A large number of Cao army's Wuyang and Wuyang soldiers came from the north, and the refugees gathered on the shore saw that there was no hope of boarding the boat, and they had already begun to scatter and flee, but the Cao army did not chase and kill, but reorganized the formation on the bank of the river.

Cao Cao sat in the carriage and looked at the ships that were drifting away on the river, and his strange appearance was quite eye-catching.

"Where's that fleet?" Cao Cao pointed to the large row of sub-mother boats in the river with a horsewhip, frowned and asked, he could vaguely see the ink characters written on the flag, but in Cao Cao's memory, there was no similar impression.

"Back to Prime Minister." Beside Cao Cao, the official in charge of intelligence hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said: "According to careful investigation, this fleet comes from a city built by the descendants of the Mo family in Jingling, the city is newly built, called Mocheng, there are many craftsmen in the city, and the buildings built are quite famous, the most famous of which is the Moxiang Pavilion where Liu Biao met guests when he was alive in the past, and it is rumored that he is in it, like being in a fairyland. ”

"And such a thing?" When Cao Cao heard this, he didn't care too much, but just smiled: "After breaking through Jiangling this time and returning to Xiangyang, I will go to see it." ”

"Not only that, it is rumored that Mocheng is not only good at building buildings and utensils, but also the weapons cast are quite sophisticated, and there are many elite Mocheng weapons in the Jingzhou army, which are quite sophisticated."

"Oh?" When Cao Cao heard this, he became interested: "How to be sophisticated?" ”

"No less than our army's hundred refining blades." The intelligence officer bowed.

"Is that so?" When Cao Cao heard this, he narrowed his eyes and said, "How can such a talent be used by Liu Bei?" ”

"This ......" The intelligence officer shook his head with a wry smile: "The time is too short, and the details of our army's infiltration into Mocheng only know that the lord of Mocheng has a very good relationship with Liu Bei, and as early as when the prime minister went south, he has begun to help Liu Bei transport the people of Xinye and Fancheng. ”

"Oh?" When Cao Cao heard this, he became even more interested, and asked, "Work for relief?" ”

The intelligence officer roughly explained Liu Yi's methods of governing Mocheng, Cao Cao listened with great interest, and finally slapped his leg and smiled: "I don't want the Mo family to decline for hundreds of years, and now there is such a genius, pass on my general order, and order Cao Ren to go to Mocheng to invite this person to meet, so that he must not be rude, and after I capture Liu Bei alive, I will see this person again!" ”

Although he was interested in this Mo family heir, in Cao Cao's opinion, the top priority was to seize Jiangling and not give Liu Bei any chance to turn around.

At this time, Cao Cao with the promotion of prime minister, the mentality also began to change, used to be thirsty for talent, now, he is full of talents, know where there are talents, directly send an edict to recruit them, valuable, but also send people to invite, as for himself to personally go to invite, sometimes the status is high, the mentality will also begin to look down on all beings, this time sending Cao Ren to invite people, it is already enough to give face.

"Whoa!" When the intelligence officer heard this, he turned around and went to inform Cao Ren, Cao Cao ignored the people who fled in a hurry, and continued to command the three armies to pursue Liu Bei, this time he had made up his mind, as long as he had the opportunity, he must shoot Liu Bei to death, the world has been in chaos for too long, this game of separatism, Cao Cao no longer wants to continue.

……

"Ink City?" Cao Ren looked at the intelligence officer who came to deliver the order suspiciously, and frowned: "I haven't heard of it." ”

"The general doesn't know that this city was only built this year, but it is already quite famous in this Jingxiang land." The intelligence officer smiled and said: "The lord of Mo City, who is the heir of the Mo family, is now helping Liu Bei migrate the people, and the prime minister hopes that the general can persuade him to come and vote." ”

"Okay, please return to the prime minister, and I will lead the troops forward." Cao Ren nodded and turned over to the horse.

However, a newly built city, as for the heirs of the Mo family, in Cao Ren's opinion, it may not be very powerful, so 'please' is to come.

The intelligence officer felt that something was wrong, the other party didn't seem to really understand his words, and when he wanted to say more, Cao Ren had already ridden away, so he could only shake his head, hoping that there would be no trouble.

……

On the other side, not long after the fleet of Mocheng left, a large number of fleeing people met a general with a white horse and a silver gun, and looked around anxiously in the crowd, but it seemed that he did not find the person he was looking for, and hurriedly recruited a few refugees and said, "Have you ever seen Mrs. Mi?" ”

This ordinary refugee didn't know what Mrs. Mi was, just shook his head, and someone shouted: "The general can go in the direction of Danyang, there was a group of men and horses running there before." ”

"Thank you!" The general on horseback was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to the man, then turned the horse's head, separated the crowd, and went in the direction of Dangyang.

……

The place where Liu Sandao picked up people was less than a hundred miles away from Mocheng, and now seeing that Cao Cao did not pursue, he went down the river and arrived in Mocheng in one day, but this time the population was far less than last time.

Liu Yi saw a lot of empty ships, and hurriedly found Liu Sandao and said, "But you met the enemy?" ”

"Well, I almost collided with Cao Jun!" Liu Sandao nodded and said: "According to what Mr. said, I don't want to have a hard encounter with Cao Jun, but I will carry some fewer people and lead the fleet back directly." ”

"Very good." Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he didn't want to offend anyone now, although he knew that Cao Cao would lose in the end, but that was also a matter of the future, now Cao Cao was like a bamboo, and he was so close to him, if he really provoked the other party and sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the city, Liu Yi was really worried about whether this Mocheng could be defended.

"In the past few days, I have been cruising around the neighborhood to accept refugees, don't go far, if you meet Cao's army, withdraw directly, don't have a conflict." Liu Yi looked at Liu Sandao and said.

These 500 soldiers can be regarded as elite, and Liu Yi does not want to be lost in a battle without objection.

"Sir, don't worry, Cao's army is powerful, and I don't want to provoke it." Liu Sandao nodded, then thought of something, and said to Liu Yi: "Sir, there is still something to report to Mr." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yi nodded and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"When I encountered Cao Jun before, I accidentally encountered a group of people who were separated from Liu Bei's main force, among which was Liu Bei's wife, who was brought back by us, I don't know what to do with Mr." Liu Sandao asked.

"Wife?" Liu Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, Liu Bei's woman? Which one?

"Listening to them, it seems that she is called Mrs. Mi, and she is still holding Liu Bei's son." Liu Sandao thought about it carefully.

Okay, I took Mrs. Mi and Adou back directly, but in this case, what should Zilong do?

Liu Yi was a little stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and said: "Take it back, take it back, settle it well, don't be lazy, when the situation is stable, I will order someone to deliver the letter, let him pick up the person." ”