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The battle on the Han River had broken out, and twenty Cao army warships lined up in two rows, leaning closely together like a water snake. The soldiers on the ship opened their bows and shot arrows, and dense arrows shot towards the Jiangxia naval ship.

There are a total of sixteen Jiangxia mail ships, only four fewer than Cao's warships, and they are also stone mail ships, but they have no formation and are scattered on the river surface, each attacking enemy ships for their own formations. It seems to be quite scattered, but Cao's army's marquis Zheng Zuo secretly complained.

He had rich experience in water battles. He saw that although the Jiangxia warships were relatively scattered and had no formation, they cooperated very well. They attacked from all corners. When one side was attacked by bows and arrows, the other side would inevitably attack with all their might, causing his soldiers to be in a hurry and care about their heads and tails.

"The ship has entered the water"

A Cao army soldier suddenly shouted, and the two ships in front poured into the river. Then the river water came from all directions. The soldiers on the ship were suddenly in chaos, and the two ships quickly sank half.

The river was surging faster and faster, and it could no longer be blocked. Twenty soldiers on the boat ran towards the ship behind.

However, he was shot by two other Jiangxia warships. With screams, Cao's army kept falling into the water, and blood stained the river water red. Zheng Zuo shouted anxiously: "There are enemy water ghosts in the river. Use arrows to shoot them, so they are not allowed to approach the warships."

At this moment, a sound of war drums came not far away, and two thousand stone Jiangxia warships rushed towards each other and joined the battle. The warships had a head-on hit in front of them, shaking waves and shaking waves. With a loud bang, Cao's fleet was divided into two, one of the whistle ships was smashed into pieces, and the other whistle ship was overturned by huge waves.

On the top of the city, Cao Cao sighed and could no longer watch. Even he, who did not understand water war, saw the combat structure of the Jiangxia army. With the large ship as the center, the small ship cooperated on all sides, and the attack was orderly.

However, their warships were in chaos, and they only formed a formation, but did not know the changes. They were passively beaten everywhere, so there was no need to look at them anymore. The gap between the two armies was really big.

Cao Cao sighed and walked down the city in great relief. When he walked down the city, he stopped again and turned around and asked Cheng Yu, "Zhongde, do you think Liu Jing will be on the other side?"

Cheng Yu smiled bitterly, "Since the Prime Minister is in Fancheng, I think he will definitely be in Xiangyang."

"You said it right, I think he is on the other side."

After pondering for a while, Cao Cao said again: "I want to meet him, Zhongde will send someone across the river to contact him."

Cheng Yu immediately smiled and said, "I understand, let's go and arrange it immediately."

Cao Cao asked strangely: "Why don't you stop me?"

"I admire the Prime Minister's foresight. How can Sun Quan feel at ease when he meets Liu Jing?"

A trace of cunning flashed in Cao Cao's eyes. He laughed and pointed at Cheng Yu, "Zhongde, you think so quickly, which is admirable, but you guessed wrong this time. In fact, I just wanted to see him. I have been following him for so many years, but I still don't know what he is. I am quite curious in my heart and have no other meaning."

Cheng Yu was stunned, Cao Cao laughed and left with his hands behind his back.

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Fierce battle broke out on the river surface, and Liu Jing was naturally watching the battle on the boat. He was also interested and wanted to know how powerful Cao Cao's naval force was.

But the battle situation was beyond his expectations. In less than an hour, all twenty Cao army's sentry ships were annihilated and ten were sunk, and the remaining ten sentry ships became prisoners of war.

Liu Jing couldn't help but shake his head. Whether it was tactics, cooperation or the skills of soldiers in driving warships, Cao's army was far from that of the Jiangxia navy.

At this time, Li Jun, deputy lieutenant of the naval army responsible for blocking the Han River, smiled at Liu Jing and said, "The governor of the state is unknown. Most of Cao Cao's naval army is actually surrendered Jingzhou soldiers, and these Jingzhou soldiers were stationed on land before and had no experience in naval army."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "I am worried that today's water battle is just Cao Cao's trick. He deliberately confuses me, makes me misjudgment, or is a kind of arrogant strategy. Once a real war is true, his navy suddenly becomes lively, and that is not worth the loss."

"It's easy for the office to interrogate the prisoners of war."

Li Jun waved his hand and "bring it up"

After a moment, several soldiers took a prisoner of war. It was Zheng Zuo, the captured military marquis of Cao's army. He was pressed to kneel in front of Liu Jing, lowered his head, and looked ashamed.

"You should have been the Jingzhou Army in the past," Liu Jing glanced at him and asked coldly.

Zheng Zu nodded and whispered: "Zheng Zuo is Zhang Yun's military marquis, and from Yicheng County."

"Your family from Yicheng County should be in Xiakou, but you are willing to work hard for Cao Cao to massacre your own family. Don't you feel guilty?"

Zheng Zuo's heart disease was touched by Liu Jing's words. His wife, children and parents were in Xiakou. He trembled violently and suddenly burst into tears. Liu Jing's cold eyes finally relieved a little. Instead of kowtowing and begging for mercy, he cried bitterly, which showed that this person really felt guilty in his heart.

"You are following Zhang Yun to surrender, maybe you can't help it, but now you can choose. If you want to return to the Jingzhou Army, I will pardon you for no reason, but I can only become a soldier again. If you still want Cao Army, I can also let you go back and will not make things difficult for your family. I, Liu Jing, said one thing and never go back on your word. You choose."

Zheng Zuo lowered his head for a while and said nothing. Finally, he wiped his tears and sighed: "I regret it very much if I surrender to Cao's army with Zhang Yun and become a second-class soldier. If I make mistakes now, I will never be doomed. Report to the governor of the state, I am willing to return to Jingzhou and be a soldier."

Liu Jing laughed and turned to Li Jun and said, "Let him continue to serve as the military marquis, treat everyone equally, and do not be despised at all."

"The last one will obey the order"

Zheng Zu's nose suddenly felt sour, and tears surged out again. He kowtowed heavily and said in a trembling voice: "Zheng Zu is willing to serve the governor of the state, and he will never refuse."

Liu Jing smiled, helped him up, and asked him again: "I want to know the strength of Cao's naval army. Can you tell me one or two? If you don't want to say it, it's okay."

"I dare not hide anything at all. At present, Cao's army has tens of water army. From its establishment to today, there has never been water war training, mainly because of no water training. Although the northern navy forces boasted that they had trained in Xuanwu Pond, I think it is actually quite common and I can't even have the minimum formation."

"What is the Northern Navy?" Liu Jing asked curiously.

"Reporting to the provincial governor, 20,000 of the ten thousand naval troops were surrendered by Jingzhou, commanded by Zhang Yun, and the other ten thousand Cao army soldiers were mostly from the Yellow River, and they were basically water-like. They were led by Xiahou Shang, and they were called the Northern Navy and had been trained on the Xuanwu Pond outside Yecheng."

After pausing, Zheng Zuo said again: "In name, Zhang Yun is the chief general of the navy and Xiahou Shang is the deputy, but in fact, all military orders were issued by Xiahou Shang."

Liu Jing frowned, "I heard that Fancheng was commanded by Cheng Yu, and he could allow this situation of using the deputy to suppress the main force."

"Reporting to the provincial governor, this is actually Zhang Yun willing to be the deputy. He heard that Cheng Yu also suggested to Cao Cao that Zhang Yun would be the deputy general, but Cao Cao was not allowed and sent someone to beat Xiahou Shang, which made Xiahou Shang deeply hate Zhang Yun, thinking that he was complaining to him behind his back."

Liu Jing nodded and smiled, "You just said that the Jingzhou surrendered army was just a second-class soldier in Cao's camp. What does this mean?"

Zheng Zuo sighed and said, "Cao's army is divided into fourth-class. First-class soldiers are Chenliu who followed Cao Cao for many years. They are veterans of Xuchang. They have a high status and a generous salary. Second-class soldiers are Lu Bu or Qingzhou. They are treated a little less. The soldiers are surrendered by Hebei. Then the fourth-class soldiers are our Jingzhou army. They have the lowest status and must rush to the front in war. Although this is just the division of the soldiers' own hierarchy, it is the fact."

After Liu Jing had a rough understanding of Cao Jun's situation, he instructed Li Jun: "Take him down and remember what I said just now, don't be discriminatory at all."

Li Jun agreed and took Zheng Zuo to change his military uniform and register his military family. Zheng Zuo followed him with great gratitude.

Liu Min, the chief clerk next to him, looked at him walking away and whispered: "In fact, I can put him back and let him instigate the surrendered army in Jingzhou. I think it is more useful."

Liu Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Don't worry, you can take some things slowly."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported to the report: "Qi Bizhou Governor, Cao Cao sent an envoy to come and asked to see the Bizhou Governor if there is an important matter."

Liu Jing was stunned and walked quickly to the side of the boat. He saw a small boat coming not far away. A young man about ten years old stood with two followers on the bow of the boat.

"Take him to see me in the Jitang"

He turned around and entered the second hall on the first floor, sat down and waited for Cao Cao's envoy. After a while, several generals brought the young soldiers in. He bowed deeply and said, "Bo Yang Xiu, the chief of Prime Minister Cao's tent, met with the governor of the prefecture."

"It turns out that you are Yang Weizhi. I have been famous for a long time and have lost my respect."

Liu Jing bowed his hand slightly and waved his hand and smiled, "Prince Yang, please sit down."

Yang Xiu sat down on the side and said with a smile on his face: "Prime Minister Cao has heard of the name of the governor of the state for a long time, but he has not seen it at first. He is regretful. Today, Xiu came on the order of the prime minister and conveyed the Prime Minister's wishes. The Prime Minister is willing to give you a while, but if you don't know that the governor of the state will respond."

Cao Cao actually wanted to meet with him. Do you still want to persuade him to surrender himself? Liu Jing smiled coldly, "Prime Minister Cao's army is in an attempt to meet me."

"Not"

Yang Xiu said calmly: "The governor of the state received the kindness of the heavens, but he did not do his best to the ministers, which made the heavens angry. The prime minister just sent troops under the orders. This is a public service, but the prime minister praised the governor of the state for a long time and wanted to meet the governor of the state in his spare time. This is a private matter. The public does not abandon the private, and the private does not indemn the public. You don't have to worry too much about asking the governor of the state."

"What a good person sent troops to the order"

Liu Jing said coldly: "Is Master Yang willing to be the chief clerk of Cao thief to introduce this edict?"

Yang Xiu's face changed drastically, and he stood up angrily and said, "The two armies are facing each other, and the envoys are in contact. If the envoy is unwilling to see the prime minister, just refuse directly. Why should he insult the envoy?"

"It's not that I'm in Jingzhou to fight against the traitors and revitalize the Han Dynasty. This is a public business. If Cao Cao saw me just for personal gain, it would be okay for me to see him. This is also my clear distinction between public and private. As for Yang Zhubo's character, he will be angry when he sees humiliation, it is beyond my expectations. I don't know if Yang Zhubo was so strong and angry when Kong Beihai was killed."

Liu Jing's last words hit Yang Xiu's vital point. His father also scolded him in this way, and did not stop Cao Cao from killing Kong Rong. Yang Xiu sighed in his heart, and was silent for a moment, then bowed and said, "Since the governor of the state is willing to meet, I will report back to the Prime Minister. As for the details of the meeting, we will discuss it separately. Yang Xiu has said goodbye."

He turned around and was about to leave. When he reached the door, Liu Jing smiled and said, "Master Yang, I will give you four more words when I see you when I am lucky."

Yang Xiu stopped, but did not look back, "Prince Governor Please speak"

Liu Jing smiled faintly, "Silence is gold"
Chapter completed!