Chapter 1114 Undercurrent

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Xiangyang city is in chaos, at least it is undercurrent.

I don't know how many people are secretly active.

Cai Mao has been discussing matters with his confidantes, and he has to call his confidants to come every day. If he doesn't discuss matters for a day, he can't rest assured.

Cai Mao didn't even go to inspect the barracks.

In the past few days, at night, his subordinates and generals had a lot of activities, and many aristocratic families entertained them.

These aristocratic families are asking for information from them, and at the same time, someone is secretly wooing them.

There are 160,000 troops in Xiangyang City.

Three of the school lieutenants belonged to Zhang Yu, and these three school lieutenants did not move around, but stayed in the barracks all the time to win over their subordinates.

At this time, it is very simple to win over the subordinates, don't deduct food and pay, just give them more benefits.

For three days in a row, Cai Mao was upset and didn't sleep much at night.

He tried to sleep but couldn't.

On this day, Cai Mao called everyone over again.

"Cao Cao has agreed to send troops, and they will arrive in two days. What do you think?"

Cai Mao asked, and several people came out and suggested some plans for him.

Cai Hao made a good arrangement, half of the city wall was guarded by Cao Jun, and the other half was taken by them, but the streets and city gates had to be guarded by their people.

After some arrangement, Cai Mao felt that it was very appropriate.

The matter was properly arranged, and Cai Mao asked again: "Is there anything else you want to add?"

Xu Chen came out and said, "My lord, the enemy's siege of the city will inevitably lead to instability of the army and people in the city. I implore the lord to arrange half a day every day to inspect the barracks and the streets, so as to reassure people's hearts, and to prevent the younger generation from having different intentions."

"Dashan, this king will arrange it."

Xu Chen retreated, Cai Mao saw that the crowd had nothing to add, so he asked them to go back, but he was exhausted, so he went back to rest by himself.

Xu Chen proposed to inspect the barracks,

Cai Mao thought it was necessary to patrol the streets, but he didn't think it was urgent.

Cai Mao returned to the backyard.

Two days later, Cao Cao's army arrived ahead of schedule.

Cao Ren came to support with an army of 100,000.

Cao Cao attaches great importance to this. The 100,000 troops are all elite soldiers.

After Cao Cao's army arrived, Zhang Yu immediately ordered to advance a hundred miles.

It went directly to a hundred miles outside Xiangyang City.

However, Zhang Yu still did not attack.

The generals were a little anxious, they wanted to fight.

Although Zhang Yu did not attack Xiangyang, he continued to move.

After he shipped back the money collected from Jingzhou, the cabinet began to get busy.

At the beginning, 200,000 soldiers and horses will be recruited immediately.

The 200,000 were recruited from the states, and after the order arrived, all the counties completed the recruitment within two days.

A county recruits some, and the task is quickly completed.

This time, the training is directly handed over to the counties, where they will complete two months of recruit training. After the recruit training is completed, they will gather and train again for a month.

Finally, it is directly assigned to each army for training.

The perfect system allowed Zhang Yu to train an army in a short period of time.

Don't gossip.

Zhang Yu marched a hundred miles away, and then he summoned Guo Jia alone.

"Feng Xiao, how is the plan going? It's up to you whether you can break through the city quickly." Zhang Yu called Guo Jia into the big tent and asked.

Guo Jia was in a good mood, sat down, and said to Zhang Yu: "My lord, the progress is going well. Now people in the city are panicked and people are available. Now that the Cao army has entered, our second phase of the plan can begin."

"What about Xu Chen?" Zhang Yu asked again.

"This person is very smart, a talented counselor, and at the same time very calm, without showing any flaws. In a few days, we will push him out and become Cai Mao's more trusted person, even the most trusted person." Guo Jia said.

"It has been arranged for several years, and this is the only time." Zhang Yu said with emotion.

At the beginning, he set up an intelligence agency by himself and planted a large number of nails in Jingzhou. He didn't expect to use it so soon.

A large number of nails were buried, and after several years of germination, someone finally reached a very high height and could play a decisive role.

When Cao Ren entered Xiangyang City, Cai Mao personally met him at the gate of the city.

After some politeness, Cao Ren arranged for the army. The city had already arranged a barracks for them, and there was no problem with the supply of food and grass.

This Cao Ren is a general on Cao Cao's side, even Cao Cao's most trusted general.

After entering the city, Zhang Yu still did not attack.

For three days in a row, Zhang Yu did not move at all.

Cai Mao held a meeting again, the difference is that this time Cao Ren also participated.

Cai Mao was polite first, and then introduced each other.

After that, let a few staff members briefly talk about the situation inside and outside the city.

Finally Cai Mao said: "According to the news, Zhang Yu is still increasing his troops. I am afraid that he will attack after gathering a large army. This city of Xiangyang is strong. Zhang Yu's 200,000 or 300,000 people dare not attack. I am afraid that he will attack after gathering a million troops. .”

Cao Ren laughed in his heart, how could he, Cai Mao, let Zhang Yu's army of one million come to attack him.

But he didn't say anything, but came out and said: "Zhang Yu concluded that my lord would interfere, so in the north, on the Yellow River, he began to deploy a large number of soldiers and horses. I'm afraid there are other plans."

Cai Mao nodded, and couldn't help but relax a lot.

Zhang Yu was not in a hurry to attack, which also allowed him to wait for Cao Jun's reinforcements, and at the same time asked him to make more arrangements.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Yu is still hundreds of miles away. These days, Cai Mao has been sending people outside the city to dig stones, chop wood, make bows and arrows, and strengthen the city defenses.

He has been preparing. If Zhang Yu delays for a while, he will be more fully prepared by then.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Cao Ren had been in the city for ten days.

In the past ten days, apart from defending the city wall, he went to the palace to discuss matters with Cai Mao and others, without doing anything.

The city was quite peaceful, and Cai Mao was getting more and more busy. He didn't do what Xu Chen suggested, including inspecting the barracks and the streets.

All kinds of news are constantly reported to Cai Mao, and Cai Mao reads them one by one in detail.

Zhang Yu never took any action, which made Cai Mao temporarily heave a sigh of relief.

Although Zhang Yu did not attack, he continued to increase his troops. At this time, Zhang Yu had gathered an army of 400,000, and other troops were being mobilized.

At the same time, in Yanzhou, Jizhou and other places, Zhang Yu was also gathering an army, and then pressed on Cao Cao.

Cao Cao mobilized troops to guard against Zhang Yu around Luoyang.

A bigger war seems to be brewing.

Recently, Cao Cao's life has not been very good. Zhang Yu and the others have blocked the salt. They cannot use salt to raise military expenses, and their finances are very tight.

In Xiangyang City, Xu Cheng was busy for several days, and finally he was able to go to a teahouse to drink tea. The owner of the teahouse already recognized him and came forward to serve him personally.

When paying the bill, Xu Chen also bought some tea to go back.

After returning, Xu Chen took the tea directly into the study.

Take out a piece of paper from the inside of the tea, it is not so easy to find the paper in the crack of the package.

Spreading out the information, Xu Chen checked it carefully.

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