The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 768
Cai Mao was shocked when he saw a large group of troops, and hurriedly came to ask: "You guys, why are you here? Could it be that the pheasants have lost their defense? Jiangdong soldiers and horses are moving so fast?"

The leading general looked bewildered, and said, "Didn't you order us to retreat, saying that you set up an ambush ahead to lure the enemy deep?"

Cai Mao was furious and scolded: "When did I issue such a military order?"

"It was General Wenpin who said it!" The general replied.

"Where is the other person?" Cai Mao asked angrily.

"General Wenpin led his elite troops to leave last night, saying that he was investigating the movements of the Jiangdong Army."

Cai Mao's face was ferocious, and he scolded: "Hateful, this Wenpin must have voted for the Jiangdong Army, and falsely passed on my military order to let you withdraw from the position."

Cai Mao was right in thinking that Wenpin had indeed defected to the enemy, but it was not Jiangdong, but Zhao Kuangyin.Cai Mao regretted it in his heart. He had known about it and left some generals to stay with Wenpin. He took all the generals away, so that Wenpin could deceive the army so easily.

"How many days have you been away?" Cai Mao asked quickly.

"We marched day and night. We only walked for one day, but we traveled for two days." The captain replied.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not long before the retreat, the Jiangdong army must have just captured the water village, have the boats in the water village ever been burned?" Cai Mao asked quickly.

"General Wenpin ordered the ship not to be burned."

Cai Mao slammed his fist on the horse's back and cursed: "Damn it, Xiazhishui Village has more than half of my ships in Jingzhou. It is the painstaking efforts accumulated over the years, so you just give it away like this?"

"Hey, brother, what should I do? Without the water fortress, Jiangdong's army can go up the river and go straight to Jiangling. There is no danger for me in Jingzhou. Now let's notify the court again. If Jiangdong invades What will the court think about the Jiangling area?" Cai He asked with a depressed face.

Cai Mao's face changed, the court looked down on them lightly, if he misunderstood him and joined forces with Jiang Dong to frame the court soldiers and horses, it would be a disaster.

"How many ships are there in Xiakou Shuizhai?" Cai Mao's expression sank, and he asked Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun replied without hesitation: "There are three building boats, twenty in the dark, and nearly a hundred in the fighting, and nearly a thousand in the boat!"

"It is enough to equip an army of [-]. Cai He, Cai Zhong, I will lead the main force to Xiakou Shuizhai. You take [-] troops and return to the Jiangling line. Go down the river and take the boats along the way to Xiakou to meet up. There must be no mistakes. !” Cai Mao ordered immediately.

The two handed over and took the order: "No!"

Xiakou is located at the junction of Nanjun and Jiangxia, geographically speaking, it also belongs to Jiangxia County.

There are countless branches of the Yangtze River. In the section of the Yangtze River between Nanjun and Jiangxia, Xiashui is one of the tributaries. The waterway where Xiashui flows into the Yangtze River is called Xiakou.

And tens of miles upstream from Xiakou is the famous Chibi in history, and the Battle of Chibi took place in this area.

In history, when Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu to Xiakou to join Liu Qi's navy. He led the army to fight Cao Cao. After the defeat of Changbanpo in Yangyang, he fled to the south and was rescued by Cao Cao's navy in Xiashui. , came to Xiakou.

Then came Zhuge Liang's envoy to Soochow and the famous Battle of Chibi.

Xiakou is one of the important military towns in the first section of the Yangtze River. If it guards Nanjun, Xiakou can also be called the gateway to the east of Nanjun.

Cai, Cai Zhong and the others knew in their hearts that it was impossible to take back the water village in the direction of Xiazhi with Jiang Dong.The only way is to collect the ships from Jingzhou, station troops to Xiakou to resist, and wait for the arrival of imperial reinforcements.

The [-] army only traveled for one day. Although they traveled day and night, they only reached the Shaxian area in Jiangxia.Cai Mao and others rushed to Jiangxia on Qingqi, and they met the [-] army in Jiangxia County.

Xiakou was at the junction of Nanjun and Jiangxia, which meant that Cai Mao had to lead the army back.

Cai Mao led the main force to Jiangxia, and then dispatched Cai Zhong, Cai He led an army of [-] to return to Jiangling as soon as possible, and collected ships to join Xiakou.On the one hand, they sent scouts to the Xiazhi area to inquire about news.

Thanks to Cai Mao's luck, Wenpin did not seek refuge in Jiangdong. If Wenpin had defected to Jiangdong, Zhou Yu would surely take advantage of the victory and pursue his troops directly to the Jiangling area, without giving Cai Mao a chance to resist.

However, Wenpin took refuge with Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhou Yu didn't know what happened in Jiangling, so he didn't dare to go deep alone, but wanted to join Sun Ce and march into Jiangling together.

On the Nanyang side, Liu Yu sent people to inform Fu Youde, Gan Ning and others to prepare a boat and go south to Jingzhou.

He left Zhang Liao to lead an army of [-] to guard Wancheng, and then led the remaining [-] troops, Xie Xuan, Huang Zhong, Yao Xing and others quickly went south to join Fu Youde and others in Fancheng, and crossed the river together.

Two days later, Liu Yu arrived in Fancheng and joined Fu Youde's water army. On the same day, he went south to Jingzhou and arrived in Xiangyang opposite Fancheng.

Today's Xiangyang is no longer the seat of Jingzhou, but it is also very prosperous, and its prosperity ranks among the top ten in the world.

Liu Yu's army crossed the river and arrived in Xiangyang. As soon as they landed, they saw a group of civil servants from Jingzhou waiting on both sides.

"I am waiting to welcome the arrival of the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court!" Under the leadership of Liu Zong, Jingzhou Wenwu saluted the Nanyang soldiers and horses who were gradually coming ashore.

Liu Yu led Fu Youde, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Yao Xing, Xie Xuan and others to step forward.

Liu Yu looked at Liu Zong, now he represented Liu Bian, and Cai Mao nominally asked the imperial army to march into Jingzhou and expel Jiangdong.But what Liu Zong wrote was actually a lowering of the list, which was instigated by Cai Mao to curry favor with the imperial court.

Liu Yu helped Liu Zong up and asked, "You are acting as governor of Jingzhou now? Where is Liu Biao? Why didn't you come?"

Liu Zong had never seen such a big scene before, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, Kuai Yue stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "The governor Liu Biao was bedridden half a month ago, so he couldn't come to greet him."

"Oh!" Liu Yu nodded, and asked Kuai Yue: "Now Jiangdong is fighting Jingzhou, how is the situation?"

Kuai Yue's face turned bitter, but he still reported truthfully: "Originally our army confronted Jiangdong at Xiazhi, but lost Changsha. But a few days ago, Wenpin suddenly surrendered to Zhao Kuangyin and let Jiangdong's troops march into Jiangxia. Now General Cai Mao has gathered The navy is stationed in the Xiakou area. Sun Ce has now led the army northward from Changsha and joined Zhou Yu."

Liu Yu's face darkened, and he said angrily: "Why didn't you report it earlier?"

Liu Yu didn't give Jingzhou Wenwu a disgrace, but was really angry. If Jingzhou soldiers and horses guarded the pheasant, he would only have to expel Sun Ce's soldiers and horses in Changsha.But now that Jiangdong soldiers and horses have come to Jiangxia and occupy the water villages on the front line of the Yangtze River, it is infinitely more difficult to expel them.

Originally, when the imperial soldiers and horses entered Jingzhou, it might be possible to scare Jiangdong off directly and let them extinguish their thoughts of attacking Jingzhou.Now it is necessary to use swords and soldiers, and Liu Yu has only [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, and Jiangdong has [-] soldiers and horses, so the outcome is hard to say.

Moreover, Wenpin surrendered to Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers and horses are also very likely to participate in the Battle of Jingzhou, which is quite difficult.

But the Jingzhou army could have sent people across the river to report to Liu Yu, so that Liu Yu could prepare early, but they concealed the matter, so Liu Yu'an could not be angry.

"Captain, there are only [-] soldiers and horses in Nanyang now. The spies from Yuzhou came to report. Zhao Kuangyin came to Yuzhou a few days ago and mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Now that Nanyang is empty, if he joins forces with Sun Ce, it is very likely that he will raid Nanyang and cut us off. The army retreats. In this way, our army will be isolated and helpless in Nanjun." Xie Xuan thought a lot, and thought of the biggest flaw in this battle.

Liu Yu looked gloomyly at the civil and military forces in Jingzhou. They were also timid and worried about reporting the matter and delaying the date of the imperial court's dispatch of troops.Worried that Cai Mao would not be able to guard Xiakou, he kept the matter a secret.

As a generation of emperors, Liu Yu has his own arrogance to dominate the world. Although he is a courtier now, the aura of a person who has been in power for many years is much stronger than that of Liu Biao, an incompetent governor of Jingzhou.

Liu Yu's eyes were everywhere, and no one dared to look at him.

"Hmph!" Liu Yu snorted coldly at the crowd of civil and military men in Jingzhou, looked at the soldiers behind him and said, "Take my pen and ink!"

The soldiers hastily took out the rice paper from a bamboo tube, Liu Yu frantically wrote and handed it to the soldiers, saying: "As soon as the pheasant is lost, Jiang Xia will also fall into the hands of Jiangdong. This battle is not easy, and Zhao Kuangyin's movements in the north are unknown. Your Majesty has If you issue an order for the imperial conquest, if you reach Nanjun, you may be in danger. You pass this letter to the emperor, and ask him to stay in Nanyang temporarily to observe the current situation."

"Promise!" The soldiers put away the letter, and quickly crossed the river to the north.

"Map!" Liu Yu ordered, looking at the soldiers behind him again.

The soldiers quickly took out the map and unfolded it in front of Liu Yu, surrounded by all the generals.

Pointing to the map, Liu Yu murmured and said: "Going south from the Han River, you can go directly to Jiangxia. Fu Youde, Gan Ning, you lead a navy of [-], go south from the Han River, transfer to Xia River and arrive at Xiakou, and take over the military power of the navy. Guard against Soochow."

"Promise!" The two men clasped their hands and ordered, and led the [-] sailors by the river, heading south from the Han River directly to the Xiakou area.

Although there are only [-] sailors in Fancheng these years, it does not mean that there are only [-] sailors in Fancheng.The navy has not developed in the past few years, but countless ships have been built, enough to equip hundreds of thousands of sailors.

"If the pheasant is not lost, I can still send troops to the north of Jiangxia to defend the Zhao army in Yuzhou, and directly force back the troops in the east of Jiangxia. Now that the enemy situation in Jiangxia is unknown, the Zhao army in Yuzhou is likely to join the battle. Are you trying to make my court soldiers suffer? ?" Liu Yu looked at Liu Zong, Kuai Yue and the others said angrily.

Liu Zong was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he didn't dare to say a word. Kuai Yue felt better, and hurriedly confessed: "Liu Dudu, please calm down. This is a sudden situation. I didn't expect it. It's also the past two days. Just got the news."

"Forget it, we have already crossed the river, and there is no reason to retreat. Do you have a navy in Xiangyang?" Liu Yu waved his hand and asked.

"There are navy troops, but not many, only [-]! Most of the navy troops were taken from Xiakou by General Cai Mao. There are still [-] infantry guarding Jiangling." Kuai Yue said, clasping his hands.

"3000 people? You can sail a boat. Xie Xuan, you lead these 3000 people back to the Dazhai of the Fancheng Navy, take a boat of 3 people, and go south from the Han River to the Chibi area near Xiakou to build a water and land camp. The water army is the horn of each other, wait for my main force to go." Liu Yu looked at Xie Xuan again and ordered.

(End of this chapter)