The battle of Cheng De ended with Liu Mang's army winning a pyrrhic victory.
In Liu Mang's army, more than 2,300 of Cheng De's 3,000 soldiers died, more than 200 were seriously injured, and less than 100 survived.
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry also lost more than 800 people. Adding the Xiliang Cavalry, Liu Mang's army suffered heavy losses.
On the other hand, Xiahou Yuan's army was completely annihilated. Wei Yan's Red Coat Camp was also completely destroyed by Liu Mang. He used Gan Ning's Sovereign Rank to send him to hell.
The whole of Cheng De was a mess, corpses were everywhere.
Liu Mang thought that he was already very cold-blooded, but at this moment, he felt a kind of bitterness.
Liu Mang had already expected the battle with Cao Cao, but he didn't plan to start the battle like this. He had already started the battle in order to reduce the amount of blood lost in the civil war.
The Five Barbarians Chaos, this was the bloody lesson of the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin.
"Gan Ning greets His Highness King of Han!" Gan Ning also got off the warship and entered Cheng De.
"Xingba!" Liu Mang saw Gan Ning, and Liu Mang's mood improved a little. He really hadn't seen Gan Ning for a long time.
"Your Highness!" Gan Ning saw Liu Mang and wanted to kneel down to greet him.
"Hey, no need to be so polite." Gan Ning was really Liu Mang's first general in the sea. If Liu Mang wanted to be a man like the Pirate King, then Gan Ning would be his warship.
Liu Mang and Gan Ning hadn't seen each other for a long time. The two talked for a long time, and Cheng De City was handed over to Liu Ye.
Everything in the city needed to be reorganized.
Gan Ning told Liu Mang about the interesting things in the sea, the various benefits of Liu Mang's sea ban, and the local customs of other places.
For Gan Ning, Liu Mang was really the person who made him, Gan Ning, start afresh.
If it wasn't for Liu Mang, Gan Ning would probably still be a mere Jingzhou Commandant.
Not to mention now that he had seen the vast sea.
In the past, Gan Ning felt that the Great Han Dynasty was the world. Now, he felt that the Great Han Dynasty was just a place.
"Xingba, are you interested in the ocean?" Liu Mang suddenly.
"ocean ocean ocean?" Even if Gan Ning had the authority of a Sovereign, he would only sail around the coastline. The furthest he could go was the Xinluo Dynasty.
"Ocean ocean, Xingba, I'm teaching you the navy of the Great Han Dynasty, not the coastal fleet!" Liu Mang smiled and said to Gan Ning.
"As long as you, Gan Ning, go wherever you go, it will be the territory of the Great Han Dynasty!" Liu Mang said to Gan Ning.
"Wherever I go, it will be the territory of the Great Han Dynasty?" Gan Ning's eyes widened. There were two people that the generals admired. One was Wei Qing, and the other was Huo Qubing. Why were these two famous people famous? It was because they had fought against the foreign races. Similarly, they had expanded the territory of the Great Han Dynasty by almost half.
To Gan Ning, the things that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had obtained on land could not be compared to the things at sea. Not to mention other things, just the south of Jiaozhou was a vast piece of land.
"But Your Highness, how many Sovereign Grade warships are there?" Gan Ning asked doubtfully.
"After this matter, I will ask the captain to work overtime to build more Sovereign Grade warships. When you go out to sea, I guarantee that there will be at least 30 of them!"
"30?" Gan Ning was also stunned by Liu Mang's number. Three Sovereign Grade warships were already enough to make Gan Ning ecstatic. Thirty?
"30 warships? Not all of them are Sovereign Grade warships!" Liu Mang also shook his head. If he was given three to five years, he might be able to gather that many. However, he, Liu Mang, would not be able to gather that many in a short period of time.
"12 warships. The lowest is 12 Sovereign Grade warships. In addition to the various auxiliary warships, there will be a total of 30 warships. In addition, I will increase the quota for Ling Chao's Marine Corps to 30,000 people!"
"A fleet of 30 warships, 12 Sovereign Grade warships!" Gan Ning was also ecstatic. "Thank you, Milord. Thank you, Milord. Rest assured, I will not disappoint Milord's trust!"
While the two were discussing, Zhang Liao came back.
"General Zhang Liao, did you manage to catch up with Wei Yan?" Liu Mang asked Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao shook his head. Liu Mang's order to Zhang Liao was not to be questioned. But now that Wei Yan has not been seen, it means that Wei Yan has escaped.
"Your Highness, please punish me for my incompetence!" Zhang Liao knelt in front of Liu Mang.
"Forget it. Forget it! "Liu Mang shook his head. It was not Zhang Liao's fault that he could not catch up with Wei Yan. He could only say that Wei Yan was too cunning.
"Wei Yan, Wei Yan, I hope you have escaped back to Cao Jun's camp!" Liu Mang was really afraid that Wei Yan would disappear without a trace. As long as Wei Yan was still with Cao Cao, then Liu Mang would have the opportunity to take revenge.
If Wei Yan did not die, how could the souls of the Red Coat Camp rest in peace? If Wei Yan did not die, how could the souls of Ju Shou rest in peace? If Wei Yan did not die, how could the 20,000 soldiers of Yangzhou rest in peace? If Wei Yan did not die, how could Cheng De rest in peace?
"Milord, what about Xiahou Yuan and his father?" Liu Mang promised that as long as Xiahou Yuan and his father told him about Wei Yan's whereabouts, he would release them.
But now, Wei Yan was not caught.
"Go, release them!" Liu Mang waved his hand and said.
"Release them?"
"The Divine Corps has been destroyed, Xiahou Yuan is useless!" Liu Mang shook his head. It was useless to keep Xiahou Yuan, it was better to send him back.
"Yes!"
"Cheng De is fine, but we have to be on guard against Cao Cao's reinforcements. Where is Ling Chao?" Liu Mang shouted.
"This general is here!"
"Ling Chao, you command 2000 Marine Battalions and station them in Cheng De. Assist Minister Liu in organizing Cheng De!"
"Yes, General!"
"Zi Yang, you go and bring those craftsmen to Xingba's warship and settle them down! If you cannot do it, immediately blow up everything in Chengde and retreat to the Yingshui River. Return to the Yangtze River and wait for my news! "Liu Mang could abandon Chengde but he could not afford to lose the craftsmen in Chengde.
"Yes!" Liu Mang nodded.
After settling Cheng De, Liu Mang left for Lujiang.
"Milord, do you want the three Monarchs to go together?"
"There is no need!" Liu Mang shook his head. If the Monarchs went there, the flow of water would be very small. It would be bad if they failed miserably.
Liu Mang immediately led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and set off for Lujiang.
The one in charge of Lujiang was Liu Mang's father-in-law, Lü Bu. In the past few days, he had been competing with Cao Cao.
Guo Jia was not there, so Cao Cao's strategy was greatly reduced. As for Lü Bu, because of the improvement of his martial arts, his state of mind had also changed. He was no longer the person who would be angered by Cao Cao's attack.
The two of them were like the battle between Cao Cao and Lü Bu. They were evenly matched, and each of them had their own victories and defeats.
When they arrived at Hefei, Liu Mang and Zhang Liao separated. Zhang Liao led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to help Lü Bu. Liu Mang directly entered Shouchun.
"Milord, you are back?" Xu Shu immediately greeted him.
"Yuanzhi, you have worked hard!" Liu Mang looked at the increasingly haggard Xu Shu and felt apologetic.
"No matter, no matter!" Xu Shu shook his head.
Ju Shou was dead, Zhuge Liang was not here, and Lu Su went to Lü Bu. The only one who could carry the banner in the city was Xu Shu.
"How is the situation in the city? How is Cao Jun now? "Liu Mang anxiously asked Xu Shu.
"Milord, Cao Jun and Wen Hou are not important, but Your Highness must take a look at this information!" Xu Shu took out a letter and handed it to Liu Mang.
Liu Mang opened the letter and was immediately stunned.
…
In Cao Cao's camp, Wei Yan had escaped back. Cao Cao already knew that Wei Yan's Red Coat Battalion was completely annihilated. Even Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ba did not return.
Cheng De's plan was ruined.
Cao Cao's face was gloomy but he immediately changed his expression. He looked at Wei Yan who was kneeling on the ground and accepting his punishment. Cao Cao suppressed his anger. After all, without Wei Yan's help, Cao Cao wouldn't have been able to obtain his current territory. He wouldn't have been able to force the Yangzhou army to the point where they were only left with Shouchun.
Therefore, Cao Cao helped Wei Yan up with an amiable expression. He told Wei Yan that it was fine and comforted him.
However, this calmness only lasted for a moment.
"Report! Milord, something bad has happened. Liaodong, Liaodong's Xiongnu have invaded the pass. Half of Youzhou has already fallen into the hands of the Xiongnu! "Xun Yu directly sent a messenger from Liaodong to deliver the information to Cao Cao.
"What!"
"What is Xun Yu doing? Xiongnu? Where did the Xiongnu come from? Didn't Prince Xian of the Left only have 100,000 soldiers? "Cao Cao said angrily.
"Milord, it is not that Lord Xun Yu does not want to send troops, but Liaodong, Liaodong has not sent troops for almost three months. Lord Xun Yu has no troops to send!"
"What?"
The good news came in pairs. "Report, Second Young Master, Second Young Master killed Fourth Young Master in Xu Du, in Xu Du, he is the Emperor!"
"What! Puff! " Cao Cao opened his eyes wide and did not react for a moment. He spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately fainted.
"Your Highness Prince Wei!"
"Milord, Milord!"
"Meng De, Meng De!" The whole Cao Jun was in chaos.
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