When Zhang Fei saw something change in the city, he was about to take his soldiers into Xiangyang City. Liu Bei quickly stopped him and said, "Don't be reckless, disturb the people!"
Wei Yan was calling Liu Bei's army into the city at this time. Suddenly, a group of people and horses in the city came out with their troops and shouted: "The unknown little man dares to rebel! Do you still recognize my general Wen Pin!"
After hearing this, Wei Yan was furious and did not answer. He came to fight with his gun. The two troops fought together on the edge of the city, and their shouts were shocked.
When Liu Bei saw this, he said, "I was going to protect the people, but I didn't expect that it would harm the people! If so, I won't go to Xiangyang!"
Kong Ming knew that Liu Bei was not good enough, so he couldn't stop his benevolence and benevolent hearts. He immediately suggested: "Jiangling is an important place in Jingzhou, so we might as well take down Jiangling as a place to settle our home first."
Liu Bei nodded and said, "It's best to do this." So he took the people away from Xiangyang City and walked towards Jiangling.
Many people in Xiangyang City took advantage of the opportunity to fight and escaped privately. They wanted to follow Liu Bei's footsteps. Wei Yan and Wen Pin fought, and the soldiers who fought until they were all injured. They could only turn their horses and leave quickly, but
When Liu Bei was not seen outside the city, he sighed and had to go to Changsha to join the prefect Han Xuan.
Liu Bei brought more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, thousands of vehicles of all sizes, and countless supplies, and some of them were named Li. He walked around Xiangyang City and headed towards Jiangling. After passing Liu Biao's tombstone, Liu Bei brought everyone to worship and said crying.
: "I have no virtue and talent. I have let down my brother's trust and have concentrated all my sins, but it has nothing to do with the people. I hope my brother will appear and protect the people of Jingxiang!" My expression was very sad, and the military and civilians did not shed tears.
Suddenly, the sentry came to report that Cao Cao's army had entered Fancheng and sent people to pack up the ships and would soon cross the river.
The generals said: "A dangerous place like Jiangling is enough to guard. Now we have tens of thousands of people, and we can only walk more than ten miles a day. When will we reach Jiangling at this speed? If Cao's soldiers arrive, we
How can we resist the enemy? Why don’t we abandon the people and let’s go first.”
Liu Bei cried and said, "People who do big things must be people-oriented. Now everyone is willing to follow me, how can I abandon them?"
When the people heard Liu Bei's words, they became sad and their feelings became stronger after following Liu Bei.
Liu Bei led the people and moved forward slowly. Kong Ming said: "At this speed, the Cao army will soon chase us. You can send Guan Yu to Jiangxia to find the young master Liu Qi for help, and let him take his troops to Jiangling quickly.
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Liu Bei agreed and sent Guan Yu and Sun Qian to Jiangxia with 500 soldiers to ask for help, and asked Zhang Fei to cut off the back. Zhao Yun protected the people and the rest protected the people and could only walk more than ten miles a day.
Just rest on the spot.
Cao Cao was in Fancheng at this time and sent someone to cross the river to Xiangyang to summon Liu Cong. He was a little scared and did not dare to meet him, so he sent Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to go first. Wang Wei secretly told Liu Cong: "The lord surrendered to Cao Cao now, and Liu Bei is also
After leaving, Cao Cao will definitely be unprepared. I hope that the lord can set up some surprise weapons and arrange them in dangerous places, so that Cao Cao can be captured. After capturing Cao Cao, he will definitely be famous all over the world. Although the Central Plains are vast, you can take Cao Cao hostage.
It is a very good opportunity to pass the order to calm down. It cannot be lost."
Liu Cong told Cai Mao this idea, and Cai Mao angrily said, "You don't know the destiny, how dare you talk nonsense here?"
Wang Wei scolded angrily: "You traitor, I wish I could eat your meat!"
Cai Mao drew out his sword and prepared to kill Wang Wei in public, but was persuaded by Kuai Yue.
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun went to Fancheng together and met Cao Cao. Their attitude was very flattering.
Cao Cao asked: "How many military, horse, money and food are there in Jingzhou? What is the situation now?"
He replied: "There are more than 200,000 horse army, 50,000 infantry army, and 80,000 navy army. The total amount is more than 200,000. The money and food are basically in Jiangling, and the rest can also provide one year."
Cao Cao asked again: "How many warships are there? Who is the leader?"
He replied: "There are more than 7,000 warships of all sizes and sizes in total. It turns out that Zhang Yun and I were in charge of them."
So Cao Cao appointed Cai Mao as the Marquis of Zhennan, the Grand Governor of the Navy, Zhang Yun as the assistant to the Marquis of Shun, and the deputy governor of the Navy. Both of them were very grateful. Cao Cao said again: "Since Liu Biao has passed away, his son has also surrendered to the court.
, I will report to the court and make him the lord of Jingzhou."
The two left happily, Xun You said: "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are both flatterers. Why did the lord give them such a high title and even send them as the navy governor?"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "How come I don't know who these two are? It's just that the northern generals we led are not good at water wars, so I will use these two people for the time being. After the event, I have other arrangements.
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Cai Mao and Zhang Yun went back to meet Liu Cong and said, "Prime Minister Cao has already made a comment to the emperor and will always reward you as the lord of Jingzhou."
Liu Cong was very happy after hearing this. The next day, he and his mother Cai and brought Jingzhou seals and ribbons together to personally cross the river to thank Cao Cao.
Cao Cao comforted him and then brought his troops outside Xiangyang City. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun ordered the people to burn incense to greet him in the city, and Cao Cao comforted the people.
When he walked to the city government office, he summoned Kuai Yue to his presence and said, "It doesn't matter whether I have to get Jingzhou or not. The key is to get you." So he appointed Kuai Yue as the prefect of Jiangling Marquis of Fancheng; Fu Xun, Wang Can and others all
He was the Marquis of Guannei; and Liu Cong was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, and then prepared to set off.
Liu Cong was very surprised when he heard about the appointment and refused: "I don't want to be an official, I hope I can protect my parents' homeland."
Cao Cao said: ""Qingzhou is very close to the imperial capital, so you can follow the court and become an official, so as not to be plotted against in Jingxiang.
After repeated refusal, Cao Cao disagreed, so he had to take his mother Cai to Qingzhou with him. Only one of the former veterans Wang Wei followed, and the rest of the officials were just sent to Jiangkou and returned.
After they left, Cao Cao came to Yu Jin and instructed: "You can take some light cavalry to track Liu Cong and his son and kill them all to prevent future troubles."
Yu Jin received this order and rushed over with everyone, shouting: "I have followed the Prime Minister's order to kill you mother and son! You can do it yourself to avoid trouble."
When Mrs. Cai heard the news, she hugged Liu Cong and cried. Yu Jin led the soldiers to attack. Wang Wei came out to resist, but his martial arts skills were too low and he was killed in minutes. Soon, other entourages were also killed, Mrs. Cai and his son were also killed.
Not spared.
After the soldiers killed Liu Cong and Mrs. Cai, they went back to tell Cao Cao that Cao Cao rewarded Yu Jin and sent someone to Longzhong to find Kong Ming's family, but they did not know where to go. It turned out that Kong Ming had sent someone to transfer his family to Sanjiang to hide.