In fact, if you really want to fight, it is easy to find an excuse, but Liu Feng just found such an excuse.

It has been a few years since the accident in Jianchang that year, but the horses of the eldest princess's mansion have never appeared again. Even if Liu Feng knew what the truth was, he was helpless without evidence. He once sent someone to inquire, but Liu Biao pushed it all out. For Liu Biao, who has always cared about his reputation, he will never let such an ugly thing get on his body.

Since Jianchang's accident, the eldest princess of Jianchang has taken her children to Wu County and lived with Liu Xie, and the children have also entered the school of Xueba. In Liu Feng's opinion, this is a hard-working woman. So I didn't choose many excuses, but chose this as an excuse to start a war with Jingzhou.

Liu Biao had long been guarding against Jiangdong, so naturally there was no such thing as a sneak attack, and Huang Zu had already prepared for the battle in Jiangxia.

After declaring war, it is natural to issue a letter to win the heart and show that it is a just war. Of course, Liu Biao would not admit it, and while continuing to march into Jingnan, he tried his best to deny it, declaring that Liu Feng intended to rebel, colluded with Zhang Xian's rebels, and coveted the land of Jingzhou.

Of course, these things are better than nothing, and it is the armies in their hands that really determine the situation of the war.

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The vast river flows day and night, heading straight to the sea.

Liu Feng never asked how wide the Yangtze River was, in his opinion, it should be one or twenty miles, and it was the real width of the water. He crossed the Yangtze River more than once, and each time he felt that it would take more than half an hour.

There is no way not to wide, there are too many people in the game, correspondingly, there are too many boats, and there is no pontoon bridge, if the Yangtze River is not wide, how to accommodate it, how can it be called a natural risk! Not to mention the Yangtze River, it is the Yellow River, the water area is also very wide, and there is no problem at all for the building boat to travel through it.

Liu Feng stood on the deck, accompanied by Zhou Yu, Zhang Hong, and Dian Wei. As far as the eye can see, dense warships of all sizes are heading up the Yangtze River for several miles. In the rear, no less than this number of battleships followed.

"Gong Jin, how many people are there in the water army now? Battleship geometry? On the deck, Liu Feng looked at the fleet moving forward and asked.

"Back to the lord, all of them add up, there are less than 5 million people." Zhou Yu replied, "As for the warships, there are 33 medium-sized building ships, 187 small building ships, nearly 1,000 fighting ships, tens of thousands of ships and boats, and some special supply ships and troop carriers. ”

"5 million? Is there already so much? Liu Feng whispered, a little like talking to himself.

"The waters of Jiangdong are so vast, and there is an even more vast sea, how can a mere 5 million sailors be enough?" Zhou Yu said, "That is, Yuan Shu does not pay attention to the naval army, and there is only Jingzhou as the main enemy, otherwise there will be no achievements today." If the lord wants to build a powerful trade fleet, he must continue to strengthen the power of the navy. ”

"I want to too, but do you know Gongjin, this army of less than 5 million has consumed more than three or four times the army of its own, and if you want to expand it again, how can you have so much money." Liu Feng sighed

"This is also something that can't be helped, the consumption of the water army is indeed very large." Zhou Yu nodded, "But my lord, if it weren't for your words to collect all the land to the government, you wouldn't be so financially tight." ”

"If this is not the case, the power of the family will gradually increase, and if they are united, they can even confront the government, and even finally empty the government. Now that their land has been taken and their private soldiers are dismissed, they have lost their roots, and once they have dissenting intentions, they can be solved at no cost. I'm a little nervous now, but take your time! Liu Feng said.

"My lord, Jiangdong's financial resources are worried, and the main problem is still in the population." "The lack of population and a lot of land is barren, which is the root cause of the slow growth of taxes. ”

"But I believe that with Zhang Zibu here, this situation will definitely be reversed, and what we need is time."

Liu Feng did not point out the flaws in Zhang Hong's words, after all, in the eyes of an aborigine, the increase in taxes was mainly related to land and population, but as an alien, Liu Feng knew that the income from business was far higher than the output of land. In particular, a large number of players entering the game will exacerbate the prosperity of the market. Because most of them only know about consumption, and have no output at all.

"Gong Jin, nearly 5 million people, there are not enough warships, right?" Liu Feng pondered for a moment and asked Zhou Yu again.

"It's a bit insufficient, but it's barely enough, and not everyone has to be on board." Zhou Yu said, "In addition to the Wang Yu Department of Huiji, Wujun, Danyang, and Lujiang have only left a few warships, even Chaisang, only 3 medium-sized building ships remained, and the rest all went with us, there were 21 medium-sized building ships and 118 small building ships, and the rest were all fighting ships, with a strength of 3 million, although it was crowded, but it could withstand it." ”

"Is it because of the lack of funds, and the construction of ships has not been continued?" Liu Feng remembers that this scale has not made much progress compared with a few years ago.

"There are reasons for this, and there is also a lack of manpower." Zhou Yu said, "Now there are tens of thousands of large and small ships, and daily maintenance occupies most of the manpower, and the best group of shipbuilders are concentrated to study large building ships, and the rest of the people are too busy." ”

"A large ship? Got enough materials? "At the beginning, Liu Feng got a large number of drawings, and the drawings for the construction of large building ships were also obtained at that time, but as the ultimate warship, the construction conditions were too harsh, and for so many years, even the materials were not collected, but today I heard the news of the construction.

"Yes, the collection has already been completed, and the materials basically meet the needs of one, so the shipbuilding program was launched, but it has been so long, and there has been no result." Zhou Yu said.

"In this way, Zigang, I ordered to go down, after the end of this battle, immediately start the construction plan of medium-sized building ships, no matter how tense, at least maintain the speed of one in two months, and not delay the development of the navy because of the ethereal large building ships." Liu Feng looked at Zhang Hong and said.

As a player, Liu Feng understands that it is not easy to be the first time, and he does not dare to guarantee that his subordinates can easily build a terminal warship like a large building ship.

"My subordinates understand." Zhang Hong said.

"So, how many sailors are there in Jiangxia this time?" Liu Feng turned around again.

"It can't be said that the Jiangxia Navy is gone, but the Jingzhou Navy Army." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "Not long ago, the scouts reported that the Xiangyang Navy had arrived in Jiangxia, one was stationed in Xiling, and the other continued south through the river to assist in the attack on Changsha. Today's Jiangxia has concentrated a large number of troops, and in terms of naval forces, there are 27 medium-sized building ships, 136 small building ships, and the fighting ships are not less than us, and the strength is also above us. ”

"Does Gongjin still have confidence?" Liu Feng asked with a smile, easing the sense of urgency of the scene.

"Of course, this year's time, my subordinates have not been idle." Zhou Yu's voice was full of confidence.

The laughter resounded on the deck and spread far away, infecting the surrounding soldiers.

In the midst of such laughter, the battleships all over the Yangtze River went up the river and galloped away.

What makes Liu Feng satisfied is that the southeast wind is blowing now, even if it doesn't take much effort to go against the current.