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Chapter 259 Gifts

In the misty misty rain, the Jingzhou army's team was like a giant dragon, winding southward along the east bank of the Xiangshui River.

The wheels of the carriage were rumbling, and it was difficult to move on the muddy road. Kuai Yue sat in the carriage, being bumped and distraught.

Jingnan is no different from Jiangbei, it has always been rainy and less sunny, and June is the flood season, and it rains almost every day, which has caused great inconvenience to the march.

Kuai Yue always believed in his heart that August and September are the best time to send troops. Not only can he harvest rice from the counties of Changsha to replenish military resources, but he can also avoid the heavy rain season.

It's a pity that Liu Biao was eager to pacify Jingnan, while Cai Mao, out of personal grievances, all advocated sending troops as soon as possible.

The curtains of the carriage suddenly opened wide, and with the wind and rain, Kuai Qi got into the carriage. He took off the bamboo hat on his head and the coir raincoat on his body, and said: "My lord, you will arrive at Hengshan Township before dark today. Once you pass Hengshan Township, Ling County is not far away, and it will take three days. But..."

"But what?" Kuai Yue asked.

Kuai Qi said: "According to the report from Tanqi, not only is there no one in Hengshan Township, but even the houses in the town have been destroyed."

Kuai Yue nodded, not too surprised, Liu Jing also did the same in Liling, but not as thoroughly as in Hengshan Township.Said: "It seems that Liu Zhongda is ready to fight our army for a long time."

Kuai Qi frowned and said: "The key to this battle lies in the infantry, and more importantly in the navy. If Army Division Cai can defeat Liu Zhongda's navy, we can advance and retreat freely, otherwise..."

This is exactly what Kuai Yue is worried about. Compared with the infantry under his command, he does not have so much confidence in Cai Mao's navy.

According to Cai Mao's description, Liu Jing's battleship was equipped with a large-scale battle tool, like a stone-throwing chariot, which could be shattered instantly when a stone-throwing attack was fired at close range.The front of the Jingzhou navy was destroyed here.

It is a pity that Cai Mao has only seen the real thing from a distance, and the navy officers and soldiers who have fought with it can only describe the general principle, so it is difficult for the Jingzhou army to imitate this weapon.

Of course, Cai Hao was not idle this year. He made Changqi wood according to the principle of the opponent's weapon, as a countermeasure.

Qi represents the meaning of fork. Changqi wood is a long wooden pole with a fork at the top. It is installed on the bow of the ship to block the opponent's boulder attack.Because they haven't fought each other yet, the specific effect is still unknown, but it's better than nothing.

After all, the loss in the previous battle was terrible. The front of the navy was almost completely wiped out. There were thousands of dead, and all the soldiers were afraid.

Therefore, Kuai Yue's request to Cai Mao is to use the advantage in the number of his own warships to suppress the opponent's water army, and he does not have to pursue defeating the opponent.

However, Cai Mao may not be able to do what he wanted, and now his mind is full of thoughts of revenge.

Cai Mao is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he has outstanding intelligence, otherwise he would not have served as the military adviser of Liu Biao's Zhennan General.However, Qi was born in a wealthy family, has an arrogant personality, and rarely suffered setbacks in his life, so that he was always brooding about the fiasco at the hands of Liu Jing.

Perhaps only by defeating Liu Jing and avenging his shame, can he let go of his obsession completely.

"Alas..." Kuai Yue sighed deeply in his heart, and said, "I hope Junshi Cai can realize his shame and be brave..."

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Behind the Jingzhou army, Ou Xiong rode on a green horse, urging the march of the trilogy. The pain in his right shoulder made him anxious.

Back then when he was arrested by the city officials because of the distinguished guests from Jiaozhou, he felt that he had lost face. In a rage, he led dozens of guests into the city and whipped the city officials in public to vent his anger.

After that, he didn't heed his brother-in-law Song Lin's advice and left the market quickly. This decision made him regret every time he thought about it, but there is no medicine for regret in this world.

Facing the fledgling Liu Jing, he didn't pay attention to it at all. He never thought that this was a dragon, and Ou Xiong paid an extremely painful price for his contempt.

With Liu Jing's order, all the people in the city turned their swords against him.The injury on his right shoulder was caused by Cai Sheng. Cai Sheng's attack was quite vicious at the beginning, not only piercing through his shoulder, but also severing his sword.

Now whenever it rains on cloudy days, Ou Xiong's shoulders will be aching, and Jingnan is rainy all the year round. During the days when Baqiu guarded the river, the pain always reminded him of revenge.

Later, the Jingzhou army went south and broke through the Baqiu camp. Ou Xiong was also captured by the Jingzhou army, but he did not surrender at the beginning. Firstly, Zhang Xian was kind to him, and secondly, the Ou family and Zhang Xian shared weal and woe.Ou Xiong is quite proud of it, he thinks he is much stronger than Wu Ju, at least he hasn't done anything that is outrageous.

It was not until Zhang Xian passed away at the beginning of this year that Ou Xiong officially joined the Jingzhou Army.

For Liu Jing, Ou Xiong has extremely complicated feelings, he still has great hatred for him in his heart, but on the other hand, he also deeply admires him, but unfortunately there is no room for change between the two sides.

As long as there is an opportunity, Ou Xiong doesn't mind beheading his head himself as a step forward.

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As the Jingzhou Army approached, Liu Jing summoned all the generals to make final arrangements.

Liu Jing himself led Cai Sheng, Ma Zhou, Chu Fang, and Han Guang to guard Ling County with a total of about 5000 people.

Clan brother Liu Xiu, together with Liu Liang and the serious department, totaling about [-] people, guarded the old city of Ling County, forming a corner with Liu Jing across the Xiangjiang River.

In addition, Liu Zong, Liu Zhu, and Wang Qiang led the water army and stationed in the camp to the south of Linghu Lake.

At this moment, Liu Jing suddenly heard a report from someone outside, and the Jingzhou Army sent an envoy to come to see him.

Liu Jing looked puzzled, and thought: "At this time, why did the other party send people here?" Liu Jing couldn't guess the other party's intentions, but he didn't care about opinions, and motioned to bring people in.

Soon, the envoy of the Jingzhou Army walked into the room with two lacquer boxes in his arms, bowed slightly to Liu Jing, and said: "I have ordered Cai Junshi to give this gift box to my step and Liu Bosi."

The names of Liu Jing and Liu Zong were written on the two lacquer boxes respectively. Cai Mao's intention couldn't be more obvious. These two boxes were prepared for their heads.

As the saying goes, "the master humiliated his ministers to death", all the generals in the room were furious, and Liu Zong was so angry that he drew his sword out of its sheath.

When the envoy came, he already had the will to die, so he did not change his color when facing the generals.

Liu Jing was never angry, and persuaded Liu Zongdao: "Brother Cong calm down, this matter is what Cai Mao did, and has nothing to do with this person. The meaning of "Spring and Autumn": 'Killing an envoy is indecent'. If brother Cong kills him with hatred, don't you know the right thing to do? Cai Mao's mind?"

Liu Zong's face paled when he heard the words, he put the knife back into the sheath slowly, and said bitterly: "Cai Maozhuzi, I will repay the humiliation today ten times in the future."

Liu Jing asked Yu Zheng to play with the lacquer box in the hands of the envoy with great interest.

It is not difficult to see that the second box is made of high-quality wood, and the black and red lacquer on the top is obviously decorated with multiple layers.

(End of this chapter)