The army with the county remained stationary, and after Cai Mao from Changsha rested for a while, he did not go northward, but waited for the opportunity.
In this way, Zang Ba on the Jiangxia side was waiting for the enemy to attack, while Suixian and Changsha were waiting for the other side to launch an attack. The originally tense battle situation instantly became much more deserted.
As time passed, Zhang Hong became a little impatient. Now he knew what the New Han army was waiting for. They wanted Cai Mao to fight Zang Ba and take the opportunity to weaken Cai Mao's strength.
"Immediately send someone to Changsha and inform Cai Mao that he will immediately raise troops to march north to attack Jiangxia. At the same time, inform General Zang Ba and General Dian Wei that they should not resist and directly hand over Jiangxia to Cai Mao and lead his army to retreat to Jinchun."
Since the enemy is waiting for a fight between the two sides, then give them the opportunity to directly let Zang Ba lead his army to retreat to Jinchun to build momentum for the other side and not give the other side the opportunity to weaken Cai Mao's strength.
Soon a group of fast horses set off from Jinchun, and then divided into two groups, one group went to Xiling in Jiangxia, and the other group went south in hiding to send a message to Zheng Li and Cai Mao.
The messenger Zhang Qi came all the way back to Xindu from Jingzhou. After returning to Xindu, he came directly to Ju to give orders.
"My lord, Zhang Qiqi has high hopes for your majesty. I cannot persuade the puppet emperor Liu Biao to surrender. I hope you will forgive me."
Zhang Qi had gauze wrapped around his ears and knelt directly in front of Ju Shou.
"What's going on with your ears?
Who attacked you?"
Jushou glanced at Zhang Qi, with a flash of anger in his eyes. As the saying goes, it is better for two countries to fight without killing the envoys. Besides, the Xinhan are just traitors, how dare they do such a thing.
"It doesn't matter who takes action against me, but I have a situation to report."
Zhang Qi shook his head slightly. Although his ears still hurt sharply, it was not important.
"what's the situation?"
Jushou was also slightly startled when he heard that Zhang Qi had discovered a new situation.
"I found that Liu Biao and Huang Wan were not united. Even when I threatened Liu Biao's wife and children, the other party not only didn't care, but looked indifferent. I even felt that the other party wanted Liu Biao's wife and children to die more than we did.
, this is a problem.”
Zhang Qi glanced at Ju Shou and directly said what he saw and guessed.
"What you mean is that Huang Wan and the others want to use our hands to kill Liu Biao's wife and children, so that Liu Biao can completely turn against China and there will be no possibility of turning back, right?"
Jushou smiled slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"That's why I traveled day and night directly from Jingzhou to the north to return to Xindu. I just want to report this news to you, and hope that you will never follow the wishes of the Jingzhou thieves."
Zhang Qi clasped his fists at Jushu again, confirming Jushu's intention.
"Okay, you go down and rest immediately. You have been injured for many days and I already understand what you said. I will write you a note. You should go to Tai Hospital to see Medical Officer Zhang for treatment."
Jushou glanced at Zhang Qi. He could endure the pain of his broken ear and went north to report the news.
"promise."
After hearing Jushu's words, Zhang Qi nodded and left Jushu's mansion directly.
"Come, go see your Majesty immediately."
After Zhang Qi left, Jushu directly boarded the carriage and went to look for Yuan Shu.
The next day, a piece of news spread quietly in Xindu, that is, Liu Biao's wife and children had been secretly executed by Yuan Shu. After receiving the news, Liu Biao's informant in Xindu immediately spread the news to Xiangyang.
Cai Mao got the news about Zhang Hong and without hesitation, he sent all 50,000 navy troops north to attack Jiangxia.
"We're finally here. Immediately order your troops and prepare to retreat to Jin Chun."
When he received Cai Mao's offer of 50,000 troops to send troops to Jiangxia, Zang Ba also smiled slightly. Next, as long as he surrendered Jiangxia to Cai Hao, he could lead his troops to withdraw to Jinchun.
"promise."
Soon the whole Jiangxia was in motion. Those people who wanted to evacuate had already retreated to Jinchun. Then various places began to shrink their defenses, and all the soldiers gathered in Xiling City.
"General, there is something strange happening in Jiangxia."
The scouts Huang Kui sent to Jiangxia rode back and returned directly to Suixian County.
"What's wrong?"
When Huang Kui heard something strange happened in Jiang Xia, he immediately became excited.
"Cai Mao has sent troops from Changsha to attack Jiangxia, while Zang Ba is constantly shrinking the cities in Jiangxia. Now most of the troops have rushed to Xiling to fight with Zang Ba."
The scout immediately told all the information he had discovered.
"What did you say?
Cai Mao sent troops, but Zang Ba was shrinking his troops?
What about the direction of Anlu?"
Huang Kui grabbed the scout's collar and asked him directly.
"It is absolutely true that no soldiers have been found heading south from the direction of Anlu. It may be because we sent troops to follow the county and he did not dare to withdraw rashly."
The scout reported directly to Huang Kui that the soldiers in the direction of Anlu had no move to go south.
"General, what is Zang Ba doing?
Now that we are shrinking our troops, are we going to defend Xiling and fight Cai Mao decisively?"
The captain was stunned when he heard this military report and couldn't figure out what Zang Ba wanted to do.
"No matter what he does, he orders the entire army to be on alert. If there is a war in Jiangxia, he will send his troops southward, first breaking through Anlu, and then going to Xiling."
For a while, Huang Kui couldn't figure out what Zang Ba wanted to do, but as long as he probed carefully and an opportunity arose, he could send his troops south and attack Xiling, the capital of Jiangxia County.
"promise."
Huang Kui's people went south again to carefully explore the dynamics of Jiangxia.
Finally, Cai Mao led his men to the intersection of Changsha and Jiangxia, and then directly ordered the army to go north to attack Zang Ba.
"Evacuate Jiangxia."
Now that Cai Mao had arrived, there was no need to stay in Jiangxia any longer. Zang Ba gave an order and led the Xuzhou Army and militia groups gathered from various places, totaling 50,000 soldiers and horses, to leave Xiling and retreat towards the adjacent Jinchun County.
"Speed up and head north, go straight to Xiling, don't give Huang Kui a chance."
When Zang Ba retreated, Cai Mao also understood his interest and directly ordered the army to attack Xiling day and night without stopping.
"Sir, something bad has happened. Cai Mao went north to Jiangxia with great momentum. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zang Ba had already led the main force of Xiling to withdraw from Jiangxia and headed towards Jinchun."
The scouts returned to Suixian again and sent the news that Cai Mao was heading north and Zang Ba was withdrawing eastward to Huang Kui, who was in charge of the three armies.
"What did you say?
Cai Mao marched into Jiangxia, but Zang Ba did not resist and led his troops to retreat to Jinchun?"
Huang Kui jumped up immediately after hearing what the scout said. Although he already knew the news about Cai Mao going north, who could have expected that Zang Ba was actually a fool and was broken by Cai Mao. He wanted to see the fight between the two sides.
Didn't show up at all.
"General, for this plan we cannot take advantage of Cai Mao. We must go south immediately to seize the power of Jiangxia."
The captain directly clasped his fists at Huang Kui and suggested that he immediately send troops south to seize Xiling.
"Yes, you are right, immediately gather troops and attack Anlu City."
Huang Kui also knew that now was not the time to delay, so he directly ordered the entire army to go south and attack Anlu City.
The 50,000-strong army marched directly to the outside of Anlu City and surrounded it.
"Tell the enemy to surrender, otherwise when the city is broken, not a single defender will be left alive."
Huang Kui looked at the city wall in front of him and directly ordered the soldiers to shout for surrender.
Things backfired. Huang Kui originally thought that when Anlu City saw this situation, Emperor Ken would directly open the city and surrender. However, the Anlu City defenders received orders to resist to the death and not to surrender.
"If you don't drink a toast, you'll have to drink wine as a penalty and attack the city."
Seeing that Anlu City was in this situation, Huang Kui was also stunned. He didn't expect that even in this situation, the other party would still dare to resist.
After receiving Huang Kui's order, countless soldiers began to attack the city, and a big battle was instantly staged in Anlu City.
Huang Kui's army fought fiercely for three days and failed to capture Anlu despite losing many soldiers and generals.
"General, we can't waste time here. Let me lead an army of 20,000 to continue the siege of Anlu City. You lead an army of 30,000 to seize the time and go south, trying to capture Xiling before Cai Mao captures it."
The captain looked at the dilapidated but still strong Anlu City. They had been delayed here for three days, so he could only suggest Huang Kui to lead his troops south and seize Xiling.
"This is all we can do now. You continue to besiege Anlu here. I will lead my troops to kill Xiling. After we capture there, I will return to capture Anlu with you."
Huang Kui was also depressed for a while. He didn't expect that a small Anlu City would make it so difficult for them to fight. Now in order to capture Xiling before Cai Mao, he had no choice but to do this.
"No, general, leave quickly, I'm here."
Soon Huang Kui's 50,000-strong army divided into two groups, with 20,000 troops on the other side continuing to besiege Anlu City. Huang Kui led an army of less than 30,000 people, crossed Anlu City, and headed south to Xiling.
Although Huang Kui stopped his losses in time and did not spend too long in Anlu City, Cai Mao still took the lead and captured Xiling. The capture of Xiling by Zang Ba also heralded the complete end of the entire Jiangxia War.
"hateful."
Huang Kui couldn't help but feel depressed when he heard the news that Xiling was captured by Cai Mao and Jiangxia County surrendered.
"General what should we do now?"
Sima, who was accompanying the army, glanced at Huang Kui and didn't know what to do now.
"Cai Mao conquered Changsha and Jiangxia in succession. He was sure of this great achievement, but I didn't expect that even if Changsha was forgotten, Zang Ba of Jiangxia would also flee without a fight. I am not willing to accept it."
Huang Kui was also depressed for a while. He didn't expect that he was lonely despite all the hard work. Changsha Zheng Li was okay, but Zang Ba said he was a famous general of the generation, and he escaped without fighting. It was really unlucky.
"What the general said is indeed strange. It stands to reason that Zang Ba is also a powerful general. Why did he flee without fighting? Is there something fishy in this?"
Army Sima glanced at Huang Kui and was a little confused about what he said.
"You are overthinking. There is no way that Cai Mao has anything to do with Zang Ba. The reason why Zang Ba evacuated Jiangxia must have seen the current situation. Nanyang County and Changsha County were defeated one after another, leaving Jiangxia alone in Jingzhou.
in,
If he stays any longer, the only outcome will be annihilation of the entire army. Rather than end up like this, it is better to retreat first and retreat to Yangzhou to wait for the Chinese to gather troops."
