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Cheng Pu has been nervously waiting for the news of the three warships. In the afternoon, he finally got the news. Two Jiangdong Army soldiers who had been released told him the worst news. The three tentative warships were captured by the Jiangxia Navy Sinking, more than half of the two hundred soldiers were killed or injured, and the rest were all captured.

This news made Cheng Pu speechless for a long time. Although he knew that Jiang Xia's army would not allow the three warships to pass, he never thought that Jiang Xia's army would sink three warships, and it was in the middle of the three warships. When he was about to return to the voyage, this made Cheng Pu angry, but also a little uneasy. What did Jiang Xiajun's tough attitude make him realize?

"Father, the situation is not good!" Cheng Zi was a little nervous, Jiang Xia's army actually started to fight, this is the beginning of the war, so what should they do?

After all, Cheng Pu was the number two in the Jiangdong Army. After Zhou Yu was demoted by Sun Quan, his military status was promoted again, and he was already on par with Zhou Yu. At this time, Cheng Pu had begun to regain his rationality and calmness. He sneered Said: "My fleet has not crossed Qichun County, forgive Jiang Xia's army for not daring to do anything to me? Wait and see what they have to say!"

As soon as the words fell, a soldier rushed to the door of the cabin and reported: "General Cheng, I found more than [-] warships of the Jiangxia Army coming towards us!"

Sure enough, Cheng Pu stepped out of the cabin and looked towards the river, only to see a row of warships in the distance, not far away from them, slowly slowing down, it seemed that they would not approach, at this time, the middle A small boat came out and sailed towards this side quickly.

On board was a sergeant delivering a letter. Jiang Dong quickly brought him onto the big ship. The sergeant saluted and took out a letter and handed it to Cheng Pu, "This is a letter from General Gan to General Cheng. There is no message. Everything you want to say is in the letter." !"

Cheng Pu took the letter with a gloomy face and opened it. At the beginning, it read: "Gan Ning, Lieutenant of Jiangxia Water Military Academy, to His Excellency Cheng Gong, Deputy Governor of Jiangdong Army." Cheng Pu couldn't help snorting heavily, for a small captain dared to be equal to him, he really didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

Cheng Pu read a letter patiently. In fact, the content was very simple, only one. Because they provoked first, they ordered the Jiangdong Army warships to sail east of Chaisang within two days, otherwise the Jiangxia Army would sink all the warships. Boat.

This is an extremely tough threat, even if they are moored at their own docks, to put it bluntly, the waters west of Chaisang are not allowed to enter the waters west of Chaisang.

Cheng Pu's face was so gloomy that he almost couldn't hold back his seizures, but he knew that there were [-] sailors and thousands of warships in the water village in Wuchang County, and their hundreds of warships were no match at all. He held back his anger, and said coldly to the sergeant: "Go back and tell Gan Ning, I know what to do?"

The sergeant left, Cheng Pu handed the letter to Lieutenant General Ding Feng, and said bitterly, "Look at it! Jiang Xia's army is so arrogant."

After reading the letter, Ding Feng was a little surprised and said, "This Gan Ning actually wants to drive us out of Qichun waters, it's simply unreasonable."

Cheng Pu finally calmed down, pondered for a long time and said, "Gan Ning has never been a reckless person. He is very intelligent. I guess this is not only Gan Ning's intention, but also the attitude of the entire Jiangxia army, and even Liu Jing's. Instinctively, if my guess is correct, Liu Jing should have known about the imperial court's appointment of me as the prefect of Nanjun, so he led his troops west to Jiangling and drove us back to Jiangdong at the same time."

"Then what should we do?"

Cheng Pu sneered and said, "I believe Gan Ning will definitely attack our warships. You might as well hold back and return to Jiangdong. This matter will be decided by Marquis Wu. It happened that they destroyed our three warships and let Marquis Wu Ask Liu Jing for an explanation."

Speaking of this, Cheng Pu immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the whole army set sail and return to Jiangdong!"

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Under the cover of night, a fleet of [-] warships is rapidly lining up on the Hanshui River. The warships are lined up in three rows, stretching for more than ten miles, and it looks spectacular on the wide river. .

This fleet departed from Xiakou, carrying [-] elite Jiangxia troops, commanded by General Wenpin, and their final destination was Xiangyang City, cutting off the way of Xiangyang Cao Jun's return to the north.

At this time, the fleet had already passed Yicheng County, less than [-] miles away from Xiangyang City. The sails were blown into a hemisphere under the strong southeast wind, making the speed of the boat as fast as flying. You can reach Xiangyang.

Wenpin stood on the bow of the boat, watching the dark river silently. He was very moved. When they retreated strategically and left Xiangyang, many people wondered whether they would have the chance to return to Xiangyang. At that time, the army generally believed that Cao Jun unbeatable.

Even including Wenpin, he didn't have much confidence in defeating Cao Jun, but the facts proved his pessimism at the time. Just over half a year later, they returned to Xiangyang again.

If in the past it was Liu Biao's last words that made him decide to be loyal to Liu Jing, it was not so much an allegiance to Liu Jing as an allegiance to Liu Biao, but now, the victory of the Chibi War has made him have a subtle change in his mentality. Change means that the foundation of his loyalty to Liu Jing has changed. Liu Biao has gradually faded in his heart, but his confidence in the future is strengthening day by day. Although there will be bumps in the road ahead, he believes that Liu Jing will eventually be unified. world.

"Is Master thinking about fighting?"

At some point, his apprentice Cai Jin appeared beside him. During the Battle of Chibi, Cai Jin followed Huang Zhong to guard the barracks and guard the prisoners of war.

Wenpin shook his head, "I didn't think about fighting, I was thinking about Zhou Mu. Compared with the old Zhou Mu, he is far behind in terms of experience, literary talent, fame, connections, etc., and he is only 24 years old. Why did he accomplish what the old state shepherd never accomplished in his entire life?"

Cai Jin also smiled and said: "I think I have more right to speak. When I competed with him for the first time, he had only learned martial arts for a few months, but he was able to defeat me. Although I underestimated the enemy, I think the root cause was that he was good at grasping My weakness, I maximized my strengths, made a plan and then acted, so he won."

"You're right!"

Wenpin nodded and said: "The old state shepherd has to be involved in everything, like a big tree with luxuriant branches, but he has forgotten the root, that is the water army. The state shepherd has brought the advantages of the Jingzhou water army to the extreme. The weakest of Cao's army is the water army, attacking the enemy's weaknesses with their own strengths, no matter how strong Cao's army is on land, they will have no power to fight back."

Cai Jin was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Master, what do you think our Cai family will do in the future? Will we be implicated by the previous head of the family?"

This is what Cai Jin is most worried about. After all, Cai Mao destroyed Jingzhou and surrendered to Cao Cao, making the Cai family unable to hold their head in Jingzhou. He is full of worries about the future of the family.

Wenpin patted him on the shoulder lightly and smiled: "Don't think too much, he is a person who does great things, and he won't worry about the past petty troubles, besides, he still needs the Cai family to stabilize him Jingzhou, so as long as you are loyal and upright, the future and destiny of the Cai family will not be bad."

Cai Jin nodded silently. He supported the side of the boat, looking at the dark river water, his heart fluttered, Xiangyang, he is back again!

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There are currently [-] Cao troops stationed on the front line between Xiangyang City and Fancheng, commanded by General Xu Huang. Although Xiangyang City is the center of the entire Jingzhou, the main force of Cao Army is stationed on the front line of Fancheng, and even Xu Huang himself is in Fancheng most of the time.

On the one hand, of course, it is because Cao Jun’s various food supplies are piled up in Fancheng, which must be guarded by heavy troops. On the other hand, Xu Huang has also suffered enough from the Jiangxia navy. If he is stationed in Xiangyang, once the Jiangxia navy blocks the Han River, then they We will repeat the mistakes of fleeing to Shangyong last year.

During this period of time, Xu Huang was very worried. Since the wind direction turned to the southeast, it meant that the day when Jiang Xia's army would attack was getting closer, and Cao's army in Jingzhou had only 2 troops, but they were divided into two places. Xu Huang felt that it was extremely inappropriate. Although it was a pity to give up Jiangling, the dispersal of troops would lead to the loss of both Jiangling and Xiangyang in the end.

Just yesterday, Xu Huang got the news that Cao Ren gave up Jiangling and retreated northward, and gave up Jiangling to the Jiangdong Army. This finally made Xu Huang feel a little relieved. It is a powerful containment of Jiang Xia's army, which is conducive to Cao's control of Xiangfan's strategic location.

But at the same time, Xu Huang also became worried. Will Jiang Xia's army ignore such a big change in Jiangling?

At dawn, the alarm bells above Dunsey City rang violently, 'Dang!when!when! The alarm bell sounded to Fancheng, and a group of Cao Jun rushed to the top of the city. Xu Huang also strode up to the city, holding on to the battlements and looking east. The moment he was most worried about finally came.

On the distant river, a fleet of ships was sailing forward. Under the agitation of the strong east wind, the fleet was gradually approaching Fancheng.

Xu Huang looked at nearly a hundred ferries moored at Fancheng Wharf. He knew very well that as long as Jiang Xia's navy arrived, it would mean that all Cao Jun's ships would be lost.

Sure enough, the warships of the Jiang Xia Army immediately wiped out all the ships on the Han River. Whether they were civilian ships or Cao Jun's cargo ships, they were all driven to the side of the Fancheng Wharf and burned down.

Tens of thousands of Cao's troops watched the fire on the river silently from the top and bottom of the city. They had been used to the strength of Jiangxia's army on the water for more than a year, and the myth that Jiangxia's navy was invincible had been deeply rooted in their hearts.

Even the chief general Xu Huang secretly rejoiced that he returned from Xiangyang yesterday, otherwise he would have been trapped to death in Xiangyang.

Thinking of this, Xu Huang raised his head and looked at Xiangyang City on the other side. There were still [-] troops stationed in the city, but Xu Huang was more worried about Cao Ren's army. How come back?

Xu Huang was extremely worried, at this moment, a soldier from the east shouted: "General, look at Bishui, something has happened!"

Xu Huang turned his head to look at Bishui, and his heart sank into the ice cave. He saw thick smoke filled the sky above Bishui, and the flames soared more than ten feet into the air, and Fancheng, which was ten miles away, could be seen clearly.

Hundreds of Cao Jun's warships were moored on the water, and Xu Huang's last hope was also cut off at this time.