Three Kingdoms: Marry Sun Shangxiang at the beginning

Chapter 168 Prologue to Naval Battle, Xu Sheng and Zheng He
Jiaozhou, Hepu Port.

"Director Zheng, there are now more than 1 craftsmen gathered in Jiaozhou. Old people and newcomers can produce twenty 20-meter sea-going ships every ten days, and ten-foot-five-story Jiaolong sea ships every two months. Ten."

"You don't need to intervene, Dudu Xu. Before I came, my lord ordered me to supervise the construction of Zheng He's treasure ship first. I don't care about the Nanyang voyage. Our naval ships can only be defeated by defeating the Soochow Kuaiji Navy in naval battles." Go south without any scruples and connect overseas countries."

With that said, Zheng He looked around. His drawings of Zheng He's treasure ships had been secretly sent here for a month or two, so Mao hadn't seen any warships yet.

"Captain Xu, where are our warships?"

Xu Sheng pointed to the open sea. There are many islands near Jiaozhou. Except for the fishing boats and merchant ships in our Hepu port, the warships are all moored in Zhuya County.

"Zhuya County?"

"To the south of Zhuya County, I heard that there is another island called Zhuyazhou, which is about the size of a county in the mainland, but has only tens of thousands of people."

Xu Sheng laughed dumbly, "Where are there tens of thousands, at most ten thousand? On the contrary, two thousand miles east of Kuaiji, there is a Yizhou. The first campaign was the capture of Zhuyazhou four months ago, and the second campaign was the capture of Yizhou last month."

"Now Yizhou has become the second place where our navy docks, but most of the warships are hiding in the bay east of Yizhou. My lord has ordered that this island be kept as a top secret and be used against Soochow in the future."

"I was also conferred the title of Marquis of Guannei for my contribution to seizing the two islands."

Speaking of this, Xu Sheng was still a little bit embarrassed. Among the generals of the Eastern Wu, who was the one who became the Marquis?

Either veterans such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai, or the presence of governors such as Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

He, Xu Sheng, came to Liu Feng's command, and he and Zheng Chenggong were in charge of the Jiaozhou Navy and Jingxiang Navy respectively. After capturing two large barren islands, he became a Marquis.

It can be described as a step to the sky.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are not many naval warriors under Liu Feng's command.

"Two thousand miles to the east of Kuaiji, if we use our navy and warships, we can reach the other side in only two days."

"But we have to find a time when the ocean current is favorable."

Speaking of this, Zheng He took out a nautical chart from his arms and handed it to Xu Sheng, "Captain Xu, this is a nautical meeting gift from Zheng He."

"This is drawn by the lord himself, and there is a world map on it. However, most of the countries on this map only have skin color, specialties, shapes, and ports. Even the name of the country, the lord dare not confirm it. He also said that he would let me explore one by one."

"I drew a hand-painted copy on the way here, and there are some differences. Please forgive me."

"How dare you."

Xu Sheng took the map, unfolded it, and said, "It's really wonderful. In the waters south of Jiaozhou, there are actually many islands that are exactly like the ones on the map."

"Report... the lord has an order to appoint General Zhu Huan as the prefect of Zhuya County to manage Zhuya County and Zhuyazhou."

Just then, a messenger arrived.

"General Zhu Huan? Zhu Xiumu." Xu Sheng's face was full of shock, "The battle in Jingnan, the lord actually captured him alive."

"It's a pity that Ling Tong, Chen Wu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, the veterans of Wuzhong, were all beheaded by the lord, otherwise..."

Xu Sheng sighed, everyone is their master, and he can only regret the ability of these people in water warfare.

But to be honest, even though he, Xu Sheng, was one of the Twelve Tiger Officials in Jiangdong, he was still no match for these people in terms of water warfare.

He can be reused by Liu Feng because all his family members were rescued by Liu Feng.

Moreover, Liu Feng also has the kindness to know him, and he can be said to be taller than short.

"Report... my lord's urgent order, let the governor prepare early. Our navy has defeated the Jiangdong navy on the Yangtze River. Now there is no Soochow navy on the river, but the Jiangdong navy stationed in Kuaiji. Maybe cooperate with He Qi and Bu Ying who are attacking Nanhai County, and lead an army to raid our Hepu Port."

Xu Sheng took a look at the letter and sighed, "I know the Jiangdong generals well, but it's a pity that this letter didn't tell me who is in command of the navy."

"Jiangdong Kuaiji Navy has more than a hundred warships, and all of them are five-story dragon-class ships. There are nearly a thousand warships of different sizes and more than [-] soldiers. The boatmen and warriors added together, there are also [-]. If If we recruit some fishermen along the coast, I am afraid that we can raise another [-] soldiers, so that with [-] main soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] strong soldiers, our army may win?" Zheng He asked with squinted eyes.

Xu Sheng led Zheng He to the warships on the seashore, "Our army now has forty Jiaolong warships and more than 300 large and small fishing boats, which add up to less than one-tenth of the number on the opposite side."

"Director Zheng, our newly recruited navy soldiers are only [-], and now [-] are stationed in Yizhou and [-] are stationed in Zhuyazhou. The troops are scattered. If we want to fight the enemy, I am afraid there is no chance of winning."

Zheng He pointed to the water village to the south, "But I saw just now that there are probably tens of thousands of new recruits, more than [-] boatmen and warriors in this naval village."

"Those were all rushed to Jiaozhou by the lord, who ordered Mr. Yuanzhi, the governor, to dispatch and prepare them, and most of them were just barbarians captured from the mountains and forests of Jiaozhou."

"Although these barbarians are strong and strong, they can fight on the sea. At the beginning, they will get seasick on the warships. Now two months have passed, but they are able to fight in armor. But in terms of boat handling, they are far behind us. .”

Zheng He rubbed his chin with one hand, "Commander Xu, our army still has a Zheng He treasure ship, and now Jing Xiang has completely conquered the technology of black powder, and after the battle of Guiyang Mountain Road, Chi Dao has also been completely opened up. When we get to Guiyang, I have a plan, maybe we can form a combat force within a month."

"However, can you tell Inspector Xu to dispatch Wu Zhong's secret agents to contain the Kuaiji navy, and our army may be able to fight them in a month's time."

Xu Sheng pondered for a moment.

"Prepare in January. If we can really defeat the Kuaiji Navy, the waters south of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou can be left to us."

"Boss Zheng, since my lord has appointed you as Chief Maritime Officer, I can entrust you with the burden of sailing thousands of miles in the future, so I can trust you."

"However, you have to take me to try the power of Zheng He's treasure ship."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the sea.

"Report...report to the governor, we have discovered the whereabouts of the whale salamander."

Xu Sheng showed ecstasy, "It's just right, let's use this sea monster today to test the power of our new warship!"

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