Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

"After Liu Pan's army entered Runan, it headed north all the way, and has already attacked Pingyu, but he didn't realize that the county town captured in the rear has been besieged by our army."

Cao Shuo asked in surprise, "Where did you get the soldiers?"

Cao Cao smiled wickedly and said, "I transferred all the county soldiers from Yanzhou to Yuzhou."

"????"

Cao Shuo wiped off a cold sweat, which means that there is not a single soldier in Yanzhou.

"Are you fighting a war? Are you not afraid of changes in Yanzhou?"

Cao Cao said: "With you here, I still worry about some accidents, but is it appropriate for you to transfer me to the Xianbei Protectorate now?"

He was about to close the net, but Cao Shuo sent him to the prairie with an edict.

Cao Shuo said angrily, "Didn't I give you a month?"

Cao Cao was speechless: "Without me, what can that bastard Cao Ang prepare for?"

Cao Ang's face turned dark, and he finally got out of your control range, and finally he had to accept your control again, "Wei Wang, can you change me to a supervisor."

"What? How dare you despise your father?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang angrily, and was about to kick him, but was stopped by Cao Chun.

Cao Shuo asked, "Will my mother go to Xianbei, or stay in Yanzhou?"

"You are in Luoyang, what is she doing in Yanzhou? Of course she lives in Luoyang."

Then Cao Cao said: "There is no school in Luoyang, throw your brother Cao Pi into the school!"

Cao Shuo's head was full of black lines in an instant, you want to take Bian Yu'er to have a good time.

"There is a school, but babies are not accepted. Isn't Cao Zhi not yet full moon?"

As they talked, they came to Hulao Pass. Standing on Hulao Pass, Cao Shuo recalled how the eighteen princes begged for Dong.

"How can I still remember that someone owed money and didn't pay it?"

Dian Wei said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Zhang Chao, the former prefect of Guangling County, has not paid the food and grass owed!"

"As the saying goes, the son pays the father's debt. Since Sun Ce has taken over Guangling County, let the debt be charged to him."

A scribe stood up behind Cao Cao and said, "Jiang Gan, my subordinate, is willing to go to Guangling County to complete this matter."

Chapter 388 Unbelievable, Luoyang is so magnificent

"My dear, is this Luoyang City?"

When Dian Wei saw the Luoyang City in front of him, he was stunned. It was much more magnificent than before, at least ten times bigger.

However, this city wall is only one foot high, what can it stop?

But looking at the thickness of the city wall, it is at least twenty feet, and it is no problem to run a horse and carriage on it.

When will this be built?Where can I get these dirt and stones?

Cao Cao looked at the foundation of Luoyang City in front of him and asked, "What is my son planning to build?"

He had never seen such a huge city before, and how much manpower and material resources it would cost.

Why are these soldiers going to build the city wall? Don't they need to fight?These are farmer's jobs, you're just messing around.

That's right, just messing around.

Cao Song exclaimed: "Son, is this city wall used to defend against heavenly soldiers and generals?"

Cao Shuo smiled and said, "It's nothing. You'll be the only ones to sigh when it's finished. It's just the foundation. The inside and outside of the city wall will need to be strengthened. I predict that it will be thirty feet wide, ten feet high, and twelve gates." Made of pure iron."

"Twelve gates?"

Cao Cao's eyes widened. He dared to think about it. He was worthy of being the son-in-law of the Zhen family. "What is my son doing with all this money?"

"You think it was built with my money? I just paid for the construction of my own palace, and the rest were donated by Jizhou's civil and military officials and wealthy merchant clans."

"My grass..."

"Who can attack this?"

Cao Shuo said angrily: "If they can attack Luoyang City, then I don't have to live!"

Cao Shuo's generals were dissatisfied and said, "There will never be any enemy troops within two hundred miles of Luoyang."

"The soldiers of Qingxu Erzhou are not fit enough, let them start tomorrow to help build the city wall."

"No!"

Cao Cao hurriedly asked, "Where is our Cao family's residence?"

Cao Shuo explained: "The mansions of all the ministers are built in a unified way, and private construction is not allowed!"

The drawings are drawn by him by famous craftsmen, and the limited space must be planned in advance.

"How big is it?"

Cao Cao was afraid that his Cao Mansion only had one house, and he might still be able to squeeze together with Mrs. Cao.

"The size of the house is determined according to the salary."

When everyone walked into the city, they found another scene inside. Most of the houses had already been built, and on the plaques in front of the doors, there was someone's home written on them.

Cao Shuo called the guides who had prepared in advance, and said, "Guide the way for the adults and take them to your mansion."

"No!"

After giving all the orders, Cao Shuo led hundreds of carriages to the palace.

In the early morning of the next day, all the officials, civil and military, looked sleepy.

"The dukes are very tired. Let's make a long story short today, and there is no military situation. If not, you can rest for five days."

The ministers were planning to leave, but a guard ran in unexpectedly.

"Report, General Zhao Yun, please see me!"

"Xuan!"

"Xuan Zhao Yun sees you!"

After a while, Zhao Yun in armor came in, glanced at the adults, and said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo suddenly sent an army to attack Hedong County, and General Gao Shun asked for help!"

Gao Shun is the only general in Hedong County, and he has to guard against Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, which is indeed hard enough.

"Huh?" Cao Shuo looked surprised, Dong Zhuo dared to cause trouble?

Do you think that your soldiers have not recovered and cannot fight?

Cao Shuo's face turned cold, and he said, "Pang De, Gongsun Zan, you two will replace Zilong to take over the defense of Hongnong County."

"No!"

"Tian Yu, Yan Rou, Zou Dan, and Yan Gang, the four of you led [-] Xuanjia troops to support Gao Shun."

"promise!"

In the city of Xiangyang, Liu Biao heard that Cao Cao had defected to Cao Shuo, so he hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"Cao Cao and Cao Shuo merged, and Cao Shuo captured Qingzhou and occupied the four counties of Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Sili. Are we going to withdraw Liu Pan's army?"

Kuai Yue said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu Pan has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Yuzhou. Cao Cao's army has been retreating one after another. The capture of Yuzhou is just around the corner. Withdrawing troops at this time may damage morale."

Han Song said: "Your Majesty, although Cao Shuo has a strong army, his soldiers have been exhausted after successive battles against Liaodong, Xianbei, and Pingqingzhou. After training, our army will not have any chance."

Cai Hao said: "Your Majesty, in order to contain Cao's army, our army mobilizes the masses. It is indeed inappropriate to withdraw at this time."

Cai Hao thought to himself, Cao Shuo took over Cao Cao's territory, and would definitely send a general to Runan to command the battle. Then Liu Pan was definitely not an opponent. It would be better if he could die in Runan, so as to clear away a hidden danger for his nephew Liu Cong.

Liu Biao was very worried. He hadn't seen anyone who could take the initiative to attack Cao Shuo and still win him over.

"Report to Your Majesty, Sun Ce's envoy is asking for an audience."

Liu Biao narrowed his eyes. What are they doing in Jingzhou at this time? Could it be that they lost the battle in Qingzhou and want to unite themselves to send troops here?

"Let him in!"

Yan Qian walked into the hall, Liu Biao asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to discuss with His Majesty and study the matter of the warship!"

"Oh?"

Cai Mao narrowed his eyes, and Sun Ce claimed to be invincible in water battles, but he was tortured to pieces in Qingzhou. He didn't expect that they would still want to drag them in now.

Yan Jian said seriously: "Suddenly many warships that we have never seen before appeared in Cao Shuo's army, as well as some special weapons. We have to be on guard, otherwise, when Cao Shuo's navy sails into the Yangtze River, it will be regarded as gathering us. The strength of the three families cannot stop their warships."

Cai Mao sneered and said, "Your Soochow navy is incompetent, don't get involved with us."

Chapter 389

Liu Biao said: "Cao Shuo's warships are more powerful than the Wu Jun's warships that are invincible on the Yangtze River?"

Old Yan Yan blushed and explained: "The opponent's warship is several times larger than ours, and the warship is equipped with catapults and strong crossbows. The crossbow bolts are more than ten inches thick, three feet long, and have a range of three to four hundred steps. As long as it is hit by a crossbow arrow, the building and ship will immediately fall apart."

"hiss!"

Everyone gasped, this was too terrifying, usually they relied on bows and arrows most in water battles, first they shot indiscriminately, until they were almost killed, and then they fought in close combat.

But the attack range of Cao Shuo's big ship was beyond their imagination.

Cai Mao frowned and asked, "Isn't it because you misread it?"

Yan Jian replied: "If General Cai doesn't believe it, he can personally lead an army to Qingzhou to have a look!"

Cai Mao's head was full of black lines in an instant, my mother ran from Jingzhou to Qingzhou, I was sick.

Kuai Yue asked, "How many big ships does Cao Jun have?"

"Our army only saw five ships. According to my military adviser's guess, there should be no less than ten ships!"

"Ten ships?"

Liu Biao was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat. If this is the case, is the Yangtze River still safe?

Kuai Yue thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to combine the strength of our two families to study warships, but if we want to compete with Cao Shuo, we may not be able to do it within three to five years."

Researching warships is not a matter of a day or two, and they don't know where Cao Shuo got the blueprints from.

Yi Ji reminded: "Earlier Liu Bei exchanged food and war horses from Cao Shuo, and traded them to Cao Shuo for many shipwrights. Could it be that they were just for researching warships?"

impossible!

How long has Liu Bei been here?

Even if they rush to work day and night, it is impossible to build such a huge warship in such a short period of time, let alone one or two ships.

Kuai Yue squinted his eyes and said, "Cao Shuo used these shipwrights, probably not shipbuilders. Maybe he deliberately called these boatwrights to Jizhou to prevent us from catching up with him."

Yan Jian agreed: "Our Lord Taiwei also means the same thing. Cao Shuo asked Tang Mao to recruit a group of shipwrights in Kuaiji County last year. Maybe these talents are the key to shipbuilding."

Liu Biao said: "The stability along the Yangtze River is due to the advantage of the navy. If we lose this advantage, Cao Shuo's army can come to the city at any time."

After discussing with the ministers, Liu Biao agreed to Sun Ce's suggestion to build a shipyard in the mulberry picking area of ​​Pengze Lake, named Jiangnan Shipyard, and the three companies jointly invested.

To pick mulberry is Liu Biao's Jiangxia in the northwest, and Yuan Shu's Lujiang in the southwest. The geographical location is very superior, and the water surface of Pengze Lake is extremely wide, which is not only good for hiding, but also for experimenting with warships at any time.

On the first day of June in 192, the construction of Jiangnan Shipyard was officially completed, and Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu came to inspect it in person.

Yuan Shu said: "As long as our warship can be researched, then Cao Shuo is nothing to worry about."

Liu Biao also said confidently: "Cao Shuo's big ship can accommodate 5000 people, so we will build a big ship with 1 people."

Zhou Yu's head was full of black lines. Do you want to be so floating? A big ship with a capacity of 1 people is flashy. If it is shot by the opponent's heavy crossbow, who can bear the loss.

Sun Ce smiled and said: "1 people is a bit too much. If I can have 7000 people, I will dare to lead an army to attack the hinterland of Qingxu."

"Report, Chen Lin from Zhen's Chamber of Commerce has come to the city of picking mulberry."

"what?"

Everyone looked horrified, their shipyard was very hidden, few generals in the army knew about it, did he come here to pick mulberries at this time for the shipyard?

Zhou Yu asked eagerly, "Did the other party say why and what happened?"

"The other party said it was about shipbuilding!"