Chapter Twenty-Three: Victory (Part II)
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"Ugly Governor Cai, your dirty little life has been pinched in the hands of the gorgeous Uncle Gan." The nine-ring big knife was on Cai Mao's neck, and as for the dozen or so personal soldiers around Cai Mao, they went to feed the Dragon King of Jiang in a moment, and Gan Ning stepped on Cai Mao's chest even more unceremoniously, "To die or live, the ugly Cai Dadu Governor chooses for himself." ”
"I surrender, I surrender." Cai Mao, whose weapon had been kicked away by Gan Ning, said repeatedly: "General Gan, the villain is willing to surrender, you must not kill me." ”
"It's up to the ugly Taishi to decide whether to kill you or not." As soon as Gan Ning beckoned, several Dong Zhuo's sailors who were originally Jinfan thieves immediately tied Cai Mao firmly, and the boat was raised to half a sail close to the 'Lian Po', and most of the Jingzhou flagship had been sunk, and the Jingzhou sailors had no way to retreat, so they rationally chose to surrender to the 'Lian Po', and when Gan Ning and others got on the ship, the white-knuckle battle of the 'Lian Po' just ended.
"Beautiful Zijing, I obeyed you." Gan Ning gave Lu Su a bear-like hug and laughed: "Your beautiful tactical adventure, finally let us win gorgeously, the ugly Taishi let you be the governor of the navy, it's really right." In the past, Gan Ning was still a little dissatisfied with Lu Su in his heart, but today Lu Su defeated thousands of warships of the Jingzhou Navy with 300 warships, although it was a tragic victory, it was enough to convince Gan Ning.
Lu Su's elegant face rarely flashed a trace of excitement, just modestly said that the victory was won by the soldiers' courageous struggle, but first screamed pain, it turned out that in the water battle just now, Lu Su was also shot in the left rib by an arrow, but he began to fight fiercely, even Lu Su himself did not notice, Gan Ning saw this, and hurriedly tore Lu Su's military uniform to check the injury, fortunately, the arrow was not deep in the flesh, it should be no big deal.
At this time, the Jingzhou army warship in the rear has arrived, probably the Jingzhou army saw that the 'Lian Po' had been hit hard, and wanted to come up to pick up the cheap, the Dong Zhuojun sailors on the 'Lian Po' were flustered, Lu Su and Gan Ning looked at each other and smiled, Gan Ning grabbed Cai Mao and walked to the bow of the boat, the nine-ring big knife just hit Cai Mao's head and didn't speak, Cai Mao had already obediently shouted at the Jingzhou army warship: "I am Cai Mao, the governor of the Jingzhou Navy, put down your arms and surrender, I order you to surrender!" ”
Hearing Cai Mao's shouting, and seeing Cai Mao's life being controlled, he hesitated for a moment, most of the ships raised the white flag and surrendered, and only a small number of the sailors loyal to Liu Biao or the original Huang Zu chose to retreat and return to Xiangyang Water Village with the rear warships.
At this point, the Xiangjiang water battle was declared over, and the fledgling Dong Zhuo naval army won the first battle, although it paid the price of the 'Lian Po' seriously injured, more than half of the ships were sunk and more than 4,000 naval soldiers died, which can only be said to be a tragic victory, but the flagship of the Jingzhou army was sunk, more than 200 large and small warships of the Jingzhou army were sunk, more than 3,000 enemies were annihilated, more than 500 large and small warships were captured, and nearly 10,000 skilled sailors were killed.
Sure enough, Kang Peng almost couldn't believe his ears when he received the battle report, and repeatedly threatened the poor soldier to tell the truth, and after seeing the poor soldier crying in a hurry, Kang Peng laughed and gave him a bear hug, expressing his gratitude to Dong Zhuo's naval army, and personally led the civil and military forces to the dock to greet Lu Su and Gan Ning's triumph, and rewarded the naval officers on the spot.
personally supported Lu Su to return to the camp, Kang Peng and Lu Bu discussed, and finalized the marriage between Lu Su and Lu Lingqi in the big tent to show their reward for Lu Su, as soon as the news was announced, everyone congratulated Lu Su, only the party Lu Su opened his mouth wide, both excited and headache, excited that he could finally tie the knot with his sweetheart, and the headache was that Lu Lingqi's temper was not much better than Cai Wenji - and the old man was even more difficult to mess with.
After all the incident, Kang Peng was about to interrogate Cai Mao, when he suddenly heard Wen Lu's coughing behind the tent, Huang Yueying probed his brain behind the big tent, Kang Peng immediately understood that Wen Lu wanted to see him, and told the generals to wait for a while, and he trotted into the back tent, and he was greeted by Wen Lu's tearful face, Wen Lu bit his lower lip and whispered: "Xianggong, I heard that you caught Cai Mao, what are you going to do with him?" ”
Kang Peng had a headache, to be honest, Kang Peng was actually reluctant to kill Cai Mao, although Cai Mao's character is poor, he is a first-class naval general in the Three Kingdoms era, this is a scarce general in Dong Zhuo's army, and Cai Mao is extremely greedy for fame and fortune and afraid of death, it is very easy to win over, but in order to shirk his responsibility, Kang Peng blamed the Cai brothers for killing Wen Ping, and if he didn't kill Cai Mao, Kang Peng would not be able to explain to Wen Lu.
"Kill!" Kang Peng couldn't bear the distress, gritted his teeth and said: "Who told his brother to harm the father of Benxiang's beloved wife, if he doesn't kill him, it's not enough to settle Benxiang's hatred." ”
Before Kang Peng's words fell, Huang Yueying suddenly bit him his fat arm, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong, Cai Mao is my eldest uncle, and he treats me much better than my third and fourth uncles, if you dare to kill him, I won't marry you." ”
"If you don't get married, it counts." Kang Peng replied angrily, although Huang Yueying, who had restored her original makeup, was a beauty, Kang Peng preferred Wen Lu, and if she chose one of the two, Kang Peng would definitely choose Wen Lu. Kang Peng is so ruthless and unrighteous, no matter how smart Huang Yueying is, she is just an immature girl, and she was so angry that Kang Peng burst into tears, but she didn't cry loudly.
"Don't bully my sister." Wen Lu took Huang Yueying into her arms and comforted her warmly, and said to Kang Peng: "Since Cai Mao is good to my sister, if you don't kill him, don't kill him, spare his life." ”
"What?" Kang Peng lost his voice and said, "Don't you hate him?" He forced your father to go to Chang'an to die in the first place? ”
Wen Lu lowered his head and choked up: "I know that your subordinates are short of generals of the water army, and you are reluctant to kill Cai Mao at all, you are just afraid that I will be angry with you, so you want to kill him." Speaking of this, Wen Lu was already in tears, crying: "Xianggong's major affairs are important, I can't delay Xianggong's major affairs for my personal vendetta, I'm not the kind of woman who doesn't understand......"
Kang Peng was moved in his heart, hugged Wen Lu into his arms, kissed her lightly on her pink cheeks, and said in a low voice: "There is such a lady who understands righteousness, and I am very relieved in my heart." While speaking, Kang Peng couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in Luoyang, Wei Zhongdao fell into his hands, and Cai Wenji, who was also a lover, was rude in his hands, compared with the beauty in his arms, who was superior and who was inferior, it was self-evident.
Kang Peng and Wen Lu kept warm for a moment, Wen Lu suddenly pushed Kang Peng away, covered his nose and scolded: "What did you go crazy about last night?" I got so many toilets and came back, and now my whole body stinks and coaxes me, and you are not allowed to hug me until you take a bath. Wen Lu said softly again: "Go out and do some work, the military advisors are all waiting for you." ”
Kang Peng smiled embarrassedly, and was about to go out, seeing that Huang Yueying was still wiping her tears on the side, Kang Peng felt a little apologetic, so he pinched her little face and said with a smile: "Don't cry, haven't you always wanted to make real black powder?" I'll take you to see what the real black powder is! Huang Yueying turned her head and ignored Kang Peng's words, but there were no tears in her eyes - there was still light.
"Saltpeter with a purity of up to ninety to five has already been made." Kang Peng is the best at dealing with Huang Yueying, and deliberately teased: "If you don't want to see the power of the real black powder, then Benxiang won't force you, you stay here to accompany your sister Wen, Benxiang will go to work." After that, Kang Peng raised his legs and left, and a soft body immediately hugged him behind him, "Good look, I don't cry, I must go to see ......"
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"Governor Cai, I've heard about you for a long time." Kang Peng said to Cai Mao with a smile, and Cai Mao took the initiative to kneel in front of Kang Peng without kicking the knee or pressing the shoulder of Dong Zhuojun's soldiers, kowtowing like a chicken pecking rice, and cried: "Taishi, please spare the villain's life, the villain will never dare in the future." ”
"What does Governor Cai dare not do?" Kang Peng feigned surprise.
"The villain no longer dares to go against the Taishi, no longer dares to monopolize the grain and salt trade in Jingzhou, no longer dares to occupy the flower boat brothel in Xiangyang, no longer forcibly pulls the people into slavery, and no longer forcibly buys and sells land......" When death came, Cai Mao was quite honest, and he confessed it like a bamboo tube pouring beans, which made Kang Peng laugh.
"General Cai misunderstood." Kang Peng laughed and left his seat, personally helped Cai Mao up, and untied Cai Mao, not only Cai Mao was surprised, but even Dong Zhuojun's civil and military forces were dumbfounded, Kang Peng laughed and said: "General Cai, I have heard for a long time that you have managed the navy well, and in the battle last night, I don't know what General Cai's guidance does to our army?" ”
"The sailor is too rusty!" Cai Mao blurted out the biggest shortcoming of Dong Zhuo's water army, and then blessed his soul, turned over and knelt down to Kang Peng, kowtowed: "Taishi is the destiny of heaven, great kindness and great virtue, Cai Mao will never forget, I am willing to serve the Taishi for the work of dogs and horses, and I hope that the Taishi will allow it." Kang Peng was naturally overjoyed, and crowned Cai Mao as the deputy governor of the Xiliang Water Army on the spot, and ordered a big banquet to celebrate Lu Su, Gan Ning and Cai Mao.
During the banquet, Kang Peng raised his glass and asked Cai Mao: "Deju, the prime minister's army has besieged the city for nearly a month, why hasn't Xiangyang surrendered?" What is the situation in the city, can Dejun give advice? "Ever since the Dark Moon Group's plan to steal the city gate failed, Kang Peng has been vague about the situation in the city, so he needs to ask first.
"Returning to the Imperial Master." Cai Mao bowed and replied: "The old lord Liu Biao was afraid of the Taishi's revenge because of the Huangjiazhuang incident, so he didn't dare to surrender, and Ma Liang and Huang Zu helped to abuse, relying on the strong city and the grain and grass to support it for a year, and vigorously encouraged Liu Biao to hold on, so that the Taishi could not attack Xiangyang for a long time. ”
"But the big families in the city are hesitant about Liu Biao and don't dare to fully support Liu Biao." Cai Mao honestly described the deployment of military horses in the city to Kang Peng, and even the situation when Hua Xin persuaded Liu Biao to surrender was also told as it was.
Kang Peng groaned: "Hua Xin? But the Huaziyu with whom Guan Ning cut off the friendship back then? Kang Peng once heard the story of Hua Xin and Guan Ning, when Hua Xin and the late Han Dynasty Confucian Guan Ning classmates, the two of them met a piece of gold on the same road, Guan Ning regarded it as dung, Hua Xin picked up the gold, and then the two sat together to study, the high-ranking officials outside the house passed by, Guan Ning was still studying, Hua Xin ran to watch the prestige of the senior officials and envied, when he came back, Guan Ning had cut the straw mat in half, and accused Hua Xin of being greedy for power, fame and fortune, since then the two broke off their relationship, since then Hua Xin has become a Confucian scum in Shilin's mouth, and his reputation is extremely stinky, But for the ambitious Kang Peng, Huaxin has an indispensable use value.
Cai Mao nodded yes, Kang Peng didn't speak again, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart, the Jingzhou army had been seriously injured, and after the explosives were made, Dong Zhuojun would have no problem breaking through Xiangyang, and now Kang Peng's biggest headache was whether Liu Biao would escape after breaking Xiangyang? Several large counties in Jingzhou, such as Jiangling, Changsha, Guiyang and other places, still have some strength, and Dong Zhuojun has not yet been able to completely block the waterway, if Liu Biao is allowed to slip away, those scattered counties of Jingzhou may still be condensed into a mess again, which is extremely unfavorable to Dong Zhuojun's next move.
Suddenly, Kang Peng's bronze bell eyes turned to Hua Tuo, who was also in the banquet, but used chopsticks to dip wine in wine to write prescriptions on the table, and there was naturally a shameless idea that came out of him.