Chapter 177
The little girl pouted and sulked, but what happened last time hit her too hard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info didn't dare to say much, just glanced at Lu Bu resentfully, and then reluctantly walked onto the frame.
Watching the carriage go away, Lu Buchang exhaled, fortunately, the girl is not big, if it is bigger, it will still have this temper. Where to live?
Lu Bu turned over and got on his horse. With Cao Xing, Gan Ning and a dry water thief, he headed towards the bridgehead of his future attack on Soochow.
A day later, Lu Bu dismounted, and headed north along a tributary, heading towards the large camp of the Shui Xuwu Navy not far away.
"How's this place?" Lu Bu pointed to the water in front of him and asked, the naval army camp was built in the Wet Whisker Dock was determined by Chen Gong, who called him Lu Bu, he didn't know what kind of water war there was.
Gan Ning's eyes couldn't hide the joy, and he pointed to this water area and praised: "Very good." This place is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and although the fork is small, it is large enough to hide tens of thousands of soldiers. Besides, this is not far from the city, and the Dongwu people are leading troops to attack. General Cao can arrive within ten hours, which is really a good place for military training. ”
Lu Bu nodded, but wondered in his heart, Chen Gong had never been out, how could he know such a good place.
An hour later, Lu Bu and the others finally arrived at the naval camp, which was built on a large lake with this tributary, and there was no arrangement, but a few wooden checkpoints were built at the opening, and a fire could burn one of them.
At the gate of the camp, the two military horses who received the news greeted Lu Bu with twenty military marquis, "My lord." ”
Lu Bu nodded, these two were panda-level figures who were selected from the armies from all over the country and knew a little about water warfare, "Go, pull the army out and take a look." ”
"No." The two bowed to Lu Bu and took a group of military marquis to gather the army.
"Whew." In the sound of the horn, the soldiers ran out of the camp in a hurry and gathered in front of Lu Bu.
After all, it's a newly recruited recruit. Sighing, Lu Bu turned his head and asked Gan Ning: "These people are all fishing in the Yangtze River for a living, and if you want you to be the governor, how long will it take to train these people to become a naval army that can resist Dongwu." ”
Gan Ning frowned, and then replied: "You can form an army in three months, you can fight in five months, and you can barely fight against the Dongwu Navy in ten months." ”
Ten months? It was two months faster than Chen Gong estimated. Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction, I can't remember exactly when the Battle of Guandu happened, but we must conquer Jiangdong before that in order to get a piece of the pie after the war.
"Okay, I will order you to be the captain of Fenwei, the governor of the navy, and take charge of this army." Lu Bu said happily, and if you don't understand, you will leave it to the expert.
"Uh." Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, in charge of an army of 10,000, he had never thought about it, he thought that he was born as a water thief and it would be good to be a captain with 2,000 people, but he didn't expect Lu Bu to use him so much.
"What? Don't want to? Lu Bu saw Gan Ning like this, how could he not know
What, Sui asked with a smile.
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"The last general is willing to do the work of dogs and horses." Gan Ning said excitedly, although he is happy to be a water thief, he lives a life without a day, and now he can "bleach", not to mention, he can also lead an army of 11,000 people plus his brothers, which is undreamable.
"You don't come to see the governor yet." Lu Bu smiled and said to the two military commanders standing not far away.
"Governor." The two stepped forward and respectfully hugged their fists.
Lu Bu could see a trace of dissatisfaction hidden in the eyes of the two, but it didn't matter much, if Gan Ning couldn't even handle this little thing, he wouldn't be Gan Ning.
Gan Ning's temperament used to be arrogant and show-off to the extreme, but since he was exiled to Jingzhou as a water thief, although he still likes to wear gorgeous clothes, his flamboyant personality has converged a lot. also knows how to put down the shelf, "The two of you please get up, and you have just arrived in the next place, and you have to mention some things." ”
Naturally, the two didn't dare to say anything.
Lu Bu ignored their politeness, pointed to a large group of water thieves behind him, and said, "Go and arrange these people, and leave one of them to go and see the warship." "He Lu Bu has never seen a warship in this era, and he can't go home empty-handed when he comes.
But Lu Bu is destined to be disappointed, Chen Gong sent to make an uproar, but this ship is miserable, either tattered or just half built, who called Yuan Shu That guy has never been in the navy, otherwise it can be captured for free.
"My lord, this ship?" Gan Ning's eyes glared at the boss, this ship is probably not as good as them as water thieves, I knew that this was to risk being attacked by the Dongwu people and to drive those ships back, and now I regret that it is too late, and I was burned by him on impulse with the water village.
"It doesn't matter if there will be boats, aren't there hundreds of fishing boats over there, let's do it first." Lu Bu didn't expect this to be the case, and awkwardly pointed to a fishing boat road that he bought from a fisherman at zero hour.
Gan Ning has nothing to say, if the big ship is built, I am afraid it will take half a year, and the time for him to come to the Yangtze River will have to be delayed.
Just when I felt that my face was dull, my eyes suddenly lit up, and I noticed that there was a ship not far away that looked like it was about to be built. With a wave of his hand, "Let's go." ”
"The ship is almost ready." Lu Bu pointed to the hull of the white-flowered ship in front of him and asked an old shipwright who was busy on the side.
"No, this is a building ship, the bottom is built, but the building above has not yet been built." The old shipwright laughed.
"Let's go, go up and have a look." Lu Bu was a little curious, the top of this building is famous, but Lu Bu thought that it was not good to build a building on the ship.
Standing on the deck that had not yet been painted, Lu Bu had a whim and asked Gan Ning: "Can you only cover one floor at the bow of the ship, and the rest of the place is empty?" ”
"Yes, but the warships of Soochow are all ten zhang high, and arrows are released from top to bottom, and it is rumored that the sergeants have not been killed or injured." Gan Ning patiently explained.
"Huh." A flash of excitement flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, and he asked, "What if you don't wait for the warships of Eastern Wu to get closer* before they can attack?" ”
"This." Gan Ning was speechless, since ancient times, the battles on the river have been slashed with bows and arrows or boarding ships, and there is no other means.
"Come here." Lu Bu walked to the middle of the boat, pointed to the sides of the hull and asked, "What if you can press the trebuchet on these two sides?" ”
"Trebuchet?" Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "The lord is talking about the stone-throwing handlebar, but that one is too bulky, it is not easy to build, and it is even more troublesome to carry, and no one has used it for many years." ”
Lu Bu was depressed, no wonder he didn't have this memory in his mind, it turned out to be eliminated, but he remembered that when he watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms before, he vaguely remembered that there was a one called Thunderbolt, which was a simple version of the trebuchet.
"No matter what, this boat must be built according to Gu said." Lu Bu first ordered in an unquestioning tone, and then instructed Cao Xuan to mobilize all the skilled craftsmen in this Lujiang to study small trebuchets, and then talked about the benefits of a large number of medium-range attacks, and Gan Ning's eyes glowed green when he heard it.
Hmph, with trebuchets, those big ships and small boats in Soochow don't have to be smashed all over the holes. As soon as he thought that Dongwu's building ship was smashed and sunk in the flying boulders, Lu Bu had an urge to laugh, to see if you Sun Ce would die.
"General, if there is such a thing, within half a year, half a year, Ning will be able to attack Soochow for the vanguard." The green light in Gan Ning's eyes did not decrease at all, but became thicker.
"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded, looked at the other side for a while, and suddenly asked if the grain and grass in Cao Liuxun's jurisdiction were supplied by you? ”
Cao Xing smiled and gloated: "According to the lord's orders, the grain and grass are once every five days, and you can't die of hunger, but you definitely can't eat enough." ”
After a pause, Cao Xuan said worriedly: "However, the rice should also be ripe these days, and I am afraid of grain and grass." ”
"In the land of four or five cities, it will take 10,000 troops, and sooner or later it will have to be eaten." Lu Bu sneered and sneered.
"Well, after returning to the next place, Lone will order Zhang Liao to be the commander of Guangling, and after some time, he will order the two of you to attack him together." Then he turned his head to Gan Ning and said: "You are also good at training soldiers, and when the time comes, you will be ordered to cross the Yangtze River to prevent Liu Xun from going south to Eastern Wu." ”
"No."
After dealing with the navy, and thinking of a good idea by the way, Lu Bu returned to the city with Cao Xing in a happy mood.
I wanted to rest in Cao Xing's mansion for a few days, but I didn't even drink a cup of boiled water, and a soldier came to report: "The thieves Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, Xu Qian and others led thousands of people out of Chaohu Lake to loot the surrounding people. ”
When Lu Bu heard this, he looked at Cao Xing with a smile, and saw that Cao Xing, whose face was slightly dark, turned purple, and shouted angrily at this person: "Get out, this general will lead soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress." ”
"It's been a while since you became a lieutenant, why are there still bandits rampant in the county?" He poured himself a glass of water and asked with a smile.
"The lord doesn't know, this Lujiang is a den of thieves, the above-mentioned people have thousands of soldiers, and there is a bandit on the border of Lujiang and Shouchun, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and they are guarded according to the danger. The last general's seven thousand soldiers and horses are opponents. Cao Xingchang let out a long sigh. He said with a withered expression.
"Poof." Lu Bu choked out a big mouthful of water, patted his chest fiercely, and gasped: "Tens of thousands? The men and horses under the lonely tent plus the new land guards in the counties are only 70,000 or 80,000. There are tens of thousands of bandits in one bandit? ”
"That's not it, judging from the information sent back by the spies, its strong men should be around 10,000, and there are tens of thousands of supporters." Cao Xing explained that he hadn't been holding those people for a day or two, but most of his men were recruits. Besides, Chen Ce guarded against the danger, and these horses were not enough for others to stuff their teeth.
"What's going on with Zheng Bao?" Of course, persimmons should be pinched with soft ones, and thousands of thieves are good at training troops.
"These people just have their own parts, but Zheng Bao is the strongest and the strongest." Cao Xuan said disdainfully, he originally wanted to kill this land in the next few days.
"The army assembles and heads north. Extinguish it. Lu Bu said categorically, no matter what, his Lu Bu's territory must not be allowed to run rampant with thieves.