Chapter 67: Intrigues

Zhang Fei returned to the camp angrily, but Cai Mao looked at Liu Bei with some schadenfreude and said: "General Yide is brave and commendable, but now he is attacking the city, not fighting fiercely in front of the battle, and General Yide is a little too hasty." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

The implication is that your brother lacks strings in his head, and he is only brave.

This is really good, Cai Mao has led the Jingzhou Navy for many years, although history has not praised his ability much in the romance, but sometimes, to see a person's ability, not to see how the historical evaluation is, but to see his opponent, who is Cai Mao's opponent?

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, a group of fierce generals in Jiangdong, but they have never been able to capture Jingzhou, it is enough to show that Cai Mao is by no means a straw bag, now attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, his own army of 80,000, but the defending army is only 5,000, if it is a little-known general who runs to challenge and may lead the opponent's generals out, you Zhang Fei is so famous, and Lu Bu can be hard-barred, even if it is a straw bag on the other side, it is impossible to run out and send it to death, besides, the person sent by Lu Bu to guard the Tiger Prison Pass, how can it be a straw bag?

Zhang Fei was originally shot by Xu Sheng, and he was not in a good mood, but at this moment, listening to Cai Mao's ridicule, where can he bear it, he just wanted to stand up, but was held down by Liu Bei, shook his head slightly, and signaled Zhang Fei not to be impulsive, they are here, nominally Liu Bei is Cai Mao's deputy general, but in fact, Liu Bei knows very well that he is here to divide power.

The Cai family has always occupied most of the military power in Jingzhou, how could Liu Biao be willing, this time to send troops to Heluo, it was proposed by Cai Mao, and Lu Bu's practice in Jizhou does threaten the foundation of the entire family circle, sending troops is to comply with the righteousness, which is more serious than Dong Zhuo's harm back then, therefore, Liu Biao happily reached an agreement with his subordinate families, this is also the first time Jingzhou has used troops abroad in recent years, but the army, it is naturally impossible for Cai Mao to control it alone, and Jingzhou does not have enough fierce generals who can hold up the scene, Therefore, the three brothers of Liu Bei, who were brave and martial, were sent to assist Cai Mao, named Assistant, in fact, to seize Cai Mao's military power.

Cai Mao himself is naturally very aware of this, so he has always been on guard against the three brothers of Liu Bei, called the deputy general, but in fact, there are not many soldiers and horses in his hands.

Beside Liu Bei, a young scribe shook his head vaguely at Zhang Fei, Cai Mao started on the right side, Kuai Yue smiled and said: "In the final analysis, General Yide also wants to contribute, but today I watch the Tiger Prison closed, and the garrison is heavily guarded, and the guard Xu Sheng is also a person who knows the soldiers, and has been fighting with Lu Bunan for several years, proficient in the art of war, experienced in a hundred battles, and wants to storm the Tiger Prison, difficult!" ”

Cai Mao smiled bitterly when she heard this: "I don't know what the other degree said? It's just that if you don't break the tiger prison, how to capture Luoyang? Not to mention driving Lu Bu back to Guanzhong. ”

Whether it is Heluo, Yecheng or Guangping, it is very important to Lu Bu, it is a port for Lu Bu to absorb the population from the outside, once he is driven back to Guanzhong and the state, the relevant card blockade, Lu Bu wants to absorb the population of the Central Plains It is more than ten times more difficult.

During the war years, fight for military strength and logistics, but in the final analysis, it is still the population, although Lu Bu now occupies a wide area, but whether it is Yongliang or Bingzhou, or even the Western Regions and Hetao, it is a place where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the people are sparse, and the princes can tolerate it, but once Lu Bu steps out of this circle, it will be different.

Now it is the war years, the displaced people are everywhere, these displaced people, many princes feel that it is a burden, a burden, but they must not give Lu Bu, if the short board of the population is made up by Lu Bu, then looking at the world, who else can stop Lu Bu's soldiers?

Therefore, whether it is Cao Cao, Yuan Shang or Liu Biao, the biggest goal is to drive Lu Bu back and toss in the land of Guanzhong, without ten or twenty years, Lu Bu will not be able to succeed, but if this tiger is released, it will be a disaster for the families of the world, especially the land of Heluo, which extends in all directions, even if the princes have the intention to stop it, they can't stop the homeless people from crossing the border.

"The governor seems to have forgotten that there is more than one way to enter Heluo, but there is more than the tiger prison." Kuai Yue smiled and shook his head.

"Xenomorph is to say...... Meng Jin? Cai Mao frowned and said: "It's just that Mengjin is now under the jurisdiction of Mengde Gong, and if we want to pass Mengjin, then General Cao Ren may not be at ease." ”

"The governor is wrong to say this." Kuai Yue smiled and said: "The lower official can guarantee that if our army enters, Cao Ren will not only not stop it, but will go out of the city to greet him." ”

"Why is that?" Cai Mao was stunned, although the two sides are allies now, in this era, allies are really not very reliable.

"In this battle, Cao Gong can pay more attention than us, if our army is defeated, we can also retreat to the land of Jingxiang, there is still room for turnaround, but if Cao Cao is defeated, what he will face is the stronger Lu Bu, at this time, it is impossible for him to target his allies and do this kind of self-destruction of the city wall, and even in order to appease our army to fight with all his might, even if he gives up Mengjin, it may not be impossible." Kuai Yue smiled.

"It's still true to the different degrees." Cai Mao said with a smile: "In this way, please send a letter to General Cao Ren from Xeno, we will bypass the Tiger Prison Pass, from the Mengjin Koubian, and directly attack Luoyang!" ”

"Good." Kuai Yue smiled and said, "But the Tiger Prison Pass also needs someone to contain it." ”

"Hmm~" Cai Mao nodded thoughtfully when she heard this, her heart moved, and she suddenly looked at Liu Bei, who was sitting silently on the side, and smiled: "Xuande Gong? ”

"What does the Governor command?" Liu Bei opened his eyes and looked at Cai Mao.

"My army went to Mengjin to enter Luoyang, but the Tiger Prison Pass could not be ignored, I want to ask the Duke of Xuande to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to sit here, there is no need to attack the city, just let Xu Sheng's troops dare not leave easily." Cai Mao said with a smile.

Zhang Fei was dissatisfied: "Three thousand? There are more than this number of defenders in the Tiger Prison, you ......"

"Yide!" Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, then looked at Cai Mao deeply, and bowed slightly: "Obey the orders of the governor." ”

Cai Mao smiled a little proudly, kicked Liu Bei's ball away at once, and no longer had to worry about Liu Bei grabbing military power with him, and said in high spirits at the moment: "Let the sons of the three armies reorganize their armies and fight, and just wait for Cao Jun's side to have a reply, and then pull out the camp and go to Mengjin." ”

In the tent, the general of Jing Xiang hurriedly got up and received the order.

After the military discussion ended, Zhang Fei angrily followed Liu Bei back to his big tent, looked at Liu Bei and said dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, that Cai Mao is too deceitful, this clearly kicks us away and doesn't give us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, what are you stopping me from doing?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei's angry appearance, shook his head slightly, looked at the young man beside him, and motioned for him to explain, the young man smiled slightly, hugged his fist to Zhang Fei and said: "The three generals temporarily suppressed the anger of the thunder, the lord was sent by the Duke of Jingsheng to divide Cai Mao's military power, Cai Mao naturally did not want to, and it was reasonable to exclude the lord, there is no need to be angry, not to mention that we have three thousand men now?" ”

Sounds good, but Cai Mao's subordinates are 80,000 Jingzhou troops, what are 3,000 men and horses?

"Besides, Cai Mao will be defeated if he goes! That's when our chance to seize power. The young man smiled.

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked at the young man in surprise: "Why is Mr. so sure?" ”

The young man smiled and said: "Although Cai Mao has commanded Jingxiang's soldiers and horses for many years, and has resisted Jiangdong several times, he is indeed quite strategic, but Cai Mao is good at it, water warfare, land warfare is not his forte, and Luoyang, not to mention how powerful Gao Shun is, just say that Wei Yan also has the qualifications of a famous general, who once defeated Cao Jun with less and won more under the hegemony, and beheaded the general Cao Peng, and repelled Cao Ren in the Tiger Prison Pass. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, Danfeng's eyes narrowed, and he let out a disdainful cold snort, obviously not satisfied with this military advisor's evaluation of Wei Yan, and snorted coldly: "Mr. can't help but look up to him too much." ”

The young man naturally knew Guan Yu's temper, shook his head and smiled: "But at least, Cai Mao may not be Wei Yan's opponent, let alone Gao Shun, although Lu Bu is hateful, but his ability to manage troops and select generals, there are few people in the world who can compete with him." ”

Liu Bei's three brothers were silent when they heard this, no matter what their character was, but they had the most contact with Lu Bu, and they knew Lu Bu's ability very well, and they didn't mention the selection of generals, but above the use of soldiers, if it weren't for Chen Deng's father and son, Cao Cao might not have been able to take Xuzhou so smoothly, and when Puyang, Cao Cao was almost destroyed by Lu Bu.

"Mr. Berda, what shall we do now?" Liu Bei looked at the young man and asked.

"Since Cai Mao let the lord contain Xu Sheng here, the lord is good to recuperate here, train soldiers and horses, and when Cai Mao's army is defeated, he will naturally come to invite the lord to fight, as long as he can win a battle, he can win a part of the military power, establish a firm foothold, and then Xu Tu Luoyang, step by step to encroach on his military power, with the ability of Guan Zhang and Shu to the three generals, this is not difficult to do." The young man smiled.

"How long will you have to wait?" Zhang Fei looked at the young man dissatisfied.

"It's as short as three or five days, and as long as it's not a month." The young man smiled.

"Well, then wait for him for a month, wait for us to capture Luoyang, and then clean up Xu Sheng's house!" Zhang Fei waved his fist hatefully, and he remembered Xu Sheng's hatred in his heart.

On the other side, in Cai Mao's handsome tent, Kuai Yue frowned and looked at Cai Mao and said: "De Jue only gave Liu Bei 3,000 soldiers and horses, how to contain the soldiers of the Tiger Prison, according to my observation, the strength of the Tiger Prison Pass is probably not below 5,000." ”

"So what?" Cai Mao was stunned, and sneered: "It's just containment, and I didn't let them attack the city, three thousand soldiers and horses are enough, if you can't even do this little thing, I just used this as a reason to remove him from his military position." ”

"Alas!" When Kuai Yue heard this, he glanced at Cai Mao and no longer persuaded him.

Lu Bu's popularity is growing, but the princes are intrigued, and in the long run, how can they break the wolves under Lu Bu's tent? Thinking of this, I can't help but remind Kuai Yue of the drama of the heroes begging Dong in the past, although there were many princes at that time, but they had their own thoughts, and in the end, it was not so much that the princes drove Dong Zhuo away, but that Dong Zhuo gave up Luoyang, otherwise, who won and who lost that battle, it is really difficult to say, how similar is the current situation to the beginning? (To be continued.) )