"Lord, General Cai may still be of some use to the lord, why don't you cut it first, and ask his opinion?" Cheng Yu turned out from behind the screen, stopped the soldiers who were about to pull Cai Mao out of the screen, and said to Cao Cao.

"Yes, yes, Cao Gong is slow, Cai Mao is useful, Cai Mao is useful, Mr. Cheng, please plead for me, there will be heavy thanks in the future!" Cai Mao, who was drenched in a big man, finally came back to his senses at this moment, and he knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Hmm...... Cai Mao is Jingzhou Liu Biao's brother-in-law and an important minister in Jingzhou, how can he be useful to his true appearance? In my opinion, I still killed him a hundred, and he will no longer be a threat to our dynasty in the future. Cao Cao seemed to pause, but he still refused to let go and said that he would let Cai Mao go.

"Lord, I heard that the Cai family is in Jingzhou and is one of the local tycoons, and their shops are countless and the wealth is comparable to that of the country...... Cheng Yu hinted.

"Ah...... Yes, yes, Cao Gong, don't kill Cai, my Cai family is rich, and I ransomed myself with a thousand gold. Please Cao Gong spare Cai's life! Cai Mao repeatedly kowtowed to forgiveness, and even his forehead was bleeding.

"Humph! Will I still be short of money? What's more......" Cao Cao's tone was extremely cold: "If I march into Jingzhou with the army, I will definitely be able to go down to Jingzhou in a battle, and when the time comes, the money of the local tycoons in Jingzhou will not be taken by Cao?" The Cai family? Hmph, confiscate his family and exterminate the nine clans, then, all the wealth of the Cai family is not my Cao's? ”

"Well, Mr. Cheng, I heard that you traveled to Jingzhou in your early years? You have to give me a good calculation, how many rich people in Jingzhou will be worth us. Cao Cao said in an accentuated tone.

"Uh...... The lord is right, as long as we capture Jingzhou. So the wealth of Jingzhou is not ours yet? General Cai, I'm sorry, Cheng can't help you anymore. Who told us not to be on the same path? My father-in-law also said before that we don't have the same ways, so as a general of Jingzhou, killing you will reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles for us. At this moment, Cheng Yu pretended to be helpless. shrugged his shoulders at Cai Mao, who was kneeling on the ground, and innocently induced: "Heh, General Cai." Seriously, Cheng has long admired your name and admired your talents, especially your ability to train the navy. Recently, my father-in-law is also forming a water army. It's a pity...... You are Liu Jingsheng's person, otherwise, we can work together with the DPRK and form an invincible sailor together. Therefore, please also ask General Cai to go on the road with peace of mind, and I hope that in the next life, we can go the same way. ”

"Huh?" Cai Mao sat down with a sluggish face.

Two soldiers. walked over, and one person held one of Cai Mao's arms. And they dragged him out.

Suddenly, he suddenly broke free from the drag of the two soldiers, pushed the soldiers away, knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed to Cao Cao and said, "Cao Gong, no, no, my lord, we are the same!" Dao Tong! From now on, Cai Mao will be subordinate to Cao Gong, let Cao Gong send him, and vow to serve the Lord and serve the dogs and horses! ”

Cheng Yu said it so bluntly, where did Cai Mao still not understand the truth? His words made Cai Mao know that now, only by surrendering and submitting to Cao Cao can he steal his life, otherwise, people say that they will kill you, and he has no way to resist and get out. Therefore, he knew that the only way to surrender to Cao Cao now was to surrender to Cao Cao first, submit to him, and then flee back to Jingzhou when he had the opportunity in the future. Well, even if the news that he confessed to Cao Cao in the future was reported, he could still say that he surrendered in order to save his life at that time.

Yes, there is a deception in the world, Cai Mao was between the lightning and flint, his thoughts turned a thousand times, and he actually had a plan in his heart, which made his frightened heart feel a little calmer, and when he bowed to Cao Cao, his expression could still show a little truth.

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of a successful smile in their eyes.

Cao Cao still said with a straight face: "Cai Mao, you kowtow slowly, there is no basis for your words, you are now saying that you want to obey me Cao Cao in order to save your life, but who knows that after Lu Dao is released back to Jingzhou, will you rebel against Cao again?" What's more, Mr. Cheng Yu also said just now, Cao only uses useful people, you said that you dedicate yourself to Cao's work as a dog and horse, but what do you think you can do for me Cao Cao? Just for the training of the navy, I Cao don't need you, Cao is now, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, can't I find a talent who knows how to train the navy? So, don't say that Cao doesn't give you a chance, tell me yourself, what use can you do to me Cao? How are you going to work for me? ”

When Cai Mao heard this, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he knew that this time, if he didn't show a little sincerity and didn't really serve Cao Cao, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to pass the test.

"Well, as for whether General Cai is sincere in submitting to the lord, it can be easily distinguished, just let General Cai write a surrender document, sign it, and show his loyalty." Cheng Yu acted like a good man, stepped forward to help Cai Mao up, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Cai, my brother can only help you get here, you can tell me yourself, how can there be a place for my father-in-law to use, you see ......"

"I, I'm ......" Cai Mao seemed to be a moment, he really wanted to cry, he knew that as long as the surrender letter was written, even if he said that he was a fraudulent surrender in the future, no one would believe it.

He also knew that he was hesitant now, and only by writing this surrender could he truly escape the catastrophe.

Therefore, he turned his heart sideways and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Cai is willing to write a surrender letter." ”

He hugged Cao Cao and said: "Since Cai really voted for Cao Gong, then Cai asked himself if it is still useful to the lord, at least, Cai Mao can provide a steady stream of money and food for the lord, and can lead an army of no less than 100,000 to join the lord, this is Cai's headquarters military horse, as long as there is a ship, it can be organized into a navy, which is equivalent to adding 100,000 elite sailors to the lord out of thin air." In addition, isn't the lord preparing to seize Jingzhou? If the lord can trust Cai, Cai may be able to act as an internal response and seek Jingzhou for the lord and the army without blood, isn't it better than the lord sending a large army to attack it? ”

Cai Mao was forced to have no choice, and she really decided to submit to Cao Cao.

Well, now, Cai Mao has no reservations, and when he really plans to surrender to Cao Cao, his mind is open. He felt that, in fact, it might not be a bad thing for him to vote for Cao Cao, at least. Now he wants to ensure the future glory of his Cai family by supporting his sister's son Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, but. This matter has not been skimmed yet, his sister is still in Luoyang with Liu Yi, this matter, he has always been worried that the paper can't hold the fire, in case Liu Biao knows the way, he will suffer immediately.

In addition, let's talk about these issues. The situation in the world made Cai Mao quite hesitant, even if the New Han Army did not attack Jingzhou now. However, once Cao Cao's military horses launched an attack on Jingzhou, he believed that the outcome was no different from the attack of the New Han army on Jingzhou, and it was an existence that his Jingzhou army could not match. Anyway. He can't please Jingzhou. He Cai Mao didn't get any benefit. Rather than that, now that Cao Cao is forced to have no choice, it is better to push the boat down the river and take refuge in Cao Cao to seek a better future for himself in the future.

At this time, even if he wanted to join the New Han Dynasty, it was unlikely, not to mention, let him vote for Liu Yi. He was really very unwilling in his heart, and he was always reluctant in his heart.

The idea is set. Cai Mao was no longer panicked, the more he spoke, the more neat he became, almost saying that Cao Cao was going to capture Jingzhou, and he alone could make Jingzhou submit to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao naturally won't believe it, but his goal has been achieved, and he is naturally secretly happy in his heart. He asked Cai Mao to write a surrender letter, and then discussed with him, when he sent troops to Jingzhou in the future, how he Cai Mao would deal with the internal and external affairs, and in more detail, it would be handed over to Cheng Yu and Cai Mao to discuss.

In this way, Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao without Liu Biao's ignorance.

As for Guo Tu, he was extremely disappointed and returned to the post station. Cao Cao refused the alliance, and he had to return to Jizhou immediately to report to Yuan Shao, and discuss future actions with Yuan Shao and others as soon as possible. However, he still wanted to wait for Cai Mao, even if he couldn't form an alliance with Cao Cao, if he could form an alliance with Liu Biao, he could be regarded as having a performance that could be handed over to Yuan Shao. Although he didn't dare to guarantee that after forming an alliance with Liu Biao, Liu Biao would be able to help Yuan Shao.

However, Guo Tu couldn't wait for Cai Mao. Cai Mao has already surrendered to Cao Cao and plans to help Cao Cao capture Jingzhou, so naturally there is no need to discuss the alliance between Jizhou and Jingzhou with Guo Tu.

Guo Tu couldn't wait for Cai Mao, and the next day, he left Xudu and returned to Jizhou to report to Yuan Shao about the situation of the envoy Xudu.

The princes of the world, the reactions of all parties, most of them were similar, they were panicked at the beginning, and then they thought of the alliance to fight against Liu Yi. In fact, many princes sent envoys to Xudu, because they all saw that only by alliing with Cao Cao could they have the power to resist the New Han Dynasty. It's just that their power and territory are far and near, and there is no direct threat to the announcement of the New Han Dynasty to send troops to unify the world, so they also sent people to Xudu unhurriedly.

After arriving in Xudu, they had not yet visited Cao Cao, so Cao Cao, in the name of offering the emperor, also launched a statement to unify the Han Dynasty, supporting the New Han Dynasty in attacking the lawless ministers, and also bluffed that he would also send troops in the short term.

The whole Han was in an uproar, and everyone was in danger.

And Yuan Shao finally waited for Guo Tu back, but waited for the bad news, which almost made him vomit blood with anger. He really didn't expect that Cao Cao would actually refuse the alliance, not only that, but also issue an announcement to support Liu Yi in crusading against him.

At this time, Yuan Shao had no way to talk about the alliance with the princes of the world. Even, he originally planned to submit to Cao Cao's thoughts, because Cao Cao rejected the alliance, and he couldn't beg Cao Cao with shame.

The New Han Army had already been overwhelmed, and Yuan Shao had no choice but to focus on how to fight Liu Yi to the death.

It is better to ask for others than for yourself, Yuan Shao is now, although the military strength is not as high as the peak of the Guandu War, but there are still 700,000 or 800,000 troops, if some more soldiers are gathered, I believe that it will not be long before it can reach one million people.

Fortunately, he is now on the defensive, and he does not need to confront the Xinhan army head-on, defending the city and guarding the pass, and he does not need too elite soldiers, only manpower.

Yuan Shao ordered all the armies to enter the towns and regional passes that were destined to be defended as soon as possible, so that the army and horses must delay the advance of the New Han Dynasty as much as possible, so as to buy more time for him to recruit the army.

This is also the so-called people fighting for a breath, Buddha fighting for a pillar of incense, since the army of the New Han Dynasty pressed the border, and Cao Cao fell into the ground, as a child of the family, Yuan Shao, he has his own arrogance, so he really can't pull his face to ask for people. Besides, he didn't believe that with his hundreds of thousands of troops, he couldn't ensure the safety of his side.

Yuan Shao seized the time to wave his army into the town pass, and Cao Cao seized the time to recuperate. On the one hand, recruiting troops and horses to engage in people's livelihood production is almost the autumn harvest period. After the autumn harvest, you can also sow a period of wheat early, anyway, you have to hurry up. On the other hand, Cao Cao knew that Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty would not attack him for the time being, so he quietly withdrew part of the army stationed in the area of Chenliu. These military horses were sent into Yuzhou, Yangzhou and other places to be stationed to eliminate some bandits and robbers in the two states. Well, in the middle of this. There are many stories of some former Yellow Turban Army people who have already voted for the New Han Dynasty and Cao Cao's army, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

In Jingzhou, Cai Mao was also sent back by Cao Cao to return to Liu Biao, naturally. Liu Biao was disappointed. But fortunately, Cai Mao naturally would not tell Cao Cao about his plot to seize Jingzhou. Therefore, Liu Biao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that the New Han Army was not going south to attack his Jingzhou, at least, he didn't have to directly confront the New Han Army immediately. He could take advantage of the time when the New Han army seized the north, and then figure out how to protect himself.

Fierce soldiers, almost at the same time. The princes of the whole world suspended their own wars. are all fighting hard and watching the battle between Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty and Yuan Shao of Jizhou.

At this moment, Liu Yi has led the army to the junction of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, and the three cities of Leping, Shouyang, and Baima.

The three-way army, Liu Yi led all the way to Baima, Tai Shici led the army to Leping, and Zhao Yun led the army to Shouyang.

Because of the beginning of the same road, in order to facilitate the three armies to attack Yuan Shao at the same time, the generals held talks and discussions in Jinyang.

Tian Feng and Fu Zhi will act together with Tai Shici to capture the Black Mountain region, but Tian Feng and Fu Zhu both suggested that Yang Feng could be sent into the Black Mountain area to fight for a peaceful solution to the problem in the Black Mountain region.

Although Liu Yi is a little worried about the safety of Yang Feng's brother-in-law, Yang Feng has a very high prestige in the area of Montenegro, and it is difficult to say what military horses Yuan Shao stationed in the Montenegrin area, but if it is an ordinary person, as long as Yang Feng ascends to the heights, the local people will echo. Without the support of the people, it was difficult for Yuan Shaojun to hold the Montenegrin region.

And Zhao Yun, he decided to lead a cavalry army first, directly inserted into the Changshan area, he did not seek to seize Yuan Shao's town first, only harassed Yuan Shao's army, attacked and eliminated some of Yuan Shao's defenders, he had to wait until Tai Shici seized the Black Mountain region, he would officially capture Changshan, his military horses, when the time comes, how can it, please also ask Tai Shici's military horses to cooperate, after all, the Black Book area and Changshan County are connected, and, the Black Mountain area is dangerous, as long as it is captured, then there is no need to leave too many military horses to stay. Of course, both generals hoped that Montenegro could be used as a food supply base for the New Han Army and as a major granary for the New Han Army.

Because it is a little difficult to enter Montenegro from north to south, but it is much more convenient to go south out of Jizhou from Montenegro, and the mountain is dangerous, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, it is not too easy to recapture Montenegro.

The granary of Montenegro can provide food supplies for military horses in the entire Jizhou region.

It was temporarily decided that if Montenegro was captured, Yang Feng would stay in Montenegro to sit in the town, supplemented by frustration, and Gao Shun would be transferred back to Jinyang from Yamen Pass to be responsible for the issue of grain escort. Of course, the previous generals in Jizhou will also have their own responsibilities.

And the state is too guarded by Xinbi, and he is responsible for the distribution of food for the various armies. After all, he sat in the annexation state, and the grain and grass had to be sent to Montenegro through the annexation state, and then delivered to the armies.

In the past, although there were already major merchants who secretly hid military rations everywhere, those military rations were only used for emergency needs when the army carried out tactics, and the grain and grass normally supplied to military horses had to be escorted over.

Liu Yi didn't need to pay attention to it too much, he just needed to lead the army directly to the Dazepo base in Zhuo County. The Yuan army, which Yuan Shao left in Zhongshan and other places, was not strong enough to stop Liu Yi's army, and he didn't even dare to go out of the city to attack the marching New Han army.

The autumn wind was whisking, Liu Yi stood at the head of the White Horse City, watching a team of military horses drive out of the city, advance to the Great Wall Pass, and after the Great Wall, it is the area where Changshan, Montenegro, and Zhongshan County meet.

Well, let's talk about it, this expedition is no exception, and Liu Yi's side is naturally indispensable to women.

This time, in addition to the women who accompanied Huiwu, such as Yi Ji, Gan Qian, Yang Huang and other women, they also went out with Liu Yi, and they mainly wanted to return to their hometowns to see.

Gan Qian naturally wants to go back to Mulberry Village to see, she hasn't seen her uncle Liu Yuan for a few years, she does miss it a little, and, almost 99 Double Yang, she wants to go to Liu's mother's grave to put a pillar of incense, anyway, Liu's mother was her mother-in-law, she is a nostalgic person, and she is still a little sad to learn that Liu's mother is no longer there. In particular, she thought that Liu Bei was afraid that he had not returned to Mulberry Village for many years, and had not swept his mother's grave, so she wanted to do her best.

Yi Ji, this time, not only her, but Liu Yi's enlightened and hearty father-in-law, Yi Da, will also return to Zhuo County with some of the children of the Yi family. At that time, the Yi family followed Liu Yi, and the industry was moved to Luoyang, but he also forgot his homeland, this time, if the new Han army recaptured Yicheng, he would return to the Yi family where the Yi family was to reset the Yi family's business, and in the future, Yida also wanted to retire in Yicheng.

Yang Huang naturally wanted to go back to the main peak of Black Mountain to see, and to go back to the valley where she had lived.

And Zhao Yu, this girl, well, it can't be said that she is a girl, she has become rich and charming, she does not act with her brother Zhao Yun, but with Liu Yi, after becoming Liu Yi's woman, she naturally wants to follow Liu Yi, not to mention, the Dazepo base is also a hometown of hers, and she also wants to go back to see it. (To be continued......)