Chapter 776
Cao Bin and Cao Ren were defeated by Zhang Liao all together. The arrogant Cao Bin was so ashamed and indignant that he wanted to wipe his neck and commit suicide.

Fortunately, it was Cao Ren who stopped him and said: "Brother, although we have done it before, the most important thing is not to die. Now that the lord is using someone, you should keep your body and continue to serve the lord. Don't do such stupid things." ah."

Cao Bin still couldn't let go, and Cao Ren continued to persuade: "The lord is still on his way to Fancheng. If we go to find the lord now and let the Han army catch up, it may ruin the lord's affairs. We have to stop the Han army all the way. , to delay the time, let the lord take down Fancheng first, and the [-] army still needs your brother to command it."

"Yes, I still want to stop the Han army going south, and I have to save my useful life to help the lord." After hearing this, Cao Bin let go of the idea of ​​suicide and regained his confidence.

However, after Zhang Liao defeated Cao Bin, he left [-] troops to guard Wancheng, and then led the remaining [-] men to go south to defend Fancheng.

When Cao Bin and Cao Ren learned that Zhang Liao was going south, they fought and retreated, delaying Zhao Kuangyin's time so that he could take Fancheng.

Although the Han army led by Zhang Liao was in dire straits, Cao Bin and Cao Ren managed to delay Zhang Liao's southward march with their lives.

It took three days for Zhang Liao to go south and arrive in Deng County where Fancheng is located, but by this time, the news that Zhao Kuangyin had taken Fancheng had already reached Zhang Liao's ears.Zhang Liao led Qingqi to Fancheng for inspection, and the banner with the character of Zhao was erected on the top of the city.

"I didn't expect Zhao Kuangyin's army to be one step faster than I was traveling day and night, and successfully took down Fancheng. If this happens, the situation will be very bad." Zhang Liao looked at the big Zhao character flag on the top of Fancheng with a depressed expression on his face. .

"General, Your Majesty has now arrived in Wancheng, let's guard Chaoyang first and inform His Majesty of the matter." The deputy general suggested.

"That's the only way to go." In desperation, Zhang Liao could only guard in Xinye, and at the same time hurriedly wrote to Liu Bian who had arrived in the direction of Wancheng.

At this time in Fancheng, Zhao Kuangyin looked disappointed when he saw Cao Ren and Cao Bin who were kneeling down.

Although he succeeded in capturing Fancheng, it was only just captured. Fancheng's defenders were only three thousand, but they resisted fiercely.Cao Bin and Cao Ren came here at this time, and there were only more than 1 soldiers left under him. That is to say, Cao Bin and the others were defeated as soon as they arrived in Wancheng, and they defeated Fancheng all the way.

Knowing that Zhao Kuangyin had only just captured Fancheng, Cao Bin and Cao Ren were shocked and ashamed, and said: "We are incompetent, we were defeated by the Han army, and almost ruined the important affairs of the lord, please punish the lord."

"I said you..." Zhao Kuangyin looked at the disappointment on the faces of the two of them, thought for a while but didn't say anything, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, now that Fancheng has been taken, let's pretend that you have come to join me. Write down your mistakes for the time being, and deal with them after the war, so get up first."

"Thank you, my lord!" The two breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.

"Report! My lord, we have found the water village of the Han army, but there is no boat in the water village. All the boats are gone." At this moment, a school lieutenant came in to report.

"Impossible, how could there be no boats in the water village?" Zhao Pu immediately stood up, pointed at the captain and said, "Go and look for it again, maybe the Han army is hiding."

The captain shook his head and said: "We searched all over the water village, but we couldn't find even a single boat. We searched the upper and lower reaches of the river for more than ten miles, but there was no trace of a boat."

Although warships are useless to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin now occupies Fancheng and needs ships to cross the river.And in the battle of Jingzhou, it would definitely be more convenient to have ships, so after Zhao Kuangyin took down Fancheng, he sent people to look for ships as soon as possible.

"How is it possible? According to Zhou Yu, two batches of ships from the Han army went to Jiangxia. The first batch was 10 naval ships, and the second batch was [-]. I observed the mountains and forests around Fancheng earlier, and felled a lot of trees for development. The trees are enough to build warships with a capacity of tens of thousands of people, and the Han army transported only a small part, so where did the other warships go?" Zhao Pu pondered.

"Could it be Zhou Yu who tricked the military advisor?" Yue Xi looked at Zhao Pu and said.

Zhao Pu shook his head and said, "No, what's the benefit of him deceiving me? These warships belong to the Han army. It's useless for us to ask for them. They will be burned except for crossing the river. And the felled trees in the forest can't be used Fake, the Han army must still have warships."

Zhao Kuangyin's expression was a little displeased. The disappearance of the warships in the water village meant that things had changed and the situation became a little confusing.This is obviously not good for him.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the soldier and said, "Go look for it again. The boats are out of the water stronghold. Such a big movement can't be hidden from the people. You go upstream and downstream to ask the people. Be sure to figure out what the Han army's warships are for me."

Between Fancheng and Xiangyang is the Han River. The Han River originates from the high mountains in the west, and in the mountains of Wuguan, the Junshui and Xishui originate.These two rivers, together with the Han River, meet in the Wudang area to form a huge and beautiful lake.

At this time, at the foot of Wudang Mountain, in the huge lake, all the warships that Zhao Kuangyin could not find were moored here.

Dozens of huge building boats, hundreds of fighting ships, and countless walking boats filled the lake at the foot of Wudang Mountain.

The river flows into the lake from Wudang Mountain. On the top of a three-storey small building on a search ship near Wudang Mountain, a man is alone with his earphones. Looking at the endless warships in front of him, a trace of helplessness flashes in his eyes, and some Hope, rejoice.

There is a small table behind the man. On the table are three or two plates of exquisite side dishes, a jug of wine, and a white jade luminous cup.

The man is about 35 years old, dressed in white mink fur, seven feet long, thin, and slightly thin.However, his posture of standing with his hands behind his back is like a towering mountain, like an insurmountable mountain.

This man is the well-known Master Xie Anxie of Wudang Academy, the most famous in the education field, and his name is directly comparable to Confucius, the teacher of all ages.

Xie An rubbed the wine glass in his hand, looked at the endless warships in front of him, was speechless for a long time, then poured the fine wine into his mouth in one gulp.He murmured: "I didn't want to be an official, but this day has come!"

"Uncle!" At this moment, several voices came from behind Xie An.

Xie An looked back and saw some young people, he shook his head and said with a smile, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Uncle, you have been standing here for a day, now it's time for you to go to class, many students come here admiringly, and they are all anxious." A young man cupped his hands and said.

"Shao'er, go back and tell them that you don't need to listen to uncle's lectures from tonight." Xie An said looking at the young man.

"Ah? Uncle isn't giving lectures anymore?" The young man looked at Xie An for a moment, then looked at the endless warships in front of him, nodded and said, "Uncle asked my cousin to hide the warships here. Jingzhou is in chaos now, and disasters will come. I'm afraid that uncle can't be alone anymore."

Xie Xuan looked at the young man and said with a smile: "Shao'er, you are the smartest child in my Xie family, even Xuan'er is not as good as you in some aspects. Now that uncle is a scholar, what are your plans?"

Xie Shao said: "Uncle, my nephew has been weak since he was a child. Since he joined His Majesty, he has been recuperated by a miracle doctor in Luoyang. Now that he has recuperated for so many years, his body will be healed. Since uncle is going to be an official, how can I be missing? I There are four heroes in the younger generation of the Xie family, we can't let that kid Xie Xuan snatch them away!"

(End of this chapter)

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