Chapter 3576: Passing the Palace Horse
Seven days later, the walls of Fangling finally appeared in the valley in the distance.
The city walls are built against the mountains, and the pheasants are intertwined like wolf teeth.
If you want to say such a city, it will definitely be difficult to break, but now...
Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes on the mountain, his eyes swept across the outline of Fangling in the distance, and slid towards the Cao army camp in the east mountain.
According to Cai An's information, Cai Mao was there.
Although Zhuge Liang was 70% or 80% sure that Cai Mao really wanted to surrender, Zhuge Liang could not place the safety of all soldiers on Cai Mao alone.
What if Cai Mao really surrendered, his behavior would have been discovered by other Cao troops long ago?
Moreover, even if Cai Mao can control Cao's army's camp in Dongshan, what about Fang Ling?
Shamoko came over, "Will you send someone here?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Look first."
From Zigui all the way, about fifty or sixty people were lost.
Some people died by accident, while some people were poisonous snakes or infected with poisonous insects...
The simplest ones, such as green caterpillars or black caterpillars, may be pierced, that is, yelling for two days, but some people will immediately have redness and difficulty breathing if they are pierced.
Zhuge Liang didn't know much about allergies in medicine, but even if he knew, he couldn't do anything about such a situation.
Because China entered the agricultural civilization earlier and relatively developed, the number of people was in a relatively large position in the world for a long time. Therefore, the crisis of food shortage is likely to occur periodically, which also led to the "evolution" of Chinese people in their genetics, or "adaptation" to a very strong level.
Chinese people have to endure allergies, and it is not a big deal at all. For example, the joke that five-nut mooncakes can kill one-fifth of the population of the Mi Emperor in later generations does not exist in China. However, in later generations, under the various additives of many ethnic entrepreneurs, public officials advocated the salt of the bricks, there seemed to be more and more people allergic.
No matter ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, there are always people who will think about it when the interests are huge...
This time, Zhuge Liang did not explain anything to Shamoke much.
If it was before, when Shamoke asked, Zhuge Liang would give the answer directly.
Now it won't be there.
It’s not that the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Shamoke has become worse, but on the contrary, this is Zhuge Liang’s real consideration for Shamoke himself.
Shamoke originally planned to go to Chang'an to study...
Zhuge Liang told him that since he wanted to learn, he needed to think more. Only what he got from thinking about would belong to Shamoko himself.
Shamoke was beside him, and when Zhuge Liang saw that he didn't explain much, he seemed to be thinking about it, scratching his head, not knowing whether he felt itchy in his brain or his scalp itchy.
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Fangling East Mountain.
Cai Mao sat in the central army tent, watching the figures of Cao's soldiers outside the tent shaking, and his face showed fatigue and worry.
He had been preparing for this big event for a long time, and always thought that all the trouble had been expected, but when things came to an end, he found that his preparation was still far from enough.
First of all, he did not expect that the Di people in Fangling would not look like a stupid mountain barbarian at all, but were similar to the cunning fox. Or it would be as timid as a mouse. Anyway, no matter how Cai Mao invited him, the Di people would not leave Fangling City, and would not come from the Dongshan camp. So unless Cai Mao wanted to try his own life and go to Fangling City to kill the Di generals himself, he would not be able to control Fangling City smoothly.
Secondly, Cai Mao could not guess that the Cai elder did not send personnel to the Jingbei Line according to his opinion, but instead detoured Jiangling, which led to the time when Cai Mao originally expected to contact the Cavalry Army to be greatly extended...
Cai Mao could not have raised the anti-flag flag without contacting the Cavalry Army, nor could he have made any big moves. However, such endless waiting did consume a lot of Cai Mao's mind and made him haggard.
Generally speaking, it is normal to spend three or five days apart in an era when communication is inconvenient, but there is still no news after ten or half a month. Cai Mao cannot send people back to Xiangyang to inquire about the situation one after another, so the pressure and confusion in Cai Mao’s heart can be imagined.
The best result was of course contacting the Cavalry Army, and then successfully taking advantage of the arrival of the Cavalry Army to accidentally kill the Di generals in Fangling, and then directly attacked the flanks of Xiangyang. Before Cao Ren and Cao Zhen could react, they broke Xiangyang!
In this way, the Cai family naturally had a great achievement, so there was no need to worry about how to deal with the subsequent cavalry.
The second situation is that after receiving the news, the Cavalry Army had to report to Fei Qian, and then the time was extended. This period will take at least one month. During this month, he must ensure that he stayed in Fangling, otherwise when the Cavalry Army arrives, he will be transferred away again. Wouldn't it be a cold-blood?
The worst thing is that Elder Cai was discovered...
Although Cai Mao was confident that even if the elder of the Cai family was discovered, the Cai family still had a certain counterattack, but in this way, the Cai family would inevitably suffer a huge loss!
By then, it is hard to say whether half of the Cai family and Caizhou can survive.
And now, Cai Mao has discovered another major problem, that is, Li Dian does not seem to be opposite Fang Ling!
These days, in order not to let other Cao's soldiers find anything wrong, and to better contact with the cavalry on the west side of Fangling, Cai Mao continued to send scouts, intentionally or unintentionally crossing the middle line of Fangling, and checking the cavalry camp on the west side. However, as more and more news gathered, Cai Mao discovered that the cavalry on the west side of Fangling was likely to be an empty camp.
Or in other words, most of the Cavalry have left, leaving only a small number of the Cavalrymen there...
So did Li Dian leave after receiving the news from Cai, or did he leave before receiving the news?
Li Dian left, where did he go?
Did you go back to Hanzhong or go north to Wuguandanjiang?
These problems made Cai Mao extremely confused and even felt a little despair.
Could it be that the fortune of the Cai clan in Jingxiang really came to an end?
Now, everything seems to be in the fog, unable to see the road ahead, nor can we see the retreat behind, everything is unknown...
Cai Mao sighed secretly.
If he were Fei Qian, he might have some concerns about Cai.
After all, the relationship between Liu Biao and Cai was almost called a family, but when Liu Biao died, Cai sold Liu for a good price, and now he said he would sell Cao Cao again...
In a few years, it can be said that he first rebelled against Liu and then Cao. Cai Mao didn't know whether Fei Qian and the generals under Fei Qian would believe him?
But he just wanted to protect the Cai family, protect Caizhou, and let the Cai family live in Jingxiang for generations. Is it wrong?
From the anxiety of waiting, the despair of a hidden life, and the vague resentment under despair, the change in human nature may be clearly revealed in Cai Mao.
Cai Mao didn't know how long he could last, but he knew that he had to be here. Cai's family couldn't stay in Caizhou, if they change their lives, they would definitely be caught in one go, so it's safer to have some outside and some inside...
But it is only temporarily safe.
If the Cavalry Army did not come for a long time, Cai Mao would have to go back sooner or later. Once he went back, it would be like Cai's final decision!
Just as Cai Mao was frowning in the tent, his confidant suddenly slipped in from outside the tent, "The head of the family! There is news!"
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Cai Mao walked into Fangling City.
He had to go into the city.
The reason is very simple. Zhuge Liang asked that he must see Fangling City under the control of Cai Mao, and at least there must be a city gate under the control of Cai Mao before Zhuge Liang would appear.
In other words, Zhuge Liang asked Cai Mao to get the city gate first, instead of Cai Mao waiting in the Dongshan camp to pick up the bargain...
Of course, this is also considered Cai Mao's "vote for fame".
Cai Mao was not sure why Zhuge Liang appeared in the south of Fangling. After all, there were many dangerous mountains on the south of Fangling, which were rugged and difficult to move around, and it was natural and dangerous, so Cao's army did not do anything to defend in the south.
However, no matter how uncomprehensible is, the Cai family token that appeared in front of Cai Mao forced Cai Mao to take risks.
He arranged personnel and confidants to watch other Cao army soldiers in the Dongshan camp, not letting them mislead. In addition, he brought some good players, who were also the elite among the Cai family's private soldiers, and prepared to enter Fangling City in the name of patrolling the granaries in Fangling City.
In name, the Di people in Fangling City will be under the jurisdiction of Cao's army, so even if the Di people have any dissatisfaction, they must welcome them at the city gate.
Anyone who says that the account is to be checked will almost never be sincerely welcomed. This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Even if the couple and son in a small family say that the account is to be checked, they will inevitably turn against each other.
The Di people in Fangling were naturally very unhappy. When welcoming Cai Mao, they deliberately arranged more than a hundred soldiers, dressed in neatly, waiting in line at the city gate.
This kind of attitude is somewhat the case when Midi later generations saw the federal government coming to check the accounts and mobilized the militia and self-defense forces to patrol the streets, or showed the traffic warning of the traffic warning of the accident...
However, other soldiers other than the soldiers of the Di generals were more or less unnatural and had different expressions.
The defenders in Fangling City were basically pieced together.
The Di people combined the foundation of their tribes, plus some ordinary mountain people around them, as well as local people in Fangling, etc.
The only ones who really followed the Di people were just five or six hundred people. In addition to the families and extensions of these people, the rest were temporarily pieced together, and the Di people obviously didn't know how to integrate this army. After all, the Di people were not good at this.
However, if you don’t need to teach or learn anything about deducting military pay and having a private bag, you don’t need to learn anything. So Cai Mao suddenly said that he wanted to check the accounts and check the granaries, which immediately scared the Di people. Then, what followed was a bit of anger, which was quite a bit of "I worked hard for so many years."
If you really turn against each other, the Di generals dare not. After all, they still have to rely on the Cao army at the moment, and the Cao army soldiers in the Dongshan camp are not vegetarians...
The problem is that the Di people will not know what Cai Mao is going to do?!
After receiving the notice from Cai Mao, the Di people would inform their subordinates to calm their hearts while asking them to prepare some accounts, at least they should be able to make peace on the books. As for whether there is any real thing in the granary...
Damn it!
I don’t believe that Cai Mao dares to really turn against him!
In short, the Di people would think that Cai Mao might be dissatisfied with not visiting him before, but it was not much hostility. As long as he handled it properly, it would not be a big deal.
All kinds of thoughts in my mind turned around, and the Di people who were waiting at the city gate put their seven emotions on their faces.
Seeing the general depressed, the Di people's confidant stepped forward and whispered: "King, we have someone! If he dares to turn against each other at that time... he might as well...
"Shut up!" The Di people looked at their confidant, "It's not that time yet! Is the account checking? Didn't it be that I haven't been checked? Didn't the last time I checked the account? Isn't it going to be like this? After taking the money, it's not a big deal? No matter what he wants, let's see if he collects the money first!"
When the Di people were about to discuss, Cai Mao brought his people there.
Cai Mao and his party had more than ten war horses, while the other soldiers were walking.
The flags rolled in the wind, "Changshui Captain" and "Hanyang Tinghou" had huge black-bottomed flame-edged flags on both sides, which were quite eye-catching.
Under the flag, the Cai private soldiers were all broad-minded and neatly dressed and armored. Nearly a hundred soldiers gathered together. Although there were not as many soldiers as the Di generals came out to welcome him, the quality of these Cai private soldiers was obviously better than that of the Di generals.
The Di people were watching, for some reason, suddenly became a little frigid and uneasy, feeling upset, as if they were about to encounter some danger, and they wanted to go back to the city on the spot, then lock the city gate and pull up the suspension bridge...
But then, the Di generals gave up on this idea. After all, they rely on the Cao army and took the Cao army's money, grain, soldiers and armor. Now they have to turn against each other for no reason. Not to mention what the Cao army will do, even if they offend the Cai family in Jingzhou, they may not have any good results.
Time seems to be extremely short and very long.
When Cai Mao and his men approached, the Di people would still not dare to do anything.
The Di people were about to move, so naturally the soldiers under their backs did not move.
Cai Mao looked calm and slowly moved forward. After walking a few steps, he grabbed the reins of the war horse, turned over and dismounted, and laughed loudly, "Oh, Di general, are you going to be a sensation for me? I think I, Cai, have never offended you? Why did I see someone coming, but it is like this? After staying in the camp in the mountains for a long time, I can't even smell some meat... Don't you say that you don't even have some leftover wine or bacon in your city?!"
The Di people were stunned and then burst into laughter: "Ah! Captain Changshui! You are so scary when you put on this big formation... Oh, I am a remote countryside, I dare not say good wine. If Captain Changshui doesn't dislike it, there is still some rice wine that can relieve the fatigue!"
Cai Mao stepped forward, smiled and suddenly a whip hit the Di general.
Because the whip was whipping the armor on the Di general's body, it was not a pain at all. It just scared the Di general's body and his face changed suddenly, and his eyebrows stood up, "What are you going to do?"
Cai Mao shook his horse whip and said, "I'm waking you up! See if the flag behind me? Do you recognize the word? Who am I? The Captain Changshui! Marquis of Hanyang Ting! Who are you? You don't come, and you insist that I get here. Before you go out of the city to greet me, you will stand under the city and wait! Who are you? Do you still want to be an official of the Han court? Ah? You don't understand the rules at all!"
The Di people changed their faces, and after a moment, they nodded and bowed, "Yes, yes, yes... It's wrong to go down the mountain and the wilderness, so rude, so rude... Don't blame the prisoner, don't blame the blame!"
Cai Mao nodded and said slowly, "If I blame you, I wouldn't have whipped you with this whip..."
The Di people turned their eyes twice, and a smile appeared on their faces again, "That's, that's... the lieutenant is invited, please! If there is anything wrong with doing, please give me more advice!"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Cai Mao raised his head and walked forward, "I'll say it first, I'm not here to eat and drink for free, we'll pay for all the food and drink!"
"Oh, lieutenant, what you said... It is a honor for the lieutenant to come here! I can't even invite the lieutenant on weekdays. Now if I collect the lieutenant's money, wouldn't it be a lie to hit me in the face?" The Di people laughed and led me all the way, "What's the point of eating and drinking? If the lieutenant gives money, I really look down on me. I'll use the money to slap my face!"
Cai Mao glanced at the Di people, "Then... would you please?"
"I'll invite you! I must have invited you!" The Di people patted their chests.
'That's fine...' Cai Mao took a few steps and was about to enter the city, but stopped, 'Then my subordinates... wouldn't you let them all be outside the city, right?"
That's what the Di people thought. After all, Fangling City is not big. Cai Mao carried more than a dozen guards with him. It would be fine if more than a hundred people had entered the city...
"I'm going to see this city, so I can't get many houses for a while..." The Di people stammered and thought about some reasons.
"No need to buy a house for them! Look, just build a shed on the street and lay a mat!" Cai Mao patted the Di generals on the shoulder, "It's all his family, why be so polite! Don't buy a house, just on the street! Just have sheds and mats!"
The Di people wanted to scratch their heads, but they instinctively didn't want these Cai's private soldiers to enter the city, but because Cai Mao was talking about it, it was hard to say that they didn't even give the shed mat. Think about it again, the vision on the street was wide and these people were under the surveillance range, so they probably couldn't make any waves. Why bother with Cai because of this kind of thing?
"No...no problem!" The Di people habitually patted their chests, "It's all the lieutenants, so how can they not be treated well? There is no way to delicacies from the sea, but there are still big bowls of wine and big pieces of meat! As long as you don't dislike the wine and meat being worse!"
『How could he dislike it?』 Cai Mao smiled and said, 『You don’t know... You should also know that on this mountain, you can’t even eat decent soup cakes! I think that the man in the army has a grudge against me...hahahaha...』
Cai Mao smiled while giving a wink to his confidant behind him.
Cai Mao’s confidant nodded slightly to show his understanding.
Chapter completed!