December Northland

The sky was covered with thick clouds, and the howling wind blew snowflakes and fell on the vast land.

Zhou Yu took a few personal soldiers to climb the hills, saw a vast white expanse, and a big river in the snowflakes, casually pointed to a manor in the east of the road, and asked: "The big manor, whose house is it?"

"It's the Lu family's manor. The soldiers stepped on the ice and said: "It was originally a broken squire, but it was broken by thieves, and now it is rewarded to the Lu family." ”

Zhou Yu stopped talking, looked into the distance, and pondered.

The climate was colder than in previous years, and some states and counties reported that the people had frozen to death, but they were actually dying of hunger and cold.

If you look closely, the snow is swirling and falling, and there are rows of wooden houses in the nearby townships, some of which have collapsed due to the heavy snow, but there are faint voices of people, it is the mobilized hands shoveling the snow, and the fireworks of the temporary porridge shed are rising.

Zhou Yu showed a smile, this is the nearby county order is organized, there is food and clothing to keep out the cold, and then, retracting his smile, looking into the distance.

The mountains and rivers in Yingzhou are covered in silver, and the ponds and lakes are frozen, but the Taiping Lake in the south does not freeze.

Ninety warships glided north on the green water, and although the sails were lowered against the wind, the propellers still left a short white wave trail in the stern of the ship, thus maintaining speed.

This is the expanded Han Army Naval Division in adaptive training, and recently the Xiangzhou Naval Division has been tightly entangled, and this Taiping Lake is the only place where Sun Xinbo does not dare to provoke.

Looking at it, Zhou Yu said: "Go down and join the fleet!"

The next speedboat sped out, saying that the voyage of the fleet attracted some fish to follow, and among the battleships, the speedboat approached the flagship.

After a brief exchange of knowledge, the rope ladder was thrown down from above.

went up the gangway to the top floor, observed the entire fleet at the highest point, estimated the actual combat strength in his heart, and imagined that the enemy was the Xiangzhou Naval Division.

"It's kind of ...... There is no room for optimism. ”

At the same time, Lu Xun came over and climbed onto the roof of the ship, and saw a slender and vigorous back: "Dudu!"

Zhou Yu stood against the railing, pinching a cyan paper crane in his hand, thinking about things with his eyebrows, and only after a while did he ask: "What does Bo Yan think of the ironclad ship?"

"It worked very well. Lu Xun replied, a little regretful: "But it's too little." ”

"Oh...... Let's talk about it. ”

Lu Xun was a little puzzled by what Zhou Dudu's purpose was for him, but when Shangguan asked, he opened the conversation: "The practicality is obvious, the sailboat uses hybrid power to reduce the difficulty of controlling the ship, and the source of soldiers is easier to obtain than traditional sailors, as long as the Taoist soldiers can take up their posts after some training...... In half a year, the number of our sailors has been expanded by six times, and now every post on the ship is doubled, training and learning, which is the benefit of getting started quickly. ”

"The number of battleships themselves has doubled, the shape has changed - the hull has been enlarged, the bulwarks have been equipped with thin iron plates, the displacement of the new warships has been doubled, but the maneuverability has not decreased, but has been increased by half, and with the range of thunder ballistas, it is easy to defeat the enemy ship in battle. ”

Lu Xun paused as he spoke, seeing that Zhou Yu had no expression, as if he was not listening carefully, he was even more puzzled in his heart, and still said: "It's a pity that the number is too small, and there is no way to compare with the 2,000 warships of the Xiangzhou Navy Division...... The river is not good for us to exert our speed, and after disrupting the formation, flooding can drown us. ”

Zhou Yu only listened quietly, and the smile in his eyes flashed: "The quantity depends on the investment of the shipyard, and the navy can't grab the army to grab the budget, unless it can come up with a real record...... In your opinion, how can you fight the enemy?"

"Bring in Taiping Lake. Lu Xun stood up straight, his temperament changed to gentleness, and his eyes were sharp: "The lake is wide, the speed and range of our ship can be brought into play, seize the upper hand and deviate, the range of the new thunder ballista is the thunder sail of the Cai Dynasty sailor - the thunder sail is a spell attack, the small thunder sail is only one or two miles, and the large battleship thunder sail can reach five miles, how can it be compared with the eight-mile range of our new thunder ballista?"

"Or the heavy thunder sail of the Dangkou ship, which can reach the ten-mile attack limit of the Hongwu ship, but we also have a type two curved thunderbolt ballista, with a limit of twelve miles...... As soon as the salvo was completed under the advantage of range, no matter the results of the battle, he relied on the speed to break away, and the second time he seized the upper hand to fire a salvo, and there were no casualties at all - I think this is the tactical reason why the lord is trying his best to develop new power and new naval weapons. ”

Bursting applause, Zhou Yu applauded, and looked at the naval general with appreciation: "What you said is very insightful, but it's a pity that there is no place for you in this fleet." ”

"......" Lu Xun's body was stiff, his face was pale, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Lu Meng shouted: "Xiaguan has seen the governor, hey, Bo Yan, your face is very ugly......"

Lu Xun glared at this guy viciously, woke up a lot, and looked at Zhou Yu waiting for the follow-up words.

Ziming came just in time to write a letter of resignation. Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"Uh......"

Lu Meng was dumbfounded, looked at his colleague Lu Xun, and then looked at his boss Zhou Yu: "This is ...... Your command?"

Zhou Yu's evil taste was most satisfied with the reaction of these two people, and he smiled: "It's not my decision, it's the lord's decision." ”

After making up his mind, admiring the pale faces of the two of them, he said slowly: "You two have to go to the North Sea and take charge of a fleet alone." ”

"The one handed over by the King of Wei...... North Sea Fleet?" Lu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and frowned: "Wei has no need for the sea, I heard that the so-called fleet only has a dozen rotten ships, how can it be divided into two?"

"This lord has his own plans. Zhou Yu restrained his smile and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What, not happy?"

"No, no...... I just wondered why we were allowed to go. Lu Xun sneered, knowing in his heart that this could not be refused, and in the long run, it would be beneficial to himself - how could it be reused to be in charge of a fleet alone, but the qualifications of the two of them in the naval division were not conspicuous, at least the deputy governor Gan Ning was much more senior.

"Only the two of you are more low-key on weekdays, which is the most suitable...... I prepare for support for the beginning of spring in the past. ”

Zhou Yu raised a flame in his hand, burned the cyan paper crane, and annihilated the information, in fact, he had just received a summons from the lord, and he lingered and thought for a while before determining the candidate.

Gan Ning is older, but that guy has a high position, an active temperament, and he appears too much in public, and he is too eye-catching to mobilize......

Even if the fleet that he built up single-handedly has become less pure because of too much expansion in the past six months, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no eyeliner bought by the Cai Dynasty.

Lu Xun was stunned when he heard this, his sense of smell was very keen, and he knew the recent situation, the Hanhou Mansion was the key surveillance object of the Cai Dynasty, and he sometimes felt watched when he walked on the road, and there was no means of the main immortal spirit clone, and ordinary disguise could not be concealed.

"It's just the two of us, or are you bringing sailors? How can we get there?" he said, and asked a few questions in succession, but he was not satisfied with a few small wrecked ships of the North Sea Fleet.

"Bring sailors, people use our own people, ships ask for secondment from the East China Sea League. Zhou Yu bowed his head slightly and said, "The lord has arranged for people to respond, you can think more about how to cooperate." ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he also became upright, thinking about what means he had to hide from the sky and the sea, and said: "Our sailors are closed, and they don't get off the ship for several months when they get on the ship for training and sailing, and it is much easier to hide from the sky than the army, and there is just a reason for the Northern Wei Dynasty to hand over the port and a small fleet, so Bo Yan and I pretended to go to the North Sea Fleet to take office, and quietly changed people in the North Sea Fleet across the Northern Wei Dynasty grassland, Cai Chao does not have such long tentacles, and I can't feel the abnormality of the North Sea......"

Lu Xun's heart moved when he heard this, and asked: "I'm afraid it's not just the North Sea Fleet, but also the East China Sea Fleet, so that the two of us will be transferred?"

"It's good that you can think of it, don't mention it on any occasion. ”

Zhou Yu bowed his head and explained to the two: "The soldiers you brought over are all veterans on the list of dead, and the actual people are still alive, so they are all pretended to be treated like this by recruits." ”

"According to the meaning of the cabinet discussion, after the two of you arrive in Stunin, you must make preparations in advance for the spring reception, and there is no need to delay, so ...... tonight"

That night, the Han fleet docked at Taiping Port in Taiping County, Pinghe County, which was a rest after the completion of the first stage of training, and the soldiers were on vacation.

..................

At this time, when the sun is at the end of the forest

A manor near the river, a little farther away is a forest, the light of the setting sun shines through the forest branches on the west window, the light is very faint, with a little quiet and profound.

Ji Caizhu sat steadily, closing his eyes and recuperating, as if he was thinking deeply, his mood was a little complicated, this operation was carried out by himself, and now it is coming to an end.

The generals of the naval army of the Hanhou Mansion can be secretly transferred, but the ministers and generals are eye-catching, so there is no way to hide from the world and the sea, which can be said to be burdened by fame.

But the ordinary officials are different, Hanchen training has brought out a group of capable, not famous, all of them are practical, some of them began to reduce their activities half a year in advance, and gradually disappeared in the public places of Yingzhou in the past two months, and they will all concentrate here at this time.

But the presiding officer of the Eastern Wilderness is not himself, but Governor Yan.

Governor Yan, this person was a noble person earlier, not to mention himself, even the lord can't sit on an equal footing.

Now sitting on an equal footing with myself, you can see that time has changed.

But this time, the lord used this person, and I am afraid that he will be restored to his majesty in the future.

Just thinking about it, he heard the bell ringing, Ji Caizhu stood up, and went out with a solemn face, when he saw an official coming over and asked, "Are they all here?"

"All here, the latest batch of ninety-one, four hundred!" said the official.

"How do you notify the latest batch?"

"It is said that the Yamen New Year inspects all townships and villages - the snow is big, there are many people who go to the countryside to inspect, and there are less than 100 people out of thousands of people, which is nothing, and no one can notice it!"

Ji Caizhu smiled when he heard it and asked, "Are there any old and weak?"

"No, the old and weak can't afford to travel and be tired, as before, these are all chosen, and all of them are young and strong. ”

Ji Caizhu stopped talking, pressed the hilt of the sword, and said, "When you see someone, go immediately!"

In the main courtyard of the manor, the gate was tightly sealed, and the four hundred officials stood neatly, silent, Ji Caizhu was in front, and the soldiers accompanied him with a knife.

Seeing this person, the four hundred officials saluted together: "Greetings to Lord Zhu!"

"Everyone, please get up!" Ji Caizhu took a step forward, glanced at everyone, and said in a thick voice: "I think you must be clear, this time I will transfer you to the Eastern Wilderness......"

As soon as these words came out, even though the officials knew about it not long ago, there was still a disturbing commotion.