Gangneung, Taishou Mansion.

Ma Yue was inspecting the map on the secluded fire photovoltaic case, and suddenly saw Li Meng, Wang Fang, and Gan Ning entering together, standing side by side in the hall, and clasped his fists to Ma Yue and said: "The last general will see the lord." ”

Ma Yue waved his hand, straightened up, and asked in a condensed voice, "How is the matter of collecting ships?" ”

Li Meng wiped the sweat on his face, and gasped: "Back to the lord, 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, enough to carry 8,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 war horses, and there are still surplus ships that can carry grain and rice in Jiangling City as horse feed, but ......."

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Speak." ”

Li Meng 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, Ma Yue's army won't be able to make it down the river, and that's not a small problem! Although the eight thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry are brave and good at fighting, it is on land, let them swing the oars, it is really difficult for a strong man, forcing Zhang Fei to embroider.

After a while, Ma Yuecai asked in a deep voice, "How many boatmen do you need in total?" ”

Li Meng looked at Gan Ning and replied, "The big ship needs twenty boatmen, and the small boat needs five people, and a total of more than 9,000 boatmen. ”

"What!?" Ma Yue was taken aback and lost his voice, "Need so many boatmen?" ”

In Ma Yue's impression, a boat is only one boat boss, and a maximum of three people is great, and it is enough to transport 8,000 Xiliang cavalry from Jiangling to Jiangdong, and it is enough to support only 200 boats, and more than 1,000 boatmen.

But reality gave Ma Yue a blow to the head.

"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. ”

Ma Yue's face gradually became a little embarrassed, and he asked Li Mengdao, "So how many boatmen have been recruited now?" ”

Li Meng's head drooped, and he replied weakly: "More than two hundred people." ”

Ma Yue shouted, "There are only more than two hundred people!? ”

Li Meng said helplessly: "The last general is incompetent, please punish the lord." ”

Ma Yue 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 saying that, Ma Yue turned to Gan Ning and said: "Xingba, are there any familiar water thieves on the waterway of the river (the ancient name of the Yangtze River)?" ”

"Yes." Gan Ning responded, "Jiangxia thieves Zhang Bao and Chen Hu have a lot of friendship with the last general, and they can be introduced to the general's tent." ”

"Great." Ma Yuejie said, "How many people are there in the boat?" ”

Gan Ning said: "There are more than 50 large and small ships, and more than 300 water thieves. ”

Ma Yue pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Bao and Chen Hu's Jiangxia thieves are more than 300 people, plus your Jinfan thieves are more than 800 people, and together there 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, anchor down, and rock the oars, and the remaining oars and fiber horns need a full 8,000 people." ”

"Eight thousand? That's not a problem! Ma Yue smiled and said to Li Meng, "Li Meng, after the capture of Jiangling, how many Jingzhou soldiers were captured in total?" ”

Li Meng said: "There are 8,000 people! ”

"That's the 8,000 people!" "Pierce their collarbones, chain them together and lock them into the cabin, and these captives will serve as oars and 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. ”

Li Meng and Wang Fang were stunned for a moment, and then immediately admired: "The lord is wise. ”

Gan Ning is a thief of Jinfan, rampant on land and water, and has been pursued and suppressed by the Jingzhou army for ten years, although he does not say that he hates the Jingzhou army to the bone, but he also hates it deeply, Ma Yue's poisonous plan can be said to be in Gan Ning's arms, and he laughed cruelly at that time: "Hehe, now this group of Jingzhou dogs have fun." ”

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

Gan Ning said: "What's the matter?" ”

Ma Yue said: "You just mentioned that the Jingzhou Navy has a three-story ship, and it needs 600 oars, is there really such a big ship?" ”

Gan Ning said: "This is still false. ”

Ma Yue said: "So in addition to the boatmen on the ship, how many soldiers can be transported by each ship?" ”

Gan Ning thought for a moment and replied, "At least a thousand soldiers, or five hundred war horses!" ”

"What!?" "A building ship can transport a thousand soldiers, or five hundred war horses?" ”

"That's right."

"In other words, as long as there are thirty ships like this, you can transport General Ben's eight thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry to Jiangdong!?"

"That's absolutely fine." Gan Ning said, "But it's not easy to get thirty building ships. 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. ”

"The solution was figured out by man!" Ma Yue Huoran turned around, flattened the map on the table, and asked Gan Ningdao, "Where is the Wulin Port Navy 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." ”

"What...... What the!? Ma Yue's eyes darkened, and he almost fell to the ground, and said in a lost voice, "Chibi!?" ”

Ma Yue is no longer familiar with the Three Kingdoms, but the name of Chibi is like thunder.

Gan Ning was surprised: "Lord, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Ma Yue took a deep breath, put his hand on his forehead, frowned and said, "Let me think, let me think about ......"

……

Sanjiangkou.

A large naval fleet is slowly advancing.

After Cao Ying erected the women's wall under the support of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, there was an attic under the female wall, a female wall downstairs, an attic under the wall, and a female wall downstairs.

This huge warship is the three-story ship that Gan Ning said to Ma Yue.

"Prime Minister." Cai Mao proudly showed off to Cao Ying, "How is the warship of my Jingzhou Navy Army?" ”

Cao Ying's eyes showed undisguised exclamation, and he said in a loud voice: "It's really breathtaking! How can such a behemoth compete with it? ”

Cai Mao said again: "How is my Jingzhou Water Army?" ”

A subtle smile bloomed at the corner of Cao Ying's mouth, and he praised: "What a majestic teacher." ”

"Hahaha......" Cai Mao laughed proudly, "Jingzhou Sailor is invincible in the world." ”

Cao Ying's expression 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. ”

"There are more than 100 of them!?" Cao Ying was really taken aback this time, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and he said in a condensed voice, "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 boats are incomparably powerful, they are slow, and most of the boats collected by the horse butchers from the area of Xiling 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 are far more threatening than the large building ships. ”

Cao Ying really didn't know the trick of water warfare, so he nodded when he heard the words: "I see." ”

……

Gangneung, Taishou Mansion.

Gan Ning lost his voice and said: "What, the lord wants to sneak attack the Jingzhou Navy Dazhai in Wulin Port?" ”

"No, it's not a sneak attack!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "It's a strong attack." ”

"Assault!?"

"That's right, Raid!" Ma Yue said in a cruel voice, "General Ben will lead the army to attack Wulin Harbor, seize the warships in the naval army's Dazhai, and arm your Jinfan thieves and Zhang Bao and Chen Hu's Jiangxia thieves into a powerful naval army that can compete with the Jingzhou naval army!" Then swept all the way through the Jingyang Naval Army, and safely escorted the general's 8,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry to Jiangdu Port for landing. ”

Gan Ning said in a deep voice: "The last general has sneaked into Wulin Harbor several times to spy on the bottom of Jingzhou's naval army, and found that the terrain of Wulin Harbor is extremely dangerous, with steep peaks on three sides, and it is difficult to launch an assault by land!" The only front that can be attacked is guarded by the Jingzhou naval army, and without a strong enough naval army, how easy is it to attack and break through? ”

"There is no such thing as an impenetrable camp in this world!" Ma Yue's eyes showed a cold look, and he said in a condensed voice, "The key is to see how to fight this battle!" ”

……

(To be continued)