As soon as the lone wolf left, Feng Wei, Jiang Yu, and Gan Ning entered together, stood side by side in the hall, and hugged their fists to Zhang Bao and said, "The last general will see the lord." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"You're here~" Zhang Bao waved his hand, straightened up, and asked in a condensed voice, "How is the matter of collecting ships?" ”

Jiang Yu wiped the sweat from his face, and gasped: "Lord Qiqi, the large and small ships on both sides of the river have been requisitioned by the last generals, and a total of more than 200 large ships and more than 1,000 small boats are enough to carry 10,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 war horses, and there are surplus ships that can carry grain and rice in Jiangling City as horse feed, but~"

"Huh!?" Zhang Bao looked at Jiang Yu and said in a deep voice: "Speak." ”

Jiang Yan said in a low voice: "However, most of the fishermen on both sides of the river fled after hearing the news, and they may not be able to recruit enough boatmen. ”

If you can't recruit enough boatmen, the 10,000-strong army won't be able to make it down the river, and that's definitely not a small problem! Although the 10,000 Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry were brave and good at fighting and swept Jingzhou, it was on land, and if they were allowed to operate the boat, it would be really difficult for the strongman. Another important point is that these people are all northern men, and most of them don't know water~

After a while, Zhang Baocai asked in a deep voice: "How many boatmen do you need in total?" ”

Jiang Yi looked at Gan Ning and replied, "The big boat needs twenty boatmen and five small boatmen, and a total of nearly 10,000 boatmen are needed." ”

"What!? Close to 10,000 people? Zhang Bao was taken aback and lost his voice, "Why do you need so many boatmen?" ”

So many boatmen are definitely something Zhang Bao never expected, although Zhang Bao is a modern person, but he really has not seen what the impression of the warships of the ancients is, in Zhang Bao's impression, a ship is only a helmsman, at most a few lottery people, at most four or five people, to transport the cavalry from Jiangling to Jiangdong, it will be enough to support two or three hundred ships, and it will be enough for more than a thousand boatmen.

However, reality gave Zhang Bao a blow to the head and completely disrupted his plan.

"My lord, that's a lot."

Gan Ning, who was on the side, couldn't help it, and said, "If it's the largest three-story ship in the Jingzhou Navy Army, just the oars will need a full six hundred people!" And that's not even counting the oars, the fibres, the penny, the sails, the anchors, and the cables, for if they were all added together, a large ship would need thousands of boatmen. ”

Zhang Bao's face gradually became a little embarrassed, and he asked Jiang Yu, "So how many boatmen have been recruited now?" ”

Jiang Yan's head drooped, and he replied weakly: "More than three hundred people." ”

"Only about 300 people?"

Zhang Bao suddenly got up, pointed his finger at Jiang Yan and said angrily: "How can there be only more than three hundred people?" ”

Jiang Yan's heart trembled, his knees bent, he knelt on the cold ground, and said in a low voice: "The last general is incompetent, please punish the lord." ”

"That's it~" Zhang Bao waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "I don't blame you for this matter, it's General Ben who takes it for granted." ”

After that, Zhang Bao turned to Gan Ning and said in a deep voice: "Xingba, are there any familiar water thieves on the river waterway?" ”

"Yes." Gan Ning responded, "Cai Zhoutai and Jiang Qin have a lot of friendship with the last general under the Jiujiang River, and they can be recommended in front of the main public account." ”

"Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin?" Zhang Bao was stunned, Zhou Tai, the word Youping, the Cai people under the Jiujiang River, initially plundered in the river with Jiang Qin and Jiang Gongyi of the same county for a living, and later returned to Sun Ce, these two people are the pillars of Eastern Wu in the future, but they didn't expect to have a friendship with Gan Ning, think about it, they are all begging for a life on the water, and they should have some connection. Now with Gan Ning, the pillar of Dongwu is about to be recruited by himself.

Gan Ning was surprised: "The lord knows about these two people? ”

"Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Xingba are both river thieves, but they are also famous thieves. It's not surprising that General Ben knew~" Zhang Bao shook his head, first praised Gan Ning together, and then said in a deep voice, "How many people are there in the two of them?" ”

Gan Ning was slightly happy when he heard this, and thought: "There are more than 50 large and small ships, and there are about 300 water thieves. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Bao pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The more than 300 people of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, plus the 800 people under your command, together are more than 1,000 people, which is almost enough." ”

"Not enough, my lord." Gan Ning hurriedly said, "More than 1,000 water thieves are only enough to raise sails, brace the penny, and anchor, and the remaining oars and fiber horns need 9,000 people." ”

"Nine thousand? That's not a problem! A very spicy color flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes, and he said to Jiang Yu, "Jiang Yu, after the capture of Jiangling, how many Jingzhou soldiers were captured in total?" ”

Jiang Yu said: "There are 9,000 people!" ”

"That's the 9,000 people!" Zhang Bao's eyes were murderous, and he said fiercely, "Chisel through their collarbones, string them together with iron chains and lock them into the cabin, and these captives will serve as oars and fiery trumpets!" Didn't these Jingzhou soldiers grow up in the south since they were children, and it shouldn't be a problem to be an oar. ”

Jiang Yi and Feng Wei were stunned for a moment, and then hugged their fists and said: "The lord is wise." ”

Gan Ning is a thief of Jinfan, rampant on land and water, and has been pursued by the Jingzhou army for ten years, and has a deep sense of disgust for the Jingzhou army. ”

"But~" Zhang Bao changed his words and said to Gan Ning, "Before cleaning up this group of Jingzhou dogs, General Ben wants to figure out one thing first. ”

Gan Ning said: "My lord, please speak!" ”

Zhang Bao asked: "You just mentioned that the Jingzhou Navy has a three-story ship, and there are hundreds of people who need oars, so there is really such a big ship?" ”

"Is this still fake? This building ship not only has a majestic appearance, but also a spear and a flag on the ship, which is heavily guarded and effectively attacked and defended, just like a water fortress. The most important thing is that it can carry 3,000 soldiers! War horses can carry 1,000 white horses! Gan Ning sighed, "Damn, when Lao Tzu wanted to have such a ship, he would not be chased by Huang Zu's old horseman like a lost dog." ”

"What!?" Zhang Bao was surprised, there was a warship capable of carrying 3,000 people in this era? "Wouldn't it be possible to transport the army to Jiangdong with fifteen search boats!?"

In fact, Zhang Bao didn't know, not to mention the three-story ship, when Sun Quan was in charge of Eastern Wu, he even built a five-story ship, which could carry up to 5,000 people. However, the building ship has poor storm resistance, and is generally used in rivers and lakes operations, because the center of gravity of the building ship is high, so the poor wind and wave resistance is quite dangerous for the open sea. For example, Sun Quan's "Chang'an" sank in the river due to a sudden gale. There was also Sun Quan who ordered Dong to raid and supervise the fifth-floor ship to the mouth of the water, but unexpectedly, the storm suddenly rose, and all the fifth-floor ships sank.

"Fifteen search ships, absolutely no problem!" Gan Ning said, "But it's not easy to get the fifteenth search ship." These behemoths are usually hidden deep in the Jingzhou Navy Village in Wulin Harbor, and they will not come out to hang out when they are idle. Although Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's Jingzhou naval army are commonplace, it is extremely difficult to touch the naval army of Wulin Harbor. ”

"Retreating from difficulties is not the style of our army!" Zhang Bao Huoran turned around, flattened the map on the table, and asked Gan Ningdao, "Where is the Wulin Port Naval Army Dazhai of the Jingzhou Water Army?" ”

Gan Ning stretched out his hand and patted a place on the map, and said in a deep voice: "It's here, opposite the red cliff." ”

"Chibi?" A fine light flashed in Zhang Bao's eyes, this place is so famous, like thunder! In history, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan fought here, and Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu burned Cao Cao's 800,000 army with a fire, thus laying the foundation of the Three Kingdoms!

"Huh!?" Zhang Bao suddenly remembered a person, turned his head to Gan Ning and asked, "Xingba, have you ever heard of Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?" ”

Gan Ning frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I haven't heard of it, these two people have an old relationship with the lord?" ”

"Hmmm! In the future, as long as you find the whereabouts of these two people, you will immediately report them to me! ”

"No!" Gan Ning agreed, and then asked, "What about the warship?" ”

Zhang Bao took a deep breath, held his forehead with his hand, frowned and said, "This matter needs to be planned~"

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Lukou.

A large naval fleet is slowly advancing.

Cao Cao stood under the mast sail under the wind under the support of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, there is an attic under the mast, there is a ship armor downstairs, and there is an attic under the armor, so that the circulation of three floors and then down is extremely wide, enough for four carriages to parallel the deck, walkway, and then the ship's side, this huge warship is the three-story ship that Gan Ning said to Zhang Bao.

"Prime Minister." Cai Mao proudly showed off to Cao Cao, "How about the warships of my Jingzhou naval army?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes showed surprise, and he praised without hesitation: "It's really breathtaking! How can such a behemoth compete with it? ”

Cai Mao smiled proudly and said, "How is my Jingzhou Water Army?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with an imperceptible color, and he praised: "What a majestic teacher." ”

"Hahaha~ What the prime minister said is good~" Cai Mao laughed proudly, "I am a Jingzhou sailor, invincible in the world." This time, Zhang Bao, a group of northern landlubbers, dared to invade my Jingzhou in the south, which can be described as a yellow turban thief! ”

Cao Cao looked at the proud Cai Mao, his heart moved, and he suddenly asked: "I don't know how many large building ships there are in the Jingzhou Navy Army?" ”

Cai Mao said: "More than 100 ships. ”

"More than 100 ships!?" Cao Cao was really taken aback this time, and he chuckled in his heart, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he said in a condensed voice, "In this case, why did the general only take three ships on this expedition?" ”

Cai Mao said with disdain: "The prime minister doesn't know, although the large building ships are incomparably powerful, they are slow to act, and most of the boats collected by the thieves from the area of Jingling Port are fishing boats, these fishing boats are small, shallow draft, and fast downwind. To deal with these fishing boats, the long and narrow ships and boats are far more threatening than the large building boats. ”

"I see~" Cao Cao's face showed a look of surprise, and he secretly remembered it in his heart!

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In the first month of the eleventh year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Baoqi attacked Jiangling and succeeded.

After that, until March, Zhang Bao's 10,000-strong army was always stationed in Jiangling City, and the situation in Jingzhou began to appear in a strange confrontation situation.

Liu Biao, under the suggestion of the chief bookkeeper, strictly ordered the Jingzhou sailors not to cross the Wulin Harbor to patrol the water, so as not to startle the snakes. Because once the Jingzhou naval army blocks the river waterway, Zhang Bao is likely to give up the plan to go south to Jiangdong and wreak havoc on the land of Jingxiang! And Liu Biao would rather Yangzhou and Eastern Wu suffer than his Jingzhou become the granary of Zhang Bao's plunder.

The Jingzhou army stood still, anxiously waiting for the Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry to descend the river, but Zhang Bao did not seem to be in a hurry to leave Jiangling.

Liu Biao never expected that the Jingzhou army's immobility just gave Zhang Bao enough time to prepare, and Zhang Bao was in full swing preparing to attack Wulin Port!

And the historical hero Cao Cao, after planning with Guo Jia one by one, almost expected everything, but he didn't expect Zhang Bao to attack Wulin Port with cavalry!

Storm the port of Ulin with cavalry, only a madman can do it!

Don't say Cao Cao, it is Gan Ning who has been crisscrossing rivers and waterways for many years and has unparalleled experience in water warfare, but in Gan Ning's opinion, the Yellow Turban Iron Cavalry has no chance of winning in attacking Wulin Port! Unless all the war horses have four wings and walk on the water surface as if they were walking on the ground, so that they can be killed directly from the water, they will be sent to death in vain.

In the face of Gan Ning's questioning, Zhang Bao didn't intend to explain at all, but the preparations for the assault on Wulin Port never stopped.

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The spring is cold, warm and cold, and Wulin Port is silent.

On the lookout, two Jingzhou soldiers were shrinking and stomping their feet, and the fog on the river in the distance was so thick that it was difficult to distinguish the scenery a hundred steps away.

"Ha~" A Jingzhou soldier put his hands to his mouth, snorted vigorously, and cursed indignantly, "Damn, on such a cold day, there is not even a single human hair on the river, and there are still people who eat bear-hearted leopards and dare to come to attack the army Dazhai?" Fuck the red-nosed bastard made it clear to us, fuck it. ”

"Say less." Another Jingzhou soldier frowned and persuaded, "Beware of misfortune coming from the mouth." ”

"Humph!"

The Jingzhou soldier who was the first to speak snorted, turned around, unbuckled his trouser belt tremblingly, and urinated on the river under the lookout.

"Whew."

Jingzhou Bing shook the words under his crotch, slowly put them into his pants, his eyes inadvertently swept to the river, and then lowered his head to continue to lift his pants, but after a while, the Jingzhou soldier jumped up as if he had been stabbed, looked up and stared at the wide and vast river in front of him, and his eyes already showed indescribable fear.

"Dumbfounded, are you fucking sick?" Another Jingzhou soldier was napping, and was startled by the Jingzhou soldier's unwarning behavior just now, and couldn't help but scold, "Startled, scared ghosts?" ”

"Ho ho ho ho~"

The Jingzhou soldiers, who were stunned, didn't pay attention, only pointed at the river with trembling hands, and made an extremely terrible sound in their throats, and their eyes were getting bigger and bigger, as if they had seen a ghost.

"Dumbfounded, what's wrong with you?"

Another Jingzhou soldier looked stunned, and suddenly felt a chill down his back early in the morning.

The Jingzhou soldier slowly and mechanically turned his head along the two stunned fingers, and at a glance, the Jingzhou soldier was suddenly devoured by thunder, and it was difficult to withdraw his gaze. After a long time, the second stunned man let out a sigh of relief, and asked his companion in a dream-like voice: "That... What the hell is that? ”

The Jingzhou soldier who turned his head looked strange, and in the distance, on the vast river surface in front of the Wulin Port Navy Dazhai, a huge black shadow was floating! If it weren't for the fact that the black shadow was slowly squirming forward, the two poor Jingzhou soldiers would almost think that it was a piece of land! This thing can float on the surface of the river like a boat, but it is not a boat! Even the largest three-story ship in the port of Ulin was insignificant compared to the dark shadow in front of it, and it was impossible for such a huge ship to exist in this world. However, the next moment ~

"Enemy Attack ~ Enemy Attack ~ "

The two Jingzhou soldiers exchanged glances, and at the same time howled hoarsely.

The next moment, the continuous sound of horns, as well as the fierce war drums have already resounded in the sky, the sleeping sailors have been awakened, hurriedly put on a stop, a team out of the village, began to form a formation.

"What's going on?" A junior colonel of the Navy hurriedly climbed the lookout and asked sharply, "What's wrong?" ”

"Will... Checkmate. The two Jingzhou soldiers said in a trembling voice, "Look ahead." ”

"Huh?" Huo Ran, the junior colonel of the navy, turned around, and was taken aback when he saw it, and said in a lost voice, "God! What the hell is this? Such a big ship? ”

As the Colonel spoke, the huge black shadow had gotten much closer, and the outline had gradually become clearer, it was indeed a huge, incomparable ship! Or rather, it was not a ship, but a land where countless ships were connected together!!