Yangzhou

The water continued to lap on the shore, and the sound of the rushing water was even more intoxicating, Yuan Yao's eyes widened, standing on the shore, looking at this endless "river", a thousand miles of pride rose in his heart, he had never seen such a scene, the ships in the distance gradually approached the shore, and the body became more and more huge, Yuan Yao couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhou Yu stood aside, calmly looking into the distance, and did not speak.

"That's the boat, how big do you think?"

Suddenly, Zhou Yu pointed to the big boat that was gradually moving in the distance and asked.

Yuan Yao eagerly looked at the big ship that was slowly moving in the distance, frowned, and roughly estimated in his heart, this boat is about twenty or thirty zhang long, and the width is about three or four zhang, and the figures running back and forth on it seem to be a lot, so he replied: "Twenty-five zhang long, four zhang wide, carrying a thousand people?" ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he laughed, nodded and said: "You are very good, in this regard, you have some talent...", paused, and said: "This is four or eight chariots and ships, which is the largest in the chariot and boat, thirty-eight zhang long, four zhang and one foot wide, one zhang and five feet in draft, can carry eight hundred people, has six bed crossbows, one stone thrower, usually arranges two hundred strong crossbowmen, and a hundred sword soldiers..."

Yuan Yao couldn't help but clap his hands when he heard this, and asked, "How many such cars and ships do we have?" ”

"Hmm... There are forty-eight vehicles and ships, and now there are thirty-seven. ”

"In addition to the four or eight cars and ships, are there other cars and ships?"

"Of course, there are two, four, five, two, four, three, and four or six... The two cars are the smallest, and the four or eight cars are the largest... The second chariot is usually used to allow the sword soldiers to board the opponent's ship...", Zhou Yu said seriously, but Yuan Yao kept these in mind, and the huge four-eight chariot ship drove by slowly, followed by some accompanying boats, including two three-three chariot boats, were hovering around the four-eight chariot boat.

Since Yuan Yao arrived in Yangzhou, Zhou Yu took him to his so-called mansion close to the shore, after arriving, Yuan Yao knew what it means to be on the shore, this is completely on the shore, you have to travel by boat when you go out, Yuan Yao was still a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning, and it was difficult to sleep listening to the sound of the tide, but after staying like this for a while, he was used to this kind of life.

Every day, Zhou Yu will take him to see all kinds of ships, there is no lack of that kind of pride in his words, now overseas, the ships of the Han can be regarded as invincible, in the case of having building ships, boats, shooting ships, fighting ships, shippers, boats, boats, vehicles and other types of ships, any enemy encountered overseas, can be crushed, and there has never been a defeat.

Guishan naturally has felt the pressure of the Han naval army, from the initial temptation, to the current naked show of power, the Han ships have even docked in the port of Guishan, forcibly replenished there, Guishan's ships are not large, and there are not many types, and there is no resistance to the fleet formed by so many ships of the Han army.

In this way, Guishan's navy was not bad at the beginning, even if it was not said to be on par with the Han Dynasty's building ships, but there was no problem in resisting one or two, however, there was a Zhou Gongjin on the Han side, and when the navy as a whole fell into the frenzy of pursuing larger and more manned ships, Zhou Yu wrote a book "Multi-ship Joint Policy" very soberly.

Zhou Yu's idea is different from everyone else, not blindly pursuing a large ship, but to unite a variety of ships to form a multi-functional combined fleet, when his book was printed and released, it brought a subversive impact on the Han naval army, after he served as an overseas government, his ideas also began to be implemented in Yangzhou, sure enough, the fleet formed by the combination of a variety of ships is greater than the role of a single type of giant ship.

Under this line of thinking, the Han Navy has innovated, but the next door is still in the original thinking and has never wanted to change, which has caused the current Han Navy to have an overwhelming advantage over them.

Just after watching the ships on the shore for a few days, Yuan Yao couldn't help but be a little proud, and when he returned to Luoyang in the future, he had a lot of talk with those friends, just telling them about these ships, I was afraid that they would be dumbfounded, Yuan Yao thought in his heart, after staying here for four or five days, Zhou Yu was also busy outside all day because he had to deal with all the affairs of overseas governments, and Yuan Yao was idle.

There are not many slaves in Zhou's mansion, Zhou Yu likes to be quiet, in the mansion, only Zhou Yu's wife, and his only son, Zhou Yu's wife is very good to Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao calls her sister-in-law, this is a beautiful and generous, and very virtuous woman, at the same time, she is still literate, Yuan Yao can occasionally see her and Zhou Yu sitting together playing music, the piano is harmonious, which makes Yuan Yao particularly envious.

On this day, Zhou Yu hurriedly returned to the mansion, went directly to the backyard, I don't know what to say, and soon walked out again, and saw Yuan Yao, who was practicing swords in the front yard, directly took his hand, and walked towards the outside of the mansion, Yuan Yao was pulled by him, almost fell, quickly put away the sword, and asked blankly: "Brother?" What happened? ”

"Something happened overseas, you go to sea with me today!" , Zhou Yu said hurriedly, and did not give Yuan Yao time to prepare clothes, Yuan Yao was surprised and happy in his heart, looking at Zhou Yu's appearance, something terrible must have happened overseas, otherwise Zhou Yu would not be so anxious, but he can finally go to sea, this day, he doesn't know how long he has been looking forward to.

Zhou Yu's pace is getting faster and faster, Yuan Yao followed behind him, and the two came to the largest port in Huiji County, which is called Qiantang Port, and many big ships from overseas governments are docked here, at this moment, there are many people here, countless soldiers, sailors, and even officials are running back and forth, seeing Zhou Yu coming, many people came to salute and greet, Zhou Yu asked anxiously: "What about others?!" ”

Yuan Yao stood behind them, a little dazed, but did not ask, soon, two officials supported a soldier in military uniform, came to Zhou Yu, the soldier looked seriously injured, several places were bandaged, extremely weak, now seeing Zhou Yu, he cried even more, wiped his tears, and said: "Jianning Long Island, the general is still there!" ”

"How many are there?"

"Thousands."

"Is your crew okay enough to get on board?"

The man nodded, and Zhou Yu said, "Ready to go to sea!" The officials shouted one after another, Zhou Yu walked directly towards the port, Yuan Yao hurriedly followed behind him, stepping on the plank, Zhou Yu got on a car and boat, Yuan Yao saw clearly, this is one of the few four or eight cars and boats in the Han Dynasty, on the boat, Zhou Yu began to order, a few soldiers each climbed to the side, waving flags in their hands, swinging left and right, probably the flag order.

As the planks were taken away, the car and ship set sail in an instant, not as slow as Yuan Yao imagined, after raising the sails, the car and ship quickly left the port, Yuan Yao looked around, around the four or eight cars and ships, there were still many small cars and ships following, and in front, there were fighting ships, and after that, there seemed to be a huge building ship, which was slowly following.

Yuan Yao was extremely excited in his heart, walked to Zhou Yu's side, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, but there is going to be a war?" ”

Zhou Yu frowned, and said with some emotion: "I hope to have the opportunity to fight." He didn't explain to Yuan Yao, so he roared loudly again: "Speed up!!" Looking at Zhou Yu's irritable appearance, Yuan Yao couldn't help but guess in his heart what was going on to make his brother angry like this, looked around, and finally found an acquaintance by him.

It was when he just came to Yangzhou that he saw the little official, he was also on this boat at the moment, Yuan Yao secretly walked to his side, the man saw Yuan Yao coming, hurriedly bowed, Yuan Yao returned the salute, Yuan Yao asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?" The little official looked at Zhou Yu in the distance, and then asked, "Didn't the servant tell me?" ”

"No, what is it that makes the servant so angry?"

"The natives of Jianning Changdao are reversed..."

"Huh??" , Yuan Yao shouted in surprise, and the officials around him looked at him one after another, he smiled awkwardly, but found that these people were extraordinarily solemn, and none of them could laugh, so he asked again: "Are there a lot of people who rebel?" Why are they all like this? ”

"Alas... This kind of thing has happened frequently recently, but this time it's different, Yangzhou Navy Captain You Tu, he is in Jianning Changdao..."

"Then what are you worried about, it's impossible for the navy to not be able to suppress even some natives?"

"General Youtu went to Jianning Long Island to investigate the terrain, and the navy wanted to build a few cities on Jianning Long Island... He brought only a few great craftsmen, and less than a hundred soldiers..."

Hearing this, Yuan Yao was a little excited in his heart, it seemed that this time he was able to really participate in the war, and the swordsmanship that he had practiced for so long could finally come in handy, but soon, he was no longer so excited, because the ship had been sailing for six days, and it had never arrived at its destination, and Yuan Yao was becoming more and more uncomfortable when sailing on the sea all day.

Yuan Yao only then understood what Zhou Yu meant by hoping that there would still be a chance to fight, at this rate, when they passed, he was afraid that the Han Navy had been wiped out, but he heard that it was not only Yangzhou Overseas Prefecture that rushed to support, but also Jiaozhou and Yizhou, and several surrounding strongholds had sent people to support, so it seems that if this is the case, when the Yangzhou Navy arrives, the war should be over.

After twenty days of sailing, the fleet began to prepare for wartime, the bed crossbows were all aimed at the front, and the soldiers were also ready for battle, Yuan Yao learned that they had reached their destination, but when he looked into the distance, he saw nothing but the endless ocean.

Suddenly, he heard the rapid sound of war drums.