Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Seeing Jiangdong's most proud warship so vulnerable in front of Cao Jun, Zhou Yu's heart seemed to be bleeding.

Finally, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and ordered:

"Adjust the sails immediately and retreat!"

Chapter 488 To Persuade Xu Sheng to Surrender

It is impossible to fight, the weapon gap is too big.

The enemy's weapons can completely cover the fleet of the Jiangdong Navy, but it is very difficult for the Jiangdong Navy to even close the distance between the two sides.

The width of the water surface of the Yangtze River is limited, and the opponent's [-] warships lie across the Yangtze River, leaving very little room for the Jiangdong navy to turn around.

I'm afraid that if you don't get close to them, you will lose most of your warships. How to fight, just hit Jill.

It was precisely because after seeing the gap between the enemy and us that Zhou Yu became so determined and ordered to retreat.

The retreat this time was not because he was afraid of Lu Yan and the new weapons, but just needed time to study how to deal with them.

The Jiangdong Marine Division was frightened and did not dare to continue to attack. After hearing the order to retreat, they immediately turned around and ran away, never intending to turn back.

When they attacked, they moved against the current, and their speed was compromised. When they turned around and fled, they traveled along the current, so they ran very fast.

Cao Jun's battleship also spread its sails, stretched out its oars, and began to chase after it.

Gan Ning's artillery continued to roar, until almost half of the shells in the warship were squandered, and then stopped the pursuit.

Looking at the Jiangdong navy who fled in a panic, Gan Ning couldn't help laughing and said, "It's so satisfying! It's so damn satisfying!"

The feeling of crushing opponents with technology is really cool!

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Zhou Yu retreated all the way to Wuhu Port, and did not stop until he confirmed that the navy led by Gan Ning did not pursue any further.

After counting, the Jiangdong Navy, which originally had more than 2000 warships, now has only more than 500 ships left.

In that battle, nearly a quarter of the warships were directly lost. Such a miserable result almost made everyone cry.

Sun Quan's face was ashen, so gloomy that he could scrape off two ounces of ice slag; Zhou Yu changed from his previous high-spirited appearance, and stood at the bow of the ship a little lost, with a dazed face.

Although Cheng Pu on the side was also very sad, he was the first to adjust his mentality after experiencing several troughs.

Cheng Pu came to Sun Quan and Zhou Yu and comforted him, "My lord, Commander, although we lost many warships this time, Jiangdong's shipbuilding industry is very developed, and we will be able to replenish them in a few months."

But the problem is, what Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were thinking about was not the lost warships.

Zhou Yu turned around, looked at Cheng Pu with a wry smile and said, "General Cheng, you are right..."

Sun Quan suddenly interjected: "But even if we can regain our strength, how can our warships fight against Cao Jun's navy?"

Sun Quan's words shocked everyone, followed by a long silence.

"That's right... Cao Jun's navy's terrifying weapons are really terrifying."

"With such a powerful weapon with such a long range, we need to pay a huge price if we want to get close."

Zhou Yu finally concluded: "The appearance of Cao Jun's new warships and new weapons can be said to have changed the way of water warfare... With that kind of weapon, they don't need to approach us at all, as long as they keep a distance, they can kill our ships." The whole team was sunk."

Zhou Yu's words made everyone feel powerless from the bottom of their hearts. Are they going to live in the shadow of Cao Jun's navy all the time?

"Cao's army is only threatening our army by relying on new weapons that we don't understand." Sun Quan stood up at this time, and he said to the crowd: "As long as we understand the weaknesses of those weapons, we can find ways to counter them." method. Even, we can try to make that new weapon..."

No one spoke, but Sun Quan's words made them feel more relaxed.

Lu Su also stood up at this time and said: "My lord said that it is not scary for Cao Jun to have new weapons. The scary thing is that we are shocked by unknown weapons."

Zhou Yu naturally had to stand up and say a few words, "Yes, we should try our best to understand Cao Jun's new weapons and warships. If we can, we can also build comparable weapons!"

"Yes, my lord, what the governor said is right!"

Seeing that the confidence and morale of the soldiers under his command were recovering, Sun Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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After defeating the Jiangdong navy, Cao Jun's navy put away their weapons and began to march all the way to the border of Jingzhou.

After defeating the main force of the Jiangdong navy more easily than expected, Cao Jun's navy was full of confidence.

But Gan Ning and Su Fei were still awake,

They knew that the reason why Cao Jun's navy was able to defeat Jiangdong's navy so easily was that it took advantage of the opponent's ignorance of artillery, and the other was because the opponent really underestimated the enemy.

But when it comes to the real quality of water warfare, the soldiers of Cao Jun's navy are still far behind, so they can't be proud, they have to continue to hone.

In the battle of Chaisang, Gan Ning accidentally captured Jiangdong general Xu Sheng, which made Lu Yan feel a bit of unexpected joy.

In history, Xu Sheng once won the "big Zhuang" of the monarch. Throughout the entire Three Kingdoms period, only Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng received this honor, which shows Xu Sheng's ability and importance to Soochow.

Although Xu Sheng is quite popular with Sun Quan now, he has not yet reached his peak, so Lu Yan came up with the idea of ​​persuading Xu Sheng to surrender.

Led by Sima Yi, Lu Yan came to the room where Xu Sheng was temporarily detained.

Entering the room, Lu Yan began to look at the layout of the room.

There is only a hard bed, a table, and two chairs in the room.Although the layout is simple, it is very clean and bright.

Xu Sheng put his hands behind his head and lay on the hard plank bed. He didn't get up when Lu Yan came in, and he was still lying like this.

Lu Yan pulled out a chair, sat on it, and poured a glass of water for himself and Sima Yi.

Sima Yi stood respectfully behind Lu Yan, looking at Xu Sheng who was lying on the bed with great interest.

According to Sima Yi's knowledge, Lu Yan has the ability to recognize people that surpasses everyone in the world today. As long as the people he values, whether they are literati or generals, they are at least one in a thousand talents.

Lu Yan was able to personally persuade this person to surrender. It seems that this person at least has the potential to become a famous general!

Lu Yan took a sip of water and asked casually, "Xu Sheng and Xu Wenxiang, are you willing to surrender?"

Xu Sheng sneered when he heard this, then turned his back to Lu Yan, pretending to go to sleep.

"Are you only in your twenties now? Are you willing to sacrifice at such a young age?"

Xu Sheng's body froze slightly, nonsense, who would want to die young!

But such a thing as surrender, if it is not done well, it will be a stain on his life, and the extremely disgusting reputation of betraying the Lord and begging for glory may follow him for the rest of his life.

But if he really died like this, Xu Sheng would really not be reconciled!

He has only been an official for a few years, and his career has just begun to have a hope. If he dies before his ambition is fulfilled, he will not be reconciled!

You know, Xu Sheng is only in his 20s!

Although Sun Quan said he was kind to him, but it was not to the point where Xu Sheng must die for Sun Quan.

Sima Yi saw Xu Sheng's slight trembling, and he knew that this guy was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Chapter 489 On buying people's hearts...

Xu Sheng pretended to be sleeping and didn't want to talk to Lu Yan.

But Lu Yan's words made Sima Yi see the waves hidden in Xu Sheng's heart.

Sima Yi glanced at Lu Yan and saw that Lu Yan had no objection, so he said with a slight smile: "Oh, brother...you are the first person I have ever seen who can ignore the Hussar General. I respect you Man, come and drink this glass of clear water, let's go on the road with peace of mind!"

"call!"

After hearing the words "General Hussars of the Dynasty", Xu Sheng froze at first, and then bounced up with a whoosh!

He stared at Sima Yi, then took another look at Lu Yan, who didn't look like a general at all, and asked incredulously, "What? Who did you say was the Hussar General?!"

The intensity of Xu Sheng's reaction was somewhat beyond the expectations of Lu Yan and Sima Yi.

However, these two are people who have never changed their colors before the collapse of Mount Tai, and a small accident is nothing to worry about.

Sima Yi pointed at Lu Yan with his eyes, and said, "What do you think? Besides me, the Sima accompanying the army, who else in this room is a Hussar General?"

Xu Sheng's eyes widened, and he stared at Lu Yan incredulously, "You...you are... General Hussars, Marquis of Chen Liu, Lu Yan and Lu Changsheng?!"

Lu Yan put down the water glass, smiled and said: "Why, is Lu Yan worth pretending to be?"

After Xu Sheng got the confirmation, he seemed a little excited.

Suddenly, Xu Sheng took two big steps forward and came straight to Lu Yan.

Faced with Xu Sheng's sudden movement, Lu Yan remained motionless, while Sima Yi subconsciously took half a step forward, trying to stand between Lu Yan and Xu Sheng.

This action of Sima Yi made Lu Yan somewhat surprised and impressed.

"Shouldn't Sima Yi take the initiative to hide behind me with his life-saving temperament? He actually took the initiative to protect me from danger. Could it be that he was really influenced by me?"

Sima Yi took half a step forward, and then suddenly realized that he couldn't help but want to protect Lu Yan with his body...

But the problem is, the guy next to him is one of the few top masters in the world!

"Ashamed, ashamed..." Sima Yi felt that he was a little too reckless, so he took two steps back and hid behind Lu Yan...

Seeing Sima Yi take half a step forward, Lu Yan immediately took two steps back to hide behind him, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he said to himself, "Okay, old thief Sima is still the old thief Sima..."

After Xu Sheng came in front of Lu Yan, not only did he not have any intention of attacking, but unexpectedly knelt down on one knee to Lu Yan!

"???"

"???"

This sudden change confused Lu Yan and Sima Yi.

Sima Yi even murmured in his heart: "Could it be that Hussar General's reputation is so strong?"

What Lu Yan thought in his heart was: "Could it be that this is the flicker of the legendary domineering aura, and you wait until the night is gone?"

However, it turns out that they were just thinking too much...

Xu Sheng knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said to Lu Yan: "The guilty general is from Ju County, Langye. He fled to Guangling County with his old mother to escape the war in his early years.

Later, I heard that Sun Doulu was widely recruiting talents, so I came to Jiangdong with the idea of ​​giving it a try. "

Hey, this guy and Zhuge Liang are both from Langya County, or fellow villagers?

An irrelevant thought inexplicably popped up in Lu Yan's mind, and then he said with a smile: "You are also from Xuzhou."

Xu Sheng nodded, and continued: "My mother became seriously ill due to the long journey... I have searched for doctors all over the years, but there is nothing I can do."

Thinking of this, Xu Sheng couldn't help swallowing, "Later, after Prime Minister Cao sent people to take over Xuzhou, Xuzhou also opened a hospital very quickly. Unexpectedly, my mother who had been seriously ill, under the careful care of the doctors in the hospital, My body is slowly getting better."

"I see."

"It turned out to be because of the hospital..."

Sima Yi and Lu Yan finally knew the reason for Xu Sheng's excitement.

It turned out that it was Lu Yan's policy of benefiting the people that cured Xu Sheng's old mother's illness, which was equivalent to selling Xu Sheng's favor in disguise.

"Is your mother cured?" Lu Yan asked gently.

"Thank you Lu Hussar for your concern!" Xu Sheng first cupped his fists to express his gratitude, and then replied: "My mother has recovered.

She is still in Guangling County.

In addition to the hospital, there is also a nursing home.

The old people in nursing homes are taken care of by the government, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they also have a companion for each other.

I tried to bring her to Chaisang City several times, but she refused all of them. "

Sima Yi glanced at Lu Yan calmly, and said in his heart: "Lu Hussar's tricks to win people's hearts are really hard to guard against!

Fortunately, those important ministers in the court often complain that setting up hospitals, nursing homes, and local schools consumes too much money from the treasury, but they don't know that it is these measures that are beneficial to the people that firmly tie the hearts of the people to the court. . "

"Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

But Lu Hussar himself has no desire for fame and wealth, but it's all cheap for Lao Cao...

Alas... I don't know how many lifetimes of blessings Mr. Cao has accumulated, which allowed him to meet the teacher in this life! "

"I'm envious... I really want to be someone like a teacher!"

Countless thoughts flashed through Sima Yi's mind like he was watching flowers on horseback.

After listening to Xu Sheng's words, Lu Yan felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Standing up to help Xu Sheng, Lu Yan said: "Don't worry, the big man will get better and better in the future, and the lives of the people will also get better and better. I'm so happy to hear that people like your mother are getting help from the court." news."

Xu Shengneng could clearly feel that Lu Yan's words came from the bottom of his heart.