With the arrival of four giant ships from Jiaozhou and officially put into service, Feng Jin and others finally had the battleship of their dreams, Wei Ba used one as his own flagship, and Feng Jin, Fu Xing and Zhuge Zhi also each had a giant ship as the flagship and main battleship, and Xiahou Xuan and Zhuge Dan really became a master in his own right.

Feng Jin and Fu Xing are not surprising, they are all old friends of Wei Ba, one once provided the initial blueprints for Wei Ba's transformation of the warship, and the other had a fateful friendship with Wei Ba, and it was expected that they would be reused. When Zhuge Zhi learned that he would also own a giant ship, he was very surprised. He is not only a general of Wu State, but also a member of the Zhuge clan, and when Zhuge Dan has become a member of Wei Ba, he never expects to sit side by side with Zhuge Dan again.

It's not that he doesn't think his level is enough, but he knows that there are some rules in officialdom that don't need to be stated. The differences between Wei Ba and Zhuge Liang have always existed, and as Zhuge Liang's clansman, it is reasonable for Wei Ba to suppress his promotion and not let Zhuge Liliang be too strong. If Wei Ba didn't give him the giant ship, he would have nothing to be disappointed about, because he had no hope in the first place, at most he just had some regrets.

When Wei Ba announced that he would have a huge ship side by side with Feng Jin, Fu Xing and others, Zhuge was stunned for a long time and bowed down: "I am willing to serve the general." ”

Many people are puzzled by Wei Ba's approach, there are still many people who are qualified to own giant ships, such as Zhang Wei is not bad, whether it is ability or loyalty, he is more suitable than Zhuge Zhi, it is really not good, and transferring Zhou Yin is stronger than Zhuge Zhi.

Wei Ba has his own opinions. He knew very well that Feng Jin and the others were fighting in the water. But what they know about is water warfare on the river, and the only person here who is really familiar with water warfare at sea is Zhuge Zhi, and letting Zhuge Zhi become a member is not only to set an example for Feng Jin and others, but also to set up an opponent for them. With enough weight of competitors, they will not be self-righteous.

From another point of view, the relationship between Zhuge Zhi and Zhuge Liang is farther, far less close than Zhuge Dan, he can use Zhuge Birthday, he can use Zhuge Zhi. Zhuge Liang weishenme has a charismatic personality? It's because he's right. Although I don't dare to say anything, I can't find fault with it. But for the most part, he's fair. If you want to be an opponent with Zhuge Liang, being a villain and playing conspiracy will only die faster, and it is better to be a gentleman and be frank. Everyone plays Yangmou. He was thirty years younger than Zhuge Liang. It takes time and consumes Zhuge Liang to death. You don't have to rush for success and give people a handle.

Wei Ba's subordinates had the most accurate grasp of people's hearts, so he also understood Wei Ba's intentions the fastest. With a few inadvertent provocations, Feng Jin and the others exploded their will to fight, and mixed with their soldiers every day, eating and living together, on the one hand, to enhance their feelings, and on the other hand, to ask those soldiers adapted from pirates for their experience in surviving at sea.

Under this competitive mentality, their abilities increased rapidly, and more than two months later, standing in front of the sand table that had just been completed, Wei Ba announced his first voyage.

Zhuge was in the front, Wei Ba himself was in the center, Feng entered the palace, and Fu Xing led 3,000 people to stay. The three fleets sailing were twenty miles apart, the equivalent of a day's journey at sea, in order to support each other. Each has a giant ship, and a medium-sized warship ranging from four to eight, and any one of them has the ability to fight against a small group of pirates on their own, even if they encounter the Qingxu Naval Division, they also have the power to fight.

"Do you understand?" Wei Ba looked around and asked lightly.

Zhuge Zhi and others responded violently.

"Remember, we're not going to attack Yingzhou now, we're just getting acquainted with the water situation." Wei Ba said: "This is the first pre-war drill, and we will conduct such drills many times." After this exercise, some soldiers will return to their hometowns to visit their relatives, and at the same time, a group of soldiers will come from Jingzhou for intensive training. I calculated, about four to five reincarnations in two years, and our soldiers can probably officially fight. ”

He smiled, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "In the past half a year, it is not only a time to train ordinary soldiers, but also to test the abilities of a few of you, not that the current leader will definitely be able to go into battle when the time comes, you must know that there are still people waiting to knock you out, even the starting position, it is also possible to change." ”

Feng Jin and the others glanced at each other, and they all showed provocative expressions.

Wei Ba made proper arrangements, chose an auspicious day, and sacrificed the flag to the sea.

……

Wang Ling has had a headache lately.

Since Wei Ba moved his camp to the island, Wang Ling set up his camp in nearby Qu County. Qu County belongs to Xuzhou, but now most of Xuzhou has been captured by Sun Shao, and it makes no sense to set up a thorn history for a small part of the remainder, Cao Rui simply classified these places into Qingzhou, and Wang Ling was in charge.

Wang Ji, as the commander of the Qingzhou Assassin Mansion, is responsible for dealing with the clans within his territory. He soon sensitively sensed the undercurrent surging in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and even Yanzhou, some people were secretly provoking these families to resist donations and anti-endowments, and luring them to do business with Wei Ba with generous profits, even if Wang Ling issued a stern order, there was still a large outflow of raw silk and silk fabrics.

Wang Ji didn't know who it was, but he felt that it might be someone from the Elk family, so he asked Wang Ling to be stationed in Qu County, tightly control the Elk family, and plan to arrest this person who was making trouble in the dark. But it's a pity that he stayed in Qu County for more than two months, and he couldn't find out the black hand.

On the contrary, the major cities of Qingzhou have seen a less stable situation.

This made Wang Ji scratch his head very much, and it also gave Wang Ling a headache.

Just as Wang Ling was on fire, his second son Wang Peng walked in quickly, stood still in front of Wang Ling, and took a breath: "Father, there is movement on the island. ”

Wang Lingteng stood up suddenly: "He sent troops?" ”

"Well, a fleet has gone east, and there are not many ships, it seems that it is one or two thousand people." Wang Peng's eyes were a little suspicious, and he didn't seem to understand Wei Ba's intentions. "What can one or two thousand people do? It can't be a suspicious soldier, right? ”

"It could also be a pioneer." Wang Ling groaned: "Since it is going east, it should not be Qu County, maybe it is going to Chengshan, there is also a large island there, and there are people on it." From there, turn west, but it is Yingzhou. ”

"Then I'll go to Chengshan." Wang Peng was eager to try.

Wang Ling glanced at him and agreed: "You keep in touch with General Tian, it's best to let him send a cavalry to protect you." ”

"Whoa." Wang Peng agreed, turned around and left.

Wang Ling has four sons, all of whom are different. The eldest son, Wang Guang, whose name is Gongyuan, is in his early thirties, and now he is a scholar in the Luoyang Imperial Court, and he came to Qingzhou not long ago to preach the edict, and then went back. Staying in Luoyang are also the third son Wang Biao, the word Jinhu, the youngest son Wang Song, and the word Mingshan, all of whom are skilled in bows and horses, both civil and military. The only thing that followed him was his second son, Wang Peng, who was a flying owl, who shot a good arrow, could shoot a bow left and right, was familiar with the art of war, and was Wang Ling's right-hand man.

Wang Ling wants to sit in Qingzhou, take charge of the overall situation, and let Wang Peng take part of it to reinforce Chengshan, which is naturally the most suitable person.

Wang Peng immediately went to Tian Yu with Wang Ling's warrant, Tian Yu didn't say a word, personally led three thousand iron horsemen, and rushed to Chengshan with Wang Peng.

Qingzhou is the Shandong Peninsula in later generations, and the mountains are in the easternmost part of the mountain, which is the tip of the knife. During the Han Dynasty, the development of the Shandong Peninsula was far from enough, the richest places in Qingzhou were concentrated in the Linzi area in the west, and Donglai County was not small, but there were only 12 counties, eight of which were concentrated on the northern coast, and the southern coast was basically inhabited. If it was in normal times, no one would care about this place at all, but now the situation is different, in order to prevent Wei Ba from landing somewhere along the coast, they have to advance along the coastline, as much as possible to keep Wei Ba out of their line of sight, and keep a close surveillance.

The speed of the cavalry is not a problem, but the supply has become a big problem, there are not many civilians along the way, and the more than 3,000 cavalrymen eating horses and chewing have become a serious burden, and the ones they carry with them are limited after all, and disturbing the people has become an unavoidable choice.

Before the battle began, the people of Donglai complained about the passing cavalry. In contrast, Wei Ba carried a supply ship with him, and he didn't need to go ashore at all, and even if he went ashore, he just took a little fresh water, and he didn't need to exploit the people along the way, but it left a good impression on the people of Donglai.

Wei Ba went all the way to the east and took more than ten days to reach Chengshan, Tian Yu and Wang Peng also rushed to Chengshan, but they saw Wei Ba landing on the shore and camping at Chengshanjiao, but they did not dare to come forward to attack. Wei Ba had nearly 8,000 men, and there were three huge ships moored in the sea, more than ten building ships, and the thunderbolts and ballistae erected on them did not hide their fierceness, and Tian Yu believed that if he launched an attack, he would first understand the power of these ballistae and bolts.

Fortunately, Chengshanjiao has no strategic value, Tian Yu just needs to watch Wei Ba and not let him have a chance to sneak attack, but he doesn't have the hard task of killing Wei Ba here. The two sides were thirty miles apart, and apart from the scouts watching each other, they were all right.

A few days later, Wei Ba set out again, turned into a mountain corner, followed the coast, and headed west, approaching Yingzhou.

On the one hand, Tian Yu sent people to inform the counties in front of him to strengthen their garrisons, and on the other hand, he sent intensive scouts to maintain close surveillance. But this time, even if he has an iron horse, it will not be easy for him to follow Wei Ba. The defenders of Yingzhou were not the Wei army, but Gongsun Yuan's subordinates, they thought that they could not hold Yingzhou, so they had to ask Tian Yu and others to help, but they were unwilling to give up Yingzhou easily, so they were only willing to cooperate with Tian Yu and refused to let Tian Yu enter their defense area.

In this way, Tian Yu even had a problem with forcibly requisitioning supplies, let alone spying on Wei Ba. And Wei Ba even sailed the battleship away from the coast, out of their sight, and disappeared into the vast sea, completely losing a trace.

Yingzhou suddenly became a rumor, and all the counties along the coast entered a state of combat readiness, and even Wang Ling, who was far away in Beihai, did not dare to slack off, and the 10,000-strong army was ready to go out to support at any time.

The entire Qingzhou became nervous, and even after Gongsun Yuan on the other side of the sea got the news, he was a little restless...... (To be continued......)