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

Chapter 320 What Zhou Yu Noticed

After hearing Chen Xi's sharp comments, Cao Cao wanted to say that Lujiang was also one of the six counties in Jiangdong, and geographically it was also the hometown of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.

However, what Chen Xi said makes sense. Jiangdong is obviously the hometown of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, and they are the local bosses of Jiangdong. As a result, it has become like this. They are either idiots or have holes in their brains.

However, Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with Chen Xi's comment that Zhou Yu was a fool. If even a person like Zhou Yu was a fool, then what kind of person was he who was educated by Zhou Yu?

Therefore, Cao Cao believed that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, the two local tyrants in Jiangdong, were simply stupid and had been so overwhelmed by the troubles caused by those insects that they did such unwise things.

"Zichuan, you can't say that. The Huai River is blocked because of the trade between those insects and Xuzhou. That's why Zhou Gongjin's proposal to deploy Jiangxia navy to defend the Huai River was rejected.

But Hefei is different. Zhou Gongjin has already given up the Huai River. He can't give up Hefei, a strategic town in the Yangtze and Huai River area, too, right? "

Liu Bei shook his head. He didn't think Zhou Yu would give up Hefei, a strategic location.

Even if Zhou Yu had to give up Hefei on the surface because of the powerful insects, but with Zhou Yu's ability, he would definitely send people to take Hefei in secret.

Hefei has a very high strategic position in the Jianghuai area. Whether it is to raise troops to the north to conquer the Central Plains in the future, or to occupy a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, Hefei is always a strategic location of utmost importance.

What's more, if the Yuzhou army is not taken into account, the strongest army on Sun Ce's side is the navy, and Zhou Yu will not give up a strategic location such as Hefei.

“Indeed, with Zhou Gongjin’s ability, he must know the importance of Hefei to Jiangdong.

Even if the troops stationed in Hefei are still the Yuzhou Army controlled by the aristocratic families, with Zhou Gongjin's wisdom and Sun Bofu's charm, they may have already taken all the Hefei defenders under their command. "

Chen Xi stared at Liu Bei with a pair of dead fish eyes, "But no matter what you say, it can't change the fact that it is the army stationed in Hefei, not the navy."

"What does it matter? Given the conditions at Chaofeida River, it doesn't matter whether it's navy or infantry stationed there." Cao Cao said dimly.

Although the Jianghuai area is densely covered with water networks and is a place where naval forces can run rampant, it does not mean that the artificially dug canal of Chaofeida River can allow the Qingzhou fleet to act freely.

"They can't stop Xingba's fleet." Chen Xi said calmly without even raising his head, as if he had already seen the scene.

Cao Cao paused, then looked at Liu Bei, meaning that it was your turn to take action, as the navy was not an area he was familiar with.

Moreover, since Chen Xi dared to say so, it meant that the Qingzhou fleet must be equipped with some unknown technologies or equipment.

Since these are the latest technologies or equipment developed, Cao Cao will definitely not be the first person to know about them, and he probably won’t be the last person to know about them either.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly to himself. For some reason, he felt a little lost and proud at the same time.

After all, the fact that he could arouse the fear of Chen Xi and others was also a disguised proof that Cao Cao had the potential to make them fear him, didn't it?
Faced with Cao Cao's inexplicable glance, Liu Bei touched the back of his head, wondering what this guy Cao Cao was doing.

Liu Bei did not notice what kind of information was implied in Chen Xi's words just now, or rather, he did not need to know these things, nor did he need to know them. Chen Xi and the others would help Liu Bei solve everything.

He was concerned that Gan Ning and Fa Zheng's fleet would soon join them. As for whether Gan Ning and his team could pass through Hefei, Liu Bei was not worried at all, after all, Chen Xi said that the Hefei defenders could not stop Gan Ning's fleet.

If someone other than Chen Xi and Yang Ji had said this to him, he might have questioned it. But now it was Chen Xi who said this to him.

When did Chen Xi ever say something unreliable? Anyway, Liu Bei had never seen it.

Although Chen Xi's judgment is sometimes wrong, he always has a way to remedy the situation.

"Zichuan, according to your estimation, when will Xiaozhi and the others arrive? If it's too late, we will be in a passive position."

Liu Bei said to Chen Xi that although he was happy that Fa Zheng, Gan Ning and others were coming to Chaohu to join them, Liu Bei would not forget that the Jiangxia navy had already sailed down the Yangtze River.

Chen Xi also introduced Zhou Yu's attainments in naval warfare to Liu Bei. Although they were still relatively immature, in the current Han Dynasty, except for Gan Ning who could barely compete with Zhou Yu, no one could compete with Zhou Yu in naval warfare.

Therefore, if Gan Ning could not catch up, they would have to retreat quickly. Without Gan Ning in front to resist Zhou Yu, they would not be Zhou Yu's match on the Yangtze River.

Among the troops now on Chaohu Lake, except Xu Sheng and Taishi Ci, there are no generals who are good at water battles.

Although Taishi Ci and Xu Sheng have certain qualifications in naval battles, they are far inferior to Gan Ning and Zhou Yu.

Although Gan Ning's qualifications are far behind Zhou Yu's, he can still win with the help of external forces.

Moreover, Gan Ning had long wanted to compete with Zhou Yu. After all, the only truly organized naval forces of the Han Dynasty were the Jiangxia Navy and the Qingzhou Fleet.

Gan Ning had long wanted to find an opportunity to test the training results of the Qingzhou Fleet. Unfortunately, the Han Dynasty had no other navy except the Jiangxia Navy, so Gan Ning could only go to the open sea to compete with those groups of sea beasts.

“Don’t worry, as long as Xingba still wants to compete with Zhou Gongjin, he will appear on Chaohu Lake within the limited time.

I just don’t know how he will appear in front of us. After all, you know what Xingba’s personality is like.”

Chen Xi gave Liu Bei a heads-up to prevent him from being frightened by Gan Ning's appearance.

If it were anyone else, Chen Xi would never say such a thing, but who could blame Gan Ning, the adventurous naval commander of the Han Dynasty, for being the next person to appear?

After Chen Xi's reminder, Liu Bei also remembered Gan Ning's battle record, which was simply the result of jumping around like crazy on the death line.

"Who can guess what unexpected thing Xingba will do next?" Liu Bei couldn't help but complain a few times. He didn't think that they could predict Gan Ning's next behavior.

"So this is the charm of Gan Xingba." Chen Xi said with a smile.

If someone could predict Gan Ning's behavior, then Gan Ning would not be the Gan Ning who could bring surprises to others. "Bofu, after reading this battle report, what do you think?" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce and broke the silence after receiving the Shouchun battle report.

"Should we continue to attack Jiangdong, or return to Shouchun to deal with those insects?" Zhou Yu recently liked to use this adjective that came out of Cao Cao's mouth to describe those children from noble families who would do bad things.

Sun Ce lowered his head and remained silent for the time being, seeming to be still immersed in the information revealed in the Shouchun battle report.

Zhou Yu was not in a hurry. He just looked at Sun Ce and guessed what Sun Ce would do next.

Compared to a guy like Gan Ning who doesn't play by the rules, Sun Ce's behavior trajectory is very easy to construct, not to mention that it was constructed personally by Zhou Yu, a sworn brother who is very familiar with Sun Ce.

"Gongjin, what was the reason why we sent troops to Lujiang?" Sun Ce finally came to his senses and looked at his good brother Zhou Yu.

"Because when Lu Kang was scolding you, he also scolded Lord Yuan." Zhou Yu changed the order without changing his expression. Anyway, Sun Ce would not consider these things in his mind.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others at the scene just glanced at Zhou Yu, and then continued to count ants. They couldn't teach Sun Ce, so let Zhou Yu, who could teach Sun Ce, do it.

"Is that so?" Sun Ce was puzzled. He remembered that this was not the main reason why Zhou Yu agreed to send troops to Lujiang.

Sun Ce remembered what Zhou Yu had said: After conquering Jiangdong, they would have a real base camp.

At first, Lujiang was not the first place Zhou Yu wanted to attack. It was only because of Sun Ce’s own request that the primary target of attack was changed to Lujiang.

If that's the case, then there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the reason Zhou Yu just gave.

"Why are you asking this? Wasn't it you who decided to attack Lujiang first?" Zhou Yu asked calmly, pulling Sun Ce into a dead end of self-thinking.

"Uh..." Sun Ce didn't know how to answer. The question just now was just a question that suddenly occurred to him and had basically nothing to do with the question Zhou Yu asked at the beginning.

"...So, what is your decision? Continue to attack Jiangdong, or return to Shouchun?" Zhou Yu sighed and repeated the original question.

"Of course we have to go back to Shouchun to deal with those insects!" Sun Ce said firmly.

Speaking of the battle report just sent from Shouchun City, Sun Ce felt a surge of anger in his heart. He wanted to release it but had no way to do so here. He could only go find those insects in Shouchun City to release it.

Damn it, the enemy has already reached the edge of the fountain, and you just noticed their figure. How useless must you be to achieve such a result?

Also, what about the city defense supplies on the city wall? It can't be that they just moved the capital and didn't have time to arrange them, right?
Even Sun Ce knew that there must be something fishy going on. It could be a big cat or a small cat, or even a group of cats.

You take some, I take some, he takes some, everyone takes some, and everyone has a bright future, right?
"Well, let's fight the Qingzhou fleet on the Yangtze River and then return to Shouchun to deal with those insects." Zhou Yu looked indifferent as expected.

"Aren't we going back directly to Shouchun?" Sun Ce blinked and asked in confusion. He thought Zhou Yu would propose to go back directly to Shouchun.

"If we go back to Shouchun to kill the insects directly without fighting the Qingzhou fleet, this mighty Yangtze River will probably no longer be our paradise," Zhou Yu said softly.

Not only Gan Ning wanted to fight with the Jiangxia navy and Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu also had long wanted to fight with the Qingzhou fleet.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Yu wanted to test how much combat effectiveness the Jiangxia navy could exert when facing the Qingzhou fleet.

[Navy, I don’t know if what you mean is the same as what I think.] Zhou Yu was thinking about other things with a calm expression.

Zhou Yu had seen the Qingzhou Fleet many times at the mouth of the Yangtze River, but the Qingzhou Fleet did not head north to Qingzhou, but went to the open sea.

According to intelligence, every time Zhou Yu saw the Qingzhou fleet at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it was basically when they were picking up ships at the Lujia Chaohu Shipyard.

Moreover, the ships ordered by the Qingzhou Fleet at the Lu family shipyard were not of the same style as the Lu family had in the past.

Logically speaking, with hundreds of years of heritage, the Lujia Chaohu Shipyard should be able to build any type of ship. If the Qingzhou Fleet places an order with the Lujia Chaohu Shipyard, there is no need to redesign it.

However, according to Zhou Yu's intelligence network, the fleet ordered by the Qingzhou Fleet at the Chaohu Shipyard was indeed redesigned, and each ship had to undergo sea trials.

Sea trials, sea trials, do ships operating on rivers and lakes need to undergo sea trials?

Moreover, when testing a ship, why do we use the word "sea trial" instead of some other word?

"Uh, is the Qingzhou Fleet that strong?" Sun Ce asked in confusion. Can the Qingzhou Fleet, which was established less than three years ago, really be compared with the Jiangxia Navy, which has a history of hundreds of years?

Although the Jiangxia navy under Sun Ce seemed to have been formed only in the past two years, its main body was reorganized by absorbing the Jingzhou navy after Zhou Yu defeated Huang Zu.

So in terms of seniority, the Jiangxia navy is indeed much older than the Qingzhou fleet, and it is hundreds of years old.

Although combat effectiveness cannot be linked to seniority in many cases, the navy or navy does have a lot to do with seniority. After all, isn't there a saying of "a century-old navy"?
After all, the navy is a technical branch of the military. Sometimes it is not enough to have high-end equipment to exert the corresponding combat effectiveness. Otherwise, your third brother would not be like that.

"The Qingzhou Fleet is most likely not the navy we imagined or encountered before, so we need to be careful at all times when fighting with the Qingzhou Fleet." Zhou Yu's indifferent face showed a trace of seriousness.

"Ah?" Sun Ce and others couldn't imagine it. Aren't they all Han Dynasty naval forces? Could it be that the Qingzhou Fleet's combat mode was different from that of the previous Han Dynasty naval forces?
Zhou Yu looked at the confused crowd and couldn't help but pause for a moment, then said: "When we fight, you will know what's going on."

Zhou Yu sighed secretly and decided that it would be better not to tell them his guess, as they seemed unable to understand even if he told them.

It is better to let them witness it with their own eyes, so that they will realize that the era of the navy is about to pass, and a new era belonging to the navy is about to slowly begin.

Zhou Yu didn't know that the new naval era he thought of actually referred to the new naval era of the Han Dynasty, not the new naval era of the aristocratic families.

(End of this chapter)