Chapter 350: Jingzhou Changes Hands (End)
Zhang Yun is dead, Liu Bei quickly ordered Wang Wei and others to surrender these soldiers, all of them are Jingzhou Army, now change the generals, the soldiers have nothing to reject, Wang Wei's reputation in the army still has some.
"Lord, now that Zhang Yun is dead, and his subordinates have all been surrendered, at this time, we should quickly join with General Liu Pan, seize the military power in the hands of Cai He, and completely control Xiangyang, so as to fully support Fancheng!" Chen Gong looked at Liu Beidao.
Now that the war on Fancheng's side has begun, Xiangyang must be taken into control as soon as possible.
Liu Bei nodded, at this time, the fight is not only for fame, but also for the first opportunity, otherwise, with the influence of the Cai family, if you can't fight quickly, if this civil strife continues, I'm afraid that when the fight is finished here, Fancheng over there will also fall into the hands of the enemy.
At that moment, after Liu Bei discussed with Zhang Fei, he ordered Zhang Fei to lead a group of men and horses, and he and Wang Wei and others led a team of men and horses to outflank Cai He in two ways, and at the same time ordered someone to inform Liu Pan that the troops and horses of the three routes were surrounded.
Cai He had just sent out his troops, and he got the news that Zhang Yunbing was defeated and died, and he was shocked, in terms of commanding the army, he was not as good as Cai Mao, and at this moment, in the face of the army that came from three ways, he was even more panicked, and could only retreat to the area where Cai's house was located to engage in street battles with Liu Bei and others.
It's just that Cai He's retreat is that he has retreated into a place of no return.
Zhang Yun was dead, the opportunity had been lost, Liu Bei took the opportunity to spread the news in the city, gathered the hearts of the people, and sent people to constantly persuade the soldiers to give up resistance and jointly destroy the Cai family.
The general trend has gone, and the opponents are all in the past, which makes Cai He and most of the generals under his command not have much fighting spirit, plus Liu Bei promised to only punish the evil, and the rest will not be investigated, and many people have surrendered.
"Sister, what should I do now!?" Cai He didn't expect that his retreat would be such a result, there were fewer and fewer people willing to fight for the Cai family, and the soldiers in front kept turning against each other and surrendering, even if some people were occasionally unwilling, they were quickly buried in the crowd.
"This Liu Bei is really hateful, although he didn't threaten his wife and daughter, but the people who came to shout did not leave here, which made our army disheartened and collapsed!"
"Waste, I'd rather lose a son than lose a first, this is a street battle in the city, you can't take care of the beginning and the end, it's morale, you retreat like this, you give up the hearts of the people to that Liu Bei, you say that you are familiar with the art of war, but you don't even understand these truths!?" Cai looked at his younger brother with a disappointed face, it was really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, although Cai Mao was not a powerful general, but at least he would not make such a low-level mistake, and now the Cai family could only rely on Cai He at the most critical time, and the good situation was wasted.
Cai He's face turned a little pale, and he looked at Cai Shi and said, "Then ...... now"
"It's too late, it's a foregone conclusion!" Cai sighed and said, Now in this situation, Liu Bei and Liu Pan are surrounding, Xiangyang City has been in Liu Bei's hands, if they can get out of Xiangyang, they may still have a chance to win back a game, but now.
"Sister, Cong'er, he ......" Cai He hesitated for a moment and reminded.
Liu Cong is still in his hands, and now he is also the only heir of the King of Chu, if Liu Cong comes forward, he may be able to reverse the victory, which is also the reason why Cai He came to Cai's family.
Cai Shi glanced at him coldly, and said indifferently: "Do you think that Liu Bei has now gained the power of Xiangyang, and has the support of the Huang family and the Kuai family, and will return the rights?" ”
"Sister is ......" Cai He looked at Cai, his face a little pale.
"Even if Cong'er is allowed to come forward now, Liu Bei may not kill Cong'er, but your brother surrenders to Jiangdong, Liu Qi dies at my hands, and even the death of the husband will be placed on you and me, and the Cai family will be destroyed!" Cai sneered: "Without Cai's support, Cong'er is just like Luoyang, Suiyang and Jiangdong Tianzi, just a puppet." ”
"Then Liu Bei is not a benevolent and righteous person, loyal to the Han family?" Cai He looked at his sister and said.
"Do you believe that?" Cai stood up and said, "Now the defeat is imminent, but I, Cai, can't die here!" ”
"Sister's meaning is ......" Cai He looked at Cai and hesitated.
"Now that Liu Bei has won Xiangyang, and then he will face Jiangdong, I have no time to take care of my mother and son, I will pretend to be the people first, hide in the people, and after this battle is over, I will try to get out of the city, and then make plans when the time comes!" Cai said categorically.
"I still have a lot of soldiers in my hands......" Cai He was a little reluctant, even now, he still has a lot of troops, if he breaks through, he may not have a chance to make a comeback, so why stop there.
"It's not the number of soldiers and horses, but the lack of generals in our army!" Cai looked at Cai He, a little disappointed, when Cai Mao was there in the past, at least he could be a pillar and could afford the Cai family's business, but now Cai Mao surrendered to Jiangdong, and only Cai He is left in the Cai family's lineage, but Cai He is really not good in terms of commanding troops, no matter how many soldiers and horses meet a Yong general, it is only a matter of time before he is defeated.
And now it seems that Cai He is obviously a Yongjun.
Cai He lowered his head in shame, not daring to look at his sister again, sometimes Cai He was thinking, if his sister was not a daughter, but a man, maybe the Cai family would be more brilliant.
"Don't say more, while Liu Bei and the others haven't attacked now, quickly change your clothes and leave with me, remember, as long as you are in Xiangyang City, you and I are ordinary people, and you have old friends in the past, don't contact them." Cai Shi listened to the sound of fighting outside the courtyard getting closer and closer, and got up and said.
"Whoa!" Cai He had to get up and say yes and leave with Cai.
Cai, Cai He and Liu Cong changed their clothes, and ordered the servants of the house to change into their clothes and armor, and went out of the side door on the other side to lure away the possible enemies, and then took Cai He and Liu Cong, changed into Jingchai cloth and left the street all the way, and after avoiding the patrolling soldiers, they entered and hid in an inconspicuous house, and temporarily escaped.
On the other side, many soldiers were fighting, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and when they looked again, Cai He was gone, and suddenly the army was in chaos, a large number of men and horses chose to surrender, and the battle gradually stopped.
After Liu Bei learned that Cai's sister and Liu Cong were gone, he frowned slightly, according to Chen Gong's plan, it was to kill the poisonous woman and the Cai family, and then support Liu Cong to take the throne, taking the opportunity to use Liu Cong's young age as an excuse, Liu Bei, as an auxiliary minister, actually controlled the power of Jingzhou, just like Chen Mo and Cao Cao, but now that Cai and Cai He have disappeared, Liu Bei doesn't care much, but Liu Cong's disappearance makes Liu Bei a little worried.
"My lord, I can't take care of so much at this time." Chen Gong knew what Liu Bei was worried about, but now was not the time to worry about this, so he immediately said to Liu Bei: "No matter what, the Cai clan has been wiped out, and the internal troubles have been eliminated. ”
Liu Bei nodded, and immediately ordered someone to open the east gate to connect the forces of the two cities, and at the same time passed the news to Zhuge Liang who was guarding Fancheng, and at the same time wrote to Sun Ce, hoping that Sun Ce could focus on the overall situation, and Jingzhou was willing to cede the land of Jiangxia to Sun Ce, and the two families formed an alliance to not offend each other and conspire in the Central Plains.
Sun Ce received the letter, and after reading it, he sneered: "In this way, Xiangyang has now changed Liu Bei to call the shots?" ”
"The king of Chu was killed by a traitor, and his second son died, and my lord was supported by the generals and issued an order on behalf of the king of Chu temporarily." The envoy bowed and said: "My lord and the general have long had a friendship, and now my lord is willing to cede Jiangxia to Wu Hou, only ask Wu Hou to collect troops, and you and I will be reconciled." ”
Sun Ce held the bamboo slip, frowned and thought, did not speak, Zhou Yu on the side smiled and said: "Mr. Gongyou, I will discuss this matter first, and when there is a result, I will inform Mr., and Mr. will rest first." ”
Sun Qian nodded when he heard this, bowed and retreated.
"Gong Jin, did you say that I made a wedding dress for Liu Bei in this battle?" After watching Sun Qian leave, Sun Ce suddenly asked.
After fighting for a long time, Liu Bei got cheap, which made Sun Ce very angry.
"Liu Bei can't get Xiangyang, the lord doesn't have to worry!" Zhou Yu smiled and said: "We can pretend to negotiate peace with it, first send someone to seize Jiangling, if Jiangling is down, then half of the southern county will be in the hands of our army, and then go south to take the land of the four counties of Jingnan, then Liu Bei is owned by Xiangfan, but only a few counties, but also sandwiched between Nanyang and our army, just for our army to block Cao Cao, our army can just take advantage of the situation to go up the river and attack Bashu." ”
Sun Ce sneered: "Liu Bei, I don't want him to come back, it's also a miracle!" But who is going to attack Gangneung? ”
Zhou Yu pondered: "Now that there is civil strife in Xiangyang, although Liu Bei has overpowered the Cai family, but in all parts of Jingxiang, I am afraid that the people's hearts are in turmoil, so I can order Chen Wu and Ling Cao to lead the troops forward, if you can say that it is the best, if you can't, you can storm Jiangling!" ”
Chen Wu and Ling Cao were both fierce generals under Sun Ce, Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "It's okay, order the two of them to leave immediately and go to capture Jiangling." ”
"Good!"
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Two days later, Chen Wu came back a little embarrassed, and when he saw Chen Wu's appearance, Sun Ce was shocked: "What happened?" Where is Ling Cao? ”
"Lord, the two of us sent a letter of surrender, and the other party has promised to surrender and let me wait to enter the city." Chen Wu said bitterly: "Who knew that the Jiangling guard had already changed, and the two of us were ambushed without checking, and after General Ling fought to the death, he gave the last general a chance to get out of the city, but General Ling ...... him."
In the end, Chen Wu closed his eyes in some pain.
"Then who has changed Jiangling to guard it?" When Sun Ce heard this, his face sank, and he said.
"It is Guan Yu under Liu Bei." Chen Wu gritted his teeth and said.
"It's him!" Sun Ce's eyes were cold, and he said: "Hurt my general, this revenge will not be avenged!" ”
"Jiangling has been obtained by Liu Bei, so it is difficult for our army to take Nanjun." Sun Ce frowned.
Now that Xiangfan is becoming more and more stable, the two cities can communicate with each other, it is really difficult to capture, and Jiangling was taken by Guan Yu, so it is difficult for Nanjun to take it, Liu Bei occupies these two places, and he has already secured the position of the lord of Jingzhou.
Sun Ce didn't speak, just looked at Zhou Yu.
"In that case, it's better to withdraw the army and take the four counties of Jingnan into your hands!" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and said, although the four counties of Jingnan are not as rich as the south county, but they are not without value, and Jiangdong has the advantage of the water army, Liu Bei may not be able to establish the Jingzhou water army for a while, and after they thoroughly sort out the four counties of Jingnan, Jiangdong's heritage will be more sufficient, whether it is trying to seize Nanjun again, or seeking to capture Sichuan and Shu, Jiangdong still occupies the absolute initiative, but Liu Bei is trapped in Jingxiang, sandwiched between Chen Mo and Jiangdong, and it is difficult to make a difference.
"The Lord of Jingzhou?" Sun Ce sneered: "See how long he can sit!" ”