Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Yuan Shao died of illness, the Yuan brothers turned against each other, and finally Yuan Shang was forced to flee to Yecheng.

These news were also sent back to Xudu from the front line. After hearing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately called Chen Yang and the others to discuss matters.

"Sure enough, as Zi'an said, Yuan Shao died of a serious illness, and the three brothers Yuan Tan turned against each other. Yuan Shao's power has become a mess." Cao Cao handed the information he had just obtained to everyone.

"Taking advantage of Yuan's turmoil, we should capture Yecheng as soon as possible." Jia Xu said first.

Xun Yu, who has always been relatively conservative, agreed at this moment: "When Yuan Shao was still alive, he could not resist the attack of our army. Now that he is dead, Yuan Tan and the other three sons are nothing to be afraid of. This is the reason why we captured Yecheng." Great opportunity."

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Although Yuan Tan seized Jizhou by force and came to power powerfully, their brothers have different ideas. Even if the three sons of the Yuan family are willing to unite, there is nothing to fear. Once there is a gap in the relationship, there is no way to make up for it. Now is the best opportunity for us.”

Hearing that the three advisers under his command also thought it was okay to send troops, Cao Cao nodded and said, "In this case, we will go north to attack Yecheng in seven days."

At this moment, Lao Cao also felt his blood boil, as if the four northern states were already in his pocket.

"Before attacking Yecheng, I think we should make time to train a group of sailors first." Chen Yang said softly.

"Training sailors?"

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, then his eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said, "Zian, you are right, sailors should also train earlier."

Because after the north is pacified, Cao Cao will inevitably use troops to the south, especially to deal with Liu Bei, a hypocritical villain. However, Jingzhou and other places are near the waters of the Yangtze River, and there are many rivers and lakes.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are all from the north, so it is definitely no problem to fight on land, but they are not suitable for fighting on water, let alone the climate in the south, and they are easy to get sick.

It is precisely because of this that the subsequent Battle of Chibi gave Sun Liu and others an opportunity.

"Zian, you still have a long-term idea. The north is pacified, and Jingzhou and other places south of Xudu should also be recovered, especially Liu Bei."

Guo Jia first sighed in admiration, and then said: "Liu Bei escaped from Runan, and then took refuge under Liu Biao's command, and finally stationed in Xinye. I heard that he is quite popular, and he must not be allowed to grow and develop."

Xun Yu worried: "We are located in the north, and we don't have as many rivers and lakes as Jingzhou and other places. How can we train sailors?"

Jia Xu said: "It's not difficult. We can dig a lake and bring in river water to train."

Cao Cao thought about it carefully, and felt that Jia Xu's method was feasible. He thought about Chen Yang's reservoir project, and said quickly, "Zian, tell Yuanlong to build the reservoir as soon as possible, and we will train sailors in the reservoir later."

"Training in reservoir lakes is useless."

Chen Yang directly vetoed this idea, and Cao Cao in history dug a Xuanwu Lake to train sailors, but he failed in the end.

Guo Jia asked: "Zian, do you have a good plan?"

After hearing Guo Jia's words, the others also turned their attention to Chen Yang.

"First of all, the climate in the Yangtze River waters is different from ours in the north. Soldiers only train in lakes in the north. If they go to an environment with a completely different climate in the south, they will not be able to adapt and will easily get sick."

Chen Yang analyzed and said: "Secondly, rivers and lakes are also different. Different waters have different degrees of turbulence. The surface of the lake is calm, and the flow of the river is relatively large. The feeling of boats navigating in lakes and rivers is different. The sailors trained in the north went to In the south, it is easy to cause seasickness."

Listening to Chen Yang's words, Cao Cao and the others nodded one after another. They had never tried it before, and they would think through it like Chen Yang.

Then, Cao Cao's face became more and more serious. These are indeed their fatal problems.

"As for the third, the sailors in Jingzhou have basically lived in the water since they were young. Their ability to fight on the water, especially their familiarity with rivers, is far better than ours."

Chen Yang continued: "We train on the lake, no matter how hard we train, we are no match for the Southern sailors."

Xun Yu asked, "How should we train sailors?"

"This is also very simple. The Prime Minister should not have forgotten that Zhong Ye was once Liu Biao's general, right?"

Chen Yang also said: "It is not advisable to train troops in lakes. Zhongye can lead a group of soldiers to go south to train troops near the Yangtze River Basin in the name of water thieves."

"I think this plan is feasible!" Guo Jia agreed.

"It's just that this method also has flaws. Zhongye can take away not many people!"

Xun Yu said: "We shouldn't have too many posing as water thieves, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered or wiped out."

"This is actually very easy to solve."

Guo Jia immediately thought of something, and said: "The Prime Minister has many generals, and some of them will be assigned to Zhongye to take away and participate in training. After those generals learn how to fight on the water, they will lead their troops and continue to pretend to be water thieves. There will be more people. stand up."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Feng Xiao is right, then arrange it like this!"

Jia Xu also said: "In addition, we can also find a way to recruit some local people to act as our water thieves."

Cao Cao adopted their strategy, and immediately ordered someone to find Wenpin, and asked him to arrange the water thief first as soon as possible.

The issue of the sailors is related to Boss Cao's plan to calm down the world in the future, so there must be no sloppy.

Wenpin was the main commander of the water bandit training. In addition, Cao Cao also asked Li Dian, Cao Hong and others to train alongside Wenpin.

Although a few generals were removed from the army, not many soldiers were taken away, which had no effect on his strength.

Since he wants to change all this, Chen Yang will not let the failure of the Battle of Chibi happen again, and he will personally break the situation of the Three Kingdoms.

Time flies, and seven days pass in the blink of an eye.

The sailor training plan was roughly arranged, and Cao Cao and the others were also preparing to attack Yecheng.

When Chen Yang followed the army and came to Yecheng again, it was already March.

However, what Chen Yang didn't know was that after he left Xudu, Cao Pi, the second son of the Cao Mansion, suddenly came to the reservoir construction site.

"Dezu!"

Cao Pi was in the crowd at a glance, and saw Yang Xiu who was covered in scars, as if he was more than ten years old.

"Second...Second Young Master! Why are you here?"

Yang Xiu and Cao Pi knew each other, so he quickly put down what he was doing and walked up to Cao Pi.

"Yang Xiu, you are so brave, you dare to be lazy!"

A soldier who supervised the work was ordered by Chen Deng to watch Yang Xiu. Seeing this, he picked up his whip and walked over.

"presumptuous!"

Yang Xiu didn't want to be beaten again, so he quickly shouted: "How can you speak in front of Prime Minister Cao's second son?"

The supervisor was stunned for a moment, then looked towards Cao Pi.

Seeing that Cao Pi was dressed luxuriously and surrounded by several guards, they were all from the Cao family, so he had a bad feeling.

"Second son!"

The overseer's arrogant arrogance suddenly fell silent.