Sure enough, as the two expected, three days later, Cai Mao's army of 200,000 had already arrived in Nanjun County, approaching Dangyang County. The tiger Huang Zu of Jiangxia led 100,000 troops from Jiangxia City to march to Jiangling County in the south of Dangyang County, and the two armies became corners. And Jiangling County is the seat of the South County, and Liu Du has 10,000 troops in the city. As a county that is not on the border, the 10,000-strong army is also transferred from other counties. Liu Du concluded that his Nanjun would be the first barrier to be attacked by Cai's henchmen.

At this time, there were 500 guards in Dangyang County, and they had no strength to block the enemy attack. And Liu Xian was ready to flee south.

Huang Zhong, who made a new judgment on the situation, said to Pang Tong: "Give up Dangyang and stab Cai Mao in the back when he attacked Jiangling." Let Wen Ping bypass Gong'an County, and then go north to raid Huang Zujun. Without this means, we will not be able to win more with less. ”

But Pang Tong said categorically: "No." Dangyang must not be lost, if Dangyang County is lost, the enemy will use this as a springboard to attack the south, and we will be annihilated by them with few soldiers. ”

Huang Zhong, who could hear his speculation, tightened his heart and said, "Little brother, your vision is better than mine." You should have seen it very clearly. I have a bold reluctant request. ”

Pang Tong was surprised and said: "General Huang will say something if he has something." ”

"On that day, Jin Xuanken entrusted the eldest prince to you, and he must have made a lot of desperation. And today, if you weren't helping the eldest prince, there would be no current situation. I hope that the little brother Feng Xiao can help me as a military advisor of our army. ”

Pang Tong, who was smiling, seemed to see more and said, "Do you already know Cai Maofang's leading lineup?" ”

Huang Zhong, who grinned, said calmly: "Feng Xiao's eyes are sharp, and he really knows Cai Mao's clues." Coach Cai Mao, the strikers are his own family Cai Zhong and Cai He, and the military advisors are Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang brothers. These two talents are highly talented, and they have unique views on politics and military affairs. When Liu Zhoumu was there, he would ask the two brothers whenever he had a problem. In the eyes of Jingzhou people, these two people have a certain prestige. I am also very saddened by their defections. ”

"They just want to end the war as soon as possible. In the end, the eldest prince was killed that day, which means that nothing happened to the entire Jingzhou. I understand them. ”

Huang Zhong sighed and said: "The strength of the phoenix chick can hold the sea!" I, Huang Zhong, have not seen so clearly at this age, to be honest, I hate them to the core. Their defection is a deterrent to us. ”

"So, if it weren't for General Huang and you helping the eldest prince, I estimate that the eldest prince would have gone long ago."

"There's one thing I want to ask, if I were on the side of the Cai family that day, what would you do?"

Pang Tong, who laughed loudly, said happily: "I will fight for the strength of Changsha and other places." Whether it succeeds or not, as long as I have 50,000 troops, I will be the first to defeat you, and then conquer Cai Mao. ”

Just like hearing the bold remarks, Huang Zhong shook his head in surprise and said, "In that situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win." Is Feng Chick too confident? ”

"Haha, I'm just a child in General Huang's eyes. So far, you haven't seen me behave on the battlefield. It's just my remarks that sway your thoughts and make you look at me with admiration. To put it simply, it's a bit like Zhao Kuo's talk on paper. Let's see what I'm capable of on the battlefield. ”

"Now the best problem is in front of us, and I don't even abandon Dangyang. What are you going to do? ”

"There is a mountain forest area ten miles north of Dangyang County. Cai Mao is proud of his support for the army, and he will definitely not be wary. In his eyes, I was like a tired egg. I'm going to beat him there. ”

In September, the hot weather is accompanied by the sound of cicadas. Birds hover and swoop low in the valley. There should have been a river here, but it had dried up now, but the bed was still very wet. On the top of the mountain, the soldiers who blocked the mountains and rivers according to Pang Tong's request had been busy for a long time, sweating profusely and naked.

On the other side, Pang Tong watched as the soldiers pushed the stones down the mountain little by little, blocking the only mountain road. He looked far away to the north, and there was no shadow of Cai Maojun.

At noon the next day, a mighty army array spread out from the plain, and then searched for a mountain road, but was blocked by a dead end road that appeared to be caused by a landslide. On the hot hillside, the soldiers wailed. After learning about the situation ahead, the commander Cai Mao thought about it on the black warhorse and asked the horse to look for a passage. Soon, a horse galloped back and said, "There is a valley road to the east of the general, which is very easy to walk. But the locals didn't seem to tell us that there was such a road. ”

Cai Mao, who was already irritable because of the hot and humid weather, shouted at him: "It's not too early to say that there is a road!" What are you eating? ”

He immediately ordered his troops to go eastward, and when they reached the valley, the soldiers were relieved and in a very good mood because of the shade and cool air there, and they relaxed their guards. The army filled the valley floor. At this moment, Pang Tong, who was at the highest point on the mountain, said to the herald: "Release the water." ”

Under his orders, the soldiers dug up several more improvised dikes, and the water gushed down. Cai Mao on the war horse, like everyone else, heard the sound of running water, which seemed to be converging into his body. He felt the majestic momentum of the water and the tremor of the sound. Everyone looked in astonishment. In the rear, some of the troops who had walked into the valley saw the water rushing down the hillside like waves. The rear troops, about 100,000 men, began to flee backwards.

"Water!"

Someone had already screamed wildly, but even the first to spot the flood had no way to escape, and was swept into the river with the others. The water at the bottom of the valley rose, the water rose from the chest, and everyone struggled desperately in the water, but this was not enough, the highest point of the river was actually a distance of one zhang, and after the war horses were submerged, the people on it were thrown into the river. Cai Mao grabbed a soldier on the side in embarrassment, and pressed the soldier's head into the water so that he could have a place to stand, but unfortunately this was all the action of the dog jumping over the wall, and the water continued to rush them down to the end of the valley and then slid down the hill.

Endless wails were buried deep into the valley. In the downstream, a large number of drowning people who were thrown on the surface of the water had no chance of survival, and some of the watery ones climbed to the shore in embarrassment, but they immediately looked up and saw the black pressure of Huang Zhong's army surrounded downstream.

The arrow pierced into the soil in front of the enemy soldier with unerring accuracy, and another arrow knocked off the helmet of a military attaché. Huang Zhong held an iron bow in his hand and shouted, "Death to the thieves!" ”

However, after his voice passed, the survivors who climbed to the low bank lost their weapons, and they were already tired, and they still had the energy to fight with them, and they all surrendered on their knees, like wild dogs that had been defeated one by one. Some of the horses were neighing and running ashore. After the water in the valley stabilized, the water level dropped to the abdomen of the people, and many people were relieved by this, but all the mountains and fields were filled with the sound of Huang Zhongjun's shouts of killing, which penetrated deep into the periosteum of the survivors like a nightmare.

Those who did not enter the valley were ambushed in the dense forest, and Huang Zhongjun killed people on their backs. Later, due to the command of Cai Mao's right-hand man Wei Yan, nearly 80,000 people formed a defensive front and withdrew from the mountain.

Wei Yan led the remnants of the army to flee eastward.

The plan of flooding the army this time made the main force of Cai Mao's army powerless. Pang Tong sat on the rocks on the mountainside, and watched as the captives with their heads bowed were marching in one direction in unison, like the flocks of sheep on the trunk of a shepherd. Huang Zhong, who was full of joy after the victory, came to Pang Tongyi's side, grabbed his shoulder with one hand and said, "Now I believe in you!" ”

The indifferent Pang Tong turned his head and said, "Which thing do you believe?" ”

"If I don't stand on the side of the eldest prince, I will be defeated by you." Huang Zhong said angrily: "You let me know how superficial my conquest has been for so many years. It's incredible how the eldest prince can have such a powerful subordinate by your side. According to your ability, you can be on an equal footing with the Lai brothers, no, you are above them. ”

In order to relieve him, Pang Tong looked down at the crowd below and said, "I am not a person who likes to be heroes in peaceful days. I have to be the one who can get up and do things well in troubled times. If you don't push me into a corner, I won't let the world know that there is my strange existence. ”

The brown-feathered eagle swooped down from the air in front of him and grabbed a molting snake on the rock.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong said: "Openly exposing one's arrogance and ignorance to the eyes of the enemy is no different from committing suicide." ”

Suddenly, a pair of soldiers approached a man with a pale face from drowning, his wet head clinging to the big head.

"Haha, look, let's see who's coming."

Pang Tong stood up and looked over, it was a man who had fallen to his knees. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Could it be Cai Mao?" ”

Huang Zhong, who shook his head, sighed and said, "It's a pity that it's not Cai Mao, this is Cai Mao's brother Cai He." He shouted at the embarrassed man: "Cai He, where is Cai Mao?" ”

Cai He shook his head, and the water was still dripping from his hair and jaw.

Looking at this expression of ignoring himself, Huang Zhong said angrily: "Ask you!" ”

Cai He, who was lifeless, said: "It's all washed away by water, how do I know." ”

As he said, people were washed away, but not everyone survived, and not everyone was captured by them. Cai Mao was not found among the visible corpses, nor among the captives. In the end, Cai Zhong was caught, but there was still no trace of Cai Mao, which was undoubtedly the most regrettable place in the whole war.