Chapter 672: The Current Situation in Jingzhou
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Liu Yu is seizing the time to rebuild Yanzhou, as long as Yanzhou can get out of the predicament, then Liu Yu will be able to free up his hands to deal with other princes. Zhao Yun's impressive work in the position of state pastor made everyone believe in Liu Yu's vision again.
Cao Cao of Yuzhou desperately ordered his soldiers to build fortifications, he wanted to build a defensive line that no one could break, and at the same time constantly recruited and trained soldiers.
Cao Cao was not so stupid, he blocked Sun Ce's gun in vain, he secretly trained the navy, the number was about 10,000, and he was ready to play a huge role at a critical time, and even capture Jiangdong. Cao Cao's mind was dark.
For the sake of safety, Cao Cao disguised these 10,000 people as water thieves and wreaked havoc in the rivers near Jiangdong in Yuzhou, specializing in plundering merchant ships in Jiangdong, and by the way, Cao Cao earned a lot of money and income, killing two birds with one stone.
Liu Yu and Cao Cao were busy with their own arrangements, but at this moment, Jingzhou had restored its previous peace.
The Jiangdong Army's overwhelming offensive came to a halt under the decisive factor of Sun Ce's serious wounding by Zhang Fei.
Sun Ce's injuries were so serious that he had to recuperate and not be able to fight. The injury of the commander greatly reduced the morale of the Jiangdong Army. The responsibility of the commander fell on Zhou Yu's shoulders.
Sun Ce's injuries are greater than external injuries, and they will not get better for a while.
Zhou Yu was very worried about Sun Ce's injury, and Lang Zhong said that he wanted Sun Ce to recuperate, but Sun Ce's personality was so hot, how could he recuperate.
Liu Biao of Jingzhou learned that Sun Ce had not recovered from his serious injuries, and immediately issued an order to attack Jiangxia. Especially Liu Biao's unfavorable attack on Cai Mao's last time, this time it was not so polite.
Liu Biao asked Cai Mao to capture Jiangxia, otherwise don't blame him for being ruthless and dismissing Cai Mao.
Liu Biao is not joking, he is serious, and even the candidate for the reserve commander of the Jingzhou army has been chosen, which is now Cai Mao's deputy Zhang Yun. Liu Biao even hinted at Zhang Yun, and the smart Zhang Yun understood it.
Zhang Yun got Liu Biao's hint, and his heart blossomed. The water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place, Zhang Yun has long been staring at the position of the governor of Jingzhou, thinking about when to remove the word "deputy" from his position. Zhang Yun began to disobey Cai Mao's orders.
Cai Mao was furious, but there was no way, Zhang Yun's prestige in the army was second only to him, and the Zhang family's power in Jingzhou was also huge, and he would definitely have no good fruit to eat if he wanted to move Zhang Yun.
In desperation, Cai Mao could only launch a powerful attack on Jiangxia City in a frenzy.
The Jingzhou Navy is not as elite as the Jiangdong Navy Army, and the generals of the Navy are not as many and strong as the Jiangdong Army. However, the Jingzhou Navy had the upper hand in the number and number of warships, and at the same time, the Jingzhou Navy was located upstream, with the advantage of water potential, so it did not suffer so much in the fight.
The main reason for the last defeat was that Cai Mao was afraid of loss, so he was blocked by Gan Ning and other Jiangdong naval forces.
Now Cai Mao is crazy, and he has a lifeless posture, which has caused the morale of the Jingzhou Navy to continue to rise, and the battle is a model of one life for one life and one ship for another.
This kind of fighting style can be afforded by the Jingzhou Navy Army, but the Jiangdong Army fighting in other places can't stand it. However, the Jiangdong Army could not refrain from fighting, and they fought and retreated to deal with the Jingzhou Naval Army, but unfortunately there was no effect.
Gan Ning and Ding Feng were so anxious that the corners of their mouths bubbled, but they could only watch the Jingzhou Navy frantically kill.
The Jiangdong Navy could not resist these crazy Jingzhou Navy troops, and was finally defeated and retreated to Xiakou Port.
Seeing this, Cai Mao chose the strategy of continuing the onslaught, and did not give the Jiangdong Navy any respite.
Cai Mao can be the governor of Jingzhou, not without a little ability, and now he can seize the opportunity of Sun Ce's serious injury to attack the Jiangdong army, which is also Cai Mao's ability.
The Jiangdong army in Xiakou Port was beaten by Jingzhou and lost its temper, and the Jingzhou navy that was bullied by them before was like an honest man, who couldn't fight back and scolded and didn't return the mouth, even if Jiangdong was defeated and retreated in Jingzhou before, the Jiangdong navy left majestically, and the Jingzhou navy didn't even have the courage to pursue. The Jingzhou Navy is now crazy, and has defeated the Jiangdong Navy instead. The Jiangdong Navy is really depressed. In the end, the commanders of Xiakou Port, Ding Feng and Gan Ning, immediately asked Sun Ce for help, stating that it was not that they were incompetent but that the enemy army was too cunning.
Sun Ce, who was recuperating in recuperation, was almost so angry that his injuries worsened, and he was angry and ready to go out in person.
Zhou Yu forcefully pressed Sun Ce back, and then ordered the whole army to return to Jiangdong.
Zhou Yu got the news that Liu Bei, who had defeated Sun Ce before, had already rushed to Jiangxia with a large army, and if Liu Bei arrived and attacked Cai Mao from Xiakou Port on both sides, the Jiangdong army would pay a heavy price even if it wanted to win.
Zhou Yu's wise decision prevented the Jiangdong Army from further expanding its losses, and the generals of the Jiangdong Army recognized Zhou Yu's decision, anyway, they all emptied Jiangxia this time, which was enough, and there was no need to waste it like this.
Taking advantage of the night, the whole army of the Jiangdong Army evaded the scouts of the Jingzhou Navy and left Jiangxia, leaving only an empty city.
By the time Cai Mao reacted, the Jiangdong Army had already descended the river.
Cai Mao could only accept his fate, and he ordered the army to enter Jiangxia City.
Liu Bei originally came to attack Sun Ce with great momentum, but in the end he found that Jiangxia City had been captured by Cai Mao. Liu Bei, who couldn't get any benefits, returned to Xinye without saying hello to Cai Mao.
Liu Bei experienced the great battle with Sun Ce, and already had tens of thousands of troops in terms of troops, becoming a force that affected the situation in Jingzhou. For Cai Mao, who didn't deal with him, Liu Bei naturally had the confidence to ignore him.
Cai Mao didn't know how angry he was, he decided that Liu Bei must be good-looking.
After the Jiangdong Army retreated, Jingzhou regained stability, and the people and officials began to live as usual.
Cai Mao completed Liu Biao's order, Liu Biao had no excuse to do anything to Cai Mao, Cai Mao's position was saved.
Cai Mao's deputy, Zhang Yun, immediately straightened his posture and returned to the previous posture of only Cai Mao's subordination.
Cai Mao knew Zhang Yun's careful thoughts, and he was also a representative of the Jingzhou family, so Cai Mao just forgot it.
Cai Mao took revenge on Liu Bei, he didn't want to see Liu Bei have so many troops, it was a big hidden danger.
Liu Bei has so many troops, and the daily expenses are very large, and Xinye can't afford to raise so many people, so he relies on other places in Jingzhou to dispatch grain and grass. Cai Mao first made a fuss about grain and grass, and reduced Liu Bei's grain and grass by two-thirds, under the pretext that Jiangxia was dilapidated and money and grain needed to support Jiangxia's construction.
Cai Mao sent various personnel to Liu Bei's army to break the morale of the army and make these soldiers deviate from Liu Bei.
Cai Mao wanted to deal with Liu Bei, this is what Liu Biao wanted to see, so he chose to acquiesce to Cai Mao's move.
Liu Bei was so unlucky that Liu Bei lost all the gains in this battle.
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