Donglai, Huang County.

Huangxian is a large county seat, from the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it belongs to the Donglai County Administration, adjacent to the sea, relying on the sea barrier of Laizhou Bay, there are few wars, it is the most lively and prosperous place in Donglai.

In the Qin Dynasty, this place was more famous, and it was rumored that Xu Fu went to sea from here, and it was once turned into the entrance of the fairyland Penglai by the Central Plains people.

Since Cai Mao surrendered to Wei, he was entrusted by Cao Cao with the important task of establishing the navy of Wei, and he began to recruit troops for the navy based on Huangxian County to build a Wei naval training ground based on Laizhou Bay.

Early morning.

In the gentle blowing of the sea breeze, a round of red sun rose from above the horizontal line, and the bright light reflected, the county guard in the county seat of Huangxian County.

"Dudu, you only slept with your clothes last night, and you got up so early to work, why didn't you sleep for a while?"

Shi Zhangyun, the head of the county guard, pushed the door of the study of the county guard's office, he walked in, looked at Cai Mao, who was already sitting on the bookcase, and sighed.

"Hehe, the time is tight today, we have to sort out the affairs of Donglai County, and we have to keep an eye on the training progress of the Third Fleet, so I will get up early!"

Cai Mao is not very old, he is in the prime of life, but between his temples, he looks a little old.

Since the first battle of Chibi, his heart has not been settled, even if he doesn't sleep deeply, he sleeps less than three hours a day, and he usually gets up very early.

"Dudu, you can't stay up like this all the time!"

Zhang Yun sat next to Cai Mao, and said with some bitterness, he knew Cai Mao's heart knot, which was also his heart knot.

"I'm fine, don't worry. Before I Cai Deqi returned to Jingzhou, I would never have fallen, Bo Hao, you can also take a look, this is the tax paid by several counties in recent years, and a certain family feels a little wrong! ”

Cai Mao is now not only the Metropolitan Governor of the Wei Navy. With tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, he is still the county guard of Donglai County, and he is regarded as the emperor of Donglai.

"Dudu, this should be the people below who have swallowed a lot of grain!"

Zhang Yun took the account book and looked at it carefully, although he was born as a military general, but after the first battle of Wuling, his internal qi was abolished and his force was completely gone. gave up martial arts and became a strategist general by Cai Mao's side.

He himself was a well-read poet and a politician from a relatively high background.

"What do you think of a certain family?"

Cai Mao squinted slightly when he heard this, there are still many people in Donglai County who don't want to listen to him.

The place of Donglai, the Guangling below, was not left by the Jin Kingdom. It is the Wei State that is popular, for the people of the former Jin Kingdom. He is an enemy, and for the people of Wei, he is a subordinate general after all.

"Governor, let's leave this matter to the Qingzhou Thorn Mansion to manage, let them have a headache, anyway, the governor doesn't have the heart to cut off Donglai. Why should we bother, we just need to hold the navy, as for the position of Donglai County Guard, although this is the trust given to you by His Majesty, but you need to avoid it more or less! Zhang Yun reminded.

"You're right. It's time to avoid suspicion, it's better to do this, you write a letter for me, resign from the position of Donglai County Guard, it was not good to dismiss His Majesty's trust before, now the Navy has gained a firm foothold, focusing on the Navy is my most important job at present, resigning from Donglai County Guard at this time, presumably Your Majesty will trust us more in the future.! ”

Hearing this, Cai Mao nodded approvingly.

If it had been placed in the past, he might still have a trace of independent ambition, but now, he only wants to destroy the Wu State and recapture Jingzhou with all his heart, so for the Wei State, he is dead.

"No!"

Zhang Yun hurriedly spread out a blank book, brushed and wrote his resignation, and then asked Cai Mao to stamp the county guard seal, summoned a personal soldier, and quickly sent it to the Qingzhou Assassin's Mansion.

In the study, Cai Mao gently closed the file of the county guard's account, took out a copy of the military copy, handed it to Zhang Yun, and said, "Bo Hao, this is the news of coming back from the sea!" ”

"They've been exterminated?"

Zhang Yun looked at it, and his eyes were slightly gloomy: "This is too fast, we only supported them with a batch of bows and arrows last month, but I didn't expect that we couldn't survive even a month, and they were swept away by the Wu State Navy!" ”

"Although these Mahan and Japanese people are more familiar with the sea area in the southeast corner, in the face of the tough soldiers of the Wu Navy, they are just small pirates after all, and it is normal that they can't stop them."

The corners of Cai Mao's mouth outlined a cold smile: "The sea area of the East China Sea is related to the trade routes of the eastern part of the Wu River and the northern frontier, and He Qi will never allow any thieves to stand in the way, and it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed."

This point, I'm not surprised, I didn't expect it to be so soon, this time in Wu State, the Wild Lion Battalion in the Northeast cooperated with the Heqi Flame Army, and sent three divisions, and they were not even willing to let go of the dead end, they naturally couldn't bear it! ”

"It's a pity!"

Zhang Yun sighed and said: "If they can make more trouble for the Wu Navy and delay He Qi for two or three years, so that we have enough time to buffer and train our troops, our Navy may be able to cross into the East China Sea, and now that they are all destroyed, in the next step, the Wu Navy will inevitably focus on Laizhou Bay, and destroy our Navy, our life will be sad!" ”

"Hmph, that's not necessarily, isn't it just a war, he wants to fight, I also want to train my troops in battle, Bo Hao, we have to step out of the East China Sea, and sooner or later we will fight with He Qi!"

Cai Mao's eyes burst with a strong sense of war.

He was born in a family, his own talent is extraordinary, he joined the army in his early years, and later led the troops to fight, Liu Biao was able to unify Jingzhou and establish the Chu State, and he also made great contributions.

He is also good at talent in water warfare, he used to toss in the Yangtze River and control the most powerful naval army in Chu State, but now he has seen the magnificent sea, which makes his pride and ambition even more aroused.

If you want to talk about his Cai Mao's shortcomings, he can only say that he has the arrogance of the family, but after experiencing the defeat of Chibi and the experience of being like a lost dog, he has already thrown away the arrogance of the family stocks.

Reborn, he finally showed his talents, and in a short period of time, not only with the remnants of the Chu State that were less than 10,000 in the past, recruited troops, but also established the Wei Navy with 50,000 numbers.

This made him completely trusted by Cao Cao. Cao Cao was suddenly encircled and suppressed by Sun Ce and Sun Quan in Donghai County in the past, and he always believed that the navy would be a major weakness of the Wei State.

The stronger the Wu navy, the more uneasy Cao Cao became, so when he took in Cai Mao, Cao Cao was bold and gave him a lot of authority to build a navy.

Ask for someone to give. asked for money to give money, and when Cai Mao escaped from Jingzhou, he was prepared and attracted a group of shipbuilders in Jingzhou, so that the Wei navy could develop so quickly.

With the help of these craftsmen and the continuous resources of the Wei State, one warship after another began to be launched. Today's Wei Navy has as many as three building ships and more than 100 fighting ships.

Although it is 108,000 miles worse than the Wu navy, it is not much worse than the Jingzhou navy in the past.

Of course, the Wu navy has always regarded the waters of the East China Sea as their territory, and there is the Liaodong Wild Lion Camp to the north. To the south, there is the flaming camp of Yuzhou Mountain, and now they dare not go out of Laizhou Bay.

"Governor. Not long ago, He Qi took down Lang Xie, and now he has sent troops to sweep away the sea thieves, and his momentum is vigorous, so he can't be easily provoked! ”

Zhang Yun hurriedly said: "If you want to fight, at least wait until our soldiers are completely adapted to the sea environment!" ”

The navy of the Wei State. Most of them are new recruits, and their training time is not long, and they are somewhat unsuitable for such a technical branch of the navy.

"A certain family knows and wants to be with the Wu Navy. We still need to work on it! ”

Cai Mao nodded, stood up, and said, "Bo Hao, you go with me to inspect the training of Wu Anguo, if the Third Fleet can be trained as soon as possible, we may be qualified to compete with He Qi for the East China Sea!" ”

Wu Anguo, after he entered Qingzhou, he was recruited by Sangu Thatched House, this fierce general who was under the Tiger Prison and was cut off by Lu Bu was originally from Qingzhou.

Cai Mao recruited him under his command, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only getting a fierce general, but also because of this, the recruitment in Donglai was unusually smooth.

Cai Mao finally divided the navy under his command into three parts, the first fleet he personally commanded, this fleet, is his descendant, the strongest, most of them are the officers and soldiers of the Chu Navy who survived the bloody battle of Chibi, familiar with water warfare, and well-equipped, all of them are the main forces of fighting ships as the main warships.

The second fleet is personally commanded by Wen Ping, the former super fierce general of the Chu State, who is skilled in bows and horses, but in terms of water warfare, he is no stranger to it, he is the same as Wu Anguo, and he also broke a wrist, but after all, he is a fierce general who has practiced qi and become a gang, and he is Cai Mao's biggest henchman now.

As for the Third Fleet, most of the recruits recruited by the Central Plains, who were originally unfamiliar with water, are now under the command of Wu Anguo and are being trained.

"Dudu, this Wu Anguo's prestige in the army is very high, do you trust him so much?"

The two walked out of the county office, turned over their horses, and walked towards the barracks outside the city under the escort of their own soldiers, Zhang Yun suddenly asked in a low voice: "Although I respectfully invited us out of the mountain, I suspect that he should be His Majesty's person, specially here to keep an eye on us!" ”

"Bo Hao, I'm not stupid!"

Cai Mao smiled faintly and said: "It doesn't matter who he is in Wu Anguo, as long as he is from Wei State, Bo Hao, I have no ambitions and extravagant hopes, the Cai clan swept me out of the house, and the Kuai family fell into the well in order to gain Sun Zhongmou's trust, my good sister opened the ancestral hall and expelled me Cai Mao from the clan.

From that day on, I swore that I would defeat Sun Zhongmou and defeat Wu with dignity, and then return to Jingzhou and Cai's house with my head high! ”

"Dudu, your ambition is also mine!"

Zhang Yun's fists clenched slightly, as if the lost dog had escaped from Jingzhou, not only Cai Mao, but also him.

The Third Fleet set up barracks on the seashore in the southeast corner of Huangxian County, this small strait is a bit secret, like a line of sky, after coming to the strait, there is a wide round lake along with the sea, which is a natural naval training ground.

Above the camp, a burly strong man, with a tiger's back and a full beard, he stood in the middle of the round lake, shouting loudly to the soldiers, training the soldiers' water nature.

"Shouping, how are these soldiers?" Cai Mao walked up, called Wu Anguo's words, and asked.

"Governor, now they are initially familiar with the water, but if they want to build a ship in Shanghai, it will take at least half a year to practice!" Wu Anguo replied in a loud voice.

"In a year or two, it seems that they won't be able to go to sea!" Cai Mao sighed helplessly.

Today, in addition to the First Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet do not have the ability to go to sea to fight, even the basic ones.

That's why he can only secretly support those pirates, and he doesn't dare to fight the Wu Navy head-on.

After inspecting the training of the Third Fleet, it was already past noon, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun returned to the county seat.

However, they had just returned to the county seat when they received a shocking news.

"He Qi sent troops to Dongmu?"

Cai Mao looked at the Cai clan in front of him, his eyes were wide, and he was a little incredulous: "How is this possible?" ”

"Dudu, the Wu army is very fierce, they have at least 30,000 soldiers landed in Dongmu City, Captain Cai Zhen is defending the city, but Dongmu City can't stop a day, please send troops to rescue you quickly!"

Cai Ling encountered an ambush when he reported the news, and he was the only one alive among the ten scout soldiers, who was covered in blood and knelt in front of the hall.

"What do you mean by that?"

Cai Mao's green tendons bulged on the back of his hand, his face was blue, and his eyes were a little gloomy: "It hasn't been long since he took Langxie, and he actually sent troops to Donglai, does he want to capture Donglai?" Or does he simply want to take the whole of Qingzhou, isn't he afraid of provoking a war between the two countries? ”

"Dudu, I'm afraid this matter is not simple!"

Zhang Yun said in a low voice: "If He Qi wants to capture Donglai or seek Qingzhou, he should also land from Laizhou Bay and Dongmu City, this is not a good choice, stretch the battle line, and our tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will press up, which will make him very difficult!" ”

"Cai Ling, are you sure that is the main force of He Qi?" Cai Mao asked.

"Dudu, that is indeed the banner of the main general of He Qi, and there are at least 30,000 troops to land, we are above the city, we have seen it with our own eyes, it is absolutely true!"

Cai Ling hurriedly said.

"Looks like they're coming with ferocity!" Cai Mao gritted her teeth: "This battle, if you don't fight, you can't do it!" ”

"Fighting is to fight, but the governor, the position of Dongmu City is not the main strategic location for Donglai, in case of fraud, it will make our main force stuck here!" Zhang Yun reminded.

"No matter what, Cai Zhen must be saved!"

Cai Mao stood up and paced back and forth a few times before he came down and ordered: "The first fleet and the second fleet can't move, let Wu Anguo go, his soldiers can't fight at sea, but on land, they should have combat effectiveness, in case of fraud, I want him to send 8,000 troops, there are 8,000 fresh troops, plus Cai Zhen's soldiers and horses, even if it is the main force of He Qi, it may not be able to succeed for a while." ”

"No!"

Zhang Yun nodded and quickly went down to deliver the military order. (To be continued......)