Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1856 Shipping grain by sea
Chapter 1854: Shipping Grain by Sea
Qingzhou, Beihai County.

After receiving Qin Hao's order, Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang had a dispute over who would lead the original Yellow River navy to the north.

Zhou Yu wanted to lead the army in person, but Qi Jiguang believed that Zhou Yu, as the general of the Qingzhou navy, should not move lightly, and should lead the navy northward by himself.

Since Qi Jiguang came to Qingzhou, he cooperated very well with Zhou Yu and never had a quarrel, but this time is different.

This time the Qingzhou navy's northward movement is the last chance for the navy to claim credit in the battle of Hebei, and it will be related to the candidates for the commander of the navy in the future.

Qi Jiguang also wanted to fight for the position of the commander of the navy, but he was not as good as Zhou Yu in terms of qualifications and military achievements, so he naturally didn't want to let go of this last opportunity to make meritorious service.

In comparison, Zhou Yu's basic market is much more stable.

Zhou Yu's master is Bai Qi, the governor, and his father is a first-level prefect. He has a background in both the military and government, and his own military achievements are equally impressive. Sex is the same max.

But Zhou Yu is not someone who will find trouble for himself, and will never cultivate an opponent for himself. In order to be sure, he naturally wants to grab the opportunity to lead the army north this time.

Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang both wanted to lead the army to the north, and they refused to give in to each other. Neither could persuade the other, and the fight for an hour was not over yet.

Although Zhou Yu is the main general, Qi Jiguang is also the deputy general, second only to himself, so it is not easy for him to snatch this opportunity by force.

Seeing that Qi Jiguang couldn't be said, Zhou Yu sighed and said with a pretended helplessness: "Brother Qi, if that's the case, let the generals vote anonymously, whoever has more supporters will lead the army north to the Bohai Sea, how about it? "

Qi Jiguang frowned slightly. Although Zhou Yu didn't come to Qingbei for a long time, he came later than Zhou Yu. In terms of prestige, Zhou Yu must be higher.

Although Qi Jiguang knew that Zhou Yu was digging a hole for him, he couldn't avoid the hole at all. In addition, he also wanted to know how many people would support him, so he nodded and said, "This is a good idea, so let's do it."

Zhou Yu felt a little relieved, and said, "Okay, now let's vote anonymously..."

The anonymous voting was not done by Qin Hao, it was Wang Mang who did it first.

During the Beihai War, although Wang Mang was the chief general of the coalition forces, after all, the military power in his hands came from other forces. In order to better restrain the generals under his command and not arouse conflicts, he came up with the form of anonymous voting.

After Qin Jun learned about this matter, Li Jing also used anonymous voting 3 times when he was still in Qingbei, and the effect was really very good, so now Zhou Yu decided to carry it forward.

Except for Zhou Yu and Qi Jiguang, all the generals above the captaincy rank participated in an anonymous vote. In the end, two-thirds of the generals voted for Zhou Yu, and only one-third voted for Qi Jiguang.

After knowing the result, Qi Jiguang felt disappointed and lost. He had made great achievements in suppressing the Japanese. He thought that the gap with Zhou Yu would not be too big, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu's supporters to be twice as large as his own.

"Brother Qi,"

Although Zhou Yu won, he was also secretly surprised. He didn't expect Qi Jiguang to have so many supporters soon after he came to Qingbei. If he hadn't been in Qingbei for a longer time, the anonymous vote might not have won Qi Jiguang.

Zhou Yu suddenly realized that the competitive pressure on the naval army was not much less than that of Buqi. Even if he became the governor, he still had to be careful not to make mistakes, otherwise Qi Jiguang and Han Shizhong would still replace him.

After Zhou Yu handed over the task of training the navy to the deputy general Qi Jiguang, he personally led the [-] Yellow River navy and drove away all the large ships in Qingbei and some medium-sized warships to Bohai County.

Small ships can't cross the sea, and their speed is slow, so they are not suitable for transporting grain and grass. Therefore, only large and medium-sized warships can undertake the task of transporting grain.

Most of the warships of the Liang Shanshui Army captured by the Qin army were small and medium-sized warships, and there were only three large warships. The Japanese pirate warships captured were even more, but there were only less than ten large warships. .

In addition to the Qin army's own warships, Zhou Yu took a total of [-] large warships and [-] medium-sized warships, a total of [-] warships to the Bohai Sea.

Each large warship can hold 13 shi of grain and grass, while a medium-sized warship can only hold [-] shi of grain. That is to say, [-] warships can transport [-] shi of grain and grass to and from Bohai Sea and You Beiping once, which is enough for You Beiping. Qin Jun has spent a month.

The Bohai Sea is hundreds of miles away from Youbeiping, and it takes at least ten days to transport grain by land, but it only takes three days by sea, and the Qin army and navy can go back and forth five times in a month.

Therefore, for the current Qin army, it is indeed better to transport grain by sea than by land.

Zhou Yu's navy had just arrived at the port of Bohai Sea, and found that the port was full of grain and grass.

Gu Yong, the prefect of Bohai, attached great importance to the transportation of grain by sea, and mobilized [-] strong men to carry the grain and grass, and helped Zhou Yu carry it on board.

Under the relentless handling of 13 strong men, it took only one day for all [-] shi of grain and grass to be carried on board, and there were still [-] to [-] shi of grain piled up in the port, because it couldn't hold it.

"Gongjin, why did you only bring fifty warships here?"

Gu Yong complained that in his opinion, the war in Youzhou was more important than anything else, and all the warships should be transferred here to transport food.

"I would like to, but the foundation of the Qingzhou navy is too weak, and there are not enough sailors and helmsmen to control the warships." Zhou Yu smiled wryly.

He and Gu Yong have known each other for a long time, both of them are from Jiangdong family, and there are few Jiangdong people in the Qin military and political circles, so naturally they are more united. The two are a natural political alliance, and there is not so much communication. concern.

"Well, it seems that training the navy is also a hard job." Gu Yong joked with a smile.

"How can you compare with Yuan Tan, the prefect of Bohai Sea?" Zhou Yu said angrily.

Gu Yong smiled and didn't continue talking. He didn't know the hardships when he was not in his position. Others thought that he was the prefect of Bohai Sea, but only he himself knew the difficulties and dangers.

It's really hard to be a Qin official!Gu Yong secretly sighed in his heart.

"By the way, Yuan Tan, I see those strong men have been carrying goods."

Zhou Yu pointed to another port where the strong men were carrying goods back and forth, and asked, "What exactly are they carrying?"

"That is the ordnance to be sold to Wei, Song, Wu and other countries. They were all seized by Korea and Zhao. Our army can't use it. Why don't we sell it and exchange it for funds to develop Hebei."

Gu Yong couldn't stop talking once he started, and complained to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, you don't know that the days of us eunuchs are hard.

There is not much money in the county's books, but it costs money in all aspects, so it can only rely on selling arms to ease its finances. "

Zhou Yu saw that some warships looked familiar, so he pointed to them and asked, "Which country's warships are these among the Three Kingdoms?"

"That's not the warship of Wei, Song, Wu, Three Kingdoms, but the warship of Wang Mang of Sanhan."

"Who?" Zhou Yu asked with wide-eyed shock.

"Wang Mang. Wang Mang is really powerful. After Beihai was defeated, he only led thousands of remnant troops to escape to Sanhan, but he destroyed several small countries in Sanhan and established a party. Now he is still fighting with me. The army started a business..."

After listening to Gu Yong's words, Zhou Yu suddenly took a deep breath.

He has been training troops in Qingbei, and he didn't know that Wang Mang and Qin Jun were doing arms trading, and he didn't know that Wang Mang fled to Sanhan, established another force in Sanhan, and dared to buy armaments from Qin Jun.

Zhou Yu participated in the Beihai War, so he naturally knew that Qin Jun had a blood feud with Wang Mang, but now that Wang Mang has fled overseas, even Qin Jun can't catch up.

"This Wang Mang is really difficult to deal with, but after my [-] sailors are trained, I can destroy him in a flash." Zhou Yu said confidently.

After bidding farewell to Gu Yong, Zhou Yu led fifty warships full of grain and went straight to Youbeiping, which also completely solved the problem of unstable grain roads for the Fifth Route Qin Army.

　The second watch arrives, ten chapters are still owed

　　
　
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