The Three Kingdoms

"Ling Cao, you just came back from Kuaiji. Tell me, how is the battle going in Kuaiji?" Sun Quan was wounded and was not suitable for hard work, so he entrusted Zhang Zhao with cleaning up the battlefield and building the city wall, and returned. After leaving the county guard's mansion and sitting in the center, he began to pay attention to the battle in Kuaiji County.

"Don't worry, my lord, news has come from Kuaiji today. My lord has captured Shanyin a few days ago. General Zu Mao has also led his troops to the south and captured Taimo. He is continuing to attack the southern county. Kuaiji has basically been pacified. gone."

Ling Cao said softly.

"Where's Guo Yi?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and asked.

"My lord didn't kill him, but he was already terminally ill, and he was bedridden with a serious illness. It's not been a few days, but I heard that he is still waiting for the battle report from Wu County."

"very good!"

Sun Quan sneered, and said: "Since he wants the battle report from Wu County, you can give it to him, and help me send Wang Lang's head to him, and I will let him die in peace."

In this battle, he killed and injured more than 8000 brothers, and he held a wave of anger in his heart. He couldn't spread his anger on those Kuaiji prisoners, but Guo Yi, the mastermind, he didn't intend to let go, and he would be angry even if he died.

"promise!"

Ling Cao was horrified, and looked at Sun Quan with a more serious gaze. This young man is not a good person, he is definitely a person who will take revenge.

"By the way, Ling Cao, try to do the ideological work of those Kuaiji prisoners these days. These are a group of rare elites who can survive this battle. They must be very strong and tenacious. Use, it is a good harvest!" Sun Quan stretched out his hand to see off the guests.

"Got it."

Ling Cao's expression changed, and he immediately understood what Sun Quan meant.

"There is one more thing that you have to do!" Sun Quan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said.

"Sir, please order!"

"Wang Lang scuttled and sank all the ships of the Kuaiji Navy, all of which sank in Taihu Lake, but the damage was not serious. You dispatched five hundred soldiers to Taihu Lake to salvage these boats one by one."

[Text 1 Chapter Sun Quan's Ambition for the Sea]

"Fill the boat?" Ling Cao was slightly taken aback, somewhat confused.

"Yes, in order to stimulate the morale of the Kuaiji soldiers, Wang Lang imitated Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and sank all the warships of the Kuaiji Navy. Some small boats sank in the moat, and other warships sank in Taihu Lake. .”

Sun Quan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The warships of the Kuaiji Navy are all high-quality warships. Even if he scuttled them, the damage will not be serious in a hurry, and they can be repaired. You dispatch five hundred soldiers, Immediately salvage all the warships and send them to... I remember that there is a shipyard in the west of Wu County under the name of the Sheriff's Mansion, so I sent them there for repairs."

There is a construction dock next to Taihu Lake in Wujun County Sheriff's Mansion, which is used to manufacture warships.

However, Wu County has been in chaos these years. Sheng Xian, the county guard, has no jurisdiction, and the captain, Xu Gong, only cares about the thousands of soldiers under his command. There is no development for Wu County's navy, and no one allocates funds for the dock. , naturally it was abandoned.

"Okay, I understand, let's do it immediately!" Ling Cao immediately understood, nodded, went out, and began to dispatch soldiers to salvage the sunken ship.

After the battle in Wu County, Sun Quan deeply understood one thing. In Jiangdong, without an elite navy, there is no relative mobility.

"Wu County is enough to fight this battle once. I can't survive it again. This time, it is a big loss for the rapid transport of troops by the water army. However, it seems that the Jiangdong navy must develop rapidly. .”

There are many rivers and lakes in Jiangdong, and the waterways extend in all directions. The navy is more important than the cavalry. In the past, Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and he, in fact, did not recover too quickly from the Central Plains model. Instead, they paid attention to the development of the navy. into the cavalry.

Now Sun Quan understands thoroughly that there may not be an elite cavalry in Jiangdong, but there must be an elite navy.

The Jiangdong army, not counting the county soldiers from all over the country, numbered [-] before they went out to fight, and they were all elite troops. Sun Jian supported [-] elite Jiangdong army with one county in Wujun, which is relatively right. He is not rich, and even a little militaristic.

Of course, the premise of this militarism is also to pave the way for the capture of Danyang and Kuaiji. The Sun family has a certain ambition for Danyang County and Kuaiji County, so it can only be regarded as an advance payment.

An army, weapons, armor, food and wages cost astronomical figures, especially the cavalry, and the establishment of the overlord's cavalry under Sun Ce's command cost Jiangdong too much money.

In addition, the infantry is the main force to capture the city, so Sun Jian naturally attaches great importance to it, so if the military expenditure is insufficient, he can only save money, and the money saving is on the head of the Jiangdong navy.

Since the establishment of the navy, a new ship has not been built, and it can be seen that the Sun family does not pay enough attention to the navy.

The water army led by Jiang Qin is basically from the warships seized by the Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers from the Danyang water army, and some were left by the original Wujun water army, and then seized from the Taihu water village. Those who came came together in a mess, barely forming a navy.

"Build a ship, you must build a ship!"

In the lobby of the Sheriff's Mansion, Sun Quan sat on the top seat, gritted his teeth, and murmured firmly: "I have been traveling for too long, I am confused, and I am focused on the land. , I almost forgot, I am in Jiangdong now, Jiangdong is not only facing the inland river, but also a large sea under the blue sky and white clouds outside."

"This sea is the most important thing. I want to conquer the sea of ​​800 years ago!"

Sun Quan's expression became more and more excited, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. He really wanted to see the Pacific Ocean more than 800 years ago, and also wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean to see Europe in this era.

At this time, Europe is still under the Roman Empire, right?

If the Jiangdong Army can land in Europe one day, Sun Quan will let himself feel that he has contributed to this era.

"Although Jiangdong's warships can't sail in the sea at all, as long as we pay attention to it, gather private shipbuilding craftsmen, and are willing to vigorously develop it, I don't believe that we can't research naval warships?"

There was a confident smile on Sun Quan's lips. He really didn't know how to build a ship, and he didn't even know how to lay the keel. But he believed that the wisdom of the common people was invincible. As long as the Jiangdong shipbuilding craftsmen were gathered together, a research institute would be developed. , strong support.

He really didn't believe that human wisdom could not defeat this sea.

Sometimes technology is not the key. In the spirit of scientific research in the 21st century, only by daring to think and do, can you discover what you don't know and take the most critical step.

Of course, the establishment of a navy is just an unrealizable ambition of Sun Quan. The most important thing is to build a navy strong enough to suppress the entire Jiangdong. He remembered that the Jingzhou navy is also good. If the Jiangdong navy is not as good The Jingzhou navy, he should have been killed head-on.

"But who will be the commander of the navy?" If you want to rapidly develop Jiangdong's navy, you must have a leader who is familiar with the navy and has outstanding capabilities, otherwise it will be a mess.

Sun Quan squinted his eyes and began to think about this issue. Although Jiang Qin is now commanding the navy, Jiang Qin is obviously not capable of landing the position of the commander of the navy.

"Zhou Yu? That's right, I forgot about Zhou Yu. The number one strategist in Jiangdong, the future commander of the navy of Soochow, is familiar with water warfare. He burned a chain of boats and killed them with one fire. Therefore, the Jingzhou navy won the battle of Chibi. Your great hero, how could I have forgotten you."

Sun Quan had a flash of inspiration, recalled it, and laughed out loud, echoing in the empty hall: "This navy commander was originally yours, and now you are the only one who will be in charge. After the battle of Danyang is over, I will The young master will drag you out from the elder brother."

There was a candidate for the head of the navy, so Sun Quan began to call out the files of the county government to inquire about some skilled shipbuilders and carpenters who could build warships. These people have more or less records in the files of the county government.

With Zhang Zhao here, Wu County cleaned up the battlefield and built the city wall... Sun Quan didn't need to pay too much attention to these aftermaths. Zhang Zhao's ability can definitely handle things properly. Within three days, Wu County will be able to restore calm.

So now Sun Quan began to focus on establishing a research institute for shipbuilding technicians. He must develop Jiangdong's water army, then develop the navy, and then conquer this still dangerous sea.

"Liu You, this is not bad, he has experience in independently manufacturing battleships!"

"Xu Shui, this one is even better. He actually participated in the construction of Kuaiji Louchuan, so he must be familiar with Louchuan, so he can't miss it."

After being busy for almost two or three days, Sun Quan looked at almost all the files of the Sheriff's Mansion before finding out a few capable shipbuilders, and wanted to call on them one by one.

But at this time Zhu Zhi came to him, and he remembered that there was still a small tail that had not been dealt with in this war, so the shipbuilding had to be put aside for now.

"My lord, should we let the hundreds of county soldiers who survived us come back? Now the county soldiers who maintain order are all newly recruited, not enough!" Zhu Zhi hurriedly came to the county guard's mansion to meet Sun Quan, Straightforward way.

Four or five days had passed since the war. Hundreds of county soldiers were slightly wounded, but not seriously. However, Sun Quan still refused to let them return to the county government office. This posture showed that he wanted to swallow the elite county soldiers after the bloody battle under his command.

Zhu Zhi still wanted to rely on this batch of county soldiers as a basis to train the county soldiers in Wu county to a higher level, so of course he wouldn't let Sun Quan swallow it all at once.

"Hehehe... Magistrate Zhu, from now on, they will not be county soldiers." Sun Quan is not willing to let go of this group of bloody soldiers. Is the most elite soldiers and horses.

It's too extravagant to keep these soldiers and horses as county soldiers.