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

Chapter 397: Iron Chain Alliance
"Zhou Gongjin is really cautious. He actually sent a fleet to block the river. He is bullying our Qingzhou navy because it hasn't arrived yet." Cao Cao glanced at Yang Ji, hoping that Yang Ji could reveal some information about Gan Ning.

Since they are facing Zhou Yu and the battle is being fought around the Yangtze River, it is impossible for the Qingzhou Navy led by Commander Gan Ning not to come, otherwise there will be no one on their side who can suppress Zhou Yu's Jiangxia navy.

Although it is not a big problem for the army to fight the navy, the professionals are not compatible. The army cannot stand on the water, and it is difficult for them to board the ship and fight.

Although Cao Cao thought that Yang Ji should be able to get the army soldiers to fight on the deck of the enemy warship, most of Liu Bei's soldiers were from the north, and they might not be able to adapt to the fighting method of shipboard fighting. With Yang Ji's character who attached great importance to casualties and losses, it was unlikely that he would let his soldiers fight in such an environment.

If Yang Ji really did this, the evaluation given by outsiders would definitely not be approval, but stupidity. They really misjudged Yang Ji before. He couldn't even see this little environmental factor, and said he was commanding a large army. If he couldn't even see this, could it be that someone else had played for him in the past?

Cao Cao was sure that if Yang Ji really came up with the idea of ​​having army soldiers fighting with navy soldiers on a ship, it would definitely be widely publicized by those who were hostile to Yang Ji, and there would even be a lot of opposing voices within his own side. After all, Yang Ji's identity and status were too hateful.

"If they want to blockade it, let them do it. Anyway, we have no way to force a crossing of the river before the Qingzhou navy arrives." Yang Ji shrugged and said that apart from clearing the defense line built by Zhou Yu on the north bank in the next few days, he had no plans to force a crossing of the river to fight Zhou Yu.

Looking at Yang Ji who was simply answering the questions, Cao Cao was silent. Did Yang Ji listen to his questions carefully? Could it be that this guy deliberately ignored his questions?
Cao Cao was 99% sure that Yang Ji was deliberately ignoring his question. Since he had awakened his spiritual talent, how could he not hear the double meaning implied in his words?

"Zi Yu, when will Gan Xingba's Qingzhou navy arrive?" Chen Qun asked Yang Ji. He didn't think as much as Cao Cao did, and felt that Yang Ji deliberately ignored Cao Cao's question. Chen Xi had told him about this before. It's not that Yang Ji doesn't know how to deal with personnel, but he just doesn't want to put his energy into it.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Yang Ji speaks very directly. The same is true when communicating with other people. Yang Ji can receive double or even multiple meanings in other people's words, but Yang Ji generally only answers superficial questions. As for the deeper meaning implied in the words, Yang Ji said that he did not understand.

Either say it bluntly, or pretend that you have never said such metaphorical words. Of course, if you can show your ability to make Yang Ji look sideways, Yang Ji can use his brain to think about the metaphors in some people's words.

However, there are not many people in this world who can make Yang Ji think about certain metaphors. Most of them are under Liu Bei's command. Those under Liu Bei's command basically know what Yang Ji's personality is like, so when they communicate with Yang Ji, most of the time they speak very bluntly.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao was not qualified to ask Yang Ji to think about the meaning of his words, so Cao Cao only got a superficial answer.

But Chen Qun was different. After learning about Yang Ji's character from Chen Xi, he asked directly the questions that Cao Cao wanted to know.

"The Qingzhou Fleet, they are probably still in the waters east of Yizhou." Yang Ji looked up at the sky and said uncertainly. When he gave the transfer order to Gan Ning, that guy was still collecting spices on Luzon Island. He said he planned to sell those spices to fill the navy's military expenses. After all, warships are money-eating beasts that can empty your family's wealth in the blink of an eye.

Gan Ning was dissatisfied with the Qingzhou Navy's slow pace in updating its warships, and the slow pace in shipbuilding at the Donglai Shipyard. Although the navy was supported by Chen Xi's funding, it was impossible for Chen Xi to transfer a large amount of funds to the Donglai Shipyard. In this case, how could other places continue to develop?

Therefore, if Gan Ning wanted to speed up the renewal of warships, he could only find a way to subsidize the navy's military expenses. Perhaps he had his own ideas, so Chen Xi gave Gan Ning a suggestion. The spices on Luzon Island were best-sellers in the Han Dynasty, and they were in short supply.

Chen Xi asked Gan Ning to drive the warship to Luzon Island to collect the spices and bring them back. He helped Gan Ning process the spices, and then invested the money from selling the spices into naval expenses and the Donglai Shipyard.

Although Gan Ning's intuition told him that Chen Xi must have some plan in this matter, Gan Ning did not care about it. His goal was to develop and expand the Qingzhou fleet.

Everyone knew Chen Xi's ability to make money, so Gan Ning didn't worry at all that the spices he brought back from Luzon would not be sold, or that he couldn't sell them at a good price. Spices would never be hard to sell in the Central Plains. As long as they were edible and had no side effects on the human body, the Central Plains would be able to swallow as many as they wanted. Even if the supply exceeded the demand, it would slowly digest over time. Spices were, after all, consumables, and fast-consumables.

As Gan Ning expected, Chen Xi encouraged him to go to Luzon Island for another mission, or it could be said that this mission was Gan Ning's real mission, and the spices were just a by-product.

"The sea area east of Yizhou?" Chen Qun's mind was a little stuck. He knew what Yizhou was, but he didn't know where it was. Or rather, most people in the Central Plains didn't know where Yizhou was. After all, Yizhou was a place in legend.

Although Gan Ning found Yizhou under the guidance of Chen Xi, because the Qingzhou fleet was floating on the sea all year round, unless there was a major event in Fenggao, ordinary people would rarely see Gan Ning, let alone learn about the existence of Yizhou from Gan Ning.

Gan Ning knew the strategic position of Yizhou, so he would not tell anyone about it. The marines in the fleet did not know that they landed in Yizhou because Gan Ning did not tell them about it. Gan Ning did not tell them about it, so the marines in the fleet naturally thought that it was just an overseas island. After all, they had encountered many islands in their maritime careers.

"Haven't you heard Zichuan mention Yizhou?" Yang Ji asked curiously. He thought that Chen Qun and others who had stayed in Fenggao for a long time knew the news of Yizhou. After all, Chen Xi did not deliberately block it.

However, Yang Ji also knew that even if Chen Xi did not deliberately block this matter, those who knew about it would not tell it casually. After all, the location of Yizhou is a strategic place for the navy to balance the entire Jiangnan region.

"Well, since you don't know, then I can't tell you." Seeing the confused looks on Chen Qun, Cao Cao and others, Yang Ji shook his head and said, let Chen Xi handle these things.

Chen Qun and Cheng Yu looked at each other and saw curiosity about the location of Yizhou in each other's eyes, but they also knew that this matter was probably related to some future arrangements, otherwise, with their current identities, they would have gotten some information anyway.

Even if they didn't know the exact location of Yizhou, they would know that Yizhou did exist, instead of learning about it from Yang Ji like now. "So, when will Gan Xingba arrive?" Chen Qun asked again. Although he knew that the question he asked now was a bit sharp, there were some things that he, as a military advisor, still needed to know.

Yang Ji thought for a while and said, "Probably about three days. The specific time depends on the sea conditions over there. It's the typhoon season now. Maybe the Qingzhou fleet can't even leave the port." Yang Ji shook his head and said.

"What is a typhoon?" Cao Cao finally found an opportunity to interrupt and asked Yang Ji hurriedly. He was quite interested in the typhoon that could prevent the Qingzhou naval fleet from leaving the port.

That's an entire naval fleet. After connecting the fleet together using the secret technique of solidifying the cloud channel, it becomes a sea fortress. Is there any wind or wave in the world that can blow over a sea fortress?

Yang Ji thought for a while and said, "A typhoon is a storm cyclone that brings huge amounts of rain." In fact, Yang Ji didn't have a clear definition of a typhoon. He only knew that a typhoon would bring huge amounts of rain and strong winds that were strong enough to destroy cities and strongholds.

"Raining and windy?" Cao Cao and the other two were a little confused. They didn't know why Yang Ji was worried about the storm. The Qingzhou naval fleet connected by the chain of luck was a fortress on the sea. Why would it be afraid of this?
Yang Ji opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain to them some powerful sea storms that were enough to overturn everything on the sea. Although the area where he used to live would have typhoons every typhoon season, the place where he stayed was a Feng Shui treasure land.

Although it is relatively close to the typhoon landing point and sometimes even becomes the typhoon path, the impact is relatively small. Anyway, he has never seen a typhoon at home uprooting the surrounding flowers, plants and trees.

All of Yang Ji’s knowledge about the hazards of typhoons basically comes from the news. Typhoons happen several times every year, and Yang Ji can’t forget them even if he wants to.

"Well, you just need to know that there are indeed storms on the sea that can overturn the fleet fortress. I don't know more than that." Yang Ji sighed.

"Or you can go to Jiaozhou to experience it for yourself. There, typhoons hit every July, August and September. Perhaps you can feel the horror of typhoons there." Yang Ji suggested to them.

"Uh, this..." Chen Qun's face was full of embarrassment. If he didn't know Yang Ji's character, he would definitely beat Yang Ji up. Is Jiaozhou a place where people can stay?

"We can't survive in a wild place like Jiaozhou, unless we can achieve the state of internal Qi leaving the body. With the powerful vitality of internal Qi leaving the body, we should be able to withstand the various life threats over there." Cheng Yu said expressionlessly. Since you, Yang Ji, recommended that we go to Jiaozhou, you will definitely prepare some guarantees for our survival, after all, that is Jiaozhou.

"Ah?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Jiaozhou was not a good place these days, "I'm sorry, I forgot that your ability to survive is not very good."

Cheng Yu looked at Yang Ji and wanted to go up to him and wake him up. What do you mean by poor survivability? Look at my muscular body. I have strong survivability on the battlefield.

What, you mean the ability to survive in Jiaozhou? Sorry, I said too much. If it were Jiaozhou, my ability to survive would not be that good.

“However, if the internal Qi leaving the body from the Central Plains wants to live in Jiaozhou for a long time, the local climate will probably be their biggest worry.” Yang Ji shook his head. The hot and humid miasma and the small insects in the water could not cause any harm to the internal Qi leaving the body, but the local climate was not so easy to adapt to.

"Ah?" This time it was Cheng Yu, Chen Qun and others' turn to be surprised. Even the internal energy leaving the body could not quickly adapt to the climate in Jiaozhou?

"That's the fact." Yang Ji shrugged. The locals have become accustomed to this climate. After all, they have to face this environment since birth, so it is difficult not to adapt.

Otherwise, the people in the three southern provinces would not have to live with mats and wooden beds all year round. They just have no choice.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things that are far away from you. Now let's go and clean up the scene in the front camp." Yang Ji greeted Cao Cao and others.

Although the fire in the front camp was put out by Yang Ji's rain, the tents and other items were still severely damaged. It is estimated that these big leaders will not be able to rest tonight.

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At noon the next day, after a late night and a morning of cleaning and rebuilding, the front camp had finally restored normal order, and all kinds of tents were rebuilt. Their logistical supplies were sufficient, and there would be no situation where the soldiers had to use the ground as their bed and the sky as their blanket.

"I couldn't see it clearly at night, but now I can see it clearly. Zhou Gongjin actually linked the warships with iron chains. What is he trying to prevent? Is there going to be a typhoon here?" Looking at the sight of iron chains across the river, Cheng Yu couldn't help but complain. With just a few civil officials like them, even if the weather was to change, how big a storm could it cause? Zhou Gongjin was still too cautious and had to prepare for even this.

Yang Ji didn't pay attention to Cheng Yu's complaints, but looked at the scene of iron chains on the river in a strange way. Didn't Gan Ning show Zhou Yu the secret technique of the cloud chain channel last time? Otherwise, Zhou Yu wouldn't have to use the real iron chain.

"Is it because of the cloud gas storage?" Yang Ji thought of the conditions for using the cloud gas chain. Without the cloud gas storage warehouse, even if there is a cloud gas chain channel, it seems to be of no use.

(End of this chapter)