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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 789: Rebellion in Jingzhou (Part 2)

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    In the third team, Hua Xiong was ordered to lead an army of 2,000, divided into four teams of 500 each.  Hua Xiong led one team to lie down outside the east gate of Xinye City, and his three teams were divided into the west, south and north gates. Earlier, there were many sulfur, flame, salt and fire starters hidden on the roofs of the houses in the city.  Cai Mao's army entered the city and was ambushed. He was so frightened that he had to rest in civilian houses first.

    Zhuge Liang calculated the celestial phenomena and predicted that a strong wind would blow after dusk two days later.  When the three armies inside the gate saw the wind blowing, they ordered the ambushing troops at the west, south and north gates to shoot rockets into the city.  When the fire broke out in the city, Hua Xiong led his troops outside the city and shouted for support. He only suspected that the army mistakenly thought that a large army was coming, so he only left the east gate open to let him escape.  Immediately, Hua Xiong was outside the east gate again, leading an ambush army to attack him from behind.

    At this time, Chen Shi and Liu Feng led their deployment.  They had already arrived at Quewei Slope, thirty miles outside Xinye City, and had completed their ambush.  As soon as they saw Cai Mao's army fleeing in panic, they immediately attacked from the left and right to resist. Hua Xiong attacked from behind. If Hua Xiong could take advantage of the chaos and capture Cai Mao, it would be a big help.  If he can't, let his defeated army flee. At that time, Cai Mao's troops and horses will be defeated one after another, and the morale of the army will be aroused. Cai Mao will not dare to attack new areas and look forward to running in Jingzhou. By then, Zhuge Liang will have other arrangements.

    Zhuge Liang launched another earth-shattering plan, intending to fight Cai Mao's 80,000 army with only 4,000 troops.  Let¡¯s see what happens next.

    Zhuge Liang had already decided on the allocation, so he asked Liu Bei to join him on a high mountain to climb up and have a lookout. He also gathered hundreds of strong men in the city to make arrangements in advance.

    But it was said that Deng Yi had led 20,000 troops as the front line, and Song Zhong had led 3,000 cavalry in front of him to clear the way. They were rushing towards the new wilderness with great force and momentum.  Song Zhong thought that Xinye's troops were empty, and Deng Yi's army was pressing behind him. Even if he encountered an ambush, he could bravely break it.  So Song Zhong walked quickly all the way, marching very fast.

    On that day, Song Zhong led his troops into the new field. Suddenly he heard the soldiers shouting in surprise. When he looked up, he saw a cluster of flags on the top of a mountain not far away, and two umbrellas among the flags.  Two people were vaguely visible. One was wearing a Jinlan Qingyun robe, with his arms above his knees and his ears hanging down his shoulders. Song Zhong immediately recognized that the man on the left was Liu Bei.  Then I saw the man on the right, wearing a white crane cloak and holding a goose feather fan.  Song Zhong had heard of Zhuge Liang's dress and recognized his identity.  I saw Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang sitting opposite each other on the top of the mountain, drinking and talking and laughing.

    Song Zhong was in doubt, but he listened to Liu Bei's words.

    "Kong Ming, Cai Degui rebelled and rebelled. He changed the order of his ancestors without authorization. In order to gain power in Jingzhou, he saw me as a serious threat and sent 80,000 troops to attack him. What should I do?"

    Zhuge Liang blew his fan and laughed softly.

    "My lord, there is no need to worry. There are only 80,000 rabble and unjust troops. If you look at them as if they are like grass, you will have a clever plan to get rid of them with just a wave of your hand. In three days, that army will be defeated. Cai Degui will be defeated and will die. He will regret it."  !¡±

    Song Zhong was furious after hearing this and wanted to lead his troops up the mountain to kill the two men. At this time, a soldier beside him spoke out advice.

    "General, no, Zhuge Liang is too scheming. If he does it lightly, I'm afraid there's fraud in it!"

    "According to the reports from the Kuai brothers, Xinye only has 4,000 troops. We have an army of 80,000 behind us. Even if there is an ambush, we can kill him without leaving any trace behind!"

    Song Zhong was furious and shouted, but it was useless to persuade the generals and soldiers.  At that moment, Song Zhong led his troops to find the way up the mountain.  Just as we reached the foot of the mountain, there was a sudden sound of cannon fire.  Suddenly hundreds of figures appeared from the mountain, and they all beat them down with wooden hammers, cannons and rocks.  Unexpectedly, Song Zhong turned pale with fright and hurriedly rode away.  There were three thousand soldiers around, and nearly a thousand of them were killed.  Seeing that his army was in chaos, it was impossible to advance or retreat.  A rolling stone fell so fast that Song Zhong's horse was frightened and threw Song Zhong to the ground.  Song Zhong just stood up and saw a rolling stone flying towards him, and immediately knocked Song Zhong away.  Song Zhong rolled to the ground several times and hit his head on a tree. He was immediately bruised and bleeding.  All the soldiers saved him and fled with Song Zhong.

    Fortunately, there were no pursuers on the mountain to kill them. More than 2,000 remaining soldiers gathered in one place, and the night fog was approaching.  Deng Yi arrived with his troops and saw that the troops were in a state of disarray and he quickly asked about them.  A general in the remnant army will tell you what happened.  When Deng Yi heard that Song Zhong was ambushed, he was startled and immediately ordered his subordinates to move forward with caution.

    The advance of the front army suddenly slowed down. Cai Hao, who was pressing the rear army, suddenly became suspicious and was about to send someone to ask.  The soldiers sent by Deng Yi arrived and informed Cai Mao that Song Zhong had been ambushed.

    Cai Hao frowned, thought for a while, and then sneered.

    "Don't worry too much. Liu Xuande only has 4,000 troops. He is pretending to be cryptic and intends to mess up the morale of our army. We have 80,000 troops. Why should we be afraid? Give me the order to step up the march and invade Xinye as soon as possible. I will have 80,000 troops."  It doesn¡¯t take long for the army to break through Xinye City!¡±

    As soon as Cai Mao gave the order, he urged the troops to move quickly.  Deng Yi had no choice but to speed up his journey. Deng Yi's front army marched to the side of a long river. He saw that the sky was dark and it was difficult to advance.  He sent someone to inform Cai Mao. Seeing that the night was already dark, Cai Mao ordered his soldiers to rest first and wait until dawn tomorrow before crossing the river again.

    Subsequently, people from various ministries in Jingzhou came one after another.  Eighty thousand soldiers relied on the river. They were happy that the water was not very deep, and the men and horses could??Down to the river draft.  People were shouting at each other and the horses were neighing.  But Chen Shi said that he used cloth bags to stop the water in the upper reaches and lay in wait for a long time.  Suddenly I heard the raunchy man shouting,

    There are countless fires.  Chen Shi thought that Cai Mao's army had arrived, so he hurriedly ordered the sergeants to pick up the cloth bags together. The water was surging like a giant dragon.

    Looking downriver to rush away.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? !  !

    It was dark at night, and while the men and horses in Jingzhou were resting, a huge roar of water suddenly burst out between the sky and the earth.  Countless Jingzhou soldiers quickly looked upstream and saw the overwhelming water rushing in at an extremely fast speed. They were so frightened that their souls flew away. They scrambled to escape without caring about their horses or food.

    Cai Mao, Deng Yi, Liu Xian, Fu Xun and other generals also fled desperately with the support of their sergeants.  After a while, a huge stream of water rushed down, and the whole earth was shaken up!  !  !

    Most of the men and horses in Jingzhou were unable to escape and drowned in the water. They were washed up in a mess and many died.

    After the extremely terrifying water flow swept through, the surroundings were surrounded by men and horses, soldiers, armors, and food and grass that had fallen to the ground.  Cai Mao led the generals to seize the road where the water was slow.  Just as they arrived at Boling Ferry, Cai Mao saw that the roar had gone and was about to call for people to rectify the remaining soldiers and pack up food, grass and armaments.

    At this moment, I heard loud shouts and an army blocked the road. The leading general was none other than Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng.  Liu Feng had been lying in ambush here for a long time. When he heard the sound of water bombardment, he immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare. When he saw Cai Mao and others fleeing in confusion, he immediately led his troops to fight out.

    Liu Feng had a sinister look in his eyes. Although Liu Bei valued him, his right arm was cut off by Zhao Yun soon after following Liu Bei, and he became disabled.  However, Liu Feng was not disheartened because of this. Instead, he hoped to gain power and achievements to prove that although his body was disabled, his ambition was not disabled!

    Liu Feng shouted loudly, raised his gun with one arm and rode his horse, hoping that Cai Hao would come to kill him.  Cai Mao and the generals in Jingzhou were in shock. They saw an ambush army again and ran away in fright.  Song Zhong was injured and was the slowest to escape. Liu Feng rushed over on horseback and stabbed out with a spear, the sharp blade of the spear passing through his body.  Song Zhong screamed and immediately fell to the ground and died.  Liu Feng drew out his spear and immediately started fighting among the rebels again. The cavalry under his command galloped and galloped. Although the number was small, they killed Jingzhou's troops and horses in chaos, leaving them unable to fight back.  When Cai Mao hurriedly organized his army to prepare for the attack, Chen Shi also led an army to attack from the upper reaches. Generals Liu Xian and Deng Yi held their own with weapons.  Chen Shi swung his sword fiercely, and the blade was so fast that he killed the two generals and retreated.  Seeing how powerful Chen Shi was, Cai Hao quickly ordered his troops to help resist.  After Chen Shi and Liu Feng fought for a while and wounded thousands of Jingzhou soldiers and horses, they saw Jingzhou people and horses coming one after another. They both led their troops to fight in one place, broke a bloody road, and fled.

    The men and horses of Jingzhou could not catch up. When Cai Mao heard that the two men led the army to flee, he became furious.  He hurriedly ordered the generals and ministries to lose men and horses, and Deng Yi made statistics on the losses of baggage and armaments.

    After a while, the statistics were completed.  Cai Mao's face showed endless astonishment, and his eyes were full of disbelief.  This flood actually drowned nearly 20,000 of his troops and horses, and at the same time, he lost nearly half of his food, grass, baggage, and armaments.

    "Most of General Cai's food, grass, and armaments are in the downstream. Why not have people pick them up and reduce losses?"

    Seeing Cai Mao's gloomy face, Deng Yi hurriedly went to the admonishment road.  As soon as Deng Yi finished speaking, Liu Xian immediately retorted with fear.

    "No! Zhuge Liang has many tricks. If he had anticipated it, he would have taken the opportunity to attack with his troops. Our army will suffer another big setback!"

    "According to Liu Biejia's words, is it possible to abandon all these grains, grass, and armaments!?"

    "this!"

    Liu Xian was suddenly startled and then glanced at Cai Mao.  Cai Hao gritted his teeth and his eyes seemed to be able to spit out flames.  At this time, Fu Xun who was on the side suddenly admonished.

    "Our army has suffered setbacks one after another before it entered Xinye City. At this time, so many soldiers, horses, food, grass, and armaments were lost, and the morale of the soldiers in the army was low. How about temporarily withdrawing the army, reorganizing it, and then proceeding cautiously?  ¡±

    As soon as Fu Xun said this, Cai Mao's expression suddenly changed and he shouted angrily.

    "It's ridiculous!!! I have such a powerful army, but I was scared by the big-eared bandit with a small number of soldiers and retreated without a fight. If the people of the world find out, they will laugh at my useless people in Jingzhou! Needless to say, those grains, grass,  Don¡¯t worry about the military equipment. We¡¯ll deal with it after our army breaks through Xinye City!¡±

    "Can!"

    Fu Xun was about to remonstrate again, but Cai Mao's red eyes stared with such terrifying anger that Fu Xun was so frightened that Fu Xun immediately closed his mouth and did not dare to speak any more.

    Cai Mao reorganized his troops and rested for a night. Regardless of the turmoil and low morale of the army, he led the army to Xinye City.  When it was dark the next day, when Cai Mao led his army to the city, he saw only four gates wide open.

    Cai Mao immediately ordered his troops to attack the people. There was no resistance. No one was seen in the city. It was actually an empty city.

    ? ?Mao smiled coldly, his mind was spinning, as if he had noticed something, and he spoke to the generals.

    "This must be because the big-eared thief is so powerful that he has run away with all the people. He will go to Fancheng this time. Our troops will rest in the city and will march in the next day. Once Fancheng is lost, the big-eared thief will no longer have a safe haven.  So, it¡¯s hard for him to fly now!¡±
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