Cao Rui in Yecheng was busy mobilizing troops and generals to stabilize the current situation.
Zhuge Liang in Luoyang was busy taking over the defense while trying to find ways to communicate with the Heluo family.
Zhang Xi from Jiangling. Zhang Xi found that he seemed to have nothing to do now.
He brought 20,000 reinforcements back to Jiangling to defend Jiangling. Before they could cross Xiangyang, Soochow troops had already retreated.
After Zhang Xi led the army back to Jiangling, he found that Jiangling had already undergone post-war reconstruction under Wang Ji's auspices, and Zhang Xi could not take the initiative to start a war with Soochow at this time. But there was nothing to do for the time being.
The biggest damage caused by Soochow to Jiangling County was probably the relocation of Dingkou in the four southeastern counties of Huarong, which removed about a quarter of the Dingkou in Jiangling County. However, Wang Ji was basically handling the aftermath.
It's not that Zhang Xi is blaming the blame, but it's a matter of people's livelihood. Although Zhang Xi can do it, he may not be able to do it better than Wang Ji.
Therefore, Zhang Xi still focused on maintaining military affairs.
Especially the Jiangling Navy, after this actual battle, has already taken some prototypes. What Zhang Xi needs to do now is to increase the scale of the Jiangling Navy as soon as possible.
Every time during the Northern Expedition, Soochow has been dragging its heels behind the Han Dynasty. If this continues, who can bear it?
Against Soochow, there will be a battle sooner or later, so it is better to start preparations as soon as possible.
Of course, Zhang Xi stopped the production of the warship that was thrown into the car.
That thing is a temporary emergency thing. It can only be used for defense. It is very cumbersome to attack and requires a lot of walking protection. In today's water warfare tactics, it seems to be quite cost-effective.
If we have this time, we can train more naval forces and build more Mengchong warships, which will be much more useful than building that thing.
The tactics of water warfare these days are still mainly based on jumping off the side of the ship and close combat. Although long-range firepower can block it for a while, the final decision is to be in close combat. Once it reaches the close combat stage, these attacks will be lost. In addition to not being able to function as it should, it would also be surrounded by enemy troops because it was too bulky.
After all, the Soochow Navy is in a dominant position. If you want to close the distance with the Soochow Navy as soon as possible, you can't just rely on surprise. You must follow the water warfare tactics standards of this era and focus on building a water warfare tactics that meets the water warfare tactics of this era. Only warships will do.
There is no need to wait too long. As long as the Jiangling navy has the strength to compete with the Dongwu navy in Lukou, Zhang Xi will lead the army to attack Jingnan and recapture the four counties of Jingnan first.
As for now, until you don't have enough strength and confidence, you should just keep your head down and develop.
As for the navy soldiers and warships, they could only continue to wait patiently, but as for the navy generals, Zhang Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
In the last Jiangling defense battle, Wen Dai and Zhong Limu performed quite well.
Of course, the good ones here do not mean that they are already excellent naval generals. Compared with Zhu Ran, the two of them are still inferior in commanding naval battles.
But the problem is that although Zhu Ran destroyed more than 20 ships of the Jiangling navy with his kung fu, he still failed to defeat the turtle formation commanded by Wen Dai and Zhong Limu. From the beginning of the war to the end of the war, Zhu Ran spent nearly two months. time, but never found the opportunity to land at the public security ferry.
In other words, although the two of them were at a disadvantage due to some reasons in their confrontation with Zhu Ran, they were not defeated by Zhu Ran. This was beyond Zhang Xi's expectation.
Forget about Wen Dai, he is already nearly forty years old and not much younger than Zhu Ran. He can be beaten by Zhu Ran. It can only be said that his talent is limited.
But Zhongli Mu is different. He is only twenty-one years old and there is still room for growth. Once Zhongli Mu has accumulated enough experience in commanding the navy and is familiar with the tactics of the navy, he may be able to become the true leader of the Jiangling Navy.
We don't expect him to be at Zhou Yu's level, but close to Wenpin's level, that's enough.
But this also takes time, and whether this time can be long or short, Zhang Xi is not sure whether he can wait until Zhongli Mu is fully mature before launching an attack on the four counties in Jingnan.
Therefore, out of such considerations, Zhang Xi felt that it was still necessary for him to find a mature commander for the Jingzhou Navy.
But such people are really hard to find.
Looking at potential internally, with Zhang Xi's brain capacity, he really couldn't think of any generals in Jingzhou who were suitable for navy operations.
There is no way. I watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in my previous life. Luo Guanzhong has not written well since Wuzhangyuan, and few people will read the subsequent plots carefully and know who Yang Hu, Lu Kang, Wang Jun and Du Yu are. That’s pretty good.
Besides, Yang Hu is only thirteen years old this year. While they have time to grow up, it is better to wait and see if Zhong Limu can quickly master the naval command tactics and take charge of his own role.
As for poaching from Soochow, Zhang Xi has been thinking of ways to do it. Zhang Xi has not cut off correspondence with Yang Di, a native of Nanyang, who is serving as a guest of the crown prince Sun Deng. But in the middle and late stages of Soochow, he has become the best in the world. The navy was a joke. Even when Wang Jun sent troops from Yizhou and went down the river, Soochow could only come up with the passive trick of crossing the river with iron ropes. No one dared to take the initiative to fight. This shows that the navy on their side What kind of virtue does it mean for a general to stretch his hips?
If it were Zhou Yu, Wang Jun might not have even arrived at the police station yet, so Zhou Yu would have to pull off another water battle victory.
Therefore, Zhang Xi actually didn't have high hopes for Yang Di. After all, judging from Yang Di's resume, it was hard to see that Yang Di had any ability to actually command water battles.
But God still favors Zhang Xi.
One day in early March, Zhang Xi went to the four southeastern counties of Jiangling County to inspect the spring plowing situation. As soon as he arrived in Mianyang, he suddenly received a notification from his personal guards that an old friend was visiting.
When Zhang Xi heard this, he immediately knew that this might not be a real old friend.
If Zhang Xi's old friends, such as a few acquaintances from Chengdu, pass by Jingzhou and come to visit him, he can ask his personal guards to inform him of their names directly. Even if someone like Pang Tong, who is informal and familiar with Zhang Xi, can directly He barged in without being notified.
This kind of person who calls himself an old friend is most likely someone who has some relationship with him but is not actually familiar with him.
This title itself has a little bit of a connection with it, and it has the meaning of being afraid that Zhang Xi will disappear. Real old friends would not do this.
For this reason, Zhang Xi quickly tidied up his clothes and went out to greet him. This was the etiquette of this era. Since he was not someone he knew well, he couldn't be too informal, otherwise word would spread and it would affect the reputation.
Then, Zhang Xi saw a middle-aged man about thirty years old, who bowed to him and saluted. Yes, in these days, one can call himself middle-aged when he is around thirty years old. At Zhang Xi's age, he can call himself middle-aged. Called himself "Old Man".
In these days, the average life span of people is not very long. If you can live over forty years, calling yourself "old man" is not a problem at all.
Zhang Xi hurriedly returned the gift, and while going through it in his mind, he realized that he really didn't seem to know this person.
Everyone claims to be an old friend. If you can't pronounce someone's name for a while, you will be embarrassed, and the other person will be embarrassed.
But fortunately, at this time, no smart person would embarrass the host. Obviously, the visitor also knew that he was not familiar with Zhang Xi, so he took the initiative to speak and said, "Nanyang Yangdi, see you Please pass Zhang Envoy."
Nanyang Yangba? !
Why did he deliver it to your door by himself? !
Zhang Xi was wondering a few days ago, where to find a mature navy commander, and now one of the candidates suddenly appeared in front of him? !
Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately realized what he was doing. He quickly stepped forward to help Yang Di, took Yang Di's hand, and said, "Why did Wen Heng come to my place in Jingzhou today because of his flaws?!"
Wen Heng is the name of Yang Di, and when Zhang Xi saw Yang Di, he immediately stepped forward to win over Yang Di and called him by his nickname. This was a very close attitude, at least Yang Di was very fond of this.
Although I have exchanged several letters with Zhang Xi, in fact, the relationship between Yang Xi and Zhang Xi is not very familiar. Now that Yang Xi claims to be an old friend and asks to see Zhang Xi, even if Zhang Xi does not give him face, in fact, with Zhang Xi’s identity, That makes sense.
But Zhang Xi's warm look not only alleviated Yang Di's embarrassment, but also covered up the past for Yang Di. From now on, Yang Di can really claim to be Zhang Xi's old friend.
For this reason, Yang Di was very moved. At the same time, he also knew in his heart that this was not the time to follow Zhang Xi's attitude.
When Zhang Xi introduced Yang Xi into the small courtyard where he lived, and the two of them sat down respectively, Yang Xi immediately stood up, saluted Zhang Xi again, and said, "Yang resigned from Dongwu and returned to his hometown. He passed by Jiangling and paid homage to Mongolia." Your envoy fell in love with you by mistake, so I came here to pay homage to you."
In these words, Yang Xi not only placed his status below Zhang Xi, but also explained his current situation and his purpose in a few words.
Resigning and returning to his hometown was to tell Zhang Xi that he was no longer an official in Soochow, and Xiang Meng's love was to tell Zhang Xi tactfully that Zhang Xi had recruited him before, but now he has taken the initiative to join him.
Now, it depends on whether Zhang Xi accepts it or not.
Zhang Xi has traveled to this era for twenty years. After being influenced by the times, he can still hear this digression, but he is very curious.
"Wen Heng resigned?!" Zhang Xi asked in confusion, "The last time Wen Heng wrote a letter, he even said that the prince of Soochow was a virtuous man. Why did he treat Wen Heng so well now?"
Zhang Xi really asked this out of curiosity, but to Yang Xi's ears, these words were extraordinary.
You said last time that your master was very wise and treated you well. Now you resigned and came to join me. What is the reason? If you don't answer this question well, you may be considered a disloyal person.
In this era, if a person of Zhang Xi's status had this kind of evaluation of Yang Di, then Yang Di's reputation and career would basically be over.
Therefore, Yang Di also looked solemn, bowed, and replied seriously, "Although the old master is virtuous, he doesn't need me to say anything. Although he treats me kindly, my colleagues can't live there without worries, but there is no place for me to use them. This is not Yang Di." As you wish.”
I have a headache, I'm stuck, I feel uncomfortable, I can't write, maybe there will only be three chapters today.
(End of chapter)
