There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Cai Mao was extremely helpless when he lost power, so he could only immediately lead his army back to Xiangyang.

However, he did not lead his troops back to Xiangyang, but stationed in Yixian County near Xiangyang, and sent people to Jiangling to report, and sent people to Xiangyang to ask for support.

Cai Mao's letter was sent to Xiangyang City. After reading it, Pang Tong did not express his opinion immediately. He just called the generals and asked them for their opinions.

Many Xiangyang generals said at the time that Cai Mao should be rescued. After all, he is the general of Jingzhou, so he must help.

Others said that Cai Mao should be invited back to Xiangyang to help defend the city.

After hearing this, Pang Tong remained silent, and so did Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others.

Even though Cai Mao lost his power, he has been in Xiangyang for many years and has been in charge of the army. He has a high prestige in the army. Even though the military power in Xiangyang is not in his hands now, the prosperity of the Cai family is still in the hearts of the generals.

Especially now that Guan Yu and Pang Tong are at odds, many generals in Xiangyang are dissatisfied with the behavior of these two generals, thinking that they can't keep Xiangyang, but they might as well invite Cai Mao back to take charge of the overall situation.

Of course Pang Tong would not agree, and neither would Guan Yu.

However, facing the earnest expressions of the Xiangyang generals, Pang Tong was unwilling to kill their enthusiasm in public. On the contrary, he felt that at this moment, some words were more appropriate for Guan Yu to say.

He turned to look at Guan Yu and asked, "What does General Guan think about this?"

Guan Yu wished he could go up and kick Pang Tong to death.

When you ask me at this time, it is clear that you want to draw the grievances of Xiangyang generals to me!

Guan Yu, as Liu Bei's personal general, naturally would not agree to let Cai Mao come back, but once he said the question now, it would be pure hatred.

But the problem is, he still won't answer.

If it was someone else, he might have hemmed and hawed in front of Pang Tong, but what kind of person is Guan Yu?His personality is soaring, facing Pang Tong, how can he convince the starters?

"General Cai Mao has just been defeated. It would be difficult for him to come to Xiangyang City. Let him be stationed in Yicheng to echo Xiangyang." Guan Yu said his opinion lightly.

As Guan Yu's words fell, many people cast dissatisfied glances at him.

Of course, this is also the effect Pang Tong wanted.

He happily stroked his beard and said, "If that's the case, then follow what General Guan said."

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After Cai Mao arrived in Yicheng, he stationed there. He immediately contacted Kuai Yue, a former colleague of the Jingzhou clan.

After Liu Bei came to power, Kuai Yue resigned from his post due to illness in order to protect himself, and stayed at home.

And his old house is not far from Yicheng.

Hearing Cai Mao's call, Kuai Yue secretly went to Yicheng overnight to meet Cai Mao.

Regarding Kuai Yue, Cai Mao didn't have much to say, he told the whole story without hiding anything.

After talking about everything, Cai Hao immediately said to Kuai Yue: "Yidu, for the current matter, Cai has to stay in Yicheng, and it is inconvenient to go back to Xiangyang. I trouble you to secretly contact the old department for Cai, and go to Xiancheng." If this matter can be accomplished, it will not be difficult for you and my Kuai and Cai families to revive in Jingzhou in the future!"

Chapter 842 Letter from Xuchang

Kuai Yue is a smart man. Among the old officials in Jingzhou, Kuai Yue thinks that he is a very smart man. Even his elder brother Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue thinks that he cannot compare with him.

Take this matter of returning home due to illness and avoiding disasters as an example, Kuai Yue felt that he handled this matter very beautifully.

What does it mean to try your best and wait for a good opportunity?

That's it.

However, it is not Kuai Yue's character to blindly hide and shrink his head. Seizing the right time to fight back and regain what he lost is the highest state that a wise man should possess.

When Cai Mao sent someone to find him, Kuai Yue knew that this opportunity had come.

After listening to Cai Mao's narration to him, Kuai Yue stood up and started circling back and forth on the spot. It goes without saying that his brain is currently running at a high speed.

When I was young, I saw Kuai Yue standing still, and said to Cai Mao, "Degui, who is the person who came to look for you on behalf of the potter?"

Cai Mao said in a low voice, "It's Zhuge Jin from Jinling City, and it is said that he is Zhuge Liang's elder brother."

"Zhuge." Kuai Yue nodded and said, "I have a very close relationship with pottery merchants, so his words are trustworthy."

"It's more than credible?" Cai Mao hurriedly took out the seal ribbon from his bosom, and said to Kuai Yue, "The pottery merchant even brought the official seal ribbon to Cai Mao, now it's time to ask for another imperial decree after conquering Xiangyang. At that time, Brother Wei will be able to sit firmly in the position of Zuo Zhonglang."

Kuai Yue didn't have any expression on his face, but he was very envious in his heart, secretly thinking that Cai Degui was really lucky.

Cai Hao said with a smile: "Yidu, you also know that the pottery merchant is known as the Prince of Taiping by the world. If you make meritorious deeds in work, it will be reused by Prime Minister Tao in the future."

Kuai Yue naturally knew that what Cai Mao said was true, after all, he had met with the potter when Liu Biao in Jingzhou united with the potter.

This incident is an important opportunity for his personal transformation, and it is also a matter of what identity the Jingzhou Kuai family behind him will live in in the next era.

Kuai Yue naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.

"It's inconvenient for Degui to come out now, it's okay, I will naturally connect this matter secretly, but among the generals in Xiangyang, which ones can advance and retreat with you, you must think about this, those who are unreliable are ten thousand Don't contact me, otherwise my old life will be in your hands."

Seeing that Kuai Yue was willing to help him, Cai Mao hurriedly said, "That's natural, that's natural!"

Kuai Yue's family is the leading gentry in Jingzhou, and there are many businessmen and informants in Jingbei. With his help, Cai Mao would naturally get twice the result with half the effort if he wanted to contact his former colleagues in Xiangyang.

After Kuai Yue returned home, he immediately arranged for his subordinates according to the list that Cai Mao had proposed, and operated secretly, trying to find a way to contact the old generals of the Cai family in Xiangyang one by one, and persuade them to stand on Cai Mao's side.

After a period of communication, everything was ready, only Cai Mao and the potters agreed on the time to attack the city.

The news spread back to the potter, and the potter immediately summoned the generals to discuss the time to march.

Zhuge Jin and Tian Feng are also knowledgeable people. After several calculations and continuous observation, they calculated that there will be heavy fog in the Xiangjiang River in five days, and the visibility will be extremely low at that time, but it is the best time to attack the city.

Tian Feng and Zhuge Jin are both resourceful people, so their deduction is naturally correct.

Then follow the plan five days later.

But just when the pottery merchants began to dispatch troops to attack Xiangyang City, a joint letter from Xuchang was sent from Guo Jia, Chen Deng, Xun Yu and others.

After reading the contents of the letter, the potter couldn't help but fell silent.

The moon is dark and the night is killing, and the wind is high and the sky is set on fire.

Cai Mao led the soldiers under his command to set off in Yicheng, and secretly lurked to the west gate of Xiangyang City.

But at this moment, what happened in the west city, the generals Zhao Yun and Gao Shun sent by the pottery merchants had long been there to support them.

After the two parties exchanged names, they went to the west gate of Xiangyang City together.

Not long after, on the gate of the west city, torches began to flicker back and forth, as if they were signaling to Cai Mao and others.