Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 713 Jiangdong's Secret Development

Lu Su knew that Zhou Yu's words were not meant to be alarmist.

Even regarding the turmoil that may occur when Jiangdong was under tremendous pressure and did not respond forcefully, Lu Su felt that Zhou Yu might have said it lightly.

At the end of Lu Su's daily dealings with these people, he also knows the thoughts of these people best, "They only have family inheritance in their eyes, and they don't care who comes to this country at all!"

There are many gentry and gentry in Jiangdong, and they are also the group that are best at adapting to the wind.

Just like when Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao's army, a considerable number of families and even officials under Cao Cao's rule secretly communicated with Yuan Shao.Now it is just replacing Yuan Shao with Cao Cao and Cao Cao with Jiangdong. As for those aristocratic families, they are basically the same.

Lu Su hesitated and asked Zhou Yu, "Governor, what do you mean?"

"Since Cao Cao wants to fight, let him do so!" Zhou Yu said with a stern tone, "Jingzhou Navy is nothing more than a bunch of local chickens! Since they dare to come, I, Jiangdong, will swallow this big Fish!"

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Lu Su's pupils couldn't help shrinking!
He knew that after Zhou Yu made up his mind, it was basically a done deal, an unchangeable fact.

Regarding Zhou Yu's decision, Lu Su should fully cooperate with it.

To deal with Cao Jun, Jiangdong must not back down.Moreover, the entire Jiangdong Nine Counties are so big, where can they retreat?You can't really retreat to Jiaozhou or Ryukyu Island that you just won.
Lu Su bowed deeply to Zhou Yu, cupped his hands and said, "Since the governor has made up his mind, the subordinates must cooperate with all their strength! Please give orders from the governor!"

Zhou Yu's expression was very serious, and he said to Lu Su, "Then trouble Zijing to send an order: order Lu Meng and Jiang Qin to lead [-] sailors to test the strength of Cai Mao's navy first."

"Three...three thousand?" Lu Su's face froze when he heard the words, and he said, "Great Governor, Cai Mao has a hundred thousand sailors. Three thousand sailors, isn't it too little?"

Lu Su was a little worried that the number of troops was too small, and only 3000 people went to provoke others with [-]. Isn't that sending sheep to the tiger's mouth?

"Hehe." Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu walked out of the tent with a light smile, and said to Lu Su, "Zijing, I think you were frightened by Lu Yan's navy! It's just a Jingzhou navy, I, Zhou Yu, are really serious!" Didn't take it seriously."

After all, Zhou Yu didn't force Lu Su to give the order.

He walked straight to the outside of the tent, and then shouted loudly, "Pass down the order: Name Lu Meng, Jiang Qin leads three thousand sailors to investigate the Jingzhou navy camp and the strength of the Jingzhou navy!"

"No!" After hearing Zhou Yu's order, the messengers waiting outside the tent immediately agreed, and then rushed to deliver the order.

Following Zhou Yu's order, the entire camp began to boil like boiling water.

"Brothers, the governor ordered to use troops against Cao Jun!"

"Is it finally going to war? Brothers have been waiting for a long time!"

"Yes! We must avenge our last defeat!"

"Drink! Drink! Drink!"

Lu Meng and Jiang Qin quickly left the water stronghold with three thousand sailors and disappeared in the middle of the river.

However, in the navy camp, there are still many soldiers, who are constantly carrying bows and arrows, equipment, dry food and other supplies to the ship.

For Cao Jun, especially the army under Lu Yan's command.

Since the advent of explosives and cannons, the role of catapults and ballistas in the army has begun to decline in a straight line.

With the changing and upgrading of weapons, some craftsmen with a "mixed" mentality felt a sense of crisis in their hearts.

As technology has gradually failed to keep up, their positions will eventually be replaced by others.

Although Zhuge Liang has been trying to make up for this problem, but Jiangdong couldn't stand it and began to recruit craftsmen aggressively, and the wages they paid were higher than those of the generals.

As a result, this part of craftsmen whose skills could not keep up but had a lot of experience, and the other part of craftsmen who were not determined, had other ideas in their minds, and then they directly switched to Jiangdong secretly.

In their words: "There is no way, although we don't want to go to Jiangdong, but the money they give is too much!"

After all, it is human nature to pursue profit.

With this group of craftsmen, Sun Quan's workshop is also very impressive and decent.

These craftsmen not only brought advanced technology to Jiangdong, but also brought advanced management concepts to Jiangdong.

This allowed people of insight, including Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su, to finally understand why Cao Cao's strength grew so rapidly.

But what Sun Quan wanted most was undoubtedly artillery, but artillery was not what these craftsmen could bring to him.

No matter whether it was holding a continuous crossbow, or the more mysterious gunpowder and artillery, their secrets could only be accessed by core personnel. Therefore, this group of craftsmen who could not keep up with the rhythm naturally could not provide Sun Quan with more relevant help.

Although artillery is still out of reach for Sun Quan, they have made great progress in equipment such as catapults and ballistas.

Moreover, under the patchwork of these craftsmen and Jiangdong shipbuilders, Jiangdong's shipyard even imitated a three-masted warship.

Although the counterfeit version of the three-masted warship is not as good as the genuine one in terms of size or overall performance.But even if it is a copycat, this kind of flexible and strong ship has raised the overall strength of the Jiangdong Navy to another level.

Without artillery, they moved the trebuchets and ballistas, which had greatly improved performance and range, to the big ship.

Although it can't compare with the Dahan Navy with additional artillery, but against the Jingzhou Navy, the Jiangdong Navy is really more than enough!

Moreover, with the firepower of the catapults and ballistas on these large ships as cover, other small boats such as 艨艟舸 have more room to charge and maneuver.They will also have more space and means to deal with the Han Navy.

All of this was done secretly by Sun Quan. Whether it was Cai Hao, Cao Cao or Lu Yan, they had no news at all.

Fortunately, Sun Quan had only a short period of time to launch the knockoff plan, and only ten knockoff three-masted warships had been built in the past few months.

But with the capabilities of Jiangdong Shipyard, as long as they are given a few more months, maybe they can really get dozens or hundreds of counterfeit three-masted warships.

Lu Su stood in Zhou Yu's camp, silently watching the busy and undisturbed soldiers in the camp.

He looked at the faces of these Jiangdong soldiers who were determined to take revenge on Cao Jun's navy, and he couldn't help but secretly praised them.
"Facing the battle without fear, encountering the strong without chaos, you really deserve to be the elite brought out by the governor!"

At this moment, Lu Su was full of thoughts.

The scene of his defeat by Lu Yan Navy kept flashing in his mind.

"Hey, if Cao Cao gives us another year. No, it only takes half a year! Maybe we can really challenge Lu Yan's navy head-on."

Although Lu Su did not personally experience that battle, even after being told by others, Lu Su could imagine the impact and shock caused by Lu Yan Navy to Jiangdong Navy at that time.

However, Lu Su didn't think that the Han Navy was invincible.
"The artillery is powerful, but it is not completely flawless.

As long as the mobility is strong enough that the artillery placed on both sides cannot be aimed, then the artillery on their sides is just a display. "

(End of this chapter)