Chapter 591

Cai Mao had a cold face. After a long time, he said slowly, "well, tell the whole army to withdraw."

"Withdraw?" When Cai Xun heard the speech, his face changed greatly, and he said in a low voice: "governor Cai, you have been sent to Nanyang by the general of the State animal husbandry. Now that Wancheng is near you, you can take it down. How can you choose to withdraw at this time?"

Cai Mao snorted coldly: "do you think this governor doesn't want to take Wancheng?"

"The defense of Wancheng city is strong, and the enemy can't hold out. How can our army win in three days?" Cai Mao said in a loud voice: "can't we wait until a few days later when our army's grain is exhausted, and our army's morale will collapse and we will collapse without fighting?"

"But..." Cai Xun gnawed his teeth and said, "just like this, the last general and tens of thousands of officers and men of Jingzhou army have been fighting in vain these days. Who would be willing to

"If you don't, you have to be willing." Cai Mao snorted: "my governor has made up his mind to announce the withdrawal of the whole army. Let's withdraw quietly at night. Don't be detected by the enemy in Wancheng. Understand?"

Cai Xun bit his teeth and said helplessly, "obey the military order of CAI governor." After saying that, he immediately turned around and left. Cai Mao was looking at the front with deep eyes. His pupils were full of light, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Cai Xun was ordered by general Cai Mao and arrived at the barracks to announce his retreat. Naturally, most Jingzhou soldiers were very happy. After all, fighting was a fatal thing. If we could not fight, we would be happy.

However, there are exceptions.

"What, governor Cai ordered the withdrawal?"

Wen pin's face turned red, and he stood up and said, "tens of thousands of troops of Jingzhou are far away from Xiangyang and are heading north to recover their homeland. Now it is a critical moment. How can we retreat halfway? Isn't the blood and sweat of tens of thousands of Jingzhou officers and men in vain? "

"Wenpin, who are you talking to?" Cai Xun said coldly: "governor Cai gives orders, just carry out them. When you are appointed as commander in chief of Jingzhou army, you will order CAI."

After that, Cai Xun turned and walked out.

"So I'm going to retire?"

"Thank God, I can go home at last..."

the generals around wenpin also breathed a sigh of relief. We should know that the siege war in recent days is really fierce, and the army of Jingzhou who is careless in the battle has suffered a lot, so naturally they all hope to return.

"Ridiculous!" Wen pin slapped hard on the desk, and the Jingzhou military general who was chattering didn't dare to make a noise and lowered his head.

Wen pin said, "a general should be happy when he hears the battle. Now our Jingzhou army is two or three times as strong as the enemy, but he has to withdraw. Is it not to increase the morale of others and destroy the prestige of his own family? Besides, if we withdraw from the army, will not all the officers and men of Jingzhou die in vain

Wen pin's words can be described as dignified, but a military Sima murmured: "but governor Cai's military orders have been issued, we can't resist orders or not respect them?"

"Yes, yes, military orders are like mountains. General Wen, let's obey the orders of governor CAI. Do you think so?"

Wen pin coldly looked around the generals and stood up.

"I'm going to ask for instructions from governor CAI. I'll take Wancheng if I give up my life!" Cai Mao firmly spits out a sentence, and then strides out.

"Well, general Wen is the same. It's impossible for governor CAI to agree with him. Isn't he insulting himself when he goes?"

"That's it Another person echoed: "besides, general Wen is determined to make achievements, but he doesn't care about our mood. There's no need to fight. How good it would be to go back..."

"OK!" Wang Wei, the older captain, frowned: "there's nothing wrong with Zhongye's pursuit of fame. A man should be like this. Don't discuss it any more. Wait for him to come back."

Hearing the old Wang Wei's words, many Jingzhou military academies naturally did not dare to speak more and closed their mouths resentfully.

Wen pin, on the other hand, strode toward Cai Mao's central army tent with a cold face. His body exuded a spirit of not being angry and self-confident. When Jingzhou soldiers met on the road, they could not help but retreat to one side, fearing that Wen pin would be annoyed and beaten again.

However, it is not easy for the guards of the Chinese army to let them in easily.

When! Two long halberds crossed at one place and stopped Wen pin.

"It's general Wen. I don't know what's important?" The guard said.

"Wen has something important to see governor CAI. Please inform me."

One of the guards nodded, said hello to the other, then walked in, and soon came out.

"General Wen, you can go in."

Wen pin, with a cry, walked into the Chinese army tent and saw Cai Mao with his hands on his back. His eyes were fixed on a map of Jingzhou hanging on the wall without saying a word.

"Governor Cai, why should we withdraw?" Wen pin said in a loud voice: "tens of thousands of officers and men of Jingzhou army fought with blood to recover the native land of Nanyang army. Now the war is the key stage. Once we retreat, we are afraid that Nanyang County will never get it back. How can we afford the thousands of dead soldiers?"With a frown on his brow, Cai Mao turned to stare at him and said, "Wen Zhongye, interrogate this governor face to face. It seems that you have a lot of courage."

"I dare not." Wen pin choked his neck: "but governor Cai ordered the troops to withdraw. I'm afraid that Jingzhou generals will be dissatisfied."

"Hum! Whatever the governor says, just listen. It's not too late for you to take back Nanyang County when you are appointed as governor

"Go out!"

Wen pin clenched his fists, but Cai Mao was the commander of Jingzhou army after all. He was just a general. How could he oppose Cai Mao?

"At the end of the day, I'll offend you. I'll quit." Wen pin took a deep breath, lowered his head, and then turned around and left.

"The grain and grass from Yuyang city was intercepted by the enemy. Zhang Yun, who had gone several days ago, had not come back. Our army had no food and grass." Cai Mao suddenly said, "if we can't win Yuyang city in three days, our army will collapse without fighting."

After all, wenpin is a rare fierce general in the Jingzhou army. Therefore, Cai Mao explained it and was afraid to chill his heart.

Wenpin's pace is slightly stagnant.

"Thank you, governor Cai, for the offence."

With that, Wen pin went out, while Cai Mao shook his head.

On that night, the Jingzhou army got the general, and all of them began to retreat. The barracks stationed outside the city were not collected in order to confuse the Nanyang army in the city. Most of the Jingzhou army boarded the Navy warships and quietly retreated along the Han River under the cover of night.

In the night, as the fleet of nearly 100 Navy warships of Jingzhou army retreated slowly, several cavalry soldiers hiding in the dark rushed out and looked at each other.

"The enemy has retreated. Go and report to General Zhang and general Pang!"