Chapter 57 Planning
Liu Bei was puzzled, and when he saw the people brought by Xu Shu, he asked suspiciously: "What is this?" ”
Xu Shu smiled: "This is the spy sent out by Fancheng just now, and he is going to ask for reinforcements." ”
Liu Bei also smiled and kept praising Xu Shu.
"I don't know who the lord is?" As soon as Cai Mao saw Liu Bei, she hurriedly began to bow.
"I am Liu Bei."
"It turned out to be the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Xuande, Uncle Liu Huang." Cai Mao hurriedly began to slap the horse. "I have long heard of the name of Gongzhi, and I have the honor to meet you today. I am willing to take the lead for the lord, I don't know if the lord is willing to accept it, as a gift, now I will give Fancheng to the lord. ”
Cai Mao directly defected, and even changed his title to the lord, he didn't feel blushing, and the soldiers behind Cai Mao felt a little embarrassed when they heard Cai Mao's words.
But Cai Mao doesn't care, now he just wants to save his life, since he has begun to slap the horse, he must be weak to the end.
"Lord......" Xu Shu suddenly walked over to Liu Bei and whispered in Liu Bei's ear: "This person is a thief and a mouse, and he is mercenary, I'm afraid he can't stay." ”
Liu Bei nodded to Xu Shu, he still knew that for this kind of person, he had no intention of subduing him.
However, Cai Mao is still a little useful, such as letting Cao Cao know his ability, and then attacking Xu Shu, and then he can naturally take Xu Shu's mother over.
"So, how about I let you go?" Liu Bei said to Cai Mao.
Cai Mao was taken aback, thinking that she had misheard, but she just looked at Liu Bei in shock and did not speak.
"You heard you right, I let you go, and when you met your Prime Minister Cao Cheng, you said to him that this Fancheng was defeated by me with an army of 10,000. Feasible? Liu Bei repeated it again.
"Lord...... This. Xu Shu still wanted to speak, and Liu Bei said something to him in Xu Shu's ear.
After Xu Shu listened, he hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "What the lord said is indeed feasible, since this is the case, let it go." ”
Since they had the consent of Liu Bei and Xu Shu, Yu Ban and Zhao Yun next to them also stopped talking.
"Thank you!! Thank you, Uncle Liu, I will definitely bring Uncle Liu's words. "Since Liu Bei didn't accept himself and let himself go, Cai Mao will definitely not call Liu Bei the lord again, otherwise this word will reach other people's ears in the future, and he will be bad.
After Cai Mao let go, Liu Bei took all the sergeants into the city, and at the same time, the army collected in Fancheng still had more than 4,000 infantry and nearly 100 cavalry.
This made Liu Bei overjoyed, plus his original army, and the sergeants who beckoned, now there are more than 6,000 infantry and more than 1,000 cavalry, which can be said to be unexpected.
Liu Bei handed over the matter of the support route between Fancheng and Tianxucheng to Xu Shu, and left the matter of the formation of the surrendered army to Yu Ban and Zhao Yun, and took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare for the banquet after the victory.
"Report!!" In the palace, Cao Cao's mansion, now Cao Cao has become the prime minister, and at the same time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have also parted ways and gone to their own affairs.
"What?" Cao Cao was eating at this time, and there were maids dancing and singing beside him, but Cao Cao looked at these new palace maids, although they were as beautiful as flowers, Cao Cao always felt that something was missing.
However, seeing the soldier below kneeling and reporting to himself, Cao Cao didn't think much about it and asked.
"Cai Mao is here to see you." The soldier clenched his fists and said.
"Oh? Isn't he guarding Fancheng? Why are you still free to meet me? Cao Cao took the meat and ate it into his mouth, and he was leisurely.
"Let him in."
"Prime Minister!!" As soon as Cai Mao came, she knelt directly on the ground. I also started crying.
It is also ironic to say that this military report is not to the Son of Heaven and to Cao Cao.
"Why are you crying?" Cao Cao was puzzled, but he knew Cai Mao's character, and he didn't want to support him.
"Fancheng, Fancheng was taken by someone else!!"
"What!! Boom!! Hearing this, Cao Cao felt that the food in his mouth was not fragrant, and his heart was full of anger. Slapped the rice in the bowl directly on the table.
However, it seemed that there were people next to him in his heart, and Cao Cao felt a little inappropriate, so he rushed to the bowl again. "It's shameful to waste food, especially in today's world." Cao Cao tried to calm his mind.
"Go down." Cao Cao waved his hand to the palace maids who were singing and dancing next to him, and ordered all the palace maids to go down.
"Tell me, what's going on."
Cao Cao asked.
Cai Mao told Cao Cao everything, but he said everything Liu Bei said to him, and then said that the real Liu Bei's army was only about a thousand people.
"Then why was Fancheng captured by more than 1,000 people?" Cao Cao stared at Cai Mao tightly and asked in a deep voice.
Cai Mao's body trembled visibly.
"That Liu Bei's sergeant fought in an orderly manner, and there were many generals beside him, and those people were brave and good at fighting. The last general tried desperately to resist, but in the end they attacked the city, and the last general knew that it was too late, and then fled. ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he also thought of the person beside Liu Bei, his second brother......
That man was indeed heroic, Liu Bei was not a vegetarian, and Hua Xiong couldn't last a few rounds in his hands. However, for the sake of his own face, Cao Cao naturally couldn't nod: "Then you mean that you are a waste yourself?" So what do I want you for? A hint of murderous intent appeared in Cao Cao's eyes.
Cai Mao hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The prime minister spares his life, it's not that the last general is weak, it's that Liu Bei's army is too brave." ”
Cao Cao didn't think much about it, and just wanted to greet Cai Mao. Zhang Liao next to him said something in Cao Cao's ear.
Cao Cao nodded.
Zhang Liao asked: "Cai Mao, let me ask you, Fancheng has a large protective array with a long snake formation, why was it still captured by that Liu Bei?" ”
"There seems to be a high-energy strategist beside this Liu Bei, and it didn't take long to break the formation." Cai Mao was really telling the truth, when he surrendered, Liu Bei actually captured Fancheng.
Cao Cao didn't think there was anything wrong with this at first, but when Zhang Liao looked at him, Cao Cao became suspicious.
"Go, check the people around Liu Bei." Cao Cao hurriedly ordered, and a sergeant hurriedly clenched his fists and ran out.
"Then let me ask you again, why did Fancheng miss and you haven't reported yet?" Zhang Liao asked again, but this time there was a hint of conspiracy in Zhang Liao's eyes.
"I sent someone to report the news, but that person was first known by Liu Bei's advisers and stopped him."
"How do you know that Liu Bei stopped the spies? Have you met Liu Bei? You are surrendering!! Zhang Liao sneered and yelled angrily at Cai Mao.