The Three Kingdoms

To penetrate the Pacific Ocean, the navy must develop more, and the warships must be stronger and more advanced to be possible. At present, their warships can only turn around in the East China Sea.

"Go north."

Sun Quan groaned for a while before finalizing his decision. He looked at Zhou Yu and explained softly: "If we go south, we will focus on Jiaozhou in the future. For the current Jiangdong, Jiaozhou is not a threat at all, but The north is beyond our reach, we must have some foundations in the north, landing in the north is something we can't wait."

One side is water and soil, the other side is people, and the north and south have their own specialties. The Yangtze River not only makes Jiangdong have a natural defense line, but also makes Jiangdong's footsteps a super big obstacle.

Jiangdong has always been more defensive than offensive.

"You mean, our navy will go north, and then... land in Liaodong." Zhou Yu understood at once, with a slight movement in his heart, he quickly understood Sun Quan's thoughts.

"Well, not only landing in Liaodong, but also the Wa Kingdom and Mahan are our goals. We want to take all of this area, and regard this as the beginning of our expedition to the north. I don't think it may be a good thing."

Sun Quan patted the area of ​​the Liaodong Peninsula on the map, and said: "However, Liaodong is indeed my most important goal. After all, if Liaodong is taken, Jiangdong will no longer lose its horses. Only when Jiangdong has cavalry can horses conquer the world. , instead of just guarding one acre of one-third of one’s own land.”

Because of the lack of horses in Jiangdong, the cavalry is the most lacking. Although there are elite cavalry such as the Bawang cavalry, the cavalry is actually the same as the Bawang cavalry, 10,000+ Jiangdong army, and the total number of cavalry is less than [-]. Too few, This is a dead spot for the Jiangdong Army.

Without cavalry, it is impossible to enter the Central Plains. This is an iron law. After all, in this era of cold weapons, cavalry is the king of war.

"But Gongsun Du of Zhongmou Liaodong has tens of thousands of troops under his command and controls all parts of Liaodong. Recently, I heard that he even attacked Goguryeo, so it's not easy to mess with!" Zhou Yu's expression was moving, but he was still a little cautious, and said in a low voice.

"Liaodong must be taken, otherwise our cavalry has no source. Facing the Central Plains, we can only become spectators. As for Gongsundu, we will collide sooner or later. If we can't defeat a small Gongsundu, it will appear Some of ours failed." Sun Quan's eyes glowed with a cold war light.

"That's right, even a single Gongsundu can't handle it, so why do we go to sea! But what about the south? We don't care." Zhou Yu nodded. Although he is young and mature, he still has the drive that a young man should have, and he agrees. at this point.

"The south can't give up at all. Jiaozhou will fight Jiangdong sooner or later. It must go through the sea to develop. I want to use the fleet to send a group of people to Rinan County, Hepu, and Zhuya to build a naval base and rely on the navy. Develop in secret!" Sun Quan stared at the future Leizhou Peninsula area, his eyes sparkled, and a gleam of wisdom flashed across.

This is also a fertile land that has not been developed.

[Text Chapter 178 Return to Zhoushan]

In the wooden house, Zhou Yu stared fixedly at the map, and said after a while, "Zhongmou, are you planning for Jiangdong's invasion of Jiaozhou in the future?"

Sun Quan's kind of Zhou Yu who takes one step and sees three steps is still admired in his heart. After all, not everyone has such a vision.

Jiaozhou is located in the later generations of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Vietnam. It is far away from the imperial court, and its development is not as good as that of the Central Plains. However, it connects Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Yizhou. It is a good buffer zone for the three forces.

Jiaozhou is vast and sparsely populated. It governs Nanhai, Cangwu, Hepu, Yulin, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan seven counties, but the total population is only over 100 million. It is not as good as Henan before the split in Jiangdong Zhang County.

Compared with the Central Plains, the current Jiaozhou is somewhat backward. It is also called the land of barbarians by the Central Plains people, and it is bitterly cold.

"it is necessary!"

Sun Quan grinned, nodded, and said: "The world is too chaotic, the princes on one side, and the enemies on all sides. If you want to take over the world, Jiangdong must be prepared for the enemy of the world. Our future enemy in Jiangdong will still be Jingzhou, but if you want to attack Jingzhou, the first Jiaozhou will be unplugged sooner or later, sooner or later the land of Jiaozhou will belong to Jiangdong, so the earlier the layout, the better!"

Sun Quan knew that if the six counties in Jiangdong took a breather and accumulated enough strength, the first place Sun Jian would send troops to conquer would be Jiaozhou.

If it is not counted as the sea area of ​​the East China Sea, Jiaozhou is the backbone of Jiangdong. Jiaozhou Nanhai County, Cangwu County, Jiangdong Kuaiji, and Luling County are adjacent to each other. If Jiangdong wants to conquer Jingzhou, the first step must be to win Jiaozhou.

"Jiaozhou Inspector Zhang Jin, although he doesn't know a certain family, he has some knowledge. He is not a hero, and he is not good at management, and he has no generals under his command. Another thing, he used his meager strength to rashly attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou. If you start a war, you will definitely lose."

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, his eyes flickered with contempt, and then he said in a cold voice: "If the Jiangdong Army wants to capture Jiaozhou, there is no need to go to such trouble, just send troops to wipe it out."

"Zhang Jin is naturally not a problem, but in Jiaozhou, the important thing is not Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, but Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi." Sun Quan narrowed his amber eyes and said calmly.

On the surface, Jiaozhou is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, but in fact the biggest force in Jiaozhou is the Shi family. There are seven counties in Jiaozhou, led by Jiaozhi County, and four of them are controlled by the Shi family.

Xie, the head of the scholar family, the current prefect of Jiaozhi, studied under Liu Tao, a great sage in the court and aristocrat of the royal family. This man has outstanding literary talents, profound knowledge, and wide friends.

Compared with Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, Sun Quan was more worried about Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi.

"Shi Xie?" Zhou Yu was a little puzzled, suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he said, "You should be talking about the Patriarch of the Cangwu Shi family, Shi Xie, Shi Weiyan who studied under Liu Tao."

Jiaozhou lived in a remote corner and was not valued by the people of the Central Plains. Compared with Jiaozhou, the information was not very clear. Now in Jiangdong, there is only Jinyiwei, and there are not many others. Compared with the division of power in Jiaozhou, Zhou Yu is not too clear.

However, Shi Xie was quite well-known among scholars, and he had heard of him as a rare scholar in the barren Jiaozhou.

"That's right, this person is the biggest problem for us to capture Jiaozhou."

Sun Quan nodded, with some hesitation in his expression, he let out a long sigh, and said: "Now our focus must be on Liaodong, and I am worried about how many people and who to send to Jiaozhou as our battle against Jiaozhou in the future." Vanguard?"

"Now Jiangdong has no intention of turning against Jiaozhou, so the banner of this group of people cannot be clearly stated, the number of people should not be too many, at most a thousand, and they must be scattered. After all, Jiaozhou is not our territory. If there are too many people, let them Jiaozhou is prepared, it is even more difficult to choose the leader, troublesome!"

Sun Quan looked at the map with a pair of amber crystal eyes, with a green light in his eyes, and he couldn't help reaching out and rubbing the temples of his little head.

"In what capacity do you think they are establishing **zhou?" Zhou Yu asked after pondering for a moment.

"thief!"

Sun Quan pondered for a while, and then spit out a word: "Bandits, pirates, whatever. As long as they can establish a firm foothold and lay a foundation in the two counties of Rinan and Hepu, they will be able to play a big role in the future."

This is the rear of Jiaozhou. If the rear falls, what will Jiaozhou use to start a war with Jiangdong.

"Zhongmou, actually we don't have such a person in our hands, but the lord should have one. You should inform the lord of this matter and let the lord make up his mind." Zhou Yu's eyes moved, and he reminded him gently.

"Yup!"

When Sun Quan heard the words, he had a flash of inspiration and realized that his thinking had entered a dead end again. In such a big Jiangdong, he only thought of two or three kittens under his command, so naturally no one chose them.

If Sun Jian made a move, Jiangdong has a vast land and rich resources, and there is still no such person to be found, and there are dozens of them.

"In this way, I will write a letter immediately. When the fleet returns to Dongzhi, I will ask someone to hand over the envelope to my father. This matter should really be handled by him." Sun Quan immediately lay down on the desk, picked up the brush, and brushed After a few swipes, the letters from home were written one by one.

"Oh, come out so soon, I miss my daughter-in-law, write another letter!" Sun Quan had been out for a few months, and hadn't seen Cai Yan for a few months, so he would naturally think about it, but he seldom has the habit of writing letters, so he hasn't. Write letters home.

After the two letters were written, someone was sent immediately to let the returning fleet bring them back to Jiangdong. Now Dongzhi and Yizhou have fleets coming and going every day, which is very convenient.

……

Under the alliance of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the last trouble in Yizhou was quickly resolved in just five days. The last tribe of the Gaoshan tribe, the Bunun tribe, walked out of the mountain unconditionally and surrendered.

Afterwards, Yizhou continued to open up wasteland in full swing. Of course, it was not just land reclamation. A lot of open-pit iron mines were also found here. This made Lu Fan build a workshop here without saying a word. Then Sun Jian was notified and asked Sun Jian to invite a group of blacksmiths from the Central Plains to manufacture weapons and equipment.

There is Longquan in Kuaiji, Longquan is the hometown of sword casting, and the most are blacksmiths. Jiangdong has never been lacking in this aspect, but relatively speaking, there are not many iron mines in Jiangdong. It’s not that there are not many, but I don’t understand Just detect it.

The means of geographical exploration in today's era are too backward.

The fleet of the Jiangdong Navy went back and forth, migrating from the Central Plains to Yizhou. It was not until the end of June that the population migration from the Central Plains to Yizhou stopped.

This time, in order to open up the big granary of Yizhou, Sun Jian recruited a lot of refugees from the six counties of Jiangdong and the surrounding areas of Jiangdong. A total of 20 people were recruited to settle in Yizhou and develop Yizhou.

This number is quite a lot, and a small county only has this population. With this population, the two counties of Yizhou, Dongyue and Gaoshan can develop rapidly. This place can become a big granary in Jiangdong within three to five years at most.

If there are too many people, it will naturally be a bit chaotic, and the management must be meticulous. Zhou Yu began to assist Lu Fan to set up the management framework of the two counties of Yizhou, and Sun Quan and Sun Ce did not sneak around during this time.

The two brothers selected a total of [-] soldiers from the young and strong of the Gaoshan tribe to form a Jiangdong mountain army. These Gaoshan people have lived in the mountains and forests for many years, fighting wild beasts, and they have a wolfish nature. Sun Quan named them the Canglang Army, and they began training in the mountains and forests of Yizhou.

These thousands of Gaoshan people are very familiar with the mountains, and they can run and fight freely in the mountains and wild forests. Coupled with the weapons and armor provided by the Jiangdong Army, they are even more powerful.