At night, on the outskirts of the city.

Floor on board.

Under the reflection of the lights, Deng Long's complexion was as ugly as it was, gloomy as water, cold as ice, and the breath all over his body was full of anger, which silenced the generals in the entire cabin.

"What about the casualties?" After half a ring, Deng Long asked gloomily.

"There are 370 soldiers and generals, but there are nearly 20 warships damaged, and at least five of the main fighting ships have been sunk!"

Adjutant General Deng Hu replied indifferently.

If it weren't for the fact that they were the Jingzhou Navy Army, if it weren't for the fact that every one of their soldiers could come and go freely in the water, I am afraid that this battle would have lost more than 1,000 soldiers.

"Hahaha!"

When Deng Long heard this, he laughed angrily: "I can't imagine that I, Deng Long, are crisscrossing Jingzhou, but I am sinking into the sand in this small mountain, which is very ridiculous, even ridiculous!" ”

The Jingzhou Navy has always been targeting only the Jiangdong Navy Army.

I never thought that I would suffer such a setback in Nanyang.

That's right, it's a setback.

This kind of injury was nothing when he was fighting with the Jiangdong Naval Army, but when he was placed on the battlefield of Shandu, Deng Long felt that it was a heavy setback and a great shame.

"General, this is not the fault of the war!"

Deng Hu comforted: "It was our failure to wake up the southward movement of the herdsmen that led to such a setback, the battle of Kwantung in the past, the Kwantung heroes, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were defeated under the Jingping army, and our defeat to the Jingping army is not a shame!" ”

"Jing Pingjun?"

Deng Long was a general after all, he quickly calmed down, but his eyes became more and more gloomy, and he asked in a harmonious voice: "Can you be sure that they are Jingping Army?" ”

"Eight or nine is not far from ten!"

Deputy General Deng Hu thought for a while and said: "General, the military flag can be impersonated, but the combat effectiveness they show is impossible to disguise, you also feel this battle, aside from our light enemy, what they have shown, whether it is the trend of the warship or the attack on the water war, they are extremely weak, but they have a fierce fighting spirit, suppressing us from the beginning, so that we can not burst out of combat effectiveness, if it is not for the final building ship to crush their warship, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to retreat in this battle!" ”

"The general also saw that they have deployed heavy troops on both sides of the river, once we are defeated on the river, I am afraid that the mouth of the river will be sealed by them, and the river section of our city will be completely besieged!"

"With such combat effectiveness, such a layout, and such a tactic, the soldiers of Nanyang County can't do it, and the elite of the Yuan army can't do it, and it is none other than the world-famous Jingping Army!"

Deng Hu analyzed this battle very carefully in one breath.

"Hasn't the main force of the Jingping Army been in Hanzhong all the time?"

Deng Long is also a one-man general in Jingzhou, and many things can be known through channel news, Jingzhou inquired about the news that Jingping Army, the elite of the pastoral army, has been stationed in Hanzhong, and has no intention of entering Nanyang.

And he was still confused: "Even if it's the Jingping Army, where did the Jingping Army get the warships?" ”

In fact, the generals are also thinking about this.

After all, although the warships driven by the Jingping army in this battle were far inferior to them, there were nearly a hundred, and it was impossible for Hanzhong to have so many warships.

"Yin County Water Village!"

Someone spoke, a reminder.

"Mu Jun and Nanyang Yuan Jun have joined forces?"

Thinking of this result, they immediately shuddered, a herding army is easy to deal with, and a single Nanyang Yuan army is easy to deal with, but if the weight of the two armies combined, they have to be careful.

"General, this matter has already made a big fuss, and it is impossible to take Shandu directly, as for whether to fight with the Jingping army, this is related to the overall situation of Jingzhou, and it is necessary to make Lord Jun personally decide!"

Deng Hu said softly.

"Hmm!"

Deng Long knew the proportion, he nodded, in front of the generals, directly wrote a letter, then sealed it with fire paint, handed it to the guard, and said: "By land, eight hundred miles of urgency, rush back to Xiangyang as soon as possible, and report to the lord!" ”

From Shandu County to Xiangyang, it takes two days to travel by boat, but the fast horse can arrive in one day, but the land route is not very smooth, and the march is difficult, but the waterway is easier to walk, and the troops are transported quickly, but if the scout is to deliver the news, it is better to be fast and the horse is faster.

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In less than a day, at ten o'clock in the evening of the next day, the news of the Battle of Shandu had been transmitted back to Xiangyang City, and Deng Long's secret letter also appeared in front of Liu Biao's desk, and Liu Biao quickly responded to it in a hurry.

Jingzhou's envoy Kuai Yue had just returned from Chang'an.

Liu Biao reached a tacit understanding with Chang'an, and the Chang'an court rewarded him with the position of Jingzhou Mu, and expressed him as the general of Zhennan, the fake festival, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and the position of marquis of Wu, which made him rightfully sit on the throne of Jingzhou.

Moreover, he also sorted out the family contradictions within Jingzhou, and was preparing for a big wedding, taking Cai's sister Cai as his wife, and people were in good spirits at happy events.

But at this time, the news of the Battle of Shandu came back, like a basin of cold water, pouring him cold from beginning to end.

This news is definitely the news that can spoil his mood.

"Deju, Zirou, Deng Long said in the letter, Jingpingjun is in Shandu, you think, why is this?" However, Liu Biao already had the bearing of a prince, even if he was angry in his heart, his face still did not change, he just looked at his subordinates lightly and asked.

"Lord, it seems that we underestimated the pastoral army's peep into our Jingzhou!" Kuai Liangze's face was solemn, his heart was full of thoughts, and finally sorted out clearly, and came to a conclusion: "They are stationed in Shandu, the goal is obvious, Fancheng is also, if we are unguarded, Fancheng is broken by them, Xiangyang will be in danger!" ”

"Isn't Mu Longtu disarming in Hanzhong?"

Cai Mao frowned slightly: "Is it a disguise?" ”

Cai Mao has always looked down on mud legs.

To be honest, Mu Longtu is too young, even if he has a strong record, he can't make his attitude become serious, not to mention that everyone in the world regards Mu as a thief, and it is so difficult for Mu to turn over.

In the end, it's just a lost dog.

To put it nicely, a powerful lost dog is easy to provoke mad dogs, so he doesn't have the same knowledge as him, but he never puts his strength in his eyes.

But now, if Mu Longtu peeps into Jingzhou, it will be different, and he has to pay attention to it.

When dealing with the enemy, he has never taken the enemy lightly.

"Disarmament is disarmament, this matter is not fake, the news that the spies have come back has indeed laid off a lot of soldiers, turned soldiers into people, filled the vacant population, cultivated fields, and ensured food income, but it does not mean that Mu Longtu is a person who is waiting to die!" Kuai Liang said: "This son is young, young means vigorous, how can he live so willingly, he peeps into Jingzhou, it is understandable!" ”

"Humph!"

Liu Biao snorted coldly and said gloomily: "If the Mu Xiangguo was here, I would be worried, but a yellow-mouthed child also wants to get me Jingzhou, a delusional person!" ”

"Lord, don't be on guard!"

Kuai Liang's younger brother, the young Kuai Yue, stood a step and said: "I am in Chang'an, I got a lot of news, and I also heard about many battles in the original pastoral army to break through the pass, although Mu Xiangguo died, but Ming Hou Mujing is by no means a kind person, when today's son Zeng said, this son is more ruthless than Mu Xiangguo!" ”

"Xeno, have you seen the Son of Heaven on this trip?"

Liu Biao's focus was more on today, and he asked softly, "How is the situation of the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Lord, although the Son of Heaven is small, he is not a simple person!"

Kuai Yue replied: "He will not be willing to be controlled by Dong Zhuozhi!" ”

"Oh!"

The corners of Liu Biao's mouth raised a smile slightly: "In this way, my descendants of the Liu family are backbone, dignified sons of heaven, how can they be puppets, if he is ambitious, I Jingzhou will help him in the future, so what's the matter!" ”

Although the troubled times have come out, there are many ambitious people, but the influence of the Han family for 400 years is still there, the Son of Heaven is respected, even if it is Liu Biao, hidden ambition, if the Son of Heaven has something to do, he will not be reckless, as a descendant of the clan, it is his duty to assist the Son of Heaven and clean up the rivers and mountains.

"This matter will be discussed in the future, lord, how to deal with the Jingping military now is a serious matter!"

Kuai Liang reminded.

He doesn't trust a young son of heaven, he would rather Liu Biao wave his army to dominate the world, and he will not put trust in a son of heaven who has been reduced to a puppet.

He chose Liu Biao and wanted to start and finish.

"Is Jing Pingjun really so terrifying?" Liu Biao was silent for a while and asked.

"There is no vanity under the fame!"

Kuai Liang thought for a while and said: "Even if they are not familiar with water nature and do not understand water warfare, they still should not be taken lightly, it is not good to say, if they abandon the waterway and attack the land route, with their ability, it is possible to hit Xiangyang!" ”

His words made everyone's faces slightly pale, especially Cai Hao, who was in charge of the Jingzhou Navy.

"Of course, if they enter Jingzhou, they will also be defeated in Jingzhou, this is Jingzhou, the rivers are lingering, even if they have ten points of strength, without warships, they don't need five points!" Kuai Liang added.

"Shall we give up Shandu?"

Liu Biao was not very reconciled.

"Lord, the small city of Shandu District, don't care, what we care about is Nanyang, if we can join forces with Minghou Mujing, drive Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses out, and take Nanyang, we can keep Jingzhou's northern Xinjiang safe and sound!"

Kuai Liang said.

"That's right!"

When Liu Biao heard this, he nodded: "Mu Jing, Xiao'er, but Yuan Shu, the Yuan army is strong and strong, and it must not be good with my Jingzhou, and the Jiangdong army under his command is good at water warfare, so he is a big enemy!" ”

Compromise is for the greater good.

For a person of his age and status, there is no room for a battle of will.

"Xenodimension!"

"In!"

"You just came back from Chang'an, I shouldn't bother you, but this matter still needs you to take a trip, go to Shandu, maybe go directly to Nanzheng, see Mulongtu, if we can form an alliance and advance and retreat together to respond to Nanyang Yuan's army, it doesn't hurt for us to withdraw our troops from Shandu!"

"No!"

Kuai Yue nodded.

"Zhang Yun!"

"In!" A military general walked out and stood by.

"Changsha is occupied by the sect thief Su Dai, you lead the army to the south and calm it as soon as possible!" Liu Biao said in a deep voice.

He didn't want to fight with the Jingping army, not that he was afraid, but more of a weighed pros and cons, now Jingzhou is not stable enough in the internal and external troubles, since he can't raise troops, Nanyang can slowly plan it, but if Changsha is unstable, Jingzhou is unstable.

Changsha County is the center of the south of Jingzhou, the south of Jingzhou is unstable, and it is easy to be mixed in by Zhang Jin, the assassin of Jiaozhou.

"No!"

Zhang Yun received the order.