Soldiers come to the world

When Fazheng looked back, he saw a young officer, tall and handsome, with an indescribable aura in his words, he couldn't help but be taken aback, could this be the chief general of Xiangyang?

He hastily bowed and saluted, "I'm going to Yizhou for Fazheng, and I'm passing through your place. I hope I can borrow my way."

"You are Fazheng?" Liu Jing stared at him with piercing eyes and asked.

Fazheng felt guilty for a while when Liu Jing's sharp eyes stared at him, and said again: "This general knows me?"

Liu Jing laughed, causing the tense atmosphere in the lobby to melt away. He waved his hands and said, "Sir, please sit down!"

Liu Jing's smile reassured Fazheng a little, he sat down and asked, "Could this general be General Huo?"

"I'm not Huo Jun, I'm Jiangxia Liujing."

"You are......"

Fazheng was taken aback. It turned out that the person in front of him was Liu Jing. He stood up as if shocked by electricity, and gave a deep salute, "I don't know if Zhou Mu is here, Fazheng is rude."

Liu Jing chuckled, "Sir, don't be nervous, I won't detain you, I just want to chat with Mr. Fa."

Fazheng heaved a sigh of relief and sat down again. At this time, the soldiers brought two cups of tea. Liu Jing took a sip of the tea and asked, "If I guessed correctly, Mr. Fa should have been ordered by Liu Zhang to meet Cao Cao. Bar!"

Fazheng couldn't deny that Liu Jing would know this kind of thing if he casually questioned one of his subordinates, he nodded, "Indeed, I met Cao Cao in Ye County and presented him with a letter from my lord. "

Fazheng thought to himself, "If he asks about the purpose of the mission, I will presume that I don't know anything about it. It's just sending a letter anyway. What does it matter to me?" '

Unexpectedly, Liu Jing didn't ask him about the inside story of his mission. In fact, he didn't need to ask. The purpose of sending an envoy was to seek peace. If it was for resistance, Liu Zhang would have sent someone to see him.

"Sir, what do you think of Cao Jun's strength? How sure are the Jingzhou and Jiangdong coalition forces of winning?"

As long as he doesn't ask about the inside story of the mission, Fazheng will not feel embarrassed. He pondered for a while and said: "This time Cao's army is almost pouring down. Cao Cao is bound to win. His army has experienced many battles, and there are many famous generals and advisors." Jiji, in terms of strength, the Sun-Liu coalition army is not the opponent of Cao Jun, the key is the Yangtze River, most of the northern soldiers are not familiar with water warfare, as long as the Sun-Liu coalition army makes full use of the advantage of the Yangtze River natural moat, I think the Sun-Liu coalition army should have a [-]% chance of winning."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "Is there only a [-]% chance of winning? I think it should be [-]% to [-]%; Mr. Cao seems to have a high opinion of Cao Jun."

Fazheng leaned forward and said, "That's just my family's opinion. I would like to hear the details of Zhou Mu."

"Sir, you should also know that a large-scale war is ultimately about national power. Over the years, the Central Plains has been at war, thousands of miles away, the population has dropped sharply, and people's livelihoods in all states and counties are dying. Cao Cao had no choice but to adopt the military strategy. To find a way to solve the army’s food problem, Cao Cao spent half a year preparing for the Southern Expedition, mobilizing more than one million people’s power, scraping away people’s wealth, causing people’s resentment to boil, and morale low. This is just one of them.

Secondly, Cao Cao killed Kong Rong, which aroused the wrath of the Confucian scholars, and all the scholars of the Taixue fled overnight. This happened before the army marched south. In fact, he himself is not in Xuchang, which will inevitably cause his political instability;

Third, although Cao Cao pacified Hebei, the time was not long, and the people of Hebei were not attached. He poured his troops south, leaving Hebei empty. unstable.

From this point of view, Cao Cao didn't take advantage of the timing, location, and harmony of people, so how could he wipe out the south?I said that the outcome is [-]-[-], but I still think highly of him. "

Fazheng sighed for a while and said, "We are both clan members, so your knowledge is much better than Liu Yizhou's."

Liu Jing smiled proudly, "Mr. Fa might as well go back and persuade you state shepherds, the phoenix nirvana, you can only be reborn after ashes, hiding in Yizhou, you can only be the dog of the household forever, if he wants, we can join forces and work together Destroy Cao Cao and revive the Han Dynasty!"

Fazheng was overwhelmed by Liu Jing's aura. He thought of Cao Cao's praise of Liu Jing, and even an enemy like Cao Cao praised him. Fazheng couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. The person is unknown!

Fazheng stood up and bowed in salute, "I will definitely tell Liu Yizhou what the envoy has said."

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When Fazheng and Liu Jing had an interview, Cao Cao's army had arrived in Fancheng, and Cheng Yu led Mao Jie, Xu Huang and other civil and military generals to welcome Cao's arrival.

Cao Cao's big camp was set up in the north of Fancheng, covering an area of ​​[-] mu. The sergeants began to busily set up tents. In the newly built Chinese army tent, Cao Cao sat upright and listened attentively to Cheng Yu's report.

"There are more than 120 warships over a thousand shi, about [-] warships over [-] shi, and the rest are under [-] warships. At present, three patrol teams have been formed, with a total of [-] fast ships. Enter Hanshui."

"Why can't you enter?" Cao Cao asked with some displeasure.

Cheng Yu showed shame on his face, "Ten days ago, Wei Chen tried to send a patrol team into the Hanshui River, but encountered the Jiangxia navy patrol team. As a result, within half an hour of fierce fighting, twelve patrol boats sank ten times. only two ships escaped, while the other party only sank two ships, our army suffered a disastrous defeat."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "You mean, in the future, our ships will be huddled in Bishui, making two thousand warships just for show, isn't that true?"

"No! That's not what I mean, because Jiang Xia's army is evacuating the people in Xiangyang on a large scale. I think Liu Jing is about to retreat, so I'm not in a hurry."

Cao Cao's face changed, and he said anxiously: "Xiangyang is retreating on a large scale, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"The first thing I do is to report this matter, the prime minister may not have taken it to heart."

Cao Cao thought about it, but he was a little distracted at the time and didn't notice what Cheng Yu was saying?His face softened again, he stood up and said to everyone: "Go and see!"

He walked quickly to the outside of the tent, and dozens of generals followed him out of the big tent, heading towards Fancheng.

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Above the city of Fancheng, Cao Cao stared at the other bank of the Han River for a long time. The weather was clear and the sight distance was far away. He could clearly see large ships parked on the opposite bank. Large ships full of people kept leaving the pier and heading southeast.

On the outer surface of the river, there are dozens of three-thousand-stone warships moored, their huge bodies are like hills, and there are hundreds of patrol boats cruising back and forth on the river, especially the Bishui River Estuary.

"Is our spy in Xiangyang still there?" Cao Cao asked suddenly.

Cheng Yu replied, "Reporting to the Prime Minister, the spies in Xiangyang City are divided into three branches, one went to Jiangxia, one went to Jiangdong, and the other went to Nanjun. There are no more spies in Xiangyang City, but I am planning to send a stroke from Jingzhou." Ten soldiers with excellent water skills were selected and asked to swim to the opposite bank to listen to intelligence. "

Cao Cao nodded, "This method is good, and it can be implemented immediately. In addition, I want to send a patrol team into Hanshui. I want to see with my own eyes the difference in strength between the two sides."

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Cao Jun's warships were all moored on both sides of Bishui, stretching for tens of miles. At the mouth of Bishui River, four thick iron chains were pulled to block them, and a sluice was built. There were heavy troops stationed on both sides of the river. The defense of the water is like a fortress of copper and iron, and has repeatedly thwarted the sneak attacks of Jiang Xia's small troops.

But just as the warships of Jiangxia's army could not enter Bishui, the warships of Cao's army in Bishui also could not enter Hanshui. Jiangxia's navy had completely controlled Hanshui.

Following Cao Cao's order, twenty Baishi warships slowly approached the lock. This is a patrol fleet of the Cao army. There are ten people on each warship, all of whom are from the former Jingzhou army. There are a total of 200 people. Enter Hanshui.

They are like twenty little white mice, who will use a tragic experiment to show the difference in strength between the northern navy and the Jiangxia navy.

The leader is a military marquis in his thirties, named Zheng Ruo, who is Zhang Yun's general. He has been in the Jingzhou navy for eight years and has rich experience in the navy.

But Zheng Ruo knew in his heart that his personal experience in the navy was far from being able to compete with the strength of the overall navy. He knew his fate in the battle, and the only thing he hoped for was that his personal performance could be favored by Prime Minister Cao and make his career a success. road.

"Everyone cheer up!"

Zheng Ruo turned his head and shouted: "Prime Minister Cao is watching us from the top of the city, even if we lose, we must lose like a human being!"

The lock was opened, four iron chains came ashore with a rush, and twenty warships lined up in two rows, sailed into the broad Han River, and saw a large ship full of immigrants head-on.

However, Jiangxia's army deployed more than a dozen sentry ships at the mouth of Bishui River for surveillance. When Cao Jun's warship came out, more than a dozen Jiangxia sentry ships surrounded them from all sides like a pack of wolves.

"Rush out!" Zheng Ruo shouted.

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From the top of the city of Fancheng, one can vaguely see a contest at the mouth of the Bishui River. Cao Cao and dozens of generals were all focused on watching the sentinel boat. At this time, Zhang Yun rushed over and knelt down behind Cao Cao to salute "Meet the prime minister in a humble position!"

Cao Cao turned around and saw that it was Zhang Yun, with a smile on his face, "So it's General Zhang, please hurry up!"

Cao Cao really didn't like Zhang Yun's flattering villain, but Zhang Yun used to be the captain of the Jingzhou navy, the most lacking naval general in Cao's army, Cao Cao still reluctantly reused him, and named him Hanyong captain, a noble Marquis of Guannei, in charge of the Fancheng Navy.

Zhang Yun got up and said with a flattering smile, "The prime minister has worked hard all the way, and the soldiers look forward to the prime minister's arrival, just like babies look forward to their parents..."

Before he could continue speaking, Cheng Yu next to him coughed heavily, and said coldly: "General Zhang, the prime minister has a few questions to ask you, just answer them truthfully."

The last time the water battle was unfavorable, Zhang Yun was almost beheaded by Cheng Yu, which made him very afraid of Cheng Yu, he was so frightened that his heart trembled, he quickly lowered his head and stood with his hands down.

Seeing that he was so afraid of Cheng Yu, Cao Cao couldn't help but smiled, and asked him, "I want to know why there is such a huge difference between our navy and Jiangxia's navy?"

"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the main reason is insufficient training."

"Then how did Jiang Xia's army train, and how did you train? How could there be such a big gap?" Cao Cao asked puzzled.

Zhang Yun sighed and said: "Actually, the Jingzhou navy was completely annihilated in the First Battle of Yicheng, and has become the main force of the Jiangxia navy. Our navy used to be deployed on land. As for training, it must be in the Great Lakes." Or the training in the Yangtze River, even the Han River is not good, the wind and waves are too small, and it is not even possible to sail in the water, so how can we talk about training?"

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned livid, that is to say, his navy has not had any training at all in the past six months.