Entering the tent, Wang Xu quickly walked to the map, looked at Xu Huang and Yan Yan and said, "How many troops are there in the Wu State garrison of Yuzhang at present?" Which generals guarded the town? How is the deployment? ”

Yan Yan, as a deputy general, happened to be in charge of sorting out this information during this time, so he immediately stepped forward and said: "Back to the lord, if you don't count those camps and sentry posts stationed on dangerous mountain roads, then Wu has a main force of 70,000 people stationed in Yuzhang, the main general is Huang Gai, and the deputy generals are Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Sun Ben, but because of the defeat in the South China Sea and the crisis in Luling, Jiang Qin and Sun Ben have led 30,000 people to rush south to help, and now there are more than 40,000 people, concentrated in Chaisang. ”

"What about the trolls? How much do you know about the water army? Wang Xu frowned and asked.

"The situation of the navy is not too clear, only that it is also on the river near Chaisang, with about 50,000 or 60,000 troops, the main general is Cheng Pu, and the deputy generals are Ding Feng, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, and Zhu Ran. In addition, yesterday, a member of the spy department came to provide information, and Zhou Yu of Wu Guo is said to have led 30,000 troops from Yuzhou to the south. Yan Yan replied.

"Huh! Dare to transfer troops from the Central Plains? Wang Xu's face was gloomy, and he immediately said coldly: "Zhou Zhi, you go to find someone to send an order to Nanyang, so that the Eastern Legion and the Vermilion Bird Legion will make a gesture to march into Runan again, if Jiangdong still dares to transfer the Central Plains soldiers and horses, then Zhang He will lead the Eastern Legion to march into Runan." ”

"If you do this, will there be any changes on the Wei side?" Speak to the sky.

"No!" Wang Xu shook his head: "Cao Cao has suffered heavy losses, his morale is completely lost, and now he is busy allocating materials and emergency relief, how can he make a big move, as long as Nanyang maintains 80,000 garrisons, he will not send troops lightly." Moreover, although Wu and Wei are allied. But it was under the pressure of my Northern Expedition. Cao Cao picked up such a big bargain for Wu Guo in his heart. occupies half of his Central Plains, and he really has no ideas in his heart? ”

"He is now looking forward to me fighting Wu Guo, so that he will have enough time to recover, and it is best to defeat both sides. Even, if Jiangdong's forces in the Central Plains are really empty, he will not be relentless, and it may not be impossible to regain the lost territory! ”

Xiang Tian was puzzled: "But in this way, isn't the alliance broken?" ”

"Ouch!" Zhou Zhi couldn't listen anymore. couldn't help but scolded loudly: "You still don't believe it when you say you're stupid, the alliance is to fight against the Chu State, if Jiangdong transfers the Central Plains troops to fight us, it means that our military strength will be dragged down, in this way, he will regain the lost territory, do we have the strength to fight him again?" Is Wu capable of resisting? ”

"Moreover, the so-called alliance is like that, Jiangdong occupies the southern part of the Central Plains, and Cao Cao doesn't dare to say anything. But if Cao Cao can quickly regain the lost territory, what can Jiangdong say? The strength is not comparable to the state of Chu. Then it is inevitable that the two parties will join forces! To put it bluntly, even if the two countries work together against us, they are also trying to devour each other and strengthen themselves all the time! As long as we don't really make a move to destroy Wu, Cao Cao will not send troops. ”

After Zhou Zhi's explanation, Xiang Tian instantly understood, and remembered the alliance between Wu and Shu in history, isn't it a truth?

Shu occupied Jingzhou, Wu wanted to recapture it all the time, Wu later occupied Jingzhou, Shu still had to restrain and try to mend relations. Because Wei Guoqiang has to join forces, the two countries have to join forces, but how can they not compete with each other, as long as there is a chance, who will be soft.

The current situation is the same, so Wu must also be on guard against Cao Cao at all times.

Wang Xu looked at Xiang Tian, who was deep in thought, didn't pay attention to him anymore, and then said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, judging from the current situation, it is still beneficial to us, the key to the problem is to be fast enough, where is the main force of the Haiyun Legion at present." ”

"The Haiyun Legion is now on the river north of Xia Pheasant, which is an important water village of the naval army on the Yangtze River, and it is also the first water village to guard against the Wu State Naval Army, and now the main force is almost all gathered there, about twenty or thirty miles away from here!" Xu Huang said.

"Okay, then you immediately send someone to inform Song Qian, Jia Hua, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Fan Tong, and let them come to see me as much as possible!"

"No!"

Wang Xu didn't wait long, only half a day later, Song Qian and other generals of the navy hurried over to report the current situation.

It's a pity that after in-depth exchanges, the result was mixed with joys and sorrows.

The good news is that because of the strong economic strength and leading technology as the backing, the navy is much higher than Wu in terms of scale, performance and combat power of warships.

As for the scale, it is entirely because the materials and funds required to raise the naval army are astronomical, the construction and maintenance costs of warships, and the construction of naval facilities are even several times more expensive than the consumption of training cavalry.

Wu's navy army also looks like there are a lot, fifty or sixty thousand people, compared to the more than 80,000 people of the Haiyun Army, it seems that there is not much less. But after Song Qian's explanation, Wang Xu knew that this could not be judged by the number of people, every warship in the Chu State was fixed in the best configuration, but in the Wu State, many people used a warship.

To put it simply, the number of Wu State's naval army is only more than 20,000 people less than that of Chu State, but the various types of warships that really play a role in water warfare are only half of that of Chu State, and there is a gap in the performance, combat power and richness of warships in warship.

For the first time, he felt that he seemed to have neglected the navy, perhaps because he didn't know much, or maybe because he hadn't encountered it in so many years of war, so although he attached great importance to it in his heart and listed it as one of the most important development projects, he rarely paid attention to and understood it.

At this time, he even had an idea that perhaps the navy would be the key to the success or failure of this battle.

But soon, his full heat was extinguished by a basin of cold water.

After careful discussion, Wang Xu found a very strict problem, the Haiyun Legion has no coach so far.

Although because of him, Song Qian obviously has a higher status and has the final decision, but when they talk about the war, they actually vote.

For example, Wang Xu asked if there was a war with the Wu State Water Army, then who would be the front and how to deploy it appropriately, and the result was Song Qian, Jia Hua, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Fan Tong. even began to put forward their opinions in front of him. This was followed by a vote in favour and against. The minority obeyed the majority, and then Song Qian finally gave the order.

It's not impossible to do this, but that means deciding on some major matters, and if an army relies on such a vote to act in unison, what will happen?

In front of the generals, although Wang Xu didn't say anything, his face was pale, and he was even more dissatisfied in his heart. Although he doesn't know much about water warfare, he at least knows how to be handsome.

Subsequently, he talked about some tactical issues intentionally or unintentionally, and compared them with Wu's naval army, and the result was even more unexpected.

These people, each with their own tactical characteristics and their own style of play, are all very good, but when it comes to overall planning, they are always hesitant. When it comes to dealing with Wu Guo, they all seem uncertain. Even whenever they made a decision, they were very hesitant, which instantly made Wang Xu feel that they lacked enough confidence and strength.

The military discussion finally ended in Wang Xu's silence, and only Zhou Zhi discovered his worries.

When he walked back to his tent in contemplation, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but chase after him.

"Boss, do you have something on your mind?"

"Yes!" Wang Xu nodded, still walking in silence.

"You're worried about the trolls?"

"Alas!" Wang Xu sighed and finally raised his head. "How can you not be worried? Although I don't know much about water warfare, I still understand the basic way of being handsome, put aside the details they said, and then replace them with the words of cavalry, that is, we have more troops than the other side, our personal combat power is stronger than the other side, the war horse equipment is better than the other side, and the tactical play is not weaker than the other side, but I am not sure if we can beat the other side! In my opinion, this is equivalent to a fantasy, it is really incredible! Everything is better than the other party, but I don't know if I can beat the other party, what kind of crooked reasoning is this? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but smile and said softly: "Boss, in fact, you can't be too demanding, I think you are responsible for the problem of the water army!" ”

Wang Xu's eyes widened instantly: "I'm responsible?" What responsibility? The navy wants money for money, materials for materials, and all the technologies that can be used are given priority, and for so many years, its annual expenses have been ridiculously large, but they are still always satisfied, how can I still be responsible? ”

"I didn't say that, I mean how many times have you used them?"

"Twice on a large scale! It was still when Liu Biao and Liu Zhang were beaten, it was all many years ago, over the years, they have eaten well and lived well, how can they become such a ......" Speaking of this, Wang Xu suddenly reacted and stopped in shock.

"You mean they lack combat?"

Zhou Zhi smiled: "That's right! You don't know very well, the soldiers sometimes like to joke, saying that the navy is the baby bump of the Chu State, and the cavalry and infantry are all raised by the stepmother! ”

"How did I not know?"

"You are the king of Chu, who dares to say that in front of you?" Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "The naval army of the other Wu State, although it is inferior to our Chu State, can be used extremely frequently, dispatching materials, supporting the front line, fighting water battles and land battles, all of which have been tested for a long time. Although the rivers in the country of Wu are dense, and the water area far exceeds that of the state of Chu, this is also the advantage of others! ”

"On the contrary, our navy has changed batch after batch of soldiers over the years, but it is repeated training and then training, fortunately you have Song Qian and Jia Hua to help you keep an eye on it, so that at least the navy is not corrupted, at least it is well-trained, otherwise I don't know what a big pit is. The most important thing is that the generals of the navy lack experience and excellent experience in leading troops to fight, and even Song Qian and other generals have not been on the battlefield for a long time? Hands are born, what can you do with them? ”

"Besides, the navy has always lacked handsome talents with real command talent, Song Qian and Jia Hua are diligent and studious, and they can make up for their clumsiness, and they are also very promising, but over the years, have you really cultivated them? Fan Tong has the most experience in water warfare, but have you allowed him to experience large-scale battles? Not to mention Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, although the two are talented, they are lazy, and their personalities are not the kind of people who seek progress, and now they are all about to be wasted! ”

In fact, Wang Xu was also angry, and he didn't turn a corner for a while, when Zhou Zhi reminded him just now, he had already thought of this, and immediately said worriedly: "Yes! I've been lacking in skills all these years, and I've really been negligent, the navy needs a real handsome! But where to find such a talented handsome talent now? (To be continued......)