Chapter 47: Divergence
The sky-high firelight, can no longer see the situation in the Cai Mansion clearly, Cai Mao looked at this mansion that the Cai family has inherited for several generations with a gloomy face, just swallowed up by a fire, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes, maybe Kuai Yue didn't know, in order to avoid being directly strangled by the angry Liu Bei's army, the main family members and belongings of the Cai Mansion yesterday had already been secretly transported out of the Cai Mansion, and this Cai Mansion was actually an empty shell. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It doesn't matter if Kuai Yue did it or not, but the hatred between the Cai family and the Kuai family is completely over, he wants to destroy the Kuai family, and the Kuai family also wants to uproot the Cai family, but the final result is that both sides are defeated, and the four major families in the past have declined, this is probably the result that Liu Bei wants most, right?
"Yanren Zhang Fei is here, Cai Mao is a dog thief, don't take your life yet!" In the furious roar, Zhang Fei's loud voice could be heard clearly even from a long distance, and the entire Xiangyang had fallen into chaos.
"Sister, that's all I can do for you and for the Cai family." Cai Mao silently turned over his horse, took the spear handed by his subordinates, and looked at his personal guard commander: "Have you remembered what you were told before?" ”
"Don't worry, the last general has already told everyone." The commander of the guards bowed down and nodded, these guards are the Cai family's personal soldiers, although they have official status, but in fact they are only loyal to Cai Mao.
"Execute it as planned, this is the last order given to you as the head of the family, whether my Cai family can be preserved in the future depends on you." Cai Mao arched her hand towards the guards and said in a deep voice.
"Take off your armor, throw away your weapons, go home, and remember your mission!" The commander of the guards looked at the guards and said solemnly.
"Take care, lord!" A group of guards silently dropped their weapons, took off their armor, and after bowing to Cai Mao, they quickly dispersed around.
"You can go too." Looking at the alley that had become empty in the blink of an eye, Cai Mao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
The commander of the personal guard did not leave, but just removed the sign representing the Cai family, looked at Cai Mao and said: "The last general's life was given by the lord, please allow the last general to be presumptuous and accompany the lord to complete this last journey." ”
"It seems that I haven't failed too much as a person, so let's get on the horse." Cai Mao looked at the commander of the guard, and a wave of pride suddenly rose in his chest.
"Swear to follow the lord to the death." The commander of the guards turned over and tightened his grip on his weapon.
"From now on, you are my brother!" After Cai Mao finished speaking, there were many people in front of him, Zhang Fei had already rushed over with a large group of people, and the flames of Cai's mansion were too eye-catching.
"Cai Mao, take a break!" Seeing Cai Mao, Zhang Fei's eyes lit up, and the Zhangba snake spear in his hand danced like a black dragon, and he excitedly slapped his horse and rushed towards Cai Mao.
"Run?" The corners of Cai Mao's mouth pulled up a touch of ridicule, and then there was a wave of anger, in your eyes, will I, Cai Mao, just run?
"Cai Mao is here!" Slowly raising the spear in his hand, Cai Mao did not hesitate at all this time, and rushed straight towards Zhang Fei, behind him, the commander of the personal guard followed him like a shadow, even if he knew how strong the tower-like man on the opposite side was, he did not have the slightest fear.
"Hey, have the guts!" Seeing that Cai Mao didn't run away, but rushed up, a touch of surprise flashed in Zhang Fei's eyes, and then he was replaced by excitement, and with a wave of his hand, he stopped the soldiers under his command and said: "Stop me, I'll solve him personally." ”
"Kill~"
Cai Mao's hands trembled, in the night, in the shadow of the gun, it was a little difficult to see the reality and the reality, just this hand of the spear, Cai Mao is also a little hot in martial arts, but it also depends on who to compare with.
In the face of Zhang Fei, a top fierce general who has been famous for many years, capturing the flag and often taking the head of a general in the chaotic army, his martial arts are only a little hot.
"Hey~" The Zhangba snake spear was lightly raised, only to hear a crisp sound of the bell, the shadow of the heavy gun dissipated, the spear flew out upside down with a whirl, and then shook his hand, Cai Mao just watched the snake spear get closer and closer to him, and with the impact of the war horse, it pierced his chest fiercely.
"Get out!" Zhang Fei sat firmly on the horse, stretched out his hand and pulled away the spear of the personal guard, looked at Cai Mao who was waiting for him, grinned, shook his hand, and picked Cai Mao's body up fiercely, and fell to the ground with a pop, and there was no more sound.
"Lord~" The commander of the guards looked at Cai Mao's lifeless corpse with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at the commander of the guard, who was a little familiar, and pointed at him with a snake spear: "Cai Mao is dead, and he will not get off his horse and surrender." ”
"Phew~" The commander of the guards spat and slowly raised the spear in his hand towards Zhang Fei.
"Ha, it's a man, the third master will reward you with a whole corpse!" Zhang Fei grinned, but there was a solemn look on his face, loyal people, no matter what, they should not be insulted.
"Kill!" The commander of the guards urged the war horse fiercely, and rushed towards Zhang Fei frantically.
"It's a pity, I followed the wrong master!" Zhang Fei sighed, the Zhangba snake spear gently picked the throat of the commander of the guard, the blood was clouded by the moonlight, and the lifeless corpse rushed out with the war horse for more than ten zhang before it slid down, and the two ownerless war horses were blankly coiled next to the owner's corpse, as if they were unwilling to leave.
In the night, the chaos in the city was not over, Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, and then said to several generals around him: "It's also a man, help him bury, and the others, cut off Cai Mao's head for me, and go to recruit the generals in Xiangyang City, Cai Mao is dead, and there is no need to fight this battle." ”
"Whoa!" Several generals quickly agreed, and someone stepped forward, cut off Cai Mao's head, and picked up the gun to surrender the defenders of Xiangyang, while Zhang Fei led the men and horses, but when he saw that there were soldiers gathered, he quickly rushed up to kill the enemy and surrender.
The west gate and the north gate were also opened by Zhang Fei successively, and when Liu Bei and Huang Zhong officially entered the city and quickly occupied the city wall, the war in Xiangyang gradually came to an end.
"Big brother, Cai Mao's head!" Zhang Fei retrieved Cai Mao's head, brought it to Liu Bei with great interest, and glanced at Huang Zhong with a smile, but this time, the head work was won by him.
"End the fighting as soon as possible, and remember, don't persecute the people! Xiangyang soldiers, try to surrender as much as possible. Liu Bei nodded, and said solemnly, as the state capital of Liu Biao's period, Xiangyang, regardless of the solidity of the city or its political status, in a short period of time, there is no second city in the entire Jingzhou that can be replaced, even Nanyang, Liu Bei hopes that Xiangyang can be kept as complete and prosperous as possible.
"Big brother, don't worry!" Zhang Fei agreed, and Huang Zhong each led a team of soldiers and horses, and went in the two directions where the king fought the most fiercely.
With the news of Cai Mao's death spreading, coupled with the continuous lobbying of Ma Liang and Yi from these small and medium-sized families who were already friendly to Liu Bei, more and more Xiangyang soldiers chose to surrender, after all, Liu Bei has been in Jingzhou for so many years, speaking of which, he can be regarded as a Jingzhou person, Liu Bei's reputation is still very useful in Jingzhou, when the sky gradually brightens, the sound of fighting in the city gradually weakens, Liu Bei is surrounded by Zhuge Liang, Yi nationality, Ma Liang and others, with the big seal of Jingzhou Thorn History, into the Assassin Mansion, It also represents that Liu Bei has officially become the lord of Jingxiang.
However, Xiangyang won, and there are a lot of things that follow, Cai Kuai's two families withdrew from the leadership of the Jingzhou family in a lose-lose way, and most of the things that originally belonged to Cai Kuai's two families have become ownerless, such as manors, such as shops and fields.
This time, Liu Bei did not follow Zhuge Liang's advice and deducted the field, but the other shops and manors were all scattered to those small and medium-sized families who supported him, as for the field, although Liu Bei did not dare to imitate Lu Bu with great fanfare, but he had been groping in Nanyang for many years, and he also had his own set of ways to deal with it, and distributed the field to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but in private, it still belonged to Liu Bei.
The rise of Lu Bu taught Liu Bei a truth, the family is important, but the people can't ignore it, he can't toss the family like Lu Bu, but the land that has been beaten down can never be divided again, only by grasping this thing in his hands, Liu Bei can really control people's hearts, if it is divided now, it can certainly make the family return to the heart, but what about the future?
In fact, it is not only Liu Bei, although Cao Cao and Sun Quan are ostensibly condemning Lu Bu with the family, but secretly, they are also secretly annexing the fields by various means.
In this regard, Zhuge Liang was a little helpless, but he also had to admit that this is the most effective part of strengthening Liu Bei's own position, the four great families have become a thing of the past, although the small and medium-sized families who followed Liu Bei did not get the fields of Cai Kuai's two families a little troublesome, but in fact Liu Bei did not do anything to their fields, in this change in the situation in Jingzhou, these small and medium-sized families still belong to the profitable side, but people's hearts will always not be easily satisfied, Zhuge Liang does not object to Liu Bei gradually expanding his control, but it should never be this time, Because pacifying Jingxiang is only the first step in Zhuge Liang's plan, next, the annexation of Shuzhong is the most critical step in Zhuge Liang's plan to lay Liu Bei's hegemony, only by taking Shuzhong, and then can he compete with Lu Bu, this is the principle that Zhuge Liang has always advocated, and it is also the focus of Liu Bei at the moment, and this requires Liu Bei to rule all the people as one!
The control of the land is small, but the family is not a fool, how can they not see the true significance of Liu Bei's move, this rare gathering of people's hearts, I am afraid that it will be greatly discounted.
After all, Liu Bei is not Lu Bu, reputation and the support of the family can be discarded like mustard for Lu Bu, because even if Lu Bu wanted to, the family would not support him, but would only be ridiculed and played with by the family, just like the Chen family in Xuzhou, but for Liu Bei, these things are too important, that set is feasible in Nanyang, but it will definitely not work in Jingzhou, even if it is not copied, to a large extent, Liu Bei still maintains respect and attention to the family, but this thorn is buried. (To be continued.) )