On the ninth day of the seventh month of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, only three days of inspection in Fuling, Kang Peng left Lu Su, Li Yan and others to train the naval army in Fuling, and then set off with Jia Xu, Pang Tong and others to Yong'an, with the progress of the plan to outflank the Central Plains strategy, Kang Peng decided to move Dong Zhuojun's headquarters to Yong'an, and personally commanded the battle to pacify the south of the Yangtze River.

Kang Peng decided to move to Yong'an, and another intention was to avoid the Qiao sisters, the night after the Battle of Yizhou, Kang Peng was drunk and mistook Xiao Qiao for Da Qiao, and forcibly tarnished Xiao Qiao's innocence. Originally, Xiao Qiao's blame and hatred for Kang Peng, Kang Peng didn't take it very seriously, but every time he saw Da Qiao's resentful tearful face, Kang Peng's little conscience was faintly painful. One day in May, crying like a tearful person Da Qiao found Kang Peng, Kang Peng only knew that Xiao Qiao was pregnant, for this sudden news, Kang Peng was even more headache, busy going to Qiao's house to visit Xiao Qiao, but was smashed out by Xiao Qiao's stormy makeup box bronze mirror, listening to the sound of Qiao's sisters hugging their heads and crying in the room, Kang Peng had no choice but to return in frustration, and within a few days proposed to move to Yong'an, the scars he caused to Xiao Qiao could only be smoothed out with time.

On the tenth day of July in the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Lu Su officially took over as the governor of Dong Zhuo's army, and in the early morning of the same day, Lu Su went to the military camp in Fuling to beat the drum and raise the tent, and the left and right sword and axe hands were erected, and the civil and military generals were gathered to listen to the order. After the three-way drum was finished, all the civil and military forces had already arrived, Lu Su said: "Gentlemen, since the Yellow Turban thieves have been in turmoil, the world has been uneven, the thieves have risen together, the majesty of the Han family has swept the floor, and the people are not happy, Dong Taishi is determined to help the universe and return the world to peace, but our army is weak, and to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, the water army must open the way, and now Lu Su has been wrongly loved by the Taishi, and has taken over the post of the governor of the Xiliang Army. ”

"The last will obey." After Lu Su was polite, although all the civil and military officers were not convinced, they also replied one after another.

After the politeness, it was time for Lu Su to come up with a training plan, but Lu Su said unexpectedly: "Very good, then all the gentlemen will please go back to the water village and train the water army on time, and the governor of Pontus will go down to the water village to inspect at any time." ”

The generals looked at each other, and Fan Chou, who was transferred from the Flying Bear Army to the Navy Army, couldn't help but ask: "Metropolitan Governor, what guidance do you have for the training method of the Navy Army?" Lu Su didn't think about it, and replied casually: "No, just train according to General Gan Ning's previous drills, if you have any questions, you can ask General Gan Ning." As soon as Lu Su's voice fell, all the generals were dumbfounded, Boss Dong removed him because of the slow progress of Gan Ning's training of sailors, and Lu Su actually trained according to Gan Ning's old method, isn't Lu Su afraid of following in Gan Ning's footsteps?

"Any questions?" Lu Su glanced around, and saw that although everyone was dissatisfied or contemptuous, they were more disdainful, so Lu Su said: "Then go and train the soldiers, each of them will keep their duties, the governor of Pontus has set up a military order with the Taishi, within eighteen months, you must train a qualified navy, and when the time of eighteen months is up, if the navy still can't get on the table, the governor of Pontus will be difficult to protect." Speaking of this, Lu Su saw that the generals had not moved, so he added coldly: "Of course, the governor of Pontus will definitely pull his feet and cushion his back before he dies." ”

"Bullshit, the little hairy kid dares to threaten Lao Tzu with a head?" As soon as he came out of the big tent, Fan Chou scolded: "When Lao Tzu was born and died with Taishi, he was still nursing in his mother's arms, and the milk stinked and not dried up, my son is three years older than him, and he dares to threaten Lao Tzu?" ”

"The general scolded well, scolded too right, I don't believe he dared to kill Lao Tzu?" The fierce generals of the Xiliang Army who turned from the Flying Bear Army to the Water Army echoed one after another, and these arrogant generals have followed Boss Dong since Liangzhou, and for more than ten years, who has not made great achievements in the war and developed the temper of the Eighth Master Qiu, then he still put Lu Su, who is only twenty-three years old, in his eyes, plus Lu Su did not come up with the true ability to shock them, they were naturally even more dissatisfied with Lu Su.

At this time, Gan Ning, the former governor of Dong Zhuojun's navy, happened to be passing by, and he also heard the words of Fan Chou and others, Gan Ning shook the bell and said with a smile: "Don't be happy early, the ugly Taishi gave him a gorgeous power, so that he can gorgeously cut off the head of anyone in the navy without asking for instructions, including my beautiful head." With that, Gan Ning walked away, leaving Fan Chou and the others there.

The former generals of the Flying Bear Army were dumbfounded, you look at me, I look at you, these veterans of the Xiliang Army, you are not afraid of the earth, you are afraid of Boss Dong. After a long time, Zhang Jicai said: "Let's be careful, my nephew Zhang Xiu has always been Wen Hou's deputy general, I heard him say that Wen Hou also appreciates Lu Su boy very much, and wants to recruit him as a son-in-law, it's nothing to provoke him, but we can't afford to offend Wen Hou." The generals didn't dare to say more, they all wiped a cold sweat in their hearts, and said in their hearts that this kid's backstage was really hard, and it really Lu Bu's madman, and he could do anything.

Not to mention that the veterans went to train sailors, but after Lu Su left Chen Gong in the account after the generals came out, Lu Su said directly to Chen Gong: "Mr. Gongtai, the Taishi and I have discussed it in the past few days, and decided to produce two more kinds of warships, and slightly transform the original big ships to improve the combat power of warships. ”

Chen Gong, who likes new technologies, became interested and said happily: "What good ideas does Taishi have?" Last time, the Taishi changed the catapult slightly, adding a pedometer, and our army's catapult can control the distance of the catapult. ”

Lu Su unfolded a few drawings, pointed to the drawings and explained: "Taishi and I both think that our previous big ships were too small, only able to carry 200 soldiers, and their protection was relatively weak, so they could only be regarded as small building ships, and once the soldiers were exhausted in the collision and arrow battle, even the ships would be taken by the enemy; So I specially designed a five-story ship, one hundred and twenty paces long, with a turret on it, four doors open, and a galloping horse, each capable of carrying 1,600 men......"

"Wait, wait." Chen Gong was taken aback, and hurriedly interrupted Lu Su and said: "Zijing, although this kind of ship is big, it is too bulky, and it is inconvenient to turn around and advance and retreat on the battlefield. ”

"This kind of ship is not for battle." Lu Su said with a smile: "The Taishi named it the sailor mothership, so that it can carry soldiers in the rear of the battlefield, and when the soldiers and arrows of the battleship in front are consumed too much, it can withdraw and replenish the troops and arrows, and transport the wounded soldiers to the sailor mothership for treatment, which can greatly improve the continuous combat time of our navy." ”

As soon as Lu Su spoke, Chen Gongmao suddenly opened his mouth and applauded: "Wonderful, the sailor mothership is far behind, and there are battleships in front to defend it, and they become mother and son with each other, and the enemy is indeed helpless against it." (PS: The mother and son battleship began in the middle of the Three Kingdoms, invented by Soochow, the inventor is unknown, but from the perspective of application time, it should be made when Lu Su was the governor of the Soochow Navy, and the largest mothership is called 'Chang'an', which can carry more than 3,000 soldiers!) ）

"What is another kind of warship?" Chen Gong smiled happily with the drawing, and asked eagerly.

Lu Su unfolded the second drawing, explaining: "The second kind of warship is called 'Wuya', which is also a five-story building, carrying 800 soldiers, and the hull shell is full of thin iron, even if it goes deep into the enemy formation, it is not afraid of the enemy's warship collision, but this is not his biggest feature, Taishi according to the principle of catapults, there are six 'slapping rods' in the front and rear of this kind of ship, and the boulders are suspended with iron chains on the 'slapping rods', and when the Wuya battleship rushes into the enemy formation, the boulders can be slapped back and forth against the enemy ship, and the power is endless. (PS: The five-tooth battleship and the water war weapon 'slapping rod' began in the early Sui Dynasty and was the water battle ace of Yang Su, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and the application time was advanced in this book.) ）

Chen Gong was already so surprised that he almost fainted, but Lu Su gave him another fatal blow, "Taishi ordered that two more immovable catapults be added to each of the previous building ships, so that the building ships can throw stones back and forth without losing their balance." ”

Chen Gong stood dumbfounded, without saying a word, Lu Suqi said: "Mr. Gongtai, Mr. Gongtai, what's wrong with you?" Lu Su shouted a few times, and Chen Gongcai suddenly grabbed the drawings, turned around and ran outside the big tent, shouting as he ran, "Quick, quick!" Gather the craftsmen for me, and don't delay for a moment! ”

"Sailor carriers and five-tooth ships are allowed to be manufactured in the water village, and they are strictly confidential!" Lu Su hurriedly shouted, and Chen Gong's excited stammering voice floated from afar, "Know, know......." Lu Su smiled dumbly, called the quartermaster again, explained a few words, and then led the pro-soldier team to the water village to check.

Gan Ning, who was born as a water thief, does have a set in the layout of the water village, the continuous water village is dozens of miles long, there are twelve water gates along the river, the big boat knots outside, the small boat goes back and forth in it, and responds to each other, it is very disciplined, Lu Su stands in the boat, shuttles and inspects in the water village, and also secretly admires. If it weren't for Gan Ning's short temper, he wouldn't appease and inspire the soldiers, and Kang Peng would be reluctant to remove him.

Lu Su's boat traveled for a few miles, and in front of him was Fan Chou's big boat, and Lu Su heard Fan Chou's rude voice from a distance, "You rabbit cubs, go into the water for Lao Tzu, you can't drown you!" There was also the sound of leather whipping meat and soldiers wailing, Lu Su was furious, and ordered the boat to approach Fan Chou's big boat. As soon as he approached Fan Chou's boat, Lu Su saw Fan Chou whipping the soldiers on the boat with a leather whip, forcing those northern soldiers who could not swim in the navy who had just been transferred to the navy to go down to the river to learn to swim, and those soldiers would rather be whipped with leather whips than go into the water, and the boat cried and cursed, and became a mess.

Lu Su took the gangway to board Fan Chou's boat, and shouted at Fan Chou, who was beating and scolding the soldiers: "Stop, why are you beating the soldiers?" ”

Seeing that it was Lu Su, Fan Chou replied angrily: "Why did you beat them?" These bunnies refuse to go into the water to learn to swim, a bunch of greedy and afraid of death, if you don't beat them, they won't go into the water! ”

Lu Su walked to the side of the soldiers who were crying under Fan Chou's leather whip, helped up a soldier who had been beaten by Fan Chou, and said gently: "Why don't you want to learn to swim?" General Fan Chou wants you to learn to swim, but also for your own good, in the future water war, once you fall into the water, you can't swim, but no one can save you. ”

"The Grand Governor." The soldier cried: "The villain is from Longyou, he has never seen the river from the small to the wide point of Dalian, he can't take a bath three times a year, he never knows how to water, he wants the villain to go down the Yangtze River to learn to swim, it is better to cut the villain with a knife." The other Dong Zhuojun soldiers also cried and shouted, they would rather die than go into the water, so angry that Fan Chou whipped and wanted to beat him again, but Lu Su hurriedly stopped him.

"The Grand Governor." The soldier pounced on Lu Su and knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Please, transfer the villain back to the infantry, the villain is willing to be a death squad that rushes the city, and it is better to die on the battlefield than to fall into the water and feed the fish." The villain knew that after the death of the war, the Taishi would raise my family, and he was willing to die for the Taishi, but he didn't want to be drowned. ”

"Little rabbit cub, you are afraid of death, you still dare to expect Mrs. Dong to raise your family?" Fan Chou jumped like thunder, and whipped the soldier to roll all over the deck, and Lu Sula couldn't hold it.

"You're not afraid of death? Don't dare to go into the water? One of the soldiers huddled in a group muttered quietly.

"Who? Says who? Although the soldier's voice was small, Fan Chou and Lu Su heard it very clearly, Fan Chou was so angry that he smoked, pointed at the group of soldiers with a leather whip and scolded: "Who dares to say that Lao Tzu is afraid of death? Get out of here and let Lao Tzu smoke you to death! ”

Lu Su didn't think so, but his face changed color, and he said coldly to Fan Chou: "General Fan, it turns out that you took the lead in violating military discipline, the Taishi has an order, and everyone in the navy must learn to swim, do you even dare to violate the military order of the Taishi?" ”

Fan Chou was stunned, and hurriedly smiled at Lu Su and said, "Metropolitan Governor, those rabbit cubs are talking nonsense, how can you trust them?" Ben will naturally know the water, if you don't believe it, Ben will swim through the water to see. ”

Fan Chou wanted to make a haha, but Lu Su quickly said: "Okay, then ask General Fan to take the lead in the water and teach these new sailors to swim." ”

The big boat, which was extremely noisy and noisy just now, suddenly fell silent, only the sound of the river slapping against the warship, and Fan Chou, who had been vividly ignoring Lu Su in his eyes, was sweating profusely, and the sweat flowed down his chin into a stream and dripped onto the deck. After a long time, Fan Chou bowed his head and said: "The last general really can't swim, and the last general is guilty." ”

"As a general, taking the lead in violating military orders will be punished by one degree." Lu Su said sharply: "The governor of Pontus gives you two choices, one is to be severely punished according to military law, and the other is to go into the water with this group of new sailors and learn to swim." ”

Fan Chou was furious and was about to attack, but Lu Su had already waved his hand, and twenty Lu Su soldiers with knives and axes immediately surrounded Fan Chou, and Lu Su shouted: "General Fan, do you want to be rude to Pontus?" You have to think clearly, this is a capital offense. ”

Fan Chou was dumbfounded, it was easier for him to strangle Lu Su than to strangle an ant, but Lu Su's personal soldiers were all first-class players in Dong Zhuo's army specially selected by Kang Peng, and it was not a joke to chop down twenty big axes, for a while, Fan Chou was in a dilemma, just standing on the deck. At this time, Gan Ning, Li Yan, Zhang Ji and others had already heard the letter and rushed over, and they all pleaded with Lu Su for Fan Chou, but unfortunately Lu Su was selfless and resolute, and Fan Chou must go into the water.

"I'll just go into the water, I don't have to whisper." Seeing Lu Su's resolute attitude, Fan Chou no longer took chances, took off his clothes and armor three or two times, and rushed to the side of the boat to stand still, but seeing the surging river, Fan Chou's courage disappeared completely, and his legs began to weaken.

"General." A soldier of Dong Zhuojun, who was recruited locally in Fuling, rushed forward and whispered to Fan Chou: "You don't have to be afraid, the villain was born a fisherman, and the villain will go down to save you immediately when you go into the water." Fan Chou looked at him, and then at Lu Su, who was blue and blue-faced behind him, and was angry again, pushed the soldier away, and shouted at Jiangzhong: "Taishi, we will see you again in the next life!" ”

After speaking, Fan Chou bent over and was about to jump down, but Lu Su suddenly shouted: "Slow." ”

Fan Chou straightened up and said coldly: "What other orders does the Metropolitan Governor have, Fan Chou has not been drowned yet, please explain it together." ”

Lu Su also ignored the ridicule in Fan Chou's words, but gave a look to a pro-soldier, the pro-soldier understood, quickly returned to the boat where Lu Su was riding, took a bunch of gourds and handed them to Lu Su, Lu Su picked up a string of gourds, stepped forward to tie Fan Chou's waist in person, and said warmly: "General Li Yan used a gourd to tie grain bags to transport grain in water, and the governor of Pontus borrowed his idea to ask each soldier of our navy to be equipped with six big gourds, which can be tied to the waist and not sink, the general is a northerner, please tie the gourd and then go into the water." ”

"Hahahaha!" Fan Chou laughed loudly, first bowed deeply to Lu Su, turned around and jumped into the river, sure enough, with the buoyancy of six big gourds, the landlubber Fan Chou can also float on the water to come and go freely.

"Haha, rabbit cubs, come down quickly, you can't drown this time, the feeling of being soaked in water is really cool." Fan Chou yelled at the boat while paddling awkwardly.

"Hooray!" The new sailors on the boat were thunderous, and at this time, a person suddenly jumped by Lu Su's side and jumped directly into the water, Fan Chou laughed in the water and said: "Lao Zhang, you landlubbers finally dare to go into the water." It turned out to be Zhang Ji, another strong general in Dong Zhuo's army, and he couldn't help but go down to the river to learn to swim.

The quartermaster arranged by Lu Su had already sent a large number of gourds, and in less than a pillar of incense, the Yangtze River was full of people, like human porridge......

Half a month later, a gourd in Yizhou can be exchanged for a bag of grain, and the tavern has a big drop in business because there is no gourd to hold wine, so it is a signboard at the door of the tavern, which reads: This store does not accept the governor of the Xiliang Water Army.