People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 453 Concern
Xu Chen attached great importance to the construction of the navy. He would be away for two days. Even though living on the sea for two days was not so pleasant, he did not choose to leave in a hurry.

In the final battle of the Southern Expedition, the navy played a crucial role. Whether the navy trained and formed during this period could fight or not was related to the direction of the entire war.

Cao Cao is the best example. He failed to achieve any results in the Battle of Red Cliffs, and until his death, he was unable to conquer the Wu and Shu kingdoms.

Moreover, Wei could defeat Shu, but it failed to defeat Wu. Even Wei itself was destroyed, while Wu remained strong until the time of Jin, when it completely surrendered.

The reason why the State of Wu was so strong was largely due to its powerful navy. As long as it occupied the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, no one could do anything to it.

However, Xuan Xia does not have so much time to play with Wu. The pace of liberating China cannot be blocked by Wu. If the southern expedition cannot completely pacify the world, it will be a failure for Xu Chen.

There is so little time in life and so many things to do, so we must deal with them quickly.

If the navy is not strong, the southern expedition will be unsustainable, especially since the navy of Xuanxia is much smaller than that of Wu, ensuring the combat effectiveness of the navy becomes even more important.

As Ma Yan joined the navy, Xu Chen witnessed the navy's training with his own eyes, and also saw the condition of the ships' equipment. The results of more than half a year gave him an idea of ​​the navy's combat effectiveness.

As far as the soldiers are concerned, even with rigorous training, they are still at a disadvantage compared to the Wu army soldiers. No matter how much the northern soldiers are trained, they can never be better at water battles than the southern soldiers.

Fortunately, the Yellow Turban soldiers had enough quality and will. Even if they could not adapt to water battles like the Wu army soldiers, they could at least reach a qualified level and did not need to use iron chains.

In terms of warships, the Yellow Turbans were far inferior to the Wu army in number, not to mention the Jingzhou navy. Fortunately, the Yellow Turbans were still capable of fighting in terms of quality. In terms of the types of warships, the Yellow Turbans also had a complete system, and their core combat power was not inferior to that of the Wu navy.

After all, although the Wu army claimed to have 5,000 warships, a large number of them were logistics and reserve ships. When a real war came, it would be considered a lot if they could deploy dozens or even hundreds of main warships at a time.

The average size of Xuanxia warships is much larger than that of Wu’s navy, and the main force is not weaker than that of the enemy. Even if they suffer some losses in a protracted strategy, the impact will not be too great.

Xu Chen's requirement for Xuan Xia's navy is to be qualified. As long as the soldiers can reach a qualified level of naval combat, then relying on the strength advantage of the warships, Xuan Xia can completely compete with the enemy navy.

After two days of in-depth inspections and seeing the soldiers' training results with his own eyes, Xu Chen gradually felt relieved. Even if Ma Yan's results in the past six months could not be considered completely qualified, they were not far away. As long as he continued to work hard in the remaining half of the year, he would meet Xu Chen's requirements.

There is no need to ask the Xuanxia navy to defeat the navies of Wu and Han in one fell swoop. As long as it can compete with the enemy and stabilize the Yangtze River waterway in the rear for the infantry, that is enough.

There is still half a year left before Xuanxia will carry out the final southern expedition as planned, and now the entire Xuanxia is making continuous efforts for this purpose.

In Liang Province in the west, Wang Dang Wuli was fighting against the Ma father and son in full swing. Although the continuous fighting made the Yellow Turbans uncomfortable, the Ma father and son felt it was even more difficult to support. The Xuanxia Yellow Turbans were the most powerful enemy they had ever seen.

The Xiliang Corps might be strong enough, but they were still not strong enough in front of the Xuanxia Yellow Turbans, which had already developed into a regular professional army. This was a victory of the advanced over the backward in the military system. This gap made the Ma father and son lose their temper. They were already very impressive for being able to persist in fighting for half a year.

As the Xiliang Army was defeated, the Yellow Turbans were not in a hurry to pursue the victory. They knew that the deeper they went into enemy territory, the greater resistance they would face. Defeating the Xiliang Army was not a difficult task, but wiping out the Ma father and son in one fell swoop was another level of difficulty.

When the war gained the upper hand, Wang Dang began to prepare for the next step of forcing peace according to the established plan.

At the same time, after the continuous management of Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun and others, Yanzhou and Xuzhou gradually moved from war to peace. Although they encountered some residual resistance forces in the remaining counties of the two states, and even continued harassment from Wu and Han, this still could not stop their pace.

Up to now, the counties and prefectures of Yan and Xu states have been basically occupied by the Yellow Turbans. Now, under the coordination of Lu Ping, various places have begun to set up systems for governance.

In another half a year, Yan and Xu states will be the forefront of Xuanxia's southern expedition. Restoring civil governance in the two places to support future battles against the Yellow Turbans is also a top priority.

At this moment, the situation in the world is like the clouds before a rainstorm. Thick dark clouds continue to gather and surge, and the power of thunder is infinitely brewing in it, waiting to be released at the final moment. At that time, the world will change and the mountains and rivers will change.

However, the macro situation of the world has no meaning to many people. For example, Cao Cao, who is imprisoned, is now completely depressed. Even if the outside world collapses, he will not care at all.

Whether the Han Dynasty perished, Liu Bei died, or Sun Quan was gone, it had nothing to do with Cao Cao, because Cao Cao was really going to die.

Moreover, now he not only had to prepare for physical death, but also the complete extinction of his spirit. When Xuan Xia spent a lot of effort to sort out all the crimes and completely nailed Cao Cao to the pillar of shame, he had already lost all desire to live.

Whenever he thought about the fact that the name Cao Cao would be hated and insulted by future generations for a hundred years or a thousand years, he became almost mad with hatred.

He hated himself for not being the ultimate winner. As long as he won, the massacre and cannibalism would not matter. The winner could write about everything, even the most heinous crimes could be downplayed and ignored.

Unfortunately, the winner in the end was Xuan Xia.
In the dark cell, Cao Cao had disheveled hair and his hands and feet were shackled, so the space for movement was very limited. Not only that, there were people guarding the cell at all times to prevent him from making any self-determination.

Cao Cao has become accustomed to this. If he did not have the last concern in his heart, perhaps he would really try every means to end his life, rather than kneeling in front of countless people and being beheaded in the future.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the cell. Cao Cao subconsciously raised his head and took a look. He thought it was the jailer bringing food.

But when the footsteps stopped and he saw the face of the person coming, he was shocked and froze.

With the sound of metal shackles clashing, Cao Cao burst into tears. His last wish had finally come true.
Cao Pi fell to his knees and cried out in pain, "Father, you have suffered!"

(End of this chapter)