The assembly of Cao Jun's chain warships is nearing completion. In order to stabilize the hull, Cao Cao ordered that ten warships be a unit, and the warships should be connected as big as possible, so that they can be placed on the river like a natural whole. Between the ships
They were connected with wooden planks. In order to show the power of the warship, Cao Cao even removed some of the cabins of the warship and directly connected a large open space with wooden planks.
Standing on the top of the tallest building ship, I looked at the navy officers and soldiers below who were practicing. Since the serial warships were built, there has never been a case of soldiers getting seasick. Whether they are infantry, archers, or cavalry, they can all swim in the water.
The army's warships are galloping.
Cao Cao laughed loudly: "General Yu, this is a good idea, isn't it? In this way, our navy will be able to run unimpeded on the Yangtze River, and even the Jingzhou navy will be helpless!"
Before Yu Jin could speak, Mao Jie got in front of him and said: "My lord is far-sighted and resourceful. With a series of warships here, we can conquer the south of the Yangtze River soon!"
"Hahaha..." Cao Cao was in high spirits and laughed heartily.
While he was in high spirits, a naval force came to report: "My lord, we caught a spy in the middle of the river. Please deal with it, lord!"
"Push it out and kill!"
"promise!"
When Kan Ze, who was tied up by Wu Hua Da, heard this, he immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Lord, it's me, it's me Kan Ze!"
Cao Cao was shocked when he first heard Kan Ze's name. Wasn't Kan Ze already killed, and the head was brought back by Yang Xiu. Why did he suddenly come back to life, or maybe he saw a ghost? Everyone hurriedly looked at it carefully.
There was indeed a man on the boat, wearing the uniform of the Jiangdong Army, being held by two soldiers. He was standing there with his hands tied upside down, looking up.
Cao Cao waved: "Bring us closer!"
When he arrived, someone took off Kan Ze's helmet, revealing Kan Ze's face. Cao Cao took a breath and stared at the boss: "Sir, are you a human or a ghost?"
"Lord!" Kan Ze knelt down in front of Cao Cao with a bang, and told everything in detail in front of everyone. After listening to the whole thing, everyone felt that it was too much, just like listening to a story.
Unbelievable. Cao Cao helped Kan Ze up with his own hands and said, "It is a great blessing that you survived the disaster. From today on, you will be the Zhonglang General!"
"Thank you, lord!" Kan Ze thanked him hurriedly, and suddenly remembered something: "My lord, this time my subordinates were able to escape wholeheartedly, and it is all thanks to the efforts of old General Huang Gai. If he hadn't sent someone to rescue him, my subordinates wouldn't have been able to escape."
The opportunity comes back." Kan Ze raised his head and glanced at Cao Cao: "I heard that Huang Gai is willing to defect to the lord, I wonder if this is the case?"
Cao Cao chuckled: "It is true, but I think Huang Gai is a veteran of three dynasties in Jiangdong. How could he betray Sun Quan so easily? This matter is too strange, so I ignored it. Why did you have anything to say?"
Kan Ze said quickly: "Although Kan Ze is an old minister of the Sun family, his surname must not be Sun. Zhou Yu's son has humiliated him many times. If his subordinate's identity had not been discovered by Long Fei, he would have persuaded Huang Gai to defect to the lord, Jiangdong."
Among them all, although Huang Gai is a little older, he is the most courageous one. Based on my subordinates' understanding of Huang Gai, it is absolutely true that Huang Gai will surrender!"
"Oh? Are you so sure, sir?" Cao Cao was really tempted.
Cheng Yu thought for a long time: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. Lord, this is not the place to talk. Let's talk about it back to the big tent, right?"
Cao Cao looked around, and it was true! There were people coming and going in this boat, including soldiers, servants, and civilians. Everyone could hear their conversations. The less people knew about this kind of surrender, the better. Cao Cao
Nodding, he turned around and led everyone to abandon the boat and land ashore, and entered his Chinese army's tent. No extra people were allowed in. Except for Cheng Yu, Kan Ze and some generals, there were only a few Cao Cao's confidants.
Cao Cao sat on the commander's seat and said, "Okay, let's talk! Since Kan Ze is so optimistic about Huang Gai, what do you all think?"
Before anyone could speak, Kan Ze immediately said: "Huang Gai was a county official in his early years, and later followed Sun Jian to travel south and north. When Sun Quan came to the throne, Shan Yue refused to accept it, so it was Huang Gai who went to Shan Yue in person to defeat Shan Yue's soldiers and horses in a battle, and the nine counties before and after were pacified.
In the general position, Huang Gai was generous and good at training soldiers. Every time he went on a campaign, his troops were brave and good at fighting. It was only because Huang Gai took the lead. Among the generals in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu was wise and Huang Gai was known to be brave. At this time, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai
Gaibuhu is a great opportunity for us, we must not miss it!"
Dong Zhao said from the side: "Could it be that Mr. Kan Ze has become Jiangdong's spy and came here to deceive the lord?"
"You!" Kan Ze's face turned livid: "I, Kan Ze, are loyal to my lord. I have no distracting thoughts. I only think about my lord wholeheartedly. I didn't expect to find out what you said! In this case, I will die to prove my will!" After saying that, he went.
Draw the sword from his waist.
Cao Cao waved his hand hurriedly, and someone stepped forward to stop him. Cao Cao sighed: "We are all our own people, there is no need to be like this. I know Mr. Kanze is loyal and loyal, so I sent him to Jiangdong. He has not forgotten his roots for several years. It is indeed a rare talent. Since Mr. Kanze said
This Huang Gai is trustworthy, so just trust him once. Huang Gai is just a general and he doesn’t have many soldiers. What will happen if he comes? If there is any trouble, just take it immediately!"
Dong Zhao shook his head: "I'm afraid they won't come, it's just a delaying strategy!"
Jiang Ji saw that Cao Cao had a bad look on his face and hurriedly tugged at the corner of Dong Zhao's clothes. He chuckled and said, "What my lord said is true. Huang Gai is more brave than brave and lacks in wit. Now that our serial warships have been built, if Huang Gai
If Gai Lai surrenders, the morale of Jiangdong will be wiped out. We can cross the river in one battle!"
Everyone nodded, feeling that what he said made sense. Even Cao Cao's face showed the joy of victory, and Kan Ze immediately took on the task of contacting Huang Gai. Naturally, he would not go there in person, but he knew the true situation of Jiangdong Army.
It is indeed very appropriate to leave the matter to him.
Huang Gai waited for more than ten days, looking forward to the news from Jiangbei every day, but it was still late. Huang Gai asked Xu Sheng to personally send the letter to Jiangbei, thinking that Cao Cao would send someone to contact him immediately after seeing the letter.
Then he used illness and other reasons to delay, just waiting for the day when Cao Cao was defeated. However, he was a little disappointed. Seeing that Cao Jun's serial warships had been built, this matter could not be delayed any longer.
Xu Sheng was actually more anxious than Huang Gai. This plan was formulated by Zhou Yu. Only he and Huang Gai knew about it in the entire camp. Now Zhou Yu was seriously ill. If he couldn't complete it, Jiangdong would be in danger. Xu Sheng looked at Huang who was pacing back and forth.
Guy: "Old general, how about you write another letter and I'll send it to Jiangbei immediately?"
Huang Gai shook his head: "Don't force this kind of thing. One letter is enough, but two letters would be superfluous!"
"There has been no news from Jiangbei. Seeing that other people's warships have been connected, what if there is an attack?" Xu Sheng was worried.
Just when the two of them couldn't make up their minds for a while, someone suddenly came to report that it was a relative of Huang Gai who was looking for him. Huang Gai was very surprised. Most of his family members were in Moling, so how could they come here. However, Xu Sheng
With a happy face, he said to Huang Gai: "Old General, here we come!"
The visitor was dressed like a servant and didn't say much. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Huang Gao before saying: "Our husband gave this to the old general. He is grateful to the general for saving his life. If there is a chance someday,
It will definitely be rewarded generously!”
Huang Gai hurriedly opened the letter. The letter was written by Kan Ze, and he said a lot of words of gratitude, which made Huang Gai a little confused. Finally, he came to the main topic, which was to discuss the defection with Huang Gai. After Huang Gai read the letter,
He was overjoyed and ordered someone to reward him. Immediately, he replied a letter in front of the envoy and dragged the man back with him.
The two sides went back and forth, and the matter of surrender was basically settled. Kan Ze promised that if Huang Gai surrendered to Cao Cao, he would still be a general, and at the same time he would ask Sun Quan for Huang Gai's family back. He hoped that Huang Gai would lead his people there quickly.
Huang Gai naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and used various excuses for a while, until the last letter stated that on the night of the full moon next month, he was ordered to escort the grain and grass, which would be the best opportunity.
Kan Ze reported the matter to Cao Cao and personally delivered Huang Gai's letter to Cao Cao. Cao Cao laughed after reading it: "Okay! Huang Gai really wants to surrender to us. On the 15th of next month, there are only a few days. Then
Just wait and see!”
Yu Jin felt something was wrong and quickly said: "My lord, now that the navy has been established, we should go all out to capture Jiangdong. Isn't it inappropriate to stay here?"
Cao Cao shook his head: "Although the serial warships are good, they are difficult to control. Yesterday I saw that the soldiers were struggling to control them. The Jiangdong Navy and Jingzhou Navy are among the best in the world. We must not underestimate the enemy. Since there is an internal response, then
Just train for a few more days and wait until the soldiers are familiar with each other before fighting. I know that Long Fei best. This cunning boy will never harm his own soldiers. As long as we don't fight, they won't.
Come here!"
Cheng Yu nodded: "What my lord said is absolutely true. Since we want to train the navy, why not use actual combat training and send some warships to fight against the Jiangdong Navy and Jingzhou Navy. Firstly, we can test the power of the serial ships. Secondly, we can see
Let’s see if they have any good solutions to crack it!”
"That's fine! Yu Jin listens to the order!" Cao Cao shouted: "I order you to lead the warships to fight. Remember, this is just a test, not a forceful attack!"
Not a single move of Cao Cao and Huang Gai escaped Long Fei's eyes. He kept a close eye on the movements of these two people. After learning that Kan Ze had returned, he immediately persuaded Cao Cao to contact Huang Gai. Long Fei was overjoyed and heavily worried about Chen Dao.
He patted Chen Dao on the shoulder: "Very good, I will give Chen Dao a credit this time!"
Gan Ning said: "Although Huang Gai has made contact with Cao Cao, Cao Jun's chain of ships has been created, and the navy needs to be on guard at this time. If Cao Cao suddenly comes to kill us, it will be a big blow to us!"
Pang Tong chuckled: "It's not just in case, Cao Cao will definitely come, why not lose to Cao Cao and see if Cao Cao dares to go deep?"
The Long Army has never been defeated before, and it is hard to accept defeat. Generals, look at me and I look at you. Guo Jia naturally understood and said: "Since we can't lose, let the Jiangdong Navy go out and take a look."