novellpt Chapter 705 Cai Mao's Exploration
Chapter 705 Cai Mao's Exploration
Chapter 705 Cai Mao's Exploration
Zhang Yu left, and really left, and will not return.
But things don't seem to end there.
One day after Zhang Yu left, word spread about Xiangyang City.
"The general's army just left like this, so wronged."
"This Liu Jingzhou is really so heartless. General Zhang helped the Han family fight the country, and they refused to give even a little food and grass."
"When I left, I saw with my own eyes that their army was still wearing summer clothes."
"Oh, it's not too cold."
"General Zhang is gone, who will help us suppress the bandits?"
All kinds of speeches spread by word of mouth among the common people, and Zhang Yu became a hero and a person who suffered great grievances.
And Liu Biao naturally became the opposite, and became the target of crusade by everyone.
The common people praised Zhang Yu but belittled Liu Biao, which was something he never thought of.
When these rumors reached Liu Biao's ears through various channels, the unlucky Liu Biao fainted immediately.
Liu Biao was unlucky enough, but Zhang Yu went all the way back smoothly.
Zhang Yu wanted to go back and preside over the development as soon as possible.
Nowadays, whether it is Jiangdong or Youzhou, there are many things to do. In addition, the explosive development overseas also needs to go back to host.
Jiangdong and Youzhou were fine, with Gu Yong and Zhang Zhao watching over them, but the overseas part and some of the grand strategies were really not going to work without Zhang Yu personally presiding over them.
After leaving for so long, eight or nine months, and one year passed, Zhang Yu must go back as soon as possible.
During this year, many things happened.
In other words, Liu Bei, who was driven all the way by Zhang Yu, fought Cao Cao in the mountains for more than three months. Finally, because of the lack of food and grass, Liu Bei had to surrender to Cao Cao with more than 3000 people.
Liu Bei was forced to surrender, and it is not enough not to surrender.
There were more than 2 soldiers and horses, and it didn't take long for more than 3000 people to remain.
The main thing is that they have nothing to eat.
In the mountains, they eat grass roots and bark, and occasionally hunt for prey to eat.
Some soldiers either died in battle, died of disease, or starved to death.
When they surrendered, the situation was very miserable.
The three of Guan, Zhang, and Liu are in a mess, and there is only a skeleton left.
But the other soldiers were even worse.
Liu Bei didn't know how wronged he was, when he would be reduced to what he is now.
Liu Bei was finally incorporated. If Cao Cao didn't cherish the talents of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei would definitely have a hard time.
As in history, the three lost their soldiers and horses, and Liu Bei was placed under house arrest.
Although Liu Bei worked hard to change his destiny, he made a full circle and returned to the origin of history.
Liu Bei still fell into the hands of Cao Cao and became a prisoner of Cao Cao.
At the same time, he also lost all his soldiers and horses.
The most important thing is that Liu Bei's reputation is rotten, and he was rotten by Zhang Yu.
He was with Yuan Shu and was Yuan Shu's subordinate. Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and his reputation was bad, and so was he.
Zhang Yu would not mourn for him, he returned with his troops and a lot of wealth.
This time I went to collect and scrape it, and returned with wealth worth more than 5 million yuan.
This is not counting the money earned from selling weapons and equipment before.
In fact, the war against Yuan Shu had long since ended.
Zhang Yu finally went back as the biggest winner.
Zhang Yu arrived in Jiangxia after walking for a few days.
Jiangxia is the gateway to Jingzhou. It is actually very close, but Zhang Yu has too much luggage.
When he arrived in Jiangxia, Cai Mao naturally greeted him with his civil and military skills.
Cai Mao was very happy, this time he felt deeply and had a deep control over Jingzhou.
If it wasn't Zhang Yu's idea, he wouldn't have thought of using this method to secretly control Jingzhou without attracting attention.
It won't be long before he can actually control Jingzhou.
All this is because of Zhang Yu.
When Zhang Yu arrives, Cai Mao will naturally greet him well.
"Congratulations to the Master Cai." Zhang Yu said.
"Haha, Master Zhang is also happy."
The two were talking as equals.
After chatting for a while, Cai Mao welcomed them in.
"Master Zhang has a solution. I'm afraid Liu Biao will be ill for a while, and it's best to die."
Entering the inner hall, there were no outsiders, so Cai Mao didn't respect Liu Biao at all.
"It's best to be sick. After a while, when you control more of the army, Liu Biao will be under your control." Zhang Yu replied casually.
Cai Mao nodded and said, "When Liu Biao came to Jingzhou, it was also supported by several of our aristocratic families. Otherwise, because he is alone, who would buy his account? This Jingzhou has never belonged to Liu Biao."
This is true, Liu Biao or Jingzhou can still listen to him. Historically, once he died, this Jingzhou changed hands very quickly.
"Lord Cai, there is no suspense in winning Jingzhou. Can you and I cooperate more extensively?" Zhang Yu said.
"Hahaha, of course, of course." Cai Mao said.
The two began to talk about specific things, and after some discussion, it was not very pleasant.
Cai Mao is very polite and treats Zhang Yu very well.
But when it comes to specific things, Cai Mao regards himself as the master of Jingzhou and doesn't let Zhang Yu interfere at all.
Zhang Yu also noticed that this Cai Mao regards Jingzhou as his own and must not let others touch it.
In this way, Zhang Yu immediately adjusted his plan, not to pay any attention to Cai Mao's governance of Jingzhou, but to let Cai Mao need his own help.
"Patriarch Cai, let's not talk about anything else. The navy is the most important thing in Jingzhou, and your shipbuilding is not as good as ours. Although I have never built warships, the merchant ships are definitely first-class."
"You can send the craftsman to me. I will research all the ships you want, and the price will definitely be much lower than if you build them yourself."
"Don't dare to talk big, it's absolutely fine to be [-]% lower, and then you only need to support a group of people who repair ships."
Zhang Yu didn't talk about other things, but only talked about shipbuilding cooperation with Cai Mao.
Zhang Yu actually built warships, many of them, and he also had a good navy.
I just said this to dispel Cai Mao's concerns.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang, you are right. Your shipbuilding is top-notch. I want to buy dozens more merchant ships, but warships are different from merchant ships. You can't build them." Cai Mao said with a smile.
In fact, Zhang Yu's warship is much more advanced than Cai Mao's.
"Three months, you give me three months, I will build you a good warship, what do you think?" Zhang Yu said.
After Cai Mao listened, his face was cloudy and uncertain.
He suddenly thought that Jiangdong was so good at building warships, and with so many workers and crews, what kind of combat effectiveness it would have when the time came.
Cai Mao has always boasted that the navy is the number one in the world. If Zhang Yu has a very fast shipbuilding ability, will the number one navy be robbed by Zhang Yu in the future.
Cai Mao was very worried, worried that Zhang Yu would compete with him on the Yangtze River.
"Okay, okay, then you can try to build it, but why doesn't Mr. Zhang also raise a navy?" Cai Mao asked tentatively.
(End of this chapter)