Chapter 519

"Don't worry, get up."

Liu Ye lifted up Gao Chong and said in a deep voice: "I have been dissatisfied with sun CE's attack on Liu Zhengli. But you know, bo'an, that although our army in Liangzhou can hardly meet any enemy in the land war, the navy is destitute."

"Sun CE occupied the east of the Yangtze River. Most of the water thieves in the area of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River were attached to him. Even if he led his army to the south, at most, he occupied Lujiang County, which is located in the north of the river. However, he was at a loss for Jiangdong."

"In this case, pet is willing to do his best to become a general and train a powerful navy for the imperial court, eliminate the sun thief and pacify Jiangdong!" Gao Chong said excitedly.

"Good!"

Liu Ye said in a deep voice, "high pet, listen to the order."

"The end will be there!"

"Now Gao Chong has been appointed governor of the imperial court. You have everything you need to do to practice the Navy. Do you understand?"

Hearing Liu Ye's trust so much, Gao Chong's heart was filled with fire, and he knelt down directly: "thanks to the great general's trust, even the last general can't repay him. He must try his best to train an invincible Navy on the river for the general!"

Liu Ye is very similar to Cao Cao, who unified the north at that time. He has numerous good generals, sharp soldiers and no one can stop him. However, once he encounters a water battle, he is helpless. After all, most of Liu Ye's soldiers are from the north, and most of them are from Yongliang and Liangzhou. They can't swim at all.

If there is a strong navy, it will not only be of great significance for the future expedition to Sunce in the South and pacify the east of the river, but also in the north. If a war is fought with Yuan Shao, who occupies Hebei Province, the navy can harass the counties along the Yellow River, and transport grain and grass from the waterway is much more convenient than land transportation.

During the northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, ordered people to dig canals to transport grain and grass. When transporting grain and grass by land, one relied on animal power and the other depended on human power. As the saying goes, transporting grain by land was very inconvenient because the peasants were starving. But waterway transportation is not the same. Grain ships go with the water, basically do not consume manpower, and can travel day and night, with large transportation volume and high speed.

Once there is a navy in hand, even Liu Biao of Jingzhou will obey the orders of the imperial court in the future. Nanyang County, originally a county of Jingzhou, is now under the control of Zhang jaw. Starting from Nanyang County, the navy can travel over the Hanjiang River in a few days, deterring Jingzhou from Xiangyang.

"Senior general, the last general still has many good friends in Yangzhou army. After being defeated by sun CE, they all return home. If the general allows, the last general wants to call the officers and men of Yangzhou army to enrich the water army." Gao Chong said.

"Well." Liu Ye nodded: "it's good. Yangzhou Navy is proficient in water warfare. If you can recruit them, you can enrich our navy's combat power to a great extent. You can control it yourself."

Gao pet was even more moved. You should know that the most intolerable thing for any hero is to form cliques under his staff. No matter how wise and powerful he is, he can't avoid it. Liu Ye is so generous that he can't help but feel grateful?

"General..." Gao Chong only felt that he had come to the end of his hardship and had to meet the Mingzhu, but his words choked unconsciously.

"Ha ha." Liu Ye holds Gao Chong's hands and says bluntly: "as a general, he assists his Majesty in acting for the government. He should do his best to strengthen the prestige of the Han Dynasty, but Sun CE hangs alone in the southeast, and the imperial court is not allowed to accept it. Bo'an must strictly practice the water army, understand?"

"No!"

"Where is the official seal?"

Liu Ye held up a wooden box and opened it. Inside was a carved bronze seal with the words "commander in chief of the navy" engraved below. Liu Ye solemnly holds the official seal and hands it to Gao Chong: "bo'an, some one knows a little about the practice of the Navy, so the Imperial Navy can entrust it to you."

"Please don't worry, general. I will practice this water army with my life guarantee and serve the imperial court."

Liu Ye nods with a smile and pats Gao pet's shoulder to show his efforts.

On that day, the news that Gao Chong paid homage to the commander-in-chief of the Navy immediately spread. Countless people knew that Liu Ye began to practice as a Navy master. After Gao Chong served as commander in chief of the Navy, he immediately sent a letter to the counties of Yangzhou, asking his colleagues in Yangzhou to go north to serve in his army.

When they saw Gao Chong's official worshipping the commander of the Navy, many of them began to go north, because they all knew that the newly-built Imperial Navy must be in desperate need of navy officers and soldiers. In the past, there was no doubt that it was a timely help. Who would not like to go there? At that time, a large number of people in Yangzhou were ready to move north to Luoyang.

And in Wujun.

"Liu Yuqing began to set up a navy with Gao Chong as his general?" Sun CE said to Zhou Yu, "Gongjin, it seems that Liu Yuqing is eyeing Jingzhou and Jiangdong."

Zhou Yu nodded, frowned and said, "the reason why Liu Ye was defeated in Yuzhou and Zhang Xun refused to march into Huainan is that one is concerned about Cao Cao and the other is about our army. If there is no navy in Jianghuai area, it will be very passive. If Liu Yuqing is really trained to be a powerful navy, and with the unparalleled Liangzhou cavalry, I'm afraid our army will be hard to cope with in the future. "

"Yes, if Liu Ye really wanted to set up a navy, he would just ask the blind. However, Gao Chong is very good at martial arts and proficient in water war. I'm afraid he can really form a navy. " Sun CE frowned."Don't worry, my Lord. I have a plan here." Lu Su suddenly said.

Sun CE Qi said: "Oh, what's the magic plan of Zi Jing? Come on quickly."

Lu Su said with a smile: "before that, Liu Yuqing issued an order to the world to summon the men of water war? Our army can send one or two capable men to its army, and it's better to be able to hold important positions. In the future, if our navy and Liu Yuqing's Navy meet, we will certainly be able to turn defeat into victory at a crucial moment. "

"This man is definitely the underachiever of our army and cannot be known by the enemy." Lu Su said slowly, "when Gao Chong was still in Yangzhou army, he had fought against our army, but he knew the general of our army. Therefore, the candidates need to be discussed carefully."

"Well..." Sun CE thought for a while.

Zhou Yu suddenly said, "how about Zhu Xiumu?"

"Zhu Huan?"

"Not bad." Zhou Yu commented: "Xiumu was born in a noble family. He knows the art of war and has excellent martial arts skills. The most rare thing is that he is a rising star in our army. He has never seen him before."

Another reason Zhou Yu did not say was that Zhu Huan was born in the Zhu family of the four clans of Zhu, Zhang, Gu and Lu in the east of the Yangtze River. Now he is under the rule of sun CE. For the sake of his family's interests, Zhu Huan must be wholeheartedly, even if he goes deep into the enemy, he will not rebel.

Sun CE nodded: "OK, summon Zhu Huan to the meeting hall!"