"Qi has met uncle." Liu Qi stepped into the tent and bowed his hands.
Liu Qi's stepmother is Cai Yu, and Cai Yu's brother is Cai Mao. Although there is no blood relationship between the two, Liu Qi still calls Cai Mao his uncle.
Cai Mao raised his hand and said, "The eldest son is not serving the lord in Xiangyang, so why are you here?"
"The death of Gong Nuo made my father furious. He specially ordered me to lead five thousand troops to help in the battle. My father also asked my uncle to mobilize all his troops to attack the north to avenge Gong Nuo."
Liu Qi said and handed over Liu Biao's handwritten military order.
Cai Hao took it and glanced at it for a few times, then gritted his teeth and said: "Gong Nuo died so tragically. Since my lord has the order and you have reinforcements to help, how can I not avenge Gong Nuo?"
Cai Mao was so angry that he immediately prepared to order the troops to be sent out tomorrow.
At this time, Liu Qi said: "It is natural to avenge Gongnuo, but I am a little surprised. Gongnuo is proficient in water warfare, and the number and quality of the battleships he commands are far superior to Yan Liang's navy, but why can he be so powerful?"
defeat?"
"this……"
Cai Mao was speechless for a moment. He had been in shock and anger these days and had not thought about the reason in detail. Now that Liu Qi mentioned it, he began to reflect.
Seeing the change in Cai Mao's expression, Liu Qi added, "I heard that Yan Liang had a general named Gan Ning. He was known as the Jinfan Thief and was very good at water combat. Could it be that this man defeated Gong Nuo?"
"
Cai Mao remembered the intelligence from the day before yesterday. The leader of Yan Liang's navy was none other than Gan Ning.
"No wonder Yan Liang dared to take the initiative to attack our army with only thousands of sailors. It turned out that he relied on such a strange general on the water. When I came, I was wondering whether the reason why Yan Liang killed Gong Nuo was
Hui just wants to anger his father and induce our navy to take the initiative. If this is true, then this Gan Ning must be a very powerful person..."
What Liu Qi seemed to be talking to himself was like cold water poured on Cai Mao's heart, which was filled with anger.
Cai Mao's desire for revenge suddenly cooled down, and was replaced by deep fear.
"If it is as he guessed, if I lead the army to fight, wouldn't I be seeking death?"
Cai Hao's thoughts were spinning, weighing the pros and cons.
When Liu Qi saw this, a hint of secrecy flashed across his lips, and he wanted to use his gun to cut off the troops and retire first.
As soon as Liu Qi left, Cai Hao only hesitated for a moment, and immediately wrote a letter to explain Liu Qi's suspicions to Liu Biao, and persuaded Liu Biao to calm down and stay still, so as not to fall into Yan Liang's trick of luring the enemy.
Cai Mao sent this letter to Xiangyang overnight.
After the confidant left, Cai Mao thought again: "My lord is so angry that I may not be able to persuade him with just this letter. Well, I have to ask my sister to take action. I can persuade him from the side."
After weighing the matter, Cai Mao immediately wrote another letter and sent it secretly to Xiangyang to his sister Cai Yu.
Under the moonlight, Liu Qi, standing in the dark, watched the two men and horses galloping out of the camp and looking towards Xiangyang. Fang Shi secretly took a breath and murmured: "I hope Kong Ming's strategy can be effective... Fan Cheng
Water village.
In the Chinese military tent, Yan Liang stared at the pieces of information on the case, his eyebrows furrowed.
Seven days had passed since he killed Zhang Yun.
During these seven days, Cai Mao's navy on the other side remained motionless and showed no intention of taking the initiative to avenge Zhang Yun.
This surprised Yan Liang.
Could it be that Liu Biao saw through my plan of provoking generals and luring the enemy?
Impossible, the Kuai Yue people were in Jiangxia, and Liu Biao was left with only a group of chatters. Who could have such a discerning eye?
Although Yan Liang did not believe it, the fact is that Liu Biao did not move. More than 400 warships and 30,000 sailors were entrenched in the water village on the south bank. Apart from occasionally sending a dozen fast ships for small-scale harassment,
There is no sign of an active attack.
"Is there someone else who can give guidance to Liu Biao?" After thinking for a while, Yan Liang murmured his guess.
None of the counselors on the left and right could respond to Yan Liang's doubts.
They had already figured out how many celebrities there were in Jingxiang and how valuable the counselors around Liu Biao were.
Apart from Kuai Yue, they did not believe that there was anyone around Liu Biao who could see through Yan Liang's plan.
"Maybe Liu Biao was just afraid of the general and didn't have the guts to fight." Xu You gave an explanation.
Yan Liang shook his head and sneered.
Liu Biao was indeed the leader of the defense, incompetent in using troops and had no enterprising spirit, but this does not mean that he was a spineless weakling.
He held tens of thousands of troops and had the advantage of the navy. His nephew was killed, but he did not dare to take revenge.
If Liu Biao was really so courageous, he would never have been able to take over Jingzhou in the first place.
For some reason, Yan Liangliang had a vague feeling. He felt that there seemed to be a pair of eyes on the other side of the Han River, looking at him with a sneer.
boom!
Yan Liang's fist hit the table, and his eyes were filled with blazing anger.
"We can't wait any longer. Liu Biao wants to be a turtle with his head shrunk. How can it be so cheap? If he doesn't show his head, I will smash his shell into pieces, leaving him, an old turtle, with nowhere to hide!"
The mood of everyone in the tent immediately became solemn.
They knew that their General Yan was angry and a bloody storm would start again.
Yan Liang was so angry that he immediately ordered Gan Ning to lead the navy to attack the Jingzhou water village on the south bank. He must break it at all costs.
After the order was passed, Gan Ning led his five thousand naval troops to attack again. For three consecutive days, they launched a fierce attack on Cai Mao's water stronghold.
Ever since, in the Han River, between Xiangfan and Xiangfan, there was such a funny scene:
Cai Mao, who had 400 warships and 30,000 soldiers, huddled in the water stronghold and struggled to resist, but did not dare to fight.
Gan Ning's army, which had only more than 200 warships, most of which were small ships, and only 5,000 troops, continued to attack with ferocity.
Every battle, Yan Liang would watch the battle from the shore.
Gan Ning did not live up to his expectations. Every time, Gan Ning and his navy were extremely brave, and even attacked the water gate of the enemy's stronghold a few times, but each time they were stubbornly forced back by Cai Hao.
After several days of forceful attacks, night attacks, and fire attacks, all the tactics have been exhausted, but the Jingzhou water stronghold remains standing.
Only then did Yan Liang realize that Cai Mao, a good-for-nothing, was indeed a bit weak.
No wonder in the novel, during the Battle of Chibi, when Zhou Yu heard that Cao Cao was leading the navy with Cai Mao, he was deeply afraid and had to use a divorce plan to get rid of Cai Mao.
This day was another bloody battle. Gan Ning killed hundreds of enemies, but still failed.
Seeing this, Yan Liang had to give up his plan to storm the enemy camp. It was obvious that Cai Mao was good at defending, and Gan Ning's navy had injured thousands of people during the storm in the past few days. Yan Liang could not afford such a war of attrition.
At dusk, Yan Liang took Zhou Cang and more than ten riders, left the camp, and headed west along the water bank to inspect the terrain.
The naval force failed to attack by force, so Yan Liang could only think of other ways to see if he could cross the Han River elsewhere.
As we headed west, the sun was setting before we knew it.
Because of the war between the two armies, the civilians on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were afraid of being affected by the war and fled their hometowns one after another. Yan Liang passed by and saw no one, not even a fishing boat on the river.
Standing on the shore of the horse, Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked at the other side. Yan Liang couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the water, feeling emotional in his heart.
"Can it be that I, Yan Liangzhen, can't cross the vast river?"
Just as he was sighing, Zhou Cang suddenly pointed away and said, "Look, my lord, there is a fisherman on the shore. This man in chaos is still in the mood for fishing. I think it's probably a trick. It's better to ask the general to capture him and bring him back for interrogation." ."
Yan Liang went to find what he wanted, but saw a man fishing on the shore.
A pole, a bamboo basket, a green shirt, and a long sword. Although he has the spirit of a scholar, he also has a bit of chivalry.
At a glance, Yan Liang felt that the fisherman was a little unusual, and it didn't look like he was doing anything special.
Curiosity aroused, Yan Liang rode over and walked over, followed closely by Zhou Cang and others.
The fisherman, however, seemed unaware and just stared at the water with a leisurely and indifferent expression, as if he was not seeing anything external.
If you are careful, you won’t be so stupid, and if you fish here openly, you won’t be afraid of attracting attention.
As for ordinary people, it is too late to hide from the soldiers, so how can they be so leisurely?
This person is very interesting...
Yan Liangsui waved his hand to signal Zhou Cang and others not to follow, but he got off his horse and walked up with gentle steps.
Yan Liang's towering body, like an iron tower, was standing next to the man, but the man didn't care at all and continued to focus on fishing.
The calmer the man became, the more curious Yan Liang became. Since he had nothing to do at the moment, he simply sat next to him and watched the man fishing calmly.
Time passed by minute by minute, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Cang and other pro-army soldiers were all a little out of sorts. They were all thinking about what happened to their lord today. How could he still be in the mood to watch people fishing when the two armies were fighting, and it lasted for so long?
Of course Yan Liang was not bored enough to watch someone fishing, he was observing that person.
What surprised him was that the fisherman was really calm. He sat next to him for half an hour, and he didn't even have the slightest reaction. It was as if he had reached a state of trance and was completely unaware of it.
Such concentration cannot be achieved by ordinary people.
People say that there are many strange people in Jingxiang, and the fisherman in front of me may be one of them.
The water was calm and there was still no movement in the fishing line.
Yan Liang smiled and asked, "I haven't caught a fish for so long. Maybe the bait has fallen off."
The fisherman finally came back from his trance, with a faint smile on his elegant but weathered face.
Then, he raised the fishing rod and gestured forward with his eyes, indicating that he should take a closer look.
Yan Liang didn't know what he meant, but he looked along the fishing rod, and unexpectedly discovered that the end of the fishing line didn't even have a hook, let alone bait.
"You don't need a fishhook for fishing, you hook a damn fish..."
Yan Liang secretly cursed, just when he thought this man was weird, he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
