Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 37
Chapter 37: Cai Mao's Surrender
"Old thief Wang Li, I, Cai Mao, are irreconcilable with you!" Cai Mao roared hoarsely in the general's mansion in Xiangyang City.

Just last night, Kuai Fu took advantage of the darkness to enter Xiangyang City, and told Cai Mao what happened in Jiangling City. The next day, the news that all the main members of the four major families were killed spread to Xiangyang City. Mao was so angry that he fainted to the ground.

After waking up, Cai Mao's eyes were red and his face was ferocious, as if he wanted to eat people.

"Father, what should we do?" Cai Mao's eldest son, Cai Xiao, knelt in front of Cai Mao and asked him. Who dares to provoke Cai Xiao, the prince's relatives, all this was brought to him by the family, and he also has a very deep affection for the family. Now that the family is destroyed and the people of the clan are killed, he is also deeply saddened.

Cai Mao gritted his teeth, and said: "Since he is ruthless, don't blame me, Cai Mao, for being ungrateful. Now we can't go back to Jiangling City, and there is Deng Guo's army outside Xiangyang City, it is very difficult for us to evacuate." , I mean open the city gate and surrender to Deng Jun, what do you mean by waiting?"

Everyone was silent. Except for some members of the Cai family, most of the generals here were just generals under Cai Mao all the year round. In their hearts, they always believed that they were serving the country of Jing, not for the country of Jing. Cai Mao worked his life. Previously, Cai Mao was the general of the state of Jing and fought with Deng Jun. They naturally followed, but now that Cai Mao is about to surrender, it is different.

Cai Mao saw that except for a few children of the Cai family, other people showed hesitant expressions on their faces, so he said: "Everyone, think about it carefully, now that Deng Guo's army is out, there are only [-] soldiers in Xiangyang City, Moreover, Jiangxia's reinforcements have been intercepted by Deng's army. A civil war broke out in Jiangling City. A large number of loyal ministers and wise men were killed. Shilin was shaken, and the people were panicked. , Xiangyang will fall sooner or later, and the country of Jing has already come to an end, so why do you all have to sacrifice your life for this decaying country?"

After hearing this, everyone whispered to each other. In fact, at this time, everyone's hearts have become more measured. Cai Mao is right, the country of Jing has reached the point of disintegration. Beng, the new king came to the throne, the aristocratic faction and the clan sent troops to meet each other, and Jiangling City was caught in the flames of war. Now, both the generals and the soldiers in the army already know that this country of Jing has come to an end , It is meaningless to continue to fight in Xiangyang.

"The last general is up to the general!" the generals said.

At this time, Cai Mao finally showed a smile on his face, and said: "Okay, since that's the case, everyone will go down to prepare and wait for the general's order."

After everyone retreated, Cai Mao took out a pen and cloth, wrote a letter with a brush, and said to Kuaifu: "Nephew, take my autographed letter and go out of the city to meet Yue Fei, and tell Yue Fei what happened in Jiangling City. Tell me, he's a smart man, and he'll understand."

"Yes, Uncle." Kuai Fu agreed.

In Deng Jun's camp, Yue Fei had already learned about the Jiangling incident, but he didn't know what the outcome would be now, but this did not prevent Yue Fei from taking the next step. There was a disturbance in Jiangling City. Once the news was received in Xiangyang City, there would inevitably be riots , This is the opportunity Yue Fei has been waiting for for a long time, so he summoned all the generals to discuss how to attack the city.

"Report, tell the general that there is a messenger from Jing Kingdom outside the gate of the camp, who wants to see the general?" This is, the soldiers outside the tent came to report that someone wanted to see Yue Fei.

"A Messenger from the Kingdom of Jing? He specified that he wanted to see me. What kind of trick is Cai Mao playing?" Yue Fei murmured.

"General, could it be that Cai Mao came to fight?" Ma Chao asked.

Yue Fei shook his head and said: "Impossible. Although Cai Mao's ability is not very good, he is not stupid, he is also a smart person. He is very difficult to defend now, let alone going out of the city to fight. But what is the specific matter? The messenger will know when he comes in, and bring people in."

"Here!"

Soon, the soldiers brought in the envoy from Jing Guo, and it was Kuai Fou who came.

After Kuaifu entered the big tent, although he was a little nervous, as a son of a family, he had seen many big scenes, so he quickly calmed down, and said to Yue Feifei: "Kuaifu has seen General Yue."

"Kuai? You are from the Jiangling Kuai family. Who are you, Jing Guo's old prime minister Kuai Yi?" The Kuai family is one of the four major families in the Jing country, and has become the first family in recent years. Heard of it.

Kuai Fu said neither humble nor overbearing: "General Hui is my father."

Yue Fei nodded and said, "I don't know why Mr. Kuai is here?"

Kuai Fou said: "Return to the general, I was ordered by General Cai to come to discuss with the general about surrendering."

"What? Surrender, does it mean that your aristocratic faction was defeated in the Battle of Jiangling?" Yue Fei was shocked when he heard that Cai Mao was about to surrender to him, but he turned his head. He remembered the change of Jiangling. The news came, but if Cai Mao really wanted to surrender, there was only one possibility, and that was that the aristocratic faction was defeated and Cai Mao had nowhere to go.

"Yes, General, the old thief Wang Li captured all members of my four major families in Jiangling City, and only I escaped by chance. Moreover, Wang Li has publicly executed our clan members a few days ago." Having said that, Kuai Fou's sadness came from it, a handsome seven-foot man with tears all over his face.

"Mr. Kuai, I would like to express my condolences." Yue Fei comforted, "I have heard a little about the old prime minister, and I respect him very much, but I didn't expect it to end like this. The poor old prime minister has devoted himself to Jing for decades, but It ended up like this."

With tears in his eyes, Kuai Fu knelt down on one knee and said, "General, the hatred of destroying a family is irreconcilable. I and General Cai are willing to surrender to the Kingdom of Deng and take Jiangling as the king's pioneer."

Yue Fei helped Kuaifu up, and said: "Young Master Kuai, please get up quickly, the matter is very important at this time, I need to discuss with the generals for a while, and I would like to ask you to rest in our camp for a while."

Kuai Fu nodded and followed the soldiers down. He also knew that Yue Fei, as the commander of the first army, could not trust him just because of his few words, and would definitely send someone to investigate.

Sure enough, after Kuai Fu left, Yue Fei ordered additional scouts to infiltrate Jiangling. At the same time, he sent someone to Yang Yanzhao's troops in Liqiu to also send people to Jiangling to inquire about the news. As Kuai Fou said, the family faction was purged by the clan faction, and all the members of the four major families in Jiangling were killed. Only then did Yue Fei believe that Cai Mao really wanted to surrender.

After Yue Fei got the exact news, he called Kuai Fou, discussed with him about the landing, and asked him to go back and talk to Cai Mao.

Deng Jun hoarded troops under Xiangyang City for more than a month, and the gate of Xiangyang City finally opened. Cai Mao held a white flag and surrender letter, followed by Xiangyang generals. Seeing this, Yue Fei dismounted immediately.

Cai Mao said: "Cai Mao doesn't know the time, and he wants to fight against the general. Today, he is at the end of his skills. I would like to ask the general to surrender, and I hope the general will accept it." Then he knelt down on one knee.

Yue Fei helped Cai Mao up, and said: "General Cai please get up quickly, the Jing royal family slaughtered loyal officials, the general can abandon the dark and turn to the bright, Yue Fei is very happy."

Cai Mao was ashamed and said: "The general is benevolent and righteous, and Cai Mao is grateful. Cai Mao has something to ask, and I hope the general can agree."

"Oh, I don't know what's going on, the general said it's okay." Yue Fei said.

Cai Mao: "My four big families have served Jing country for generations since the founding of Jing country. Now the Wang family has slaughtered our four big families for unreasonable charges. When Jiangling City is broken, I hope the general can do it." Hand over the two thieves, Wang Li and Wang Ping, to Cai Mao to pay homage to the spirits of our clansmen!"

"Such trivial matters should be the case. When the city is broken, General Cai will take care of himself, but Yue Fei has spoken first. Wang Li and Wang Ping can be handed over to the general. The other members of the Wang family cannot be left to the general's disposal. Go to Wancheng and let the king deal with it." Wang Li and Wang Ping have already lost the hearts of scholars in the world by slaughtering the family. Even if Cai Mao didn't say anything, Yue Fei didn't intend to let them go. Besides, appease Cai Mao , It is tantamount to appease the Jing family, which will help Deng to stabilize the situation in Jing, kill two birds with one stone, why not do it, but the other Jing royal families can't be left to Cai Mao's disposal.

"General Xie!" Cai Mao was overjoyed. In his opinion, his biggest enemies were Wang Li and Wang Ping. The other members of the royal family did not have any deep hatred with him. They just had different political views, so there was no need to kill them all.

(End of this chapter)