Chapter 057: Cao Cao asked

With the addition of Zhou Yu's fleet, the situation on the battlefield was quickly reversed. Zhang Yun is a veteran of the battlefield, and the greatest ability of the battlefield veteran is that he can keenly sense the approach of danger and flee quickly before it comes. Zhang Yun is such a person. The sudden appearance of Zhou Yu's fleet caught Zhang Yun off guard, and in order not to be surrounded and annihilated by the naval army of Eastern Wu, Zhang Yun decisively led the army out of the scene. But even so, some of Cao's ships were caught up and captured by Zhou Yu's sailors! After a battle, more than a dozen Cao army's warships lost four or five, but due to Zhang Yun's fast running, Cao Jun's losses were not too large.

After Zhou Yu rescued Lu Su, because Lu Su's ship had already been beaten by Cao Jun, for the sake of safety, Zhou Yu took Lu Su and Zhuge Father and son to his flagship. Here, for the first time, Young Master Zhuge met Zhou Gongjin, the great hero he had admired for a long time. Zhou Gongjin's chic demeanor and handsome face made Young Master Zhuge envious. Since then, Young Master Zhuge has become "Be a man as Zhou Gongjin, and marry a wife as Guan Yinping." The latter sentence was added later, of course, after our young master Zhuge met Miss Guan San.

Because Zhou Yu was a general sent abroad, he was generally not allowed to return to Chaisang with his army without the conscription of Marquis Sun Quan of Wu. But he was worried that Cao Jun would go and return, and that would be bad. Therefore, he ordered his general LΓΌ Meng to lead a part of the navy to escort Lu Su and Zhuge envoy father and son to Chaisang to meet Sun Quan, while he dragged Lu Su's five battleships that were shot into hedgehogs back to the Wu army's naval camp in Poyang Lake. There were docks dedicated to the repair of warships.

Zhuge father and son, under the escort of Lu Meng, finally arrived safely in Chasang, not to mention it for the time being. It is said that after Yu Ban and Zhang Yun led the remnants of Cao's army and navy to return to Cao Ying, they explained the situation to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was angry, slapped the table and smashed the bowl, and Cheng Yu on the side was distressed! Prime Minister, is it easy for us to buy some industries? How can it be ruined like this? Cao Cao's beard and glaring at Jiang Ban and Zhang Yun scolded for an afternoon before they let them go back to the camp to reflect. Sit down and calm down.

At this time, Cao Cao remembered that Cai Mao was sitting on the side. After Cao Cao incorporated Jingzhou's naval army, because his subordinates were not good at water warfare, he could only use Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the descendants of Jingzhou, to lead the naval army, and also train his northern naval army on his behalf. Although Cai Mao is a general, in fact, Cai Mao and Cao Cao have known each other for a long time. When Cai Mao was young, he and Kuai Yue both went to Luoyang, the imperial capital, to become officials, that is, in Luoyang, they met Liu Biao and Cao Cao, who were also children of the family. So when Liu Biao ran into trouble after serving as the pastor of Jingzhou, the first thing that came to mind was Cai Mao and Kuai Yue. Not only because the two of them were born in the local family, but more importantly, they were Liu Biao's best friends when he was in Luoyang.

It is precisely because of this old incident in Luoyang that Kuai Yue and Cai Mao lack interest in fighting Cao Cao. Because they have a very good relationship with Cao Cao. Therefore, they believe that after they surrender, even if they do not rely on their own merits, they will be treated very well by relying on the friendship of their youth.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao will rest assured that Jingzhou's naval army, and even his own naval army, will be led and trained by Cai Mao. Today, Cai Maolai originally reported to Cao Cao routinely. But I didn't expect to meet Yu Ban and Zhang Yun who were defeated and returned, and were scolded by Cao Cao. Cai Mao is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and knows when he should speak and when he should not speak. For example, in the case just now, as a general who had not long surrendered, no matter how good his personal relationship with Cao Cao was when he was young, Cai Mao couldn't talk much when Cao Cao was managing the internal generals.

Cao Cao scolded for a long time before he thought of Cai Mao sitting on the side. Not to mention the rest, this Zhang Yun is Cai Mao's old subordinate, and scolding Zhang Yun in front of Cai Mao is really unreasonable. Cao Cao also regretted it at this time, and hurriedly apologized to Cai Mao: "De Jue! I lost my temper just now! Please forgive me! ”

Cai Mao smiled reluctantly: "It's okay! Anyway! ”

"Deju!" Cao Cao stood up, stepped down from the handsome seat, and sat down next to Cai Mao. patted Cai Mao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "When it comes to fighting on land, my brother has never been afraid of anyone!" But when it comes to fighting on the water, my brother is far inferior to you! ”

Cao Cao's intimate actions narrowed the distance between the two, and Cai Mao's smile naturally increased, and she didn't even dare to say it! Cao Cao waved his hand and said with a smile: "When you and my brother met at the end of Weimo, there were not so many polite and false courtesies. To tell the truth to my brother, in addition to wanting to pacify Jingzhou, my brother's southern expedition this time also has the heart to recover Jiangdong. But the sailor of Jiangdong is a piece of my heart! You know the Tao, and most of my subordinates are northerners, and they are not accustomed to water. Let them gallop across the plains, and the incompetent will be able to defeat them! But once you got on the boat, you got into the water. Then it will become an eagle with broken wings, a tiger with teeth removed! In the area of water warfare, your brother is an expert, tell me, can our navy compete with Jiangdong's navy? ”

Cai Mao thought for a while, got up and saluted: "Prime Minister, with all due respect, the Prime Minister's naval army has been formed for too short a time, and the training is insufficient, so it will not be able to compete with the Jiangdong naval army in a short period of time!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, "I know this!" And what about Jingzhou's naval army? How does it compare to the Koto Water Army? ”

Cai Mao heard Cao Cao ask about Jingzhou's naval army, which he created single-handedly, and replied with a smile: "Between the two princes!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, thought thoughtfully, thought for a while, and then asked, "What if the Jingzhou Navy is used to meet the Jiangdong Navy Army?" ”

Cai Mao blurted out this time without thinking: "Defeat!" ”

Now Cao Cao is confused, is this guy playing tricks on me? Since the strength of the Jingzhou Navy and the Jiangdong Navy is only between the two of them, how can there be a situation where the battle is bound to be defeated?

"Brother Deju, isn't he joking?"

"No, it's not! There is a basis for what the younger brother said! In terms of strength, Jingzhou's navy and Jiangdong's navy are indeed the same. However......" Cai Mao wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable.

Cao Cao knew that Cai Mao had something to say, but what scruples did he seem to have in his heart? "But what?"

"This ......," Cai Mao hesitated to say.

Cao Cao knew that Cai Mao had scruples, so he smiled and held Cai Mao's hand and comforted: "Brother Deju! What is there not to say among your brothers? ”

Cai Mao frowned, thought for a while, seemed to have made a big decision, got up and knelt down, "The prime minister trusts him so much, then he can only put on his liver and gall!" ”

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