Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 304 Reorganizing the Navy
After listening to Xu Maogong's words, Li Song shouted: "Dezu!"

"The minister is here!" Yang Xiu hastily cupped his hands and stepped out.

"Pen and ink are waiting for you! I want to write a letter to Sun Quan." Li Song said, Yang Xiu immediately prepared the pen and ink, sat aside, and recorded what Li Song wanted to say.

After Li Song saw that Yang Xiu was ready, he said: "Gu Jin accepts the emperor's order, and obeys the heavens to punish crimes. Yan Hui pointed to the south, and Liu Cong tied his hands; the people of Jingxiang, hope that the wind will return. Today, there are millions of heroes and thousands of generals. I want to hunt with the general in Jiangxia, and we will fight Cao Ang together, and we will form an alliance forever. Fortunately, don't wait and see, and reply quickly."

After Yang Xiu finished writing, he showed the call to action to Li Song for review. After Li Song read it, he immediately ordered someone to send the call to Jiangdong to Sun Quan.

"Send people to the naval base in Hefei quickly, and order Gan Ning to lead the navy to join forces with the Jingzhou navy." Li Song continued to order.

Li Song obeyed Xu Maogong's plan and dispatched envoys to Jiangdong; on the other hand, he counted a total of 95 horseback sailors, and claimed 100 million to the outside world. Qi, Huang, and Saizha are connected for more than three hundred miles.

Gan Ning, who was ordered by Li Song, led the navy and sailed all the way from the Yangtze River to Jingzhou. In order to prevent Jiangdong from intercepting them halfway, Gan Ning ordered the navy to prepare for battle at all times.

"Meet the Prime Minister!" Gan Ning led the navy to Jingzhou, immediately disembarked from the warship, and went to meet Li Song with his lieutenants Liu Rengui and Li Shunchen.

"Okay! I look forward to your arrival day and night. With your joining, it will be easy to sweep Jiangdong! I have ordered Cai Mao to build a warship in Dongting Lake. You lead the navy to meet him, and I will come to reward the water at that time." Teacher." Li Song said.

"Promise! The general obeys!" Gan Ning, Liu Rengui and Li Shunchen clasped their fists together and retreated, boarded the warship and headed towards Dongting Lake.

Not long after Gan Ning led the sailors to Dongting Lake, Li Song also came to Dongting Lake to reward the sailors and ordered people to distribute wine and food to the sailors. He held a banquet in the camp of the Chinese army and drank with Gan Ning and others. .

"This time I am here, in addition to rewarding the sailors, I plan to reorganize the 36 sailors here. What do you think?" Li Song said after drinking three rounds and eating five flavors.

"I will obey the Prime Minister's order!" Gan Ning, Cai Mao and others hurriedly clasped their fists together.

Li Song nodded with satisfaction. He is very satisfied with their attitude. Their position, sometimes an attitude can trigger the development of the situation.

"I decided to break up the original Jingzhou navy and Gan Ning's Shenlong navy and reorganize them into three navy."

"The first navy was named Zhengdong Fleet, meaning to conquer Jiangdong, with Gan Ning as the commander and Liu Rengui as the deputy."

"The second navy is named the Pingjiang Fleet, which means to pacify Jiangdong, with Yi Sun-sin as the commander and Zhang Yun as the deputy."

"The third navy is named the Kaijiang Fleet, which means to expand the territory, with Cai Mao as the commander and Deng Zilong as the deputy."

"The last general will obey the prime minister's order!" Gan Ning, Cai Mao and others hurriedly clasped their fists together and saluted.

Deng Zilong was the outstanding anti-Japanese general of the Ming Dynasty who was summoned by Li Song not long ago. He once led the navy to go to North Korea to fight against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army that invaded North Korea.

The reason for Li Song's arrangement is to gradually take Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's control over the navy, and slowly control all the Jingzhou navy.

"These three fleets will be under the full command of Gan Ning. From now on, Gan Ning will be appointed as the Commander of the Navy, and Cai Hao and Li Sunchen will be the Commanders. I hope you can unite sincerely and accomplish the great cause of unifying the world together." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister, please don't worry! The ministers will definitely do their part for the prime minister's great cause of reunification!" Gan Ning, Cai Mao and others hurriedly expressed their views.

"Okay! In addition to reorganizing the navy this time, let's take a look at the equipment and diet of the soldiers. The expenses of the soldiers must not be deducted." Li Song said. It is unrealistic to test the sailors due to the arrival and training run-in, so we have to care about other aspects of the situation.

It is very important to ensure that the training of the sailors can exceed the target and greatly enhance the combat effectiveness.

"Prime Minister! Now our army is building warships. We are working hard day and night. It is estimated that we will be able to build [-] warships in one month." Cai Mao said.

These [-] warships were built according to Li Song's requirements. Among them, [-] transport ships were used to transport a large number of infantry across the river for landing operations, and the rest were warships.

"The armor of the navy officers and men is all new equipment, which is much stronger in terms of protection than before, and it is also lighter. The lethality of spears and swords has increased a lot compared to before."

"A lot of rockets and magic arrows have been manufactured, and they can be equipped in various fleets at that time," Gan Ning said.

The rocket is to tie explosives to the arrow, ignite the fuse, and shoot it at the enemy's warship to blow up the enemy's ship. During the water battle between the two armies, it can severely damage the enemy's navy.

"Be careful with these!" Li Song instructed. After all, these are dangerous items. Once ignited, the entire naval base can be blown up quickly.

"Our army also installed small trebuchets on the main fleet, and the projectiles were carefully improved gunpowder cartridges." Yi sun-shin said.

"Okay, with these magical weapons, it's only a matter of time before Jiangdong is taken down, but everyone should be careful and don't be careless," Li Song said.

Then he asked: "How is the diet of the sailor?"

"Report to the Prime Minister! Nowadays, the naval division has a lot of training, and the food and grass consumed are much more than usual." Zhang Yun said.

"Food and grass are not a problem. In order to go south, we built granaries in the counties next to Jingzhou, and stored a lot of grain and grass in them. We can transport grain and grass here from these places." Li Song said, the consumption of grain and grass is a trivial matter, as long as the navy As long as the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can go up, it is fine.

"On weekdays, apart from rice and noodles, the soldiers have fast meat every day, and they are all mixed with meat and vegetables." Zhang Yun continued.

The ancient army generally ate little or no meat, and sometimes they didn’t even have a bite. Most of them were pasta, and there was no oil or water.

After all, it is not easy to transport grain and grass during marching and fighting, let alone meat, which is not easy to preserve. It is okay to say that it is cold in winter, but in hot summer, meat is easy to deteriorate.

The biggest advantage of being a soldier is that besides being able to reduce taxes, if you are lucky, you may also have the opportunity to be an officer. This is the best way out for the big soldiers. If you encounter difficult times, you need soldiers to prepare their own food, equipment, etc. things.

Gan Ning, Cai Mao and others reported the situation of the navy to Li Song one by one until the banquet was over.

(End of this chapter)