"Understood!" Cai Hua hurriedly took orders, hurriedly found a horse, and went straight to the garrison camp in the city.

Then Cai Hua first asked the soldiers at the gate of the city. Those soldiers hesitated, but didn't say anything. Cai Hua was furious: "Damn! Yi Ji committed a crime and escaped last night. Help me! Mr. Mengyue wants to deal with you! Now I want to hide his whereabouts, do you want to live!"

The soldiers had no choice but to point to the road to the north.

"Sure enough, he escaped to the north, Mr. Mengyue really expected things to happen..." Cai Hua said, leading the Qingqi to run northward.

When they arrived at the ferry port, the soldiers at the ferry port saw the dust billowing, as if there were thousands of cavalry soldiers. When the captain of the ferry saw the Jingzhou flag, they were all light cavalry, thinking they were here to protect Yiji, and rushed to meet them. Then Cai Hua dismounted and said sharply, "Has Yi Ji been here before?"

The officer said: "Sir Yi Ji did come here, saying that there is an urgent matter to do below, and he had already left by boat earlier."

That's quite a sight... Cai Hua was overjoyed, and it was expected that Yi Ji would also go to Xinye by boat. "Yi Ji is a fugitive now, and you want to arrest him. Now you lead the way, we will chase by dry roads! In addition, ten civilian ships will be requisitioned, and you will organize soldiers to follow us by water!" Cai Hua was rude.

The officer was shocked, when did Mr. Yi Ji become a fugitive... Besides, why should I listen to you? "This officer... I am the captain of the ferry, but my duty is to maintain order and trade security at the ferry, not to catch any fugitives! I'm afraid you have no right to mobilize my troops..." The officer was still polite and politely refused. Cai Hua was furious, and immediately took out the emergency order card on his body: "If you don't obey the order, military law will be engaged!" In fact, this Cai Hua is abusing his power, but the card is still useful. The officer swallowed and spit, Jingzhou has always been far away from war, so the administration is still stable, the central government still has prestige, this brand is quite effective. Sure enough, the hero did not suffer from the immediate loss. The officer waved his hand, turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Assemble all, requisition ten ships from the ferry, go downstream, and look for fugitives... Lord Yiji."

Although the soldiers were bewildered, they complied.

Cai Hua gave the officer a horse, as if he was being held hostage, and galloped along the river in the direction of Xinye.

"What boat is he on? Is it easy to identify?" Cai Hua asked.

"It's easy to identify..." The ferry officer was out of breath immediately, "Because the captain of the boat is quite distinctive... I also recognize that boat..."

There was nothing to say, and they ran wildly north for two hours. Seeing that it was already afternoon, all the soldiers did not eat breakfast or lunch, and the horses did not rest. What's more terrible is that the summer heat has not receded yet, and the sun is scorching hot. The soldiers in the Jingzhou City garrison battalion didn't have a good opinion of Cai Hua at first... nor were they their superiors, they were only temporarily transferred, and they couldn't help but complain. Usually, this kind of urgent task is the most annoying, such as search and so on, and I can't stop eating for a day. If you go to raid homes and the like, you can also mix up a delicious meal.

Seeing this, Cai Hua was also quite annoyed. Impatiently, he said to the ferry chief, "Have you seen it clearly! Did you not see where the boat was parked!"

"Impossible... I know that boat, it should be in front, if I pass by that boat, I will definitely recognize it."

Seeing that they were approaching Xinye, the soldiers in the garrison were deliberately slack, and the horses ran slowly, even the broken boats in the waterway behind them caught up. Entering Xinye like this at will, if Uncle Liu's soldiers mistakenly recognize the wrong person, and a dark arrow is shot, it will be bad...

Chapter 146 Boat

Pang Tong, with the word Shiyuan, was also from Xiangyang. When he was young, he was dull and ignorant. Sima Hui of Yingchuan has a clear and elegant knowledge of people, and he leads the weak crown to see the emblem. The emblem picks mulberries on the tree, sits under the tree, and speaks together from day to night. The emblem is very different, and it is called the crown of the Nanzhou scholar, and it gradually appears. Xiangyang Ji said: Zhuge Kongming is Wolong, Pang Shiyuan is Fengchu, Sima Decao is Shuijing, all of them are the official words of Pang De.

——"Three Kingdoms: Pang Tong Biography"

However, he said that Cai Hua had been chasing him for two hours. Seeing that it was already afternoon, the sun had also slanted westward, and he was less than five kilometers away from the Xinye boundary. The soldiers were muttering, and they didn't want to rush past.

Fortunately, the ferry officer shouted in surprise, "Look! That's the boat!" Cai Hua looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, there was a small broken boat moored by the water. Cai Hua hurriedly called the soldiers to surround him and ran down by himself. When he saw that there was no one there!

Could it be that this Iraqi has already gone to Xinye City? Cai Hua was annoyed for a while, and it was over. How to explain to Mr. Mengyue this time... But the ferry officer obviously didn't think so, he didn't feel annoyed at all, but was overjoyed: "I found it! It seems that Yi Ji has arrived in Xinye. We've gone to the city, let's go back. The soldiers of the garrison battalion next to 10" heard it, and obviously agreed very much.

How could Cai Hua be reconciled? Holding his head under the tree by the river, I don't know what to do... Anyway, this may be the last time he will hold the tree in his life, after all, Mengyue is likely to do him after returning to the city.

"Search! Search around!" Cai Hua ordered sharply.

The soldiers of the garrison roared loudly.

"Search! Those who violate the order are engaged in military law!" Cai Hua repeated angrily. The soldiers had no choice but to wander around dejectedly. But there must be no one. Cai Hua and the others chased after Yi Ji escaped several hours later. Now Yi Ji should have already gone to Xinye City. Search for hair here! Besides, everyone knows that Yi Ji and Liu Huangshu have a good relationship. Can they go to Xinye to rob people?

Cai Hua felt a little helpless, and he had no choice but to evacuate... The ferry chief had already sent his soldiers back along the river, and when the soldiers in the garrison saw it, they couldn't help but want to go back, and they didn't even want to stay here. . The ferry officer tentatively said: "Sir, Yi Ji has already gone to Xinye, and this is the end of the matter, we might as well go back..." Cai Hua nodded subconsciously, and when a few messengers next to him saw it, they were overjoyed and hurriedly passed the message. After speaking, the soldiers who had been unable to hold on for a long time heard the order to evacuate.

Cai Hua was helpless and had to go back. In the middle of the line, I saw the dust billowing in front of me again, and the horses' hoofs shook the sky. Everyone was shocked, Cai Hua looked forward, Jingzhou flag and clothes, all cavalry. Which part is this... And these cavalry are endless, the number is far more than a few thousand, and it will be tens of thousands. While watching, a small group of soldiers rushed over and shouted, "Which part are you! Who is the commander?!"

Cai Hua said: "As ordered by Mr. Mengyue, the soldiers of the garrison will come out to arrest the fugitive! Commander Cai Hua! I have a gold emergency order card!"

Not long after, a black and thin man galloped over on his horse, and there were a bunch of cyan Rogays behind him. Cai Hua saw it and recognized it... This person seems to be a general of the Navy, called Wen Pin, from the Cai clan. When Liu Biao promoted Liu Bei so that he had a certain weight in Jingzhou, the entire public opinion in Jingzhou was against Cao Cao, but this civil servant unscrupulously expressed his appreciation for Cao Cao. If Cai Shi hadn't protected him, he might have been impeached and removed from office. However, this person is still brave in battle, and the commander of the navy can also be. This time, I brought tens of thousands of cavalry, and what did I want to do...

Then Cai Hua leaned forward and said to please: "General Wenpin, I have heard the name for a long time. Under Cai Hua, Mr. Mengyue sent me to arrest the wanted criminal of Iraqi..." Before Cai Hua finished speaking, this Wenpin had already covered his face. He scolded: "Did you go to Xinye? Did you alert Xinye's defense forces!"

Cai Hua was stunned for a while, but waved his hands again and again like a conditioned reflex: "No, no..."

Na Wenpin saw that Cai Hua was very timid when he saw him, so he couldn't help sneering: "This time, I will lead 30,000 iron cavalry, and I will destroy Xinye City within three days! Didn't that Yi Ji go to Xinye? Don't worry, I will help him. Get it out!"

When Cai Hua heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly thanked him. This is good, although he Cai Hua did not chase Yi Ji back, but since the army was sent to take Xinye, Yi Ji naturally couldn't run away, and his mistake was not so serious...

"Okay, okay," Wen Pin couldn't help but get impatient when he saw Cai Hua thanking him, "Tell your soldiers to walk next to each other, don't take the way of my army and affect our march! Hurry up!"

"Yes!" Cai Hua agreed, nodded and left.

Sure enough, although Cai Hua did not catch up with Yi Ji, since the position of Yi Ji has been determined, and Wen Pin has surrounded Xinye City, it is obvious that Yi Ji cannot escape. Although Mr. Mengyue was not happy, he just scolded him.

It's just that they didn't expect that Yi Ji was now in Pang Tong's small manor. Anticipating that there would be pursuers, Pang Tong sent the boat 380 to the vicinity of Xinye, and then abandoned the boat and left. Cai Hua and others were really fooled, thinking that Yi Ji had escaped into Xinye City, and did not conduct a careful search along the water.

As mentioned in the previous article, Wenpin led 30,000 cavalry to surround Xinye. There were only a few thousand defenders in Xinye City. After a difficult defense, they decided to break through. Mi Zhu led the two ladies to break through the siege, while Sun Gan, Jian Yong and others decided to stay behind the city—that is, they decided to die. However, there were too many cavalry in Jingzhou, and Mi Zhu could not stand out at all. Instead, they were surrounded, and the two ladies were at stake. In order to take prisoners improperly, the two ladies prepared their own knives and prepared to kill themselves. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the fallen army Huang Zhong's department - in accordance with temporary discretion and Fazheng's suggestion - sent troops to save the siege. To make matters worse, Huang Zhong led the Guanzhong iron cavalry to violently strangle the Jingzhou light cavalry.

The Guanzhong iron cavalry, like a wolf like a tiger, cooperated with heavy cavalry and peripheral light cavalry to form a pincer-shaped strangulation formation, and even turned into a pocket formation to slaughter the Jingzhou light cavalry inside. Where have the cavalry in Jingzhou seen such a brave and elite cavalry? Unable to fight back at all, he became a panicked prey in the hands of the hunter. The casualties were heavy, and even the entire army was nearly wiped out. Wen Pin rushed out, but did not dare to go back, so he found a place to live in seclusion. .

Chapter 147 A V-shaped area

The famous general of Cao Jun, Yu Jin, who was stationed in Fancheng, finally walked out of the house for the first time in the past few days.

Cao Jun's recent actions are quite large, which has aroused the vigilance of all parties. In the east, Zhang Liao commanded 100,000 troops, and went south to Xuzhou, Linhuai, Shouchun, Hefei and other places, and organized local troops in various places to develop defenses, as if they were going to fight. In the east, Jianye, Moling, Wancheng and other places of Wu State have always been the places where heavy troops were stationed. Jianye was also an important political center of Wu State, so it was seen that the two armies were facing each other. Further west, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun and others commanded more than 100,000 troops and had already stationed in Wancheng, Nanyang. Coupled with the 100,000 troops in the nearby Fancheng Yujing, the area around Wancheng and Fancheng is really crowded and bustling.

That Cao Cao was originally in the north, and with Nanyang (or Wancheng) as the center was originally a separatist force. That Cao Cao's power expanded, and soon expanded to the south, taking Nanyang into his pocket. Then it continued to expand to the south, until it reached Fancheng, and it was pasted on the edge of the Xiangjiang River. Xiangjiang stopped the advance of Cao's army. There is another branch of Xiangjiang River, named Ganshui. That Xiangjiang River and Ganshui form a V shape. Fancheng is at the bottom point of the V-shape, like a wedge, inserted into Jingzhou's territory. To the southwest of Fancheng is Xiangyang, which is the center of Jingzhou power in this area. On the left side of the V shape, along the Xiangjiang River, part of it belongs to Jingzhou forces, and the other part belongs to Luochen forces. Among them are Fangling, Nanxiang, and even Shangyong. On the right side of the V-shape, along the Qianshui River, some belong to Jingzhou forces, such as Xinye; some belong to Cao Cao's forces, such as Anzhong, Anle and other places.

Therefore, for the Luochen forces, Shangyong was a strategic location close to Cao Cao and Jingzhou, and Huang Zhong's cavalry was stationed here. Of course, as the situation in Jingzhou worsened, Huang Zhong began to move his troops eastward, and some of them were stationed in Fangling, Nanxiang and other places, so as to be closer to Jingzhou, so he could react faster. For the Jingzhou forces, Xinye was the center of the front line against Cao Cao. Therefore, although the Xinye Castle is small, it is of great significance. If Cao Cao wants to attack Jingzhou, he must first get rid of Xinye, then turn south and attack Xiangyang, all the way into Jingzhou City. For Cao Cao, Fancheng was a springboard for attacking Jingzhou and an important base to guard against falling dust. Therefore, a 100,000-strong army is directly stationed here, and it is eyeing Jingzhou. The disadvantage of Fancheng is that it is too forward, almost next to the enemy, and lacks strategic depth. Nanyang is the depth of Fancheng, and Nanyang is in the middle of the V shape, which can effectively store grain and troops. This time, Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun of Cao's army entered Nanyang with an army of more than 100,000 troops. To be honest, if Cao Cao wanted to attack Jingzhou now, it would be a piece of cake. ——Of course, if the old man Huang Zhong came to interfere, I am afraid that more troops would be needed.

Now all forces are staring at Cao Cao, Cao Cao has now killed a group of forces in Hebei and pacified Liaodong and other places. The army has already freed up his hands. Even if Zhang Liao divides his troops by 100,000, Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong bring hundreds of thousands to Nanyang, and Cao Cao still has more than 100,000 troops—or even more, who knows how much he gained in Hebei... ...If the harvest is more, there should be 600,000 to 700,000 troops. In no way inferior to Luochen, or even more than Luochen.

Mr. Zhang Zhao, a famous authoritative analyst in Jiangdong, published an article saying: The battle situation in the south depends on Cao Cao. As long as Cao Cao brings hundreds of thousands of troops from Xuchang to Nanyang, then Jingzhou will go to war, and the south will fight a big battle. Oh, it's a mess.

However, Cao Cao has not been seen in the south for a long time, and Cao Cao is still staying in his Xuchang... Could it be that he is afraid of Luochen's troops? At present, about 100,000 people of free Huang Zhong are stationed nearby. Although the iron cavalry in Guanzhong is powerful, they are outnumbered. As long as Cao Cao gathers the main force, he can completely defeat Huang Zhong and take Jingzhou. ——Anyway, Luochen's army is far in the north, and there is even news that Luochen is now far away in the Western Regions and has gone to the desert of the Hexi Corridor... But at present, the alliance between Cao Cao and Luochen does not seem to be broken. Huang Zhong brazenly dispatched troops - this was interfering in Jingzhou's internal affairs - and killed the 30,000 cavalrymen in Jingzhou without leaving a single piece of armor. Cao Youhao, an overseas force trusted by the Cai Group, did not make any noise, but only expressed slight regret. Now, as soon as Huang Zhong sent troops, the Cai clan who wanted to clean up Liu Bei suddenly became honest, lying on the ground and daring not to move. Liu Bei hurriedly returned to Xinye, with only a few thousand troops, he was not an opponent of Cao Cao at all, nor was he an opponent of the Cai clan.

Since Cao Cao opened one eye and closed the other, Yu Jin was even more so. Huang Zhong was playing quite lively near Xinye. In order to take a shortcut, he walked sideways directly from the north of Fancheng—that is, inside the V-shaped area. Is this worth it? This is a direct transit from Cao Cao's territory, and without permission, it can be regarded as an aggression. But Yu Jin simply turned a blind eye, and even his subordinates reported to him that he did not stand up from the chair at this time, but was still lying calmly.

".'It's fine, Duke Cao told us not to move for the time being. He's here to clean up the Cai family's gang, and it has nothing to do with us...¨〃..." Yu Jin said slowly.

Now Yu Jin got up from his reclining chair, and sharply ordered all his guards to gather—the first time in recent years, the last time was when Xu Shu was intercepted.

Zhao's) Guards, follow me to the gate of the North City!" Yu Jin said as he stepped onto the BMW that he hadn't ridden for a long time. The guards, about 500 people, lined up in a long line, riding horses on horses, walking on foot, and ran to the north gate.

Yu Jin usually lives in a secluded place, but this time, the guards at the North Gate were surprised to see him with the guards in person. They thought he was going out... Unexpectedly, Yu Jin stopped at the gate of the city and said sharply, "Guards at the North Gate, you guys are on vacation now. One day, my guards will perform the guard duty on your behalf!"

Yu Jin's set made the generals and the soldiers present stunned for a moment. Where did this come from? Why call his guards to take over the guards at the North Gate?

However, doubts turned into doubts, and Yu Jin's general order was still fully implemented. The guards stood on the fortress, not knowing what was going to happen next. .

Chapter 148: Jingzhou changes the sky