Chapter 397 Iron Cables Across the River
"Zhou Gongjin is really cautious. He actually sent a fleet to block the river. This is because the Qingzhou Navy who bullied us has not arrived." Cao Cao looked sideways at Yang Ji, hoping Yang Jineng revealed the information about Gan Ning.
Since they are all against Zhou Yu, and they are fighting around the Yangtze River, it is impossible for the Qingzhou Navy commanded by Gan Ning not to come, otherwise no one on their side can suppress Zhou Yu's Jiangxia Navy.
Although it is not a big problem to use the army to fight the water army, the professional skills are not suitable. The army cannot stand on the water, and it is difficult to board the ship and fight.
Although Cao Cao felt that Yang Ji should have a way to get the army soldiers to fight on the deck of the enemy warship, most of the soldiers under Liu Bei's account were from the north, and they really didn't like the way of fighting on the ship. He must be able to adapt. With Yang Ji's character, who attaches great importance to casualties and battle losses, it is unlikely that his soldiers will 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. They couldn't even see this environmental factor. What about the command of a large army? They couldn't even see this. Could it be that someone had done the fighting for them in the past?
Cao Cao is sure that if Yang Ji really figures out the operation of the army soldiers fighting the navy soldiers on the ship, it will definitely be publicized by those who are hostile to Yang Ji, and even a large number of people will emerge from within his own side. There were a lot of objections. After all, Yang Ji's status was too hateful.
"They can block it if they want to. Anyway, we have no way to forcefully cross the river before the Qingzhou Navy arrives." Yang Ji shrugged, saying that in the past few days, he had only cleaned up the defense line built by Zhou Yu on the north bank. , and did not intend to forcefully cross the river to fight Zhou Yu.
Looking at Yang Ji who was simply answering the question, Cao Cao was a little silent. Did Yang Ji listen carefully to his question? Could it be that this guy ignored his question on purpose?
Cao Cao was 99% sure that Yang Ji ignored his question on purpose and had awakened his spiritual talent. How could he not hear the double meaning hidden in his words?
"Ziyu, when will Gan Xingba's Qingzhou Navy arrive?" Chen Qun asked Yang Ji. He didn't think as much as Cao Cao did. He felt that Yang Ji deliberately ignored Cao Cao's question. Chen Xi once told him about this matter. It's not that Yang Ji doesn't know how to deal with personnel matters, it's just that he doesn't want to spend his energy on this aspect.
So, under normal circumstances, Yang Ji speaks very straightforwardly, and 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 He would only answer superficial questions. As for the deeper meaning hidden in the words, Yang Ji said that he did not understand.
Either speak more straightforwardly, or pretend that he has never said such metaphorical words. Of course, if he can show the strength that makes Yang Ji pay attention, Yang Ji will not be able to use his brain and think about it. What are the metaphors in some people’s words.
However, there are not many people in the world who can let Yang Ji think about certain metaphors. Most of them are concentrated under Liu Bei's account, and those under Liu Bei's account basically know Yang Ji's character. What is it like, so when they communicate with Yang Ji, most of the time they speak very straightforwardly.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao is not qualified to let Yang Ji think about the meaning of his words, so Cao Cao only gets a superficial answer.
But Chen Qun was different. After learning about Yang Ji's character from Chen Xi, he straightforwardly asked the questions Cao Cao wanted to know.
"Qingzhou Fleet, they are probably still in the waters east of Yizhou." Yang Ji looked up at the sky and said with some uncertainty. When he gave the order to Gan Ning before, that guy was still there. They collect spices on Luzon Island, and they say they plan to sell those spices to replenish the navy's military expenses. After all, warships are gold-eating beasts, and they can empty out your family fortune in the blink of an eye.
Gan Ning also dislikes that the Qingzhou Navy’s battleship update speed is too slow, and the shipbuilding speed at Donglai Shipyard is also too slow. Although Chen Xi has allocated funds to support the navy, Chen Xi cannot If a large amount of funds are allocated to Dongnae Shipyard, other places will not be able to develop.
So if Gan Ning wants to speed up the update of battleships, he can only find a way to supplement the navy's military expenditure. Maybe he has his own ideas, so Chen Xi gave Gan Ning a trick. The spices on Luzon Island are The best-selling product in the Han Dynasty, and the kind that is in short supply.
Chen Xi asked Gan Ning to drive a warship to Luzon Island, collect a lot of spices and bring them back. He helped Gan Ning process the spices, and then invested the money from selling the spices into naval military expenditures and Donglai In the shipyard.
Although Gan Ning's intuition told him that Chen Xi must have some plans in this matter, Gan Ning did not care about this matter. His goal was to develop and expand the Qingzhou fleet.
Everyone knows Chen Xi’s ability to make money, so Gan Ning is not worried at all that the spices he brought back from Luzon Island will not be sold, or will not be sold at a good price. Spices are popular in the Central Plains. The place never has to worry about selling it. As long as it is edible and has no side effects on the human body, it can be swallowed by any place in the Central Plains. Even if the supply exceeds demand, it will be slowly digested over time. After all, spices are consumables, and they are also fast consumables.
As Gan Ning expected, Chen Xi encouraged him to go to Luzon Island for other tasks. In other words, this task was Gan Ning's real task, and the spices were just incidental.
"The sea area east of Yizhou?" Chen Qun's mind was a little stuck. He knew where Yizhou was, but he didn't know where it was. In other words, most people in the Central Plains didn't know where Yizhou was. Somewhere, Yizhou is a legendary place after all.
Although Gan Ning found Yizhou under the guidance of Chen Xi, because the Qingzhou fleet floats on the sea all year round, unless there is something big going on here in Fenggao, most people don't see Gan Ning very much. Not to mention learning about the existence of Yizhou from Gan Ning.
Gan Ning, who knew the strategic position of Yizhou, would not tell it casually. The sailors in the fleet did not know that the place where they landed was Yizhou, because Gan Ning did not tell the sailors in the fleet about it. Gan Ning did not say that the sailors in the fleet naturally thought that this was just an overseas island. After all, they had encountered many islands in their maritime career.
“Have you not heard Zichuan mention Yizhou?” Yang Ji asked a little strangely. He thought that Chen Qun and others who had been in Fenggao for a long time knew the news about Yizhou. , after all, Chen Xi did not block it specifically.
However, Yang Ji also knew that even if Chen Xi did not block the matter specifically, those who knew would not tell it casually. After all, the location of Yizhou was a strategic location for the navy to check and balance the entire Jiangnan.
"Well, since you don't know, it's hard for me to tell you." Seeing Chen Qun and Cao Cao's confused faces, Yang Ji shook his head and said, let Chen Xi handle these matters. .
Chen Qun and Cheng Yu looked at each other and saw curiosity about Yizhou's location in each other's eyes, but they also knew that this matter was probably related to some future plans, otherwise with their current status , no matter what, you will get some news.
Even if you don't know the specific location of Yizhou, you will know that Yizhou does exist, instead of learning about the existence of Yizhou from Yang Ji like now. "Then, when will Gan Xingba arrive?" Chen Qun asked again. Although he knew that the question he was asking now was a bit harsh, there were some things that he, the military advisor accompanying the army, still needed to know.
Yang Ji thought for a while, "About three days. The specific time depends on the sea conditions over there. This time is the typhoon season, maybe. The Qingzhou fleet can't even get out of the port," Yang Ji said, shaking his head.
"What is a typhoon?" Cao Cao finally found an opportunity to interrupt, and quickly asked Yang Ji. He was quite interested in that typhoon, which could actually prevent the Qingzhou naval fleet from leaving. port.
That is an entire naval fleet. After using the secret technique of cloud channel solidification to connect the fleet, it will become a sea fortress. Are there any winds and waves in the world that can overturn a sea fortress?
Yang Ji thought for a while and said, "A typhoon is a storm cyclone that carries a huge amount of rain." In fact, Yang Ji was not very clear about the specific definition of a typhoon. He only knew that a typhoon would bring a huge amount of rain and enough rain to The strong wind that destroyed the city.
"Raining and windy?" Cao Cao and the other three were a little confused. They didn't know why Yang Ji was worried about this violent storm. The Qingzhou Navy Fleet, connected together by a chain of luck, was a sea fortress. Are you still afraid of this?
Yang Ji opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain to them some powerful sea storms that could overturn everything on the sea. Although the area where he used to live would have typhoons every typhoon season, he The place where I stayed was a geomantic treasure.
Although it is relatively close to the landing point of the typhoon, and sometimes even in the path of the typhoon, the impact is relatively small. Anyway, he has never seen a typhoon uproot the surrounding flowers, plants and trees at home.
All of Yang Ji's knowledge about the dangers of typhoons basically come from the news. They come several times every year, and Yang Ji can't forget them even if he wants to.
"Well, you just need to know that there is indeed a storm on the sea that can overturn the fleet fortress. I don't know much about it." Yang Ji sighed.
"Or you can go to Jiaozhou to experience it. There are typhoons there every year in July, August and September. Maybe you can feel the terror of typhoons there." Yang Ji suggested to several people. .
"Uh, um..." Chen Qun looked embarrassed. If he didn't know Yang Ji's character, he would definitely hit Yang Ji hard. Is Jiaozhou a place where people can stay?
“We can’t survive in a barbaric land like Jiaozhou, unless we can become the inner Qi separated from the body. With the powerful vitality of the inner Qi separated from the body, if we want to withstand the various life threats there, we should be It can be done." Cheng Yu said expressionlessly, since Yang Ji recommended that we go to Jiaozhou, you must prepare some survival guarantees for us. After all, it is Jiaozhou.
"Huh?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment, then remembered that Jiaozhou was not a good place these days, "I'm sorry, I forgot that your ability to survive is not very good."
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Cheng Yu looked at Yang Ji and wanted to go up to him and ask him to wake up. What does it mean to have poor survivability? Seeing that I have no flesh on my body, my survivability on the battlefield is very strong.
What, are you talking about survivability in an environment like Jiaozhou? Sorry, I'm too talkative. If it's Jiaozhou, my ability to survive is really not good.
"However, if the inner Qi in the Central Plains want 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, the water The little bugs inside can't cause harm to the internal air, but the local climate is not so easy to adapt to.
"Huh?" This time it was Cheng Yu, Chen and Qun's turn to be surprised. Can't they quickly adapt to the climate in Jiaozhou even if the inner air is separated from the body?
"That's the fact." Yang Ji shrugged. The locals are already used to this kind of climate. After all, they have to face this environment since they were born. It is difficult not to adapt.
Otherwise, the people in the three provinces of South China would not be living in mats and wooden beds all year round. If they are tough, they just have no choice.
"Okay, let's not talk about these things that are far away from you. Now go and clean up the scene in the front camp." Yang Ji greeted Cao Cao and the others.
Although the fire in the front camp was extinguished by Yang Ji's rain, the tents and tents were still seriously damaged. Leaders like them probably won't 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 finally returned to normal order, and various tents and other things were restored. Once set up, their logistics supplies are sufficient, and there will be no situation where the soldiers use the earth as their bed and the sky as their quilt.
"I couldn't see clearly at night, but I can see it clearly now. That guy Zhou Gongjin actually connected the warships with iron chains. What are you trying to prevent? There won't be any typhoons here, right?" Looking at the river Cheng Yu couldn't help complaining about the scene of iron ropes, just like these civil servants, even if the weather were to change, how big of a storm could it cause? That guy Zhou Gongjin was still too cautious, and he even had to guard against this. One hand.
Yang Ji didn't pay attention to Cheng Yu's complaints, but looked at the scene of iron ropes on the river with some strangeness. 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 rope.
"Is it the reason for the cloud gas reserve?" Yang Ji thought of the conditions for using the cloud gas chain. Without the cloud gas reserve warehouse, even if there is a cloud gas chain channel, it seems to be of no use.
(End of this chapter)