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Chapter 266

Cai Mao fled back to Leishuiyingwu with his fleet in a state of embarrassment. He thought that with the Paigan this time, even if he could not defeat Liu Jingshui's army, he would at least be able to maintain an even match. After that, he could rely on the continuous support from the rear to slowly overwhelm the opponent until it is completely wiped out.

It's a pity that first the barracks were raided, which made the sailors panic and the army lost their fighting spirit. Then Cai He fell into the water with an arrow, causing the front fleet to have no command, and the ships fought on their own, so they were defeated by Liu Jingshui's army again.

Cai Mao was furious, this was already the second defeat in just a few days.

He thought that the defeat in this battle was not his own fault, but the fault of others, so as soon as he returned to the barracks, he immediately had the captain who stayed behind be arrested, and he was thrown out of the barracks without listening to the other party's excuses. Beheaded outside the door to show the public.

During the period, Kuai Qi wanted to plead for the other party several times, but Cai Mao was angry, how could he listen?Insist on executing the left behind captain.

Seeing the bloody head of the left-behind captain hanging on the camp gate, Kuai Qi couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

Soon, the returning soldiers reported that they had rescued Cai He who fell into the water while retreating.

From the very beginning, Cai Hao really wanted to kill Cai He, but it was just a fleeting thought. Cai He is not a worthless lieutenant left behind. Since Cai Zhong died in the battle last year, Cai He has become the most important thing for him. Wouldn't it be a broken arm if you killed your clansman?

"Military division..." Cai He was lying weakly on the bed in the cabin, and when he saw Cai Mao walking in, he wanted to struggle to get up.The arrow wound on his body was quite serious, and he had been soaked in the river for a long time. It can be said that he had lost most of his life. It was very lucky that he was rescued by his own soldiers.

Cai Mao saw his brother's miserable appearance, the anger in his heart subsided a lot, stepped forward to stop Cai He, and comforted him gently.

Cai He's injury required careful recuperation, and it took several months to heal. In addition to two major defeats, more than one-third of the warship was damaged.For a long time to come, the Jingzhou navy will be unable to fight any more, so they can only hide in the camp and defend to the death.

Cai Mao can only hope that Liu Biao can replenish his warships as soon as possible.

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The navy won another big victory, and Liu Jing moved to the southern city wall with a happy mood. Surrounded by the generals, he walked into the triple attic house above the city gate and looked out of the city from the window.

At this time, thousands of Jingzhou troops gathered in the southern outskirts of Ling County, and they continued to make various provocative actions against the soldiers of Liu Jingjun at the head of the city.

Cai Sheng, Ma Zhou, Chu Fang, and Han Guang, who were standing next to Liu Jing, all looked at him with piercing eyes.Liu Zong, who commanded the water army, and even Liu Xiu, who guarded the old city of Lingxian County, have all made gains, but they are the only ones who have made every inch of their achievements so far.

At present, most of the enemy army has not yet arrived, the former army has just arrived at the city, its foothold is not stable, and the soldiers are arrogant, they are about to go out of the city and attack them to defeat them.

Liu Jing knows what the generals are thinking, but there is a saying that "too much is too late". Today they have caused the Jingzhou army two big losses in a row. The opponent's coach is the wise and wise Kuai Yue. How can they not learn a lesson?If one despises the enemy because of successive successes, then failure is not far away.

Liu Jing smiled and said to the left and right: "Don't be impatient, gentlemen. The Jingzhou army came with tens of thousands of troops. They have the idea of ​​​​annexing Ling and Gui. The only ones who worry about it are me. In the future, you will have more opportunities to make meritorious deeds. , why rush for a while?"

When the generals heard the words, they settled down a little.

As the red sun gradually slanted, more and more Jingzhou troops crossed Chengshui and arrived in the western and southern suburbs of Linxiang. For a while, Jingzhou troops lined up in a dense array outside the city, crowded with people, boundless, with banners covering the sun, and drum horns resounding. In the wild, the military might frighten people's hearts.

Kuai Yue rode on a black steed, surrounded by many guards, came to the front of the formation, looked at the Lingxian city defense, which was almost armed to the teeth. There are turrets in every corner, although he looks calm on the face, in fact, there are huge waves in his heart.

Anyone who has seen Ling County with their own eyes said that Ling County's defenses are strong, which is rare in the world, even Lai Gong said so.However, even if a hundred people speak in unison, it is far less shocking than seeing it with their own eyes.

The strength of Ling County is far beyond Kuai Yue's imagination, "How many lives would it take to capture such an impenetrable city? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?..." Thinking of this, Kuai Yue couldn't help but sighed deeply.

Even Liu Pan, who has always regarded himself as brave, showed an extremely dignified expression on his face, and said to the deputy general Huang Zhong beside him: "Han Sheng, I have traveled through several states, and I have never seen such a strong city. The difficulty of attacking this city is even higher than that of Linxiang, and it is not easy to make meritorious deeds."

Huang Zhong sat firmly on the horse, and said calmly: "This is exactly what I want. The harder it is to attack, the greater the credit. Otherwise, it is not enough to make my name in front of the general."

Liu Pan can understand Huang Zhong's mood, the world is in chaos today, and heroes are competing, even a mediocre man has a chance to become famous all over the world.

Huang Zhong is brave and resolute, he is the best in the three armies, he is a first-class fierce general in the world, so he naturally has the heart to be famous for his martial arts.

It's just that Liu Biao was a Confucian. Compared with pure military generals, he trusted the children of Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Wen Pin and other rich families. He believed that only such people were qualified to lead the army, so Huang Zhong has not made full use of them.

Liu Pan shook his head and said, "It's a pity that Liu Jing is a literati, so he won't appear in the city easily, and it's hard to kill him in a surprise attack." Speaking of this, he couldn't help feeling deeply regretful that he failed to kill Chu Fang in Linxiang that day .If it succeeds, Liu Jingli will lose a lot of help.

While the two were talking, three giant arrows suddenly shot out from the city of Ling County, flying over a distance of more than [-] steps in an instant, two of them fell to the ground due to exhaustion and failed to pose a threat.The last shot hit one of Kuai Yue's guards.

Seeing the guard who was only a few steps away from him was shot in the chest by a crossbow arrow and died on the spot, even though Kuai Yue was resolute and decisive, he couldn't help but change his face in horror.

"Protect the long history, protect the long history..." Most of Kuai Yue's guards were the children of Kuai's family and disciples of the trilogy. They immediately protected Kuai Yue in the center and retreated quickly.

"It's a pity! It's a pity!..." Liu Jing, standing in the attic room of the city gate, repeatedly clapped his hands and sighed.There is only one chance like this, if you miss it, it will never appear again.

Cai Sheng, who personally operated the three bed crossbows, also shot directly at the arms of the crossbows with regret. Although he had no hope in advance, he was still very regretful when he saw that the crossbows were only "within a millimeter" from the target.If Kuai Yue was shot and killed successfully, the Jingzhou army under the city would immediately fall into chaos. At that time, the whole army would attack, and the opponent might be completely defeated in one battle.

(End of this chapter)