arranged Qin Wolf, and deterred the stubborn forces in the barracks, plus Xu Sheng and Qin Wolf, the two typicals, seeing that the incense was about to run out, after the shouting group urged a few more times, the soldiers in the coalition camp could no longer hold back, and began to let people out of the camp one after another, unload their weapons and armor, and then surrender to Zhuang Shaoyou's army.

Zhuang Shaoyou brought a steady stream of beef and mutton from the city to feed these soldiers.

To briefly count, the total number of troops in this group is more than 50,000! There are more regular troops in Puyang than Zhuang! That night, the troops were divided into four groups and followed each regiment back to the camp to rest.

The second time, Tai Shi Ci Tie Cavalry stood out and began to chase down the remnants of the more than 30,000 East Road coalition troops.

For three days, Tai Shici and Qin Ling each led 5,000 iron cavalry, pursued the remnants of the army in two ways, annihilated a total of 12,000 enemy troops, captured more than 10,000 people, and scattered the rest.

Zhuang Shaoyou, with 80,000 elite divisions, relied on the fortified city of Puyang, to resist the 470,000 coalition army and won a big victory! In total, more than 180,000 soldiers were killed and wounded! The Southern Route Coalition Army was completely defeated, and the Eastern Route Coalition Army suffered heavy losses, with more than 60,000 captured; Only a number of the princes of the Western Route Army hugged together, retreated westward into Bishui Pass, and then crossed the river and returned to the north in Sili, and were spared.

At this point, the second bloody battle of Puyang officially came to an end.

The second coalition army was declared a failure!

The alliance leader Yuan Shu lost his troops and generals, 60,000 soldiers and horses, and only more than 10,000 people were able to escape back to Huainan alive! Coupled with Wen Ping's tossing in Huainan, Yuan Shu's men and horses lost most of them, their strength was greatly damaged, and their control over the wealthy clans in the territory decreased significantly, whether it was Tao Qian in the east, Liu Biao in the west, and especially Cao Cao in the north, they all coveted it.

March 16, the fourth day after the end of the bloody battle of Puyang.

Zhuang Shaoyou finally received a summons from Mo Yu Sailor, the report was very brief, but the content was extremely shocking, Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't help but praise: "Mo Yu, this kid, although he is arrogant, his methods are really extraordinary!" ”

It turned out that at the beginning of February this year, the coalition forces began to besiege Puyangqi, when the Yellow River was still frozen, and the sailors had no use of force, and in desperation, Zhuang Shaoyou ordered Mo Yu to lead half of the five-masted warships of the naval division and the inland river brigade to the Yangtze River basin, with the purpose of harassing Huainan and Jingzhou!

In mid-February, Wen Ping attacked Huainan, and Mo Yu sent four warships to trace Huaishui to the west, and cooperated with Wen Ping to fight several very beautiful raids in Huainan, with outstanding results! After that, Mo Yu's sailor stopped moving.

In mid-February, Mo Yu sailors arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and heard that water thieves were rampant in the Yangtze River Basin, so Mo Yu was very much looking forward to it, and directly requisitioned two merchant ships from the Commerce and Trade Division, and used this as a bait to seduce nearby water thieves to sneak attack, while Mo Yu was waiting for the rabbit, not only to destroy the water thieves, but also to follow the vine to touch the melons, and copied several water thieves' nests near Danyang, and the Danyang waterway was clean!

After that, Mo Yu seduced the water thieves in a different way, and those stupid thieves would be fooled every time, and then they would be killed by Mo Yu.

After tossing like this for half a month, the water thieves in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were basically swept away, and even if they survived, most of them washed their hands or went home to recuperate! No way, the idea is hard every time!

At the beginning of March, because Zhuang Shaoyou dealt with the rebellion of Luxi Haoqiang in Qingzhou, which caused the siege of the world's heroes, the situation was very critical, and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao actually sent troops to participate in the war twice, and the number of troops reached 35,000, although the number is not much, but they are all elite!

Mo Yu didn't dare to suppress the bandits in Youzai, and immediately drove towards Jingzhou at full speed.

On the third night of the first month of March, the Moyu sailors took advantage of the fact that it was dark and the patrol boats on the river were slacking, passed Jiangxia at full speed and headed towards Jiangling.

Late at night on the fifth day of the first month of March, Jiangling City, an important town in Jingzhou, was attacked by the Moyu Naval Division! The defenders in the city have been too peaceful for too long, and they have long lost their vigilance, and they never thought that they would encounter a surprise attack in the hinterland of Jingzhou! So it was easy to be broken by the sudden killing of Mo Yu.

The 20,000 defenders in the city fled without a fight, and were chased and killed by Mo Yu's 6,000 men and horses for half a day, losing more than half of them.

Jiangling is not only the former Jingzhou Governor, Liu Biao also piled up countless money and grain here, this is good, all of them are cheap Mo Yu, Mo Yu chased and killed the Jiangling defenders, and then immediately came back to be a porter, and moved all the money and property in the city for a day and a night, and the grain and grass were moved by more than half.

Xiangyang's reinforcements arrived, and Mo Yu took a look, 50,000 horses? The bows, crossbows, knives and shields are very complete, make a decision immediately and run away!

Another day later, Liu Biao, who was besieging Puyang, heard about this, and was so angry that a mouthful of blood sprayed on the desk and fainted.

When Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu heard that Jiangling had been sacked, he did not dare to slack off and sent sailors to reinforce Jiangling.

When Mo Yu was thinking about where to go next, he heard a large group of sailors coming from Jiangxia, and he was overjoyed and led the fleet to meet him.

I never thought that the Jingzhou sailors were very elite, there were many types of warships, and the cooperation between the ships was skillful. In particular, the size of the building ship is extremely large, larger than the six-masted warship, each warship can carry more than 2,000 people, and there are many ballistas and stone throws on it.

However, the cost of this building ship is expensive, and the draft is too shallow, as long as it encounters strong wind and waves, it cannot set sail normally, and the flexibility is extremely poor, Mo Yu put away his contempt, carefully commanded, and Jingzhou Sailor fought a battle, although the duration was short, but the battle was fierce.

The commanders of both sides were unexpected, and Mo Yu did not dare to join forces with him because of the lack of supplies and maintenance, so he could only lead the army to break through, and the Jingzhou Navy Division could not stop it.

Zhuang Shaoyou's sailor and Liu Biao's sailor barely reached a draw in the first confrontation, and the two sides had a more intuitive understanding of their sailor's strength.

After the battle report, Mo Yu also submitted an application for the expansion of the naval division, and it is reported that there are a total of 100,000 sailors in Jingzhou under Liu Biao! There are dozens of large warships such as fighting ships and building ships, hundreds of medium-sized warships such as ships, and countless small ships! If the nest is dispatched, our army's sailors will not be able to compete!

In addition, the land of Jiangdong and Jingzhou is rich and abundant, but the sailors are not good at land warfare, and the warships can only travel on the river, so they cannot explore deeply, which is a pity! Therefore, he applied for the formation of an army under the naval division in order to prepare for the need to unify Jiangdong in the future!

After reading it, Zhuang Shaoyou's eyes suddenly lit up, pondered for a moment, and said, "Come on!" Invite Xu Sheng and Qin Wolf! ”

Two quarters of an hour later, the two entered Zhuang Shaoyou's study, Xu Sheng was much more restrained, looking serious, while Qin Wolf followed behind Xu Sheng with a blue nose and swollen face, as well-behaved as a little daughter-in-law.

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled when he saw this: "Article 3 of the military regulations of southern Liaoning prohibits corporal punishment and abuse of soldiers!" General Xu, you have to pay attention! ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, there is still such a rule? It's weird! It is as normal for a veteran to beat a recruit or a boss to beat his subordinates as if he were drinking cold water! But he quickly reacted, rolled his eyes, looked back at Qin Wolf and said, "Brother Qin, have I abused or physically punished you?" ”

Qin Wolf just thought of the opportunity to complain, but was frightened back by Xu Sheng's eyes, and quickly shook his head and said, "No!" Absolutely nothing! General Xu is strict with himself and lenient with others, and his subordinates support General Xu from the bottom of their hearts! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou shook his head and smiled bitterly, forget it, it's not a big deal, don't worry about it for now! remembered the purpose of summoning the two, so Zhengse said: "General Xu, which one are you better at water and land warfare?" ”

When Xu Sheng heard it, this is to arrange a position for himself! So he thought about it carefully and said: "Back to the general, the last general can fight in water and land battles, but the last general is best at cavalry combat!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled: "Then you want to go to the cavalry?" ”

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up, with a leisurely look, and he finally suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Exactly!" ”

"There are no doors!"

A basin of cold water was poured on his head, and Xu Sheng's smile froze on his face at that time, and the look of disappointment on his face was undisguised. Qin Wolf on the side was in a good mood, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, he was holding back very hard!

Zhuang Shaoyou continued: "Xu Sheng obeys orders! From now on, Xu Sheng will be appointed as the captain of the Marine Brigade of the Marine Division of the Marine Division, with the rank of brigadier general; Qin Wolf is the deputy captain, with the rank of colonel! ”

When Qin Wolf heard this, he was overjoyed, but Xu Sheng was stunned: "Marine Brigade of the Marine Division Legion? What is this? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled slightly: "The Marine Corps of the Naval Division, as the name suggests, is subordinate to the Marine Division, but the elite soldiers who can also conduct foot combat must be proficient in both land and water warfare, and the people in the north are not good at water warfare, so this matter must be handled by the southerners, and the commander must be wise and brave, and reliable, and you, Xu Sheng is the most suitable person!" ”

When Xu Sheng heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and then he came to his senses, and immediately bowed to the ground: "I, Xu Wen, took refuge in Jiangdong during the Zhongping Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then joined the army as a chief. Knowing the grace of encounter, there is no way to repay it, I am willing to smear the general's liver and brain, and then die! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou got up and walked over, helped Xu Sheng up, and said, "Wen Xiang, please get up quickly!" To tell you the truth, this Marine Corps is also a whim of General Ben, do you have any thoughts or suggestions on how to form it? ”

When Xu Sheng heard it, he hadn't formed it yet? It turns out that he is a light commander? Rejoice in the air! Wrong! This is an opportunity, a great opportunity! immediately pondered for a long time, Zhuang Shaoyou did not urge, and waited patiently.

After a while, Xu Sheng opened his mouth and said, "Go back to the general!" The Marine Corps, as the name suggests, must have both water warfare and infantry warfare, not to mention water warfare, land warfare is based on surprise attacks, and the victory lies in surprise! Therefore, the quality of the soldiers is extremely high, must be one of the elite soldiers, and in order to go deep into the enemy territory to raid, so the number should not be too much, strict training, orders and prohibitions, when the general unifies Jiangdong in the future, it can achieve miraculous results! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou stroked his palms and praised: "It's not rough!" General Ben really didn't see the wrong person! General Ben will leave this matter to you with full authority, and if you need General Le from the Ministry of Military Affairs to help you solve it! ”

Xu Sheng continued: "General, there is a reluctant request from my subordinates about this Marine Corps! ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"

"General, the Marine Corps of the Marine Division will be almost useless in the north in the future, and it should mainly be used for future operations in Jiangdong and Jingzhou, so my subordinates think that the soldiers of the Marine Corps should be mainly from the south of the Yangtze River, although the southerners are not as strong as the northerners, but they are flexible, and they are very suitable for water battles or surprise attacks! Therefore, please allow your subordinates to go to Jiangdong to select the warriors! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou pondered for a moment and said: "There are many Yangzhou people among the captives, you can choose first, the current sailors and soldiers are close to you, if it is not enough, go to Jiangdong!" It is best not to exceed 5,000 marines in the establishment of the Marine Corps, and all the generals of the Marine Corps shall be appointed by you and reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs for the record, but there is one point, it is better to have a shortage than an abundance! General Ben wants the best of the best! ”

Xu Sheng immediately saluted solemnly and responded: "The subordinates will not accept the general's entrustment!" ”