After Zhang Ren was attacked by the pottery merchant at night, although there was no particularly huge loss, he himself almost fell under Ah Fei's hands, which made him extremely suffocated.

This anger was not directed at Ah Fei, let alone at the potter he had never met, but at his ally Liu Biao.

After fighting all night, Liu Biao's soldiers and horses didn't even let Zhang Ren see the shadow, and there was not a single soldier who came to support.

Who is it for, who has no anger in their hearts?

After cleaning up the battlefield, Zhang Ren asked Yan Yan to replace him in guarding Dazhai, and he led several generals such as Wu Yi, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong to go to the dry village where Liu Biao was located to meet him.

Hearing that Zhang Ren was coming, Liu Biao sent someone to summon Zhang Ren in.

In Liu Biao's opinion, since the death of Liu Yan and Liu Yu, among the Han clan relatives in the world, he is a big brother-level figure, not to mention Zhang Ren, even his master Liu Zhang is here, and he should respect himself, nodding and groveling.

What's more, Liu Biao has never heard of the name Zhang Ren, and he is not very old, so Liu Biao naturally does not take him too seriously.

The problem is that Zhang Ren came this time, but he didn't give Liu a surface at all, and directly gave the hussar general a dismount.

"When the end of the night before was fighting bravely with the sneak attack soldiers of the Tao army, dare to ask what Liu Hussar had done? Why didn't Zhang see a single soldier of the Jingzhou army? ”

Liu Biao was very unhappy when he heard Zhang Ren ask so directly!

Who am I? The hussar general of the dynasty, the lord of Jingzhou, and the minister of Conglong, who supported the Son of Heaven, what kind of dog are you, and you dare to ask me?

If it weren't for Liu Zhang's face, the old man would have killed you first.

"General Zhang, don't be impatient, the incident the night before was not that the old man deliberately did not save you, but that the old man really had other plans that night." Liu Biao is still very deep in the city after all, although there is fire in his heart, but it is not shown on the surface, he strokes his beard and explains this matter to Zhang Ren with a smile.

It's a pity that Zhang Ren's temper is extremely stubborn, and this time he originally came with the intention of asking the teacher, so he didn't back down.

"Then dare to ask the hussar general, what is the matter with the reckoning the night before?"

At this moment, not to mention Liu Biao, it was Cai Mao beside him, Wen Ping and other generals were all surprised, and there was a faint anger in the surprise.

What a Zhang Ren, how dare he speak to Liu Huqi like this? What is your identity, and the decision made by Liu Huqi, is it something you can ask?

Liu Biao hated to rub Zhang Ren on the ground.

But after all, it was an allied army, and it came from Xichuan from afar, Liu Biao was embarrassed to pick him up, and then explained: "That night, the potters sent troops to rob the camp, and the old man thought that since he was sending troops to rob the camp, then there must be emptiness in his own village, just as the ancient sages besieged Wei and solved the danger of Zhao, so the old man sent Cai Mao to command the water army and went to attack the potter's water village. ”

A sneering smile appeared on Zhang Ren's face: "Then dare to ask Liu Jingzhou, what was the result of this sneak attack on the potter's camp?" ”

Liu Biao's face turned red all of a sudden.

He really underestimated the potters this time, the potters attacked Zhang Ren's dry village, and they didn't bring many soldiers and horses at all, and the main force of the army and the fierce generals under his command were basically guarding the Zaishui Village, waiting for Liu Biao to take the bait.

Liu Biao asked Cai Mao to go to the potter's water village, of course, there would be no good fruit to eat.

Liu Biao is an old politician and hooligan, and when it comes to the experience of the battle, he is indeed not as much as the junior of the potter.

"Hussar general, the pottery merchant has been in battle for a long time, his strength is not bad, and he has studied the art of war more, according to the last general, in front of him, it is best to play less tricks, so as not to be unaware of his counteroffensive and make the world laugh."

This is a bit too much, isn't this clear that Liu Biao is inferior to the potter?

Huang Zu stood up first and yelled at Zhang Ren: "Zhang Ren, what kind of identity are you, and you dare to be disrespectful to Liu Hussar?" The hussar general respects you as a guest from afar, so he tolerates it again and again, why do you want to show off here? Do you really think that without you, my Jingzhou army will not be able to win the pottery merchants? ”

Zhang Ren's face sank: "Regardless of the life and death of allies, such a posture of reception, dare to speak out?" Hehe, Jingzhou is a vast land, densely populated, and has elite soldiers, without my Zhang Ren, it is naturally a winning potter...... Hussar general, Zhang Ren resigned. ”

With that, he arched his hand and turned to leave.

Huang Zu turned his head to Liu Biao and said, "Hussar General, he is too annoying!" ”

Liu Biaochang sighed and said: "The old man is also angry, but it is not unreasonable to think about Zhang Ren's anger, his camp was robbed, we belong to the people who invited him to support, but there is no action, no matter how you say it, it is unreasonable." ”

Huang Zu smiled when he heard this: "However, we don't need these Sichuan troops to support us soon, the equipment on our warship is already complete, as long as we endure for a period of time, we can go out with the whole ship, break the pottery merchant army, and drive him back to his hometown in Jinling." ”

Liu Biao nodded, turned his head to look at Cai Mao, and said, "How are the things prepared?" ”

Cai Mao said with a smile: "Hussar general, don't worry, basically everything is almost ready." The armament of all the big war ships has arrived, and when the installation is completed, the pottery will definitely be broken. ”

Liu Biao smiled when he heard this, and nodded with satisfaction.

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Liu Biao was busy in his own water village, and the potters were not idle, and during this time, his navy had also been building a new type of water warfare equipment on the warship.

Lu Lingqi had never seen a water war, especially the year before last, his father Lu Bu and Sun Ce had come to attack Jiangxia County once, but they were unsuccessful, and losing was losing in the water war.

So she is really curious about the way of water warfare.

"What is this? It's spectacular, is it a stone thrower? Lu Lingqi looked at the Jinling Navy with her mouth open, and nailed the huge equipment to the deck.

The potter said with a smile: "According to the report from the school government, Liu Biao's navy is building stone throwers on a large scale during this time, and installing these giant machines on their main war ships. ”

Lu Lingqi said suddenly: "In this way, are you also following Liu Biao's example, building a trebuchet and installing it on your own warship?" So as not to fall behind in the matchup? ”

The potter shook his head and said, "No, although it is the same weapon, the weapon created by Tao is not the same as him, and my thing is called a clapstick." ”

"Slap the pole?" Lu Lingqi has a lot of research on martial arts, but she doesn't know much about weapons, and in her opinion, stone throwers and slap rods are simply the same thing.

The potter explained to her: "Liu Biao equipped the stone thrower on the ship, and the boulder thrown by the stone has a great destructive power for the warship, and it is indeed a sharp weapon for water warfare, but the stone thrower is used in water warfare, and the shortcomings are also very many. When attacking a city, the target of the stone throwing machine is a stationary city wall, but in water warfare, the warship is flexible, and the river is endless, and the target is relatively small, and the stone throwing machine is difficult to hit, so the power cannot be exerted. ”

Lu Lingqi looked at the potter's eyes, and there was a different kind of appreciation.

"You know so much...... Is this clapstick of yours better than a stone thrower? ”

The potter nodded, and said, "Although the shape of this clapstick is similar to that of a stone thrower, that is, a long wooden stick is erected on the side or head and tail of a warship, with a large stone tied to one end and several ropes at the other end. To use it, pull the rope so that the end of the boulder is raised high, and then the ship approaches the enemy ship and loosens the rope. The boulder smashed into the enemy ship under the force of gravity, which could completely destroy the hull of the wooden warship. The cue bar can be said to have converted a catapult used for long-range combat into a melee weapon. ”