"Hmm? You said Cai Mao ordered Wenbing and Su Fei to attack Zhang Yong on the bank of the river and halfway, but Zhang Yong saw through and was defeated and returned?"

Cao Cao's expression became a little surprised and asked the scout.

"Yes, and after the enemy won, they did not pursue it. Instead, they took the initiative to let the two generals leave with the defeated soldiers."

Cao Cao's face darkened, but he didn't say anything. He waved his hand and signaled the scout to go out.

"Lord..." Cheng Yu walked up and said, "Cai Mao's plan is really inferior. He deliberately left a ship at the ferry to provide Zhang Yong with the intention to cross the river. The intention was clear at a glance. How could he hide it from Zhang Yong? As for Wen Pin and Su Fei, they were also incompetent people. Zhang Yong was scared by a few words, which cut off his morale. He was ridiculed by several so-called prisoners of our army who did not know the truth and falsehood, which caused a great chaos in the morale. In this way, how could it be invincible?"

"It's just why Zhang Yong just rushed for a while and then stopped the attack and let them go. It's really strange."

Cao Ren's words surprised everyone present.

Cao Cao's eyes kept changing, but quickly recovered: "Hey, this is just Zhang Yong's re-use of the same trick, trying to disrupt the morale of Cai Mao's army."

"So that's it, lord, understands it." Everyone believed it.

Outside Shangcai City, in Cai Mao’s military camp.

"Waste, it's simply waste!"

Cai Mao's roar came from the commander's tent.

In front of him, Wen Pin and Su Fei knelt on the ground, with a look of shame on their faces and didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Ten thousand soldiers and horses are waiting for their hard work, ambushing the opponent's tired army, and they are defeated so simply and thoroughly. How can you still have the face to come back? Why not jump directly into Rushui, so as not to lose all the face of my Jingzhou soldiers."

Cai Mao became more and more angry as he spoke. He went up and kicked the two of them to the ground.

"General, this is really because Zhang Yong is too cunning, so is the last general..."

Su Fei was about to defend himself, but Cai Mao smashed a bamboo slip directly over: "You dare to talk nonsense. Incompetent means incompetence. Go back and get 60 military sticks and see me again."

When the two heard this, they were not afraid, but looked relaxed. Although they were hard to bear with the 60-strong military stick, they were better than being scolded here. Since they returned to the camp, Cai Mao had been scolding them for half an hour. They did not dare to refute them, and could only kneel on the ground. The feeling was really uncomfortable.

Cai Mao looked angry and drew out his sword: "Zhang Yong... Zhang Yong! If you have the ability, come on. My 150,000 army is ready to fight you. Huang Zhong, that old guy, is ranked among the five tigers, and even Wei Yan has been promoted and reused repeatedly. But it was me, since he entered the lord's command, he has not made great contributions. This time, he will definitely attack you to correct me, Cai Mao's reputation."

"Come..." He shouted at the outside of the account, and one person ran in.

"What are the general's instructions?"

"I will order the entire army to be on guard and not relax at all, otherwise they will be forced to be punished."

"Kill..."

"Swoosh swish swish..."

Cai Mao once again launched a fierce offensive against Shangcai Cheng.

"Zhang Yong, I don't believe you can't help but come back. As long as you dare to come back, hum, you must eat my gift..."

He was full of confidence and a ferocious face, and he was only thinking about taking revenge.

Above the city tower, the garrison responsible for guarding Shangcai City was so anxious that he was spinning back and forth.

"I won't come back yet... I won't come back yet... I will calculate the day, General Zhang should be back..."

A general also hurriedly said, "The city gate and wall of this city are too dilapidated. We are about to be unable to hold on. General Zhang is back now, and we will attack inside and outside, and we will definitely win in one battle, but why hasn't he come back yet? If this continues, the city will be broken."

The guard general became more and more anxious as he spoke, and shouted directly: "Send someone out to inquire immediately, and you must find General Zhang no matter what..."

"General, be careful..." The general said halfway, and his body was suddenly pushed away by a general beside him.

Just as he was about to get angry, a sharp arrow flew past his eyes and penetrated into a pillar behind him.

"Oh no, the enemy is attacking!"

The guard immediately exclaimed when he saw the arrow.

Sure enough, a group of Cao army soldiers finally climbed up the city tower along the ladder.

"Brothers, kill me with me..."

The guard waved his weapons and rushed into the Cao army soldiers.

"General..." Many generals in Zhang Yong's military camp on the banks of Rushui River looked nervous and even a little impatient.

"I'm afraid Shangcai City won't last long, why haven't you sent troops?"

The scout who had just arrived at Caicheng came here, reported the battle situation today, and asked Zhang Yong to send troops to rescue him quickly, but Zhang Yong refused, which made Chen Lie and others confused.

Zhang Yong did not look up at them, but just looked at the military books on his own.

"No hurry, wait a little longer."

"What else do you have to wait? If you wait any longer, we will become more and more passive as soon as Shangcai City is broken."

Zhang Yong still said the same thing: "Wait a little longer, no one is allowed to act rashly without my general order."

"General, this..."

"Okay, go out and act according to military orders, don't ask more."

Zhang Yong said this, and even if Chen Lie and other generals had no choice but to sigh and leave the general's tent.

At night, Cao's army withdrew from the offensive and retreated to the barracks.

Cai Mao's face was flushed at this moment, and he seemed proud: "Okay, in today's battle, our army almost attacked the city. Although it was killed and retreated by the enemy, victory was still in sight."

Wen Pin held his waist and said, "Why didn't Zhang Yong appear yet? I'm afraid there is a fraud in it. The general should follow it with caution."

Cai Mao's face turned cold when he heard this: "I have my own arrangements, and you don't need to say much."

After a kindness, Wen Pin felt bored and directly walked out of the handsome tent on the grounds that he was too serious after being punished by the stick and needed to recuperate.

Cai Mao glanced at him, snorted lightly, and did not say anything to keep him.

"Zhang Yongding is afraid of your reputation and the power of our army, so he dare not come for a while."

"Not bad, that Zhang Yong is just a false reputation. He broke through our ambush yesterday, probably by chance. Otherwise, why would he not dare to show up when he saw the city being captured?"

Several generals said a bunch of flattering words, which made Cai Mao's face quickly become proud.

At this time, a soldier walked in: "General, outside the military camp, there are several people coming to see you, General."

Cai Mao said curiously: "Oh? It's amazing that someone wants to see me. I'm marching and fighting. Who will come to see me?"

The soldier said, "The other party has old and young people, but one of the old men claimed that his surname was Pang, his name was De, and his name was Boliang."

"Hao Gong Pang Degong is here?" Cai Mao suddenly stood up with a look of joy.

"Duke Pang De is a top-notch celebrity in Jingzhou. Why did he appear here late at night?" A general was a little puzzled.

Cai Mao couldn't hide his excitement: "It must be that Mr. Pang De was considering it clearly and was ready to obey my good words and submit to his lord. Haha, it's worth my visits to you many times to seek talent for him."

After he said this, all the generals understood: "It turns out that the general wanted his Pang family to surrender to his lord. It's true that the many famous and wealthy families in Jingxiang have been listened to under the lord's account, but there are only a few left. They are still alone and refuse to become officials. This Pang family is one of them."

"Now that Mr. Pang De personally came to the military camp, it shows his sincerity. The Pang family is a top wealthy family in Jingzhou. It is not inferior to your Cai family. It is a great achievement to convince this person to surrender. The last general will congratulate the general first."

"Hahaha, it's easy to talk about." Cai Mao seemed very happy.

He cleansed up his armor and dress and said seriously: "Let's go and go out to greet me with me."
Chapter completed!