Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 420 Tiger in Distress 1
After dawn, Ji Ling immediately ordered to bury the pot and make a meal, so that the soldiers should seize the time to eat a hot meal.As for the captives, after a night of hunger, their hands and feet are now weak, and they have spent the night in panic. These lieutenants are now terrified, for fear that the other party will order the prisoners to be killed.

However, it was obvious that Ji Ling didn't intend to do that now, but he didn't intend to feed these prisoners, let alone untie them.There were too many captives, which indeed exceeded Ji Ling's estimation. Faced with so many captives, Ji Ling had to spend half of his troops to barely maintain the situation, but in this way, he had no spare energy to continue marching.

"Come on, send fast horses to Li Feng and the others to send orders to come here in the shortest possible time. I can't wait." Ji Lingchao ordered to the people around him: "Separate 1000 people to guard the prisoners, and the rest will straighten out the horses and weapons. Take orders."

Before leaving the camp, Ji Ling ordered the remaining soldiers not to give the prisoners anything to eat. So many prisoners were a huge threat, and Ji Ling could only deal with them in this way.

Cai Hao was on his way to escape to Yiyang at this time, but unfortunately, he was walking very slowly. Of the 2000 soldiers who managed to organize last night, there are only more than 3000 left, and the rest have all escaped. There are more than [-] soldiers organized by Wenpin, totaling about [-] people.

These more than 3000 people also stayed up all night, and nearly 2000 people had no armor or weapons. Except for a few generals who had a half-filled breakfast, the rest of the soldiers are now hungry and dim-sighted.Looking at his subordinates who have no fighting power, Cai Mao's original intention was to stop for a rest and find something to eat at the same time.

But Wenpin objected, he thought there were two ways to go now, either hurry back to Yiyang, or lead the army back to retake the camp.

As for these two roads, Cai Mao preferred the first one, but after running all night, he only walked thirty miles, and Yiyang is still far away here.Wenpin's original intention was to use the remaining troops to go back and regain the camp. When they were attacked yesterday, they didn't know how many enemy troops there were, but after a night of chaos, Wenpin already knew that the enemy's army was only four thousand cavalry. .

At the beginning, Wenpin strongly demanded to lead the army to fight back immediately. At the same time, he called up the scattered soldiers nearby. He believed that the enemy army was only 4000 people. , A large number of sergeants were captured in the camp, and Wenpin felt that this was an opportunity.

But Cai Hao really didn't have the guts to go back. If he really had the guts, he wouldn't have chosen to run away immediately last night. Facing such a general, Wen Pin could only hide all his dissatisfaction stand up.

Since he chooses to run away, he must have the awareness to run away, but Cai Mao obviously does not have this awareness. He is still far away from Yiyang. If he doesn't hurry up, he might be overtaken by the enemy. The enemy army is all cavalry. It took only an hour or two to kill him, but Cai Mao was really exhausted now, so he wanted to take a rest.

Wenpin's idea is correct, Ji Ling is indeed chasing after him.After rectifying the captives in the camp, Ji Ling immediately led the prepared 3000 soldiers out of the camp to pursue them. The scouts had found out that the enemy army had a force of more than 30 troops more than [-] miles ahead. Ji Ling decided that there must be a big fish inside. , and this is the direction to Yiyang, Ji Ling does not intend to let these people go.

In the territory of Anfeng, an army of 5000 people is speeding forward. The leading general is Li Feng, Ji Ling's deputy general. After receiving Ji Ling's letter, he discussed with the other two generals and allocated 5000 people. Heading towards Yiyang, they are only 60 miles away from Ji Ling. According to the current speed, they should be able to arrive within half a day. However, they still don't know that Ji Ling has captured Cai Mao's In Daying, Li Feng only wanted to hurry over to help his general.

When it was more than 60 miles away from Yiyang City, Ji Ling had already caught up with Cai Mao's defeated army. After fleeing for so long, Cai Mao's army, who hadn't entered a drop of water, could not escape Ji Ling's cavalry after all. The battle went on for a long time. Quick, except for more than 2000 people who were scattered and fled into the forest to recover one life, the rest were either killed in battle or captured.

This time, Cai Mao failed to run away. Ji Ling had been staring at him from the very beginning. They were defeated.

At the critical moment, Wen Pin wanted to lead the army to rescue Cai Mao. Even though Cai Mao was wrong in every possible way, he was the coach after all. If the coach was captured, this battle would really be impossible to fight. Unfortunately, he faced It was Ji Ling. Ji Ling's bravery was above Wenpin's. In addition, Ji Ling came prepared. Wenpin was injured during the fight with Ji Ling and had to choose to escape.

After cleaning the battlefield, Ji Ling rode his horse to the temporary camp where the prisoners were held.In this battle, Ji Ling's army killed more than 100 enemies, and he also suffered more than 3000 cavalry casualties. Frontal battles are always the cruelest. Even if Ji Ling has an absolute advantage, he will inevitably lose many men.I have to say that these [-] people are indeed quite difficult to deal with. If they were so difficult to deal with last night, Ji Ling felt that he was not sure of taking down their camp.

Looking at the more than 500 people who were captured, Ji Ling's eyes showed a trace of anxiety. The enemy army escaped with more than 2000 people. It is indeed too risky to lead cavalry and light soldiers to charge forward.

Cai Mao sat on the ground with his head bowed. He lost his former arrogance. This time, as the commander of an army of [-], he was defeated twice in a row by the opponent's [-] cavalry. Not only did he lose the camp, but now he also lost it Now, what Cai Mao is worried about is how to explain to Liu Biao in the future.

"Mr. Cai Mao, I have admired your name for a long time." Ji Ling threw the three-pointed two-edged knife to the soldiers beside him and said: "Ji Ling in Huainan."

"General Ji Ling is brave, and he is convinced of his defeat." Cai Mao had no choice but to give in.

However, facing Cai Mao's flattery, Ji Ling was obviously a little contemptuous. Regarding this victory, Ji Ling understood very well that the key was that Cai Mao was too incompetent, otherwise he would not have won so easily.

"Mr. Cai Mao is now a prisoner of our army. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, please invite General Cai Mao Haihan."

"Don't dare, the general is serious."

"I have long heard that General Cai Mao is the number one general of the Jingzhou navy. It is a pity that Liu Biao, who is not good at employing people, even sent a general to lead an infantry army to fight. If the general is leading the navy, I am afraid that I will avoid it.

Alas, it's a pity that Liu Biao's incompetence has affected the general and Jingzhou soldiers.However, you and I are masters, and I can't be soft today, General Cai Mao, I'm sorry, I have to borrow something from you. "

As he spoke, Ji Ling's tone gradually became cold, as if he was going to do something to Cai Mao next.

At this time, Cai Hao was also taken aback by Ji Ling's words. As a famous general in Jingzhou, Cai Hao had experienced many battles. Although it was the first time he was captured, he also understood that after being captured It generally doesn't end well.

Just now when Ji Ling said that he wanted to borrow something from him, Cai Mao's first thought was that the other party wanted to kill him. He is now a prisoner, so what else can he borrow? Besides the head on the item, Cai Mao really can't think of what else the other party wants. What.

"General Ji Ling has a lot of people. You and I are the masters. We have no choice but to fight against the battlefield. Besides, I, Cai Mao, have never done anything wrong to you. I hope the general will spare my life for the sake of the Cai family in Jingzhou. As long as I If I can go back alive, I guarantee that there will be a good reward in the future." Cai Mao hurriedly begged for mercy, and at this time, he didn't care about his dignity.

Ji Ling has been sitting on the horse. Now, he is condescendingly staring at Cai Hao. After a long silence, Ji Ling shook his head and sighed: "It's not that I want to kill the general, it's because of the situation. If I don't Do it, my lord will not let me go, alas, General Cai Mao, you are so embarrassing for me."

"This, this, why did Duke Yuan kill me, General, I have never offended Duke Yuan."

"It's not that he wants to kill you, it's just that I haven't made any immediate contribution to the expedition. If I can't get a large amount of food and grass in the shortest time, my lord will not let me go. Now, I can only sacrifice you." Just give it to my lord, but, my lord has an order first, and he is not allowed to live, I,,,,,,"

Ji Ling had a troubled expression on his face, as if this really happened. However, Cai Hao can't control so much now. The knife and axe next to him has already walked over with a big knife. Judging from this posture, it seems to be You really have to look at yourself.

"Wait a minute, general. There is a large amount of food and grass in Yiyang City, which is the ration hoarded by our army. If the general can let me go, I am willing to offer the food and grass in Yiyang City with both hands."

"It's not that I don't trust the general, it's just that if I let you go first, I'm afraid I won't be able to receive the rations. Why don't you write a letter to the general, and I'll send someone to send the letter to Yiyang. Guaranteed not to harm the general's life"

"Okay, I'll write now, I'll write now,,,,,,"

After arranging Cai Mao to go down to write letters, Ji Ling sneered twice. He stared at the remaining captives, and then ordered his subordinates to tie them up. As long as the captives don't make trouble, Ji Ling doesn't intend to kill them.

More than an hour later, Ji Ling led more than 800 cavalry to march towards Yiyang again. Yiyang is a big city, and there is a large amount of grain hoarded in Jingzhou in the city. Ji Ling wanted to take Yiyang from the very beginning. Cai Maona coaxed this letter and warrant in order to be able to enter Yiyang.

If he could win Yiyang smoothly this time, Ji Ling felt that he would have to thank Cai Mao very much. With such an opponent, Ji Ling felt that it was his luck.

Just by bluffing like that, Cai Mao was able to hand over his warrant. Ji Ling couldn't understand how Cai Mao got to be in this position today.

(End of this chapter)