Sun Ce stood on the shore, watching the two captured warships chase after me and strive forward. The drums of war are deafening and rhythmic, and the sailors shout trumpets and paddle vigorously under the command of the war drums. Two long rows of wooden oars, like centipede feet, set off bursts of water and propelled the ship forward.

At a cursory glance, the speed of the ship should have increased by about 30% compared to when it was captured before.

It's not the technical credit, it's the training. After Kuai Qi took over the helm of the Jingzhou Water Division, most of the time he was busy calling friends and talking about it, and occasionally practicing the Water Master was also a form of walking. The Jingzhou Naval Division has always been stationed in Xiakou, even when the Yellow Turban Uprising did not have any fighting in Xiakou, the Jingzhou Naval Division had no combat mission at all, and the soldiers would have been abandoned for a long time, otherwise they would not have been captured by Sun Ce at once Two warships.

Sun Ce didn't plan to let these sailors continue to be wasted, he handed them over to Huang Zhong and asked him to hurry up and train. In order to ensure the effectiveness of training, he also gave priority to ensuring the food of the sailors. Of course, it's not easy to eat enough, every day at the end of training, you have to have a game, you win with extra meals, lose with less meals, and lose two days without food.

Under Huang Zhong's coercion and temptation, these sailors used their strength to eat milk and trained desperately. After more than ten days, the effect is obvious, the rowing action is neat and uniform, and the technical movements of the warship are more proficient in advancing and retreating, and it has become a bit of an elite soldier.

Sun Ce remodeled the warship. The Cai family had a blacksmith, and he asked the blacksmith to build two ramming horns and install them on the bow of the ship to ram the opponent's warship. Don't look at these two ramming horns hidden below the waterline, they look inconspicuous, once they hit the opponent's warship, it is enough to make a large number of warships without watertight compartments flood.

He originally wanted to install a shooting pole, but unfortunately these two warships were medium-sized warships, and the space was limited, so there was no space for such a large combat tool as a shooting pole. Even so, Sun Ce did not give up, and dismantled a few six-stone strong crossbows from the Cai family manor and installed them. This powerful crossbow with a range of up to 300 paces is the best military sniper weapon of this era, and if you can kill the opposing commander before the engagement, it will make a lot of money.

"Can you go into battle?"

"Ready to engage at any time." Huang Zhong's voice was not loud, but he was full of confidence.

"Well, then these two days of training can reduce the intensity and maintain the condition." Sun Ce was very satisfied, watching the two warships hit the target ship almost at the same time, and the collision angle under the water surface hit the target first, almost turning the target ship on its side. The target ship had a large hole in its belly, enough for a man to bend over and drill through. The river rushed in, and the target boat slowly sank under the gaze of everyone.

"Retreat! Withdraw! A high-pitched roar rang out from the warship, a crisp gong sounded, the sailors rowed together, and the warship jerked back a few steps.

"Enter! Enter! The war drums sounded again, and the warship rushed forward again, directly crushing the target ship to the bottom of the ship, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Not bad." Sun Ce was very satisfied. "How are the crossbowmen trained?"

Huang Zhong beckoned, and two hundred crossbowmen stood up, forty with crossbows and one hundred and sixty with bows. These bows are not ordinary bows, but strong bows. Huang Zhong's archery skills were first-class, using a three-stone bow with a range of one hundred and twenty steps, nearly twice that of an ordinary bow. These strong archers did not have his strength, and used a one-and-a-half-stone bow with a range of eighty paces, twenty paces farther than an ordinary bow. Don't look at this small twenty steps, it is likely to be the distance between life and death on the battlefield.

Medium-sized warships can only carry about 100 warriors, and each ship is equipped with 10 crossbowmen and 40 strong archers, which has an advantage in long-range strike capabilities, and can inflict heavy damage on opponents long before the two sides make contact. Next, use the angle collision, if it is not done, the two sides are close to each other, and fifty sword and shield men are enough to gain the advantage.

These things were discussed by Sun Ce and Huang Zhong together, Sun Ce made suggestions, and Huang Zhong was responsible for implementing them.

Sun Ce watched the drills of the crossbowmen and was very satisfied with their results. Being able to train such results in less than ten days, Huang Zhong's ability is enough to be trusted, and Sun Ce also has enough confidence in the next battle.

Using these people to deal with the seriously undertrained Jingzhou sailors, even if there are only two warships, he is sure to cut off the connection between Fancheng and Xiangyang. If he can capture one or two more warships in battle, he will already have a victory rate of more than seventy percent in water battles alone, and he can fight in one battle.

Sun Fu walked over quickly, Cai Ke pulled Huang Achu to stand far away, seeing that the warship was advancing and retreating freely in the water, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

"Bo Fu, when is the war going to be?"

Sun Ce looked at him. "Didn't you say it a long time ago, limited to ten days."

Sun Fu scratched his head. "Ten days, is it ten days?"

"Of course, if a gentleman says a word, it is difficult for a horse to chase. Unless a new military order arrives on Aweng's side, when the time comes, a war will definitely start. ”

"Then you really want to kill more than 300 members of the Kuai family?"

Sun Ce glanced at Sun Fu again, a little annoyed. It's really a pot that can't be opened, do you care about some serious things, do you need to care about these things? "How are you prepared, when the time comes, Hansheng will go to help, and the task of guarding Cai Zhou can be on you."

Seeing that Sun Ce was displeased, Sun Fu avoided the topic in a curtled manner. "Ready, train according to your requirements, without any delay."

"Guoyi, this is the first battle between you and me, whether we fight well or not is directly related to whether we can have the opportunity to lead the troops in the future. In addition, the Kuai family and the Cai family have already made a feud, if you let Kuai Yue go, your sister-in-law's family will not have a good life in the future, and you will also be implicated. You don't want to be scared all day long, just to prevent Kuai Yue from coming to take revenge, right? ”

Sun Fu's face twitched. In that case, Cai Ke would be able to strangle him without waiting for Kuai Yue to come.

"That'...... Can you not kill the Kuai family? ”

Sun Ce was really angry, and said angrily: "Are you interceding for the Kuai family, or for the Cai family?" ”

Sun Fu licked his lips nervously, his eyes wandering.

"It's not only for the Kuai family, but also for the Cai family." Cai Ke kept listening with his ears pricked up, and when he saw that Sun Fu didn't dare to say anything more, he had to go into battle in person and pull Huang Achu over. "The feud between the Cai family and the Kuai family was caused by you, and the bell still needs to be tied to the bell, shouldn't you think about it for us?"

Sun Ce frowned, staring at Cai Ke for a long time, and finally his gaze fell on Huang Achu's face. Huang Achu was disturbed by him, hid behind Cai Ke, and secretly looked at Sun Ce from Cai Ke's elbow.

"Miss Achu, you encouraged my sister-in-law to say this, right? She is an upright person, and she will never do such a thing to repay virtue with resentment. How did you learn to tell right and wrong at such a young age? That's not a good habit. ”

Huang Achu was anxious all of a sudden, poked his head out, and glared at Sun Ce angrily. "You're the one who speaks! Do you dare to swear to God, isn't it to encourage my aunt to humiliate Kuai Qi in order to divide the Cai Kuai family, so that you can break each one? ”

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