"Someone, bring Chen Heng to me!"

Cai Mao had already led his army back to Peng Lijin, but he was not happy, because until dark, he sent a hundred ships to break the back, and in the end only more than sixty ships.

That is to say, in today's unexpected pursuit battle, not only did he not catch up with the enemy, but he also lost more than 30 warships, if you add the ten ships lost by Chen Heng before, it will be a total of more than 40 ships.

This result made Cai Mao's mood very complicated, in addition to shocking the power of the enemy ship, he was also a little glad that he found it early, otherwise it was likely to suffer even more tragic losses.

But such a big loss has dealt a big blow to the morale of the navy, and Cai Mao needs to find a scapegoat, otherwise the hat of failure will be buckled on him, the coach!

After a while, Chen Heng was brought into the handsome tent......

"Smack!"

Cai Mao slapped the case a few times, and took the lead in grabbing the people: "Chen Heng, you are guilty!" ”

Chen Heng saw that the tent was full of civil and military affairs, and they were all in a posture of asking for guilt, and he had already noticed that something was wrong, but he still calmed down and said: "The last general doesn't know, please teach the governor." ”

"Humph!" Cai Mao said angrily, "You are wise that the enemy's warships are powerful, but you concealed it from the Governor of Pontus and did not report it, causing heavy losses to our army, this is the crime of delaying the military situation, and its crime should be beheaded, what else do you have to say!" ”

Chen Heng almost vomited blood in anger when he heard this, and directly argued: "The governor has been wronged, and the last general had to report to the governor, but the governor didn't let the last general get on ......the ship at all."

"Bold!" Cai Mao scolded angrily, "You mean to blame the governor of Pontus?" ”

"......" Chen Heng was choked by Cai Mao, he really thought that Cai Mao should be blamed for this matter, but if he said this, he would die, and if he didn't say it, he might be able to save his life......

"The last will be convicted." The so-called sin of wanting to add to it is unexcused. Chen Heng realized that he might not be able to escape this charge, so he simply confessed to it in order to save his life.

"Humph!" Cai Mao saw that Chen Heng was soft, and directly ordered: "Come on, pull it out and behead it to show the public, and spread the word to the three armies!" ”

"What?"

Chen Heng was suddenly startled when he heard this, and his face was full of disbelief; However, the Jingzhou guards next to him didn't care about Chen Heng, they just started and pulled people out!

At this time, Chen Hengcai, who was under control, suddenly reacted: "The governor spares his life, I can't blame me for this matter, the governor spares his life......"

Chen Heng was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy, but unfortunately Cai Mao was unmoved.

"The governor spares his life......"

Chen Heng struggled desperately, but he couldn't stand the large number of guards, and he was pulled out of the door......

"Wait!" At this moment, a middle-aged scribe suddenly stood up and stopped the guard.

Cai Mao was surprised when she saw this person coming out, and said, "What advice does Mr. Xenodu have?" ”

The middle-aged scribe's surname is Kuai, the name is Yue, and the words are different. He is a representative of the Kuai clan of Jingzhou, and his brother Kuai Liang served Liu Biao together, and was one of the heroes who helped Liu Biao ride Jingzhou, and this time he was as a military advisor to assist Cai Mao to send troops to Yuzhang.

Cai and Kuai are both Jingzhou families, and they have a harmonious relationship, which can be regarded as the friendship of the alliance, so Cai Mao is very polite to Kuai Yue, of course, the main reason is that this person has outstanding ability, so he will gain Cai Mao's respect.

Historically, after Liu Biao's death, Kuai Yue was one of the initiators who prompted Jingzhou to surrender to Cao Cao. And Cao Cao himself also said "I don't like Jingzhou, I like it differently" after getting Jingzhou, which shows that this person is very famous.

At this time, Kuai Yue suddenly came out to stop the killing of Chen Heng, which made Cai Mao a little surprised, so he asked out loud.

Kuai Yue arched his hand at Cai Mao and said: "Now that our army is about to fight, it is really ominous to kill the general at this time, and please ask the governor to be merciful." ”

"This ......" Cai Mao was a little unsure of Kuai Yue's meaning, and her tone was a little hesitant.

"Please give the governor a light sentence for a felony and spare his life!" Kuai Yue explained again.

"Oh!" Cai Mao suddenly understood what Kuai Yue meant, although he wondered, but this little face still had to be given, so he changed his words and said to Chen Heng: "Since Mr. Xenodu intercedes for you, the governor will spare your life." But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, this time you have delayed the military situation, so I betrayed you and beat you with fifty military sticks to set an example, can you be convinced? ”

"Thank you for your life! Mr. Xie Yidu pleaded! Chen Heng suddenly heard that his life was saved, where did he dare not be convinced, but he was so frightened that he kowtowed to Cai Mao and Kuai Yue again and again to express his gratitude.

Cai Mao waved his hand, the guards nodded, and pulled Chen Heng out, and after a while, there was a burst of staff strikes and screams in the distance......

"What do you mean, Mr. Xeno?" At this time, there were no outsiders in the camp, so Cai Mao directly asked Kuai Yue to solve his doubts, and he couldn't figure out why Kuai Yue would stop him from killing an insignificant person like Chen Heng.

Kuai Yue Fusu explained: "Chen Heng may still have some use, so please let the governor spare his life for the time being." ”

"Oh, that's what the gentleman wants." Although Cai Mao didn't know what Kuai Yue wanted, there was no need to refute his face for this matter, so he didn't say much about it, but directly changed the question, "I don't know if Mr. has a way to crack the Yuan army's warship?" ”

Kuai Yue thought for a moment and said: "Listening to the Governor's introduction to today's situation, if we want to defeat a new type of warship like Yuan Jun, which is good at long-range attacks, we need to master two elements - speed and docking.

If the speed can't catch up with the opponent, you can only be beaten passively; If you can't beat an enemy ship from a distance, you can only choose melee combat.

In terms of speed, we may only be able to defeat the opponent's small boats such as red horses, but this kind of small boats have limited loading, and if you want to fight a broadside battle, you have to make up for it with numbers, so please prepare about 500 red horses, and when you get close to the enemy, you can directly assault all of them, and strive for each enemy ship to have about 20 red horses to besiege, so that even if you don't win, you can slow down the enemy's ship, and then take the opportunity to send the main warship forward to destroy the enemy, so that you can win the battle. ”

Cai Mao thought about it for a while, and felt that this method was very feasible, and her frowning brows were finally relieved, and then she said happily: "Sir, this method is very wonderful, and the next time I meet that Yuan family boy, I will definitely capture him alive to vent my hatred!" ”

Kuai Yue arched his hand and said: "I wish the governor success in the horse, and when Yuan Yao is captured alive, I hope that the governor can let me meet, the person who is 'Xu Shao is difficult to evaluate', there is only one person in the world, I am very curious!" ”

Cai Mao raised her head and laughed: "Hahaha, I will definitely fulfill Mr.'s wish!" ”

……

Yuan Yao, who was secretly booked by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, had already led the battleship formation back to Lujiang Water Village at this time.

With the fastest speed, after defeating more than 30 Jingzhou warships after the break, Yuan Yao led his troops to continue to pursue Cai Mao, who had escaped in advance, in order to eliminate some of the living forces of the Jingzhou Navy Army, but unfortunately he did not encounter the enemy until he reached the vicinity of the Lujiang Water Village, and at this time the oarsmen on the boat were exhausted, so Yuan Yao could only give up the pursuit and return to the Water Village to rest.

After arriving at Shuizhai, Yuan Yao felt a little strange in his heart that Liu Xun did not send a naval army to intercept Cai Mao, so he found him an errand and asked him to lead his troops along the river to hunt down the escaped Jingzhou soldiers.

In this battle, more than 40 Jingzhou warships were burned by Yuan Yao, and most of the nearly 10,000 soldiers on it chose to dive, for people with good water quality, as long as there is a plank to borrow, it is not impossible to swim back to both sides of the Yangtze River, and these people can't let it go, otherwise looting everywhere will become a military disaster, so Yuan Yao handed over the matter to Liu Xun to solve.

Yuan Yao, on the other hand, had a good rest with the sailors of the battleship, and tomorrow he would continue to attack and harass the Jingzhou navy to prevent them from blocking the Yangtze River, and when it was sure that nothing was wrong, the drainage army would go to meet Chen Wu's 15,000 soldiers......