Eight hundred and fortieth chapters guess the enemy's strategy
A fire broke out in the west of Xiangyang City, and the pottery merchant immediately ordered his troops to rush towards the west side of the city.
The fire in the west of the city gradually increased, blocking the pottery merchant's soldiers in the west city area, which also bought time for the Jingzhou army assembled in the east city to rush out of Xiangyang.
After the potter led the reserve army into the city, he ordered the three armies not to pursue. He just asked all the soldiers to start looking for water sources nearby and try to put out the fire as quickly as possible.
Zhao Yun and Lu Bu came to the potter from the front with dark faces.
"I accidentally fell into the enemy's plot and let the Jingzhou army escape, allowing them to take the opportunity to escape from Xiangyang! Please punish me, Prime Minister!" Zhao Yun said to Tao Shang feeling very guilty.
The pottery merchant waved his hand casually and said: "It doesn't matter, this has nothing to do with you. Go put out the fire quickly. After putting out the fire and appeasing the people, that's the most important thing at the moment."
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Seeing Zhao Yun and others going to put out the fire, the pottery merchant fell into deep thought for a while.
From his point of view, he is not willing to use fire or water. Of course, it is not that he has never used it, but water and fire are ruthless, and the damage caused by this is too great.
But the ancients in history didn’t think so.
Han Xin, Zhou Yu, Kong Ming, Guan Yu...many people who have achieved great achievements prefer to use fire and water and rely on nature to achieve their achievements rather than using soldiers.
Borrowing the power of nature can naturally get twice the result with half the effort. Of course, the damage and losses caused are also huge, because the power of nature is uncontrollable. If one does not do well, it can easily lead to fire, but the ancients would not take this into account.
There are so many bones and lives hidden behind each and every legendary story.
Of course, in order to defeat the strong with the weak and reverse the situation, from a human perspective, these methods are completely understandable.
But the potter is still a little bit uncomfortable with it. Perhaps this is because his bottom line is different from that of some ancient people.
Of course, sometimes these ancients really couldn't accept the pottery merchant's own bottom line.
After a night of hard work, the soldiers of the three armies finally put out the fire in Xiangyang City.
The pottery merchant led the army into the city. He ordered his generals to care for the people on his behalf. He himself stationed at the Xiangyang County Governor's mansion to inspect the household registration, land registration and other things in the city.
But after rummaging through the governor's house, the potter discovered that these things were long gone.
It looked like they were not taken away but burned.
It's not surprising that things were burned by Pang Tong. Since the opponents are enemies, it's not a big problem for them to leave some obstacles for themselves.
The main thing is that this kind of thing will not be destroyed until the last moment. Who knows whether he can really capture Xiangyang City? Why did Pang Tong burn it?
There was a murmur in the pottery merchant's heart.
Is it possible that the household registration and household registers in the city were burned by Pang Tong a long time ago?
This is quite strange, why would he do this?
Could it be that he didn't think he could protect Xiangyang City from the beginning?
Since he couldn't protect it, what was he doing here for so long?
Unless he is preparing for something.
Just when the pottery merchant was confused, Cai Mao walked into the hall crying.
"Prime Minister, you have to make the decision for the Kuai family!" Cai Mao cried and came to the pottery merchant and knelt on one knee.
The potter stepped forward and helped Cai Mao up.
It was the first time that Cai Mao met the pottery merchant today, but they had communicated through letters before. To a certain extent, the two of them had a close friendship.
"You are General Cai, what happened? Get up quickly!"
Cai Mao cried and said: "The last general has just received a letter. Kuai Yidu and his family were secretly captured alive by Pang Tong for treason and escorted to Jiangling City. I think this time, Yidu will definitely not survive... Please Tao Tao
Xiang makes the decision and avenges Kuai Yidu!"
Tao Shang sighed and said: "The Kuai family is a big family in Jingzhou. Now, by mistake, you have suffered such a disaster because you helped me. Tao feels deeply ashamed. Don't worry, Mr. Cai. Tao will definitely conquer Jingzhou and capture Liu Bei and others alive."
People, when it comes to punishment for crimes, give Duke Kuai justice."
Cai Mao expressed his gratitude to the pottery merchant while wiping his tears.
The two talked for a while, and Tao Shang tried his best to comfort Cai Mao, and finally he calmed down.
"To win Xiangyang is equivalent to gaining the northern territory of Jingzhou. To win the northern territory of Jingxiang is equivalent to capturing Nanyang County. Cai Gong contributed a lot to this battle. The things Tao promised you in his previous letter will naturally come to you one by one.
cash."
When Cai Mao heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He knelt down on one knee towards the pottery merchant, cupped his hands and said: "Thanks to the Prime Minister's kindness, Cai Mao will definitely serve the court and the Prime Minister in the future, doing the same work as a dog and horse."
"It would be great if the general has this kind of heart."
After the pottery merchant comforted him, he changed the topic: "Today, if we talk about the navy, one is our Yangzhou navy, and the other is the Jingzhou navy that used to be governed by the general. Now the northern part of Jingzhou has been restored.
If I start to gather the navy and warships in the North, I wonder how many there will be?"
Cai Mao said: "After Jingzhou established its capital in Jiangling, a large number of naval forces and warships were moved to Nanjun and Jiangxia County for patrolling the river. However, because of the barrier of the Han River in the north of Jingzhou, they naturally still remained.
There are some, although not as many as Nanjun, but they can still form an army of their own."
The potter nodded and said: "Then if I ask the general to go out and gather these warships and naval forces, maybe go eastward along the river to support Jiangxia?"
Cai Mao cupped his hands and said, "How dare you refuse your order? Prime Minister, don't worry. With me, Cai Mao, in the north of Jing, it will be as stable as Mount Tai. Prime Minister, you can rest assured to gather troops and go south to attack Jiangling City."
The potter nodded and said: "Pang Tong destroyed all Xiangyang's registers, household registrations and other items. I want to take over the political affairs of Xiangyang, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for a while. This Jiangling City, I'm afraid I have to wait a while.
Already."
After hearing this, Cai Hao hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, I think that you should not slow down your attack on Jiangling because of these things. Your reaction is to gather troops and go south quickly."
The pottery merchant raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
Cai Mao snorted softly and explained to the potter: "Prime Minister, let me tell you the truth. The northern part of Jingzhou is very close to the Central Plains and is in the middle of the world. It is extremely difficult to defend it. But after passing the Han River and Nanyang, if you go to Jingzhou
To the south, we need to attack Jiangling City... In Cai Mou's view, Jiangling City is the strongest city in Jingzhou and the only city that can be called a northern barrier."
"Is it difficult to fight?" The pottery merchant was very surprised. Logically speaking, although Jingzhou is rich, it is located in the middle of the world and has few mountains. Shouldn't it be considered a difficult place to defend?
"It's quite difficult to fight." Cai Mao said to the pottery merchant 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 by force on one side and cannot besiege the city."
The potter frowned.
"In addition, Jiangling City itself is also extremely strong. Its city wall is about three feet high, more than two feet thick, and has a circumference of twenty miles, covering almost the entire city. The city is also extremely strong. The city wall of Jiangling is long from east to west and short from north to south.
, up and down according to the terrain, circuitous along the lakes and ponds, looking from a high place, the water is like plain water, and the city is like a swimming dragon..."
After hearing what Cai Mao said, Tao Shang finally understood.
No wonder Pang Tong wanted to withdraw. It turned out that this was what he had in mind.
He must buy time for the construction of Jiangling!