"No, it's impossible, how could Xiangyang City be broken so quickly!"

The first person who terrified was Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun is the one among the people who is most worried about something going on in Xiangyang, because once something happens in Xiangyang, it means something happens to Liu Biao. If Liu Biao dies, then everything Zhang Yun has will be completely over.

At this time, when Zhang Yun heard Liu Zheng's words, he seemed to have lost his energy.

"What are you panic? We don't know the situation in Xiangyang yet, so don't make random guesses!"

Kuai Yue did not show too much panic. He forced himself to calm down and helped Zhang Yun cheer up.

When Cai Mao heard Kuai Yue's words, he also did not believe that Liu Zheng's men could break Xiangyang City in such a short time.

So hesitated for a moment, and after hearing Liu Zheng's words, he immediately questioned Liu Zheng.

"Impossible. Even if there are only thousands of defenders in Xiangyang, you will never be able to break Xiangyang in such a quick time. Where did you get so many troops!"

Liu Zheng didn't want to scare them, so he simply said to Cai Mao in a singular way.

"I did not break Xiangyang City."

Liu Zheng's affirmative answer finally made everyone who was scared just now feel relieved, but then Liu Zheng spoke again and raised their hearts to let go.

"Although I did not enter Xiangyang City, I besieged for a few days and forced your lord Liu Biao to surrender and negotiate peace. I had no choice but to make the decision to give up Cai Yao and make me withdraw my troops."

"It is because of Cai Yao that I consider letting Liu Biao go and bring my own men back. I didn't expect to meet you here. Do you think I should catch you all in one place, or let you go back?"

Liu Zheng calmly said this, which made Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others realize their situation.

Yes, no matter what Liu Zheng said, no matter what Xiangyang City is like, at least now, the lives of these people are all in Liu Zheng's hands.

Now Liu Zheng has surrounded their only remaining soldiers. As long as Liu Zheng gives his order, these troops will rush up, and the people trapped in the middle will have no way out.

"Liu Zheng, the soldier can be killed but not humiliated. Now we have fallen into your plan. If you want to kill or cut, you will listen to the emperor. Don't talk nonsense."

Cai Mao looked calm and didn't say anything because Cai Mao saw Cai Yao, and his concern in Xiangyang City was Cai Yao. Now that Cai Yao is not in Xiangyang, Cai Mao has no intention of going back to Xiangyang.

Seeing that Cai Mao had not spoken, Zhang Yun, who was standing behind him, looked decadent with fear and decadence, Kuai Yue had to stand up and negotiate with Liu Zheng at this time.

Kuai Yue knew that Liu Zheng did not directly order an attack, which meant that Liu Zheng still had room for negotiation.

"If I kill you, I will not keep you here. The reason why these people among you can be kept by me is thanks to Cai Mao. Do you know that Cai Yao is my woman? When Cai Mao talks about it, I have to call him brother-in-law."

"Now, your life and death are entrusted to Cai Mao."

"If you are willing to live, go and ask Cai Mao to surrender to me. I can let you go. If you want to die, then continue to resist tenaciously and wait for my army to send you on your way!"

Liu Zheng did not say too much nonsense to these people, and he expressed his intentions when he came up. He wanted Cai Mao to surrender, as long as Cai Mao surrendered, the remaining people in Amen could live. If Cai Mao did not surrender, he would die together.

It's simple and clear. Liu Zheng didn't ask Cai Mao what he meant, but asked those who were vassals around Cai Mao.

This is much more interesting than asking Cai Mao directly.

I asked Cai Mao directly, Cai Mao might take into account his face, and he was a backbone person on a whim and did not choose to surrender to Liu Zheng. After all, he could not surrender to Liu Zheng one after another. The last time he surrendered was already shameful, and losing it again really made Cai Mao feel ashamed.

But now Liu Zheng didn't ask him, and threw the decision on whether he surrendered to those around Cai Mao.

This puts aside the problem. Liu Zheng knew that those who were vassals around Cai Mao didn't want to die, and no one wanted to die, especially when Xiangyang had not yet fallen, Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue and others wanted to leave alive, at least they didn't want to be killed here immediately, and they would do nothing in this way.

So they will definitely strive to convince Cai Mao to surrender. This is not the question of whether Cai Mao wants to surrender. Instead, Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue and others will persuade him to surrender, or even force Cai Mao to surrender. Such surrender will not make Cai Mao feel guilty, and there is even a sense of mission of saving everyone.

Sure enough, after Liu Zheng finished speaking, the enemy troops on the opposite side began to stir up, and no one was willing to die, especially in such a situation.

Although it is glorious to die on the battlefield by soldiers, it is better than anything else if they can live.

Even if you die, you must choose when to die. On the road to support Xiangyang, Liu Biao would not thank them, and would even blame them for the disadvantage of marching. Death was more painful than living.

So Zhang Yun was the first to stand up and persuade Cai Mao to surrender.

"General Cai Mao, did you hear that? Then Liu Zheng is willing to let us go and surrender, what else do you think?"

Zhang Yun said it more directly, and his tone was a little quick, just to try to finalize this matter as soon as possible, otherwise he would have been worried about it here.

Cai Mao turned his head and looked at Zhang Yun, but did not say anything. Zhang Yun was not Cai Mao, so he could not understand the pain in Cai Mao's heart.

But Cai Mao himself knew that Liu Zheng's meaning was already very obvious. If Cai Mao surrendered, he would probably follow Liu Zheng in his life. Liu Zheng is no longer the Liu Zheng he used to be.

Liu Zheng was not the Yellow Turban Soldier at the time. It was inconspicuous. No one would have thought that such a Yellow Turban Soldier could stir up the world and occupy the three states.

Even if Cai Mao surrendered to Liu Zheng at that time, he would at most be careless and lose Jingzhou. After all, when a horse is stumbled, others would not care too much.

But if Cai Mao surrenders to Liu Zheng now, he will be labeled as a rebel and will follow Liu Zheng in his life and work under Liu Zheng's command.

In fact, Cai Mao did not reject much about doing things under Liu Zheng. When he saw his sister, Cai Mao's resentment towards Liu Zheng was much less.

The only thing he couldn't let go was the Cai family in Xiangyang.

Once he chooses to surrender to Liu Zheng, the Cai family in Xiangyang will definitely be in a slump and will be suppressed by Liu Biao.
Chapter completed!