Chapter 576: It's all in the plan
King Li thought for a while and said: "The Xiangyang guards are not afraid, although there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, but this city is surrounded by me on all sides, and it can be taken down at any time. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The little soldier nodded, wrote down King Li's message, and then turned to leave, and soon rode out of the city.
Without Li Shimin's help, there was a wail in Jiangling City, and the Jingzhou group was worried that their own interests would be hit, so they tried to fight to the death, but now that Liu Biao and his heirs have developed cowardice, where will they listen to their persuasion?
Liu Biao will be 60 years old in two years, and he has reached the age of retirement, but he has ideas and wants to break out of the world, but he only has a lot of enthusiasm, and when it comes to ability, he is at most a second-rate level, and there is no chance for him in this world.
Said dejectedly: "You don't need to say it anymore, there is a dark line to report, King Li also led the army to Jingzhou, stationed in Maicheng at this time, the last time Li Shimin trapped King Li's more than ten generals in Jingnan, causing him to be angry, let go of the words to lead a million troops to the south, it is not like a fake, not immune to implication, our army only surrenders, otherwise the two Li fight, our lives will be implicated." ”
In fact, what Liu Biao said is already very reasonable, and everyone can understand it, but the Liu Biao system in Jingzhou is directly related to the blessings and misfortunes of the scholars, and if Liu Biao falls, then these scholars will be weakened in the next step of King Li's policy, which they do not want to see.
There was an uproar in the hall again, striving for Liu Biao to encircle the army, fight to the death with King Li, and with the city wall of Jiangling, and pay enough price, he will definitely be able to get Li Shimin's help.
Liu Biao's eyes were cloudy, his eyes were extremely uneasy, the bigger a person is, the more afraid of death, this is an immutable law, and these soldiers all asked to fight to the death, clearly to push themselves into the fire pit, and anger couldn't help but surge up.
But before he could get angry, one of the soldiers spoke first.
"Although we are afraid of King Li's attitude towards the northern scholars, don't forget that King Li's attitude towards the Yizhou scholars is quite mild, and my Jingzhou will not be inferior to Yizhou at all, and King Li is in urgent need of a treasure now, as long as we discuss with him with this thing, we will definitely be able to keep you and the lord safe."
The scene suddenly fell silent, and when he looked up, it turned out that the person who spoke was Cai Mao, the governor of the capital, this person was not a person who was afraid of death, but he was mediocre, but he was in a high position, so naturally some people were jealous.
However, as loyal supporters of Liu Biao, the Cai family and the Kuai family took the first step to help Liu Biao stabilize Jingzhou, and their position was unshaken, which is why Jingzhou's forces are intertwined, but no one has ever provoked them.
Liu Biao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Come on." ”
Cai Mao clasped his fists and said: "The navy, our army is adjacent to the Yangtze River, the navy is stronger than Jiangdong, King Li now needs a large number of building ships and warships, and our Jingzhou is just in line with this, although Cao Cao is menacing, but he does not dare to disobey the will of King Li, as long as the lord uses this statement to show that it is powerful, then Cao Cao will inevitably accept our letter of surrender." ”
Liu Biao said happily: "Just act according to what the governor says, and someone will come ......."
"Wait!" A shout sounded, and a disciple of the scholar clan walked out, clasped his fists and said, "In this way, we can be sure of the safety of your Cai family, but how can we win the trust of King Li and avoid that unwarranted disaster?" ”
Cai Mao's face was unswerving, Lao Tzu had already communicated with King Li in secret letters, and had secretly served him, the safety of Lao Tzu's family is the first priority, I care about your life and death?
But at this time, he couldn't show it, so as not to spoil King Li's plan, and said sincerely: "Surrendering King Li is the trend of the times, King Li now has a new legal system, naturally he will not break it himself, this is one of them, this is the other, he King Li grew up in the north, and eight or nine out of ten of the soldiers under his command will not be water-based, since you need warships, you naturally need a large number of naval talents, you are deeply rooted in Jingzhou, not to mention that there are 18,000 doormen, then at least there must be 1,2800, as long as these well-trained doormen are exchanged for safety, I believe that King Li will not refuse. ”
Everyone suddenly realized that this Cai Mao was fully prepared, so it seems that he must have already had the intention of surrendering, but he just endured it well.
"What the Metropolitan Governor said is reasonable, and my Zhou family is the only one who looks to the horse."
The voices of willingness to surrender came and went, and there was no appearance of trying to fight Liu Biao to the death before, seeing Cai Mao sneering, and said secretly: "I just said my guess, whether Your Majesty will cross the river and demolish the bridge, then it is not for me to have the final say." ”
When Cao Cao was preparing to attack, he received a letter from Liu Biao, which made him depressed, but since he could not spend a single soldier, it was naturally better, and he delivered the letter to Maicheng overnight, and he still led the soldiers to flood the Jiangling siege.
Three days later, King Li surrendered Liu Biao and ordered him to issue a document and send it to the county that was still defending it, ordering those soldiers to surrender their military power, tie their hands and wait for their fate.
It took three months to divide these counties into the territory of Dahua, with the Yangtze River as the dividing line, and all of them in the north have entered the rule of King Li, except for Yuan Shu, who survived for a long time.
And in these three months, Li Jing's army and Yang Zaixing's army also arrived in Maicheng one after another.
Among them, Li Jing brought 60,000 troops, and Yang Zaixing also brought 60,000 horses, the difference is that Li Jing still has 50,000 horses on the way to come, and 50,000 people in this backyard also escorted millions of stone grain and grass, this is a huge project, and it is inevitable to slow down for some time.
After waiting for another month, a number of men and horses arrived one after another, and there were 160,000 troops to support alone, plus Cao Cao's remaining 100,000 horses, which had reached a terrifying 260,000, not to mention that there were follow-up people and horses from Sili, Bingzhou, and Jizhou, this number would definitely be higher than 400,000.
When the key figures arrived, King Li did not answer the wind for them, but waved his hand and ordered Li Jing to be the commander, Yang Zaixing to be the vanguard, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wulin, and the opposite bank of Wulin is the legendary Chibi.
Yang Zaixing was the vanguard, leading 30,000 horses to go first, and Wang Yin and Xue Rengui were the wings, each leading 10,000 soldiers and horses to fall behind, so as to avoid being ambushed by the enemy.
Of course, if according to Zhang Han's secret letter, the road will be extremely smooth, only in the port of Wulin, there are 30,000 terrifying living dead buried underground......
However, these living dead are afraid of water and fire, and King Li has already discussed with Guo Jia, Liu Ji and others who have come one after another, and when the rainy season passes in August and September, they will use fire to let this group of people die in ignorance. (To be continued.) )