Chapter 572: Victory or defeat is unknown

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When Cai Mao heard that Wulin Port had fallen, he was so angry that he thundered, and scolded sharply, "Then what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and give an order, the whole army will return to Wulin Port, and no matter what, you must take back the naval ships, grain and grass and ordnance in Dazhai, and take them all back!! ”

"General Cai Mao!" Cao Cao, who was standing on the side, took a step forward, blocked in front of Cai Mao, and said in a condensed voice, "It's only now that I can return to Wulin Harbor at this time, I'm afraid it's too late!" And if Zhang Bao is forced to be anxious, and a fire burns down the Wulin Port Navy Village, as well as all the large and small ships in the village, it will be even more than worth the loss. ”

"So what to do? But what can I do? Cai Mao was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, and said with a mournful voice, "Wulin Port can accumulate all the hard work of the Jingzhou Navy for ten years of dismal operation, a full fifty building ships, thousands of ships, fighting ships, and countless boats, and the military rations that can't be eaten in ten years!" ”

"General Cai Mao, these are not the most important."

Cao Cao's eyes were stunned, and he said in a condensed voice, "If the ship is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, the grain and grass can be raised again, and the ordnance can be rebuilt if it is gone, as long as the two generals are still there, as long as the Jingzhou Navy is still there, everything will be there again!" ”

"Having said that, but~" Cai Mao sighed, sat down on the seat in a dejected manner, exchanged a panicked look with Zhang Yun, and said in a trembling voice, "After this defeat, how should I treat the main bus when I return to Xiangyang?" ”

Cao Cao persuaded: "Liu Jingzhou has his own nature to take care of everything. ”

Cai Mao's eyes showed a look of gratitude, and asked, "Prime Minister, what should we do now?" ”

Cao Cao's little eyes showed a ruthless look, and said: "One word, wait!" ”

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were surprised: "Still waiting? ”

Cao Cao said: "We have been waiting until now, and we have paid a heavy price for the fall of Wulin Port, so it is even more necessary for the two generals to wait!" If you can't defeat the Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry at Lukou and capture Zhang Bao, won't all this lost become meaningless? ”

Cai Mao's eyes showed a clear expression, nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Cao Cao smiled yin, and then said: "As the so-called misfortune and fortune are relied on, blessing and misfortune are lurking, although Wulin Port has fallen, it may not be a good thing for Zhang Bao!" ”

Cheng Yu, who was standing on the side, looked moved when he heard this, but Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were puzzled: "What does the prime minister mean by this?" ”

"It's easy!" Cao Cao said gloomily, "Wulin Port has fallen, Zhang Bao has already tasted the sweetness of the serial ship, this time down the river he is likely to repeat the old trick, with the capture of fifty building ships to hit the serial ship again, in order to carry the 10,000 Yellow Turban thieves and more than 10,000 war horses under his command, really want to be like this...... Even their yellow sky can't save them~"

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Wulin Port, the water army Dazhai.

Zhang Bao stood on a three-story ship with great ambition, turned around and shouted: "Where are Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin?" ”

Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who had just led the crowd to vote, stood in front of Zhang Bao in a zigzag shape, and responded sharply: "What does the lord command?" ”

Zhang Bao took a deep breath of cold air and said sharply: "Pass the order, and build a series of big ships with ten of the fifty ships seized!" General Ben wants to create a moving land on the vast water surface of the Yangtze River, for 10,000 Yellow Turban Iron Horsemen to gallop across the country, hahaha......"

"The last general commands."

The three generals of Gan Ning agreed to the promise and took the order.

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Late at night.

Xun Zheng hurriedly appeared in front of Zhang Baozhongjun's big tent, and when he was about to go further, a big man like an iron tower suddenly appeared in front of Xun Zheng like a ghost, and at the same time, a bright steel knife had been set up on Xun Zheng's neck, and with just a slight force, Xun Zheng's head was immediately separated. Xun Zheng trembled, shook his hand sharply and said: "General He Man, don't do it, the last general Xun Zheng." ”

"Xun Zheng?" He Man put away the steel knife and said in a deep voice, "It's so late, what are you doing?" ”

Xun Zheng hurriedly said: "I have something urgent to see the lord below." ”

"Who's out there?" When the two were talking, Zhang Bao's deep voice came from the big tent, "It's late at night, and I'm not allowed to sleep." ”

He Man hurriedly responded: "Lord, Xun Zheng has an urgent matter to see. ”

"Huh!?" In the big tent, Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, then yawned and said, "Let him in." ”

He Man dodged away, Xun Zheng bent down into the big tent, only to see Zhang Bao leaning on the brocade mat to read, a charcoal fire in the big tent was burning, warm and sleepy.

"Xun Zheng, what's the urgency for you?"

Xun Zheng was not a thousand, hugged his fists and said: "The last general came to have nothing to do at night, lying on the couch and meditating, and suddenly thought that the lord's serial boat plan was wrong, so he hurriedly came to speak. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Bao's expression moved, this is not a trivial matter, straightened up and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"Fire Attack!" Xun Zheng said in a condensed voice, "The lord's plan of a series of big ships can certainly help the Yellow Turban soldiers overcome the discomfort of boating on the water and minimize the non-combat attrition of the Yellow Turban soldiers, but once they are attacked by fire, all the big ships will be connected together with iron cables, and they cannot be avoided, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Bao bowed his head lightly when he heard this, thinking that this Xun Zheng is not only delicate, but also has a brain, but he is a malleable talent, but Zhang Bao is a person who has crossed over, and the story of the Red Cliff War is already known to everyone in later generations, how could Zhang Bao not think of the fatal flaw that the serial ship is vulnerable to fire?

But Zhang Bao still ordered Gan Ning to connect the fifty three-story ships, which naturally made sense.

"Xun Zheng, what you think, is indeed a big mistake of our army~" Zhang Bao analyzed, "But Wulin Port has been captured by our army, and Liu Biao's Jingzhou Navy has been broken!" Even if the chain of ships is vulnerable to fire, someone has to come up with this fire attack plan, and there has to be an army to set this fire, right? ”

Xun Zheng bowed his head lightly and was silent.

Zhang Bao said again: "Xun Zheng can rest assured, this general has repaired a book, ordered someone to send it to Xiangyang, and ordered Liu Biao to offer 100,000 stones of grain and grass. Of course, this is just a joke, the purpose is nothing more than to send a signal to Liu Biao, my Yellow Turban army will leave Jingzhou in a few days and go south to Jiangdong, Liu Biao Shoucheng's dog, hearing this news, will only secretly rejoice, how can he send troops to burn my serial ship? ”

Zhang Bao's words are true.

In the Battle of Chibi in history, Cao Cao's 830,000 army was burned down, in addition to the fatal factor that the serial ships were vulnerable to fire attacks, but also because Cao Cao's opponents were Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Han Dang and a well-trained and tenacious Jiangdong naval army! If it weren't for the Jiangdong Naval Army, the Battle of Chibi might have had a completely different ending.

Liu Biao is not Zhou Yu, and the current Jingzhou Navy is not the powerful Jiangdong Navy in the Battle of Chibi! Therefore, Zhang Bao has the courage to implement the plan of serial warships~

"I see." Xun Zheng said suddenly, "The lord is far-sighted, and it will be difficult for the general to shoot the horse." ”

"Haha~ There is no need to say these words of welcoming the horse, General Ben doesn't like to hear it." Although Zhang Bao said that he didn't like to listen to it, the smile on his face told Xun Zheng that it was not like that at all.

Therefore, people, never have an inflated heart~

"The army will go out tomorrow, so hurry up and go back to your account."

"So, the last will take his leave."

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However, there are no absolutes in the world, when Zhang Bao expected that Liu Biao would not dare to touch his moldy head, he never thought that this time his opponent was not Liu Biao, but Cao Cao! Zhang Bao didn't expect that although Wulin Port was lost, the Jingzhou Navy actually did not hurt its muscles and bones, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun took a part of the Jingzhou Navy to set up an ambush at Lukou and escaped by mistake.

And because the scale of the Jingzhou Navy is huge, far beyond Zhang Bao's imagination, and beyond the imagination of Gan Ning and others, when Zhang Bao and the others faced the captured 50 building ships, thousands of ships, fighting ships and countless boats, no one thought that this was actually not all the ships of Jingzhou's navy.

These coincidences and inevitables add up to unforeseen consequences~

If Zhang Bao knew that the opponent this time was a generation of heroes Cao Cao, maybe it would be another result~

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Xiangyang, Liu Biao's official residence.

"What! The port of Ulin was captured by Zhang Bao? ”

Liu Biao Huo Ran got up, staring at Liu Xian, the captain of the navy who was untidy and embarrassed, and the generals Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, and the generals who were standing on both sides, as well as Wu Wuhong, Han Xuan, Jin Xuan and others were also all discolored, Wulin Port is not only an important military town in Jingxiang, but also the location of the Dazhai of the Jingzhou Navy Army.

The village not only stationed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's 20,000 elite sailors, but also accumulated more than ten years of military rations and a large number of military equipment. More importantly, the terrain of Wulin Port is dangerous, if it is not attacked by a more powerful naval army, it is impossible to be breached, and Zhang Bao only has 10,000 Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry, how can he break through the Wulin Port Naval Army?

"Cai and Zhang Erdu led the main force of the naval army to set up an ambush at Lukou, so that the Dazhai army was empty." Liu Xian said miserably, "The thief first recruited the Jinfan thief who was rampant in the Yangtze River waterway, as well as the Jiujiang thief Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and built a giant chain of big ships to attack, our army was caught off guard, although the bloody battle was outnumbered, the Wulin Port Navy Dazhai was finally breached." ”

"What about Cai Mao and Zhang Yun?" Liu Biao said angrily, "The water army Dazhai was attacked, why didn't the main force of the two of them come back to help?" Why!? ”

Liu Xian was at odds with Cai and Zhang, and said in a low voice: "The last general also sent a letter to Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, but he never saw reinforcements. ”

"Hey!" Wen Ping said, "Wulin Harbor has been captured, what is the significance of the ambush of Cai and Zhang at Lukou?" With the huge building ships in the Wulin Harbor Naval Army, as well as the Ship Chong and the fighting ships, what the two governors will ambush is no longer a plate of loose sand and powerless fishing boats, but a Jinfan thief armed with a large number of warships. ”

The reason why Ganning's Jinfan thief has been chased by the Jingzhou Navy like a lost dog is not because the Jingzhou Navy is too strong, but because the Jinfan Thief does not have the same armed battleship~ When I thought of the heavily armed Jinfan thief, all the generals present changed their faces.

"Report~" Wen Ping's voice fell, and suddenly a small school walked into the tent and said loudly, "Youzhou Assassin Shi Zhang Bao sent an envoy to see him." ”

"Huh?"

"Phew, it's also a history of assassination in Youzhou. The national thief Dong Zhuo worshiped the seal, the thief took it seriously, it was really shameless~"

Liu Biao's face turned pale, and he said in a condensed voice: "Please!" ”

Everyone in the hall looked sideways and looked at the entrance of the hall, but when they saw a flash of people at the door, a yellow turban colonel had already entered with high spirits, casually clasped his fist at Liu Biao, and said proudly: "On the order of the lord, come to tell Liu Jingzhou, my lord will lead the army of water and land south to Jiangdong in the near future, but there is a shortage of military rations, and the military rations will be transported to Jiangling within ten days, and there must be no mistake!" ”

"Keng~"

"Keng~"

The junior colonel's voice fell, and the generals Wei Yan, Wen Ping, Huang Zhong, and Huo Jun in the hall were already so angry that their faces turned pale, and they all drew their swords, intending to kill the Yellow Turban Colonel who gave the order, and the Yellow Turban Colonel coldly glanced at the indignant Jingzhou generals, and pushed his neck forward, with a posture of killing if he wanted to kill.

"Stop!" Liu Biao's face was cold, and he shouted, "Don't be rude." ”

"Damn!"

The generals of Jingzhou returned their swords and sheathed them and retreated indignantly.

The Yellow Turban Colonel sneered and said to Liu Biao: "Since Liu Jingzhou has no intention of leaving the head of the last general, then the last general will leave." ”

Liu Biao said coldly: "Don't send it." ”

"Humph!"

The Yellow Turban Colonel snorted, and finally glanced at the Jingzhou generals viciously, turned around and walked away.

As soon as the Yellow Turban Colonel left, Han Xuan came out and said: "Lord, the thieves are deceiving people too much, immediately mobilize all the soldiers and horses of the eight counties of Jingxiang to fight to the death with the thieves in Jiangling, in order to avenge today's public humiliation." ”

Liu Biao glanced at Han Xuan coldly, and asked faintly, "Does Lord Han Xuan think that the Jingzhou army can defeat the iron cavalry of the thief leader in Jiangling?" ”

"This ......"

Thinking of the power of the Yellow Turban Iron Ride, Han Xuan was speechless.

Jin Xuan looked at his face and knew that Liu Biao was timid and had no intention of fighting Zhang Bao, so he came out and said: "Xia Guan thinks that it is not appropriate to provoke the thief Zhang Bao now, but he can symbolically transport some old grain to Jiangling, as long as this group of tiger and wolf troops can leave the land of Jingxiang earlier, it is better than anything else." ”

"It's just Zhang Bao's trick." Han Xuan hurriedly said, "If the lord really offers 100,000 stone military rations, I'm afraid that the thieves will be more and more reluctant to leave Jingxiang." ”

"Nope." Huo Jun took a step forward and retorted, "The last general thinks that the thief's first treasure envoy is false in begging for military rations, and it is true to threaten the lord not to act rashly!" In other words, it is true that the thief army will go south to Jiangdong in the future. ”

"Oh?" Liu Biao's expression moved, and he stroked his beard and said in a condensed voice, "Why did Zhong Miao say this? ”

Huo Jun said in a deep voice: "Although Jing Xiang is good, it is not a place for thieves to stay for a long time." ”

"Hmm~" Although Liu Biao is not good at military affairs, he is also a feudal official, and he immediately got up and shouted, "Come on, order Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to immediately cancel the ambush plan at Lukou, and lead the sailors to return to Xiangyang to standby, there must be no mistake!" ”