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Fa Zheng turned around and saw that he was a young officer with a tall figure and a heroic appearance. He had an indescribable aura in his words. He was stunned. Is this the commander of Xiangyang?

He quickly bowed and bowed, "In Fazheng in Xiayizhou, I passed by the land of Guizhou, and hoped to take the road."

"You are Fa Zheng" Liu Jing asked with a bright look at him.

Fa Zheng was so guilty that he was staring at Liu Jing's sharp eyes, and said, "This general knows me."

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

Liu Jing's smile made Fa Zheng feel a little relieved. He sat down and asked, "Can this general be General Huo?"

"I am not Huo Jun, I am Jiangxia and Liu Jing."

"You are"

Fa Zheng was shocked. It turned out that the person in front of him was Liu Jing. He stood up like an electric shock and bowed deeply, "I don't know if it was the arrival of the provincial governor, but Fa Zheng was rude."

Liu Jing laughed, "Sir, don't be nervous. I won't detain Mr., I just want to talk to Mr. Fa."

Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. At this time, the personal soldiers brought two cups of tea. Liu Jing took a sip of tea and asked, "If I was not wrong, Mr. Fa should have been on the order of Liu Zhang to see Cao Cao."

Fa Zheng could not deny that Liu Jing could only ask one of his subordinates to know about this. He nodded, "That's true. I met Cao Cao in Ye County and submitted him a letter from my lord."

Fa Zheng thought to himself, if he asked about the purpose of the mission, I would say that I knew nothing, but I was just sending a letter, so what should I do with me?

Unexpectedly, Liu Jing did not ask about the inside story of his mission, and there was no need to ask. The meaning of sending an envoy itself was to seek peace. If it was to resist, Liu Zhang would send someone to see him.

"Mr. I think the strength of Cao's army is so strong that the Jingzhou and Jiangdong coalition are so sure to win."

As long as he did not ask about the inside story of his mission, Fa Zheng would not feel embarrassed. He pondered for a moment: "This time Cao's army almost went down, and Cao Cao was bound to win. His army was in battle, with famous generals gathered and counselors. In terms of strength, the Sun and Liu coalition was not a match for Cao's army. The key was the Yangtze River. Most of the soldiers in the north were not familiar with water wars. As long as the Sun and Liu coalition army fully utilized the advantages of the Yangtze River's natural barrier, I think the Sun and Liu coalition army should have a chance of success."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "I think the chance of winning is just achieved, I think it should be five to half. The gentleman seems to be a little overestimating Cao Jun."

Fa Zheng bowed and said, "That's just my family's words. I would like to hear from the state's master's details."

"Sir should also know that a large-scale war actually ends up fighting national strength. Over the years, the Central Plains have been in war, with a thousand miles of red fields, and the population has dropped sharply. All states and counties have lost their livelihoods. Cao Cao had no choice but to use military garrison to solve the problem of military food. This time, Cao Cao was preparing for the southern expedition for half a year, and mobilized more than ten thousand people's strength to scrape all the people's wealth, causing people's resentment and morale to be sluggish. This is just one of them.

Secondly, Cao Cao killed Kong Rong, which aroused the aggravation of the Confucian scholars. The soldiers fled overnight. Before the army marched south, he did not calm the soldiers first, but was eager to move south. In addition, he was not in Xuchang, which would inevitably lead to his political instability;

Although Cao Cao pacified Hebei, it was not long, and the people of Hebei were unwilling to accept it. He rushed south, making Hebei empty. Yuan Shao's old subordinates would take the opportunity to move. In addition, Ma Teng and Han Sui threatened Guanzhong, which would inevitably make his rear unstable.

In this way, Cao Cao had no time, place, and people, so how could he defeat the south? I said that the winner was 50% or 50% of the victory or defeat? In fact, he was still very proud of him."

Fa Zheng sighed after a while, "As both members of the royal family, the envoy is much more wise than Liu Yizhou."

Liu Jing smiled proudly, "Mr. Fa might as well go back and persuade you to persuade the governor of the state. The phoenix will be reborn only if you are in the ashes. Hiding in Yizhou, you can always be a dog guarding the household. If he wants, we can join forces to destroy Cao Cao and revive the Han Dynasty."

Fa Zheng was impressed by Liu Jing's momentum. He thought of Cao Cao's praise of Liu Jing, and even an enemy like Cao Cao praised him. Fa Zheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This is the lord of talent, but he served Liu Zhang and was not sure about his understanding of people.

Fa Zheng stood up and bowed and bowed, "I will tell Liu Yizhou what the envoy said."

.........

Just when Fa Zheng and Liu Jing were interviewing, Cao Cao's army had arrived in Fancheng. Cheng Yu led Mao Jie, Xu Huang and other generals of Wu to welcome Cao's army.

Cao Cao's camp was located north of Fancheng, covering an area of ​​1,000 acres. The soldiers began to busy building tents. In the newly built tent of the Central Army, Cao Cao sat upright and listened to Cheng Yu's report attentively.

"There are still warships above 1,000 stones, and about five warships above 5 stones, and the rest are all less than five warships. At present, a patrol team has been formed, with a total of 10 or 20 fast ships, but it is not possible to enter the Han River for the time being."

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

Cheng Yu's face showed a look of shame, "Ten days ago, Weichen tried to send a patrol team into the Han River, but he encountered the Jiangxia naval army's patrol. In the end, less than half an hour of fierce fighting, ten of the twelve patrol ships sank ten, and only two escaped back, while the other side only sank two, and our army was defeated."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "What you mean is that our ships will huddle in the water from now on, and build two thousand warships just for example. Is that true?"

"This is not what I mean, because the Jiangxia army is evacuating the people in Xiangyang on a large scale. Weichen believes that Liu Jing is going to retreat, so he is 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 it earlier?"

"The first thing that I did was to report this matter, and the Prime Minister might not take it to heart."

Cao Cao thought about it, but he was a little distracted at the time. He didn't notice what Cheng Yu was saying, his face calmed down again, and he stood up and said to everyone: "Let's go."

He quickly walked out of the tent, and dozens of generals followed him out of the tent and headed towards Fancheng.

.........

On the top of Fancheng City, Cao Cao stared at the other side of the Han River for a long time. The weather was clear and the distance between sight was far. You could clearly see that the other side was full of large ships, and large ships filled with people continued to leave the dock and sail to the southeast.

On the outer river surface, dozens of thousands of stone warships were moored, with huge bodies like small hills. In addition, there were also patrol clutches cruising back and forth on the river surface, especially when compared to the mouth of Shuihekou.

"Are our probe in Xiangyang City still here?" Cao Cao suddenly asked.

Cheng Yu replied, "Report to the Prime Minister, the probes in Xiangyang City were divided into branches, one went to Jiangxia, one went to Jiangdong, and the other went to Nanjun. There were no probes in Xiangyang City, but the Weichen planned to select ten soldiers with good water from the stroke of Jingzhou, and let them swim to the other side to inquire about information."

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

.........

All the warships of Cao's army were anchored on both sides of Bishui, stretching for dozens of miles. Four thick iron chains were pulled at the mouth of Bishui River to block them, and a water gate was built. There were heavy troops stationed on both sides. Under Cheng Yu's careful construction, Bishui's defense was like a wall of iron, and it defeated the sneak attacks of Jiangxia troops many times.

But just like the Jiangxia army warships cannot enter the water, the Cao army warships in the water cannot enter the Han River, and the Jiangxia navy has completely controlled the Han River.

With Cao Cao's order, twenty stone warships slowly approached the lock. This was a Cao army patrol fleet. Each warship had ten people, all of which were the former Jingzhou army, with two orders entering the Han River.

They are like twenty teenage mice, and will use a tragic experiment to show the strength gap between the Northern Navy and the Jiangxia Navy.

He was a military marquis named Zheng Zuo, who was a general of Zhang Yun. He had been in the Jingzhou naval army for eight years and had rich experience in naval army.

But Zheng Zuo knew in his heart that his personal experience in the navy was far from competing with the overall strength of the navy. He knew his fate of fighting. His only hope was that his personal performance could be favored by Prime Minister Cao and achieve his career.

"Everyone cheer up"

Zheng Zu turned around and shouted: "Prime Minister Cao was watching us on the top of the city, even if we were defeated, we would be defeated like a personal one."

The lock opened, four iron chains were gathered to the shore, twenty warships lined up in two rows, sailed into the broad Han River, and saw a large ship full of immigrants in front of them.

However, the Jiangxia army deployed more than a dozen sentry ships to monitor the estuary of Bishuihe River. When Cao's warships came out, more than a dozen Jiangxia sentry ships surrounded them like wolves.

"Run out" Zheng Zuo shouted.

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From the head of Fancheng City, you can vaguely see a contest at the mouth of Bishui River. Cao Cao and dozens of generals were all staring at the wardrobe. At this time, Zhang Yun hurried over and knelt down on one knee behind Cao Cao and bowed, "I am humble to see the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao turned around and saw that it was Zhang Yun, and a smile appeared on his face, "It turned out to be General Zhang, please get up quickly."

Cao Cao really didn't like Zhang Yun's flattery, but Zhang Yun was once the captain of the Jingzhou naval army and the most lacking naval general in the Cao army. Cao Cao still barely valued him, and appointed him as the captain of the Han Yong, and was given the title of Guannei Hou, and took charge of the Fancheng naval army.

Zhang Yun stood up and smiled flatteringly, "After thanking the Prime Minister, the soldiers are looking forward to the Prime Minister's arrival, just like babies looking forward to their parents..."

Before he could continue, Cheng Yu next to him coughed heavily and said coldly: "General Zhang, Prime Minister has a few words to ask you, just answer it truthfully."

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

Seeing that he was so scared of Cheng Yu, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and asked him: "I want to know why our navy and Jiangxia navy are very different."

"Reporting to the Prime Minister is mainly due to insufficient training."

"How did Jiangxia army train and how did you train, how could there be a big gap?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.

Zhang Yun sighed and said, "In fact, the Jingzhou naval army was completely wiped out in the battle of Yicheng and became the main force of the Jiangxia naval army now. Our naval army used to be deployed on land. As for training, it must be trained in the Great Lakes or the Yangtze River. Even the Han River is not good, and the wind and waves are small, and it is even impossible to sail in the water. How can we talk about training?"
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