The camp was relieved of the grain and grass materials brought by Wang Li, and the reserves became more and more worry-free.

When the Relief Camp swept away the powerful places in Liyang, it made a lot of money like a ransack. Coupled with Ma Zhong's gimmick of taking horses from Liaodong in Jiangdong and illegally raising funds to obtain a large amount of money and jewelry, the Relief Camp is now fat!

If you just maintain the current size of the force, even if you deal with the retaliation of the imperial court next year, there is room for maneuver.

Since Wei Tong and Wang Lili had already arrived, Ding Feng hurriedly asked Gong Qiu Hu to send a few fine scouts to chase Cen Wolf's team.

Almost all the people in Jiangnan have their own skills of knowing water, and Wang Li easily recruited three battalion leaders and conducted preliminary training.

It's just that Ma Zhong didn't make it clear how to distribute these water armies, and Wang Li could only practice by himself first.

Wang Li is very diligent, after all, as a dignified military horse, training is a skill he must learn hard.

As for the supreme leader Sun Quan, he had already gone to Stone Town to deal with the dilemma of the captain of the Piling Dian Agricultural School nearby.

After Zhang Cheng and Cao Jun tug-of-war for a while at the mouth of the Whiskers, both sides became exhausted.

Subsequently, at Lu Xun's suggestion, Zhang Cheng temporarily gave up the mouth of the wet beard and led the troops back to Wuhu for a while to prepare for a wave of rest.

This cold treatment is undoubtedly a joy for all.

Cao Xiu happily announced that he had completely driven the Jiangdong army back into the water and achieved the final victory, and then packed back to Shouchun.

Li Dian didn't have the help of Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang, so he could only retract back to Hefei.

Zhang Liao's revenge army failed to catch Ma Zhong several times, and finally lost morale and dispersed in a hurry.

Zhang Liao could only stare dryly with his eight hundred people.

Zhang Cheng was very pleased to announce that he had repelled the counterattack of the imperial court.

In view of the inability of both sides to change the status quo, Zhang Cheng and Lu Xun briefly discussed and decided to wait and see in Wuhu first, ready to deal with internal turmoil at any time.

Ma Zhong and Feng Zai sighed with emotion, and both said that if they didn't put down the rebellion, it would be a bad year.

After Ma Zhong returned to his residence, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

Then, he called Ma Jian over, "Brother, I left you until today, and I didn't let you go to Dongting Lake, just for today!" ”

Ma Tan was inexplicable and a little flattered when he heard it.

"Big brother, you say it!"

Ma Zhong patted Ma Yan's head and said with a smile, "Brother, do you know where my weakness is?" ”

Ma Jian blurted out almost without thinking, "Water army!" ”

Indeed, the weakness of the Relief Battalion is the water army! Especially after seeing the days when the Jiangdong Army was blocked in Jiangbei and could not come back, he was panicked.

Ma Zhong and all the senior military attaches of the Relief Battalion who had experienced this incident realized one thing.

Solving the problem of the navy army is no longer a simple question of whether to take big steps or small steps, but is related to their life and death.

Once there is no room for calm retreat, as long as the imperial court attacks with all its strength. They can only desperately defend Liyang City as the Liyang Yang Army did in the past.

However, what the Shanzi Camp has done now is making everyone realize that there is no so-called incorruptible golden body in Liyang City, the world's male city.

All the things that the Relief Battalion did on the Liyang Army, others can also use it on the Relief Battalion in the future.

There is no naval army to contain the maneuver and stick to Liyang City, which can only be said to be an empty word.

What's more, Liyang is half of the imperial court and half of the river, and if there is no navy, the future development will be severely restricted.

Ma Zhong glanced at Ma Jian with relief, and then asked, "Then you say, if you develop a navy, what is the most important weakness?" ”

Ma Tan blurted out again, "It's a boat." ”

Indeed, it is the ship.

Not to mention that the large number of skilled craftsmen needed for shipbuilding have not yet been found, just one point is enough to give the camp a headache.

The main material needed for shipbuilding is a huge amount of wood. The wood has to be transported from deep in the mountains and dried for six months to a year before it can be used. As for shipbuilding, it will take even longer.

Although Ma Zhong now said that he had some material resources, he was still overstretched to support the construction of warships. What's more, the most important thing is that Ma Zhong doesn't have that much time at all.

Ma Jian was immediately keenly aware of what Ma Zhong was going to say, and the whole person became excited, "Where is the boat?" Where do you want to grab it? ”

A warlord like the Relief Camp who has no background is impossible to build, so he can only rob it. Since Ma Zhong is constantly urging the expansion of the navy, he must already have his idea.

Ma Zhong laughed when he heard this, he looked at Bailichuan and said meaningfully, "What are you robbing?" This thing is all over Chaohu Lake. Rather than let them rot there, or be used by the imperial court, why not cheapen our troubled camps? ”

Ma Tan was taken aback when he heard this.

"Big brother, you have thought clearly! Chaohu Lake is not only under the nose of the imperial court, but the boat can't be driven out at all, if it is so easy to get the boat away, Sun Jiangdong and they will travel all the way south and flee, and the casualties of losing their armor and abandoning their armor are so heavy! ”

Ma Zhong patted Ma Tan on the shoulder, and said with a cheap smile, "The river has been washed away, and the biggest trouble has been lifted, and the problem now is nothing more than the few broken boats sunk in the mouth of the river, I want to move them easily." ”

Ma Jian was a little incredulous when he heard this, if the sunken ship was so easy to move, how could Sun Quan easily throw the ship there.

Ma Zhong continued to say to Ma Yan, "I left you here to let you get those boats out. ”

Ma Jian was a little devastated when he heard this, brother, I usually like to brag, but I really can't do this!

Ma Zhong took out a few pieces of paper and put them on the table, and said seriously, "Today, I will teach you a skill called buoyancy." You may have noticed it in your daily life, but you certainly haven't seriously summarized it. ”

Ma Tan was stunned, "What? ”

Ma Zhong thought about it, and his dry talk was indeed not convincing. Especially in the face of a high-IQ teenager like Ma Tan, if he understands the principle, then Ma Jian will go to Chaohu Lake to steal a boat no worse than coming in person.

Ma Zhong turned his head to look out the window and saw a lotus pond in the courtyard. In autumn, the lotus leaves decayed, and the lotus flowers had long since withered.

Ma Zhong pointed to the wooden basin in the room and said to Ma Yan, "Take it." After speaking, he went out directly to the lotus pond.

Ma Jian followed with a wooden basin, and Fan Jiang Zhang Da, who was guarding the door, refused to hold it for him.

Ma Zhong picked up a large stone from the ground and threw it into the lotus pond, and the stone naturally sank into the water.

Ma Zhong said to Ma Yan, "Do you see it?" ”

Ma Yan nodded, extremely well-behaved, "I see." ”

Well, the teaching interaction is good.

Ma Zhong was very satisfied.

(End of chapter)