For the three Cai Mao brothers, these four words are like joy descending from the sky. Don't look at the current Cai Mao as the general and military division of Zhennan, and he is the number two person in Jingzhou, but if you really want to talk about it, he doesn't have much real power in his hands. If it weren't for the fact that his Jingzhou family was very influential in the army, and Cai Mao's sister was now married to Liu Biao, Cai Mao would not have been able to dominate Jingzhou's soldiers and horses.

But as the Taishou of a county, it's very different. After all, Taishou is an official who really controls a county, and he takes care of everything from political affairs to military affairs. Now among the heroes who can become a prince and dominate the world, which one is not from the home of a county? Cao Cao was the first to be the Taishou of Dongjun, Yuan Shao was the Taishou of Bohai, and Yuan Shu, who was already dead, also served as the Taishou of Nanyang. Only with a territory that you can fully control can your own strength develop. Although Cai Mao does not have any desire to replace Liu Biao today, the more chips in his hand, the more he can occupy an advantage in the game with Liu Biao, and the more he can seek greater benefits for the Cai family.

Therefore, when she heard what Gao Ye said, Cai Mao's eyes lit up. Cai Zhong and Cai He beside him were even more overjoyed, with a look of pie falling from the sky and smashing it on his face. However, compared with Cai Zhong and Cai He, Cai Mao's joy flashed by, and then he said: "Situ's kindness, I understand it." It's just that if only my Cai family has this honor, I'm afraid that my Cai family will suffer a catastrophe! ”

Gao Ye also secretly said in his heart when he heard this, Cai Mao still has some brains in the end. If it is really only the Cai family who has benefited, Liu Biao is suspicious in his heart, not to mention, even the Kuai family, the Huang family and other families who are in the same trench as him will definitely have some guilt in their hearts. After all, there is no widowhood but unevenness, everyone is originally a Jingzhou family, and they continue to control Jingzhou together. As a result, the Cai family got the land of the three counties overnight, and their strength increased greatly, how could the hearts of other families be calm? At first glance, the Cai family is powerful, but in fact, it has become the target of public criticism. It is not unreasonable for the ancestors to pay attention to the golden mean, and to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Therefore, Gao Ye smiled slightly and said, "General Cai doesn't have to worry about this. After all, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Since I am good at generals, I naturally will not think about them. This time, not only your Cai family, but also the Kuai family and other families are also among them. In this way, no one will naturally criticize it. Over the years, Jingzhou and us have always been at peace, but this time it was because Liu Jingzhou was bewitched by Liu Bei that today's soldiers met each other. After General Cai goes back, he must persuade Liu Jingzhou more, let him be close to the virtuous ministers, and he is far from a small talent! ”

"Haha, Situ is still thoughtful, Cai made Situ smile." As he spoke, he bared his big white teeth and bowed his hand to the high night. After all, Gao Ye's arrangement really fell into Cai Mao's hands, as long as everyone was sealed together, the small group behind him would not be disbanded, and he could still compete with Liu Biao and seek benefits for these families in Jingzhou. Knowledge Cai Mao's understanding of Gao Ye at this time has taken another level. Plotting people's hearts so far, it is no wonder that others have been in the limelight for 20 years, but they have been crushed to death by Liu Biao. As for the words behind the high night, it is nothing more than a condition of exchange. In contrast, it is quite cost-effective to do this deal. Therefore, Cai Mao smiled and continued: "As for Liu Jingzhou's side, Situ can rest assured!" As long as I am here, then Liu Bei will not want to bewitch Liu Jingzhou again! ”

Seeing Cai Mao's assurance patting her chest, Gao Ye was also relieved. Don't look at Cai Mao like a straw bag in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", how many fools are there who can be in the position of the head of such a big family? What's more, among his allies, there are also capable people like Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, although they don't know what happened before, from now on, with these people in the way, Liu Bei will not think about starting a war easily.

Things have come to this point, in fact, they have already been negotiated. The three Cai brothers, who were originally a little nervous, were also in high spirits at this time, and they no longer had the trembling appearance when they first came. Gao Ye only reminded Cai Mao a little that many Jingzhou families had fallen to Liu Bei's side and asked him to be careful. However, seeing Cai Mao's disdainful expression, Gao Ye knew that Cai Mao didn't take those little families and Liu Bei in his eyes at all, and what he just said was in vain. But Cai Mao and they are not stupid, so they have to deal with it themselves.

Gao Ye and Cai Mao chatted until the sun set in the west, which was the end. Cai Mao hurriedly returned to the camp with his own men, and Cai Mao directly sent Cai Zhong Pegasus back to Xiangyang, met with Kuai Yue and discussed carefully, and persuaded Liu Biao to stop the army. And Gao Ye watched Cai Mao and the three of them leave, so he sighed lightly and prepared to get up and return to Wancheng. Sima Yi and Lu Xun, who were arranged by Gao Ye to eavesdrop in the dark room, also followed Gao Ye closely, and the three of them were talking about Fang Cai's conversation all the way, talking about Jingzhou, and talking about how to fight the next battle.

As for Liu Bei, although he has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he is still too weak in the face of Wancheng and Gao Ye, especially Cai Mao has now reached an agreement with Gao Ye. Even if Liu Bei had the heart, he was powerless at all, and he didn't dare to attack the city, so he could only be stationed in the camp outside the city. However, Gao Ye in the city has already sent troops to the left of Chang'an one after another, after all, the Xiliang army is his real enemy. Xiahou Yuan, who rushed there in advance, had already fought with the Xiliang army in the areas of Lixian, Meiyang, and Wugong west of Chang'an. Although facing Cheng Yin, the vanguard of the Xiliang Army, and the candidate second general, Xiahou Yuan was a small victory. But the brigade of the Xiliang Army is coming in an instant, and Xiahou Yuan, who has only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, can be described as a mountain of pressure.

In Gao Ye's opinion, Jingzhou's side has been completely completed, and as soon as Cai Mao's army withdraws, he can concentrate all his energy to face the attack of the Xiliang army. Ma Teng, Han Sui and Xiliang's eight soldiers and horses were killed together, which made Gao Ye have to be cautious. This is also the reason why Xiahou Yuan was directly sent to Chang'an by Cao Cao, and Gao Ye couldn't wait for Cai Mao to withdraw his troops and transferred his soldiers and horses to Chang'an.

With such a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses, it is impossible to hide Liu Bei. Therefore, two days after Gao Ye's soldiers and horses set off, Liu Bei received the news. Listening to the scout's return, Liu Bei was in turmoil at the moment. Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Big brother, that Gao Ye transferred the soldiers and horses to the west, it must be Ma Shoucheng from Xiliang who led the troops to kill him, and he had to divide the troops!" In this way, Wancheng will be able to go down with one drum! Big brother, give me 3,000 soldiers and horses, attack at night, I will be able to take Wancheng for my eldest brother! ”

Liu Bei let out a long sigh, turned his head to look at Guan Yu and said, "Second brother, what do you think?" ”

Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes, which were already small, narrowed a little smaller at this time and said: "Situ uses soldiers, he has always planned and then moved!" Since he dared to transfer the army away in such an open and honest manner, it shows that he is not afraid of our army attacking the city at all. Cai Mao, that guy...", Guan Yu sneered contemptuously, and then continued, "He has long been frightened out of his courage, these days he is hanging up the exemption card and refuses to fight. With the 20,000 horses of our army, we want to take Wancheng, which is garrisoned by Situ......" Speaking of this, Guan Yu just shook his head.

Liu Bei also nodded dejectedly and said: "I think it's the same, maybe this is Situ's plan to increase his troops and reduce the stove, just to lure us to attack Wancheng, so that we can destroy Wancheng in one fell swoop." In fact, even if Cai Mao dares to fight, it will be difficult for us to win Wancheng. Saying that, Liu Bei smiled bitterly and continued: "If it weren't for Yuan Shao's envoy saying that Cao Cao and Situ would both die in Yingdu, we wouldn't have sent troops here now. Finally, with Xinye, with these soldiers and horses, we can't lose in vain under Wancheng City! ”

Saying that, Liu Bei stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the map and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Second brother, third brother, the current situation is not as optimistic as we expected at the beginning. Sun Quan of Jiangdong had already suffered a defeat under the city of Guangling, and Yuan Shao of Hebei now had to face Cao Cao's traitor. As for Ma Teng, he is still on the way to the west, and he doesn't know if he can take Chang'an and Tongguan, and drive straight in. And we are now facing the coercion of Situ's soldiers and horses, while Cai Mao is shrinking back and always wants to trouble me! Speaking of this, Liu Bei slammed his fist on the map where Cai Mao was stationed, and said hatefully: "When I escaped from Yuan Shao, I was still bent on reviving the Han family!" But if you look at Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu, these guys sit in a state, but they have no desire for revival, is it true that the Han family is going to die? ”

Liu Bei's words came out, and the whole person burst into tears, which frightened Guan Yu and Zhang Fei so much that they hurriedly stepped forward to persuade each other. I don't know if Liu Bei is really worried about the Han Dynasty, or resentful because he himself has achieved nothing. In short, this tearful scene really moved Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both of whom bowed to the ground and spoke in unison, saying that they were willing to fight for the revival of the Han family for the rest of their lives.

Liu Bei saw the two of them kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly helped them up, comforting the two. Only after a long while, Liu Bei looked at the map and said: "I don't think it makes much sense to stay here, I heard that Cai Zhong has rushed back to Xiangyang overnight, so Cai Mao is only waiting for the order to withdraw the troops from Xiangyang." This Cai Mao doesn't have the ability to kill the enemy, but he has a lot of thoughts about harming me! As he spoke, he slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, motioned for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to sit together, and then said slowly: "We also order the whole army to prepare for retreat, and if we don't prepare, I'm afraid that our people and horses will not be attacked by Situ, and we will also be calculated by Cai Mao's guy!" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, even if he couldn't sit still, he threatened to stab Cai Mao's villain to death with a spear to vent Liu Bei's anger. This trouble, which made Liu Bei, who was just sad, hurriedly grabbed Zhang Fei and told him not to do much. Although Zhang Fei was irritable, he still listened to Liu Bei's words. Liu Bei blocked it like this, and Zhang Fei naturally stopped. Liu Bei was relieved, but the situation in front of him had eroded to this point, and Liu Bei didn't know where he should go?