"What? How is this possible? The building boat is not an ordinary ship, the building ship has the highest technology in the world, only Jingzhou, and the most concentrated place in Jingzhou is mainly in Jiangxia, but Jiangxia Huangzu is our people, he can't give the building ship to Liu Qi This waste, except for Jiangxia, it is Jiangling, but even if Liu Qi captures all the building ships in Jiangling, it is only two, where did so many come from? ”

When Cai Mao heard Cai Yan's report, she couldn't help but be shocked and said in disbelief.

"Could it be that Liu Qi brought this from Hulin Port in Ganning?" Cai Yun, the captain of the pro-soldier on the side, said.

"This shouldn't be possible, because Huang Zu already said when he wrote to me that Liu Qi led the army to Shaxian by land, and grabbed some ships from Shaxian to rush here. What's more, even if Liu Qi really brought a building boat from Hulin, how could Hulin have so many building ships? It's not that you don't know that Gan Ning's navy is mainly derived from Zhang Hu, and Zhang Hu's Lou ships have two, even if you add two ships from Jiangling, it is only four, but how can Gan Ning have more than a dozen ships? Besides, if Liu Qi brought all the buildings and ships in Hulin Port, wouldn't he be afraid that Sun Quan's navy would attack Hulin? ”

Cai Mao shook his head, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and sighed slowly: "It seems that I still underestimate Liu Qi's waste, I really didn't expect him to have such a great ability to get so many ships, but we don't have so much time to manage now, since he launched an attack, we can only defend to the death, as long as we hold on until Huang Zu arrives, and it is estimated that Huang Zu should be able to come tomorrow, we just need to stick to today for one day, anyway, now Liu Cong has bought a lot of hearts in the city, I will now persuade him to mobilize the people to defend the city, as long as the people defend the city, we can not only reduce casualties and preserve our strength, but also make Liu Qi and Liu Cong both lose notoriety, which is really a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Then Cai Mao found Liu Cong, told him the news that Liu Qi had a strong naval army, especially a large number of building ships, and asked him to mobilize the people to defend the city.

In fact, as early as when the Fan family heard that Liu Qi led the army to Xiangyang, she began to continuously distribute food and salary, reward the three armies, and motivate the soldiers, plus she has been spreading rumors that Liu Qi colluded with the Kuai family to poison his father, which made many soldiers and civilians who did not know the truth have a great deal of resistance to Liu Qi. In addition, Cai Mao is a fierce general in Jingzhou after all, and he is far from being comparable to juniors like Cai Ling in terms of commanding troops, and the generals who are now changing the city are Cai Mao's henchmen, and they are also absolutely loyal to him Cai Mao, and those generals who were originally contacted to receive Liu Qi were scattered all over the place, plus they lost contact with Liu Xian and others, so they can only endure and stand by at present.

The above qiē has caused a result, that is, the current Xiangyang City is difficult to capture for a while due to the desperate defense of Cai Mao's army.

What's more, not long after Liu Qi's siege of the city, he was surprised to find that in addition to those ordinary soldiers, there were ordinary people defending the city!

"Cai Mao, an old fox, is so ruthless, he actually mobilized the people to defend the city, so even if I can capture Xiangyang, I will definitely not be able to gain a foothold here. This is my Jingzhou governance place, the people's desire, how can I attack the people here? ”

Seeing that the enemy was in front of him, Liu Qi wanted to immediately step forward and tear Cai Mao apart, but reason made him have to stop.

At this moment, Jia Xu suddenly persuaded: "Lord, since Xiangyang is difficult to break, why should we be in a hurry? Anyway, General Huang Zu is coming tomorrow, and when the time comes, we will unite with him and break Cai Mao together, won't we? As long as Cai Mao is defeated and the people in Xiangyang City lose their support, will they still cooperate with them to defend the city? ”

Since hearing the news of Liu Biao's murder, all the generals under Liu Qi's command, even including the civil and military officials in the four counties of Jingnan and Jiaozhou, have all changed their names to Liu Qi as the lord, for this, Liu Qi naturally can't refuse, after all, his father Liu Biao is dead, and he is not the lord, will he give Jingzhou to Liu Cong's rebellion?

Liu Qi listened to Jia Xu's construction, and couldn't help nodding, and sighed softly: "This time it is indeed the official's willfulness, originally the official meant, I don't want to fake anyone, I want to borrow my strength to capture Xiangyang, and I slashed the enemy Cai Mao and the rebel Liu Cong, but I didn't expect that Cai Mao's old thief also has some ability to command troops, and he has rich combat experience, and he actually knows how to set fire to hundreds of my ladders." Now it seems that there is only that. ”

Glancing at Cai Mao at the head of Xiangyang City with hatred, Liu Qi ordered Ming Jin to wait for the arrival of Huang Zu's army the next day.

Just after returning to the camp, Liu Qi received a letter from Huang Zu, in which Huang Zu said that he would arrive at the city of Xiangyang tomorrow, and asked the lord Liu Qi to instruct him to take a step.

Liu Qi saw that Huang Zu also called himself the lord, until now Huang Zu has completely admitted that he is his subordinate, so he immediately wrote a letter to Huang Zu, crowned him as the general of Hengjiang, Jiangxia Taishou, and increased the number of 100 feudal towns, and explained in the letter that he acted like this, and must ensure that Cai Mao is broken.

In the evening, Liu Qi called Jia Xu to the camp tent and asked him to accompany him to dine together, in the process of eating, Liu Qi suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help sighing and said: "Cai Mao is so broken, but this time the old general Huang is exposed, I'm afraid Cai Mao will definitely shrink into the city, never dare to come out again, Xiangyang has enough grain and grass, if it is so besieged and not attacked, I am afraid that even a year will not be able to consume the grain and grass in the city, once Cao Cao defeats Liu Bei and leads reinforcements to Xiangyang, I am afraid that Xiangyang will be difficult to capture in the future." ”

Jia Xu's eyes flashed with helplessness, and he said slowly: "In fact, it is not difficult to break Xiangyang, I have too deep feelings for Xiangyang, and we are not allowed to be violent to the people, let alone kill and injure the people in the city, so at present, we can only continue to enter the arrow book to the city, hoping that the civil and military forces and the people in the city can clarify the misunderstanding of the lord, and then slowly try to it." Although it was a bit long, the last general thought that it would be okay to break Xiangyang before Cao Cao led his army. ”

Liu Qi thought for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said: "That's all, I'd rather wait a while longer than let the innocent people bury Cai Mao." ”

A hint of admiration flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, and he sighed softly: "It is really the king of benevolence and righteousness." ”

At this moment, a sergeant suddenly reported that there was a child outside the camp gate who asked to see him.

Liu Qi was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how could there be a child asking to see him on this big night? Whose child is this so bold, running out to play in the middle of the night, and daring to go outside the barracks to ask to see him?

But after thinking about it, Liu Qi still decided to meet this child, after all, this child can know his name, and he has the courage to go to the barracks outside the barracks late at night, maybe he is a wizard.

After thinking about it, Liu Qi ordered his soldiers to bring the child in, and also told the soldiers to be kind to the child and not to scare the other party.

After a while, I saw a child come to the tent and salute to him, "Meet the eldest prince." ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Have you seen me before?" ”

But the boy shook his head and said, "I've never seen it." ”

"Then how do you identify me as soon as you come in?" At that time, Liu Qi sat side by side with Jia Xu and the generals, if it wasn't for an acquaintance, it would be difficult to identify his identity, and even adults would be able to do something that was difficult for adults to do, this child could do it, Liu Qi couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hehe, this matter is not difficult, in this military tent, only the eldest prince is calm, and the others look at you with awe, I conclude that you are the most honorable person in this position, and in the main camp of the eldest prince, the most honorable person is naturally you, the commander of the three armies. What's more, when I saw Gongzi at a glance, I saw that the eldest son was introverted and extraordinary, and I knew that Gongzi was a noble person, so I naturally dared to determine the identity of Gongzi. ”

"Huh? I can't see that you have such a vision at such a young age, which is indeed extraordinary. Who are you? What is the matter with my camp? You can just say it, right? Liu Qi's gaze at the child was even more peculiar, and he hurriedly said with a smile.

Then I saw the child and said, "I am the nephew of Liu Xian, named Zhou Budo......."

"What? You say you're Zhou Budo? Prodigy Zhou is not suspicious? Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and then said in a lost voice.

But seeing that Zhou Budo was stunned, he then said: "Exactly, do adults know villains?" ”

"Hehe, I have long heard that Liu Beijia has a nephew who is a prodigy, he has been very intelligent since he was a child, and he is very different from ordinary people, I really didn't expect to meet him here today, it is really gratifying, you came to my camp today, is it Liu Beijia who sent him?"

Liu Qi is now double happy, one is that he met the prodigy Zhou Budo, and the other is that Zhou Budo came to the camp at this time, and nine times out of ten he received a dispatch from Liu Xian. And Liu Xian's demolition of his own nephew, a child of about ten years old, to his camp at such a late stage will naturally be very beneficial to himself.

But seeing Zhou Budo's eyes looking around, he meant that this matter was extremely confidential and should be discussed in secret.

Liu Qi couldn't help but smile and said disapprerovingly: "These are people I trust, you can say it with confidence." ”

Zhou Budo's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of admiration, there were at least 20 people in the camp with his own soldiers, and all of them were trustworthy people, which shows how powerful the personality charm this eldest prince should have?

Since Liu Qi said so, Zhou Budo naturally would not have any doubts, he paused slightly, and said without hesitation: "I am indeed on the order of my uncle to see Gongzi, the purpose is naturally to plot Xiangyang City, tomorrow Huangzu's army will come, the eldest prince can go to the West City Gate tonight, my uncle will find a way to secretly open the city gate, let Gongzi enter the city, and capture the rebel Cai Mao and the rebel son Liu Cong." ”