Three Kingdoms

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The struggle between Fei Qian and Cao Cao gradually entered the final stage in Yingchuan. Many news gradually spread to Jingxiang. The first news was that Fei Qian had captured Yangdi and was almost one step away from Xu County. Far away, the second news was that Cao Cao personally led the army back to Yingchuan and was about to arrive in Xu County.

After these two news reached Jingxiang, almost everyone took a breath of cold air. Looking at this, will a battle to seize the emperor finally break out between Fei Qian and Cao Cao?

As for the imperial edict, people in Jingzhou are also arguing endlessly. Some people say that since it is an edict from the imperial court, it will inevitably violate loyalty if it is not respected. Others say that this is not an edict from the imperial court, and it is okay even if it is disrespected. , but everyone almost has the same consensus, that is, after the rain stops, it will probably be the time to see the light of day.

But these discussions in Xiangyang did not affect the fierce battle in Jiangxia City amidst the drizzle.

Cai Mao's face was as dark as water, with a faint evil aura, and he stared at Jiangxia City in front of him.

Liu Biao is dying...

Maybe it's just the work of these few days, maybe two days earlier, or two days later, anyway, it's just for this month, it just depends on how long Liu Biao can take it. For this reason, it also means that Liu Biao will not recover no matter what this time. Of course, Mr. Cai would not do it himself, because as long as he did it, some flaws would inevitably be left, and such flaws would undoubtedly be fatal, so he simply let it go and let Liu Biao gradually dry up. In the end, A "natural" death.

But, having said that, it can't be delayed for too long. Liu Biao was seriously ill for a while some time ago, and then he could not discuss matters, but he recovered in about a month. So this time, if the delay exceeds a month, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of many people, even though Cai is now in control However, it would be very troublesome if the Kuai family or other Liu Biao officials forced him to come to the house and insisted on seeing Liu Biao.

Therefore, it can be delayed, but it cannot be delayed for a long time.

The best thing is that Cai Mao takes Jiangxia here, and it "just happens" that Liu Biao dies during his triumphant victory. That would be wonderful...

Cai Mao raised his head and looked at the sky. The drizzle had gradually become less and less, and it was just lingering in the air. It could no longer have a major impact on the battle, so he immediately ordered the order to be raised, and the flags were raised in the surrounding areas. The soldiers and soldiers started to drink together, with great force and extraordinary bearing. Jiangxia faced water on one side and land on three sides. Cai Mao simply attacked from two land directions and gave up one side of the city wall.

Cai Mao's military training is more or less due to his family background, so when the flags were waved and the infantry phalanxes began to advance one after another, they had some rules and momentum. When they reached a certain distance, some formations began to appear on the top of Jiangxia City. The arrows were shot down, but due to the consumption of the past few days, they were not as dense as before.

The flags were waving and the drums were beating. Cai Mao's infantry formation was divided into two. One part began to increase its speed, running at full speed, and then faster and faster until it was running wildly. The other part was archers, with the number of archers. There were only a few of them, so they immediately stood still on the spot, drew their bows and arrows, and began to shoot at each other on the city.

From time to time, siege soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows, and the originally relatively neat queue became somewhat scattered, making Cai Hao frown. However, although the range of arrows fired from the city wall can be very far, and the destructive power is sufficient due to the tendency of the arrows to fall, they are scattered and do not form an effective strike force, so there is not much way to stop Cai Hao's side. The momentum of charge.

Huang Zu is the queen of Huang Xiang. Huang Xiang was a famous filial son in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was one of the "Twenty-four Filial Piety" and held the official position of Shangshu Ling. He moved to Jiangxia during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty and was the founding ancestor of the Huang family's Jiangxia Hall. Huang Xiang gave birth to eight sons, Huang Qiong, Huang Gui, etc., which are called the "Eight Sects of the Huang Family".

The descendants of the eight sects, except Huang Qiong, the eldest son of Huang Xiang, continued to live in Anlu, Jiangxia and became the Huang family line in Anlu, the others moved to various places. The second son Huang Gui and his family moved to Langzhong, Brazil, and became the ancestor of the Huang family in Langzhong; the fifth son Huang Zan and his family moved to Lingling and established the Lingling Huang family.

Both Huang Zhong and Huang Zu came from the branch of Huang Qiong, the eldest son of Huang Xiang, while Huang Gai of Jiangdong came from the branch of Huang Zan, the fifth son of Huang Xiang. As for Huang Chengyan, he came from the branch of Huang Li, the youngest son of Huang Xiang. As for seniority, Huang Gai and Huang Chengyan are roughly the same, Huang Zu is about three or four generations behind, and the youngest one is Huang Zhong.

Logically speaking, Huang Zu should be closer to Huang Chengyan, but in fact, Huang Zu looks down on Huang Chengyan, thinking that Huang Chengyan's craftsmanship is not worthy of publicity. Even if he is now married to Fei Qian, But it's just a blind cat encountering something like that, and it's not very capable. Moreover, Huang Zu is quite arrogant. He asked him to go in front of Huang Chengyan every day and screamed Huang Gong and Huang Taigong all day long. Huang Zu consciously couldn't hold him back. That face, so over the years, the relationship has been neither good nor bad.

In terms of seniority, Huang Chengyan married a daughter of the Cai family, and when he met Cai Mao, if he were to be serious, he would call him uncle! So Cai Mao's seniority is also higher than that of Huang Zu! The elders should teach the younger ones a lesson. Even if the Cavalry General Fei Qian comes here, he is still not above his seniority!

Therefore, Cai Mao is not very worried about Huang Chengyan's problems. It is like a distant relative who has a big problem at home. He may lend a hand to help, but if he wants to bankrupt his family, I am afraid he will also weigh it in his heart. Speaking of close relationships, the relationship between the Cai family and the Huang family is not bad, but in the face of interests, the relationship can only be ranked at the back.

Why don't you talk to the Huang family?

Are you kidding? The Huang family should come to talk to me!

Hussar is now Hussar. When it was nothing, didn't the Cai family support Fei Qian?

Even if we take a step back, the Cai family's request is not too much. It only requires Jingxiang. Is it possible that the Qiaoqi and the Huang family will turn against each other, and even the Cai family's share will be wiped out?

Therefore, attacking Jiangxia this time is of great significance. It not only declares that the Cai family's position in Jingxiang is inviolable, but also demonstrates its own strength and scares some guys who have other ideas...

After leaving behind dozens of corpses, the siege soldiers successfully passed through the trench with wooden planks and began to rush towards the city wall, either throwing ropes or lifting the wooden ladders on their shoulders, intending to To attack the city, Jiangxia's defenders also began to use force, either pushing ladders or throwing logs and rolling stones to interrupt this wave of attacks again...

When Cai Mao saw this, not only was he not angry, but he felt a little happy in his heart, because from the beginning of the attack to being repulsed, it was basically much slower, which showed that Jiangxia was gradually starting to become tired. Got it!

A serious siege battle is relatively slow and long. A round of attack, sorting out the formation, arranging things, takes a lot of time, and then rushes up, and it is over in less than ten or twenty minutes, and again If you step back and reorganize the array, you will have to spend a lot of time again. If many bad-tempered knights in the future who carry "qwert" as a hidden weapon come to watch the battle, they may not immediately shout, "I have taken off my pants." Are you just going to let me see this? ! 』

Upon seeing this, Cai Hao had people push him onto the charging car and Yunlou, and began to prepare to intensify the attack. In Cai Mao's view, the value of these equipment is higher than that of ordinary soldiers. It is nothing if dozens of soldiers die, but if the siege equipment is destroyed, it will be too troublesome to rebuild it again.

Jiangxia's soldiers were tired, which meant that Cai Mao's next plan was more likely to succeed. So Cai Mao re-attacked the city, and the intensity suddenly increased a lot, and the battle losses on both sides continued to increase...

...""...

Cai Hao and Huang Zu were playing happily, but neither of them noticed that at some point, a pair of eyes appeared beside them, paying close attention to their situation.

Around Jiangxia, in addition to the Jiangling River, there are the Han River, the Jing River, etc. These water systems have built a huge water network. Coupled with the various lakes and swamps in the surrounding area, it is simply a natural naval training ground. Great place to hide your tracks.

The overall environment of the Han Dynasty was much humid and hotter than that of later generations. Even though the atmosphere of the Little Ice Age had blown into the buttocks of the Han Dynasty, there were still many large swamps in many places. For example, in the south of Jiangxia, there were Santai Ze, Guanghan Ze, It is even connected to Yunmengze.

This Yunmengze area stretched greatly during the Pre-Qin Dynasty, but due to the accumulation of quicksand and changes in the mountains and rivers, it gradually shrank. Even in the Western Han Dynasty, townships and counties were established on the accumulated land of Yunmengze, such as Huarong. , Jingling, etc...

But now, Zhou Tai and a group of people are hiding in such a large swamp, paying attention to Jiang Xia's movements.

The hatred between Huang Zu and the Sun family was not caused by Sun Jian's death, but was already forged while Sun Jian was still alive. Even though Huang Zu's combat ability is generally inferior to that of many people, Huang Zu seems to have a talent, that is, he can definitely kill enemy generals regardless of victory or defeat.

When Huang Zu and Sun Jian fought, although they did not gain much advantage, Huang Zu killed Sun Jian's subordinates, that is, members of the Sun family. From then on, it was out of control. Then after Sun Ce came to the throne, he also followed Huang Zu. There was a conflict between the ancestors, and during the fight, Huang Zu killed Xu Kun. And if we talk about history, Huang Zu later killed Ling Cao during the battle with Sun Quan...

Therefore, although everyone in Jiangdong disapproved of Sun Quan sending troops, how could Sun Quan endure it?

Not to mention, in fact, the Sun family is the most suitable target for future generations of time travellers. Starting from Sun Jian's generation, to Sun Quan's generation, they are the masters who don't say a word and just raise the sword. Sun Quan is somewhat better, Sun Jian and Sun Ce are better It really fits the mold of a person who doesn’t want to do anything else all day long, but only thinks about killing men and stabbing women, or vice versa. The key is Zhou Yu and Er Qiao, right?

Seeing the turmoil in Jiangxia, Sun Quan felt like his heart was being scratched by a hundred claws. After holding it in for a few days, he really couldn't hold it in any longer. Even though he knew that his behavior would probably not be approved, he still secretly gave the order to Zhou. Tai led a group of soldiers and hid here, preparing to find an opportunity to add fuel to the war in Jiangxia.

According to the standards of later generations, Zhou Tai was a "poor and lower-middle peasant" from the Sun family. He was a member of the Sun family and belonged to the most determined group. Zhou Tai followed Sun Jian when he was young, followed Sun Ce after Sun Jian's death, and now follows Sun Quan. His loyalty to the Sun family is stronger than steel.

"The time has come!" ” Zhou Tai glanced at the north with bright eyes, and then looked around at the soldiers around him, “Old Lord, this time is an opportunity for revenge! "After so many years, including Zhou Tai, some people still call Sun Jian the old lord, Sun Ce the eldest lord, and Sun Quan the young lord. Of course, these are all called behind Sun Quan's back.

Many of the people around Zhou Tai were veterans of the Sun family, and they all understood the grievances between the Sun family and Huang Zu. Therefore, after hearing Zhou Tai's words, they all expressed that there would be absolutely no harm in following Zhou Tai's actions. vague.

Zhou Tai nodded and told his plan: "Jiangxia Water Gate's defense is weak. We can sneak in and destroy the gate at night, disrupt the city, and take the opportunity to kill the yellow thieves!" 』

Everyone thought about it and thought it was feasible, so they followed the plan. However, they never expected that when Zhou Tai and the others arrived near the water gate of Jiangxia, they actually saw a group of figures sneaking towards the water gate of Jiangxia!

This is really...

Zhou Tai didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only stop for a moment, thinking in his head, what should he do, or follow behind and pretend to be Cai Mao's men?

While Zhou Tai was still thinking, the battle at Minato had already broken out.

Not long after Cai Mao's soldiers rushed in, they were discovered by Jiangxia guards. They immediately sounded the gong to warn. Jiangxia soldiers immediately rushed to Shuimen and pointed out that they launched a siege against Cai Mao's soldiers. It was obvious that these Jiangxia soldiers had been prepared, and this seemingly weak one Minato actually looks like a specially set trap!

Zhou Tai looked at the fire on the city, and the screams continued, and he couldn't help sweating on his head. Fortunately, Cai Hao's soldiers were one step ahead, otherwise he would have been hit by the same attack if he had rushed in with his men and horses. Fallen out of Huang Zu's trap!

what to do?

Huang Zu in Jiangxia City was obviously very proud of his strategy. He went up to the top of the city, laughed at Cai Mao's camp, and gave an excited speech before swaying down the city wall. The Cai Mao camp on the other side seemed to know about Minato's failure, so they gradually put away the torch and returned to the camp...

Zhou Tai looked at it, and suddenly a bold idea came to him. What if there was a second attack on Watergate at this time?

Huang Zu of Jiangxia must have thought that Cai Mao's plot had been defeated. Both the generals and soldiers would be somewhat lax. If he took advantage of the road destroyed by Cai Mao's soldiers to launch another raid, on the one hand, he could save a lot of time in opening the road. On the other hand, it is possible to catch the Jiangxia guards by surprise!

Prime Minister Zhou Tailai was very courageous, so since he thought of it, he just did it. He led his men to the outside of Jiangxia Water Gate at dawn, and then cut the ropes of the wooden fence that Jiangxia soldiers had temporarily pushed down to block the water gate, and let people secretly He dragged away the stone bars used to block the passage and sneaked into Jiangxia City!

The soldiers of Jiangxia, including Huang Zu, really did not expect that anyone would score twice. They were caught off guard and were actually succeeded by Zhou Taizhen. Not only did Zhou Tai and others break through the water gate defense and rush into the city, but also Many supplies and houses were set on fire, and thick smoke billowed into the sky!

Cai Mao came after hearing the news and stared for a long time. Then, although he was not sure what happened, since there was a riot in Jiangxia city, he couldn't just watch and do nothing by himself, so he hurriedly summoned his soldiers and launched an attack on Jiangxia. Onslaught...