Nothing in this world is always smooth sailing, and nothing is perfect. The same is true for Wu Qi's actions this time.
Although it was generally smooth and some goals were achieved, there were still some flaws in the process. Kuai Liang was one such person.
Although there were some twists and turns with Cai Mao of the Cai family, with Cai Jing personally taking action, a more satisfactory result was finally achieved.
During this period, Cai Mao was not very happy in Liu Xiu's hands. Because of Cai Jing, Liu Xiu and the others lost Fancheng in one battle. It can be said that the development of the Jingbei war situation to this day has a lot to do with Cai Jing.
After all, the Cai family is quite powerful. At this time, for the sake of internal stability, although Liu Xiu did not say anything to Cai Mao on the surface, those under Liu Xiu did not have a good look at Cai Mao.
Therefore, in Xiangyang today, Cai Mao is generally in a somewhat embarrassing time period.
At this moment, Cai Jing, who had entered Xiangyang with the secret help of Fushuifang, found Cai Mao. Although Cai Mao is in this embarrassing situation now, ultimately it is because of Cai Jing, but when Cai Jing arrives, it is absolutely impossible for Cai Mao to sell him to the Chu army.
Jingbei has now fallen into this situation. Liu Xiu and the other three princes have all lost a battle in Jiangxia. Cai Hao obviously no longer thinks highly of Liu Xiu at this time. At this time, Cai Jing happened to have broken into the Jin Army Group, which was a good thing for the entire Cai family.
Therefore, although Cai Mao has been affected to some extent by Cai Jing's surrender to the enemy for now, in the long run, Cai Mao and even the entire Cai family will be able to use Cai Jing.
However, Cai Mao had certain scruples about immediately defecting to the Jin army. Of course, what he was worried about was not his loyalty to Liu Xiu. What Cai Mao was worried about was the entire family.
Now most of their family members are located in Xiangyang. If Wu Han and others are aware of doing such things at this time. Wu Han is not an easy person to get along with. When the time comes, Wu Han will not let them go.
Anyway, now Cai Jing has successfully penetrated into the Jin army, and has also made contributions to Fancheng. Under such circumstances, Cai Mao is always reluctant to take such a risky move.
However, Cai Jing was able to confuse quite a few people. He used the benefits that Cai Mao could gain after surrendering to draw a lot of pie for Cai Mao, which finally made Cai Mao's attitude loosen.
Next, Wu Qi once again gave Cai Mao a strong dose of medicine. Wu Qi asked Cai Jing to express his desire for marriage to Cai Mao on his behalf, and wanted to propose marriage to Cai Mao's daughter, in order to further disturb Cai Mao.
Regarding Wu Qi's willingness to marry, Cai Mao didn't take it seriously at the beginning of the game. After all, Wu Qi was not considered a big shot in the Jin army just based on his military position.
However, when Cai Jing introduced Wu Qi to Cai Mao in detail, Cai Mao finally understood the value of Wu Qi and the benefits of the marriage between Cai and Wu Qi.
Although Wu Qi's current military position is not a big deal, after this period of hanging around in the Jin army, Cai Jing has already seen that Wu Qi must be a talent that Li Xiang values. Otherwise, if Yue Fei had many generals under his command, why would he give every opportunity to Wu Qi?
Moreover, since the beginning of the war in the north of Jing, Wu Qi first made achievements in Fancheng, led his army to sweep the lands east of Nanyang, and previously lured the Chu army to fight under Xiangyang City and won a great victory. With all these achievements, when it comes time to reward according to merit after the war, Wu Qi's final reward will definitely not be low.
This time, if Cai Mao can help Wu Qi conquer Xiangyang, he will definitely help Wu Qi make another great contribution. After all, the meaning of Xiangyang is different from that of other cities in northern Jing. After all, this is Liu Xiu's base camp. If we talk about it from high to large, this is equivalent to Liu Xiu's royal city.
The marriage between Cai Mao and Wu Qi is no less than catching a golden son-in-law. If Cai Mao helps Wu Qi now, as Wu Qi's status improves, Cai Mao's status will also rise accordingly. It was precisely because of this that Cai Hao was finally moved, and Cai Jing successfully persuaded Cai Hao.
Among the tens of thousands of Jin troops under Xiangyang City, although Wu Qi is not the chief general, he is also the deputy general, only under Qin Qiong. As long as he plays a leading role in this battle, even Qin Qiong cannot suppress his glory and achievements.
This time is also his best opportunity, and Wu Qi has always been a person who is good at seizing opportunities.
On the Jiangxia side, after Yue Fei's victory, he did not take this opportunity to pursue the victory, but instead repaired it temporarily. As a military strategist, Wu Qi naturally guessed what Yue Fei was thinking. He was waiting for Xiang Yu to enter.
Not only Wu Qi guessed it, but Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang also guessed it, but under Yue Fei's control, it was difficult for them to distract Xiang Yu. Now that they have suffered a huge defeat, it is even more difficult for them.
Therefore, Wu Qi guessed that Yue Fei would probably let Jiang Xia go for the time being and move on to Xiangyang. Once Yue Fei comes, plus a bunch of famous generals and counselors, it will not be easy for Wu Qi to stand out among so many people.
Therefore, Wu Qi wanted to take advantage of the time when Yue Fei arrived to defeat the strong city of Xiangyang in one fell swoop. It is precisely because of this that Wu Qi even used the method of marriage.
Besides, the Cai family is one of the best in Jingzhou, and among the entire Han Dynasty, Wu Qi's marriage to the Cai family will definitely be beneficial to him.
Although Wu Qi finally achieved his goal with Cai Mao, he failed to achieve perfection with Kuai Liang.
Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Kuai Qi. Kuai Yue and Kuai Qi were all persuaded by the people in the floating house, but only Kuai Liang did not choose to agree in the end, but he did not explicitly refuse, but Call it a disease directly. He is neither on the side of the Jin army, but also unwilling to stand on the opposite side of the Jin army.
Kuai Yue was not a staunch resister to begin with, and could even be said to be a person who was quite aware of current affairs.
In history, when Cao Cao moved his army to Xinye, Liu Cong originally intended to join Liu Qi and Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao, but was opposed by Kuai Yue, Fu Xun and others. In the end, Liu Cong had no choice but to obey the wishes of the powerful officials and surrender to Cao Cao.
The same is true in this world. Under the influence of the Jin army, Kuai Yue does not mind finding another way out for himself.
As for Kuai Qi, Wu Qi took away the relationship between the Zhuge family and asked the Zhuge family to cooperate with the floating house. Together with Kuai Yue, who had already invested, he convinced this person.
After convincing Kuai Qi, it was time for Wu Qi's game of chess to really begin. And Kuai Qi is the chess piece that Wu Qi really kicked off this game of chess.
