And this is just the initial test launch, which is an appetizer. www.biquge.info After the test firing was over and the shooting coordinates were determined, the real battle was announced.

On the battlefield west of Xiangyang City, the Northern Xinjiang Army deployed 1,000 heavy, medium, and light catapults, 5,000 crossbow vehicles, and 30,000 strong bows.

In the deafening sound of war drums, in the shouts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people, dense arrows and stones rushed into the sky, and for a time the battlefield was like a tsunami, earth-shattering and magnificent.

The Northern Xinjiang Army continued to bombard, and the arrows and rocks were like a raging storm and extremely violent.

The war drums beat wildly, and the low and fierce drums resounded through the ten-mile battlefield, shaking the boundless sky.

The battle flags danced wildly, and the colorful flags set off layers of terrifying waves, and the waves were magnificent.

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Seeing the overwhelming attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Cai Mao was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Li Yi to be so ruthless, and he would kill him as soon as he started attacking the city.

The only thing that made Cai Mao feel a little relieved was that the Northern Xinjiang Army only attacked the city with long-range siege equipment such as catapults and crossbow vehicles, and did not send troops to assault, otherwise the life of the defenders in the city would be more difficult.

Zhang Yun's face suddenly turned green, and his heart said that I had already said that I would descend directly, but now it's okay, there is no chance, and he hurriedly said: "General, let's descend, if we continue to fight, we will die." ”

Cai Mao is now difficult to ride a tiger.

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The Northern Xinjiang Army Battalion.

After the completion of the offensive on the first day, Li Yi returned to the Great Tent.

Jia Xu said: "Lord, I think today's attack should make Cai Mao have no ideas, now we can send one to Xiangyang, I think we can persuade Cai Mao to surrender." ”

Li Yi nodded slightly, he watched Cai Mao in front of the battle and did not look like a dead battle, and Cai Mao, who contacted later generations, also took the initiative to surrender. Then he said: "In this case, can Mr. Wenhe enter Xiangyang?" ”

"I should do my best to persuade Cai Mao to surrender." Jia Xu said with confidence.

Li Yi was overjoyed, and said in his heart that Jia Xu knew the calculation of human nature best, and it would be better to have him go.

Jia Xu said again: "Persuasion must be treated favorably, I don't know ...... lord"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are talented in the navy, you can go and tell him, my father can let him command the Yangtze River navy." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "The lord knows how to make good use of people. ”

Subsequently, Jia Xu set off overnight and went to Xiangyang City.

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Xiangyang City, Taishou Mansion.

Cai Mao was anxious, just because the Northern Xinjiang Army had a brilliant record of storming Xu Luoyang, and the combat strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army at this time was still above the beginning. With the solidity of Luoyang, it was not able to stop the Northern Frontier Army, let alone Xiangyang.

When Cai Mao was feeling uneasy, a voice sounded: "Report." ”

Cai Mao saw a personal guard coming anxiously, and was shocked, could it be that the Northern Frontier Army stole the city at night? So he asked a little nervously, "What's the matter?" ”

The guards bowed and said: "General, there is a person from outside the city, who calls himself Jia Xu, saying that he is an old friend of the general and wants to enter the city." ”

"Jia Xu......" Cai Mao's heart moved, on the one hand, he ordered Jia Xu to enter the city to meet, and on the other hand, he summoned Zhang Yun and others to discuss.

After a while, Zhang Yun, Fu Xun, Wang Cang and others came. Li Yi's army had not arrived before, but today, the Northern Xinjiang Army is strong and strong, and the long-range attack power is super strong.

Dong Cao Peng Fu Xun said: "The Tang soldiers are coming to the city, and the military is so strong that it is really resisting. Now the lord is in Jiangling, Liu Bei has entered Shu, and Xiangyang is in danger. I have a plan to make the people of Xiangyang as safe as Mount Tai, and to protect our famous people. ”

Cai Mao didn't expect Fu Xun to have a plan, so he hurriedly asked, "Will the plan come out?" ”

Fu Xun looked at his colleagues left and right, and said, "It's better to dedicate Xiangyang to Tang Gong, and Tang Gong will treat us seriously." ”

Cai Mao never expected it to be this charter, and said in her heart that if you surrender, you will surrender, and what kind of strategy did you say about the people and the lord, it is really a civil official, and there are flowers everywhere. He immediately said, "What is this called! This general is entrusted by the lord to sit in Xiangyang, how can he give it to others! ”

Wang Cang saw that someone came forward, and hurriedly said: "What Fu Gongyi said is very true, since ancient times, there has been a general trend of rebellion, and there is a fixed trend of strength and weakness. Today, the Duke of Tang conquered the south and the north, in the name of the imperial court, the general refused, and his name was not good. And the lord is weak, Liu Xuande also ran away, and there is Jiangdong Sun in the south. The people in Xiangyang City were all happy when they heard that the Tang Dynasty soldiers were coming. How can you be an enemy of it? ”

Cai Mao pondered, and said in her heart that Jia Xu outside must have come to persuade him to surrender, and before the people arrived, you began to surrender. He lowered his face and said: "The good words of the princes are not obeyed by the general, but with the business of the lord, once they are thrown into others, I am afraid that they will be laughed at in the ears of the world." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person walked in under the guidance of Jingzhou soldiers. When he came in, he faintly heard everyone's conversation, and said at this moment: "Fu Gongyi and Wang Zhongxuan's words are very good, why don't you follow them?" ”

Cai Mao looked over and saw that it was Jia Xu. However, other people didn't know each other, and after the introduction, everyone was shocked. This person is one of the seven military divisions under Tang Gong Li Yi, a high and powerful position, and he is here today, isn't he here to persuade him to surrender?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but smile again.

Cai Mao snorted coldly, sat back in his seat, and said, "Jia Wenhe, what do you have to say to General Ben?" ”

Jia Xu observed his words, and already had a plan in his heart, and said with a slight smile: "How does the general expect to compare with my lord?" ”

When Zhang Yun and others heard this, they said in their hearts that this is still worth comparing, who in the world can compare with Li Yi, the Duke of Tang, who is sitting in the land of ten states.

"Of course I'm not as good as Tang Gong." Cai Mao said embarrassedly.

Jia Xu's question just now was to test Cai Mao's heart, if Cai Mao belittled Li Yi, it would have no intention of surrendering, and it was time to plan to go back safely. At this moment, I was overjoyed when I heard this, but he said very solemnly on his face: "My lord owns the land of ten states, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, has a population of 40 million, has a million armor, and has thousands of generals, breaking Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other alien races in the grassland, destroying Yuan Shao in Hebei, and driving Cao Cao in the Central Plains. Chase the Sun family in Jiangnan. The crusade against the rebels is invincible. Today, the army is going south to Jingxiang, aiming to dominate the world, and it is really the master of the world. ”

Jia Xu was telling the truth, and everyone couldn't help but nod.

And he said, "My lord is kind, and all men in the world look forward to it." Unwilling to surrender the army, resulting in the misery of life, he is willing to make friends with General Cai and jointly punish the rebellious Kuang Fu Sheji. The general must not hesitate to regret it. ”

"This ......," Cai Mao hesitated.

Seeing Cai Mao's performance, Zhang Yun and others opened their mouths one after another, persuading Cai Mao to return to the generous and benevolent Tang Gong, and Tang Gong will inevitably be reused.

Cai Mao was still hesitant.

Jia Xu observed his words and looked at his words, and whispered in front of him: "The Lord promises that if the general surrenders, the future Yangtze River Naval Army, the general will be the governor of the capital." ”

Cai Mao's heart moved, but she was still muttering, saying in her heart that she had persuaded her to surrender since ancient times, and she said the same thing as singing, but in the end, this surrender will always have no good future, after all, she can't become a henchman.

What is Jia Xu doing, the first person in the Three Kingdoms can see through people's hearts, after observing the words and feelings, he took a fierce medicine and said to Cai Mao: "I heard that General Cai has a niece named Huang Yueying, who is twenty-eight years old and has not yet married. If General Cai is in the middle, then the general is an in-law. If one day, Tang Gong ascends to the throne, and the general's family will be extremely prominent. ”

Cai Mao's eyes lit up. His eldest sister married Huang Chengyan of the Huang family, a wealthy family in Jingxiang, and Huang Yueying was his niece. If he can marry Tang Gong, then he is indeed Li Yi's in-law as Jia Xu said. Everyone in the world knows how good Li Yi is to his ladies, and if he borrows the light himself, he will definitely mix well.

And Tang Gong Li Yi controls two-thirds of the world, saying that when he becomes the emperor, tomorrow will be. And Liu Biao's position as a general is simply an ethereal legend.

In reality and legend, Cai Mao of course chose reality.

So, after solving her worries, Cai Mao made up her mind and said: "What Mr. Wenhe said is very true, so I will write a letter of surrender and throw myself into the army." ”

Zhang Yun, Fu Xun, Wang Cang and others celebrated each other, and defected to Tang Gong, who was in charge of two-thirds of the world and was wise and generous, which was much stronger than Liu Biao, who followed the land of a state and was mediocre and incompetent.

And Jia Xu successfully completed the task, so he naturally happily went out of the city and returned to the camp to report the good news.

Li Yi was a little speechless when he learned that Jia Xu persuaded Cai Mao to surrender. I came to the Eastern Han Dynasty and robbed how many people's daughters-in-law? It was just before, it was the daughter-in-law of Liu Bei and Cao Cao who robbed it, but this time it was Xiao Zhuge 's daughter-in-law.

Of course, Li Yi is not a cowardly person, and he does not intend to refuse this marriage. After all, Zhuge Liang's fate trajectory in this life was completely changed by himself, and he didn't know Huang Yueying at all.

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On March 15 of the ninth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li Yi set up camp and set up a village, and 300,000 troops came to Xiangyang City.

On Xiangyang City, Liu Biao's banner has been pulled out, and it has been replaced by a big flag with Tang characters fluttering.

Outside the city, Cai Mao led more than 100 civil and military officials in Xiangyang to go out of the city to surrender.

"Duke Tang, the criminal minister was deceived by others, and against the army of Duke Tang, the crime is unforgivable." Cai Mao bowed in front and presented the household registration seal. When I said this, I couldn't help but tremble in my heart, and the secret way would not really punish the crime.

He personally helped Cai Mao and said with a smile: "There is a way that the prodigal son does not change his money, General Cai understands the righteousness, and raises the banner of righteousness to attach, what is the crime?" ”

Cai Mao was overjoyed, so she led Li Yi into the city.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was mighty, with sharp swords and guns, and neat steps, and followed Li Yi into the city. And the people in the city cheered and spontaneously organized to greet Li Yi. This made Li Yi feel that the people's support was available, and the recovery of Jingzhou would definitely be much smoother.

Soon, he was in the castle guard.

In the conference hall, Li Yi sat on the top of the throne, and appointed Cai Mao as the governor of the Yangtze River Naval Army, Zhang Yun as the deputy governor, and the rest of the Xiangyang officials, each in his place, to do things in peace.

The officials of various departments in Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that this sincerity is not bad, and being an official under Tang Gong in the future will be much more promising than following Liu Biao.

As a result, all the ministries in Xiangyang set an example to settle the people, each with its own duties, and the county made a stable transition.

And Li Yi spread the word to the counties. When the northern counties of Jingzhou learned that the Xiangyang soldiers were bloodless and that 100,000 Jingzhou soldiers surrendered under the leadership of Cai Mao, they felt that Liu Biao's general trend had gone, and they all surrendered.

As a result, in the northern part of Jingzhou, only Jiangling and Jiangxia County are still in Liu Biao's hands.