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Chapter 208 Beheading

Seeing that Liu Jing did not persecute him again, Ma Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately resigned, and then hurried back to the warship to discuss countermeasures with the generals.

In the dark and cramped cabin, the air was hot and stuffy. More than a dozen people including Ma Yue sat in a group without saying a word, appearing to be preoccupied.

Ma Yue glanced at all the generals one by one, seeing that no one spoke for a long time, he took the lead to ask: "What do you think about Liu Jun's intention to merge?"

It should be said that among all the people, he is the one who least wants the fleet to merge with Liu Jing.

As the temporary commander of the fleet elected by everyone, he doesn't have much power in his hands, but as long as he leads the fleet back to his hometown Lingling, he will definitely become the real commander of the fleet.

And if the fleet merged with Liu Jing, or merged, he would be beaten back to his original shape in all likelihood, which he absolutely could not accept.

The generals couldn't help but look at each other, how powerful the Jingzhou navy is, they have experienced it more than once, and now they can't arouse the slightest desire to fight.As for Liu Jing's previous statement that the merger of the two parties would be enough to fight against the Jingzhou navy, they didn't believe it at all.

The question is, can they afford to say no?This move is bound to irritate Liu Jing and Liu Zong, thus causing death for himself and others.

Someone raised the concerns in everyone's hearts, which attracted a burst of echo from the surroundings.

Ma Yue silently watched the generals talk to each other, the debate was very fierce, but almost no one wanted to stay in Ling County.

When the room became quiet again, Ma Yue said calmly: "Although we are not as strong as Liu Zhongda and Liu Bosi's navy, we are not completely powerless to resist.

When I first arrived in Ling County, the defenses on the river were not strict, and we had a chance to break through the blockade, but we were frightened by Liu Boxi's reputation, hesitated a little, and were surrounded from all sides, and thus lost the opportunity to leave. "

When the generals heard the words, they nodded again and again, feeling regretful in their hearts, if they could have been more decisive at that time, how could they have ended up in such a situation?

Ma Yue asked the generals again about their intentions, and after getting a positive answer, he finally expressed his plan: "We can pretend to surrender, and then take advantage of the slack, and sail away. It will definitely be difficult for the other party to stop in a hurry."

The generals looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt that this method was feasible, and they quickly reached a consensus.Ma Yue led the generals to swear an oath of blood, agreeing never to abandon it, and then went to see Liu Zong, bluntly saying that they were willing to lead the warships to return.

Liu Zong laughed loudly and said: "With the help of all the lords, there will be another chance of winning against the Jingzhou navy in the future."

Ma Yue and the others laughed together and said, "I am willing to be Liu Sima's pioneer."

Liu Zong nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The gentlemen have fought many battles recently, and it must be extremely hard. Today I will set up a banquet to comfort the soldiers."

Ma Yue carefully observed Liu Zong's expression, seeing that there was nothing unusual, he was a little relieved.

At dusk, Liu Zong comforted the attached soldiers with wine and food in the camp.

The officers and men were outside, while Ma Yue and more than ten people were able to enter the account and have a banquet with Liu Zong.Qi and others sit on the right, while Chen Jin, Huang Wu and other cronies sit on the left, and the two sides are clearly separated.

The banquet lasted for more than an hour, Liu Zongsu was always good at drinking, but now his cheeks were rosy, but his eyes were very clear.It was already pitch black outside, but the lights in the tent were brightly lit, and everyone exchanged cups and chatted happily.

Liu Zong got up and left his seat, drew out the saber at his waist, and danced in the tent.The people who were laughing and drinking in the tent gradually quieted down, watching Liu Zong dance with great interest.

Liu Zongnai is the number one hero in Changsha, although he is not good at martial arts, he is by no means an extraordinary person, there are very few people who can match him.

Liu Zongwu was dancing, and came to Ma Yue's food table, and invited: "Ma Sima can be promoted by all the generals to be the leader. He must have extraordinary martial arts skills. I wonder if we can dance together?"

Ma Yue shuddered involuntarily, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't dare. I'm not good at martial arts, so I'm not qualified to dance with Liu Sima."

After hearing this, Liu Zong's expression darkened immediately, and he asked forcefully, "Ma Sima is so evasive, does he look down on me?"

As soon as Liu Zong finished speaking, Chen Jin, Huang Wu and other cronies stood up and glared at Ma Yue.

Ma Yue groaned secretly in his heart, and said, "I must have avoided it on purpose..." At this point, Ma Yue was surprised to see a white light flashing across his eyes, so fast that he didn't even have time to dodge.

Mayo's head broke away from his body in an instant and fell to the banquet, his face was still terrified when he died.

The tent fell into dead silence for a moment, the generals looked terrified, but they dared not make a sound, for fear of being hurt by the fish pond.

Liu Zong wiped Ma Yue's body with a knife, wiped off the blood on the knife, glanced at the generals in the tent, and said calmly: "Since you all belong to me, what I say is an order, Ma Sima And you resisted my order again and again, but you know that you have no sincerity in your heart, so I killed him with my own hands today to clean up the army, can you accept it?"

"Submit." All the generals left the table and bowed one after another, sweating profusely for a while, panicked and uneasy.

Liu Zong put the saber back into its sheath, and said calmly, "I received a report that Ma Sima's surrender was just a way to slow down the troops, but in fact he still wanted to escape."

"The matter has been leaked? Who is it?" The generals were so frightened that they almost fainted, their foreheads touched the ground, and they were trembling all over.

Liu Zong signaled the soldiers outside the tent to carry Ma Yue's body out, and continued: "Whether this matter is true or not, once Ma Sima dies, it will be settled once and for all."

The generals were already desperate in their hearts, but Liu Zong had no intention of pursuing it, and the generals couldn't help feeling that they would survive the catastrophe.

Liu Zong encouraged them to wait and let them leave.

Huang Wu, who was short, thick, and impatient, asked: "Sima, they have sworn a blood alliance, why let them go?"

The generals were not monolithic, and someone quietly reported to Liu Zong afterwards.

Liu Zong shook his head and said: "The meaning of "Spring and Autumn": 'The merit lies in the marshal, and the crime is the first to stop the evil.' This matter is led by Ma Yue alone. Once Ma Yue, the guide, dies, they can no longer go to Lingling. They killed them all."

Huang Wu curled his lips and said, "If you want me to say, it's better to kill them all, so as to avoid future troubles forever."

Knowing Huang Wu's temper, Liu Zongsu ignored him and hurried to see Liu Jing.

Liu Jing was not too surprised that he killed Ma Yue during the banquet. Killing people is always the fastest way to solve problems.

Liu Jing also agreed with Liu Zong's decision of "only punishing the chief culprit, not the subordinates", but he thought that it would be difficult for those people to stay on the original ship, so they had to be transferred away.

After some discussion, the two simply took this opportunity to completely knead the three fleets under their command into a whole.And Liu Zong is naturally the best candidate for the commander of this fleet, with Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang as his deputy.

Mayo's killing didn't cause much trouble. After all, he was only the commander of the fleet in name, and he didn't have much prestige at all.

Just as the fleet was being integrated, Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang finally rushed back, followed by thousands of shipwrights.

Liu Jing was overjoyed. Compared with Linxiang, Lingxian's shipbuilding industry was too far behind, and it was difficult to build large ships. He had complained about this many times.Now I don't have to worry about it anymore.

Liu Jing considered that Ling County would inevitably become the main battlefield in the future, and there was no reason why the shipyard would be built here, so he decided to move the shipbuilder to Zhongshui Township in the rear, which is hundreds of miles away from Ling County, and there are enough buffer.

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Outside Linxiang City, the Jingzhou Army began to drive the people to carry earth pellets to fill the moat after completing the construction of the encirclement, digging trenches and making ladders.

Since Linxiang's moat was drawn from Liushui, the Jingzhou army also had to build a fence around Liushui in the north to cut off the water source.Only by taking a two-pronged approach can the Linxiang moat be completely filled.

The moat is the first line of defense in Linxiang City, so the defenders can't just sit idly by. Even if the civilians are unarmed and most of them are locals from Changsha, this is a battlefield where you can live and die. They can't be soft-hearted. the other side.

Kuai Yue was wearing armor, sitting in the car, looking at the civilian husband who fell to the ground in front of the moat like cutting wheat, his face was terribly calm.

If you want to avoid a large number of casualties, you can choose to act in the early morning or evening when your vision is dim. However, he chose to act during the day when his vision is clear. The reason is simple. He wants to consume as much arrows as possible from the Linxiang defenders.One more arrow taken by a commoner means one less shot taken by a soldier.Although this decision is very cold-blooded, it is the best choice.

The civilian husband had never experienced a cruel war, and he had no armor on his body. When he was attacked by a rain of arrows, he immediately collapsed and fled back.It's a pity that they were soon forced back by the soldiers armed with weapons in the rear. If they refused to obey orders, they would be attacked by the soldiers, and they had to bite the bullet and continue to move the earth pellets to fill the trench.

For many days in a row, even though the Linxiang defenders tried their best to stop it, the moat was quickly filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

　Thanks to "Han Zhaowu Emperor" for the reward.grateful

　　

　

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