The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 222 Military Movement
Jingzhou currently has a main force of 12, including [-] navy and [-] infantry.

Considering that this autumn and winter season, Cao Cao is likely to attack again, and the main battlefield will definitely be on the Han River, so it is very necessary to strengthen the strength of the navy.

Therefore, after Zhang Wu had a conversation with Wenpin, he transferred Wenpin to Jiangxia to assist Gan Ning in managing Jiangxia City and leading the Jiangxia navy.

Jingzhou is located in the south. Not only is the Yangtze River passing through the territory, but other water systems are also very developed. In addition, there used to be a territory close to the north like Nanyang County, so most of Jingzhou's generals are amphibious.

For example, Gan Ning, Wenpin, Wei Yan, Liu Pan, Fu Xun, Kou Feng, etc., can lead both infantry and water troops to fight, but Gan Ning and Wenpin are better at water warfare, while Wei Yan The others are a little worse in water battles.Although the veteran Huang Zhong also knows a little about water warfare, he is not as good as land warfare after all.

Zhang Wu wanted Wenpin to get acquainted with the navy in advance, and told him that there might be a conquest against Jiangdong next spring, when the navy would be the main offensive force.

Wenpin knew that Zhang Wu was planning to reuse him further, because the main force of the Jingzhou army was the navy, and the main force of the navy was the Jiangxia navy.Wenpin learned from Zhang Wu's words that he went to Jiangxia this time not only to familiarize himself with the navy, but also to take over from Gan Ning to guard Jiangxia.

Gan Ning, as Zhang Wu's number one confidant general, could not stay in Jiangxia all the time, but Jiangxia is too important to Jingzhou at present, and is the first line of defense against Jiangdong's invasion. The warriors who are proficient in water warfare will guard it.

In the past, this person was of course Gan Ning.Gan Ning's ability is well known in the world now, and he has always been the number one general of the Jingzhou military under Zhang Wu's command, and Zhang Wu's sworn brother, and Zhang Wu's most trusted general.

Now that Zhang Wu is deeply entrenched in Jingzhou, with Zhang Wu's ability, he is definitely not willing to be trapped in Jingzhou, and he will definitely expand his army when he has the opportunity in the future.And Gan Ning, as a super-class fighter, will definitely be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Zhang Wu to lead the Jingzhou army to charge into battle.

Therefore, Zhang Wu had to consider in advance a person who could succeed Gan Ning, and this person was Wenpin.

For such a long time, Wenpin has proved his loyalty to Zhang Wu, and Zhang Wu knows that Wenpin is not the kind of person who easily betrays his master.Wenpin originally came from a poor family, but now because of Zhang Wu's reuse, the Wen family has grown into a quite powerful family, so Wenpin is also very grateful to Zhang Wu.

There is no problem with loyalty, and there is no need to question ability.Although Wenpin was not as good as Gan Ning in martial arts, and was slightly worse than Gan Ning in commanding water battles, Wenpin was better at governing the place than Gan Ning, and could be regarded as capable of both literary and military skills.

Moreover, Wenpin's ability has been proved in the original book. When he guarded Jiangxia, he repelled the attacks of Guan Yu and Sun Quan many times. He guarded Jiangxia for decades, so that Sun Wu did not dare to invade.You must know that after Zhou Yu's death, although the successor Lu Su was not good at attacking, the subsequent Lu Meng and Lu Xun were not bad, especially Lu Xun. How is Wenpin's ability?

Afterwards, Zhang Wu ordered [-] of the [-] infantry from the original Wenpin Department to join the [-] Liu Pan's old troops transferred from Changsha to form an army, led by General Zhenwei Liu Pan, and General Fu Xun as his deputy to assist Liu Pan.

The other [-] infantry were temporarily commanded by Wei Yan, and Xing Daorong was temporarily in command of the Wuwei Battalion during this period.

Zhang Wu asked the major families to use their foreign trade to purchase war horses, and he planned to expand and train a thousand cavalry.

In this era, war horses are very important strategic resources, and it is difficult to buy them.

There are three kinds of horses in the Three Kingdoms period, one is Wuheng horse, which is of medium size, mainly produced in Bingzhou and Youzhou.Gongsun Zan's "White Horse Yi Cong" is this kind of horse.

The second type is the Xiongnu horse, which is a large horse. Its origin is in the Dawan and Xiayue areas of the Western Regions. It is the ancestor of the current Arabian horse.This kind of horse was introduced after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was generally produced in the Liangzhou area. The so-called "Xiliang Iron Cavalry" used this kind of horse.

The third type is the Southern Horse, which is a horse that lives in the south and is distributed in Jingzhou, Yizhou and other places. However, it is short in stature and is not suitable for use as a war horse.However, this kind of horse can endure hardships and stand hard work, and is suitable for use as a pack horse for logistics transportation.

Now Bingzhou is controlled by Cao Cao, Youzhou is occupied by the Gongsun family, and the Gongsun family also surrendered to Cao Cao on the surface, and Liangzhou is the sphere of influence of Ma Teng and Han Sui.

The war horses in Bingzhou and Youzhou were strictly controlled, and basically they could not be bought, because Cao Cao himself did not have enough.So Zhang Wu asked the major families to try to go north along the Han River, passing through Hanzhong to Liangzhou to buy horses.

Because horses are very expensive, there were many big businessmen who sold horses to make a fortune.When Liu Bei raised his troops to ask for the yellow scarves, there were horse merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang from Zhongshan who sent fifty war horses.

When Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou, he ordered Song Xian and Wei Xu to buy [-] horses, but Zhang Fei snatched half of them. This really angered Lu Bu, and he directly raised troops to attack Liu Bei.Liu Bei was so beaten that he couldn't bear it anymore. He wanted to return the horse, apologized, and asked for a strike.But Lu Bu refused, so Liu Bei had to run to join Cao Cao.

It can be seen how precious war horses are in this world. It was not a loss to exchange Cao Ren and Yu Jin for a thousand war horses with Cao Cao.

If you want to buy horses from Cao Cao, you don't have to think about it, but Liangzhou is remote and has insufficient products. If Jingzhou exchanges some supplies such as grain, you should be able to get some with Ma Teng.Besides, when selling books, some aristocratic families in Liangzhou also cooperated with Jingzhou. You can take advantage of these relationships. Anyway, Liangzhou and Jingzhou are not hostile now.

After arranging almost everything in the army, Zhang Wu got good news. An official below reported that he had found the kind of flammable black water that the governor wanted.

In Huarong County and Jingling County in South County, when some people dig wells, some dark viscous liquid will occasionally come out of the ground, which can burn.The black smoke produced during burning is relatively large, which makes people feel dizzy and nauseated.

Zhang Wu heard that this should be the crude oil he was looking for, but he didn't expect that it was also available in Jingzhou, which is great.Although Zhang Wu has never been to Huarong County, he has a deep impression of the word "Huarong". Isn't this the place where Cao Cao met Guan Yu and was released when he fled after the defeat in Chibi?
Zhang Wu decided to check it himself. If it is convenient to dig out and the storage capacity is large, then there will be another secret weapon in future wars.Especially in water battles, use a catapult to throw a crock full of oil onto the opponent's ship, and then set the rocket on fire to burn the opponent's warship.

Once oil is ignited, it is not easy to extinguish. It can burn on water. If it burns on a boat, it cannot be extinguished by water, and the more water is used, the more it burns.

(End of this chapter)