The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 410 Chapter 409
Zhou Yu saw that the enemy army was gradually retreating, so he did not order to pursue it. After all, this operation was just to show Guan Yu the strength of the Jiangdong navy.

However, this scene was not what Zhou Yu wanted to see. In this case, Sun Yi would surely die.

After Zhou Yu heard Guan Yu's appreciation, he waved his hands and said, "It's nothing to worry about. General Guan, let's go back!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yu waved the command flag in his hand and ordered to retreat!

After the war, there was a mess of floating objects left on the surface of the lake, with splintered sawdust, burned hulls, and human corpses everywhere, and the blood stained the waters scarlet.

Zhang Yan led the army to retreat, Zhou Yu's Jiangdong water army also retreated, and everything returned to calm. After a while, a light ship slowly sailed to this water area. Looking at the mess left after the war, he said to himself: "If Zhang Yan wants to pacify Jiangdong, without a strong navy, it is impossible to defeat the Sun family. It seems that after Zhang Yan returns , will definitely wantonly develop the navy..."

The man standing at the bow was none other than Sima Yi.

At this time, Sima Yi was already Liu Qi's most trustworthy confidant, and was appointed by Liu Qi as a military adviser, responsible for commanding all Jiangxia's troops.

Since Liu Qi killed Cai Qing, Cai Zhu and others under Sima Yi's plan, and seized the power of Jiangxia's navy, he has actively cleaned up Cai's party members and cleared up Jiangxia's officialdom.Moreover, Liu Qi, at the suggestion of Sima Yi, took the initiative to send Han Song to Xiangyang to meet his father Liu Biao, present evidence of Cai Qing and Cai Zhu's crimes, and admit to Liu Biao that he had exceeded his authority and killed Cai Qing, Cai Zhu and others.

Liu Biao was very angry on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart, thinking that Liu Qi, who had always been weak, finally straightened up.After Cai Mao learned of this incident, he immediately came to see Liu Biao and wanted to sue Liu Qi, but Liu Qi took Cai Mao a step ahead and told Liu Biao all the ins and outs of the incident.

Instead of blaming Liu Qi, Liu Biao rewarded Liu Qi. In addition, he gave Cai Mao a serious warning, hoping that things like Cai Qing and Cai Zhu would not happen again in the future, and hoped that Cai could strictly discipline himself.

Although Cai Mao was angry, due to Liu Biao's deterrence, he could only swallow the bitterness in his stomach.However, the actions of Cai Qing and Cai Zhu also made Cai Mao furious. He never thought that Cai Qing and Cai Zhu would sit on the empty salary of [-] soldiers.

Moreover, this incident also made Cai Mao see how corrupt the people below him are, even the elite sailors he relied on most dared to pay for nothing.

For this reason, Cai Mao immediately called Cai Zhong and Cai He to start a serious and thorough investigation in his own army, and ordered all his party members not to do too much.

After all, Cai Mao is the leader of Cai's party, and the people below are doing evil under his banner, so that Cai Mao has also become the object of envy and hatred, and he was shot while lying down.

This matter came to an end. Although Cai Mao did not lead an army to attack Jiangxia, he made Cai Mao re-examine Liu Qi. He regarded Liu Qi as an opponent and paid more and more attention to him.

Because of this, Sima Yi was able to withdraw and set his sights beyond Jingzhou. Just when the scouts came to report that there had been a big move in Peng Lize area, Sima Yi decided to come to see what happened by himself. Who would have thought that he would just meet Jiangdong Navy Fight with Zhang Yan's water army.

Sima Yi has been watching the battle from the sidelines and witnessed the battle between the two armies. Not only did he see clearly the shortcomings of Zhang Yan's navy, but he also realized the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong navy.

"Military Master, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go back to Jiangxia as soon as possible!" Wen Pin, who had been standing behind Sima Yi, reminded in time.

Sima Yi nodded and said, "Turn the boat around and go back to Jiangxia!"

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Guan Yu and Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang City together, Zhou Yu was busy with other matters, and met Guan Yu at night for a narration.

Guan Yu returned to his barracks and immediately reported today's battle situation to Liu Beizuo, giving great affirmation to the fighting strength of the Jiangdong Navy.

After Liu Bei heard this, he asked Guan Yu to discuss serious matters with Zhou Yu tonight, preparing to formally form an alliance with Sun Quan, and wanted to use the strength of the Jiangdong navy to contain Zhang Yan.

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On the shore of Xunyang, in the water army camp, Zhang Yan and others came back dejectedly. They originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to catch Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu had already prepared, and the fighting power of the water army was so powerful that Zhang Yan The Chinese navy lost hundreds of warships and nearly [-] soldiers.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Yangao sat at the head, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Chen Ying, Lu Dai and others stood on both sides, while Yu Jin and Mao Jie were tied up and knelt on the ground.

When Zhang Yan saw Yu Jin and Mao Jie, he said blankly: "Take what they said, I want to ask him something!"

At this moment, Yu Jin looked like a rooster who had lost the fight, drooping his head, not daring to look directly at Zhang Yan.

"Wen Ze, since you surrendered to me, have I treated you well?" Zhang Yan asked first.

Yu Jin said: "His Royal Highness, you don't need to ask, I failed the King of Yan, I am guilty, please forgive me!"

Zhang Yan's sudden appearance here, and the arrival of Chen Ying and Lu Dai seemed to indicate a problem. Zhang Yan should know his plan.And when Yu Jin saw Li Dian standing beside Zhang Yan, he understood everything, it must be Li Dian who had informed him.Therefore, Yu Jin didn't want to explain much, he just wanted to take all the blame for the crime and die.

"Alas!" Zhang Yan sighed heavily. He himself valued Yu Jin very much, but he never thought that Yu Jin would take this path.Although Yu Jin didn't succeed, Yu Jin already had this kind of thought. For him, this is like the cheating between husband and wife. The cheating of the body can be forgiven, but the cheating of the soul can never be forgiven.

Later, Zhang Yan dismissed Yu Jin from all his positions, cut off Yu Jin's title, and demoted him to a commoner.

Zhang Yan did not choose to kill Yu Jin. After all, Yu Jin had also made great contributions, which Zhang Yan could never obliterate.Therefore, the merits and demerits balance out.However, Yu Jin's mansion in Pengcheng was kept, and Zhang Yan also planned to let Yu Jin continue to live in Pengcheng, and gave Yu Jin a sum of money so that he could spend the rest of his life in peace and stability, and finally Zhang Yan's life, They will no longer be banned.

A generation of famous generals was banned, and thus withdrew from the stage of history. In the next few decades, they will live like ordinary people.

Regarding Mao Jie, Zhang Yan was very decisive, just one word, kill!

Without too many reasons, without any recruitment, Mao Jie was directly pushed out and beheaded for public display.

Because, without Mao Jie, Yu Jin probably would not have done such a thing. In Li Dian's confession, he also pointed the finger at Mao Jie, saying that Yu Jin was instigated by Mao Jie.

In fact, Zhang Yan also understood that Li Dian was deliberately trying to excuse Yu Jin, and pushed everything to Mao Jie.

Mao Jie didn't have any complaints, and when he was dying, he didn't say a word.

For Mao Jie, when he was captured in Puyang, he should have died, but Yu Jin persuaded him to survive. In fact, Mao Jie's heart was still toward Cao Cao. hate myself.

Until recently, Mao Jie finally found a way to fight back, but he didn't want to be strangled in the cradle by Zhang Yan again.And Zhou Yu didn't seem to believe them from the beginning to the end.

Along with Mao Jie was Sun Yi, a young man who was so frightened that he wet his pants when he was about to die.

When the executioner cut it down, the two heads of Sun Yi and Mao Jie fell to the ground.

Yu Jin was dismissed, Mao Jie was beheaded, and the Xunyang navy was completely vulnerable in front of the Jiangdong navy, lacking a commander who could effectively command the battle.

According to Chen Deng's dying words, Zhang Yan transferred Zhang Liao to Xunyang to take full charge of the military drills.In addition, Zhang Yan sent Xu You, Cui Yan, Chen Lin, and Gao Rou to serve as Zhang Liao's staff, and promoted Li Dian to be the right general and Zhang Liao's deputy.Chen Ying and Lu Dai stayed in Xunyang for the time being. After Zhang Liao took office, they led the army back to the station.

After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu led the army back to Pengcheng.As for the plan to attack Jiangdong, it has temporarily slowed down. At least after these successive failures, Jiangdong's combat effectiveness has become more prominent. Although Sun Ce is dead, Sun Quan has already grasped the entire situation in Jiangdong. If there is no strong military force, It is impossible to pacify Jiangdong, as well as Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, Liaodong and other places that are still separated from one side.

A few days later, Zhang Yan returned to Pengcheng, and what greeted him was no longer cheers and applause, but a series of more responsible and difficult political affairs.

In the past few years, Zhang Yan has been busy expanding his territory. The army has expanded rapidly, military expenditures, and the consumption of food and grass have also been huge. The development of commerce only exists in Xuzhou and other states outside of Xuzhou. , because they have just been occupied not long ago, in order to buy people's hearts, some places have reduced or exempted taxes, and some places have even been directly exempted from taxes for three years. Even if taxes can be collected, there are very few tax collections.

It seems that Zhang Yan's territory is very large, but the national treasury is already empty. Previously, he worked hard to develop Xuzhou's business, and the various taxes collected were not enough for [-]% of the annual expenditure. It can be said that Zhang Yan has reached the point where he can't make ends meet. Whether this year's military salary will be distributed truthfully is still unknown.

Without money, it is impossible to move an inch.

Today, Zhang Yan's sphere of influence has reached a critical point, and it has reached the point where it must be resolved.

For this reason, Dasinong Chen Qun personally went to Jizhou to persuade the rich gentry to contribute. However, since Hebei had just been pacified, the enthusiasm of the rich gentry was not very high. Chen Qun raised very limited money and had to end in failure. Liuliu returned to Pengcheng and reported to Zhang Yan.

A penny is hard for a hero. The papermaking and printing techniques invented by Zhang Yan have also reached a bottleneck in their development, and the opportunities to make money are dwindling.

money!money!money!
Zhang Yan's mind is full of money now, and money is needed everywhere, but he is at the end of his life and has no money.

For the first time, Zhang Yan felt the troubles caused by non-war. How to get money in a short time has become an urgent problem to solve!
(End of this chapter)