In the rear, Cai Mao's face was ugly, as if someone had been forced to swallow a piece of.

He sent Zhang Yun to the front line, and he really had the intention of using the latter as cannon fodder.

Five thousand men and horses, Cai Mao didn't want them to defeat the enemy army, but only wanted to frustrate the sharpness of the Jinfan front army, which was enough for him to have an advantage in the subsequent army pressure.

However, Cai Mao never dreamed that Zhang Yun would take revenge on himself in such a drastic way, you said that you can run secretly if you want to, why do you have to order the withdrawal of the army before you run? Doesn't this make it clear that you want to drag him to death?

The front army was defeated for thousands of miles, and Jinfan took advantage of the situation to cover and kill, in this case, it is very likely that the own army formation will be dispersed by the rout, and then be taken away by Jinfan in waves, unless ...... Unless he can ruthlessly let the crossbowmen shoot all the soldiers who escaped, then he can keep the formation intact.

But this kind of cannibalism is very demoralizing, not to mention that everyone is a Jingzhou sailor who came from Xiangyang, and they have a good relationship with each other, and there are not a few people who know each other well, even if he forcibly orders, the crossbowmen under his command may not be able to bear to shoot, and as long as the time is delayed for a while, maybe the army will be routed, and they will have already rushed into the phalanx.

Cai Mao's personality determined that he didn't dare to take risks, so he still chose the safest way.

"The whole army retreats and returns to Yi County as fast as possible!!"

Anyway, the water village has been lost, and it may not be possible to take advantage of Jinfan in the wild, in this case, it is better to return to Yi County to defend the city, as long as the army in hand is not lost, they naturally have the opportunity to make a comeback.

So next, a funny scene appeared.

Zhou Tai had no more than 4,000 troops on his hands. But tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops fled in embarrassment.

Perhaps they couldn't kill too many enemies with their limited numbers, but after chasing them all the way, they still forced many Jingzhou soldiers to abandon their armor. In order to speed up his escape, along the way, you can see the baggage discarded by the Jingzhou army everywhere.

Zhou Tai led the troops to pursue and kill until they were intercepted by Huang Zu's army, and then they were unwilling to retreat to Shuizhai.

And after Zhou Tai retreated, Huang Zu immediately came to Cai Mao, who was dismantled in a cloak, and seized the opportunity to mock: "Cai Dudu is really a good means. was chased by thousands of Jinfan, which really increased the prestige of my Jingzhou army! ”

Cai Mao sneered: "At least I have kept most of the army under my command, which is like General Huang." You have to push out the soldiers under your command and send them to death, so as to prove how powerful you are! ”

"You ......"

"Did the Pontus say something wrong?" Cai Mao glanced coldly at the angry Huang Zu, and then led the troops back to Yi County.

Staring at Cai Mao's departing back, Huang Zu was angry and smoking. Secretly regretted: "Damn." If I knew that you were so arrogant, Lao Tzu would not have led the troops out to save you! ”

Yixian water village.

When Zhou Tai led the troops back, the Jinfan army had already been stationed.

In this battle, Jinfan killed more than 5,000 enemies, captured 2,000 enemies, and suffered less than 1,000 casualties, which can be described as a complete victory.

In addition to killing, of course. Jinfan's greatest gain in this battle was undoubtedly the astonishing amount of baggage. Among them, the thousands of ships of the Jingzhou Navy staying in the water village were all returned to Jinfan, and dozens of stone-throwing vehicles that Cai Mao did not have time to take away when he escaped, also became Jinfan's trophies.

In the final analysis, Cai Mao is still too simple to think about the problem, even if they can really hold on to Yi County? Without ships, from now on the river, you can only let Jinfan act recklessly.

In the big tent, Gan Ning was in a good mood: "Haha, I Jinfan really want to thank Cai Mao for his generosity in this battle, and I didn't burn all the baggage when I withdrew the army, but left this gift to us Jinfan!" ”

Dong Xi sneered: "Dudu, maybe Cai Mao is still thinking about taking these materials back after defeating us in the future!" ”

Gan Ning smiled: "If that's the case, I'm very welcome, I'm afraid that this kid will hide in the city and dare not come out!" ”

At this time, Liu Ye couldn't help laughing: "Maybe at this time, Cai Mao is still stupidly waiting for us to take the initiative to attack the city!" ”

"Siege? Why should I go to the siege? Gan Ning sneered, "This kid is too naïve, I really don't know how Liu Biao could appoint such a wine bag and rice bag as the governor of the navy!" ”

Liu Pi complimented: "The governor is reasonable, just with this Cai Mao, he doesn't even have the qualifications to carry shoes for the governor!" ”

Liu Ye explained: "The reason why Liu Biao can become the lord of Jingzhou is all due to the help of Cai Kuai's two families, I think even if Cai Mao is a mentally retarded person with a problematic mind, Liu Biao will still let him hold an important position under him!" ”

Hearing this, the tent couldn't help but laugh.

"It's better this way!" Zhou Tai said, "Liu Biao is unknown, our future operation to seize Jingzhou will be much easier!" ”

Dong Xi echoed: "Youping is right, although such an opponent is not challenging, but at least it can greatly save our troops and time to take Jingzhou!" ”

Gan Ning nodded, and then asked Liu Ye, "Ziyang, what do you think we should do next?" ”

Liu Ye smiled and asked rhetorically, "What does the governor think?" ”

Gan Ning didn't hide it, and directly said his thoughts: "I plan to rest the army here for the night, and tomorrow morning, I will go up the river to attack Shaxian!" ”

Liu Ye said: "Shaxian is another important military place in Jiangxia in addition to Exian, although there are not many troops stationed at the moment, but it is not easy to take it!" ”

Gan Ning said: "Where there is a will, there is a way, I don't believe that with several times the number of troops, I can't beat a single Shaxian!" ”

"What about Yi County? If the governor leads the army to leave, Cai Mao will inevitably lead the troops to kill! ”

"This ......" Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and asked, "What is the ......opinion of Yizi Yang?"

Liu Ye said: "Yi County, at least 10,000 troops must be left, so that they are not afraid of Cai Mao's attack!" ”

Gan Ning's face changed: "In this way, won't we only have 10,000 troops left to attack Shaxian?" ”

Liu Ye smiled meaningfully: "Dudu, Ye has a plan, not to mention 10,000, it is 1,000, it is enough to take down Sha Xian!" ”

"Oh?" Gan Ning's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask, "What's the plan?" ”

"Haven't you forgotten that just the day before yesterday, we captured an important hostage in the battle with Huang Zu?"

Gan Ning reacted and exclaimed, "Ziyang is saying...... Su Fei!? ”

Liu Ye nodded and said: "This Su Fei is the governor of Jiangxia's navy, and his prestige in the Jiangxia army is second only to Huang Zu. ”

Gan Ning frowned and said: "Having said that, this person is quite rigid, and he still doesn't want to surrender, so what?" ”

Liu Ye said confidently: "Don't worry, give Ye a day, and Ye will guarantee to persuade him to surrender to my Jinfan!" (To be continued.) )