Chapter 17 Catch Cai Mao alive

"Junhou, according to the surrender, Cai Mao and his brother Cai Xun disguised as the people, and ran north among the people when the fire broke out! After General Zhongye patrolling around, General Gan Ning has also intercepted the waterway. Presumably Cai Mao must have no place to hide!" As soon as he returned to Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang reported to Guan Yu.

"It's so good, Kong Ming, what's the situation in Xiangyang?" Guan Yu nodded and continued to ask.

"Just now, General Chen Wu has taken Cai Mao's handsome flag to recruit the rest of the counties, and the whole territory of Xiangyang is waiting to be settled. It's just that this fire really hurt Xiangyang's vitality!" Zhuge Liang sighed. In order to create chaos, Cai Mao ordered his cronies to set fire everywhere in the city. Most of the streets were burned, and tens of thousands of people were burned to death. The originally prosperous Xiangyang City is now a piece of rubble.

"Let Zhengfang rebuild Xiangyang here, and Xingba lead the navy to help defend the city. You and I'd better lead the army to the south as soon as possible!" Guan Yu thought for a moment and sighed. Now in addition to Zhuge Liang, that is, Li Yan can also deal with this mess. At present, the only Cai and Kuai rebels are Kui Yue, who is located in Jiangling, Nanjun, and Cai Mao, who fled. At this time, it was the end of September of the lunar calendar, and the weather turned cold. Guan Yu stayed down and tens of thousands of horses cooperated with Li Yan to guard Xiangyang and Fancheng. He, Zhuge Liang and others led 30,000 troops to the south to help Zhao Feng compete for Nanjun. When the army marched near the southern county, they visited the horse and reported that 30 miles to the south, the defenders in the city were attacking Zhao Feng's camp, and the battle was extremely fierce.

"Gain all the cavalry and follow me to help Bo Tao!" Guan Yu was also a little anxious when he heard this, and quickly led the cavalry to rescue him. When he marched into Jingxiang this time, Guan Yu only led 2,000 cavalry. After defeating Zhang Xiu, he confiscated more than 2,000 Xiliang war horses, and now he barely gathered 3,000 to 4,000 cavalry. At present, Guan Yu led a horse to rush to the rear of the Jingzhou army. Thirty miles away from the cavalry arrived very quickly. Soon, Guan Yu, who took the lead, had already seen Zhao Feng's camp standing like a rock, which was under the tide of the Jingzhou army. Especially at the gate of the village, the bodies have piled up.

"Kill me!" Guan Yu roared into the Jingzhou army. Qinglong Yanyue knife could take away a person's life every time he waved it. The 500 school knifemen led by Zhou Cang behind him also followed closely. These 500 people were originally Guan Yu's personal guards, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. After capturing the Xiliang war horses, Guan Yu immediately ordered them to learn to ride horses quickly, and then naturally adapted them into cavalry. With the combination of Xiliang Horse and Da Dao, the combat effectiveness of these 500 people is no less than that of Zhang Liao's 800 cavalry.

The sudden attack behind the Jingzhou army was also caught off guard, and this time it was suddenly chaotic. Cai He, who was commanding the battle of the front army, was shocked with Huang She and hurriedly ordered people to fight against the army along the way. However, Guan Yu came too fast, and Cai He and Huang She were a little caught off guard.

"Red face, it's Guan Yu!" Cai He glanced at the leading general and suddenly changed his face. Huang She also knew that the generals of this level could not be matched by himself and Cai He. At present, the two quickly collected the people and prepared to withdraw to the South County. After all, Guan Yu was few people. When the large troops behind caught up, most of the Jingzhou army had fled. They could only catch up with a tail and annihilate more than a thousand people, and hundreds of people surrendered.

"Botao, you have been stationed in Nan County for a while. What's the situation now?" Guan Yu and Zhao Feng were also old friends. After the meeting, they were not very polite. Guan Yu asked directly about the current situation.

"I'm ashamed that I haven't been able to capture South County so far. I can only rely on the second general and Kong Ming to preside over the overall situation." Zhao Feng was a little helpless. These days are really like a year, and every time I send troops to attack his camp, I have never stopped. On the most exaggerated day, 20,000 arrows were shot. Naturally, the Jingzhou army will not be shot 20,000, but there should still be 2,000. These days, I don't dare to go out of the fortress to fight at all, otherwise the Jingzhou army will rely on the advantage of the number of people to kill the way. Even so, when Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang arrived, Zhao Feng's 30,000 Yangzhou troops, except for the people and horses guarding everywhere, now the remaining troops at hand are less than 10,000, and the whole village seems a little empty. Zhao Feng has ordered the local garrison of Dangyang and Yiling to come and meet. After all, after Yidu County was breached, the defense of these two places was not so important. At this time, he did not know that Zhangling had also been sold to Liu Pan by the two famous two or five boys of the Shen brothers.

"Why should Bo Tao be modest? It's not easy to fight in such a field with 30,000 horses!" Guan Yu comforted. At this time, Zhuge Liang has also followed the army. At present, except for Wen Ping and Li Yan, they are still busy cleaning up the end of Xiangyang, and the rest of Liu Bei's army is all here. In Jiangling City, after learning of the arrival of the reinforcements, Kou Yue simply chose to keep it and not fight again.

After a few days, Liu Pan also personally led 20,000 people from Zhangling to South County after a long delay. The three-way people gathered under the city of Nanjun, adding up to about sixty or seventy-seven thousand people. In contrast, there are nearly 50,000 defenders in the city.

Using 60,000 to 70,000 people to attack the city guarded by 50,000 people is not a cost-effective deal. Now Zhao Feng is very helpless. Since his debut, he has met most of the shrinking turtles. It's the same as fighting Yuzhou, Jiangdong, and Jingzhou. It would be more convenient to directly cut off the other party's generals like in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and then directly surrender a city. Unfortunately, now Kui Yue is even smaller than Cao Ren. In addition, he knows that he is going to die, and he is even more determined to keep it. The whole thing is a replica of the trial. Besides, Jiangling has enough money and food, and I really don't know how long this battle will last.

not to mention Zhao Feng's emotion in his heart, at this time, on the edge of Xiangshui, more than a dozen pedestrians dressed as ordinary people were sitting under a tree to rest. The first person was holding a bamboo tube for water in his hand. After a sip, he looked at the distance with a little distraction.

"Brother, let's eat something!" At this time, another person came forward and handed over a piece of dry food. The man took two bites and drank some water before he gasped and said, "Second brother, has the person who inquired the news come back? What's the situation in the north at present?

"I just came back. According to him, Wenpin led the army to investigate everywhere. The portraits of you and me are also posted everywhere, offering a reward. At present, the ships nearby have been confiscated, and even a piece of board can't be found. The man replied before. That's right. They are the brothers Cai Mao and Cai Xun, who have just escaped from Xiangyang. They are now preparing to go north to Cao Yan.

"In that case, it's better to go out day and night and walk north at night. I remember that there are dozens of times in front of me, and there is a section of water that is relatively narrow. I can wait for the water to cross the river. Cai Mao thought for a time. Cai Xun had no way. The two brothers rested for a moment, looked for a cool place to sleep, and then prepared to go on the road.

When I slept until the evening, the passers-by woke up one after another. The number of people were ready to go on the road, but found that two people were missing. No, they went to report to the official!" Cai Mao understood the key as soon as he thought about it. Suddenly, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly packed up and ran north.

About half an hour later, Wen Ping led people to Cai Mao's foothold. Is it here?" Wen Ping pointed to this area and asked the two people around him, which was a small forest by the river.

"Exactly, Cai Mao was sleeping here just now." One of them replied quickly. There is no fork in the road, and there are no boats to cross the river. He can't run far. Go after me!" Wen Ping snorted and led more than a hundred cavalry under his command to catch up.

"Brother, it seems that someone is catching up!" Cai Xun heard the sound of horses' hoofs behind him, and he couldn't help but change his face. Cai Mao had also heard it. Suddenly, he saw a large area of reeds on the roadside. Now he was really panicked and hurried in to hide. Cai Xun and others also followed. The last person looked back and saw that Wen Ping had caught up. He only hesitated for a moment, and he didn't have time to hide in the reeds, so he had to be caught.

"Where's Cai Mao?" Wen Ping grabbed the man and asked with a pale face.

"Just got in!" The man's face turned pale, but he still pointed to the reed and said reluctantly. Wen Ping looked at this large area of reeds, and there were definitely not enough people under his command to search. Seeing that the reed had withered, Wen Ping couldn't help showing a cruel smile on his face.

"Fire, burn it!" Wen Ping ordered. The pursuit at night was full of torches. When it was lit up, the fire really hit the sky, and this piece of reed suddenly turned red. Fortunately, there is no home nearby, otherwise it will suffer from the fish in the pond.

"Don't burn, don't burn!" Not long after the fever, I saw several gray-faced people rushing out of the reeds, one of whom coughing. One of them immediately turned his back to Wenpin after falling to the ground. It was not enough to cover up at this time.

"Governor Cai, no, Cai Zhoumu. You don't always enjoy happiness in Yangzhou. Why do you come to Jingzhou? Wen Ping only looked at his back and immediately recognized that this person was Cai Mao, whom he had been looking for for a long time. He was in a good mood and even made fun of him.

Cai Mao obeyed his breath, and then stood up and looked back at Wen Ping with his head high and said, "Wen Zhongye, since I fell into your hands, I want to kill and listen to you. Why do you need to say more?" He knew that Wen Ping had a deep grudge against him, and it was impossible for him to let him go.

"Well, I'm only responsible for catching you, and how to deal with the princes and them." Wen Ping didn't want to kill him with such a knife, which was too cheap for him. At present, people ordered Cai Mao and his party members to be tied up and sent to Guan Yu in Nanjun.

However, Guan Yu can't take care of Cai Mao for the time being. At present, it is difficult to capture Nanjun. For a while, everyone was in a bad mood. That day, Zhao Feng, Liu Pan's generals, Zhuge Liang and others gathered in Guan Yu's tent to discuss matters together, so they wanted to discuss a way to take down Nanjun as soon as possible.

"Guys, I have a plan, or I can take South County." A scribe who followed Liu Pan suddenly looked up and said that Zhao Feng knew him. He was Zhuge Liang's classmate Meng Jian and Meng Gongwei.

"What's the plan?" Liu Pan hurriedly asked, but Zhuge Liang seemed to realize something. He turned his head and looked at Meng Jian with a little sharp eyes.

"Dig the moat and pour the water into Jiangling!" Meng Jian laughed. Everyone's faces changed greatly when they heard it, and the water and fire were ruthless. Once this strategy was used, it was really unpredictable how many people could survive in Jiangling. Even if you take the South County, I'm afraid it's hard to get people here for a while. Although Zhuge Liang knew that this plan was feasible, as a person of Jingxiang, it was naturally difficult for him to use such a poisonous plan against his parents in his hometown. Meng Jian is from Runan and doesn't have so many scruples. However, this is only one of the reasons. Later, Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang knew that Meng Jian had other intentions to do so.

Of course, this kind of strategy is not casual. First of all, it depends on whether the moat has enough hydraulic channels, and if it is not enough, it will not collapse the city wall. At present, the moat of Jiangling is made by diverting water from the Yangtze River, which is naturally strong enough.

Everyone couldn't make up their minds, and finally turned their heads to look at Guan Yu. Although it is an action between the two families this time, Guan Yu has the highest official rank and the most prestige. He still has to make up his mind about this kind of thing. Guan Yu's expression on his face was also changing continuously. Finally, he stood up and said, "Zhou Cang, lead a thousand people to the upper reaches to build a dam and prepare to store water!"

"Pa", as soon as Guan Yu's voice fell, the feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand fell off

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