Merchant ships ride the wind and waves and sail on the vast sea.
In the late summer of June, there was already a hint of coolness in the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula. There was a black dragon flag on the ship, indicating that it was a merchant ship from the mainland. Generally speaking, in this sea area, Cao Wei had almost no opponents.
The one that can compete with it is the Jiangdong Navy. However, the Jiangdong Navy is better at fighting on rivers, and its combat effectiveness at sea is relatively weak...
This is also related to the direction of Jiangdong Navy's army building.
Sun Quan hoped to be in a corner of peace, with favorable geographical advantages in the southeast, and to rely on the great river and natural chasm to compete with Cao Cao. Therefore, after he took over Jiangdong, he vigorously promoted Xiao Kuailing's army-building policy to facilitate fighting on the great river.
This policy coincided with Zhou Yu's, and the two quickly reached an agreement.
This is also one of the reasons why the Jiangdong navy developed rapidly after Sun Quan took charge of Jiangdong. Due to changes in the policy of building the army, He Qi, who had early advocated the big ship policy, was put aside.
He Qi was left idle due to many factors.
Of course Sun Quan's attitude toward him was a factor, but Sun Quan's change in his army-building policy was also a factor.
Over the past ten years, the Jiangdong Navy has formed a powerful combat force on the river.
At least for now, the Jiangdong Navy is definitely in a dominant position and dominates the river. Although Cao Cao appointed Gan Ning as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, with Du Ji as his assistant, he stabilized the situation and contained the Jiangdong Navy.
But overall, Cao Wei's navy was still at a disadvantage and could only defend passively.
Maybe in a few years, three to five years? Or even longer, Cao Wei will be able to save the situation with his strong economic capabilities.
But for now, it is not enough to compete with Jiangdong Navy.
However, for every advantage there must be a disadvantage.
While Jiangdong Navy is promoting Xiaokuailing in all aspects, its control over the sea area is relatively weak.
When Cao Cao set up the Dongling Island navy on Dongling Island, he implemented the principle of equal emphasis on large and small.
Especially after Kan Ze, Jiang Wan, Zhang Song and others arrived in Guangling, combined with Cao Peng's suggestion, Kan Ze set the level of the ship. The giant building ship with 800 people was a "giant high-end" sea ship. The ship was divided into five categories.
The floor ship can accommodate a thousand people and is suitable for coastal navigation; the 500-passenger building ship is the 'Mengde class', which can be used for both military and commercial purposes; the 300-passenger building ship is the 'Jian'an class'
It is mainly suitable for use at sea and can also travel on large rivers. The Jian'an-class building ship is also the main equipment of the Dongting Lake Navy.
Under Jian'an, there were also ships suitable for 100 people and 50 people, respectively at Xijing and Dongdu levels.
In addition, there are ten people using stern boats and they are widely equipped.
Today, the navy in Dongting Lake is equipped with 80 Jian'an-class large-scale ships, 300 Xijing-class ships, and 800 Dongdu-class ships, with more than a thousand ships. On Dongling Island, they are equipped with a combination of them. There are ten giant ships in total.
Thirty Mengde-class ships... but the remaining third-class ships are relatively weak. But they are enough to allow the Dongling Island navy to dominate the coast.
It is for this reason that while Zhou Cang established a foothold on Dongling Island, he also strengthened patrols along the coast.
The waters of Liaodong Peninsula are far away from Dongling Island.
But overall, it's pretty safe.
"Brother, when can we get to Lone Bamboo City?"
On the ship, Cao Nian was very interested. He took a young man's hand and asked with interest.
The young man, who was probably in his early twenties, smiled and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. According to this speed, we will arrive at Lone Bamboo City tomorrow morning at the latest. If Your Majesty is tired, just go to sleep for a while and wait for the arrival soon.
At that time, I will wake up the Crown Prince. Then the Crown Prince will be able to reunite with the Protector!"
"Brother, what is daddy like?"
"He is very tall and very majestic."
"Have you met my brother and dad?"
There was a look of confusion on the young man's face, and after a while he whispered softly: "I have seen it before, but I'm not very familiar with it."
"That's it..."
Cao Nian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Cao Peng sent a letter asking to see Cao Nian.
Unfortunately, Lu Lan couldn't get away for the time being, so he had to send someone to take Cao Nian there when a merchant ship returned to western Liaoning. He was accompanied by about 300 people, all of whom were soldiers from the trapped camp who accompanied Lu's family overseas.
Of those who were trapped in the battle in the past, there are only about three hundred people alive now.
Although he is a bit older, his fighting ability is becoming more and more powerful.
It's just that these battles are rarely used on the battlefield. Gao Shun's policy of elite troops is no longer suitable for the current Lu Han State. Starting from the twelfth year of Jian'an, the Lu Han State learned from Cao Peng's policy in Hexi and began to implement it.
The government army system. As a result, the number of soldiers increased and the number of soldiers in the formation was gradually eliminated.
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However, for the Lu family, even though they were eliminated from the trap, they were still treated well.
This time Cao Nian went to see Cao Peng. Lu Lan thought about it and decided to go out into battle to protect Cao Nian's safety.
In addition to the more than three hundred people in the battle, there were also Prime Minister Lu Han and a man named Zhou Fu accompanying them.
This Zhou Fu is the Zhou Buyi who lost his memory when Lu Lan brought him from Xudu to Lu Han. However, Zhou Buyi’s name has long been abandoned and was renamed Zhou Fu, with the character Zhi. Zhou Fu’s
After several years of recovery, his memory still shows no signs of improvement. If we use the terminology of later generations to describe Zhou Fu's situation, it should be similar to forced amnesia. It is Zhou Fu himself who is unwilling to recall the past and deliberately
Avoidance. And as time goes by, this subconscious compulsion becomes more and more serious, and even he himself doesn't know it. But in other aspects, it seems normal.
Especially in terms of knowledge, Zhou Fu gradually recovered.
As Pu Yangkai's assistant, he gave many excellent suggestions and gained Lu Lan's trust.
Standing on the deck, Zhou Busuo looked at the sea.
He has no memory of the past at all. But he has a very deep memory of Cao Peng.
That's his brother!
But it felt like his brother seemed to have some scruples about him.
Zhou Fu didn't know what the reason was. Anyway, when he heard Cao Peng's name, he instinctively felt a kind of fear in his heart, or in other words, a kind of awe. Zhou Fu scratched his head and couldn't figure out what was going on.
The reason. Just as he was about to return to the cabin to rest, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "No, pirates!"
Pirate?
Zhou Fu shivered, and quickly ran to the edge of the ship's deck, looking up.
But I saw several dark shadows appearing on the horizon.
The speed is very fast, and it is quickly approaching uploading...
“Liaodong squid!”
When the sailors on the ship clearly saw the flag on the pirate ship, they couldn't help but cry out in panic. Zhou Fu's face suddenly became a little ugly. With a frown, he turned around and ordered: "Give the order, get ready for a confrontation."
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as pirates.
People uniformly use "pirates" to refer to those who rob families at sea. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, pirates have been banned many times. Because the sea is so vast, it is difficult to encircle and suppress them, and people, including the elites, have not created a "sea defense"
concept, so he was quite helpless towards the pirates.
There are generally two ways to deal with pirates.
Suppress and appease.
These are the two most commonly used strategies nowadays.
However, 'suppression' is more about luring the pirates from the sea to land and then encircling and suppressing them. This method worked at first. But as the pirates suffered more and more losses, they gradually changed from simply landing and plundering.
It transformed into plundering merchant ships at sea and selling the stolen goods through some channels on land.
This also makes it more difficult to eliminate the pirates.
Caressing is mostly for pirates who are willing to caress.
For example, Guan Cheng had some abilities, but later he had no choice but to become a pirate, so he was recruited by Cao Cao. In history, there are also Haixi pirates who were eliminated by Cao Peng in the early days. They were originally recruited by Chen Deng, but now they died.
After all, Cao Peng's appeasement could only be used as an auxiliary means and could not completely change the situation. Until the Daxi pattern was formed, Zhou Cang was entrusted by Cao Peng to strengthen maritime patrol. At the same time, because of the financial support to Lu's Han Dynasty, the sea market became more and more difficult.
After the prosperity of China, the concept of coastal defense gradually came into being. However, this kind of coastal defense is more of an unconscious behavior and has not really formed a concept.
The Dongling Island naval force was established, and although it improved some of the situation, it was mostly limited to the waters north and south of the river estuary and to the waters of Donglai County, which is what later generations called the Yellow Sea.
In the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula, Cao Wei's naval forces were still unable to take full account of the situation.
These 'Liaodong Cuttlefish' are a group of fierce bandits in the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Where did it come from?
Not well known...
But this group of ruthless bandits kills without blinking an eye, plunders goods, and robs people, often leaving no chickens or dogs behind.
There must be a backer behind him.
But no one knows his identity.
When Zhang Liao was stationed in Liaodong and was crossing the Liao Army, he also made a deliberate plan to kill these ruthless bandits. However, several attempts failed. Later, when the Bingzhou War broke out, he had to give up halfway.
Zhou Fu has also heard of Liaodong squid.
These pirates like the color black and even paint their ships black.
All the sailors on the ship are also dressed in black. Hence the name "squid"...
"Brother, what happened?"
Cao Nian ran out of the cabin and asked curiously.
At this time, the cuttlefish ship had already approached the merchant ship. The cuttlefish on the ship fired an arrow as a warning and ordered the merchant ship to stop.
A cold arrow roared towards Cao Nian.
Zhou Fu shouted, "Master, be careful."
While he was talking, the man had already rushed over and threw Cao Nian down on the deck. The sharp arrow hit Zhou Fu in the back. He only heard him groan, but he endured the pain, picked up Cao Nian, and hid.
In the dark.
"Your Majesty, hide quickly."
"Brother, are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"
Zhou Fu said, pulled out his sword, cut the sword into two pieces with his backhand, and then stood up.
"Throw away the cargo on the ship and let the two merchant ships of the Chen family and the Ma family quickly come closer, gather in formation, and prepare for battle."
This is the carved feather arrow, the arrow used by the frontier army.
Zhou Fu looked solemn and gave instructions loudly.
Cao Nian's face turned pale and he followed Zhou Buji without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, why are you still here?"
"I want to fight with my brother."
Cao Nian reached out and pulled out a dagger from his waist.
This dagger, named 'Ningxue', was a weapon made by Cao Ji as a gift to Deng Ji. He just heard that Cao Peng had such a son overseas, and Deng Ji had nothing to give to him, so he gave Ningxue to him.
It was given to Cao Peng, who then forwarded it to Cao Nian. Ningxue is a rare work from the middle period of Cao Ji. The dagger is slightly slender, but extremely sharp and can break hair with blowing. Its quality is not inferior to that of the late Cao Ji period.
Feng Lu’s works.
It's just that weapons like daggers are not considered to be popular.
In addition, it has been kept in Deng Ji's hands, so it is not known to anyone...
Zhou Fu secretly admired Cao Nian when he saw that he was having sex but still holding on and acting strong.
"Then stay with me and don't act rashly."
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At this time, the other two merchant ships had already approached.
Zhou Fu also saw that this merchant ship couldn't outrun the cuttlefish's sea ship, so he simply let the three merchant ships get closer together to form a sea and land. The three hundred formations, which were originally scattered among the three merchant ships, were now gathered together.
These squids are so arrogant!
"Prepare for confrontation."
Zhou Fu shouted loudly.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of mechanical springs coming from the other side's ship.
A spear whizzed over and hit the deck, breaking the ship's deck into pieces.
"It's a crossbow!"
A businessman screamed in fear.
And Zhou Fu's face immediately became even more ugly.
There are carved feather arrows, large crossbows... these are all standard weapons of the army. Where did these pirates come from?
No wonder the 'squids' are running rampant. I'm afraid there is military power behind them.
It looks like there will be danger today!
Zhou Fu turned to look at Cao Nian, and secretly made up his mind, "No matter what, we must not put the prince in danger.
He waved to one of the trappers to come forward and whispered in that trap's ear.
Shen Zhen nodded and stepped aside.
However, he was standing not far from Cao Nian. Zhou Fu told him that if the situation was not good, even if he died in the battle, he must protect Cao Nian.
Peng!
The cuttlefish's ship collided with the merchant ship, causing violent tremors.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
"Trapped!"
"Trapped!"
Ten years later, the shouts of being trapped echoed across the sea again.
Zhou Fu held his sword and prepared to charge forward for a fight.
But at this moment, a long horn sound came...
On the sea, more than ten Jian'an-class sea-going ships suddenly appeared. In addition, a giant building ship, surrounded by three Mengde-class building ships, slowly appeared in people's sight. Jian'an-class sea-going ships
The speed is obviously better than that of other sea ships. It roars through the wind and waves in the sea. The ship has raised its mast, and its black sails are blown by the sea wind, showing a huge bow shape.
This is also a unique piece of equipment for Cao Wei's seagoing ships, and is only equipped on seagoing ships above the Jian'an level.
That giant building ship is a huge high-end sea-going ship.
The ship is equipped with six masts, which are slowly raised under the skillful operation of the sailors.
The huge one has six masts, Mengde has four masts, and Jian'an has one mast.
The sea ship started with full sail and its speed was astonishing.
The black sail is beautifully made, with gold-edged silver characters and the inscription "The Great Protector of the Five Armies and the Great General of Chariots and Cavalry". A huge "Cao" in the center shows its ownership.
"Stop it!"
Some squids saw the huge tall ship and screamed in fear.
The two auxiliary boats rushed out immediately, trying to stop the huge high-rise building. However, the huge high-rise building did not stop at all. It roared in and heard a loud bang. The sea-going ship, which could accommodate nearly a hundred people, was in the giant high-rise building.
Under the huge impact of the ship, it seemed so vulnerable that it was immediately shattered by the impact.
On the observation deck of the building, a man stood.
Judging from his age, he seems to be around thirty. He has a handsome face and a short beard under his chin, exuding a heroic spirit.
He wore no armor, only a moon-white robe.
Wear a silk cloak and hunt in the wind.
He wears a three-pronged golden crown with purple gold hair, and a lion jade belt around his waist. He wears a sword under his ribs and holds a silk folding fan in his hand.
Behind him, two young men stood respectively.
One held a brocade box about four feet long, with the word "Tianxian" written in shining gold on it. What was inside was one of the Thirty-Six Tiangang Swords that was said to be capable of killing two thousand stone officials.
Tianxian Sword.
And another young man was holding a square-shaped halberd.
The head of the halberd shone with cold light, revealing a touch of blood under the sunlight.
When Zhou Fu saw the man, he was suddenly surprised.
He hurriedly took a few steps forward and shouted loudly: "Daduhu, the Crown Prince is here!"
It's Cao Peng!
The generals of the five armies, the generals of chariots and cavalry, Cao Peng, the Marquis of Xinwu Township... are here!
Some people may ask, why is Cao Peng at sea?
It turned out that after Cao Peng arrived in Zhuojun, after discussing with Deng Ji, Xia Houlan, Zhang Liao and several others, he handed over the specific matters of the implementation of the imperial army to Pang Tong, and Pang Tong was responsible for it. Anyway, whether it was Deng Ji, Xia Houlan or Zhang Liao,
Zhang Liao would not add any obstacles. So, Cao Peng had the idea of patrolling. He happened to be going to Guzhu City to pick up Cao Nian, so he sent someone to borrow a huge high-rise and three Meng boats from Zhou Cang.
De, and fifteen Jian'an ships. They were traveling along the coastline. It was said to be patrolling, but it was more like playing.
Today, there are already coastal defense operations in the Yellow Sea.
But the Bohai Bay, including the waters off the Liaodong Peninsula, has a lack of coastal defense.
While sailing, Cao Peng came up with the idea of strengthening the coastal defense of the Bohai Sea.
Liaodong!
Or Liaodong...
Cao Peng felt that it was necessary to set up a navy in Liaodong Bay and build a dock port similar to that of Yuzhou Mountain in order to completely guarantee Cao Wei's interests in Liaodong Bay. However, this was just an idea.
It is not certain whether Cao Cao will adopt it.
Cao Peng believed that it was necessary to have a clearer understanding of the conditions in the Liaodong Bay, so he led people to patrol the sea.
Unexpectedly...
"Da Du Protector, the Crown Prince is here!"
A strange voice came, but Cao Peng couldn't help but shiver.
Originally, he didn't think that Cao Nian was on the boat. But when he heard the shouting, he couldn't understand why.
Xiao Nian is on the boat?
Cao Peng suddenly became furious...
"Zhang Hu, give the order to attack. Don't let a squid escape. Kill without mercy!"
"Here!"
The young man holding a halberd behind him responded loudly and immediately ordered people to beat the drum.
The drum beat suddenly started to beat loudly. On a Mengde-class ship, which was a huge auxiliary ship, a young general heard the drum beat loudly. He pulled out his sword and shouted sternly: "Give me my order, raise your sails and attack with me."
This young man’s name is Guo Huai.
Originally from Yangqu, Taiyuan, he was a son of an official.
His grandfather Guo Quan once served as a minister of agriculture, and his father Guo Mian was the prefect of Yanmen. Two years ago, 20-year-old Guo Huai was promoted to Xiaolian. When Zhang Liao learned about it, he went to conquer the country.
Guo Huai served as Fu Cheng and served as his assistant.
After Cao Peng came to Zhuojun, he met Guo Huai by chance.
This was a famous general from Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms. He had resisted the Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei and made great achievements in battle.
Historically, officials paid homage to the chariot and cavalry general, the Marquis of Yangqu.
However, at this time, Guo Huai's reputation was not yet prominent.
Cao Peng immediately asked Zhang Liao for it, but Zhang Liao did not refuse.
After entering the Protectorate of the Fifth Army, Guo Huai worshiped Sima, the Protector, and became Cao Peng's personal attendant. Guo Huai was naturally very grateful for Cao Peng's appreciation, but he had no chance to repay him. Now that Cao Peng ordered the attack, Guo Huai immediately became excited.
He commanded the Mengde class ship under his command to roar out and head straight for the cuttlefish ship.
The squids, on the other hand, were stunned by this sudden blow. They were all at a loss and panicked.
"Xiao Nian, your dad is here, your dad is here!"
Zhou Fu had the urge to survive the disaster, so he hugged Cao Nian and shouted excitedly.
Daddy?
Xiao Cao Nian looked in the direction of Zhou Fu's finger. Under the sun, Cao Peng was standing on the observation deck of the huge high-rise ship.
The sea breeze ruffles the hunting coat, making him look like a fairy.
I don’t know how many times I met my father in my dream. But when Cao Nian really saw Cao Peng, he couldn’t help crying!
"Is that daddy?"
"Um!"
Cao Nian suddenly broke away from Zhou Fu's arms, ran a few steps, put his small hands to his mouth, and shouted towards the tall figure on the approaching ship: "Daddy...Daddy! I am Xiaonian..."
Ever since he was born, he has never called him 'daddy'.
Everyone else has a father, but I don’t!
Although Lu Lan and others told him time and time again how much Cao Peng loved him, Cao Nian still couldn't let it go. Now, daddy is here! He appeared in a way that Cao Nian had never thought of.
In front of Cao Nian, the grievances that had been accumulated in his heart for many years suddenly poured out, and he shouted loudly.
On the huge high-rise ship, Cao Peng also heard the shouts.
"Sail down!"
Sun Shao shouted loudly.
The sail on the building boat slowly lowered.
The ship made a horizontal line on the sea and slowly moved towards the merchant ship.
Cao Peng saw the little man shouting to him on the boat, his nose became sore and tears fell down.
That's my son!
Cao Peng's eyes were red and he walked quickly down the observation deck.
He stood on the side of the ship and shouted to the little man on the ship: "Xiao Nian, don't be afraid, daddy is here!"
Behind Cao Peng, Sun Shao's eyes were also red.
For a moment, he seemed to have returned to the past. The little man on the boat seemed to be him, and Cao Peng seemed to have become Sun Ce.
"Daddy!"
Sun Shao murmured to himself, tears falling silently... (To be continued)