Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 598 The Lobbyist
At dawn, the sun gradually emerged from the eastern sea level, reflecting the earth.

Water Village in Yin County.

When Yuan Xu and Yu An rushed here, they were left with water camps and barracks with thousands of warehouses and hundreds of holes, and there were many corpses. The blood of the river had been diluted, and the port where the warships were moored was empty.

"Sound from east to west?"

Yuan Xu's face was very ugly, gloomy like water: "It turns out that their target is our water village, and I was fooled!"

The battle in the county looked fierce.

However, when he ordered the soldiers of the water village to go ashore to reinforce the reinforcements, before the reinforcements rushed to the county seat, the attacking enemy troops withdrew. After passing it back, he suddenly came to his senses.

But it was too late.

They used four or five counties in the southwest of Nanyang, together with the support of Xinye and other places, to build this water army, which was damaged by more than one-third, all the warships were lost, and they were beaten back to their original shape almost overnight.

"Who is the enemy who attacked?" Yu An was in his early 40s, a veteran on the battlefield, and he became a captain step by step with his military achievements. Looking at the corpses here, his heart bleeds.

You must know that the training of sailors is not easy. Unlike pawns, pawns can use weapons as long as they have weapons, but the most basic thing for a sailor is to be familiar with water, and to control warships. battle.

This is a technical arm.

Yuan's army was hundreds of thousands, but the combined naval forces of Nanyang and Runan were only 2 or [-].

And warships.

To build a warship requires dozens of craftsmen to work for more than a month, and to build a fighting ship requires relatively high-skilled shipbuilders. These are the talents that Yuan Jun is currently lacking.

These are all things he can't afford to lose.

Without the warship, are the soldiers under his command still navy soldiers? Originally, they planned to use the Yin County sailors to make Yuan Jun’s generals famous, but now the Yin County Navy has become a joke, and it will not be possible to restore it in a year or so fighting power.

"It can't be the Jingzhou Army!" Yuan Xu glanced at him and said in a low voice.

He also thought it was the Jingzhou Army before, but now that he thinks about it, he feels something is wrong. If it was the Jingzhou Army, they would not run away after a fight. The Jingzhou Army went north. Xiayin County.

"They seem to be fighting from the upper reaches!" Yu An is a naval general, he is familiar with water warfare, and he can know what happened just by looking at the battlefield: "Although you ordered my troops to return to Fang County, The military order left behind, but we have been on guard against the Jingzhou navy, if the Jingzhou navy wants to go north, it must come up from the lower reaches, but now..."

"Mujun!"

Yuan Xu clenched his fists and said, "There is no one else except them!"

"How is it possible?" Yu An frowned, "I never heard that the Mu army has a water army and warships!"

"I haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean there is nothing. The Patriarch said that although Mu Longtu is young, but the depth of the city, even the former Mu Xiangguo can't compare. He is the most terrifying enemy of our Yuan family!" Yuan Xu said coldly : "Hanzhong is not without rivers and rivers. As long as you are willing to pay, you want to build warships and train a navy, it is not a problem!"

"Then they go south..."

"Of course it's for Shandu and Zhuyang!" Yuan Xu's analysis became more and more refined: "We all guessed wrong, thinking that the Mu army didn't care about Shandu and Zhuyang, but in fact, they did not hesitate to pay the price. Going south, even at the expense of a battle with the Jingzhou army, we must keep these two counties. We blocked the river, originally intending to block the Jingzhou army going north, but inadvertently blocked their southward footsteps, that's why we had this battle !"

"It's just that they are too ruthless!"

Yuan Xu gritted his teeth and said, "It not only defeated our soldiers, but also took away all our warships!"

"Want to chase?"

Yu An thought for a while, then said in a low voice, "They shouldn't be far away now!"

"never mind!"

Yuan Xu calmed down: "We don't have warships, so it's useless to catch up. Besides...we are far from enough in strength. They attack the county town and attack the water village at the same time, and their strength is at least twice as large as ours!"

"Don't let it be like that!" Yu An was not reconciled.

"I will report this matter to Nanyang first!"

Yuan Xu said: "Brother Yu, please consolidate your forces and send out additional scouts to keep an eye on the situation in Shandu!"

A sneer formed at the corner of his mouth: "Since the Mu army is willing to fight, it may not be a bad thing. If the Jingzhou army and the Mu army can fight to the death, it may be a good thing for us. If the Mu army is defeated, they will withdraw their troops and return. At that time, we will block the road, and we will beat the dog in the water. If the Mu army wins, it is not bad for us, at least we can keep Yin county!"

"Ok!"

Yu An's eyes lit up, and he nodded immediately.

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Leaving the battlefield of Shuizhai, the soldiers of the [-]th Battalion of Jingping's [-]nd Army gathered their warships and went down the river for [-] miles.

noon.

Their warship docked in a reed marsh for a temporary rest.

"My lord, there is news from the Shuofang Camp that 120 soldiers were killed or injured in the battle last night. The rest of the soldiers have gathered in the western suburbs of Zhuyang and are resting. They can go south to Shandu County at any time!"

On the deck, Jing Wusi's accompanying flag reported the news to Mu Jing.

"Send a message to Niu Gai and order them to break it up into pieces, try to avoid eyes and ears, and arrive at the outskirts of Shandu County before tomorrow morning, find a place to camp, and don't reveal their whereabouts!" Mu Jing said.

"promise!"

The small banner of Jing Wusi went to deliver the order.

"My lord, are you worried about Shandu?" Zhang Liao just finished a meeting with the military lords of the Fifth Battalion. After all, with so many warships, they can fully display their strength. The previous warships really can't be used The combat effectiveness of the fifth battalion. After the meeting, he walked out of the deck and looked at Mujing looking ahead with a worried expression on his face.

"If possible, I really hope that the mountains can be on my side. Without the geographical advantage, we will be several times more difficult!"

Mujing responded in a deep voice: "You also experienced the water battle last night. You won, but you and I know how many shortcomings there are. I don't blame you. You are a good infantry general. It is impossible to turn around in three moments, we can only take it slowly, but we are all so embarrassed in the face of the Yinxian navy who has no experience in water warfare. If we really face the Nanyang navy, do you still have the confidence to win? "

"This one……"

Zhang Liao really didn't dare to say such big words.

"Chen Ya!" Mu Jing spat out a name: "I hope your choice will not disappoint me!"

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Shandu County.

County government.

Chen Ya knelt on the bamboo mat, his body was straight, his eyes were flickering, he stared at the middle-aged scribe in front of him, and after a while, he said gloomyly: "Brother Gongti, what do you mean?"

"Magistrate Chen, I don't intend to coerce, I just hope that Magistrate Chen can make a decision to prevent the people of Shandu from suffering!"

A middle-aged literati surnamed Fu, surnamed Xun, styled Gongti, worked in Jingzhou Prefecture Mufu, and was one of Liu Biao's advisers.

When he came to the mountain, he said he would descend.

He and Chen Ya were classmates, they both studied in Guanzhong back then, and they were worshiped under the name of a great Confucian in Guanzhong. They were classmates for several years, which is quite hypocritical.

"The Jingzhou army is now in the suburbs of Chen Bing County. They just want to force me to surrender. Is it true that if I don't surrender to your Jingzhou, your army is going to break through my Shandu County and slaughter the people of my Shandu!"

Chen Ya's cold and stern voice carried a touch of chill.

The Chen family covered the sky with one hand in Shandu, and there were [-] county soldiers in the Shandu county government. The Chen family could gather big households in the city and gather [-] young and strong.

"Magistrate Chen, Xun thinks you are a person who knows the current affairs. Do you think that the mountain capital and one county can stop our Jingzhou?"

Fu Xun said calmly.

"Brother Gongti, don't forget that Marquis Ming will not ignore our Shandu and Zhuyang!" Chen Ya said gloomyly: "The Mu army is elite, and the Kwantung princes can't stop it, but your Jingzhou army can stop it!" live?"

"Ha ha!"

Fu Xun laughed loudly: "Mulongtu, a national thief, how capable, living in the Marquis of Ming Dynasty, the so-called elite of the Mu army, can still fight in the northern border, but in Jingzhou, it is difficult to move an inch. The Mu army has gone south, can they still fight our Jingzhou soldiers here?"

When Chen Ya heard this, his face suddenly became a little gloomy.

The Mu army is indeed criss-crossing the Central Plains, but the terrain here in Shandu is relatively speaking. There are too many rivers, big rivers traversing, and tributaries around.

"Magistrate Chen, even for the sake of the people of Shandu, don't make mistakes. If there is a big war, the people of Shandu will suffer heavy casualties!" Fu Xun saw Chen Ya's hesitation, so he quickly added anger: "And I will come Earlier, Ambassador Liu of Jingzhou had already made a promise, as long as you are willing to open the city and surrender, you will still be the county magistrate of Shandu in the future!"

"Give me time, I need to discuss with the major families in Shandu!"

Chen Ya took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "The mountain is not my mountain!"

"Yes, but not too much time!"

Fu Xun said: "I can only buy you one day. General Deng Long is not a person who can hold his breath. After one day, if you don't open the city, he will lead the army to attack!"

(End of this chapter)