"I can't catch up." Lyle shook his head as he watched the two warships carrying Cao Wei's big man go away.

Gan Ning smashed his fist on the cannon, half depressed and half annoyed: "Damn! There were only four warships, and we fired so many guns that we even let go of two! ”

"There is no way, the stone projectiles fired in such a brutal way are destined to be difficult to aim, unless the other party rushes over and fights with us, the target becomes larger, and the hit rate will increase." Lyle expressed understanding and comforted, "But don't be too demanding, maybe we've already killed Cao Mengde?" ”

Part of it was difficult to aim, part of it was insufficient training, and part of it was tense stage fright, which combined with a touching hit rate, and it was impossible to sink all the warships of Cao Wei Junchen, who were almost driving at the same time.

Faced with this situation, in accordance with the principles of "let the leader go first" and "let the leader go in the middle", Lyle suggested that Gan Ning focus on attacking the two Cao Wei warships that were 'running in the front' and 'running in the middle', and Gan Ning did not fail in his mission, and commanded his soldiers to sink these two warships one after another.

But.

“…… Even if we really kill the Cao thief, we don't know. Sun Shangxiang turned around, looked at the shipwreck upstream, and muttered.

Rather than confirming which big names were on the ship, which were hit by stone bullets and were bound to sink, Lyle and Ganning preferred to hunt down the other two ships to ensure that nothing went wrong, and after the pursuit failed, they wanted to go back and confirm that it was no longer possible.

Cao Wei's ministers are smart, and the low-level soldiers are not stupid, what they lack is only unity, which leads to the efficiency of action is not as good as the former. Except for a few Jingzhou sailors who were confident in their water nature and physique, they chose to jump into the river and swim back to the shore, and the other soldiers chose to avoid the fire on the north side and the stone bullets on the south side, and separated the warships from the east side one by one to escape, while the warships of Lyle and Gan Ning were on the escape route of this group of slow escape armies, and had to avoid their edge.

"Whether you know or don't know, this battle has already been decided." In fact, Lyle didn't care too much about Cao Cao's life or death, according to his opinion, the decision on whether Dongwu could have the last laugh was no longer in the hands of Wei State, even if he lost in the end, it was his own internal problem, "Now, captain, we should retire." ”

"Understood, Captain!" This is the first time that Gan Ning has called Lyle 'Regiment Leader' without being ridiculous, which means nothing to say, "Hey, you guys, don't think that everything will be fine if you make a meritorious service and receive a reward!" After that, I see that I don't practice to kill you, the cannon is so crooked, I'm not afraid to go into the wrong hole when I am in the cave! ”

"Eh, hey~" The artillerymen who were scolded were not only not ashamed and angry, but smiled one by one, and when they heard the 'meritorious service' and 'reward', they knew that Gan Ning would not treat them badly.

"A dog's mouth can't grow ivory!" Sun Shangxiang next to him scolded secretly.

Lyle turned his head and asked Sun Shangxiang blankly: "County Lord, what is the explanation of 'the cave house enters the wrong hole'?" Shouldn't it be 'going into the wrong room in the hole' and being married to another woman? ”

"This ......!" Sun Shangxiang opened her mouth, no matter how much she didn't let her eyebrows, she couldn't answer this kind of question, so she stomped her feet and turned around, "This question is for your mother!" ”

“？” Lyle glanced at Sun Shangxiang with disdain, moved a few steps to the side, and asked the sailors on the deck in a low voice.

"Hahaha~!" Gan Ning, who heard this conversation, laughed, raised his arms and shouted, "Everyone, don't care about those lost dogs, go back and join the fleet, and then directly escort our little regiment commander and little county lord back to the camp!" ”

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It is a pity that due to the chaos at that time, Cao Cao's warship had a small change when it set off, and it did not meet the conditions of [let the leader go first] and [let the leader go in the middle], so as to avoid a killing disaster...... However, 'not dying in a great calamity' does not mean that there will be 'blessings in the future'.

The civilian generals who participated in the Battle of Chibi died a large number of votes, which was enough to make him cry from the bottom of his heart. Although he was able to promote scribes and military attachés from below to sit in these positions and maintain Cao Wei's normal operation, letting a group of guys who were not as loyal and talented as their predecessors be in high positions would leave hidden dangers for Cao Wei's development.

In addition, after the defeat of Cao Jun, whether internal or external, all kinds of clowns who had been shocked by Cao Wei's general trend jumped out and made some moths to fight for their own interests.

- Of course, the biggest source of trouble is Soochow, who has an unknown weapon.

"Tsk~! It's a big life, and this has allowed him to escape. Everyone else was immersed in the joy of repelling Cao's army + capturing Jingzhou, and Gan Ning, who had made miraculous achievements in the Battle of Chibi, blackened his face on the spot after hearing the news of Cao Cao's survival.

"General Xingba doesn't have to mind, if you can defeat him once, you can defeat him a second time," Zhou Yu chuckled and looked at the children in the camp, "The cannon invented by Lyle can not only be used in water warfare. ”

He didn't want to be the king of the pirates, he just wanted to bombard Cao Wei's city with cannons, and then push down the cannons on the warship and place them on the city wall to defend.

"Hey~" The generals in the camp tent laughed very ****, some of them were veterans who had been with them since the Sun Jian era, but it was the first time that such an easy battle had been fought.

Well, if Cao Wei didn't play any 'warships connected from end to end', the battle would not immediately divide the victory and defeat, and the disadvantages of the low hit rate of the cannon would be revealed in the chaotic water battle...... But there will be no change in the end result.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, and asked Lyle unexpectedly: "Lyle, now that Jingzhou has fallen into the hands of us and others, what do you think we should do if we follow?" ”

“？” Originally, Lyle, who was just standing at the farthest point of the camp with Sun Shangxiang and listening to the military situation with a cheeky face, didn't expect Zhou Yu to answer him, thought about it for a while, and walked out and said, "Dudu, I think we should continue to attack Cao Wei steadily...... If the amount of gunpowder and stone bullets is enough, the city on the north bank of the Yangtze River can now be attacked and used as a bridgehead for the Northern Expedition. ”

"Quite an aggressive proposal." Zhou Yu still had a smile on his face, he couldn't see what kind of attitude he had, and he didn't give any evaluation of Lyle's opinion, "Is there any reason?" ”

Lyle grinned and asked instead of answering, "How long does the governor think Jiangdong can keep the secret of black powder?" ”

“！” Zhou Yu's face changed.

"Merchants involved in the purchase of saltpeter and sulfur, alchemists involved in the development and preparation of black powder, craftsmen involved in cannon casting, artillerymen using cannons...... Does the Governor have the confidence to keep everyone shut? Sun Quan naturally ordered to keep secrets, and also implemented a number of measures to prevent leaks, but the world is not so simple, if you want to prevent leaks, you can keep secrets for the rest of your life.

"In fact, I think that only one person needs to steal a small packet of gunpowder and hand it over to the alchemy alchemists under Cao Wei's command, and at once he can guess what it is improved from, study it in a clear direction, and produce results in a few years." This is already an ideal result, and people need to slowly follow suit, the normal situation is to steal the results directly, and the research and development cycle is 0, "Compared to developing separately for a few years, and then everyone shoots at each other's cannons, I think it is better to use all kinds of military force, so as to end the war within the Han Dynasty as soon as possible." ”

The expressions of the generals in the camp changed a few times, how cool it was to shoot people with cannons, how unwilling they were to be shot with cannons, and it didn't take long for someone to come out and shout: "Governor, what does the last general think...... Lyle is right, and the last general is willing to be a pioneer! ”

"At this point, we need to think long-term." The major events of the Northern Expedition can only be decided by Sun Quanxia, and if Zhou Yu plays a hand of 'will not accept the life of the monarch abroad', sooner or later there will be a situation where the monarch and the minister are jealous of each other.

Merely.

"............" Zhou Yu looked at Lyle, who had retreated to his original position and was pulled by Sun Shangxiang and whispered, and a smile flashed in his eyes.