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The lively and bustling streets of Xiangyang, however, were shrouded in the shadow of war with the mobilization of the army. Just an hour ago, Cai Mao, the general of the military division, was personally named by Liu Biao to take command, and asked him to command 30,000 Xiangyang soldiers and horses, and he must set off before noon tomorrow to recapture Jiangling and rush to the aid of Liu Pan and Zhang Yun's troops who were trapped in Luo County, but in fact Zhang Yun had died in Jingshui.

The camp in the outer city of Xiangyang. Cai Mao, who came in a drape, stared at several clan brothers under the tent with a gloomy face when he looked at the roster, shook off the bamboo slip roster in his hand, and shouted: "Lawless, you are simply lawless!?" ”

"50,000 soldiers, you have eaten 15,000 empty salaries, do you all want to die? Or is my Cai family so poor that they can't open the pot? Do you be so embarrassed that you must die? ”

In the face of Cai Mao, who was full of anger, a group of Cai clan's children under the account, under the mutual push, finally Cai Mao's subordinate Cai Song said: "Uncle, it's not that we are greedy, it's really that the military salary has been decreasing year by year in recent years, not to mention that even the ordnance and equipment have not been changed for three years, if we hadn't cut off a group of soldiers, the soldiers would have mutinied a long time ago." ”

"Yes, brother, in the past few years, Liu Biao has intended to support Liu Pan and Zhang Yun's two generals, and all the sophisticated weapons and armor are given priority to supply their troops, and our army, now many guns have decayed, and the military salary has increased from the original 300 yuan per person per month, to now there are only 100 yuan left." Seeing that Cai Mao's face was slightly pale, Cai He couldn't help but exclaim aggrievedly.

"Why didn't I know about this?" Cai Mao hesitated to look at the younger brothers of the family.

"Brother is busy with affairs, I have forgotten, I will report to you when I go to you, but brother, you said that our Cai family is too authoritative and famous, if we master heavy troops again, I am afraid it will attract suspicion, so let us do it in a low-key manner." Cai Zhong saw that Cai Mao had forgotten about this, and he recounted Cai Mao's original words in the past with a look of grievance.

"Forget it, since that's the case, the matter is over." Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, waved his hand, and then said in a deep voice: "This time I sent troops to Nanjun to rescue Zhang Yun and Liu Pan, but I was facing Han Lie's tiger and wolf army, if you can't get together an elite army, this battle will be lost without fighting, now you immediately put all the troops and horses that can be mobilized into the army, try to gather 40,000 horses, prepare January grain and grass, and set off before noon tomorrow." ”

"Brother, this time is too rushed, isn't it?" When Cai Tong heard this, he muttered a little reluctantly.

"This is a military order issued by the lord, and besides, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, how can you be negligent?" Cai Mao glared at this clan brother, and emphasized in a cold voice: "If you want to live, bring me all the private parts of the family, don't go to the battlefield at that time, and there will be no one to save you." ”

"Whoa." Cai He and the others saw Cai Mao getting angry, so they didn't talk anymore, and they responded in a deep voice.

When everyone left, Cai Mao shook his head and sighed to himself: "A bunch of gentlemen, if my Cai family relies on such people, sooner or later it will fall to everyone." ”

Before noon the next day, Cai Mao led a group of Cai's children to lead a patchwork army of 40,000 and marched out of Xiangyang City, while the camp in the outer city became an empty camp, leaving only 3,000 old and weak to guard the camp.

As soon as Cai Mao's army left the city, Liu Xian sent someone to inform Ding Feng, who was escorting him back to Xiangyang, this time Ding Feng led a hundred personal soldiers to escort Liu Xianyi back to Xiangyang, Han Lie also sent a female dancer under Diao Chan to dress up as a man to accompany him, and the true identity of this female dancer is only known to Ding Feng, and the true identity of this female dancer is naturally a shadow, mainly responsible for raising sparrowhawks.

Therefore, after Ding Feng received Liu Xian's news, he immediately wrote a secret letter, handed it to the shadow, and then transmitted it to Han Lie through the Sparrowhawk as soon as possible.

Since the ambush of Zhang Yun in Jingguan, Han Lie sent Zhao Yun to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to escort the prisoners to Jiangling City, and at the same time transported back a batch of military supplies, he also transferred Gao Shun and Cheng Yu back to the tent to obey orders.

But Han Lie did not stay in Jingguan, but led the army to camp secretly at the intersection of Jingshui and Hanshui, so when he received the superstition from the sparrowhawk and learned that Cai Mao personally led the army to Jiangling by land, he immediately summoned the generals and said: "Ziyi, you can lead the cavalry battalion to Dangyang to drag Cai Mao's army on the front line, and gallop to help him march at speed." Zilong, you led the soldiers of your headquarters to Jiangling to take over the military power, and together with Gan Ning, you commanded the troops to defend Jiangling, and the rest of the armies immediately pulled out their camps and went straight to Xiangyang along the Han River. ”

Han Lie's tens of thousands of troops, if they supply military supplies all the way from Lujiang, it will inevitably be delayed for a long time, and it will be difficult to supply, but the unexpected capture of Jiangxia made Han Lie's army replenish a large number of military supplies in Xiakou, and this time when they were stationed at the intersection of Jingshui and Hanshui, they added a batch of materials from Jiangling, so that Han Lie's troops were more morale.

The main force attacking Xiangyang, in addition to the 15,000 naval army under Jiang Qin's account, was the middle battalion of the Red Flame Army, and the front battalion of Xu Huang, with a total strength of about 26,000 people, followed by Han Lie earlier and sent fast horses to convey instructions to Su Fei, Zhou Tai, and Ling Tong in Jiangxia, with Zhou Tai as the main general, leading Ling Tong, Su Fei, and Xiang Lang, who was appointed by Liu Biao as Jiangxia Taishou, Xiang Juda and four people, commanding 20,000 soldiers and horses to launch an offensive against Zhangling County.

Xiang Lang is now loyal to Han Lie, and was appointed by Han Lie to the post of Xi Cao Peng of the General's Mansion, and Jiangxia Taishou was appointed to the post of Deng Zhi recommended by Su Fei, Deng Bomiao served as the Zhou Taitong army to Zhangling, and Jiangxia was guarded by Deng Zhi with 5,000 men and horses, and was responsible for supplying military supplies.

As early as the beginning of the capture of Jiangxia, Han Lie had already sent people to Jianye, so that Zhang Zhao was transferred to a group of backbone officials, and went to Jiangxia to enrich the grassroots officialdom.

It is also the stability of Jiangxia, and Jiangling has sufficient military material support, Han Lie was able to give it a go, and personally led the army to Xiangyang, although he only had 25,000 soldiers, but now that the army of Xiangyang Outer City has been transferred, the huge Xiangyang City has become a virtual existence for him, and the next Xiangyang Inner City does not need to be attacked at all, and it will be self-defeating.

Although it was against the current, it only took three days, and the 26,000 Han Lie soldiers and horses, all of whom were dressed in Liu Biao's soldiers and horses, still arrived outside Xiangyang City smoothly. Before arriving outside the city, Han Lie had already made further contact with Ding Feng, and after the arrangement of Yi and Liu Xian, that night, the 26,000 army led by Han Lie entered the outer city of Xiangyang in this way as Liu Xian's brother-in-law, Zhou Ping, who served as the southern lieutenant of Xiangyang.

However, to Han Lie's surprise, when the army attacked the camp in the outer city, it originally thought that it would experience a big battle, but it did not happen at all, because the original intelligence showed that there were at least 10,000 troops in the battalion, but it turned out to be only 3,000 old and weak soldiers.

After interrogating the prisoners, Han Lie learned that the actual strength of this battalion, which was known as the 50,000 army, was only 35,000 left, and now it was transferred away by Cai Mao, leaving only these 3,000 useless old and weak soldiers left.

Overnight, the soldiers and horses led by Han Lie took over the outer city of Xiangyang and occupied the grain treasury in Xiangyang. Han Lie, who was sitting in the camp of the outer city, summoned Liu Xian, who was from Iraq, and Cheng Yu, who was with the army, at dawn, and said: "Now the outer city of Xiangyang has been controlled by me, I went to see it just now, the city defense of the inner city is very strong, I am afraid that it will be easy to break, in order to avoid major casualties among the troops, my opinion is to persuade Liu Biao to surrender, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Lord, let me go on this matter, for the sake of my fellow villagers, even if I am resentful, Liu Biao will not kill me easily." Yi Yuan groaned, took the initiative to ask for help, and said his own opinion: "The army is pressing, Liu Biao categorically has no determination to live and die with the city, at this time to persuade the surrender, there is a seventy percent chance of success, but before persuading Liu Biao, I think you can first persuade the Kuai Yue brothers, the two of them are from the Xiangyang Wang clan, Liu Biao used to rely on their brothers' advice, to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou, if these two people are obedient to the lord, Liu Biao can not do anything even if he wants to oppose it." ”

Although Yi is not an outstanding military talent, nor is he the kind of professional who is good at government affairs, but he has eloquence and more eagerness, and this person has a set of skills to see people, and he is very able to figure out people's hearts.

For a knowledgeable scholar, if he does not forge ahead in the troubled times, he will perish, and Liu Biao used to have an empty land of Jingxiang, millions of grains, and the people depended, but he missed the opportunity, watching the Central Plains surging and standing still, which is the way to death in the eyes of any far-sighted person.

Yi used to be attached to Liu Biao, and he also thought that after Liu Biao was a clan relative, he would follow the deeds of Guangwu Zhongxing Han and achieve great things, but time proved that Liu Biao was just a spectator in the end, and he was even about to become a prisoner.

"Jibo is loyal, and courage does not belong to warriors." Han Lie appreciated it, and sincerely instructed: "Jibo must put safety first, it is not violated, and it is important to save his life." ”

"Whoa." He stood up and bowed, and returned to the inner city with a sigh.

When they met, the Kuai Yue brothers already knew that the Yi had betrayed Liu Biao, but the two of them did not show too much anger, and were slightly stunned, Kuai Yue said lightly: "Yi Ji Bo is a good method, it seems that the past is more and more underestimated to you." ”

"Can't Brother Xenomorph tell the current situation? I have come to this point, to put it bluntly, but the situation is like this, the general is benevolent, and far-sighted, to say a word of arrogance, it is not difficult to call the king a tyrant in the past, the two are wise people, I will not say more superfluous words, the general only let me bring my brother a word, he does not like Jingzhou, he is happy to be different. Yi Zhi calmly responded to the Kuai Yue brothers, and truthfully conveyed Han Lie's words.

"The general is very human." Kuai Yue frowned, and finally had to sigh, and said to his brother Kuai Liang: "Uncle Ji has a good saying, the situation is like this, if it is not you and I can redeem it, and ask my brother to go to see the envoy at random, I believe that the envoy will make a wise choice in order to protect the family." ”

After that, Kuai Yue strode out of the state pastor's mansion, returned to his home and began to thank the guests.

The news that the outer city was captured by Han Lie's army was already known to Liu Biao an hour ago, and he had a premonition that the general trend had gone, so he sat for a while, and then called his eldest son Liu Qi and youngest son Liu Cong to him, and said: "My Liu family's four hundred years of splendid rivers and mountains are about to be buried in our generation, my father has now passed the year of the mandate of heaven, and he has no heart and power, from now on, it will be difficult to protect you, and from now on, you can only rely on yourself in life and death." ”

"Father, Qi'er heard that the great general Han Lie is a benevolent gentleman, and he will conquer the country without destroying the ancestral hall, as long as his father is willing to submit, he will definitely be good at you, why are you so pessimistic and desperate?" Liu Qi knew some things about Han Lie, and seeing that Liu Biao seemed to have a will to die, he couldn't help but hurriedly persuade him.

"Father, father, Cong'er doesn't want you to leave." Liu Cong, who is only eight years old, will be frightened to tears.

"Husband, you are a clan member of the Han family, and my Cai family is a Jingzhou family, as long as we surrender, then Han Lie will definitely not despise his husband, imagine that if he Han Lie even despises a prestigious clan like Fujun, who among the princes in the world will dare to surrender to him in the future? I also asked my husband to save the wife and children of the family for the sake of his wife and children, so that 100,000 people in Xiangyang could avoid the suffering of war. Just when Liu Biao was comforting his son, Mrs. Cai pushed the door in and persuaded with a sad face.

"Let me think again." Liu Biao was not a decisive person, and his temperament was already suspicious, so his heart to fight to the death, which was not very firm, was shaken all of a sudden.

"My lord, I'm from Kuailiang and I want to see you." Just when Liu Biao hesitated, the soldiers said a word at the door.

"What a villain who betrays the master, if you dare to come, I will kill him." Liu Biao was angry, drew his sword and said loudly: "Let them in." ”

As soon as Yi and Kuai Liang entered the conference hall and saw the menacing Liu Biao, Yi Ji hurriedly knelt on the ground and prayed: "Ming Gong is very gracious, and he has nothing to repay, so he has come to ask for death." ”

Originally, he planned to say that no matter what Yi said, Liu Biao, who was not allowed, was stunned for a while, in his opinion, Yi came at this time, obviously to be a lobbyist, but now Yi came up and begged for death, which made him hesitate a little.

"The lord, Ji Bo defected to the general, but also helpless, this time he risked his death to come, but also to repay the lord's kindness, took the initiative to ask the general to come to see the lord, in fact, it is also to save the lord's life, now the outer city has fallen, 100,000 Jiangdong army is besieged, although the inner city is strong, but the grain and grass are less than a month, as long as the general besieges and does not attack, not a month, we are more than starvation to death and the city. Please also ask the lord to see the survival plan of the officials of the people in the city in Jibo, and think twice before acting. Kuai Liang seized the opportunity and said appropriately.

"Xenomorph also advocates surrendering to the Great General?" Liu Biao's footsteps staggered, and the saber in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground, staring at Kuai Liang with a blank and unwilling face.

"Yes." Kuai Liang didn't give Liu Biao any hope, and nodded ruthlessly.

"Haha...... Okay, okay, let's go down. Liu Biao laughed wildly, shook off the book and oil lamp on the table, picked up the saber on the ground, and resolutely raised the sword to wipe it to his neck. (To be continued.) )