Zhou Yu saw that the enemy army began to retreat gradually, and he did not order a pursuit, after all, this operation was just to show Guan Yu the strength of the Jiangdong naval army.

It's just that this scene is not what Zhou Yu wants to see, in this way, it means that Sun Yi will definitely die.

After Zhou Yu heard Guan Yu's appreciation, he waved his hand and said: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, what a big deal, General Guan, let's go back!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yu waved the order flag in his hand and ordered to retreat!

In the aftermath of the war, the lake was left with a mess of floating debris, splintered wood chips, burned hulls, and human corpses, the waters stained crimson with blood.

Zhang Yan led the army to defeat and left, Zhou Yu's Jiangdong naval army also retreated, everything returned to calm, a moment later, a light ship slowly sailed to this water, an extremely young man stood in the bow of the boat, looking at the mess left after the war, and said to himself: "South ship and north horse, if Zhang Yan wants to pacify Jiangdong, without a strong navy, it is impossible to defeat the Sun family, it seems that after Zhang Yan goes back, he will definitely develop the navy in a big way......"

The man standing at the bow of the boat was none other than Sima Yi.

At this time, Sima Yi was already the most trusted confidant by Liu Qi's side, and was appointed by Liu Qi as a military advisor, responsible for commanding all the armies in Jiangxia.

Since Liu Qi beheaded Cai Qing, Cai Zhu and others under the planning of Sima Yi, seized the power of the Jiangxia Naval Army, and actively cleaned up Cai's henchmen and cleared Jiangxia's officialdom. Moreover, at the suggestion of Sima Yi, Liu Qi took the initiative to send Han Song to Xiangyang to see his father Liu Biao and present the illegal evidence of Cai Qing and Cai Zhu. and admitted to Liu Biao that he exceeded his authority to kill Cai Qing, Cai Zhu and others.

Liu Biao was angry on the surface. But in my heart I was very happy. Liu Qi, who thought that he had always been weak, finally straightened his waist. After Cai Mao learned of this, he immediately came to see Liu Biao and wanted to sue Liu Qi, but Liu Qi was one step ahead of Cai Mao and told Liu Biao all the ins and outs of the matter.

Liu Biao did not blame Liu Qi, but rewarded Liu Qi, in addition to that. gave Cai Mao a serious warning, hoping that there would be no more things similar to Cai Qing and Cai Zhu in the future, and I hope that Cai can be strictly self-disciplined.

Although Cai Mao was angry, due to Liu Biao's deterrence, she could only swallow the bitterness into her stomach. However, Cai Qing and Cai Zhu's actions also made Cai Mao angry, and he never expected that Cai Qing and Cai Zhu would sit on 10,000 empty soldiers' salaries.

Moreover, this incident also made Cai Mao see how corrupt the people below him are. Even the elite sailors he relied on the most dared to eat empty salaries.

For this reason, Cai Mao immediately called Cai Zhong and Cai He. began a serious and thorough investigation in his own army, and ordered all his henchmen not to go too far.

After all, Cai Mao is the leader of Cai's party, and the people below are all under his banner, so that Cai Mao has also become the object of jealousy, and he was really shot while lying down.

This matter came to an end, although Cai Mao did not lead the army to attack Jiangxia, but it made Cai Mao re-examine Liu Qi, and it was Liu Qi who regarded Liu Qi as an opponent and paid more and more attention to him.

Because of this, Sima Yi was able to withdraw and set his sights outside Jingzhou, just as the scout came to report that there had been a big move in Peng Lize's area, Sima Yi decided to come and see what was going on, who would have thought that he would meet the Jiangdong Navy and Zhang Yan's Navy to fight.

Sima Yi has been watching the battle from the sidelines, and has witnessed the battle situation of the two armies, not only seeing the shortcomings of Zhang Yan's navy, but also realizing the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong navy.

"Strategist, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's go back to Jiangxia as soon as possible!" Wen Ping, who has been standing behind Sima Yi, reminded him in time.

Sima Yi nodded and said, "Turn the bow of the boat and go back to Jiangxia!" ”

……

Guan Yu and Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang City together, and Zhou Yu was busy dealing with other things, and made an appointment with Guan Yu to talk at night.

Guan Yu returned to his barracks and immediately reported today's battle situation to Liu Bei, and gave great affirmation to the combat strength of the Jiangdong Naval Army.

After Liu Bei heard this, he asked Guan Yu to talk about business with Zhou Yu tonight, preparing to formally form an alliance with Sun Quan, wanting to use the strength of the Jiangdong Navy to contain Zhang Yan.

……

On the shore of Xunyang, in the naval camp, Zhang Yan and others came back dejectedly, originally wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to seize Zhou Yu, but they didn't want Zhou Yu to be prepared, and the combat effectiveness of the naval army was so powerful that Zhang Yan's naval army lost hundreds of warships and nearly 3,000 soldiers.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Yangao sat at the top, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Chen Ying, Lu Dai and others stood on both sides, while Yu Ban and Mao Jue were tied up and knelt on the ground by Wuhuada.

When Zhang Yan saw Yu Ban and Mao Jue, he said expressionlessly: "Take away the things in their mouths, I want to ask him!" ”

Yu Ban was like a defeated rooster at this time, drooping his head, not daring to look directly at Zhang Yan.

"Wen Ze, since you have been obedient to me, I have treated you well, right?" Zhang Yan asked first.

Yu Ban said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, you don't need to ask, I failed King Yan, I am guilty, please ask King Yan to surrender!" ”

Zhang Yan's sudden appearance here, the arrival of Chen Ying and Lu Dai all seemed to indicate a problem, Zhang Yan should know his jihua. And when Yu Ban saw Li Dian standing beside Zhang Yan, he understood everything, it must have been Li Dian who had told the truth. Therefore, Yu Ban didn't want to explain more, he just wanted to bear all the guilt and then die.

"Alas!" Zhang Yan sighed heavily, he himself was very important to the ban, but he didn't expect that Yu Ban would embark on this road. Although Yu Ban did not succeed, Yu Ban already had this kind of thought, for him, this is like cheating between husband and wife, physical derailment can be forgiven, but spiritual derailment can never be forgiven.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan dismissed Yu Ban from all positions, cut Yu Ban's title, and demoted him to a concubine.

Zhang Yan did not choose to kill Yu Ban, after all, Yu Ban had also made great contributions, which Zhang Yan could never erase. Therefore, the merits and demerits are offset. However, Yu Ban's mansion in Pengcheng was retained, and Zhang Yan also planned to let Yu Ban continue to live in Pengcheng, and gave Yu Ban a sum of money, so that he could live the rest of his life in peace and stability, and Zhang Yan would not be hired again for the rest of his life.

A generation of celebrities was banned, and they withdrew from the stage of history, and in the next few decades, they will live like civilians.

For Mao Jue, Zhang Yan is very decisive, just one word, kill!

Without too many reasons, without any recruitment, Mao Jue was directly pushed out and beheaded to show the public.

Because, if there was no Mao Jue, Yu Ban probably would not have done such a thing, and in Li Dian's confession, he also pointed the finger at Mao Jue, saying that Yu Ban was instigated by Mao Jue.

In fact, Zhang Yan also understood that Li Dian was deliberately exculpating the ban and pushed everything on Mao Jue.

Mao Jue didn't complain, and when he was dying, he didn't say a word.

For Mao Jue, when he was captured in Puyang, he should have died, but Yu Ban persuaded him to survive, in fact, Mao Jue's heart was still towards Cao Cao, when Zhang Yan's shili was bigger, the more Mao Jue hated himself.

Until recently, Mao Jue finally found a way to fight back, but he didn't want to be strangled in the cradle by Zhang Yan again. And Zhou Yu didn't seem to believe them all the time.

Along with Mao Jue, Sun Yi was also a young man, who was so frightened that he peed his pants when he was dying.

When the executioner slashed down, the two heads of Sun Yi and Mao Jue fell to the ground.

Yu Ban was deposed, Mao Jue was beheaded, and the Xunyang Navy was completely vulnerable in front of the Jiangdong Navy Army, lacking a commander who could effectively command the battle.

Zhang Yan then transferred Zhang Liao to Xunyang in accordance with Chen Deng's last words, and was fully responsible for the training of the navy. In addition, Zhang Yan sent Xu You, Cui Yan, Chen Lin, and Gao Rou to serve as Zhang Liao's staff, and promoted Li Dian to the right general and served as Zhang Liao's deputy. Chen Ying and Lü Dai stayed in Xunyang temporarily, and after Zhang Liao arrived, they led the army back to the station.

After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu led the army back to Pengcheng. As for the Jihua who attacked Jiangdong, it slowed down temporarily, at least after experiencing these successive defeats, Jiangdong's combat effectiveness was highlighted, although Sun Ce died, but Sun Quan had already mastered the entire situation in Jiangdong, if there was no strong military force, it would be impossible to pacify Jiangdong, as well as Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, Liaodong and other places that were still divided into one side.

A few days later, Zhang Yan returned to Pengcheng, and he was greeted no longer by cheering applause, but by a series of more responsible and tricky political affairs.

In the past few years, Zhang Yan has been busy expanding his territory, the army has expanded very much, military expenditures, and the consumption of grain and grass is also very huge, and the development of commerce only exists in Xuzhou, a few other states outside Xuzhou, because they have just been occupied, in order to buy the hearts of the people, some places reduce taxes, and some places even directly exempt taxes for three years, even if the places that can be taxed, in the collection of taxes, there are very few.

It seems that Zhang Yan's territory is very large, but the treasury has been empty, before the hard work, the development of Xuzhou's commerce, the various taxes collected, is not enough for a year's expenditure of thirty percent, it can be said that Zhang Yan has reached the point of making ends meet, this year's military salary can be truthfully paid, is still an unknown number.

Without money, it is difficult to move an inch.

Now, Zhang Yan's shili range has reached a critical point, and it has reached the point where it must be solved.

For this reason, Chen Qun, the chief farmer, personally rushed to Jizhou to persuade the rich gentry to contribute, but because Hebei had just been pacified, the enthusiasm of the rich gentry was not very high, and the money raised by Chen Qun was very limited, so he had to end in failure, and returned to Pengcheng in a gloomy way to report to Zhang Yan.

A penny stumps the hero, and the papermaking and printing technology invented by Zhang Yan have also reached a bottleneck of development, and the opportunities to make money are becoming fewer and fewer.

Money! Money! Money!

Zhang Yan's mind is now full of money, and money is needed everywhere, but he is exhausted and has no money.

For the first time, Zhang Yan felt the troubles brought about by the non-war, and how to get money in a short period of time has become an urgent problem to be solved! (To be continued......)