Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2978
With water dripping on stone, did the water win, or did the stone win?

It's all right, it's people who win.

Water and stone, in most cases, have no sense of winning or losing, just like the mobilized people, whose words and deeds are really the reflection of their true wishes?

Cui Hou was covered with sweat, and hurriedly approached Cui Jun's hall, and then saw Chen Rui, the prefect of Daijun, beside Cui Jun, he couldn't help being stunned, and immediately bowed his hands to salute, expressing that he was reckless.

Daijun Taishou Chen Rui smiled, stood up and said that he still had some chores to deal with, and he would come to visit Cui Jun in two days, Cui Jun also got up quickly, and apologized repeatedly, saying that he was rude today, please Chen Shijun Haihan, and personally Send Chen Rui outside the gate...

Cui Hou also accompanied him, bending down all the way to make amends.

Now under the rule of Feiqian, the original Wuyuan Shuofang and other counties were merged into Yinshan County, which was ruled by Yinshan Shou, while Dai County was merged with Changshan County and Shanggu County, and it was the area of ​​the northern region.Of course, in most areas where Cao Cao is handed over, there may be two prefects. For example, Cao Cao also has a prefect of Changshan County, or a prefect of Shanggu County.

Chen Rui has now become the governor of the Dai County. Although he is also called the Taishou, the population of the Dai County is actually thin. Compared with other large counties, it is more like a county with a larger territory.

Moreover, it is obvious that there is no way to do any large-scale development with only one place in Dai County. It must rely on the support and cooperation of surrounding counties and counties. Therefore, Chen Rui also came to Taiyuan County, mainly for the purpose of negotiating with Taiyuan to borrow some labor. ...

Dai County, when it was big, was very big, even including a part of the northern part of Jizhou, but when it was young, it was also very small, only a few counties around Dai County.

The shortcomings of the administrative system in the Han Dynasty are also reflected in the fact that the boundaries between counties and counties are basically not fixed, and they are divided at will, which leads to many opportunities for local officials to take advantage of the imperfect administrative system to get their hands dirty.Even in the land of southern Japan in later generations, there are still local officials who openly jumped and yelled. I don't believe that they can't find out the fault and fine them, let alone in the Han Dynasty when communication and information were more closed?
Chen Rui, as the governor of the Dai County, at least until now, has no qualifications to make money. There is no way. The Dai County is short of manpower. Even if he wants to repair roads, dig ditches, and clear silt, he will be stretched.Moreover, Daijun also undertook the transfer of food, grass and various supplies for the Northern Territory Protectorate. The requirements for roads are also relatively high. If it is not corrected for a long time, the transportation will be delayed at that time. The grain transport officer had his own problems, but if there were too many problems on the Daijun road, Chen Rui would inevitably have to go to Chang'an to report on his work.

The winter leisure time is naturally the best time to recuperate, so he specially came to Taiyuan to discuss with Cui Jun.

To be honest, Cui Jun was not very happy about this matter.

Not everyone in the Han Dynasty was a certain Lei!
It's just that he refused directly, and it was a bit out of favor, so when he was considering his words, Cui Hou broke in, which saved Cui Jun a lot of effort, but it might make Chen Rui feel that it was Cui Jun. Deliberately arranged...

After seeing off Chen Rui, Cui Jun frowned slightly, and after returning to the hall and sitting down, he looked at Cui Hou, "Why are you panicking?" 』

Cui Hou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, smelled his mind, and then glanced at the servants in the hall.

"Everyone back down! 』Cui Jun flicked his sleeves.

The entourage withdrew their chrysanthemums and retreated.

Cui Hou gritted his teeth, "General Zhang of the Shangdang was assassinated!" 』

Cui Jun twitched his eyebrows, but his expression remained calm, "Is there such a thing?"But casualties? 』

"It is said that the injury was serious, and he was recalled and turned off..." Cui Hou said, sweating on his forehead, took out a towel, and wiped it again and again.

Cui Jun looked at it, and gradually felt that something was wrong, staring at Cui Hou, "It's this time, what are you thinking about?"Say what you have! 』

Cui Hou trembled and rolled on the ground, "Brother!save me!This assassin... this assassin...』

Cui Jun felt as if a thunderbolt had exploded in front of him, causing his stable aura to suddenly collapse, and veins appeared on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't tell me, this assassin...is you." Pie! 』

Cui Hou waved his hands again and again, "No!The assassin was not sent by me! 』

"Huh..." Cui Jun let out a long breath, and then felt that something was wrong, "Why don't you say it? !What is the connection? ! 』

If it had nothing to do with it, Cui Hou wouldn't be so panicked.

Cui Hou lowered his head and hesitated, "Also... but... that person... came to Jinyang... before, before..."

Cui Jun's eyes turned cold, "What's going on! 』

Only then did Cui Hou explain the reason intermittently.

After Cui Hou was caught by Fei Qian once with a sore foot and beat him hard, he naturally calmed down somewhat, but after all, dogs can't change their food...or cats can't change their food?Probably this is what it means.Just like a gambler swears that he will never gamble, and an alcoholic cuts off his finger to express that he will never drink again, etc. The secretion of dopamine on certain nerves can make people addicted and difficult to stop.

As time goes by, the vows gradually fade away, and I feel that those who follow the rules are old antiques, just know how to open a pawn shop, and can't keep up with the trend of the times... Cough cough...

So Cui Hou figured out a new method.

If "export" is not allowed, switch to "domestic sales"!

Without approval, smuggling with a caravan to the land of Shandong openly again is undoubtedly jumping up and slapping Fei Qian in the face. No matter how courageous Cui Hou is, he would not dare to do so, but...

What if it's just "domestic sales"?

Selling it under the rule of Fei Qian, can it be regarded as "smuggling" to the outside world?

What's more, what is sold is not the first-class ordnance from the military workshop, but defective products and imitations from Cui Hou's own second-level workshop, just under the name of "Hussar Supervisor"...

Does this count?

Don't count!
So, now it's troublesome.

Po Hu Chi'er is naturally Cui Hou's domestic sales distributor.

Moreover, the Shangdang Huguan Gukou military stronghold was destroyed, and it is said that someone leaked the specific location of the military stronghold...

With such a connection, Cui Hou naturally felt that a catastrophe was imminent, and rushed to discuss with Cui Jun.

Cui Jun didn't care about stabilizing his aura, so he stepped forward and grabbed Cui Hou. Originally, he wanted to lift Cui Hou up, but Cui Hou was too fat to lift him up. I tell you to restrain yourself!Restrain some!How did you promise me?How did you promise me? ! 』

Cui Hou wept bitterly, "I really didn't know this would happen... If I had known..."

"What's the use of saying this now? ! ”Cui Jun pushed Cui Hou, then walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, and after walking around twice, he said, “Who else knows about this now?I mean, who else knows about Ni and this assassin... damn it!Anyone know? ! 』

Cui Hou cried, "A lot of people..."

"How can so many people know about such a thing? ’ Hearing this, Cui Jun couldn’t stand still, and felt dizzy for a while, “You...could it be you, you..."

Do you live in the world, eat, drink and have fun? Since Hu Chier is a Hu man, of course he can also get some Hu women. When offering it to Cui Hou, how can Cui Hou think of other problems?I just know that this beard girl is so white, so big, so thin, and so long, so naturally everything is in good shape.

"Brother!Save me! ”Cui Hou cried bitterly, “If this matter is known to Huqi, I... I will lose my head! 』

"Don't worry, this matter is still a bit strange..." Cui Jun sat down, "How do you know... General Zhang was assassinated?" 』

Cui Jun felt a little strange. After all, he hadn't received any official notification yet, but Cui Hou got the news one step ahead of him?

Cui Hou wiped his face, and said with a sigh: "Someone came to report..."

"A special report? Cui Jun asked, "Where is that person now?" 』

"Already gone..." Cui Hou raised his head, "Uh... brother means..."

Cui Jun suddenly trembled, his face changed drastically, "Not good!It's going to be a mess! 』

As soon as Cui Jun finished speaking, he heard someone rushing from the corridor, and when he reached the hall, he suddenly saw Cui Hou still in the hall, he was taken aback for a moment, and then hesitated.

"What's the matter?Hurry up! 』

Cui Jun asked.He knew that since he had just ordered the servants to retreat, if it was not an important matter, no one would come to disturb him, now...

"Report to the envoy! The man saluted, "I don't know when, rumors spread everywhere in the city!"In the posthouse, Mr. Chen Shijun, the Daijun, sent people around to investigate, it seems...』

The aura that Cui Jun tried to maintain finally collapsed...

……Σ(oдo)…

To the west of Zigui is Xiling Gorge.

After Xiling Gorge, there is Wu Gorge.

Gap, narrow also.

After Huang Gai suffered a bad loss in Zigui, he became more and more calm.

No matter how Gan Ning lures him, he just doesn't enter the dangerous areas, which makes Gan Ning very depressed.

In the Wu Gorge area of ​​Xiling Gorge, there are almost towering peaks on both sides. Once large-scale ships enter, it is easy to form a long snake formation.

Therefore, Huang Gai is naturally cautious and cautious.

But for Gan Ning, it was depressed and depressing.

Scam, continue to swindle, continue to swindle.

Gan Ning lowered his posture to be so seductive, Huang Gai seemed to have emptied his ammunition, his mind was calm and indifferent.

Unlike the high-spirited ones before, Gan Ning also gradually realized the difference between large-scale surface battles and the water bandit mode he had in his early years.The more people there are, the more emphasis is placed on mutual cooperation, and the dispatching ability gradually surpasses individual martial prowess.Even if Gan Ning can overturn a ship by himself, Huang Gai can dispatch other ships to overturn Gan Ning's ships...

Gan Ning came to harass him again.

Huang Gai continued to add bricks and tiles to the old city of Zigui one after another, cleaning up the wreckage, as if he wanted to build Zigui city into a steel water village, a permanent stronghold.

There are some small boats around the water village.Use small boats to hook them together, like a soft door, to block the enemy, but you can also untie the hooks at any time to dispatch the warships inside.

The previous times of harassment, Gan Ning didn't try to break through the outer defense line of the water village, just wandering and harassing, but Huang Gai ignored it at all, even if Gan Ning took advantage of a little, he didn't send people to chase and intercept.So this time, Gan Ning felt that he could go deeper. He raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the Huanggai water village, and shouted: "Come closer!"Shoot me with a bed crossbow!cum inside! 』

This order was actually somewhat dangerous, but Gan Ning and his subordinates didn't think there was any problem at the moment.

Gan Ning's ships are mainly medium-sized and small. The advantage is flexible steering, but the disadvantage is that they are not powerful enough. Therefore, a bed crossbow was set up in the middle of the ship to increase firepower.

If they rushed into the water stronghold, relying on the manpower of these ships, they would undoubtedly seek their own death, so the focus naturally fell on these additional bed crossbows.

Huang's workshop, bed crossbow of military quality.

Gan Ning's subordinates responded loudly, then approached Huang Gai's water fortress, and started shooting with bed crossbows.

The shooting speed of the bed crossbow is not fast, but the crossbow gun bundled with kerosene can easily cause damage to the opponent's hull, and at the same time ignite some sails or other things. Lethal.Moreover, the range of the bed crossbow is far beyond that of ordinary bows and arrows. If you want to hit Gan Ning and other ships, you must use the bed crossbow as well.

But here comes the problem, Jiangdong's bed crossbow has a slightly shorter range than Gan Ning's.

That's right, just a little bit.

Although the bed crossbow is obviously different from the effective range and the maximum range, but when Gan Ning’s bed crossbow hits Jiangdong’s hull, it can still retain more kinetic energy, while Jiangdong’s bed crossbows are often only It can be shot, but the lethality is much worse.So Gan Ning was always out of Jiangdong's killing range, crazily mocking Huang Gai, and expressing his contempt for Jiangdong's navy...

Huang Gai knew that this was a manufacturing difference in military equipment and a lack of technology, but he knew what he knew. It didn't mean that if he wanted to improve, he could pat his head and then he could improve it.There are also long-range weapons that want to attack Gan Ning, such as the catapult, but the problem is that the catapult is more accurate than the wake-up crossbow. A small and medium-sized warship that can move and run is a bit thankless.

"Whoosh! 』

"Whizzing! 』

The crossbow spears of Gan Ning's side seemed to be free of money, and they shot wildly at Huang Gai's water village.

The crossbow guns are wrapped with sackcloth soaked in kerosene, and soldiers set them ablaze before shooting.Although the lit tarpaulins might be extinguished in the air, most of them can still maintain a little flame, and then they will burn in retaliation when they land or are stuck on the Jiangdong hull.

The Jiangdong soldiers in the water village in the distance started to run, either busy dismantling the crossbow spears attached to the hull, or extinguishing the flames with sand.

The bed crossbows wound by a winch have a longer range and a more stable rate of fire, while Jiangdong's bed crossbows are a little different, so most of the counterattack bed crossbows fail and fall on the water, only to get Gan Ning and his men. Laughing.

The Jiangdong Water Village, which was under attack, did not untie the boats connected to the outside.

"General!This time, Jiang Dong is being a coward again! 』

"Hahaha! "Gan Ning laughed and said, "Jiangdong can't do anything else, he's pretty good at being a turtle! 』

"Ah ha ha……"

Gan Ning's words sparked another burst of laughter.

Gan Ning waved his arms, "Shoot!Shoot Koto's turtle shell! 』

"Oooo! 』

The Jiangdong soldiers in the water village seem to be running in a hurry, but if you are more careful, you will find that these running soldiers are all soldiers from the periphery of Jiangdong, while the central building where Huang Gai is located and the surrounding areas are quiet. Quietly, nothing happened.

If you are passively beaten, your morale will naturally drop.

Everyone knows this.

Gan Ning and the others were all small and medium boats, with fast turning and explosive power. If a large force was dispatched to encircle and suppress, the small boats might be able to catch up, but the big boats would definitely not be able to catch up...

Unless there are special circumstances.

Regardless of whether it is a bed crossbow or a trebuchet, Jiangdong's range and accuracy are worse than those of the hussars, and everyone knows the same.

However, there will always be problems, and the person who can solve them is the most critical factor.

Huang Gai stood on top of the building boat, coldly watching Gan Ning's boat circle around, estimating the distance.

The generals on the battlefield must have a very strong ability to estimate distances. At a glance, the approximate distance is almost the same.If the calculation is wrong, then it is possible that the pawns that were dispatched by a certain aspect of themselves will fall into the empty space.

"It's now! Huang Gai suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Raise the flag!"drum! 』

On the Huanggailou boat, Jiangdong soldiers erected a flying tiger flag with red and yellow borders, and immediately in the Jiangdong water village, there was a rush of drums...

When he heard the sound of the drums, Gan Ning thought that Huang Gai was about to attack, so he became a little excited, because since there were kerosene-stained sackcloths on their boats, of course there were also kerosene jars, and they would burn Jiangdong again when they had a chance. A wave, although it may not really be able to burn Huang Gai, but it can be regarded as an outlet for oneself, at least it can refresh for a few days.

But soon, Gan Ning discovered that Jiang Dong did not dispatch soldiers and boats, but first dispatched trebuchets!
One after another, the stone bullets drew arcs full of death in the air from different places in the Jiangdong Water Village, and smashed down towards the direction of Gan Ning's ship!
"Buzz!Tom! 』

A stone bomb roared and hit a small boat under Gan Ning's command. It smashed into the hull of the ship and drilled a hole of flesh and blood without any effort. Almost all the soldiers hit died on the spot, and a few others died. I don't know if it's luck or misfortune, and howls miserably!

"Wow! 』

Gan Ning saw a stone bomb hit the water about ten feet away from his boat, and the water splashed all over the sky!

"spread!dodge!Get out of here! 』

Gan Ning shouted.

When will Jiangdong do this? !

This is a range attack!

Everyone knows range attack, everyone knows it, but it is not easy to play it well.

The Jiangdong people did not aim at a certain ship at all, but attacked with indiscriminate catapults. This not only required the catapult to measure the distance and direction in advance, but also needed to calculate the time when the stone bomb fell!This is different from smashing fixed targets in the river, Gan Ning's fleet is constantly cruising up and down!
As long as the coordination is a little bit worse, and the timing is a little bit staggered, the range attack may either be an air drop, or it can only be splashed behind the cruising Gan Ning fleet. To accurately cover the area where Gan Ning's fleet is advancing, the most critical thing is undoubtedly the deployment of the experience accumulated by the veteran naval officer over the years...

Just when Gan Ning yelled and the boats under his command started to disperse, the Jiangdong Navy opened up the small boats connected to the outside, and then in the water village, some of the boats were covered with pointed boats with long sculls, like crazy Generally rush out!
(End of this chapter)