Chapter 859 (1/2)
In July of the sixth year of Jian'an, a famous one of the eight Jun, died. Cai Mao, the governor of Jingzhou, supported Mrs. CAI and established Liu Qi, the youngest son of Liu Cong, as the herdsman of Jingzhou. At the same time, he sent envoys to Luoyang and Pengcheng, hoping that the imperial court would issue an edict to recognize his legitimacy.
At this time, Luoyang.
”Please make decisions for me.”
Liu Qi kneels down on the ground, grabs the ground with his head and cries bitterly.
”Young master, please get up. What's going on? You can give Ben a whole story.” Liu Ye looks majestic.
”Yes, Cai Mao was so rebellious that he hurt my father. In order to support Liu Cong's position, he ordered me to be arrested and killed. He had no choice but to flee to Luoyang and ask the general to make decisions for my family.” Liu Qi cried.
Guo Jia and Jia Xu had a flash in their eyes and looked at each other with a faint smile on their lips.
”What a CAI Mao! The emperor is still here. It's bold and reckless to ignore the imperial court's prestige so much! ”
Liu Ye's face was sullen: ”the eldest son, let's go down and have a good rest. I would have discussed with all the courtiers.”
”Don't dare to disturb the general's discussion, villain will leave.” Liu Qi retreated.
”Cai Mao led the army to invade Nanyang County many times, and he was beaten back by Zhang Jianyi. Unexpectedly, he was so bold now that he directly dared to murder the old master and establish the new one.” Guo Jia sighed.
”General, this is a good opportunity to send troops.”
Jia Xu said with a smile: ”Jingzhou has repeatedly attacked me, only because all the princes have not been eliminated, and the water army has not been established completely. Now Hebei has been settled, Bashu has been leveled, and our navy training is a little large. How about sending troops to the south to pacify Jingzhou?”
”Well, that's true. After training for so many days, it's time for the navy to come out and practice.”
Liu Ye ordered: ”order Gao Chong to lead the Yellow River navy to the South and join with the Yangtze River navy to strengthen its momentum. He will set out to attack Jingzhou southward. He must bring Jingbei into our army's pocket.”
”Here it is
The soldiers of the Xiliang army have been fighting in the north and South all these years. The water army formed a few years ago, in addition to transporting grain and soldiers during the expedition to Yecheng, basically did not experience much battle. Now it is time for them to experience the tempering of iron and fire.
Over the past few years, the Yellow River navy has been reorganized and trained by Gao Chong. It has more than 12000 soldiers, including three fighting ships, more than 30 Pang boats, and more than 100 boats. Although it can not catch up with the Jingzhou and Jiangdong naval divisions in their heyday, the scale of the Yellow River Navy is no less than that of Liaodong Navy.
However, the number of the Yangtze River navy was less than 5000 in total, which was formed with the Jinfan bandits in Ganning as the core. Gan Ning has a high reputation among the many water thieves in the Yangtze River. After hearing that he joined the army, many pirates came to the Yangtze River one after another. Therefore, although the Yangtze River Navy did not have the support of the general, the scale was not small.
If the Yellow River Navy and the Yangtze River Navy join forces, the force will reach nearly 20000, which is definitely a force that can not be underestimated.
However, just before the army went out, an accountability letter arrived in Jingzhou before the army.
Xiangyang.
”Emperor's decree, Liu Cong and Cai Mao are not quick to kneel down to receive the edict?” The angel said coldly.