The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133: Cai Mao's Disastrous Defeat in the Wuling War

Under the city of Tang Zuo, Cai Mao and Zhou Yu's army fought fiercely for a day, and the troops led by Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who were like heavenly soldiers, established the victory.

It turned out that Zhou Yu sent Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and his newly recruited father and son Sun Ru and Sun Xiang to station in Chanling County, but the army going north was not [-], only [-]!

Zhou Yu predicted that Cai Mao would look at Chanling County from the Yangtze River, and when he saw that the city was strong and heavily defended, he would choose to go south.

After Cai Mao's navy went south, Cheng Pu and Han Dang rushed to Huarong Trail with their personal guard cavalry to wait for orders.

Zhou Yu explored the terrain on the Huarong Trail and knew that Cai Mao, a Jingzhou native, definitely knew about this dangerous place and would not choose to go here.

Zhou Yu deliberately ambushed and retreated on the main road, and all of them were really defeated. The defeated army was all Zhang Jie's thousands of old and weak, and they used it repeatedly. Zhou Yu used eight consecutive defeats for two purposes.

First, the tactics of arrogant soldiers made Cai Mao despise Zhou Yu, and attracted Cai Mao to chase Zhou Yu all the time.

Second, Zhou Yu did not let the [-] troops march north to Xiaoling County in a suspicious plan. Sun He led the army and secretly hid on the Huarong Trail.

Losing eight games in a row, Cai Mao underestimated Zhou Yu all the way, and did not take a detour to Huarong Trail to check carefully. After Cheng Pu and Han Dang arrived at Huarong Trail, Sun He returned to Zhou Yu's side.

Cai Mao, who thought he was smart, was actually in Zhou Yu's control every step of the way, from never attacking Jialing County to deliberately ambushing him on Huarong Avenue.

At the final decisive battle, there was a scene where Cheng Pu and Han Dang attacked from behind and suddenly attacked Cai Mao's rear.

As for Cai Mao being so timid, he retreated northward without resisting, leading to the defeat of the whole army. Of course Zhou Yu accepted this unexpected joy!
If Cai Mao hadn't retreated and replaced him with other good generals and brave generals, it doesn't matter whether it is to use the remaining [-] soldiers to resist Cheng Pu and Han Dang's army.

Or rush forward, take advantage of Cheng Pu and Han Dang's army before they arrive, and take all the soldiers and horses to fight to the death, and it is possible to turn defeat into victory.

Because at that time, Zhou Yu's army had reached its limit!It can be said that as long as a quarter of an hour more, it may collapse!
But there are not so many ifs. As the commander-in-chief, Cai Hao didn't even have the courage to fight the enemy, so he chose to flee, leading to the defeat of the former army!
It can be said that Liu Biao's biggest mistake this time was choosing Cai Mao as the coach!
If Wenpin is the coach, he might lose as well, but not so badly!
However, due to the structure of Jingzhou, Liu Biao could only accept Cai Mao as the commander-in-chief, which fundamentally determined this battle, and Liu Biao was doomed from the beginning.

When Lu Heng heard about the battle from Jin Yiwei, when he heard that Cai Mao was beating Zhou Yu, he laughed and asked Yan Yu to bet that Zhou Yu would win!
But Yan Yu refused to gamble with Lu Heng even to the death, even Yan Yu, a fool like Yan Yu, knew how powerful Zhou Yu was because of Lu Heng's defeat!

The political structure of Jingzhou, the aristocratic family can start to interfere with the decision-making of Liu Biao, who is the lord of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, which sounds very strong and awesome, but what is the actual situation?

Liu Biao had no soldiers and no foundation in Jingzhou, so he could only rely on local aristocratic families such as the Cai family and the Kuai family to wipe out the local thieves and rule Jingzhou.

Why did the Cai family and the Kuai family willingly let Liu Biao trend?
As the saying goes, if the first bird is shot, if these aristocratic families become princes, they will be wiped out. The Yuan family of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is the best example!

The family was uprooted, and all members of the family were beheaded by the victors. The Yuan family was like this. How could other families be spared?
But it's different to support a person or a family. You can also get all the rights and a lot of benefits, and you don't have to be accounted for if you fail.

When the forces of refuge are destroyed and surrendered, the family can also survive!
This is why Lu Su said to Sun Quan that everyone can surrender, but you cannot!
At the beginning, Gu Yong Natou mainly worshiped Lu Heng, and it was partly due to this reason, but there was a deformity in Jingzhou!
Liu Biao, the lord, had no strength at all. After entering Jingzhou, he relied on the Cai family for military strength, the Kuai family for financial resources, and the Huang family for closing the border.

In the middle and late period, Huang Zu listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, just like a small prince. If it weren't for Sun Quan's feud, Huang Zu would not necessarily be attached to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao didn't leave Jingzhou all the year round, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't do it. The aristocratic family didn't agree to send troops, so he couldn't get any troops.

In the early days, Liu Biao was not a tortoise who shrank his head and slept in Jingzhou. Liu Biao once sent Liu Heru to Yizhou to rebel against Shen Mi, Lou Fa, and Gan Ning, just to make an attempt on Yizhou.

He even fought against Zhangjin in Jiaozhou for years, and after Zhang Jin died, he even sent Wu Ju to be the prefect of Cangwu. It can be seen that Liu Biao also has plans for Jiaozhou.

Therefore, Liu Biao was under the balanced rule in the early stage, and he trained Liu Pan and Zhang Yun to lead the army, and Zhang Xiu was even willing to take out an important town like Wancheng.

It was just to check and balance the aristocratic family under the rule. After a few years, Liu Biao was getting old and had no energy to expand the territory. Moreover, Cao Cao and Sun Quan had already become popular at that time, and Liu Biao couldn't beat him even if he wanted to!
The political structure of Jingzhou is a bit much to talk about later, and the attention turns back to Cai Mao!

Cai Mao's garrison and other Wenpin, Zhang Yun, and Wang Wei gathered together and gathered the defeated soldiers, smiling wryly. There were less than [-] people left, their morale was low, and all food, grass, supplies, etc. were lost.

This can be said to be a fiasco!
He even said that Liu Biao was going to destroy Sun Ce's strategic thinking in one fell swoop, because the disintegration of this fiasco may even affect the safety of Nanjun.

But Cai Mao couldn't close so many, they were not out of danger yet, after gathering the defeated soldiers, Cai Mao and others were faced with two choices.

It's the Huarong Trail that I said before walking into the road, or take a detour and take the official road!

As the commander-in-chief, Cai Hao once again ordered that it is dangerous to take the Huarong trail, and Zhou Yu must have predicted that we would not dare to take the trail and would lie in ambush on the main road, and our army would do the opposite!

Wenpin said: "Degui, when Zhou Yu came here, he had already ambushed once on the main road. I don't think Zhou Yu would be so unwise. He would use the same strategy over and over again. This time it is very likely that Zhou Yu will ambush on the trail!"

"Besides, Cheng Pu and Han Dang came from behind our army. Our army has passed through the main road. They must hide their troops on the Huarong Trail!"

"The Huarong Trail is extremely dangerous. As long as there is an ambush, our army's morale will be low, and the entire army will definitely be wiped out!"

Although Wenpin's suggestion is good, Wenpin hit Cai Mao's pain point. Cai Mao, who thought he had a plan last time, saw through Zhou Yu's ambush.

In fact, everyone now knows that there are ambushes on both the avenue and the trail. If you take the trail, it is a real ambush, and if you take the avenue, it is a tactic of arrogant soldiers!

Wen Pin is slapping Cai Mao in the face naked!

When did he, Cai Mao, lose face like this?Cai Mao was furious and said: "I will lead the army to walk the Huarong trail. If you want to walk the road, go by yourself!"

After saying that, he marched to the trail without looking back, leaving Wenpin, Wang Wei, and Zhang Yun behind, looking at each other!

Zhang Yun thought about it. After all, he was related to Cai Mao and led the army to follow Cai Mao, while Wen Pin insisted on his own point of view and resolutely walked the road.

Wang Wei is a straight man and a martial artist, he is not ashamed that Cai Mao will withdraw without a fight, and chose to go with Wenpin!

In this way, the army on the south west road of Jingzhou was defeated and divided into two!Each choose their own destiny!
(End of this chapter)