three kings

Chapter 165
There are no talents in Jingzhou, and Cai Mao is the commander-in-chief.

Looking at Jingzhou, there are as many people who are proficient in literature, but there are very few people who understand martial arts and can lead troops.

At best, he was nothing more than a Wenpin, but at this moment, Wenpin was just a small miscellaneous general, unable to convince the public at all.The only person who can be the commander-in-chief is now only Cai Mao.

Therefore, although Cai Mao is often defeated, no one can shake his status as the commander-in-chief of Jingzhou.

However, Cai Mao was not willing to serve as the commander-in-chief, but he had no choice but to.

Because there are only three qualified commanders in Jingzhou.First, Jiangxia Huangzu, second, Jingzhou Liu Pan, and third, himself.

Huang Zu's Jingzhou family was a powerful general of Liu Biao. At that time, Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Jingzhou guarded by Liu Biao, but was shot to death by Huang Zu on Mount Xian.

However, at this time he was stationed in Jiangxia, paying close attention to Sun Ce who had just captured Chaisang, and had no time for him.

Liu Pan is the son of Liu Biao. He is good at fighting and has made great contributions to the consolidation of Jingzhou. He is also qualified to be the commander-in-chief.However, Liu Pan is Liu Qi's confidant.Now that the battle for the throne is imminent, it is a big mistake to assign the general power to Liu Bei. How can the general power be assigned to Liu Pan?
Huang Zu had no time to take care of him, and Liu Pan couldn't do it. Although Cai Mao didn't want to, he could only lead the army by himself.I just hope that I don't encounter that evil star during this trip.

However, it is God's will.Sometimes people you don't want to meet, people you don't want to meet, or people you dare not meet, just happen to meet them as soon as you are on the road.

The same is true of Cai Mao's current situation.

But he said that Cai Mao sent an army of [-] to go straight to Sun Can's army. According to the plan, he stopped ten miles away from Sun Can's camp, ready to wait for the arrival of Liu Bei's army.

At this time, he was drinking and having fun in the commander's tent in the army.

Suddenly, a soldier came to report: "General, Xu Huang is provoking outside the camp."

"Bang" sound.

"What...Xu Huang..." Cai Mao shuddered, and the wine glass in his hand dropped.Tremblingly, he asked, "It's...really...Xu Huang."

Seeing Cai Mao's appearance, the soldier was at a loss, and said truthfully: "The person who came here really called himself Xu Huang."

Cai Mao only felt his eyes go dark, his mind was in chaos, and his body trembled.

Xu Huang was such a blow to him, the first time, when he was preparing to serve as the prefect of Wancheng, and Sun Can had an affair for the first time, he was captured alive by Xu Huang like a gun, and his life was hanging by a thread.

The second time was the most embarrassing time for him.An army of 8000, a whole army of [-]!The people who were killed by Xu Huang's [-] men were powerless to fight back.At that time, he was also frightened so that his three souls lost his seven souls. Afterwards, he even changed his face when he heard about Xu Huang, and regarded Xu Huang as the evil star of the hit.

Most of the reason why he didn't want to go out was because he was afraid of meeting him.

After a long time, Cai Maocai gradually came back to his senses, and saw the soldier looking at him strangely, blushing, suppressing the fear in his heart, and said: "The order is passed on, Xu Huang is very deceitful, and he must hit his plan when he goes out to fight. Waiting for the arrival of Liu Beijun is the best policy."

Soon, Zhang Yun walked into Cai Mao's big tent, and Cai Mao hurriedly asked, "General Zhang, is Xu Huang still outside the village?"

Zhang Yun and Cai Mao are very familiar, like brothers, he found a place to sit down, nodded and said: "Yes, they are still fighting outside the village. General, they only have 3000 troops, why don't we lead the army to attack, I don't believe it The opponent's 3000 people can beat our [-] troops."

Cai Mao glared and said angrily: "What's the use of having more soldiers? Didn't our army have 8 troops in the battle of Qishui? What happened? Wasn't he killed by him and defeated? Do you think Xu Huang is a fool and will only bring [-] soldiers here?" Challenge? Don't forget, Xu Huang's position in Sun Can's army, he has [-] soldiers under his command, and he only has [-], which means that [-] are missing. If you attack rashly, can you and I bear the consequences? Could it be, Do you still want to repeat the same mistakes and come to another defeat?"

Thinking of that battle, Zhang Yun was also afraid for a while, and asked: "Then what should we do?"

"Hehe" Cai Mao suddenly let out a sinister smile, "Don't worry, General Zhang, I have my own plan."

Zhang Yun nodded and left without saying anything.

After Zhang Yun left, Cai Mao called a guard and said, "What is Mr. Liu doing now?"

The guard said: "I'm eating and drinking in the tent."

Cai Mao frowned slightly, and then asked, "What has Mr. Liu done since he came to the barracks?"

The guard said: "It's not eating, it's drinking, or it's just asking the soldiers to wrestle him for fun. It doesn't look like a gentleman at all."

Cai Mao said coldly: "Bring Mr. Liu over here, and put a big oil pan outside the tent, and heat up the oil first."

After a while, a large oil pan was set up.

A group of soldiers escorted a disheveled scoundrel with a chicken leg in his mouth into Cai Mao's camp.

Seeing the man's appearance, Cai Mao sneered and said, "Mr. Liu is so at ease! But Cai didn't invite you here just for you to eat and drink? If you don't come up with a plan, sir, don't blame Cai for being ruthless." gone."

This Mr. Liu is none other than Liu Yi, a rogue spy under Liu Hua's command.In addition to being ordered by Sun Can to investigate Cai Maojun's movements, he also has a very dangerous secret mission, which is to break into Cai Mao's side and advise him.

Liu Yi's rogue method is really ingenious. As soon as he sent Cai Mao's whereabouts to Sun Can, he changed into a literati's attire, walked to the military camp in a grand manner, and said that he was the most wise man in Jiangdong and could help Cai Mao. Destroy the enemy.

"Jiangdong's No. [-] Wise Man" has a great reputation, and the guard was really taken aback, so he sued him in a daze.

As soon as Cai Mao heard that he could defeat the enemy, regardless of whether the visitor was "the number one wise man in Jiangdong", he immediately became a guest of honor.Liu Yi's housekeeping skill is bragging, a set of extravagant nonsense, which immediately conquered Cai Mao's heart.He was left in the barracks, but in the barracks, Liu Yi didn't come up with any tricks, just eating, drinking and having fun, finally aroused Cai Mao's dissatisfaction, and prepared a frying pan outside, if Liu Yi didn't come up with a plan for him, Immediately fry it and cook it.

Liu Yi had no one to rely on since he was a child, and could only rely on his wit and observation to make ends meet. When he saw the oil pan outside the tent, he had already guessed what Cai Mao was thinking.

Seeing his question, he immediately said: "General Cai, you will not let me tell the plan in front of so many people, and then let them leak it?"

Cai Mao heard it, and he was right. Although he was not very familiar with military strategy, he still understood the basic truth that he could not spread his plans and strategies to others.He also reported to the soldiers around him and said, "Now we can talk about it!"

Liu Yi nodded and said: "Tell the truth to the general, and the general should not be angry. I'm not some bullshit 'Jiangdong's number one wise man'... But, I can help you defeat Xu Huang."

Cai Mao's face was extremely cold. Since the person in front of him is not the "No. [-] wise man in Jiangdong", he is a liar. Judging from his previous performance, it is enough to prove that the person in front of him is a scoundrel. Now he is waiting for what Liu Yi said. That way, let it be reasonable, if it is unreasonable, prepare to use the punishment of cooking.

He said: "How did you know that Xu Huang is outside the stronghold? And how can we break it."

Liu Yidao: "Didn't the general hear that in the midst of strategizing, a decisive victory is thousands of miles away. Although I can't win a thousand miles, hundreds of miles are more than enough. What's more, Xu Huang is only a few miles away from the stronghold? As for, the best way to defeat the enemy is even better." It's simple, as long as the general sends out his army, he can win."

Cai Mao said, "Why?"

Liu Yi said with a smile: "Because Xu Huang only has three thousand soldiers at most. There is no reason for the general to fight three thousand with tens of thousands."

Cai Mao sneered, "Xu Huang is cunning, could he be that stupid?"

Liu Yi continued: "Well, the general knows the saying 'know yourself and know your enemy, and you are invincible'. Now, Sun Can is in danger of being attacked from both sides, and the whole army will be wiped out. Why do you think he ordered Xu Huang to attack you? Soft hit stone?
In fact, the real reason is that Sun Can knew that you were afraid of Xu Huang, so he sent Xu Huang to intimidate the general so that the general did not dare to fight.And he happened to go to destroy Liu Bei's army.

Therefore, Sun Canjun's camp is absolutely empty, and Xu Huang only has these three thousand soldiers? "

Cai Mao looked at Liu Yi, and felt that what he said was very reasonable, but he was still worried, and said, "How do you tell me to believe you?"

"Hahaha…"

Liu Yi laughed three times, and said: "This humble talent can go anywhere in the world, do you know why I came to vote for you?"

Cai Mao shook his head.

Liu Yidao: "Everyone cares about fame and wealth, but I don't care about fame and fortune. What I need is 'eat, drink, play, and have fun'. Eat good food, drink good wine, and play with good women , Do what you want to do most. Looking at the princes of the world, no one will use someone like me, but I know that General Cai is a nest of snakes and rats, as long as I serve the general. Delicious food, fine wine, and women are absolutely indispensable.

Therefore, rest assured, my lord, if you fall, I will lose my livelihood.Therefore, as long as the adults can get what I want, then I will let the adults get what I want.

As for whether you believe me or not, it's very simple, just send one person from the back camp to Sun Can's camp, if there is no one, it means that what I said is true, if there are people, the general will fry and cook me to death Night. "

Cai Mao was a little surprised, but also felt that Liu Yi was not lying, so he immediately sent his confidant to investigate according to his words.

Soon, his confidants came to report that Sun Can's camp was really empty.

Cai Mao immediately removed the oil pan, ordered someone to serve Liu Yi with good wine and meat, and warmly entertained Liu Yi.

Liu Yi was not too polite, he drank the wine and ate the meat.

Seeing him like this, Cai Mao felt more relieved, and said in his heart: "Eat, drink, play, have fun, my Cai family has a great career, and I am afraid that you will make me poor. As long as I can control the real power of the whole Jingzhou, I will only let you How to play." So, he asked for advice: "Sir, how can we defeat Xu Huang, defeat him, and capture and kill him?"

Liu Yi wiped his mouth and said, "Why did you capture and kill Xu Huang? The general's enemy is not Sun Can, but Liu Bei. With Liu Bei around, the eldest son can be arrogant for a day. There is a saying that the enemy's enemy is an ally. We You can let Sun Can eliminate Liu Bei, as long as Liu Bei is dead, why worry about Jingzhou not being under the general's control?"

(End of this chapter)