After Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was very happy, not only did he not demote his position, but still handed over the Jingzhou soldiers to him, and appointed Yang Wei Yang Jun, the governor of the navy. Cai Mao was beautiful in her heart, and gave Cao 'Cao's '' suggestion: Prime Minister, if you want to recover Jiangdong, the navy is indispensable, the southern waterways are not as good as the north, there are water surfaces blocking all the time, if there is no navy, it may be difficult to win, now there are only 50,000 Jingzhou navy, plus the prime minister's navy is only 80,000, if the prime minister 'handover' the navy, he will be able to sweep Jiangdong in less than half a year!

Cao 'Cao' nodded: General Cai has lived in the south for a long time, and the water war is incomparable, so he appointed General Cai Mao as the governor of the navy and General Zhang Yun as the deputy governor, immediately train the navy, and set off for Jiangdong on a certain day!

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were proud: Xie Cheng believes in Ren!

Cao Cao's 80,000 sailors were stationed in Jiangling. There were 80,000 people and 10,000 ships. Spread on the surface of the river, as far as the eye can see. The largest warship was divided into five tiers, ten zhang long and five zhang wide, and could carry 1,000 sergeants. Paddle with a hundred people. The bow is flat, protected by iron plates, and it is completely irresistible in the midst of water battles.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun stood on the top deck, full of spirit. Zhang Yun said to Cai Mao: Big brother, now that you have so many naval armies, why don't you immediately go down the river and capture Jiangdong?

Cai Mao shook his head: I don't know, don't look at Cao Cao's entrustment of the heavy task of 'handing' the 80,000 naval army to you, in fact, he is still using them, think about it, the naval army is only suitable for fighting in the south, and the Jiangdong is finished so quickly, what is the use of them? Back then, we were stinking shit!

Zhang Yun pondered for a moment and nodded: Hmm! Big brother's right, but it's not a way for us to drag it out like this.

Cai Mao smiled: Now that he has become Cao's '' subordinate, it can only be like this, it can be delayed for a while, and I don't know how long this naval governor can be done!

Zhou Yu was ordered to lead an army of 50,000 in Jiangdong to Jiangxia, and Liu Bei called a warm person to personally greet Liu Qi instead of Liu Qi, offering fine wine, 'fat' and 'meat', and rewarding the three armies.

Liu Bei asked: Dare to ask how many men and horses did the governor bring this time?

Zhou Yu pointed to the river: 30,000 sailors, 20,000 infantry troops!

Yes! Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu in a daze: Cao 'Cao' has an army of three or four hundred thousand, how can the governor only bring 50,000 horses? Could it be that Jiangdong is ready to surrender to Cao ''?

Hehehe\\ Zhou Yu smiled: Emperor Liu's nephew only has 10,000 horses, and he still has to compete with Cao Cao', isn't 50,000 horses as good as 10,000 horses?

Liu Bei was speechless. Zhuge Liang said with a smile: Zhou Dudu is a great talent, Cao's army is tired from afar, and the northern soldiers are not good at water warfare, on this big river, there are 30,000 water troops of Zhou Dudu who can resist Cao's 100,000 soldiers, and the lord can rest assured!

Liu Bei nodded and invited Zhou Yu into the city. Zhou Yu said with a smile: Jiangxia has 40,000 people garrisoned by Liu Huang's nephew and Liu Gongzi, and the navy is not good at defending the city.

Zhou Yu's fleet was much smaller than Cao's '', less than a thousand warships, none of which were too big, and the largest one was Zhou Yu's main ship. It is only five zhang long, three zhang wide, and is divided into three layers. The smallest was like a fishing boat, five or six soldiers, tight enough to sit in.

Liu Bei watched it for a long time and asked Zhuge Liang: Military advisor, do you think Zhou Yu can really use these people to defeat Cao's '' army?

Zhuge Liang shook his head: It depends on the will of heaven, if the Cao army attacks now, it will definitely fail, and if it drags on for half a month, there may still be a glimmer of hope.

Why is that? Liu Bei asked.

Zhuge Liang said: Cao's '' water army is the main force of Cai Mao's water army in Jingzhou, these people are not not accustomed to water warfare, although they do not go into battle, but there are many people, if they attack now, with Cai Mao's water war experience, there are so many water army, no matter what, it will not win, if the time drags on, those northern soldiers in the Cao army will not adapt to the water and soil, even if the water army is strong, the land wars still have a glimmer of life!

Oh! I see, then it depends on the will of God! Liu Bei looked up at the sky.

When Zhou Yu led his warship to Chibi, the place he thought was the best place to fight, he saw something unimaginable. In the middle of the river, like three hills, huge warships docked on the river.

Huang Gai 'rubbed' his eyes and asked, "Dudu?" Is that a warship? What is it that stands tall in the air?

Zhou Yu looked at it for a long time and nodded. Huang Gaidao: Why is this ship so big? Where is it?

Zhou Yu shook his head: I hope it's not Cao's ''.

Zhou Dudu, it's finally here! Been waiting here for a long time! Li Hui lay on the side of the boat, leaned down and shouted below.

Li Hui! Zhang Hong was surprised: This is his ship?

Li Hui continued to shout: Zhou Dudu can drive the boat over, put the soft ladder down, and climb up again!

All the Jiangdong Navy troops were like looking at monsters, staring at Li Hui's three giant battleships with their mouths wide open. This ship is in accordance with the shipbuilding method in the "Luban Secrets", and has been changed several times. In order to adapt to the 'waves' of the sea, the earlier the hull is, the bigger it is, and now the ship is 30 zhang long and 10 zhang wide, and it is five zhang high from the side of the ship to the water, and can carry 10,000 soldiers. However, there are also disadvantages, sails are available at sea, and the river can only rely on manpower, and it takes 500 people to operate, which is quite laborious.

Zhou Yu took Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhang Hong and others to climb onto Li Hui's warship. Li Hui said with a smile: I didn't expect Zhou Dudu to arrive so soon, and I thought that I would scare Cao '' first, but it frightened Zhou Dudu, forgive me!

Zhou Yu looked around, the deck was wide, even if it was a horse race, it was completely fine. What made him most curious was the high wooden pole in the center of the hull, on which were fixed many ropes, each of which was the thickness of an arm. The faint fishy smell in the cabin mixed with saltiness smelled a little choking.

Li Hui saw Zhang Hong covering his mouth and nose with his cuffs, and said with a smile: Forgive me, I just came from the sea, so the smell is relatively strong, and I am already cleaning up, and it is not poisonous!

Zhou Yu nodded: \u201O is now an eye-opener! The first time I saw such a large warship, what was the use of daring to do this for General Li?

Li Hui gave Gan Ning a look. Gan Ning said: \u201Isn't there also on their boats? This is the mast, but it's a little bigger!

Mast! Huang Gaidao: With such a big mast, you are not afraid of overturning the ship?

Zhou Yudao: Haven't you turned it now? Huang Gai realized that he had said something wrong and hurriedly shut up. Zhou Yu said to Li Hui again: Now that General Li's giant ship is helping, even if Cao Cao has 800,000 sailors, he is not afraid!

Li Hui smiled slightly.