There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Cai He put away his sword obediently.

Afterwards, Cai Mao sighed and said: "Mr. Zhuge's words... are not bad, hey! My Cai family is the head of Jingzhou. In the past, the Cai family was prosperous and attracted the attention of the world. Thinking about it, the Cai family in Xiangyang has become so depressed now. , is really sad.”

Zhuge Jin stood up, cupped his hands to Cai Mao, and said, "I'm here today, and what I want to say to Cai Gong, I think Cai Gong understands a little bit in his heart, right?"

Cai Mao narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "In all honesty, there is not much friendship between Cai and Prime Minister Tao."

Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "Friendship is formed in the process of getting along. Although Tao Xiang was not familiar with the general at first, it doesn't mean that he can't get to know the general in the future, and Jin's visit this time is to bring Tao Xiang's sincerity in wanting to get to know the general."

Cai Mao was taken aback when he heard this.

But Zhuge Jin took out a seal and a letter from her bosom with a smile, walked up to Cai Mao solemnly, and handed it to him.

"This is?"

"This is the seal and ribbon of General Zuo Zhonglang of the imperial court, and the letter that the Prime Minister ordered me to give to General Cai, which fully expresses the sincerity of the Prime Minister to you."

"General Zuo Zhonglang..." Cai Mao had no expression on his face, but he was still very satisfied in his heart. The pottery merchant was quite generous.

When I opened the letter, the content was very simple, it was just some polite words, basically it said that I had admired the great name for a long time, I wished for a while, but I didn’t have a good chance, I hope Cai Mao can go to Yin, Han Xin returns to Han and so on.

Cai Mao sighed, closed the letter, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Logically speaking, he is in favor of the solicitation of pottery merchants. After all, pottery merchants now occupy two-thirds of the world. Whether it is Cao Cao or Jingzhou, they are already crushing. Under changing circumstances, Jingzhou, Guanzhong, Xichuan and other places are swallowed up by whales, and it is only time to start.

The tendency of fighting against courtesy in the early years no longer exists.

The reason why Cai Mao didn't dare to agree immediately was that the pottery merchant was not familiar with him; the second reason was that he was also an important minister who supported the Jingzhou emperor Liu Qiong; the third reason was that he also wanted to mention his own social status, so he agreed immediately The pottery merchant is a bit too shameless.

Regarding Cai Mao's concerns, Zhuge Jin had already discussed with the potter before coming here, and Zhuge Jin had a good idea of ​​how to reply Cai Mao.

But Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "General Cai, Jin's younger brother Kong Ming is a student of the prime minister, and my uncle and Huang Gong were also close friends back then. General Cai and Huang Gong are relatives, and today Jin can get to know the general again." In this way, although the prime minister and the general have not met, they are also people who are on the same road. It can’t be said that they are close relatives, but there must be some stories.”

Zhuge Jin's words were purely arbitrarily chasing relatives when he had nothing to do, which could make him connect the pottery merchant and Cai Mao by beating around the bush, and there was really no one else.

But obviously, Cai Mao felt very useful after hearing this. Even if he knew that Zhuge Jin was fooling him, he was also happy, because he knew that Zhuge Jin's words represented pottery.

Since all the pottery merchants wanted to build a relationship with him, it showed that his Cai family was worth wooing and a very important existence in the pottery merchant's eyes.

Cai Mao felt very satisfied with this.

Zhugejin said to Cai Mao again: "The prime minister said that this time when he went to Jingzhou to fight, he would first take Xiangyang and then Jiangling. He didn't want to look at the land of Zhangling alone. He really didn't want to confront General Cai head-on."

What I said, almost didn't make Cai Mao's nose too long.

Cai Mao laughed and said, "Well, even though that's the case, Prime Minister Tao supported the late emperor's eldest son in Nanchang City, and Cai also assisted Liu Jingzhou in Jiangling to support the first son, logically speaking, the relationship between the two... "

Zhuge Jin hurriedly explained: "Those who support the puppet dynasty, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and Fu Wan, have nothing to do with the general? If the general can abandon small righteousness and care about big integrity, the world will be blessed! The people are lucky! The court is lucky! The room is very lucky!"

"Crack~!" Cai Mao slapped the table heavily.

On the other side, Cai Zhong hastily pulled out the saber from his waist again.

"Okay! If that's the case, then Cai will recognize the prime minister and friends like Mr. Zhuge!"

After finishing speaking, Cai Mao turned his head to look at Cai He, who was holding the saber in a daze, frowning and said, "Why do you keep pulling out your crap? It's not a famous sword! What are you showing off?"

Cai He put the accompanying sword back into the scabbard in embarrassment, and said dryly to Cai Mao, "Brother, if it is possible, next time you can finish your speech first, and then pat the table..."

Chapter 841: Cai Mao's Action

Through Zhuge Jin, Cai Mao agreed to join forces with potters.

With the news, Zhuge Jin hurried back to the potter's barracks.

The current Jinling army is gradually gathering the counties around Xiangyang City.

The potter was very happy when he received the news from Zhuge Jin.

"Ziyu looked at Cai Mao, is his intention of surrendering to me true or false?" The potter asked Zhuge Jin.

In fact, he knew in his heart that if there were no accidents, Cai Mao's surrender must be true, but he still wanted to hear Zhuge Jin's opinion. After all, Zhuge Jin communicated with Cai Mao through Huang Chengyan.

Moreover, Zhuge Jin is more reliable in speaking and doing things, and he is not the kind of person who talks nonsense.

Zhuge Jin thought about it seriously, and then replied: "From the perspective of the following, Cai Mao's intention to surrender this time must be the real first move.

"Why?"

"Cai Mao is now in Zhangling County. He is named Yifang County Sheriff, but he is actually an abandoned son. Since Liu Biao's time, the Liu family in Jingzhou has been suppressing him. Now the Pang family in Xiangyang is using the alliance with Liu Bei. If I were Cai Mao, I would not continue to hang myself on this tree, and I would find another master. ...And in today's world, when it comes to the hero, who can be compared with the prime minister?"

Hearing this, the potter couldn't help laughing: "Ziyu, what you said is a compliment to me, you are an honest person, when did you learn the way of flattery?"

Zhuge Jin cupped his hands and said: "How did the Prime Minister say this? This is not flattery, Jin is just telling the truth."

When Zhuge Jin said this, his face was very serious, and he looked upright. If it wasn't for his left finger unconsciously touching his right finger, the pottery merchant might really have been fooled by him.

"Ziyu, if there is nothing to do in Jinling City, you can stay in the army. Now that Kong Ming is not with me, you stay here to help me make suggestions."

Zhuge Jin seemed a little hesitant when he heard the words: "Prime Minister, I have never led a soldier or commanded a general..."

"You don't need to know how to lead the army. I will naturally be responsible for these things. You just need to stay by my side and help me out."

"No." Zhuge Jin no longer declined.

The Tao merchant narrowed his eyes and said, "Since Cai Mao has agreed to surrender, what should we do next to close Xiangyang?"

Zhuge Jin advised the potter: "I feel that if you want to take Xiangyang, you just want Cai Mao to cooperate with us from the inside out, but he is currently in Zhangling County. If he comes back directly, it is unreasonable and easy to show flaws. , What we have to do now is to give General Cai a reasonable reason to return to Xiangfan."

The potter thought about it seriously, and said with a smile, "It's not easy? If we take down Zhangling County, he will have nowhere to go, so he can only return to Xiangfan."

Zhuge Jin saw that the potter had hit the point right away, and said, "The prime minister is really a good idea."

The pottery merchant told him: "Ziyu, write a letter to Cai Mao now, tell him that I will send troops to attack Zhangling County in Zeri, and let him be careful. Make a way out, so as not to be accidentally injured by our generals, that would not look good."

Zhuge Jin wondered: "Why do you want to attack seriously, can't it be a show?"

The potter raised his finger to guide Fang, and said: "Pang Tong of Xiangyang City is not an idler, his talent is similar to that of your brother Kong Ming. If I play with Cai Mao in advance, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from him."

Only then did Zhuge Jin suddenly get up, and said, "I'm going to prepare now."

After finishing speaking, I saw him bow to the chief pottery merchant, and then walked out of the handsome tent.

……

Three days later, the pottery merchant sent Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, and A Fei to encircle Zhangling County.

The soldiers and horses of Jinling City came aggressively, without any mercy, they captured Zhangling County with lightning speed, and defeated Cai Mao's army.