Strange Biography of Three Kingdoms

"I reckoned to arrive in these two days, so I asked someone to guard here. I didn't expect the Lord to wait here today." Chen Gong stroked his beard and smiled, "However, Wen Yuan went out early in the morning. Come out with me to meet the lord."

Yuan Xidao: "Gongtai should know that we in Youzhou don't pay attention to this kind of thing, and there is no need to pay attention to it when I am around."

Chen Gong shook his head and said with emotion: "In just one year since the last battle in Fanyang County, our Youzhou can return to such a situation. The admiration that the humble official has for the lord is really indescribable. Without the words of the lord In our eyes, this Youzhou was still poor and poor."

"This is not due to me alone. Without the help of all of you, I would not be able to do it. To be honest, you are the ones who have contributed a little bit."

The two flattered each other, Yuan Xi didn't know whether Chen Gong was sincere or not, anyway, he praised his subordinates sincerely, without them there would be no Youzhou.

After entering the city, Yuan Xi quickly discussed with Chen Gong about the water army.

At present, there are about [-] soldiers and horses in Liaoxi County, but the navy is less than [-], which is obviously not enough.

"My lord, Beizhi and Wenyuan plan to expand the navy to about [-]. I don't know what the lord wants?"

Yuan Xi frowned slightly. Of course, [-] is not much, and it can even be said that it is not much at all, but compared to the [-] soldiers and horses in Liaoxi County, it is a bit much.The location of Liaoxi County is special, and the army is also very important.

"Wentai, the water army already has [-], then pick out from the army--[-] good players in the water, gather [-], and don't move the remaining [-]."

Chen Gong hurriedly said: "My lord, for our plan, naval forces will be very important in the future. If there are only [-] naval forces, it will not be enough."

Yuan Xi laughed and said: "Not only is it not enough, even [-] sailors are not enough. My goal is to have [-] sailors for us."

Chen Gong was confused, "One hundred thousand? Now it's only five thousand, and my lord only intends to increase it by five thousand, so it's only ten thousand. How can we get one hundred thousand?"

"Don't worry about the public platform," Yuan Xi said with a smile, "I mean, it's better for the soldiers and horses we have for the time being to move less. Others will slowly find people with excellent water skills from the people, so that training will be much more convenient." gone."

Water warfare is different from infantry warfare, and it is beneficial to recruit more soldiers from the people.

"This?" Chen Gong hesitated for a moment, then said: "My lord, what you mean is that we don't need to make any big moves on our existing soldiers and horses, and the rest are recruited from the private sector?"

"That's exactly the case. People who know water in the private sector should not only be recruited, but also carefully observed. Those who are particularly powerful can also be reused. Water warfare is different from land warfare. Although you and Wenyuan have good ideas, there are still many knowledge blind spots , let’s gather everyone’s opinions so that we can better develop and strengthen our navy.”

Chen Gong and Zhang Liao, Yuan Xi naturally does not doubt the sincerity and ability of the two, but the construction of the naval army is really completely entrusted to the two, and the two can only develop in their own way, so it is not necessarily true Can develop well.

He recalled some people in his memory, such as Gan Ning, or Jiang Qin, who are good at water warfare. Unfortunately, they are far away in Jiangdong, one in the south and the other in the north. Even if the two have not been recruited at this time, he has not. How can I find two people.

I couldn't help feeling a little pity in my heart, if I could get two of them, it would be much better than Zhang Liao and Chen Gong coming to train in person.

Of course, the two people who were killed, Zhang Yun and Cai Mao, seemed to be good, but the same problem was that these people were beyond his reach.

"Water army generals, we have to train ourselves well." Yuan Xi looked at Chen Gong and said, "When promoting these generals, we must not favor anyone in our hearts, even if the other party is a big bastard, but we have a way of marching and fighting in the water. It can be used, when talent is scarce, try a lot, it is always right."

"Remember the humble job!" Chen Gong nodded to express that he remembered.

The two chatted for a while. In the end, Yuan Xi's goal for Chen Gong was to recruit [-] sailors in three years. Adding the previous [-], it was [-] for the army and [-] for the navy. The total number of troops in Liaoxi County increased sharply. Up to [-], compared to this place, these soldiers and horses are already a lot.

But there is no way, the navy will play a vital role in his future march into the world, and it is also a good role for him to guard against sneak attacks.have to pay attention.

"My lord, I have one more thing to report."

"What's the matter?" Seeing that the chat lasted for a long time, Yuan Xi was also very tired, and was about to ask him to prepare a place for him to rest, so that he could have a good rest, but Chen Gong didn't expect that there were other things that he didn't say.

"It's like this. When Wen Yuan and I first came here, we met some water bandits near Donghai Bay. From time to time, they would go ashore to plunder. I can't subdue them, until now I have lost a lot, but there is nothing I can do. Do you see, my lord?"

water bandit?Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, he was not angry at what Chen Gong said to himself frankly, a clever woman can't cook without rice, Chen Gong is powerful, but in the face of strong opponents on the water, he will not be as easy to use as a god .There is no way and it is normal.

"How many people are there in that water bandit?"

"There are two groups in total, but the two groups seem to have reached some kind of agreement. They not only do not interfere with each other, but also cooperate from time to time. If water bandits appear in the north, we have to go there. When they pass, they disappear, and water bandits will appear in the south again. The coordination is very tacit, even if we don't go to be fooled, but if we really don't go, people are really phony, if you don't go, you go ashore, rob and leave, people have no choice."

"Although our water army is not very powerful, but it is divided into two parts, even if we can't subdue these two groups of water bandits, it should be no problem to stop them, right?"

"The difficulty here is that the two water armies will not only cooperate, but sometimes join together. The number of them is more than ten thousand. Unless we can really grasp their attack intentions, otherwise we will distribute troops casually. This water army who just woke up, how can it be the opponent of that water bandit."

"If the number of people is small, it is indeed difficult to deal with, but where did this water bandit come from so many people? Do you have any definite news."

There are more than ten thousand people in the two bands of water bandits, which really scared Yuan Xi. This is really not a small number. The coastline of Liaoxi County is very long, and there are not many sailors. In addition, the opponents are all proficient in water warfare. Bandit, if this is really an accident...

Chapter 786

If all the newly built naval forces are brought in, the east door will be wide open, and there is really no way for the water bandits to come and go freely in the future.

Although it is almost no different from the door wide open now, the presence of five thousand sailors here is also a peace of mind and a deterrent.

Knowing the number of water bandits, Yuan Xi was even more incapable of fighting against Chen Gong, and he didn't even feel like blaming him at all.He couldn't find any good way to change him for a while.

what to do?Sending a large army to encircle and suppress, not to mention gathering all the troops in Liaoxi County, will take time and effort. How long can you stay together if you gather the army?If people use inaction to control all movements, there is still nothing they can do.

After all, behind them is the busy East Bay, not a road. If the navy is not strong enough, they can only be beaten passively. No wonder Chen Gong and Zhang Liao want to increase the construction of the navy, and they are also troubled by these water bandits.

Yuan Xi had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly said: "Aside from looting, do they kill people?"

"There are occasional murders, but they are all men. They don't kill women and children, but they don't kill people most of the time. It is estimated that only those who dare to stop will be killed. The robbing should only be for their own needs."

After a pause, Chen Gong continued: "Does the lord mean that you want to recruit him to be used by us?"

Yuan Xi gave a thumbs up, "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the military advisers. They just need supplies. Instead of them robbing them, we should recruit them back. We can build our navy and eliminate sea troubles. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone? ?”

Chen Gong said with a wry smile: "Of course I know this, but the other party doesn't agree, and even more so doesn't trust us. If we can convince the other party, why are we in such a difficult situation."

"What about Wenyuan?" Yuan Xi asked, "Does Wenyuan have any good ideas?"

Chen Gong said helplessly: "He just wanted to catch those people and kill them, not to mention that he actually met some of them and was killed by him once, but what effect would it have? Besides letting those people, He hates our officers and soldiers even more, and he is unwilling to surrender to us, which is of no use at all."

Yuan Xi also had a headache, Chen Gong had nothing to do now, Zhang Liao was relying on Chen Gong to figure out many things at this time, it was really difficult for him to come up with some good solutions.

Thinking that I came to discuss with them about the construction of the navy, I didn't expect to encounter these bad things. It seems that I really have no choice but to leave now if I don't solve them.You can't turn a blind eye to it. After Chen Gong said shamelessly that he had no other choice, he could still leave in a big way...

In the future, if there are some big looting incidents, anyway, Chen Gong also said that he has nothing to do, and he really has no responsibility at all...

This old and shameless person, Yuan Xi wondered if this guy deliberately threw this problem to himself.

"General Zhang is back." The guard outside shouted.

Soon there were footsteps outside, and then Zhang Liao, who was dressed up, came rushing in.

"Zhang Wenyuan, meet the lord."

"Wen Yuan is free of courtesy." Yuan Xi looked at him and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan has worked hard for you to come in."

Zhang Liao raised his head, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, and said, "The last general didn't have any hard work, he just did some things that should be done."

As he said that, he turned his eyes slightly to look at Chen Gong, saw him nodding, and then said awkwardly: "The marching speed is faster this time, and a lot of fish that slipped through the net were caught."

Chen Gong hurriedly said: "How many people are there?"

"More than 30 people, hundreds of people could have been caught, but they all escaped."