"General, the Yellow Turban Army is cunning and must be guarded against. Five thousand Yellow Turban rebels came yesterday, with a strength of nearly 40,000. They should not be underestimated." Cai Li said slowly.
Cai Mao nodded slightly. Cai Li was a member of the Cai family in Jingzhou and was very talented. After joining the army, he made many suggestions for Cai Mao and gradually became Cai Mao's right-hand man. This time when he entered Yuzhou, Cai Mao brought him with him.
"Keep talking!" Cai Hao said calmly, ignoring the disdainful expressions of the generals below him.
"In view of my humble duty, I should close the city gate tightly and hang up the no-war sign." Cai Li said slowly.
After the generals in the tent heard this, they could no longer suppress their anger, and some even stood up and cursed.
Cai Li turned his gaze to Cai Mao without saying a word.
"Don't be impatient. General Cai just expressed his opinion and needs to discuss it with the generals." It is hard to get angry, so Cai Mao looked at Cai Li apologetically.
"General, the Yellow Turbans are cursing the formation outside the city. If they can't stand firm, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be unstable. I'm willing to lead three thousand Jingzhou troops to fight." Kuai Fei said, cupping his fists.
Regarding the disrespectful meaning in Kuai Fei's words, Cai Mao did not go into details and said happily: "It is a blessing for the Jingzhou Army that General Kuai has such ambitions. However, we don't have many troops at this time. If we lose, it will easily cause the morale of the army to be unstable."
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"I am willing to issue a military order. If I cannot win, I am willing to be punished!" Kuai Fei said.
"Okay!" Cai Mao said.
Kuai Fei is directly related to the Kuai family. After the Jia Rong incident, although he was publicly punished by Kuai Liang, he was gradually promoted afterwards and his position was higher than before. This time Liu Biao sent Cai Mao to lead the army, and Kuai Fei also
He was recommended by the Kuai family and went with the army. The Kuai family also wanted to ease the relationship with the Cai family. After all, they were the two major aristocratic families in Jingzhou. If Gu Naxi was not good, it would easily make Jingzhou unstable.
Kuai Fei's appearance in the battle made Cai Li's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly open. Whether the Kuai family wanted to gain prestige in the army or sincerely assist Cai Hao in attacking the Yellow Turbans, he naturally had more considerations than Cai Hao.
After Kuai Fei led 3,000 Jingzhou troops out of the city, he saw the Yellow Turban troops waiting in full formation and sneered: "The Yellow Turban rebels, today I will let you see the power of the Jingzhou army."
"Come, do you dare to answer me?" Kuai Fei looked arrogant and shouted as he walked out of the battle formation on horseback.
Zhang Han showed no fear and shouted sternly: "The Jingzhou Army is nothing more than this, I am the Yellow Turban General Zhang Han!"
Kuai Fei laughed and said: "What yellow turban general is just a betrayer of the Lord? Today I will kill you, a traitor, for Liu Bei."
"You don't fight with your mouth!" Zhang Han's face was gloomy, and he looked at Kuai Fei as if he were looking at a dead man. He waved the spear in his hand, and the infantry moved forward in neat steps.
Kuai Fei said loudly: "Attack, let these Yellow Turban Army see what elites are."
The infantry of the two parties were fighting together, and it was difficult to distinguish them. If you look closely, you can find that the Jingzhou army was gradually suppressed by the Yellow Turban soldiers. These Yellow Turban soldiers have been battle-hardened for a long time, and Jingzhou has been in peace for a long time. Most of the so-called elites are on the training ground.
How can a strong man compare with the Yellow Turban Army who looks like wolves and tigers?
Moreover, the equipment of the Yellow Turban Army in front of them is not inferior to that of the Jingzhou Army.
The Yellow Turban Army's fearless fear of death made the Jingzhou Army fearful. Compared with the thieves and robbers they had seen before, these Yellow Turbans were demons. They had never seen a soldier who was shot five or six times and still fought tenaciously.
The wounds on his body seemed to have no effect on his movements.
The Jingzhou Army was indeed an elite force. It stabilized its position at the critical moment and withstood the Yellow Turban Army's offensive. The two sides entered a stalemate. On the battlefield, one side was fearless and marched forward bravely, while the other side defended well.
Zhang Han sneered when he saw this, raised his spear high, and shouted: "Kill!"
Two hundred Yellow Turban cavalry, led by Zhang Han, charged into the Jingzhou Army. The powerful momentum of the cavalry caused the Jingzhou Army to be defeated. The Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to charge and kill for a while.
Kuai Fei led his soldiers to risk their lives and rushed back to the main formation. When they left, there were only 3,000 people, and only about 1,500 were left. In just two hours, nearly half of the troops and horses were lost. How can they still be as arrogant as when they left the city?
He looked like a defeated rooster, with his proud head lowered, after returning.
Zhang Han ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield and obtained many weapons and armors. He was very happy. He took the battle flag of the Jingzhou Army and walked around in front of the city in a majestic manner before rushing back to the camp.
In the Jingzhou army, Cai Mao looked downcast and snorted: "Quai Fei, do you know your guilt?"
"The army has suffered a lot of losses due to a humble position, so I am willing to accept the punishment!" Thinking of the military order he issued when he sent out the army, Kuai Fei felt extremely bitter in his mouth. The hatred between him and the Cai family was not just a day or two, but now it has fallen.
In Cai Mao's hands, there will definitely be no good fruit.
"Come here, take Kuai Fei out and behead him in public!"
Kuai Fei was shocked and wanted to beg for mercy, but thinking of the military order he had issued, he swallowed the words again.
"General, no, General Kuai went out to fight in the city. He was extremely brave. He just didn't expect that there would be such elite infantry and cavalry in the Yellow Turban Army. He was accidentally defeated and suffered a heavy defeat. But fortunately, he had a well-established advance and retreat, so that the Yellow Turban Army did not take advantage of it.
What's the benefit? Killing the general in front of the formation, lest it be detrimental to the army, the general should think twice." But it was Cai Li who advised him.
In the army, if you issue a military order and fail to complete the task, you will be beheaded and no one will cry out for you.
Cai Mao looked at Cai Li carefully, pondered for a long time and said, "What do you generals think?"
"General, please think again!" Seeing that Cai Mao had no intention of killing Kuai Fei, the general in the tent also advised him.
"Since the generals said so, let's spare Kuai Fei for the time being. This crime will be recorded and we will see how he behaves in the future." Cai Mao said.
After walking around the Hall of the King of Hell, Kuai Fei experienced the feeling of being reborn. He clasped his fists and bowed, "Thank you so much for not killing me, general. I will try my best to kill the enemy on the battlefield in the future to repay the kindness of the general.
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After the generals dispersed, Cai Mao looked at Cai Li in confusion. According to his thoughts, he just killed Kuai Fei directly.
"General, it would be unfavorable to kill the general before the battle, and the Kuai family has been growing in power in Jingzhou recently, and it seems to be suppressing the Cai family. The Kuai family can send Kuai Fei here, presumably to ease the relationship between the two families. General let him go.
Kuai Fei, the Kuai family must be grateful." Cai Li analyzed: "The general is in Yuzhou, so he has to guard against the Kuai family!"
Cai Hao nodded slowly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. Send a message back to Jingzhou secretly and be careful to guard against the Kuai family."
"Yes!" Cai Li responded.
"This Yellow Turban Army is brave and good at fighting. I am afraid that it is the elite in Guo Da's hands. I did not expect that the Yellow Turban Army is so elite. I am afraid that our army will not be able to hold on to Shangcai."
Cai Lidao: "Master, please go up to the elite Yellow Turban garrison outside Cai City. Our soldiers have been exhausted from successive battles. We might as well leave early to plan for the future."
"The army went on an expedition and spent countless money and food. How can we just retreat without success?" Cai Mao looked unwilling. Although the Cai family has been suppressed in Jingzhou in recent years, as a military general, he also wanted to improve the Cai family's power through military exploits.
Jingzhou's status breaks the current situation.
"Why retreat without success? The head of the family led the army to fight hard and occupied the four counties, which is no small feat. Liu Bei and Cao Ren were facing each other in Qiao County and had no time to take care of Runan. And Guo Da had a hundred thousand Yellow Turban troops in his hands.
I'm afraid it won't be right if I stay here for a long time."
Cai Mao sighed and said, "From your perspective, how can you explain this matter to Mr. Liu?"
"Don't worry, Master. After Kuai Fei suffered a heavy setback, he will definitely exaggerate the strength of the Yellow Turban Army in the battle report. With Lord Liu's character, the general will definitely withdraw his troops within a few days."
The battle between the Yellow Turbans and the Jingzhou Army also established Zhang Han's position in the Yellow Turban Army. He accurately grasped the opportunity to defeat the Jingzhou Army using the power of the cavalry. Guo Fei asked himself that he could not do this. Some of his previous contempt for Zhang Han also failed.
Become respect.
Guo Fei wanted to celebrate Zhang Han's victory in the army, but Zhang Han refused. He warned Guo Fei that the Jingzhou army in the city still had the strength to fight and must be on guard. This won Guo Fei's respect, and the relationship between the two became better and better.
Qiao County is the prefecture of Yuzhou. The city walls are strong and Liu Bei has more than ten thousand defenders in the city. Cao Ren stationed his troops and horses outside Qiao County, only besieging but not attacking. As a general of Cao's army, he knew his own advantages. If it weren't for the Han in his hands,
According to the emperor's imperial edict, it is impossible to attack Qiao County so smoothly.
What is different from the situation in Shangcaicheng is that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army out of the city many times to challenge and pick generals, but Cao Jun never defeated him. What kind of person is Guan Zhang?
He even led a hundred cavalry into Cao's camp resolutely. Fortunately, Cao Ren managed the army well and stabilized the position in time.
These two ferocious figures made Cao Ren anxious. On the one hand, he asked Cao Cao for help, and on the other hand, he continued to confront Liu Bei in Qiao County. Cao Ren did not want to fight to the death with the Yuzhou army in the city.
The Jingzhou army retreated, even abandoning the four counties they occupied.
"Mr. Kuai is a nobleman from Jingzhou. If I kill you, Liu Biao will be very angry, hahaha..." Guo Da let out a hearty laugh.
Kuai Liang was in the Yellow Turban Army, but his face showed no fear: "Commander Guo will never kill me."
"Why?" Guo Da asked.
"There is no reason to kill me, and there is no murderous intention in the commander's tone." Kuai Liang replied calmly: "Master Liu of Jingzhou has one hundred thousand elites in his hands, and the commander will not offend him without reason."
Yu Dan in the tent looked at Kuai Liang with a look of admiration. There are only a few people in the world who can be so calm and composed among the enemy, but the better Kuai Liang performs, the better Yu Shan will be.
Wanting to kill him, Liu Biao lost Kuai Liang, which was equivalent to losing his right-hand man, which was of great significance to the development of the Yellow Turban.
"Oh, does Lord Kuai really think that our army's swords are not sharp?" Yu Shan said with a cold look on his face.
"Are you Yu Shan?" Kuai Liang turned his attention to Yu Shan.
"You know me?"
Kuai Liang smiled and said: "Master Yu is Marshal Guo's right-hand man. The Yellow Turbans were able to quickly occupy the Yingchuan and Chen Kingdoms, all because of Master Yu."
Yu Shan felt a little confused in his heart, but he immediately calmed down, looked at Kuai Liang with a gloomy face and said, "Don't use sweet words to sow discord between me and the commander-in-chief."
"Okay, Mr. Kuai, tell me your purpose of coming." Guo Da interrupted the exchange between the two.
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