……

After Cai Mao arrived in Yicheng, he was stationed on the spot, and he immediately contacted a former colleague of the Jingzhou clan, Kuai Yue.

After Liu Bei took the throne, Kuai Yue, in order to protect himself, resigned from his post due to illness and stayed at home.

And his old house is not far from Yicheng.

Hearing that Cai Mao was summoned, Kuai Yue secretly went to Yicheng overnight to see Cai Mao.

Cai Mao didn't have anything to say about Kuai Yue, he told everything and didn't hide anything.

After saying all the things, Cai Mao immediately said to Kuai Yue: "Different degrees, the current matter, Cai must sit in Yicheng, it is inconvenient to return to Xiangyang, I bother you to secretly contact the old department for Cai Mou, and do the great things of the city, if this matter can be done, then in the future, you and I will prosper in Jingzhou, but it is no longer difficult!" ”

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