Guo Jia is anxious to find Zhang Yu.
Guo Jia said to Zhang Yu, "Lord, a general in the city is going to surrender to us. He secretly sent someone to contact his subordinates."
Zhang Yu took the information and looked at it.
"Great. With our people, if he can really cooperate with us, Cai Mao won't have much time."
Zhang Yu has been reluctant to let the city's spies work.
Wang Li naturally pushed it out by himself.
In fact, Wang Li is not betrayal, he did not really surrender to Zhang Yu.
He was just embezzling and neglecting his duty. He made it convenient for the families who surrendered to Zhang Yu to transport their property through the gate he defended.
The letters he received were all insinuations. Under the control of Zhang Yu, these aristocratic families deliberately wrote vague and specious letters.
With the cooperation of Liu Liang and Xu Chen, Wang Li was introduced, which made people in the city panic.
The choice of this goal must also be Cai Mao's confidants, coupled with the guidance of public opinion, which makes people feel that Cai Mao has betrayed his relatives and that Xiangyang City will fall sooner or later.
Then, someone really came to find Zhang Yu and wanted to surrender.
He is also a general with more than 10000 people under his command.
If such a powerful general falls to Zhang Yu, Xiangyang City will be easy to fight.
"Well, three days later, we will set out to encircle Xiangyang City. This time, Cao Cao's army will not be able to run." Zhang Yu said.
Zhang Yu has been operating Jingzhou for several years, but he has been doing it secretly.
This Xiangyang City also ambushed a large number of his insiders. To put it bluntly, there were three thousand regular troops of Zhang Yu's family.
These troops are the guardians of various families, some officials' families, and those who ambushed in the early years are the assistants of some merchants' shops.
These people, some of whom connect them, will play a big role when it is crucial.
The reason why Zhang Yu started three days later is to let the public opinion continue to ferment. After a certain height, he will press the border again.
After Wang Li was beheaded, Cai Mao visited the barracks for two days in a row, and the barracks really had a lot of rules.
Cai Mao also found a few talents. These captains did not go to restaurants or brothels like other generals, but devoted themselves to their duties in the barracks.
Cai Mao is suspicious and distrusts many people.
When I visited the barracks, I found some problems and dismissed the captain on the spot.
This made the whole army even more uneasy, but Cai Mao felt it was very necessary.
He found a few talents, began to mobilize, let them defend the gate and some other more important places.
In Chengmen, granary and other strategic areas, Cai Mao has changed a number of people.
Cai Mao's action makes some people feel cold.
This is too tight.
In Jingzhou, Xiangyang was left, and Zhang Yu killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Let him surrender, he will not be reconciled.
In Xiangyang City, Cai Mao has been out for inspection recently.
What he saw was that the armed forces began to devote themselves to their duties, so he was relieved.
On that day, he called Xu Chen alone.
"Mr. Xu, if you hadn't warned me a few days ago, the consequences would have been unpredictable. What's the trouble in the world recently?"
Cai Mao asked Xu Chen. Xu Chen thought for a while before bowing and saying, "my subordinates usually like to go to teahouses to have tea, listen to book reviews, and the comments of scholars. They are all criticizing Zhang Yu for being unruly, but because of his strong troops, they are very dissatisfied with Zhang Yu's general measures."
"I agree with Wang Ye, the leader and model of the family."
Cai Mao listened and nodded.
He and Zhang Yu can cooperate early, but in this way, Cai Mao did not hesitate to oppose Zhang Yu.
Cai Mao is a representative of the aristocratic family and is very unfriendly to Zhang Yu.
"Yes, the world has been suffering Zhang Yu for a long time, but his troops are really strong, and his family has been forced to survive by him."
"Zhang Yu wants to rely on a group of mud legs to rule the world. After all, it can't last long. As long as there is enough time, Zhang Yu will collapse on his own. As long as we can hold on for a few years, Zhang Yu is not worried."
Xu Chen sneered in his heart that Cai Mao still wanted to keep Xiangyang for several years. If Zhang Yu didn't wait for the opportunity and let Cao Jun into the urn, Xiangyang City would have changed its owner.
However, Xu Chen didn't show his face, and then he said: "Lord, Zhang Yu has many tricks. We should be careful. We should send more soldiers to patrol the streets. In addition, we should control the opinions of the people in the city. Who dares to spread rumors and deal with them strictly."
Cai Mao nodded. That's what he has done since ancient times.
"Well, Mr. Xu, I'll give you a troop. Go to the street and make more inspections to prevent Zhang Yu from spreading rumors. Anyone who dares to spread rumors will be arrested."
Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Yu gave him two tasks to besiege the city. "Listen to the garrison in the city, I'm the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If I surrender now, I'll be given preferential treatment. If I fight in the city, you'll go to build roads for me and confiscate my property."
"I will not be embarrassed if I surrender, and I will only take half of my property."
After Zhang Yu finished shouting, he asked the soldiers to shout to the city in turn to publicize their policies.
Then Zhang Yu gave them eight days.
It's not five days, it's not ten days, it's to let them know that Zhang Yu's determination, this day is not casually said, but counted.
Eight days, not long at all, Zhang Yu let people shout for a day, the city's army and people all know.
Eight days, when it comes to time, the city is even more tense.
Zhang Yu looks at the city wall. He has enough assurance of Xiangyang City, but he is short of the final action.