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Cheng Pu had been waiting nervously for news about the warship. In the afternoon, he finally got the news. Two soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who were released told him the worst information. The tempted warship was sunk by the Jiangxia Navy. More than half of the two soldiers were killed or injured, and the rest were all captured.

This news made Cheng Pu unable to speak for a long time. Although he knew that Jiangxia's army would not let the warship pass, he never expected that Jiangxia's army would sink the warship. And when the warship was about to return, Cheng Pu was both angry, but also a little uneasy. Jiangxia's toughness made him realize what

"Father, the situation is a little bad." Cheng Zi was a little nervous. Jiang Xiajun actually took action. This is the beginning of the war. What should they do

Cheng Pu is the second figure of the Jiangdong Army after all. After Zhou Yu was demoted by Sun Quan, his military status was improved and he was already on par with Zhou Yu. At this time, Cheng Pu had begun to regain his rationality and calmness. He sneered: "My fleet has not crossed Qichun County. I wish the Jiangxia Army would not dare to wait for me, see what they said."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier rushed to the door of the cabin to report: "Reporting to General Cheng, he found more than 20 Jiangxia military warships, who were sailing towards us."

Sure enough, Cheng Pu walked out of the cabin quickly and looked at the river. He saw a row of warships appearing in the distance, not far from them, and was slowly decelerating. It seemed that they would not get close. At this time, a small boat came out in the middle and drove quickly towards this side.

A sergeant who delivered a letter on the ship. Jiangdong quickly took him onto the big ship. The sergeant bowed and took out a letter and handed it to Cheng Pu. "This is General Gan's letter to General Cheng. There is no verbal message, and he will be in the letter if he wants to speak."

Cheng Pu took the letter with a gloomy face and opened it. The beginning reads: Gan Ning, the captain of Jiangxia Naval Army, sent the deputy governor of Jiangdong Army, and Cheng Pu couldn't help but snorted heavily. A small captain dared to be on an equal footing with him. He really didn't know that the world was high.

Cheng Pu patiently read a letter. In fact, the content was very simple, and there was 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 warships.

This is a threat to the tough, even if they parked on their own pier, it would be fine, and the Jiangdong Army was not allowed to enter the waters west of Chaisang.

Cheng Pu's face was a little gloomy, and he could hardly hold back the attack, but he knew that there were 20,000 naval troops and thousands of warships in the water village of Wuchang County. The rest of their warships were no match for him at all. He suppressed his anger and said coldly to the sender: "Go back and tell Gan Ning, I know what to do."

The sergeant left, Cheng Pu handed the letter to the deputy general Ding Feng, and said hatefully: "Look at how arrogant Jiangxia's army is."

After reading the letter, Ding Feng said in surprise: "This Gan Ning actually wants to drive us out of the Qichun waters. This is simply unreasonable."

Cheng Pu finally calmed down and pondered for a long time, saying, "Gan Ning has never been a reckless person. This person is very smart. I guess this is not only Gan Ning's meaning, but this should be the attitude of the entire Jiangxia army, and even the instruction of Liu Jing. If I guess correctly, Liu Jing should have known that the court appointed me as the governor of Nanjun, so he led his army to Jiangling westward and drove us back to Jiangdong at the same time."

"What should we do?"

Cheng Pu smiled coldly and said, "I believe Gan Ning will definitely attack our warships. You might as well bear this tone and return to Jiangdong. The matter was decided by the Marquis of Wu. They just happened to destroy our warships and asked Marquis of Wu to ask Liu Jing for an explanation."

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

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Under the night sky, a naval fleet consisting of two warships was sailing rapidly on the Hanshui River. The warships lined up in rows, stretching for more than ten miles, and looked spectacular on the wide river surface.

This fleet set out from Xiakou, carrying 10,000 elite Jiangxia troops, and was appointed by the generals to command. Their final destination was Xiangyang City, and they cut off the Xiangyang Cao army's return to the north.

At this time, the fleet had already passed Yicheng County, less than fifty miles from Xiangyang City. The sails blew into a half-sphere under the strong southeast wind, making the ship as fast as flying. At this speed, the fleet could arrive in Xiangyang before dawn.

Standing on the bow of the boat and silently stared at the dark river surface, he felt quite moved. When they implemented a strategic retreat and left Xiangyang, many people lamented whether they would have another chance to return to Xiangyang in their lives. At that time, the army generally believed that Cao's army was invincible.

Even including Pin, he didn't have much confidence to defeat Cao's army, but the facts proved his pessimism at that time. After only half a year, they returned to Xiangyang again.

If it was said that in the past that Liu Biao decided to be loyal to Liu Jing was not so loyal to Liu Jing, but now, the victory of the Battle of Chibi has caused a subtle change in his mentality, that is, 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 increasing day by day. Although there will be bumps in the past, he believes that Liu Jing will eventually unify the world.

"Is Master considering fighting?"

At some point, his disciple Cai Jin appeared beside him. Cai Jin followed Huang Zhong to guard the barracks and guard the prisoners of war in the Battle of Chibi, and did not get the opportunity to cross the river to fight. Despite this, he also made up his merits and promoted to Sima of another unit.

Pin shook his head, "I didn't think about combat. I was thinking about the person named Zhou Mu. Compared with Lao Zhou Mu, he is far behind in terms of experience, acquisition, fame, connections, etc., and he is only twenty-four years old, why did he do something that Lao Zhou Mu has not accomplished in his lifetime?"

Cai Jin also smiled and said, "I think I have a say. When he competed with him for the first time, he was able to defeat me in just a few months of martial arts. Although I underestimated the enemy, I think the fundamental reason is that he is good at grasping my weaknesses, making the best use of his strengths, and then making plans, so he won."

"You're right"

Pin nodded and said, "The old governor of the state is involved in everything, just like a big tree with lush branches and leaves, but he forgot the root of it, that is the navy. The governor of the state brings the advantages of Jingzhou navy, and the weakest Cao army is the navy. He uses his strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings. Even if the Cao army is strong on the land, he will have no power to fight back."

Cai Jin was silent for a moment and asked again: "Master, what should our Cai family do in the future, will it be implicated by the former head of the family?"

This is Cai Jin's most worried thing. After all, Cai Mao destroyed Jingzhou and surrendered to Cao Cao, which made the Cai family unable to raise their heads in Jingzhou. He was full of concern about the future of the family.

Pin patted his shoulder gently and smiled, "Don't think too much. He is a person who does big things and will not be upset about the little grudges of the past. Besides, he still needs the Cai family to stabilize Jingzhou for him, so as long as you are loyal and upright, the Cai family's future and destiny will not be bad."

Cai Jin nodded silently, he held the boat's side, looked at the dark river water, and his heart was wafting. Xiangyang, he was back

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There are currently 10,000 Cao troops stationed on the front line of Xiangyang City and Fancheng, commanded by General Xu Huang. Although Xiangyang City is the center of the entire Jingzhou, the main force of Cao's army is stationed on the front line of Fancheng, and even Xu Huang himself is mostly in Fancheng.

On the one hand, although it was because the Cao army was piled up in Fancheng and had to be guarded with heavy troops. On the other hand, Xu Huang also had enough of the suffering of the Jiangxia naval army. If he stationed in Xiangyang, once the Jiangxia naval army blocked the Han River, then they would repeat the mistakes of the last year's escape from Shangyong.

During this period, Xu Huang was particularly worried. Since the wind direction turned to the southeast wind, it meant that the Jiangxia army's attack was getting closer and closer. Cao's army had only 20,000 troops in Jingzhou, but they were divided into two places. This made Xu Huang feel that it was inappropriate. Although it was a pity to give up Jiangling, the dispersion of troops would lead to the fact that Jiangling and Xiangyang could not be saved in the end.

Just yesterday, Xu Huang got the news that Cao Ren gave up Jiangling and retreated north and gave Jiangling to Jiangdong Army. This finally made Xu Huang feel a little relieved. This was a wise plan. Whether he gave Jiangling to Liu Bei or Sun Quan, it was a strong restraint on the Jiangxia army and was conducive to Cao's army controlling the strategic location of Xiangfan.

But at the same time, Xu Huang was also worried that such a big change occurred in Jiangling, would the Jiangxia army ignore it?

As soon as dawn, the meditation bell on the top of Deng Sai's city ringed violently. The sound of meditation bells reached Fancheng. Teams of Cao troops rushed to the top of the city. Xu Huang also strided up to the city, holding the battlements and looking eastward. The moment he was most worried about finally came.

I saw a fleet of ships rising from afar on the river. The fleet, inspired by the strong east wind, gradually approached Fancheng.

Xu Huang's eyes looked at the near ferry berthed on Fancheng Wharf. He knew very well that as long as the Jiangxia naval army arrived, it would mean that all the ships of Cao's army could not be saved.

Sure enough, the Jiangxia army warships immediately cleared all the ships on the Han River. Whether it was civilian ships or Cao's cargo ships, they were all driven to the side of Fancheng Wharf and set fire to the fire. For a moment, the river surface was burning with fire and thick smoke rolled.

Tens of thousands of Cao troops were silently watching the fire on the river at the top of the city and under the city. They had been accustomed to the strength of the Jiangxia army on the water for more than a year, and the myth of the invincible Jiangxia naval army was deeply rooted in their hearts.

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

Thinking of this, Xu Huang looked up at Xiangyang City on the other side. There were still 5,000 troops stationed in the city, but Xu Huang was even more worried about Cao Ren's army. He was on his way north. Now that the Jiangxia army blocked the Han River, how could Cao Ren's army come back

Xu Huang was worried, and at this moment, a soldier in the east shouted: "General, look at the water, something happened."

Xu Huang turned his head and looked at Bishui. His heart suddenly sank into the ice cave. He saw thick smoke over Bishui, and the flames soared into the sky more than ten feet. Fancheng, which was ten miles away, could also see clearly.
Chapter completed!