Chapter 1460: Cai Mao rebels
This is the third time Yue Fei has attacked the generals. After the previous two failed, Yue Fei has carefully and carefully studied Jiangling's city defense, and his understanding of Jiangling City has definitely reached a terrifying level.
Deng Yu was the governor of Nanjun appointed by Liu Xiu, but even his understanding of Jiangling City was not necessarily as good as that of Yue Fei, an outsider.
After Deng Yu took over Jiangling's defense, he immediately made changes to the defense. It was no better than the last arrangement Yue Fei had seen. If he didn't change it, he would definitely be targeted by Yue Fei.
Deng Yu's idea was not wrong. The fault was that he did not change it thoroughly enough. He only made adjustments according to Liu Xiu's arrangements, but the core was still the same as Liu Xiu left.
Yue Fei didn't know everything about Liu Xiu's arrangement, but he already knew about it. Deng Yu only made adjustments to the defense without changing the core arrangement left by Liu Xiu. This also played into Yue Fei's plan. .
Under Yue Fei's personal command of the siege, the Qin army always pointed at the Chu army's weak points, and there were also a group of fierce generals who rushed to attack, as well as many sharp weapons such as catapults, wells, fire oil bombs, etc. as assistance, so they were able to achieve a better offensive and defensive casualty ratio. Close to a one to one record.
Deng Yu also noticed that there was something wrong with the defense. Yue Fei knew the general's defense very well. If he hadn't personally laid the defense and hadn't told anyone about it, he would have suspected that there were spies of the Qin army around him.
Now that the war has begun, it is impossible for Deng Yu to change the defense deployment before the battle. Not to mention that it is too late. Even if it is too late, Yue Fei will not give him a chance, and the result will definitely be even worse.
Under the fierce force of the Qin army for fifteen consecutive days, the Qin army suffered casualties of 12,000 troops and 3,000 auxiliary troops. The Chu army was equally uncomfortable, losing nearly 10,000 troops.
The wealthy Qin army has a total strength of 600,000. The loss of an army of 10,000 to 20,000 will be quickly made up for.
But the Chu army is different. The Chu army, which only has a total of 150,000 troops, is now fighting against the four princes at the same time. If it is exhausted with the Qin army, it will completely defeat the Chu army, but it is impossible to hurt the Qin army.
There were only 40,000 defenders in Jiangling City, and a quarter of the 150,000 defenders were lost. The losses of the strong men who assisted the defenders were also great, and this also greatly reduced the morale of the entire army.
Deng Yu realized that this was not going to work. If he couldn't think of a way to solve it, Jiangling City would be destroyed sooner or later. After all, the Chu army could not defeat the Qin army at all costs.
Before the war, Liu Xiu gave Deng Yu 40,000 troops and asked Deng Yu to hold on for a year.
Originally, Deng Yu thought that with a main force of 40,000 men and a fortified city like Jiangling, it would not be a problem to hold off Yue Fei for a year if he defended the city.
A year later, the lord Liu Xiuding had occupied Jiaozhou, and reinforcements would naturally come to rescue Jiangling.
Deng Yu admitted that he thought of the problem too simply. He did not expect that Yue Fei would attack so fiercely from the beginning, and he was determined to use this lose-lose style to compete with him.
If he continues to consume like this, Deng Yu may not be able to hold on to Jiangling City for three months, let alone one year.
As a last resort, Deng Yu had to take risks and make changes to the core defense layout overnight, and this change was carried out throughout the city.
It was easy to tell for a day or two, but if time went on, it would be impossible to hide it from Yue Fei.
After realizing Deng Yu's intention, Yue Fei attacked the city overnight, hoping to directly attack Jiangling City before Deng Yu's arrangements were completed. Deng Yu also noticed Yue Fei's intention and personally led all the generals and death squads to guard the city overnight. , and complete the defense changes before all the death squads are killed.
Although Jiangling City should have a new defensive layout, many of the defensive equipment on the city tower had been destroyed by the Qin army in the previous process.
Now that Jiangling has changed its layout, although its defensive power is stronger than before, it is only for a moment. It cannot completely reverse the war situation, but it also increases the losses of the Qin army.
Outside the city, Yue Fei is still directing the fierce attack, but a conspiracy is being hatched inside Jiangling City.
In Jiangling City, in a certain residence of the Cai family, some Jingzhou aristocratic families gathered together, and the leader was Cai Mao.
"Everyone, Liu Xiu overestimated his capabilities and started a war with the four major princes at the same time. He is destined to be destroyed. But we can't bury him with him. We should make plans in advance." Cai Hao said with a gloomy face, feeling extremely regretful about that decision. Support Liu Xiu's decision to fight Qin Hao.
What is the purpose of the Jingzhou family helping Liu Xiu like this? Isn't it just to keep the land in hand?
But what about Liu Xiu? After the thing was done, he immediately turned his back and refused to admit it. Not only did he want to take away the hidden population of the family, but now he even wanted the land. This was simply a white-eyed wolf.
Cai Hao was once Liu Xiu's biggest supporter, because he united with the aristocratic families who were dissatisfied with Qin Hao to help Liu Xiu, but he didn't expect that Liu Xiu was not only ungrateful, but also took care of his Cai family, and even asked him to do it himself. Host in person.
At that time, Cai Mao wanted to rebel, but he did not dare, because if Liu Xiu dared to hand over power to him, there would definitely be a countermeasure. If he rebelled, the Cai family would definitely be exterminated.
Cai Mao suppressed his thoughts of rebellion and personally went out to suppress those families who had been attracted by him to support Liu Xiu. This also made him, the former leader of the Jingzhou family, completely at odds with most of the Jingzhou family.
Cai Mao has endured the humiliation until now, just to wait for today's perfect opportunity to personally destroy Liu Xiu, who he personally promoted.
"Everyone, tell me whether you want to be buried with Liu Xiu or find another way out."
Hearing what Cai Mao said, these families were also very moved. However, due to the fact that Liu Xiu had accumulated power for a long time, everyone did not dare to place bets without authorization before his defeat was a foregone conclusion. After all, if the bet was wrong, the family would be exterminated.
"snort……"
Seeing this, Cai Mao snorted dissatisfiedly and said coldly: "Have you forgotten what Liu Xiu did to us?
In order to help Liu Xiu, our Jingzhou family invested most of our family wealth in providing money, food, and people, but how did Liu Xiu repay us?
Suppress, suppress, suppress again. "
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately aroused the indignation of many people present.
"Master Cai is right, our Jingzhou family did not fail Liu Xiu, it was Liu Xiu who failed our Jingzhou family."
"Yes, we can't go on like this. We must resist and let Liu Xiu know how powerful our Jingzhou family is."
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Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Cai Hao also smiled, and then said with a wry smile: "I, Cai Hao, was blind at first. I mistrusted Liu Xiu and caused great harm to all the major families. Now the opportunity has come. I, Cai Hao, must change this mistake."
"Master Cai, just tell me what to do? We all listen to you."
"Yep……"
A cold light flashed in Cai Yan's eyes: "Gather the clan troops, open the city gate, and give Jiangling City to the Qin army."
