King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 939
"It came so fast!" Holding the wine cup, Cai Mao chuckled and said, "Yesterday King Liao was still besieging Fancheng, today the vanguard General Tai Shici has arrived outside Xiangyang City, please!"

"Please!" Raising his glass and taking a sip, Guo Tu said with a smile: "The king of Liao's intention is nothing more than to help the general take control of Xiangyang smoothly, and I will never go back. The meaning of this is naturally understood by the king of Liao, who sent an army to Xiangyang first. , help the general deter Xiaoxiao!"

"Haha!" Cai Hao laughed, nodded and said in agreement: "The king of Liao is far-sighted, sir, I don't know, a few days ago there were some guys in Xiangyang City who threatened to fight against Liao, but the general tried to persuade them not to obey. Today, when General Taishi led the army, haha, How do you know, sir?"

"Although he missed, it's not far behind!" Guo Tu smiled lightly, and said with a sneer in his heart: "The commander is thinking of surrendering to the enemy, and the general has little will to fight. How can Jing Xiang be saved? It's a pity Liu Jingsheng, it's a pity Liu Jingsheng!"

"Then right now..." Putting down the wine cup in his hand, Cai Mao straightened his face and asked in a low voice, "I wonder when King Liao will arrive in Xiangyang? What about the final general...that, how..."

"Don't worry, general!" Guo Tu smiled slightly, and pointedly said: "The king of Liao has always been benevolent and righteous, Xiangyang is an important city, and there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, such a city, before the war, the king of Liao will definitely come to the city, call the master and general, and move With love, with reason... When the time comes, the general will take care of the people in the city, and he doesn't want Xiangyang to be destroyed, so he will surrender the city, and the people of Jingxiang will feel the general's benevolence and righteousness!"

"How dare you dare, haha, drink and drink!"

"Hehe, please, General!"

"Sir please!"

On May [-]th of the sixth year of Chengye, the news of the victory of the Liao army in Jingzhou spread throughout the world. Li Lin asked Li Lin to send Zhu Ling to guard Wancheng, while leaving Zhang Yun to guard Fancheng. .

On May 20th of the sixth year of Chengye, Li Lin led nearly [-] troops to besiege Xiangyang. He called Cai Mao under the city to persuade him to surrender. Cai Mao hesitated and discussed with the generals in the city. The drama is full of virtue and art, the performance of the play is reasonable and touching, Li Lin speaks out the pros and cons earnestly, Cai Mao is righteous, but he also cares about the common people... In the end, except for a group of veterans in Xiangyang who vowed not to surrender, The rest of the generals are all following Cai Hao's lead...

On May 20th of the sixth year of Chengye, Cai Mao, in the name of Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao, king of Chu, sent someone to Li Linzhong's barracks to meet him, and expressed his willingness to surrender in Kaicheng.So far, Xiangyang's [-] soldiers and horses have disarmed and surrendered without a single battle, and have returned to Li Lin's name...

"This is Xiangyang City!" He led the army to the Xiangyang City, facing the closed Xiangyang City Gate, looking at the city wall and the moat. Conquering this city within a few days, this Xiangyang city, under the management of that dead ghost Liu Biao for many years, has to be said that in the entire south, this Xiangyang is the largest city, even if it is the entire Han Dynasty, this Xiangyang can also be ranked in the top five However, right now Xiangyang City is about to be trampled by Li Lin, and Li Lin, who is used to such scenes, has long been used to it...

"Hehe!" Beside Li Lin, the military advisor Pang Tong has been accompanying him all the time. Looking at Li Lin's expression, Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Xiangyang's soldiers and horses are no less than ours. Cai Mao has never fought but wants to leave the city to surrender. A soldier who subdues others will surely become a good story in the future!"

"Hey! Stop talking nonsense, why are you flattering?" Li Lin scolded with a smile, and said seriously: "Even if Xiangyang is captured, Liu Bei is still on the run. Don't slack off, Shi Yuan!"

"My lord's words are very true!" Pang Tong lowered his head, cupped his hands and said, "However, in my opinion, there are almost no people around Liu Bei at this moment. As long as he is overtaken by General Zilong's cavalry, he can fight freely. Liu Bei...will die. undoubtedly!"

"I hope so!" Li Lin sighed softly, looked at Xiangyang, and saw that the city gate of Xiangyang opened slowly, and a person led a child out of the city gate, presumably it was Cai Mao and Liu Cong.Stepping on the suspension bridge and walking across the moat, Cai Mao saw a man wearing a white shirt sitting astride a horse in front of more than [-] Liao troops. Abusive, with the forest knife hidden under the white robe at the waist, and the soft armor inside is visible on the body. This is Li Lin. Although there is a difference from the Li Lin in Cai Mao's imagination, this is Li Lin. Li Lin's image has been spread all over the world, and the majestic Liao army behind him, how can Li Lin's identity be false?

Cai Mao hurriedly led Liu Cong forward, but Liu Cong, who was supposed to be the master, was hesitant and trembling. After all, he was a child, and the 20 troops in front of him were watching him covetously. Cai Mao also disappeared, and immediately shouted to Li Lin, "Cai Mao, the general of Chu, has seen King Liao!" Liu Cong beside him hid behind his uncle in fear, and peeked at Li Lin.

"My son, this is the king of Liao, hurry up and salute!" Cai Mao said anxiously.

"It doesn't have to be like this!" Li Lin chuckled, following the child, Li Lin didn't need general knowledge, this Liu Cong was probably younger than Hu'er, Li Lin got off his horse, cupped his hands casually and said with a smile: "My son is concerned about the overall situation, To avoid a catastrophe in Xiangyang, to save the people in the city, please be respected by the widow!" Widow, it is true that Li Lin is talking about the widow, what is Li Lin's current status, the king of the Han and Liao, the lord and the king, can be called alone The widow, in Li Lin's capacity, of course he also calls himself this way, but Li Lin is really too lazy to say this when he is with his soldiers in normal times, Li Lin is more used to calling himself Lao Tzu!Li Lin is not used to being lonely all the time, but now he was surrendered before Wanjun, so of course it needs some official title...

"How dare you dare!" Cai Mao hurriedly sideways sideways, clasped his fists and said, "If you talk about benevolence and righteousness, the king of Liao is the one, and he will definitely not be able to accept the worship of the king of Liao in the end!"

"Huh?" Li Lin, who was looking down at Liu Cong, raised his head in confusion, and said inexplicably, "What did General Cai just say?"

"Ah!" Seeing Li Lin ignoring him at all, Cai Hao was also a little embarrassed, hesitated, raised his hand and said: "I have already prepared a banquet in the mansion, if the Liao King does not give up..."

"Where is there!" Li Lin patted Liu Cong's head, thinking that this kid looks quite funny, at first glance he is the embryo of a playboy!After hearing Cai Mao's words, Li Lin nodded and said with a smile, "Come on! Your Majesty, General Cai Mao! Please!" It seemed that Li Lin was quite polite.

"Please!" Cai Mao hurriedly raised his hand to salute, Li Lin was polite, but he dared not be polite.

Seeing Li Lin entering the city like this, Pang Tong coughed and reminded, "My lord, how do you deal with the soldiers under your command?"

Seemingly understanding what Pang Tong meant, Cai Mao hurriedly said: "King Liao, there is a camp in the south of the city. The last general has ordered the soldiers to disarm in anticipation of the arrival of King Liao's army. You might as well call the soldiers under King Liao's command to enter the camp to rest, oh... and Recently, the city defense officers and soldiers have been working hard, and the last general has ordered the soldiers to disarm and return to the camp. As for the Xiangyang city defense, I am afraid that the soldiers under King Liao's command will be exhausted... Shame and shame!"

Li Lin and Pang Tong were taken aback by Cai Mao's words. Isn't this too thorough?I don't understand why Cai Mao trusts himself and others so much, but since he is so honest, it will save Li Lin trouble. If you don't hand over your rights for a long time, you will be suspected by others. Li Lin nodded and said: "Cai Mao The general is indeed an honest gentleman!"

Lowering his head, Cai Mao said with a smile: "The king of Liao is the one who is benevolent and righteous, and he is famous in the world!"

"General Cai Mao, you are welcome!" Nodding, Li Lin made the same gesture, and immediately ordered Li Tong and Gao Lan to lead the army into the city and take over the defense of Xiangyang City.

Li Lin also reminded the officers and men: "Remember what the widow told you, if you find anything disturbing the people, regardless of size, behead!"

"No!" Li Tong and Gao Lan clasped their fists in a salute, and immediately led the army into the city.

"King Liao is really a man of benevolence and righteousness!" Cai Mao cupped his fists and said respectfully, "Please!"

"Please!" Li Lin smiled lightly, and everyone entered the city slowly.

On the same day, Li Lin took Xiangyang. According to the earlier agreement, Liu Cong, the little emperor of Luoyang, was granted the title of King of Chu.In addition, Li Lin rewarded the three armies, and ordered Xia Hou to gradually incorporate Xiangyang soldiers and horses. The 20 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang were changed to Li Yi!Except that Liu Bei was not eliminated and Li Lin felt a little regretful, it is really gratifying to win Jing Xiang without bloodshed in this trip.As for Cai Mao, he was the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Li Lin was a little interested, he immediately held a large banquet for the generals of the Liao army and the general of Xiangyang.In this regard, Pang Tong believes that it is still necessary to be cautious when taking Xiangyang for the first time!However, Li Lin believes that a banquet may be able to win over the relationship between the generals of the Liao army and the surrendered generals of Xiangyang?Perhaps, for the generals, drinks can really win the relationship between the two...

Of course, Li Lin will not forget to ask Li Tong to be on the alert and strictly order all the soldiers to get drunk. These guys are rough guys. Of course, the general wine quality is not very good...

Compared to the other generals, Li Lin's seat was naturally in the inner room of Cai's mansion, with only Pang Tong and Zhao Yun beside him, and Cai Mao's side was only called Cai Zhong and Cai He as companions.

During the banquet, Li Lin also met Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai, and felt that this woman was gentle and virtuous, she could be called a lady of everyone, and she didn't seem like a vicious woman, and all she wanted was for her son Liu Cong to inherit the family in the future. His father's foundation business, food and clothing is nothing to worry about.Li Lin agreed to Mrs. Cai's requests one by one. As long as Jingzhou can surrender, what's the point of a mere reputation as the King of Chu?In addition, the power in Jingzhou is in the hands of Cai Mao and others. As long as Cai Mao and others are willing to work for Li Lin, some rights are nothing, even if it is Li Lin.Employers don't doubt others, as long as one's power is strong enough, one is not afraid of subordinates making mistakes; if one's subordinates make mistakes, one can only blame one's own power for not being strong enough to meet the demands of one's subordinates!After Xu Liang's betrayal incident, Li Lin understood even more that loyalty is due to insufficient bargaining chips for betrayal!Except for a few people, most people have their own pursuits in their hearts. As long as they can satisfy them, how can they make mistakes?However, if you are ambitious, don't control it... Hehe!I'm afraid it can only be like what Pang Tong said, kill to gain power!Of course, until the last moment, Li Lin tried his best not to do this. If he kills one person, then the relatives and best friends behind that person will naturally become enemies with him, and he will create enemies several times, or even dozens of times, for himself. Unwise!As much as possible, Li Lin still hopes to win the hearts of the people, and then win the world!Therefore, the ancients said that those who win the hearts of the people win the world!

"For your son's matter, Madam Tai, please feel at ease. The widow has already presented to the emperor, and the emperor's order will be conveyed in a few days!" Li Lin said with a smile. After all, Mrs. Cai is Liu Biao's daughter-in-law, so Li Lin has no choice but to say something. Mrs. Tai is already quite generous.

"Thank you, thank you!" Li Lin personally agreed, heaved a sigh of relief, got up and poured a glass for Li Lin.

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, and said hastily: "How dare you do such a thing to Mrs. Madam, I don't dare to be that!" He squinted at Cai Mao again. He sincerely submits, even if he is a supporter of the Cai family, it is all right. Cai Mao knows how to advance and retreat, and can be a human being, but similarly, ordinary people can only reach this level. He only has this kind of capacity. Compared with Sun Quan, Liu Bei is the top priority!
After drinking for three rounds, Li Lin rolled his eyes and slowly said to Cai Mao: "Well, De Gua..."

"Yes!" Cai Mao nodded respectfully.

Feeling his eyelids twitch, Li Lin suppressed the helplessness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The widow came to Jingzhou, came out to settle Jingzhou Xiaoxiao, and the other intention must be known to Degui?"

When Cai Mao heard this, he pretended to be confused and said, "Ah... I have a rough idea, I hope the lord can give some advice!"

Looking left and right, Mrs. Cai got up knowingly, bowed gracefully, pulled Liu Cong and said: "The king of Liao is here to discuss important matters, and I will resign as a concubine..." Nodding awkwardly, watching Mrs. Cai turn into the inner room, Li Lin With a cough, he said seriously, "Does Degui have full control over the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang?"

"My lord, nine times out of ten, except for those who are stubborn and still rebellious, the soldiers and horses are all under Mao's control!"

"Okay!" Li Lin finally felt a little better, nodded and said, "It means that you are the commander of the navy, do you understand the intention?"

"Understood!" Cai Mao nodded, glanced at Li Lin, and said in a low voice: "My lord's intention must be to take Jiangdong, right? Most of the soldiers and horsemen under my lord's tent came from the northern region, and they are not good at water warfare. The navy, always drills, never slacks off, even with Jiangdong, there have been many battles, it can be said that they know themselves and the enemy..."

"Yes!" Li Lin smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice, "But don't let Degui be careless, Jiangdong is not easy to deal with!"

As soon as he mentioned Jiangdong, Pang Tong narrowed his eyes. He and Zhou Yu fought in Jiangdu for more than a month regardless of the outcome. On the formation of troops, Zhou Yu was indeed a genius in the world, and even he had to admire him. Soldiers and horses are quite different. After all, they are from the south, and they focus on water warfare. Pang Tong once told Li Lin that if he could recruit someone like Zhou Yu, he would be like a tiger with wings. As a military adviser, Pang Tong actually thought It can be seen that Pang Tong has a heart to help Li Lin recruit talents who can replace him, but of course Li Lin understands that asking Zhou Yu to surrender himself is not like a dream!

Frowning, Cai Mao said doubtfully, "My lord means..."

Taking a deep breath, Li Lin forced a smile and said: "After the formation of Xiangyang soldiers and horses is completed, you will train this army again. Don't slack off. Wait for our army to prepare food and pay, and choose a day to send troops to Jiangdong. Try to join forces with Liu Bei and Sun Quan." Before, break them one by one!"

Cai Mao suddenly felt the sweeping momentum of Li Lin's words, and cupped his fists and said, "The general will understand!"

"Then..." After thinking about it, Li Lin tapped his fingers on the table and said solemnly: "Jingzhou Navy, I will give you full power! Don't let me down!"

Seeing Cai Hao's face was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed, got up and bowed and said: "Thank you, my lord, I will definitely live up to my trust!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Cai Zhong and Cai He were also overjoyed, and they agreed to bow.In the inner room, Mrs. Cai listened attentively to the conversation of Li Lin and the others. Seeing that Li Lin wanted to use the Cai family again, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the bewildered Liu Cong in her arms, and smiled knowingly.My son has no worries!The Cai family has no worries!

After the banquet, Cai Mao vacated a few vacant rooms in the mansion and asked Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others to settle down temporarily. At the same time, he asked his younger brothers Cai He and Cai Zhong to go to Xiangyang to buy a mansion, so that Li Lin's generals could live in peace, and Li Lin Lin was directly arranged to live in Liu Biao's Palace of the King of Chu. Of course, he couldn't live in Liu Biao's house. Then there is Mrs. Cai beside Liu Biao...

After all, if Jiangdong is to be taken, there will be a fierce battle between Jingzhou and Jiangdong!And it's a water battle!Different from land battles, water battles are obviously extremely troublesome. First of all, warships are naturally indispensable. However, looking at the Jingzhou navy, there are only dozens of buildings, hundreds of boats, and more than a thousand boats. , for Jing Xiang, it is naturally enough, but for the Liao army who wants to sweep Jiangdong, it is still too little!Furthermore, it is arrows. From ancient times to the present, water battles are naturally indispensable. On the river, hand-to-hand combat is rare. The most common one is rockets. Sometimes a round of confrontation consumes tens of thousands of arrows. Therefore, to take Jiangdong, arrows are absolutely indispensable!Fortunately, Li Lin already has a powerful navy, but Zhao Hu has been fighting at sea for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the Yangtze River, so it will take time, so he ordered Cai Mao to send people to Zhao Hu to be familiar with the Yangtze River water battle. From Jingzhou to the east, Zhao Hu directly entered the Yangtze River estuary from the sea and all the way to the west. When the two armies converge, it will be the day of great victory!
Relying solely on Jingzhou soldiers and horses to take Jiangdong from the south, firstly, it cannot convince the public. Secondly, Li Lin does not believe that a mere 10,000+ navy can take over the huge Jiangdong. After passing the Yangtze River, there is still a lot of land in the south, so, Li Linnai asked Cai Mao to teach 20 Liao troops how to avoid water. The worst thing is that they should at least learn to swim, so as not to drown in the river... However, this matter seems to be too reluctant for Cai Mao...

Everyone doesn’t think there is something missing in Jingzhou. What, of course it is the Kuai family. As a big family in Jingzhou at the same level as the Cai family, but on the first day Li Lin entered the city, he knew that there was no one now. The area is not normal. But in fact the reason is very simple, that is, Kuai Yue is different from Cai Mao, Cai Mao can lick his face and rush to lick Li Lin's feet, but Kuai Yue can't, which also shows that Kuai Yue knows that Li Lin wants to be the fastest and fastest The easy way and the stable power Jingzhou must use him, this is Kuai Yue's self-confidence!

That's right, the next day, Li Lin summoned Kuai Yue to come over. How could such a talent not be used? For a talent like Kuai Yue, Li Lin was naturally at ease, welcoming guests and serving tea, with gentle words and proper manners. In fact, Li Lin and Kuai Yue knew that as long as Li Lin gave Kuai Yue a step down, Kuai Yue would naturally use the donkey to get off the slope. The two chatted very happily, and Li Lin directly asked Kuai Yue to temporarily take charge of Jingzhou's internal affairs. Paying homage to the general, Kuai Yue was sincerely convinced, and he was very respectful to Li Lin, although both sides... No!It should be that everyone has their own little calculations, but there is still an ending. So far, Xiangyang is determined!

Xiangyang has already been settled, and Jiangling is left in Jingbei. Speaking of Jiangling, everyone, don’t forget that Zhao Yun led the cavalry to chase Liu Bei’s men and horses, and chased them directly to Changbanpo. Going in and out seven times, fighting with a silver gun, Zhao Yun, who shocked the world in World War I, is now the one chasing Liu Bei. With the existence of Li Lin, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes...

It's a pity that Zhao Yun's identity has changed, and in Changbanpo, Zhao Yun did not show his power as he imagined...

"Master... lord..."

"This... Zilong! What's going on!"

In the big camp outside Xiangyang City, Li Lin was convening all the soldiers to discuss the matter of continuing to go south when he saw a man who seemed to have just bathed in blood rushing in. Everyone in the tent was extremely surprised. Second, are the guards outside the tent eating shit?He didn't even stop this person.

When Li Lin saw the armor on this person, he was shocked immediately, because this person turned out to be Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun who was sent by Li Lin to hunt down Liu Bei!
"General Zilong!" Most people in the tent had already recognized Zhao Yun's appearance, and immediately stepped forward to help Zhao Yun. After looking at it, Zhao Yun was covered in blood, and they didn't know whether it was his own blood or someone else's blood, but That wobbly figure happened to Zhao Yun's body, and all the soldiers understood that this matter would not be trivial...

"No...no need!" Zhao Yun barely pushed away the hands of the people who came to support him, and hurried forward. Li Lin was surprised and looked at Zhao Yun worriedly before he walked up to the main seat. , causing Liu Bei's defeated army to go south to Jiangling, and the [-] Qingqi under his command were all killed or injured! The final general still hopes that the lord will surrender!"

"What!" Everyone in the tent began to discuss immediately, but Li Lin still looked at Zhao Yun worriedly, and said with concern: "It's okay to take it down, Zilong, you are seriously injured! You should be treated quickly!" Then Li Lin shouted immediately : "Hurry up! Call the doctor Hua!" Hua Tuo has been following the army because of Li Lin's so-called scourge injury in Zuo Ci's mouth...

"My lord! No need!" Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The last general is just tired, and most of his body is the blood of the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)