Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 717 Heavy casualties
It was dawn, and a round of rising sun was like a rainbow, pouring gentle rays of light, shining between the heaven and the earth.

Tanxi Lake.

There are countless warship wrecks on the lake, and even some floating corpses can be seen faintly. The blood has been diluted, but the bloody light can still be felt, as if it is as tragic as an endless hell.

A building boat slowly passed by.

On the deck of the bow, stood a middle-aged man, dressed in a brocade robe and jade crown, with a stern aura.

He is Huang Zu.

The prefect of Jiangxia is in charge of the military administration of a county. Although he has voted under the command of Jingzhou State Mufu, his status is very important. Even Liu Biao dare not be too rude to him.

Next to Huang Zu, on the cold deck, was Chen Jiu kneeling on his knees.

"Chen Jiu, you want to tell me that when we fought against the Jiangdong Navy, we never lost a building ship. We lost a building ship when fighting a mere group of landlubbers, right?"

Huang Zu's voice was neither yin nor yang, with a suppressed killing intent.

How difficult it is to build a building ship.

Even in the entire Jiangxia, there are only three building ships. One of the old building ships is now staying at home, alert to the movements of Jiangdong, and dispatched two elite building ships to the north, bringing most of the main force of the navy. It was to prevent the loss of lips and teeth. Once Xiangyang was lost again, Jiangxia would be the main battlefield. He didn't want to bring the war to Jiangxia.

But it's just a battle.

He lost a ship in battle.

This is something he can't believe.

In fact, even if this battle is defeated, he will not be surprised. Mu Jun is well-known, and he is indeed as fierce as a tiger. Today's Minghou is the Minghou who was beaten, not to mention the only son of Violent Bear Mushan, a little Violent Bear, fierce and terrifying .

But he never imagined that he would be the first to suffer from his most reliable navy.

"The last general is guilty, he deserves death, please punish him, Lord Prefect!"

Chen bowed his head and pleaded guilty respectfully.

He has won this battle. Even in the dark night of last night, under the heavy rain, at least one-third of the herder warships he left behind killed more than a thousand enemies, but lost a large ship , let all his records lose their light.

Xia Banyan was crushed by the opponent's trebuchet, and now it has sunk under the bottom of Tanxi Lake. Even if you want to salvage it, it is still difficult. Tanxi Lake is not deep, but there are no shoals, so it is difficult to salvage.

Even if it was salvaged, given the brutality of the battle last night, whether the ship can still be repaired is another matter.

"You deserve death, so I'll kill you right now!" Huang Zu drew his sword loudly.

"My lord, please forgive me!"

"Please, Lord Prefect, think twice!"

"This battle is not the captain's crime, but our supervisor's disadvantage. Please punish the prefect!"

The generals will come out to protect each other.

"Master Taishou, a general who is in battle will damage the morale of the army!"

A man grabbed Huang Zu's hand.

He is another favorite general of Huang Zu, Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Shuo was a fierce general with a lot of strength, he firmly held Huang Zu's sword-wielding hand.

"open!"

Huang Zu suppressed his breath, looked at his favorite general, after all he was reluctant to cut him down, otherwise no one would be able to stop him from swinging his sword down.

Zhang Shuo and the others stepped aside quickly.

"Tell me about the battle last night!" Huang Zu stared at Chen Jiu coldly.

"promise!"

Chen told all the details of last night without adding anything.

"Every warship, even the warships, is equipped with trebuchets?" Huang Zu narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of sternness in his eyes: "Is the level of military weapons in Hanzhong so powerful?"

He paused, looked at Chen Jiu: "But that's all, it can't hurt Lou Chuan!"

"Xia Slogan was sunk because they had a giant trebuchet. Even if this kind of trebuchet is used to attack a city, it will be effective. I have never seen it on the river!"

"Impossible. They don't have large ships. With the carrying capacity of a fighting ship, even an empty ship cannot carry a trebuchet capable of sinking a large ship!"

"It's a battleship!"

Chen said: "But it's not one ship, it's at least four ships. I don't know how they got it out. Use these fighting ships together to build a position shape, and then build a trebuchet on top of it. At least it can Throwing a hundred catties of stone bullets is very accurate and terrifying!"

"There is such a Mohist craft in Hanzhong?"

Huang Zu gasped.

He now understands why Chen will be defeated. Even if he came in person, I'm afraid it won't be easy to know where to go. Isn't Hanzhong's military capability too strong?

He calmed down and looked around: "Chen Jiu, do many people know about the sinking of the building?"

"It was too dark last night, and only we can see it on the battlefield!"

"From now on, issue the password order!" Huang Zu said: "Send the order out, and the battle will be victorious, defeating dozens of warships of the Mu army, and beheading three thousand enemies!"

"Master Taishou, Mu Jun and the others will know!"

"Then refuse to admit it to the death, who can believe that they can sink our building with a battleship!"

Huang Zu said coldly: "We in Jingzhou need a big victory to inspire the soldiers!"

"promise!"

Chen just nodded.

"Mulongtu!" Huang Zu raised his head and looked to the north, across Zhenwu Mountain, as if he wanted to see the young Marquis Ming who was the main camp of Mujun: "I really can't underestimate you!"

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The northern suburb of Deng County, Xishan.

Shepherd camp.

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Liao who was kneeling on one knee in front of him. After a while, he said quietly, "You lost?"

"Losing!"

Zhang Liao replied calmly.

"Get up and talk!" Mu Jing waved his hand.

"promise!"

Zhang Liao stood up, he was still wearing a battle armor, his hair was a little messy, it was obvious that he had just left the battlefield and came to meet Mujing directly.

"If you lose, you lose!"

Mu Jing didn't expect his navy to be able to compete with Jiang Xia's army. It was not on the same level. He was just a relationship. What did Zhang Liao gain from this battle: "Tell me, how did you gain from this battle?"

"Sink a building ship!"

Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said.

"What?" Hearing this, Mu Jing suddenly widened his eyes.

Even Chen Gong next to him couldn't help but question: "General Zhang Liaozhong, are you sure you have sunk one of the opponent's ships?"

"See it with my own eyes!"

Zhang Liao nodded: "They commanded the ship, and they were also our target. How could we make a mistake? We saw with our own eyes that the ship had begun to sink, so we ordered to withdraw from the battlefield!"

"Amazing!" Chen Gong said in admiration.

"Hahaha!"

Mu Jing laughed loudly: "Then this battle is not a defeat, but a big victory, why do you say defeat!"

"We did lose!"

Zhang Liao's face was a little sad: "This battle is the casualties that my Jingping Second Army has never seen since its establishment!"

"On the battlefield, we must all learn to face casualties!"

Mu Jingchang sighed: "Tell me about the casualties!"

"Last night, we were lucky to take advantage of the heavy rain. We were able to fight out under the cover of darkness. In addition, we split up to break through, and the other two roads have not yet returned to join, but the casualties before escaping last night will be counted!"

There was a bitterness on Zhang Liao's face: "The loss of warships, at least [-] ships, has caused us to lose one-third of our combat power, and the casualties are more than [-] soldiers. These are our water-savvy soldiers. Ah, it is very difficult to raise one!"

"Our herdsmen marched across the world, fought from Runan to Guanzhong, and came down from Guanzhong. We have experienced battles on horseback, siege battles, and raid battles. Whether it is a war on horseback or a battle on land, we are With ease!"

Mu Jing said softly: "But in the war on the water, we are crossing the river by feeling the stones, and we will inevitably be overthrown by the stones. Since you dare to fight this battle, you have also thought about the casualties. You are a veteran on the battlefield. I There is no need to comfort you, what I want to say is that some things can't be rushed, everything can be slowed down, training soldiers by war is too cruel!"

"The last general in this battle is impatient!"

Zhang Liao admitted this, but he still underestimated the combat power of the Jiangxia Navy, otherwise the deployment was so precise, and the casualties would not still be so heavy.

"Next, the Jingping Second Army will take a rest, but you still have to keep an eye on the waterways of the Hanshui River. We attack Xiangyang, and we can't be raided on the water. This time we will fall into a passive position!"

"promise!"

Zhang Liao nodded, and he cupped his hands in response: "Don't worry, my lord. After this battle, our Jingping Second Army will take defense as offense and give up attacking temporarily, but we will definitely defend our position. If they dare to come, we dare to fight. I can still defeat their buildings and boats in attack, but I am more confident in defense!"

(End of this chapter)