A fire broke out in the west of the city in Xiangyang, and the potters immediately commanded their soldiers and horses to rush to the west of the city.

The fire in the west of the city gradually increased, blocking the soldiers of the potters in the area of the west city, which also bought time for the Jingzhou army gathered in the east city to break out of Xiangyang.

After the potter led the reserve army into the city, he ordered the three armies not to pursue, but he simply asked all the soldiers to start looking for water in the vicinity, and tried to extinguish the fire as quickly as possible.

Zhao Yun and Lu Bu came to the potter from the front with black faces.

"I was careless for a while, and I fell for the enemy's tricks, which led to the release of the Jingzhou army and let them escape from Xiangyang! Please also punish the prime minister! Zhao Yun was very guilty and said to Tao Shang.

The potter waved his hand casually and said, "It's okay, this has nothing to do with you, hurry up and put out the fire, after saving the fire and soothing the people, it is the most important thing at the moment." ”

"No!"

Seeing Zhao Yun and the others go to put out the fire, the potter fell into deep thought.

From his point of view, he is reluctant to use fire or water, of course, he has not used it, but water and fire are ruthless, and the losses caused by this are too great.

But the ancients in history didn't think so.

Han Xin,Zhou Yu,Kong Ming,Guan Yu...... Many people who have made great achievements prefer to use fire and water rather than soldiers, and use nature to achieve their own achievements.

Borrowing from nature, nature is twice the result with half the effort, of course, the damage and loss caused are also huge, because the power of nature is uncontrollable, one is not good, it is easy to set fire to the body, but the ancients will not take these into account.

The stories of the history are full of bones and lives hidden behind them.

Of course, in order to defeat the strong with the weak, in order to turn the situation around, these means are completely understandable from the perspective of human nature.

But the potter is still a little unaccustomed to it, maybe this is the bottom line of him and some of the ancients.

Of course, the potter's own slut bottom line, sometimes these ancients really can't accept it.

After a night of hard work, the officers and men of the three armies worked hard and hard to finally extinguish the fire in Xiangyang City.

The potter led the army into the city, and he ordered his generals to care for the people on his behalf, and he himself was stationed in the Xiangyang County Guard's mansion to check the household registration and land records in the city.

But after rummaging through the county guard's mansion, the potter found that these things were long gone.

It looks like it wasn't taken away, but burned.

It's not surprising that things were burned by Pang Tong, since the opponent is the enemy, then it's not a big problem for them to leave some obstacles for themselves.

The main thing is that this kind of thing, if it is not until the last moment, it will not be destroyed, who knows if he can really capture Xiangyang City, why did Pang Tong burn it?

The potter muttered in his heart.

Could it be that the household registration and household registers in the city have long been burned by Pang Tong?

It's kind of weird, why would he do it?

Could it be that he didn't think he could protect Xiangyang City in the first place?

Since he can't defend it, what is he doing here for such a long time?

Unless he's preparing for something.

Just when the potter was puzzled, Cai Mao walked into the hall crying.

"Prime Minister, you have to be the master of the Kuai family!" Cai Mao came to the potter with a cry and fell to one knee.

The potter stepped forward and helped Cai Mao up.

Cai Mao and the potter met for the first time today, but the two had already communicated on letterhead before, and to a certain extent, the two were also a bit of a friendship.

"You are General Cai, what's wrong? Get up! ”

Cai Mao cried and said: "The last general just got the letter, Kuai Yidu's family was secretly captured alive by Pang Tong for the crime of rebellion, and escorted to Jiangling City...... I implore Tao Xiang to call the shots and avenge Kuai Xenodu! ”

Tao Shang sighed and said: "The Kuai family is a big family in Jingzhou, and now a trick is not careful, because of helping me and suffering this catastrophe, Tao is deeply ashamed, Cai Gong rest assured, Tao will definitely take Jingzhou, capture Liu Bei and others alive, punish the crime, and give Kuai Gong a justice." ”

Cai Mao wiped her tears and expressed her gratitude to the potter.

The two talked for a while, and the potter tried his best to comfort Cai Mao, and finally calmed his mood.

"Winning Xiangyang is equivalent to getting the northern soil of Jingzhou, and getting the northern soil of Jingxiang, that is equivalent to taking Nanyang County, this battle Cai Gong is indispensable, and the things promised to you by Tao in the previous letter will naturally be fulfilled one by one."

When Cai Mao heard this, she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He knelt down on one knee at the potter, and arched his hand: "Thanks to the prime minister's kindness, Cai Mao will definitely serve the court and the prime minister in the future." ”

"It's good that the general can have this heart."

After the pottery merchant comforted him, he changed the topic: "Today, if you talk about the navy, one is my Yangzhou navy, and the other is the Jingzhou navy that was once the governor of the general. ”

Cai Mao said: "Since Jingzhou built its capital in Jiangling, a large number of sailors and warships have been moved to Nanjun and Jiangxia County for the purpose of patrolling the river, but because of the Han River barrier in the north of Jingzhou, there are naturally some left, although there are not as many as Nanjun, but it can also form an army of its own." ”

The potter nodded and said, "Then if I ask the general to go out and collect these warships and sailors, maybe go east along the river and support Jiangxia?" ”

Cai Mao arched his hand and said, "How dare Cai not die!" The prime minister can rest assured, there is me Cai Mao in the land of Jingbei, and it will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the prime minister can rest assured that he will gather troops and horses to go south and attack Jiangling City. ”

The potter nodded and said: "Pang Tong has destroyed Xiangyang's table book and household registration, and I want to take over the political affairs of Xiangyang, but I am afraid that I will not be able to get out for a while, and this Jiangling City, I am afraid that it will have to be slowed down." ”

Hearing this, Cai Mao hesitated, and said, "Prime Minister, the last general thinks that you should not slow down the pace of conquering Jiangling because of these things at the moment, and the reaction is that it is the best policy to gather troops and horses to move south quickly." ”

The potter raised his eyebrows: "Why?" ”

Cai Mao snorted lightly and explained to the pottery merchant: "Prime Minister, don't hide it, the north of Jingzhou is very close to the Central Plains, and it is the middle of the world, so it is extremely difficult to defend it, but after the Han River and Nanyang, if you go to Jingnan, you need to storm Jiangling City...... In Cai Mou's view, this Jiangling City is the strongest city in Jingzhou, and it is also the only city that can be called the northern barrier. ”

"Isn't it hard to fight?" The potter is very strange, logically speaking, although Jingzhou is rich, it is located in the middle of the world, and there are few mountains, shouldn't it belong to the difficult place to defend?

"It's not easy to fight." Cai Mao said to the potter with certainty.

"Why?"

Cai Mao let out a long sigh and said, "The land of Jiangling is surrounded by water on three sides. If the northern army wants to fight, it can only attack with one side, but cannot besiege the city. ”

The potter frowned.

"In addition, the city wall itself is also extremely strong, its city wall is about three zhang high, more than two zhang thick, the circumference is twenty miles, almost including the whole city, the city is built is also strong and abnormal, the city wall of Gangneung is long from east to west, short from north to south, high and low according to the topography, along the lake and pond and roundabout, high and far away, the water is like a practice, the city is like a swimming dragon......"

Hearing Cai Mao say so much, the potter's heart finally dawned.

No wonder Pang Tong wanted to withdraw, it turned out that he was playing this calculation in his heart.

He must be buying time for the construction of Gangneung!