Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 119 Huo Jun Returns
"Since I've been captured, I'm just going to die, so why bother talking!" Zhao Lei was extremely stubborn, looking straight at Guan Yu and said.

"Your Majesty, General Liao Hua has seized all the food and grass that this guy escorted, and now he is hoarding it with Maicheng." Seeing that Guan Yu didn't speak for a while, Chen Wu reported first. "Zi Lie has worked hard!" Guan Yu encouraged him, then turned his head and shouted at Zhao Lei: "Since you are not afraid of death, then I will help you. Come on, drag me down and behead."

"Wait a minute, Junhou." At this time, Zhuge Liang rushed over after hearing the news, and first confessed to Guan Yu, then turned to Zhao Lei and said, "Lieutenant Zhao has been missing for a long time, Liang Su knows that your Excellency is loyal, Liu Jingsheng You have never treated Your Excellency badly in the past, so why do you want to act rebelliously with Kuai Yue today?"

"Kong Ming?" Zhao Lei was taken aback when he first saw the acquaintance, and his expression changed continuously. Then he sighed and said: "Kong Ming, since you and I know each other, I will not hide it from you. If I surrender, my parents, wife and children All in Xiangyang, Cai Mao is going to kill him in a blink of an eye!"

"So that's how it is!" Zhuge Liang suddenly realized when he heard the words, Guan Yu's face also looked a little better, and he said after a moment of pondering: "Since you have unspeakable secrets, I will not force you. Come here, take him down. When Xiangyang is broken in the future, then Make a plan." Zhao Lei thanked Guan Yu and took the initiative to go to prison.

"Lieutenant Zhao, do you know how long the food in Xiangyang will last?" Just as Zhao Lei was about to be taken away, Zhuge Liang asked suddenly.Zhao Lei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then murmured: "The surplus food in the granary is enough to last for more than [-] days, plus Cai Mao's own house, I am afraid it can last for a month at most, after all, there are as many as [-] defenders in Xiangyang .”

"So that's how it is!" Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu exchanged expressions when they heard the words, and they both knew it in their hearts. "Your Majesty, it seems that Cai Mao is nothing to be afraid of here. The two of them are causing trouble, so it is impossible for too many people to respond. Right now there is insufficient food and grass, and the morale of the army will be disturbed. Right now, it is better to attack the mind." Zhuge Liang remonstrated.

"How to attack the heart first?" Guan Yu signaled Zhuge Liang to continue.

"You can tell the defenders of Xiangyang and Zhangling counties that only the rebel leaders Kuai Yue and Cai Mao will be punished, and the rest will not be investigated. This will surely disturb the morale of the army. Of course, the specific who can be pardoned and who can't be pardoned still needs to be discussed with the lord. Liu Jingzhou decides at his discretion."

"It's so good!" Guan Yu also quickly made a final decision, and quickly sent someone to deliver a letter to Liu Bei and Liu Biao to inform them of the matter.A few days later, the two wrote back, saying that if they were not the best friends of the Cai and Kuai clan, they could be pardoned.If the rest of the people can do it anyway, they will forget the past.At present, Zhuge Liang wrote thousands of letters of persuasion in the names of Liu Bei and Liu Biao, and shot into Xiangyang City when the food and grass were running low, so as to ensure that Cai Mao was in chaos.

Not to mention that Cai Mao himself is in danger, at this time in the prime minister's mansion in Xuchang, Cao Cao was watching the information sent by Xi Zuo from Jingzhou, his brows were slightly frowned but he didn't say a word. After reading it, he circulated it to Xun Yu and other counselors. A little heavy.

"Guan Yu's move was really unexpected. Instead of attacking Xiangyang, he took Wancheng first. In this way, if our army wants to assist Jingzhou, it can only go to Xiangcheng and cross the Confusion River." Xun Yu looked at the information. , looked at the map again, and immediately came to his own conclusion.

"However, after Guan Yu captured Wancheng, he still did not attack Xiangyang, but instead attacked Maicheng. Why?" Cao Hong asked in surprise after reading the information.

"No, it seems that he wants to cut off the food supply of Cai Hao and Kuai Yue. As I expected, Yiling and Dangyang counties should have been captured by Zhao Feng or Liu Pan." Guo Jia took a quick look. The map immediately understood the intentions of Zhuge Liang and others.

"Cutting off food supply?" Cao Hong repeated Guo Jia's words in astonishment, but he heard the latter say in detail: "Jingbei has suffered a severe drought this year, and there is a shortage of food and money. Cai Mao and others rely on the money and food accumulated in Jiangling for maintenance. If If these two grain roads are blocked, there will be chaos in Xiangyang and Zhangling counties within two months."

"So that's how it is!" Cao Hong suddenly realized after hearing Guo Jia's explanation. "Then do we need to send troops to support it now? If Cai Mao and others lose too quickly, it will be extremely unfavorable for the prime minister to take over Jingxiang in the future!" After thinking about it, Cao Hong also suggested.

"It should be so, but our army's food supply is only just enough. The drought came at an inopportune time! Guan Yu's plan is not a conspiracy at all, but a blatant conspiracy. It is clear that he is bullying Cai Mao for having no food! "Cao Cao sighed, and then changed the subject and said angrily: "Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, these two idiots, let someone rob Liu Biao first, and now they are in danger, and they have to blame themselves." It's up to God to hold on.

"Lord Kuai, you can't do it!" Cai He, who was disheartened in Jiangling City, came back and said to Kuai Yue. "Then Liao Hua held on to Maicheng, and the last general failed to win the battle with him. Maicheng was in a hurry to be captured, but Zhao Feng attacked our army behind him. It is really miserable and miserable."

"What?" Kuai Yue was even annoyed when he heard this.At this time, someone came to report that the grain and grass that had just been sent to Yidu had also been robbed, and Captain Fu Shiren was captured. Only a dozen soldiers escaped fairly quickly and ran back to Jiangling City.

"That's all, Dudu Cai, Huo Zhongmiao, each of you can live in peace!" Kuai Yue also didn't care about others, so let's keep his own Jiangling first.At the same time, in the large tent of the Yangzhou Army, Wen Pin escorted the heavily bound Fu Shiren to Zhao Feng.

"General Zhao, this escort was intercepted by our army. After he was captured, he said that he had a secret military report, so I brought him to see you, General." Wenpin general Fu Shiren pushed forward.

"Zhongye has worked hard!" Zhao Feng said consolingly, then looked at the puffy captain in front of him and asked, "Who are you, and what secret military information do you have?"

"Back to the general, the villain is Fu Shiren, the captain under the command of General Huo Jun." Fu Shiren nodded and bowed with a flattering expression. "Huh?" Zhao Feng didn't expect that the person in front of him was still a celebrity, and he immediately looked forward to his so-called confidential military information, but he said calmly: "It's best that your military information is useful to me. I, Zhao Feng, don't know much about it. I like to listen to nonsense."

"Yes yes yes!" Fu Shiren nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then he said: "The general doesn't know, in fact, we general Huo also don't want to be an enemy of your army, but all his family members were detained in Jiangling by Kuai Yue. This is what you have to work for!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Zhao Feng was also a little surprised when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he said: "Even so, I can't help it. Jiangling is currently very heavily guarded, how can I rescue General Huo's family?"

"No no, General, now is a god-sent opportunity." Fu Shiren said quickly, and only then did he tell the whole story.It turned out that when Fu Shiren was escorting grain and grass the day before yesterday, he stopped by to visit Huo Jun's sister-in-law and nephew to report his safety.I didn't want to be told, but it happened that Huo Jun's elder brother Huo Du's memorial day was approaching, and both of them went to Zhijiang's hometown to visit his grave.

"That is to say, they are in Zhijiang now, right?" Zhao Feng asked leisurely.

"Exactly. In order to prevent them from escaping, Kuai Yue also sent people to follow them all the way. The name is protection, but they are actually guards." Fu Shiren replied.

"Kai Yue is not a reckless person, why did he allow General Huo's family to leave Jiangling at this time?" Zhao Feng asked with a frown, this is not logical.

"The general doesn't know. General Huo's sister-in-law has a strong personality. It's fine to be detained in Jiangling on weekdays. If she is not allowed to pay homage to her deceased husband, then she will kill herself in all likelihood. And the villain comes to Jiangling every half a month. If something happens to Mrs. Huo, how can General Huo be willing to work for Kuai Yue after he finds out? So Kuai Yue has to make some concessions!" Fu Shiren explained the details, and Zhao Feng After listening to it, I suddenly realized that there is another reason for this.

"En." Zhao Feng also nodded, and then he was untied, and Fu Shiren quickly thanked him.Now Zhao Feng sent Wenpin to lead an army of [-] to raid Zhijiang immediately, and after seeing Huo Du's wife, he explained the reason to Huo Du and invited her here, Wenpin also set off quickly after taking the order.

A few days later, Wenpin led the army back to the barracks with a carriage. In the carriage was a woman about [-] years old and a little boy in his teens. "I am disturbing Madam Huo. Madam Huo must have known what is going on now. Kuai Yue and Cai Mao committed a rebellion. They used their wife to force General Huo to defend the city for them. They are currently confronting General Liu Pan in Yidu County. Madam, please understand Dayi, explain the current situation to General Huo, so that he will no longer help the tyrant." Zhao Feng tried to explain the reason to Huo Jun's sister-in-law in a more polite tone.

This Mrs. Huo was not very surprised by this, she was even relatively calm, she immediately agreed, and wrote a letter for Fu Shiren to bring back to Yidu to explain her current situation to Huo Jun, Zhao Feng also let people tell Liu Pan is ready to accept Huo Jun's surrender.

A few days later, news came from Yidu that Huo Jun surrendered after receiving Fu Shiren's reward.Liu Pan was stationed in Yidu County, and after preparing to recuperate, he went north to attack Zhangling.Huo Jun himself rejected Liu Pan's invitation and came to Jiangling to join Zhao Feng with only a few hundred soldiers.

"Greetings to General Zhao!" Outside Jiangling City, a young general in his twenties paid homage to Zhao Feng. "General Huo, you don't need to be too polite, the general has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, congratulations!" Zhao Feng also said some scene words, trying to comfort Huo Jun as much as possible.As for why Huo Jun came to join him instead of Liu Pan, Zhao Feng had already thought about it. Firstly, his sister-in-law and nephew were still here, and secondly, Liu Bei, who was growing in strength, seemed more promising than the declining Liu Biao.Huo Jun even said that he didn't dare to do it. After seeing his sister-in-law and nephew, he was relieved and completely trusted Zhao Feng.

The news of Huo Jun's return and the fall of Yidu County reached Jiangling, Kuai Yue felt as if someone had poured cold water on his head, and he couldn't get over it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)