It's not that Zhou Yu doesn't want to pursue, but he is already powerless.

The battle of the trapped beasts, the counterattack of the dying struggle with an indomitable momentum, and Huang Zu has been in charge of Jiangxia for many years, and he has a group of loyal subordinates who are willing to die for him, and they will not hesitate to fight together, causing great losses to Jiangdong's fleet.

Originally, if it weren't for this fog, Zhou Yu felt that he could have hit the Jiangxia Navy at the smallest cost, and now although he didn't know how much he had lost in the fog in the past few days, he could have a rough judgment from his own experience, and the loss was definitely not small. The battleships that he had gathered in a hurry were not rested or reorganized, and before their combat effectiveness was formed, they were brought to encircle and suppress Huang Zu. Although the goal was achieved, the loss was too great after all, and after most of the day's fighting, he was extremely tired and could not withstand any risks.

He didn't forget that he didn't wait for all the warships to assemble before coming to block Huang Zu, who knows if the battleships scattered by the Jiangxia Navy have assembled again. In case of a head-on collision, it is not good to capsize in the gutter.

Quickly clean up the battlefield, rescue the surviving soldiers, send scouts to the Xiling camp to report the battle situation, and then, go to the preset camp to rest.

Huang Zu was defeated and fled, there will be no more big water battles for the time being, or this is the last big battle. I just don't know how many Jiangxia sailors have been buried in the fog of the past few days.

What made Zhou Yu feel relieved was that after the end of the war, Jiang Qin, who was commanding the fleet to isolate the Huangzu ship, finally advanced to the 7th rank. In this battle, the four main generals of the navy army all advanced to the high rank, achieving a big leap forward.

What's more, Huang Zu's ship was not completely sunk and was rescued, although most of the interior was damaged, it was still a large building ship after all. Although too many people died in the hand-to-hand combat in order to capture this battleship, it was a greater blow to the Jiangxia army to be able to capture it than to sink it with a large number of stones.

The summoning order was issued again, and warships were constantly sent to search, and after waiting for another two days, Qiu Yingcai led a fleet of dozens of large and small warships with three medium-sized building ships as the core, and depending on the situation, it was still after a big battle.

Waiting for Qiu Ying to surrender the order, Zhou Yu and the others learned that when Huang Zu fled, he happened to bump into Qiu Ying head-on and was intercepted. At that time, Qiu Ying naturally didn't have so many warships, but Huang Zu didn't take many warships with him when he fled, and he was pressed and beaten by Qiu Ying. If it weren't for the Jiangxia warships rushing to support, it is estimated that Huang Zu would have been directly captured. Later, the Jiangxia battleships gathered more and more, Qiu Ying could only evacuate, and was pursued for a while, so he had to gather a group of warships, and then rushed back.

And his strength has reached the 7th order.

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Huang Zu was defeated, although the defeat was a little unknown, but he knew that this was already a good result. If it weren't for this fog and being successfully ambushed by Zhou Yu, it would be a question of whether he could break through alive.

So Huang Zu did not delay in Zhangdu Lake any longer, but directly gathered the warships and soldiers under his command, retracted to the original camp, and defended the village. And he also returned to Xiling City to appease the people, inspire the soldiers, and deal with the attack of the Jiangdong Army.

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After receiving the news of the big victory from Zhou Yu, and after the confirmation of Jiang ASEAN players, coupled with Huang Zu's later appearance in Xiling City, Liu Feng finally put his mind at ease, and the smile on his face was a little more. Especially the advancement of several generals of the navy, which made him even more excited.

For a long time, these people had already reached the peak of the 6th order, but they had not been able to be promoted, and they were unwilling to enter the martial saint tower trial, so as not to affect the future, which made the historical generals under Liu Feng, compared to other princes, their strength was a little lower, and now they finally made up for it. At the same 7th level, even if others take the first step, they still have time to catch up.

"It seems that only a big war is the key to a general's breakthrough." Several generals of the navy army, which one of them was able to advance after a bloody battle, even Jiang Qin, who had been commanding the battle, could not avoid going into battle in person. Liu Feng looked at the troops besieging the city in front of him, and wondered whether to be more ruthless and pull all these generals under his command up for exercise.

I don't know how it turned out, but the process was absolutely bloody. After thinking about it, Liu Feng still gave up this idea.

Large cities are not so easy to fight, Wancheng back then, I don't know how many Han soldiers were buried, and now year after year, it still has not ended. In comparison, Xiling is a small thing.

But the problem is that Liu Feng's Jiangdong cannot be compared with the original Han Empire. In order to attack Jiangxia, too much energy has been invested, and the loss of troops is very large. Although Liu Feng can bear it, if it continues, it will have a great impact on the development of Jiangdong. Once the capital chain is broken, it will not be easy to develop so quickly, and it will even cause a series of unpredictable troubles.

From this point of view, Liu Feng is not a qualified lord. His character is not good enough, and he can't be completely rational in the development of the territory, otherwise he will be ruthless, recruit more soldiers, hoard more grain and grass, and increase his power by at least two or three counties.

Liu Feng does not have such great ambitions, he has always aimed to preserve himself, and on this basis, he has developed the territory to bring some economic benefits to himself, and further, he also wants to make the life of the residents of his territory better.

It's just that the reality has forced him to expand step by step, and from the moment he understood his geographical location, he had a sense of insecurity, so he tried his best to develop, and returned to the mainland from nothing, until now he has Jiangdong.

But obviously, if a Yangzhou can't achieve a stable goal, Jingzhou is naturally a threat, so he and Liu Biao have always been hostile.

That's why he took advantage of Liu Biao's lack of time to take care of it this time, attacked Jiangxia, destroyed the Jingzhou naval army, and lifted the biggest threat to Jiangdong. In the past few months, they occupied half of Jiangxia, basically destroyed the Jingzhou Naval Army, and surrounded Xiling, which was basically the goal. As long as Xiling is captured, the advance must be stopped, so as not to provoke Liu Biao too much. It was also necessary to strengthen the defenses of the newly occupied area before Liu Biao and Sun Jian ended the war to prevent it from being recaptured by the Jingzhou army.

It's already winter, and if it drags on any longer, as soon as it snows, the war will drag on to the next year.

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After resting for a few days, the navy immediately threw itself into the blockade of the remnants of Jiangxia; And the siege battle became more intense after Huang Zu returned.

Countless stones were thrown at the city wall, and the wall of Xiling was submerged for several feet, still under the condition that most of the stones would be refreshed; The stone mountain outside Xiling City was almost hollowed out; A large number of catapults were destroyed by continuous work; Countless soldiers died under the walls......

Huang Zu was exhausted and looked at the various city walls that were constantly fighting.

The defeat in the water war hit him hard, but he couldn't have a trace of depression, otherwise he wouldn't have to wait for the Jiangdong army to break through the city, and the interior would be in chaos first.

Xiling is already an isolated city, and since the beginning of the war, Huang Zu has already prepared for the worst. After returning to Xiling, he immediately sent people to break through the blockade and go to Xiangyang to report for help and make a final effort.

But obviously, he was disappointed, Liu Biao's reply was also very direct, there was no reinforcement, only let him do his best to hold on, do not slack off, try to preserve his strength, and withdraw to the north, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Huang Zu did not complain, he knew that Xiangyang had done his best, the fierceness of the battle in Wancheng far exceeded that of Xiling, and Sun Jian was determined to take Wancheng in one fell swoop and form an absolute advantage over Jingzhou. There are not many troops in Xiangyang, and if they are transferred out, the only area of rule will be unstable.

In other words, Huang Zu can only independently carry the attack of the Jiangdong Army, and judging from the current situation, he will not last long, Xiling will definitely be lost, and what he has to do now is to make a last stand, consume the combat power of the Jiangdong Army as much as possible, and delay the pace of its continued attack.

Perhaps, it can also leave a barrier for Xiangyang.