Cai Xun couldn't dodge, was shot in the chest by an arrow, although Ling Tong was young, but his strength was amazing, this arrow shot fast and accurately, Rao is Cai Xun was wearing strong armor, he was still shot through the heart, screamed, fell on the boat, and when the soldiers of the side force went to help, they found that Cai Xun was already dead of anger.

As soon as Cai Xun died, the fleet of the Jingzhou Navy was in chaos, and Han Dang Lingtong took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, and the Jingzhou Navy was defeated. Han Dang Lingtong rushed to kill for a while, and saw that Cai Mao led a large group of sailors to come to respond, so he accepted it when he saw it, and retreated back to Chibi on the south bank.

After losing the first battle, Cai Mao's face was pale, and he broke his younger brother, and his heart ached, so that Cai Xun's body was collected, and he was returned to Nanjun for burial.

Waiting for Liu Ze's royal tent, Gan Ning had already come to see Liu Ze one step earlier, Gan Ning made the situation of the battle with the Jiangdong Navy on the Yangtze River one by one to Liu Ze, Liu Ze bowed slightly, Gan Ning was at a great disadvantage in the section of the river west of Xiakou and the Jiangdong Navy went back and forth, and the offensive momentum of the Jiangdong Navy was delayed, and the contribution was indispensable, Liu Ze instructed the Chinese officer to give Gan Ning a credit, and wait for the reward after the Battle of Chibi.

At this time, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun hurriedly entered the account, and both said to Liu Zeshi: "Humble Cai Mao (Zhang Yun) see King Jing." ”

Liu Ze didn't speak, and Jia Xu on the side said in a deep voice: "Governor Cai, after the Lord sent you to receive the order, he hurried to Wulin, why did your department come late, do you know that you almost missed the military plane?" "In the past few days, it has all relied on Gan Ning to fight to the death with the Jiangdong Navy on the Yangtze River, otherwise the Jiangdong Navy would have broken through the Wulin Ferry long ago. Maybe the striker has already attacked Bachu.

Cai Mao said with a little trepidation: "King Jing has an order, arrive in Wulin within ten days, since the humble duty was ordered, I dare not slack off, just because Shuizhai is unprepared, it is inevitable that there will be delays in haste, but the humble duty has done his best, and he has not violated the ten-day limit." ”

Liu Ze's time limit for Cai Mao was quite relaxed, and according to common sense, it would not take ten days for the Jingzhou Navy to arrive in Wulin. But Cai Mao came at the end of the time. Although he was suspected of neglect, it did not exceed the scope of the military order, and Jia Xu did not dwell on this issue anymore, but snorted coldly: "Cai Du supervises the military to Wulin." Defeat in the first battle. Suffer heavy casualties in battle. How can we explain the demoralization of our army? ”

Cai Mao couldn't help but be speechless for a while, according to the number of warships and officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy Army. It is far more than the vanguard fleet led by Jiangdong Han Dang, but as soon as Fang engaged, he suffered a big defeat, and his spirit was exhausted, Cai Mao was still depressed about Cai Xun's death, and at this time he was questioned by Jia Xu for a while, and his face couldn't help but turn blue and white for a while.

Zhang Yun arched his hand and said: "Jia joins the army and doesn't know, when our army first arrived in Wulin, it was unexpectedly encountered with the Jiangdong Navy on the river, not because our army's military strength was not strong, but it was Cai Xun's eagerness to seek merit, regardless of the formation, he attacked rashly, and he was ambushed by the Jiangdong thief general. ”

Liu Ze didn't mean to blame, and said to Cai Mao: "Cai Xun, but you are your younger brother?" ”

"It's my brother." Cai Mao's face was full of sadness.

Liu Zedao: "Cai Xun died in battle and sacrificed his life for the country, and died a magnificent death!" Passing on the order of the king, Cai Xunjue was promoted to one level, the official was promoted to one class, and he was buried thickly. ”

Cai Mao wept and bowed: "Thank you King Jing for your favor." ”

Liu Ze said: "Cai Dudu doesn't have to thank me, let my brother donate his life for the country, and he deserves this honor." This time the Jiangdong naval army came to attack, the warship was sharp, our army was difficult to compete with it, and it was impossible to summon the governor here to discuss the plan to break the enemy, Cai Dudu has been in Jingzhou for a long time, and he has led the naval division for many years, but there is a strategy to break the enemy? Liu Ze's words were cordial and kind, his expression was pleasant, and he didn't have Jia Xu's cold expression at all, and he asked Cai Mao, which was quite a bit of Corporal Lixian.

Cai Mao was flattered and arched his hand: "The Jingzhou Navy has not practiced for a long time, and the Northern Army led by King Jing is only good at fighting on foot and horse, not practicing water warfare, so it will have today's defeat." From the point of view of humble duty, when the water village is established on the Wulin River, first solidify its appearance, and after the drill is proficient, and then send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, it will be able to break the Jiangdong Navy in one fell swoop and capture Sun Quan and Zhou Yu alive. ”

Liu Ze said: "Cai Dudu's words are very reasonable, so according to the plan of the Dudu, I hope that Cai Dudu will not care about the hard work, and the matter of the water village will be all taken care of." ”

Cai Mao took the order and left.

Chen Deng said worriedly: "Cai Mao is late this time, he must have two ambitions, if it weren't for Gan Xingba's hard fighting on the river for many days, I am afraid that blocking the enemy in Wulin is an empty word." The lord will pay all the power of the navy to Cai and Zhang, in case the two of them have bad intentions, the consequences are unimaginable, and the lord has to guard against it. ”

Liu Ze smiled indifferently and said: "There is no doubt about employing people, there is no need for suspicious people, since the Jingzhou Navy is led by Cai Mao, this water village affairs should also be handled by him." What's more, you and I don't know how to govern the army with a navy, and if you command it blindly, isn't that playing the piano indiscriminately? ”

Jia Xu said: "The lord doesn't seem to care about the affairs of the navy, not to mention that according to the current combat strength of the Jingzhou navy, it can't compete with the Jiangdong navy at all, and the reason why the lord agrees with Cai Mao to set up a water village in Wulin is just to block the Jiangdong navy on the front line of Wulin." The probability of winning Zhou Yu on the river is very low, and the lord still wants to lead Zhou Yu ashore and fight Zhou Yu on land. ”

Liu Ze laughed and said: "My mind was guessed by Wen He, this time I didn't put all my troops into Wulin, I just wanted to show the enemy weakness, Zhou Yu didn't just want to defeat the main force of our army in one fell swoop and annex Jingzhou, then see if he has this good appetite." If Zhou Yu saw that our army was strong and did not dare to cross north, and instead adopted Zhuge Liang's strategy to divide the river and rule, it would be a real headache for us at that time. ”

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Zhou Yu's fleet also arrived at Chibi three days later. In front of him, Huang Gai and Pan Zhang of the second team, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai of the third team, and Lu Meng and Dong Xi of the fourth team all arrived at Chibi one after another, and joined the first fleet of Han Dang Lingtong, but looking at the Jingzhou army's guarded Lin Yanshui Village, they had nothing to do, so they had to temporarily stop their troops and wait for Zhou Yu's fleet to arrive.

Although Cai Mao's Jingzhou Water Army is not as strong as the Jiangdong Water Army, it is fortunate that there are many people, and it is not a waste of effort to build a water village.

After Zhou Yu arrived at Chibi, he first did not enter his own water village to inspect, but went straight to the periphery of Jingzhou water village to visit. But see that within 20 miles along the river in Wulin, there are more than 20 water gates, with the big boat living outside as Guo, and the small boat living inside, and the water gates are connected to each other, echoing each other, and are scattered. At that time, the sky was about to be dusk, and the river was brightly lit, shining like day, and in the water village, the guard was strict and orderly.

Zhou Yu looked at it for a long time, and saw that there was no flaw in Jingzhou Water Village, and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Liu Zebei to be born, but he also knew the formation of the navy, the formation was rigorous, the rules were moderate, and he was so wonderful as the navy, so he really underestimated him!" ”

Han Dang accompanied Zhou Yu on the left and right at this time, although he did not fight with the Jingzhou Navy in the past few days, Han Dang was not idle, and sent scouts to and fro to listen to the news of the Jing Army, and the situation in the water village was naturally clear. At the moment, he said disapprehantly: "Back to the governor, this naval army is taken care of by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the general of Jingzhou, and does not do anything with Liu Ze." Although Liu Ze is very strategic, he doesn't know anything about the water army, so he appointed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to handle the affairs of the water village. ”

Zhou Yu didn't laugh at Liu Ze because of this, and said with a frown: "Liu Ze is the tiger of land warfare." Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have lived in Jingzhou for a long time and are familiar with water warfare, and now they are willing to be Liu Ze's minions, and Liu Ze is like a tiger. If you can't get rid of its minions, this tiger will be hard to catch. ”

Although it was twilight, there was no shelter on the river, and Zhou Yu and his entourage of several clippers approached the Jingzhou Water Village, but they were still discovered by the patrol post of the Jingzhou Navy and reported to Cai Mao. Cai Mao folded his brother Cai Xun, often thinking about revenge, hearing Zhou Yu peeking at the water village, he immediately led the fleet to attack, preparing to capture Zhou Yu. (To be continued......)