The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 278 Qingzhou Fleet Landing on the Japanese Islands
Just when Fenggao was about to hold the Jingling Hall Grand Ceremony, the Qingzhou Fleet with Gan Ning, Taishi Ci and Liu Yu finally landed on the Japanese islands.

"Gan Xingba—where have you taken us?!" Taishi Ci grabbed Gan Ning's collar and yelled.

Taishi Ci was so regretful at this moment. If he had known that this would happen, he should not have listened to Gan Ning's nonsense.

When the Qingzhou fleet left Youzhou, Gan Ning accepted Gongsun Zan's commission and brought Liu Yu to Fenggao and handed him over to Liu Bei.

Taishi Ci didn't say much about this. How could he not know the relationship between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu after living in Youzhou for several years?

The last time Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Liu Yu had a conflict with Gongsun Zan.

After this conflict, Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou. Liu Yu also allocated food and supplies to Gongsun Zan.

However, the conflict between the two deepened once again.

Even with Liu Bei's mediation, the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan had accumulated to an irreconcilable point.

If Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan continued to stay in the same place, the accumulated conflicts between them would eventually erupt.

So Gongsun Zan packed up Liu Yu and stuffed him onto the Qingzhou fleet so that Gan Ning would not have to return to Qingzhou with an empty ship.

Taishi Ci had no objection to Liu Yu boarding the ship, but he was very dissatisfied with Gan Ning's arbitrary change of the fleet's route.

According to the original plan, after leaving the Bohai Sea and entering the Yellow Sea, they should go to Donglai Port to rest and send Liu Yu ashore.

However, Gan Ning did not enter Donglai Port for rest as planned, but went directly into the East China Sea.

Then, in a daze, he was brought to an unfamiliar sea area by the route that Gan Ning had replanned.

"I shouldn't have believed your lies and agreed to change the route." Taishi Ci let go of Gan Ning and said with a bitter face.

"Ziyi, you just stayed on the boat for a short time, otherwise you wouldn't be so anxious here." Liu Yu persuaded from the side.

"On the boundless sea, in addition to using the Si Nan, you can also determine the direction by observing the stars." Liu Yu said to Taishi Ci.

"In fact, there are other ways to determine the direction on the sea, not just the Si Nan and astrology." Gan Ning whispered beside him.

Taishi Ci was dumbfounded, staring at Gan Ning and Liu Yu in front of him in amazement.

It turns out that these two guys have the ability to determine their position on the sea, but he is the only one who doesn't.

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask the marines on the ship. They have been on the sea for so long that they must have mastered one or two methods of determining directions." Gan Ning stabbed Taishi Ci again.

"You..." Taishi Ci pointed at Gan Ning, not knowing what to say, and could only sit dejectedly on the deck.

Who can I blame for this? I can only blame myself. I have been traveling on the sea with Gan Ning for so long, why didn't I learn how to tell directions?
"Zi Yi, how about I teach you astrology?" Liu Yu couldn't help but say as he looked at Taishi Ci who was sitting dejectedly on the deck.

Although it was Gan Ning who made the decision to allow Liu Yu to board the ship, it was Taishi Ci who arranged Liu Yu's life on the ship.

If it weren't for Taishi Ci's arrangement, Liu Yu would probably still be lying in the cabin now.

Liu Yu, who had never seen sea waves on a ship in the first half of his life, was taught a lesson by the sea waves just in the Bohai Sea.

After being educated by the sea, Liu Yu began to ask Gan Ning for knowledge about the sea.

Taishi Ci, on the other hand, chose to practice martial arts on the deck, seemingly having no awareness of being a marine.

Liu Yu asked him, why don’t you learn from me, maybe it will be useful in the future.

Taishi Ci replied, I am in the army, and I also have an infantry corps. What's the point of learning naval knowledge and skills?
Taishi Ci didn't know that Yang Ji had already come up with the idea of ​​transforming him and his headquarters into the Marine Corps.

Looking at the calm expressions of Liu Yu and Gan Ning in front of him, Taishi Ci knew that these two knew where he was.

"Learn! I will also study hard to learn knowledge and skills other than astrology!" Taishi Ci said viciously.

There are no reference points like those on land on the vast ocean.

Unless you look at the stars in the sky or the things under the sea.

"Is this the place where our ancestors bestowed the title of Wakoku in the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan?" Liu Yu looked at the big island in front of him.

"Huh, we finally got to this place, otherwise I would have turned around and returned." Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xingba, did you come here on purpose?" Taishi Ci asked with a frown.

"Of course, otherwise how could I change the sailing route at will." Gan Ning shrugged.

Taishi Ci was stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu Yu. Liu Yu shrugged at Taishi Ci like Gan Ning did.

Now Taishi Ci finally understood. It turned out that not only was he unable to determine the direction on the sea, he didn't even know where their destination was.

"It was General Yang who arranged for you to come here, right?" Taishi Ci suddenly said.

Gan Ning smiled and did not answer Taishi Ci's question, but Taishi Ci already knew Gan Ning's answer.

"Is it the new General of Andong, Yang Ji, Yang Ziyu?" Liu Yu asked from the side.

After Liu Bei took office as General Zhendong, he wanted to put the position of General Andong on Yang Ji.

Unfortunately, the people in Chang'an kept using Yang Ji's age and achievements as an excuse and refused to release General Anton's seal and documents.

It was not until Yang Ji conquered Yanzhou and defeated Yuan Shao at Jie Bridge that Gongsun Zan wrote to the court, recommending Yang Ji as General of Andong.

Li Jue, Guo Si and other talents found an opportunity to threaten the court to grant Yang Ji the title of General of Andong.

Of course, the reason why Li Jue, Guo Si and others asked for an official position for Yang Ji was to ask for food from General Zhendong, Liu Bei.

After all, under the fierce attack of the Xiliang Army, the people in Guanzhong had no food to eat.

Li Jue and Guo Si, who had the righteous cause in their hands, successfully completed the task assigned to them by Li Ru.

This is also one of the main reasons why Yang Jiliehou's fief was arranged in Yulin County.

After taking Yanzhou, Liu Bei took over the responsibility of providing relief to the people in Guanzhong.

However, even though Liu Bei occupied two states and three counties, he did not have the ability to help the people in Guanzhong.

So Chen Xi gave Liu Bei an idea to reopen Zhengguo Canal.

In this way, under the recommendation of Chen Xi, Li Jue, Guo Si and others found Zhong Yao and asked him to preside over the reopening of Zhengguo Canal.

If Liu Bei had not suggested reopening the Zhengguo Canal and found a capable person for them to carry out this major project.

Otherwise, even if they had Li Ru's secret letter, Li Jue, Guo Si and others would not have put so much effort into Yang Ji's title of marquis and his military position as General An Dong.

Gan Ning nodded and said, "When we withdrew our troops from Jie Bridge, General Yang ordered me to walk a few more steps over here when I return from Youzhou to take a look at the situation here." "If local conditions permit, General Yang asked me to find a place to build a bridgehead after landing." Gan Ning repeated the military order that Yang Ji had given him.

After Yang Ji took over as General of Andong, Gan Ning should have been transferred from Chen Xi to Yang Ji.

However, Liu Bei did not agree to Chen Xi's transfer and still let Gan Ning serve under Chen Xi.

Of course, Gan Ning didn't know about these things, he just took Yang Ji's military order as a matter of course.

Yang Ji himself knew the difference, but he did not explain it to Gan Ning. He just made corresponding arrangements according to his own ideas.

After Liu Bei received Yang Ji's arrangement for Gan Ning, he simply recorded it in a book and threw it aside.

In Liu Bei's arrangement, although Gan Ning was still affiliated with Chen Xi, Yang Ji also had the command of the Qingzhou fleet.

"General Yang, why did you come here specially to build a bridgehead? This place doesn't look anything special." Taishi Ci said as he looked at a small settlement not far away.

Taishi Ci was unwilling to admit that the settlement not far away was a city.

You dare to call it a city when you don't even have walls? I'm afraid you have some serious problem.

Gan Ning shook his head. "How would I know? General Yang just asked me to find a place with people to land.

Then conquer the tribes near the landing site and build a bridgehead there."

When Gan Ning received this somewhat strange order from Yang Ji, he also asked Yang Ji the reason.

However, Yang Ji did not tell Gan Ning the reason, he just asked him to follow the rules.

Time will tell him the answer.

"Does Lord Bo'an know what's so special about this place?" Since Gan Ning didn't know what was going on, he asked Liu Yu who might know.
Taishi Ci still remembered that Liu Yu had just said that this was a place called Wakoku granted by Emperor Guangwu.

Since Liu Yu could tell the origin of this place, he must know what is special about it.

Gan Ning also remembered what Liu Yu had just said and quickly looked at Liu Yu.

He also wanted to know why Yang Ji asked him to come here to build a bridgehead.

If this place really has any strategic significance, Gan Ning will have to land somewhere else. This place is not suitable as a port.

However, Gan Ning and Taishi Ci were destined to be disappointed. In this era, apart from Chen Xi and Yang Ji, no one else knew the special features of Japan.

Liu Yu tried hard to search the memories in his mind, but apart from the "Han Wa Nu Kingdom", he really couldn't find a second memory point.

Liu Yu shook his head. "Besides the one record during the reign of Emperor Shizong (Emperor Wu), there was only one record of tribute during the reign of Emperor Shizu (Emperor Guangwu)."

Gan Ning and Taishi Ci looked at each other and thought, well, there’s no need to worry about it now. It must be Yang Ji or Chen Xi who is planning for the future.

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes and turned to look at the landing site he had temporarily chosen.

"..." Gan Ning felt that it would be better for him to find a helper.

His eyes passed over Taishi Ci and fell on Liu Yu. The knowledge and abilities possessed by this man were what Gan Ning needed.

As for Taishi Ci? Apart from the fact that his military strength and command of troops were similar to his own, was there anything else worthy of praise?

Taishi Ci was keenly aware of Gan Ning's fleeting gaze, which was a very offensive one.

However, before Taishi Ci had the chance to ask questions, he heard Gan Ning's question to Liu Yu. It was this question that made Taishi Ci give up the idea of ​​causing trouble for Gan Ning.

Gan Ning bowed to Liu Yu and asked, "May I ask if Lord Bo'an knows the art of geomancy?"

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment. What the hell? Gan Ning was still using geomancy?
"Xingba, tell me, why do you use the art of geomancy?" Liu Yu asked with interest.

Liu Yu also discovered that Gan Ning was indeed a famous general, and he was different from other generals.

As soon as Gan Ning heard it, he knew that Liu Yu was proficient in geomancy and geomancy. Even if he was not proficient in geomancy and geomancy, Liu Yu must have other ways to get the same result.

Gan Ning pointed to the beach ahead and said, "This place is not suitable for a port."

Liu Yu paused as he stroked his beard and looked at Gan Ning in surprise. "How can you be sure that General Yang wants to build a port here?"

Gan Ning shook his head, "I don't know why General Yang sent me here to build a bridgehead, nor do I know what strategic significance this place in Wa has.

However, I know that the plans of those two will only show their effect when it is necessary. "Gan Ning said seriously.

"Besides, even if General Yang doesn't have any follow-up arrangements, I will still find a suitable place to build a port in the Japanese archipelago."

Gan Ning didn't know why Yang Ji sent him here to build a bridgehead, but he knew the strategic position of this place.

Just like Yizhou that Chen Xi asked him to find, these two places were not strategic locations for the army.

However, it is different for the Navy.

Gan Ning didn't know what the sea outside the first island chain was like, but that didn't stop him from having the ambition to conquer the outer sea.

Gan Ning's knowledge and abilities are not bad, and it can even be said that they are stronger than many heads of aristocratic families.

After navigating the Qingzhou fleet around Yizhou several times, Gan Ning developed a strong curiosity about the sea east of Yizhou.

Then, Gan Ning and the other marines swam back.

Liu Yu and Taishi Ci, who had only slightly appreciated the vastness of the ocean and had no idea what kind of military force the navy was, frowned and looked at Gan Ning in confusion.

Looking at Liu Yu and Taishi Ci with puzzled faces, especially Taishi Ci, Gan Ning couldn't help but sigh.

When at Jie Bridge, Gan Ning heard Yang Ji say that he would assign him a deputy general to lead the Marine Corps.

Gan Ning immediately proposed to Yang Ji that Taishi Ci, a guy whose temperament was very compatible with his, be appointed as his deputy general.

It just so happens that Taishi Ci also has a headquarters under his command. When the time comes, we can directly take them to the sea for training for a few months, and they will probably be able to be transferred to become marines.

However, Yang Ji did not agree immediately, but thought about it for a long time.

Asked a question that Gan Ning couldn't answer: [You, or Taishi Ziyi, do you really know the significance of the navy, or what the navy is? ]

Faced with Yang Ji's question, Gan Ning remained silent and could not answer.

Gan Ning understands the navy, but what exactly is the navy?
Is the navy just sailing the naval forces in rivers and lakes to the sea? Can such a navy really be considered a navy?

Gan Ning, who had seen the vastness of the ocean, didn't think so.

(End of this chapter)