The next morning, Cai Mao slept well last night. Although he gave his sister a little shameless to Zhang Xiu, he was very at ease, right?

It is a skill to stuff a woman to the lord.

After breakfast was ready, Zhang Xiu's personal soldiers summoned him. Cai Mao did not dare to neglect, so he immediately sorted out his clothes and came to the central army's tent.

After a visit, Zhang Xiu asked Cai Mao to sit down and introduced it to everyone.

The generals had already heard of this, but they were not familiar with Cai Mao, so they just looked at Cai Mao for a second.

Zhang Xiu hugged Mrs. Cai last night and felt very happy, and she also liked Cai Mao. However, Cai Mao had no talent, so he should not entrust important tasks.

Zhang Xiu looked up at everyone and said, "I summoned you to wait today, but it was for military purposes."

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, Cai Mao bowed and said, "Han Shouhou. I have a plan to offer it."

Zhang Xiu was surprised in his heart, could you not be Kuai Yue wearing Cai Mao’s vest? Cai Mao actually had a plan? What a joke.

Everyone didn't know that Cai Mao was a fool, so they couldn't help but calm down and listened attentively. Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said with a smile: "What kind of plan does Degui have? It's okay to just say it."

Cai Mao was delighted. Before that, he had been thinking for a long time. Now he was naturally excited.

"Han Shouhou. Sun Jian's east army was fierce, with tens of elite soldiers guarding Fancheng. He ordered Huang Gai. Wenpin led Jingzhou navy to set foot on the south bank and floated boats on the river. With the strong soldiers and horses in the north, they would probably not be able to conquer Fancheng. They just lost their troops and morale in vain. It was even more impossible to cross the river. I am not talented but I am quite good at naval forces. I can go to Anlu, recruit troops and build naval forces for Han Shouhou. When the time is right, I can cross the river and attack Xiling for Han Shouhou."

Cai Mao was wearing white clothes, talking with his sleeves, and had a very good temperament.

Zhang Xiu didn't listen carefully at first, but after listening, he looked at Cai Mao with admiration. Sure enough, although Cai Mao was a little bit awkward, he was not as good as the top and more than the bottom.

Cai Mao’s strategy is correct.

It is not worth attacking Fancheng, and it is necessary to cross the Han River to destroy itself. You can send people to Anlu, recruit naval troops, and open up a second battlefield.

Anlu is the boundary of Jiangxia, but is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Xiling is also the boundary of Jiangxia, but is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

As long as someone gains a foothold in Anlu and leads boats to attack Xiling, he can lead his troops south to Anlu, give way to the infantry to cross the river, and travel across Jingnan.

At that time, we can take Jingnan as the foundation, develop the navy, and go north to attack Xiangfan, and we will definitely defeat the ten-finals.

If you sweep Yangzhou again, you will become a tripod.

Zhang Xiu quickly shook his head, the more he thought about the script, the more he became, the more wrong he was. He didn't want to start a business, and he needed to go back and inherit Fatty Dong's property and take the Sili land in the most important part of the world.

However, before Zhang Xiu could speak, Li Ru had already helped. He cheered up and bowed to Cai Mao and said, "Mr. Cai's plan is excellent. But now there are rebellions in all directions. The Han Shouhou court general and Han Shouhou is there, the princes dare not bully the court. If Han Shouhou was running in Jingzhou, the court would probably be attacked by the princes."

Li Ru’s idea is very simple, he must tie Zhang Xiu and protect Dong Zhuo.

Zhang Xiu is a good general of the court, a man of a thousand gold coins. What are you doing when you come to this place where birds do not shit in Jingzhou? How many things are you playing around?

In the eyes of the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou and Yangzhou were all remote places for barbarians.

"Uh!" Cai Mao was speechless for a moment, and he didn't dare to fight against Li Ru, so he could only be disappointed. However, he still looked at Zhang Xiu expectantly, hoping that Zhang Xiu could adopt his opinion.

Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "Mr. Li said very much. Degui, I didn't have the intention to go south to Xiangfan and cross Jingchu. The reason why I led the troops here was just to show off my power. Now that the purpose has been achieved, it is time to return to Luoyang."

"Tell the troops to take Hua Xiong as the front and return to Luoyang."

Zhang Xiu raised his head and said to the civil and military officials in a deep voice.

"promise."

The civil and military officials agreed and went down to prepare together. Cai Mao was one of them, but he was a little confused.

This is not right.

He was afraid that Zhang Xiu would trample on Jingzhou, so he led his tribe members to the north to join Zhang Xiu. If Zhang Xiu did not attack Xiangfan, he would not have to be afraid, and he would have no need to go north to surrender to Zhang Xiu.

this.......

Isn’t this a superfluous way to do this?

Cai Mao regretted it very much. This time they went north, they abandoned the land and houses in Xiangyang, bringing only gold, silver and fine materials. They didn't feel distressed at the time, thinking that they would go back soon with Zhang Xiu.

Now, it's gone forever.

He also presented his second sister to Zhang Xiu...

I really accompany the old lady, and I have accompanied the land and house, and everything has been with me.

Of course, Zhang Xiu would not take care of Cai Mao's mood. After he issued the order, the army marched in turn.

............

In the city of Xiangyang.

Since Cao Cao entered the city, he has only helped Sun Jian recruit Cai Mao. He has not taken much care of the matter in Jingzhou.

His basic structure is in Yanzhou and Yuzhou areas of the Central Plains, and he will still have to go back in the future. He lives in Sun Jian's mansion, and takes Xiahou Dun with him. The other generals have led seven or eight thousand Yanzhou soldiers, and recruited 3,000 people in Jingzhou to raise up 10,000. Currently, he is stationed outside the city and practices almost every day.

Just waiting for the time to come, he went back to the Central Plains.

That morning, after Cao Cao washed up, he just sat down to have a meal. He ate meat porridge, two eggs, and a stack of vegetables.

"General Cao. Cai Mao led the entire clan to the north and defected to Zhang Xiu. My lord will ask you to discuss it." A minor official under Sun Jian came in with sweat on his head and reported the report.

"What did you say?!!!!" Cao Cao squirted out a bite of meat porridge, and the goddess immediately scattered flowers and sprayed the little official all over the body.

The little official looked at his clothes and wanted to cry without tears, but he did not dare to argue with Cao Cao. He said what he knew.

The entire Cai Mao family, anyway, had left anyone with the surname Cai, and even took away many men and women.

"Damn Cai Mao!!!!" Even Cao Cao's cunning, after learning about this, he couldn't help but buzz and cursed.

Let’s not talk about the others. Cai Mao was recruited by him for Sun Jian. Now that Cai Mao’s family has been exposed, how should he face Sun Jian?

Cao Cao took a few consecutive breaths before suppressing the restlessness in his heart. Then he looked up at the little official who was sprayed with porridge. His face was rare to turn slightly red. After apologizing in embarrassment, he hurried to find Sun Jian.

Outside the study, Cao Cao walked in and saw Sun Jian sitting with a deep face.

"General Sun. I didn't expect Cai Mao to be so unpredictable. This is my fault." As soon as Cao Cao entered the study, he bowed to Sun Jian and apologized.

"What Meng De said? The so-called "knowing people, but not the heart." No one would have thought that Cai Mao would repeat this. It's not Meng De." Sun Jian stood up quickly and helped Cao Cao up and said sincerely.

Sun Jian is a real man and has clear grudges. How could he blame Cao Cao for taking his anger?

After some words, the two sat down together. Sun Jian's expression returned to gloomy and said, "Cai Mao defected to Zhang Xiu, but in fact, it did not lose our strength. But the bad thing is that he called Cai Mao, and he made a bad start. If the other Xiangfan clans followed the example and defected to Zhang Xiu. What about our newly recruited Jingzhou soldiers? Isn't it another battle in Wancheng?"

The solid nature of the country is not as solid as the solid nature of the human heart.

In the battle of Wancheng, if Zhang Xiu hadn't used tricks, they would have been able to defend Wancheng. Now that Zhang Xiu has recruited Cai Mao away, he is really worried.

Cao Cao thought about it for a while before saying, "General Sun, don't worry, it's not Wancheng now. Wancheng has no dangers to defend. We still have the capital to defend Fancheng, Han River, naval troops and warships."

"It is impossible for Zhang Xiu to dig the Han River and pour back into Fancheng."

"We should now give generous pensions to the soldiers. For the soldiers, we give money and food. For the scholars, we promise official positions and land and houses."

"Recruiting those loyal and righteous scholars who are full of Dong Zhuo will be used with great importance. It will definitely stabilize Xiangfan."

After thinking about it, Sun Jian was happy. He was really right. This virtuous brother Meng De was really the gold among the young masters.

When Zhang Xiu destroys people's hearts, they will stabilize people's hearts and win them on them.

"Okay. Let's act according to the plan." Sun Jian nodded heavily, and was about to ask someone to do this matter. At this moment, a minor official ran in and reported the report out of breath: "Report to the lord, General Cao, Cheng Pu, and Han Dang, the two generals, to report, Zhang Xiu has withdrawn his troops and returned to Wancheng."

"What did you say?" Sun Jian opened his eyes incredibly and looked at the little official. Even Cao Cao was a little shocked.

Zhang Xiu led 80,000 horse and infantry troops to Fancheng, which caused them endless trouble. They had to use their strength to defend the opposite and stabilize the hearts of the people.

Now Zhang Xiu did not shoot an arrow and retreat? This...

Then, Sun Jian and Cao Cao confirmed three times, and then they were convinced that Zhang Xiu had really retreated. With Hua Xiong as the front, Zhang Xiu personally cut off the rear, and the army retreated quickly.

After Sun Jian was convinced, he suddenly felt a big rock fall in his heart, and even his body began to float lightly. Sun Jian came to his seat and sat down, smiled bitterly and looked up at Cao Cao and said, "Meng De. Say something despairing. When I heard Zhang Xiu retreat, my pressure suddenly decreased by 80%.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "I'm not afraid of General Sun's jokes, I'm still sweating all over."

Zhang Xiu!!!

Not to mention that Zhang Xiu's 80,000 horse and infantry troops were extremely majestic. There were only 20,000 to 30,000, and they had to bear some pressure.

Now that Zhang Xiu has retreated, he is naturally light and has nothing to do.

The two of them felt extremely complicated and a little uncomfortable. Speaking of which, Zhang Xiu was much younger than both of them.

However, both of them were outstanding people and soon became excited. Sun Jian suddenly stood up and said, "Since Zhang Xiu retreated, I also need to train my troops, gather Jingzhou's troops, and go north to attack Wan and Luo again."

"I also need to go back to the Central Plains, summon troops, collect money and food, and fight to the death with Zhang Xiu." Cao Cao also nodded heavily, his ambition remained undiminished.

Two great men looked at each other and laughed at each other. They were a pair of good brothers who had a very tacit understanding.

Afterwards, things became simple. Sun Jian began to order civil and military officials to start governing Jingzhou and recruit troops as the governor of Jingzhou.
Chapter completed!