"The country cannot live without a king for a day. Jingzhou is experiencing a stormy period. I am willing to elect Liu Biao's son Liu Cong as the shepherd of Jingzhou!" Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Deng Xi, Fu Xun, Wenpin, Wang Wei, etc.
People, first knelt down towards Liu Cong who had just taken the throne, and Kuai Yue took the lead in shouting this conclusion righteously.
In other words, Kuai Yue and Fu Xun were the most important officials and counselors in Jingzhou before Liu Biao. There was no reason for other officials not to believe them. Then Chen Xian, Huan Jie, He Yi, Han Ji and other Jingzhou officials gathered in the hall.
Kneeling down, temporarily putting aside their grief, they recognized that this man from Jingzhou was also their new master.
At this moment, Liu Qi was mercilessly dragged away from the hall that should have belonged to him, and away from Yu Fei Tower. What awaited him would be an abyss and a catastrophe.
When Liu Cong became the lord of Jingzhou in a daze, Liu Bei was leading his horse out of the back door of the Liu Mansion. Liu Bei thought he was lucky. When he walked out of the back wall of the toilet with the smell of excrement, he discovered that
behind this wall
In front of it is the stables, and his horses were placed here because he satirized Kuai Yue. They were happily eating fodder there. Without saying anything, Liu Bei jumped on his horse, rushed out of the back door of Liu Mansion, and went straight to the west gate.
And go.
The news of Liu Bei's escape was immediately reported to Cai Mao, who was recommending Liu Cong as the shepherd of Jingzhou. Cai Hao temporarily placed the new shepherd of Jingzhou under the care of Kuai Yue and others, while he himself quickly led 200 cavalry and immediately set out with him.
Feilou
He chased Liu Bei away. Previously, he and Kuai Yue were busy competing for the throne in the front hall, ignoring Liu Bei, and only sent one subordinate to follow Liu Bei. Now the big thing has been decided, he must fulfill Cao Zhi's instructions, and don't have to rush to kill Liu Bei.
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Liu Bei's Luma was worthy of being a good horse. Liu Bei traveled across Xiangyang City for several miles, running as fast as the wind. Most of the soldiers in the city, and even the defenders at Ximen did not know about the changes in Yu Feilou, and no one knew that Uncle Liu Huang had become a fugitive. Liu Bei all the way
We met several groups of soldiers patrolling the city above, but none of them were blocked. Soon the Ximen was clearly visible. But we couldn't go any further.
After a few steps, he saw Tanxi River blocking the way. Liu Bei did not dare to order Ximen soldiers to lower the suspension bridge, but the stream was several feet wide and the waves were rough, and there was no boat to cross it. He turned his horse around, but saw his pursuers coming from a distance, so he had to
He drove his horse into the water. After walking only a few steps, the horse's hoof sank and his clothes were soaked by the water. He was so anxious that he shouted: "My hut, are you really bothering me?"
After Liu Bei finished speaking, suddenly, Lu Ma seemed to understand Liu Bei's words. He jumped up like a spirit and landed on the other side.
At this time, Cai Mao rushed to the west gate and saw Liu Bei leaping over Tanxi River. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "This! What kind of god is helping him!"
When Cai Mao was about to ask the Ximen soldiers to put down the suspension bridge and continue to chase Liu Bei, he suddenly saw Liu Bei's brother-in-law Luan Luan. Sun Qian, the counselor, had led the accompanying 300 escort soldiers to join Liu Bei. After receiving Liu Bei, Cai Mao left all the way.
Seeing that he had few troops, he did not dare to show his strength and pursue them directly. So he had to give up and lead his troops back.
Liu Mansion in Xiangyang City is destined to have a sleepless night this night.
The wealthy mansion that was still full of joy at noon has now been shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere of death. The entire courtyard is covered with white flags, and the sound of crying can be heard from time to time.
There was an endless stream of officials who came to pay their respects to the Liu Mansion. Now Liu Cong, who was responsible for his duties, was wearing heavy mourning to greet and thank the guests who came to express their condolences. At this time, Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi heard that he had been imprisoned in another courtyard, and all the guests were treated as such.
No one knows what fate awaits him.
The Jingzhou Prefectural Government issued a notice that night, announcing that Liu Biao had died of a spinal tumor and that the second son, Liu Cong, would inherit all Liu Biao's titles and official positions, and required everyone in Jingzhou to surrender to Liu Cong and continue to serve him.
As his successor, Liu Cong has not yet tasted the feeling of superiority. After dealing with half a night of condolences, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Fu Xun and the newly released Han Song were waiting for the last guest to pay their respects in front of Liu Biao's spirit.
, he hugged him into the inner room, closed the door, and Fu Xun immediately said: "Master, how are you going to deal with Cao Zhi outside the city?"
In fact, Liu Cong, who had not been in the position of "zhou shepherd" for a full day, was suddenly silenced by Fu Xun's thunderous words. He had just been lucky enough to become Liu Biao's successor and ascended to the high position of Jingzhou shepherd. Why should he do it?
How to deal with that Cao Zhi?
"He lives his life, and I live mine!"
Fu Xun, Kuai Yue and others all laughed at Liu Cong's childlike words.
After waiting for a while, no one was willing to be the first to say the word "surrender". Finally, Kuai Yue said softly: "Sir, let's surrender!"
These words hit Liu Cong's young heart full of beautiful longings, and his mind went blank. He could only turn his head to look at Cai Mao stupidly, and said stupidly, "Uncle!"
Cai Hao understood that Liu Cong was asking for his opinion. After all, in this inner room, Cai Hao was ostensibly Liu Cong's closest relative.
"Cong'er, listen to your lords, all the hundreds of thousands of troops and horses of Zhang Yun and I have returned to Duke Cao. Now I have been officially appointed as an official in the army by the imperial court. There is no way we can defeat Duke Cao."
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Cai Mao's words made Liu Cong feel like his heart had been ripped out. After a moment of silence, he threw himself at Liu Biao's memorial tablet that had just been placed on the incense table, and burst into tears.
After that, Liu Cong went to the back house and asked his mother. Cai took out the Jingzhou Mu seal ribbon and the emperor's yue, as well as the seals of "General Zhennan" and "Marquis Chengwu", and handed them to Han Song.
He was entrusted to see Cao Zhi to express his intention of surrender.
In the early morning of the next day, outside Xiangyang City, accompanied by the huge and low sound of the wind horn, the Jingzhou army in the Shili Company Camp was activated in response.
Soon, under Xiangyang City, infantry phalanxes composed of as many as 100,000 soldiers were formed, like large wheat fields, covering the sky and covering the entire wilderness in front of Xiangyang City. 40,000 navy troops and their warships were distributed on both sides of the Han River.
On the side, huge warships were seen row by row on the wide water of the Han River.
And in the front line of these soldiers, the white feathers on their helmets were fluttering in the wind, and a field of white wheat fluttered out of the five thousand black armor of Cao Zhi's personal guard camp. They were walking or riding horses, and the scene was spectacular.
In the middle of the position, at the head of the tall horse is Cao Zhi, the commander of Cao's army. On the left and right are Cai Hao and Zhang Yun from the Jingzhou Army, followed by Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other counselors and generals under Cao Zhi's account. Among them
The most striking thing about Mo
Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Cui Zhouping and others who were too unofficial and without any position were the important trophies brought back by Cao Zhi the day before. At this time, they were Cao Zhi's special guests to witness Cao Zhi's bloodless entry into Xiangyang.
All the generals and giants in Jingzhou appeared on the same battlefield at the same time, and stood behind Cao Zhi. This army of 150,000 people seemed to have become Cao Zhi's army. This was a rare event, but Cao Zhi
Zhi made it known to the world without any secret, and Jingzhou's surname was "Cao" from then on.
In Cao Zhi's personal guard formation, war drums were beating and a sea of soldiers surged. They finally took action, but they no longer needed to attack Xiangyang City, but instead garrisoned it.
At this time, from Xiangyang South City, which officially welcomed Cao Zhi's army into the city, to the other three cities, there was a line composed of small white flags. Among the fluttering flags, the white flags looked so dazzling and eye-catching.
Cao Zhi, who was leading the way, kept his eyes on the white flag on the city wall and never left for a long time.
The city defense facilities in Xiangyang City are far from comparable to those in Fancheng, Jiangling and other places. Their strength is stronger than the city defenses in Wanling, where Cao Zhi started, and even stronger than those built in Shouchun, where Yuan Shu established his capital. Cao Zhi once asked
After passing Guojia, how many troops are needed to capture Xiangyang City?
Guo Jia's answer was: If you want to sweep across the entire Jingzhou, you may be able to do it with only 100,000 troops, but if you want to take Xiangyang City, you may need 200,000 troops. The soldiers there are the last strong ones in Jingzhou.
Brigade, the city defense there is also their last fortress. If Liu Biao was still alive, he would definitely shrink his troops and stick to Xiangyang, so it is difficult to say that he can definitely win without more than three times the force.
But now Cao Zhi has done it. With only 5,000 troops and horses, he entered Xiangyang and captured Jingzhou without any bloodshed.
The white flag means that these places have been captured by him.
But the white flag will never tell you that the war is over! These are two completely different artistic conceptions. At this time, Cao Zhi may be feeling high-spirited, but he knows that his mission is far from over.
The gate on the south side of Xiangyang City was fully opened, and all the senior officials of Jingzhou, led by Xinzhou Mu Liu Cong, came out wearing plain clothes and barefoot.
In this autumn day, they were walking on the cold land. Even if they were wearing thin single clothes, it was not cold. But Liu Cong still seemed to be turning blue from the cold, but he did not dare to complain at all.
He has chosen the path himself, and he can only walk on it.
At the city gate, the new Jingzhou Mu Liu Cong, who was only a young man, held the seal and ribbon of Jingzhou Mu in his hand, dragging the document of surrender. Through the corridor under the city gate, Liu Cong could already see the majestic military tigers outside the city, and Gao Gao.
Sitting on a red rabbit horse, Cao Zhi was ahead of Cao Zhi in the front line.
At this time, Wang Wei, a general under Liu Cong's command, secretly whispered into Liu Cong's ear: "Now that the general has surrendered, Cao Zhi will definitely be unprepared. I hope the general will mobilize his extraordinary troops and attack them in dangerous places. Wisdom will be gained. Gain wisdom."
Then it will shock the world and the Central Plains
Although it is wide, it can be determined by spreading the message. This rare opportunity cannot be missed." Wang Wei meant to take advantage of the unprepared moment when Cao Zhilai surrendered, capture Cao Cao with a surprise force, and take advantage of the situation to seize the Central Plains. However, Liu Cong was weak at the time.
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He has never seen any bloody scenes in his life, and he has the courage to adopt Wang Wei's opinion. He thinks that his uncle Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Fu Xun will not lie to him. Now he can only surrender honestly.
only
The way out. Why capture Cao Zhi in one fell swoop when he comes to accept his surrender? This is a devilish idea. Needless to say, most people in Jingzhou will react against us. Will Cao Zhi's hundreds of thousands of troops and horses in Fancheng and other places let us go by then?