Cao Jun's camp, the Chinese army's commander's tent.
After the victory, Cao Cao was ecstatic and immediately rewarded the meritorious officials.
Yu Jin and Mao Jie were officially promoted by Cao Cao to the rank of deputy commander-in-chief of the navy.
But what is surprising is that as the governor-general, Yu Jin was only promoted.
On the other hand, Deputy Governor Mao Jie was directly promoted to the rank of Tinghou by virtue of his victory over the Jiangdong navy!
This made Cao Jun's generals envious.
A general goes to war in order to win a title.
The initial rank of marquis is Guannei Marquis, and the further one is Tinghou.
It seems that there is only one level difference, but in fact the status of the two is very different.
The Marquis of Guannei has no settlements or fiefdoms, and has merely entered the threshold of a Marquis.
If you want to develop your family into a legacy family, Guannei Hou is far from enough.
The title of Tinghou that Mao Jie was granted had only one pavilion.
But for Mao Jie, it was already a huge encouragement!
From now on, as long as you continue to accumulate military merits, you can be promoted to Shiyi.
If he makes great achievements again, Ting Hou will have a chance to be promoted to Xiang Hou!
As for the highest-level county princes, they have almost no chance.
Unless he has truly accomplished heavenly feats, or he is a general of Cao Cao's clan, or he is cited as his closest confidant.
Ordinary people will not be able to relate to the sequence of county princes in their entire lives.
Before Liu Zhang and Cao Cao were promoted to dukes and kings, they held the title of county marquis.
It can be said that becoming a county prince is the lifelong goal of civil servants and military generals!
The most depressing thing here is the ban.
In terms of ability alone, Yu Jin crushes Mao Jie in all aspects, especially in troop command and training.
It was also from this perspective that Cao Cao chose to let Mao Jie, who was less capable, command the theoretically invincible iron chain warships to fight against Yu Jin's ordinary navy.
The outcome of this duel is crucial to Cao Cao, as it determines whether Cao Cao's army can dominate the Yangtze River.
But for Yu Jin and Mao Jie personally, it seems not that important.
What Cao Cao wanted was the victory of the chain boat, so it was the common expectation of both of them that Mao Jie would be the final winner.
This is indeed the case!
The Iron Chain Warship won without any surprise, and Yu Jin and Mao Jie will also receive Cao Cao's reward.
For Yu Jin, he didn't have to feel the slightest guilt because of the defeat.
And Mao Jie will not receive special rewards for leading the chain warships.
After all, if the two of them changed the order, the situation would still be the same.
But who could have imagined that Lu Xun suddenly had a seizure!
The Jiangdong Army's Chibi Water Village, which had been dormant for so long, suddenly opened its gate and forcibly attacked Cao's army during the drill.
The navy led by Yu Jin was defeated by Mao Jie's chain of iron-locked warships.
Being suddenly attacked by Jiangdong Army again, the morale of the army was naturally in chaos, and they had no power to fight back.
Five thousand sailors either fell into the water and drowned, or were brutally massacred by Jiangdong's army!
On the other hand, Mao Jie, relying on the power of the iron chain warships, defeated the plot of the Jiangdong navy in one fell swoop and severely damaged it.
This battle successfully turned Cao Jun's zero victory record into one victory!
Going from zero to one is often the hardest!
Sure enough, Mao Jie was directly promoted to the rank of pavilion due to his extraordinary achievements in defeating the Jiangdong Army!
Yu Jin followed Cao Cao for many years, conquering the east and west, and fighting in the south and north. After countless life-and-death battles, he was promoted to general of miscellaneous titles due to his accumulated achievements.
A few months ago, Cao Cao proclaimed himself king and founded the country, and Yu Jin was lucky enough to be promoted to the title of Marquis of Guannei!
Yu Jin had just stepped into the Marquis's door. Who would have thought that Mao Jie would directly step into the Marquis' rank!
All of this was originally the glory that belonged to Yu Jin!
Couldn't Yu Jin, who was more outstanding than Commander Mao Jie, defeat the Jiangdong naval army with the help of iron chain warships?
The answer must be no!
Yu Jin is confident that he will only do better!
It's a pity that everything has become an established fact. Even if I feel helpless, I still can only choose to accept my fate.
How can a defeated general who lost all his troops and horses have the dignity to compete with a victorious general who defeated the Jiangdong navy and boosted the morale of Cao's army?
Therefore, all the generals and commanders of Cao's army not only envied Mao Jie, but also felt sorry for Yu Jin.
This time, the title of Marquis Ting was really a piece of pie in the sky, and it fell right into Mao Jie's mouth!
Cao Cao was well aware of this, but he also had his own considerations.
Mao Jie defeated Jiangdong's army and Yu Jin destroyed all his soldiers. These are established facts.
We cannot forcefully promote both of them to Tinghou, as this will inevitably cause more dissatisfaction.
Among Yu Jin and a group of civil and military officials, Cao Cao would naturally choose to submit to Yu Jin without hesitation.
"Yu Jin, Mao Jie, Gu Xian ordered you two to work hard to build an iron chain warship. We must make our navy invincible on the Yangtze River!"
"Remember, no matter how big it is, it will be as big as Gu Da!"
Cao Cao once again personally gave the instructions and gave specific requirements.
As long as the warship is big enough, it can directly connect to Chibi Water Village today, and completely penetrate Jingnan tomorrow!
When the time comes, the war horses are galloping on the iron chain boat. Let's see if Liu Bei still has the courage to resist!
"As you command!"
Both of them surrendered.
It's just that Yu Jin's voice was a little weak, but Mao Jie's voice was extremely loud and full of confidence.
Just as Cao Jun's generals were whispering to each other and expressing their joy at the victory, Xiahou Dun stood up.
"King Wei, our army is conducting a drill today. Why did Lu Xun let Jiangdong's army suddenly attack?"
"Could it be that this kid has been lying to me?"
In today's grand strategy, Cao Jun was indeed victorious.
In the end, Jiangdong's army was beaten and fled in embarrassment.
But in terms of small strategies, Cao Jun actually lost.
After all, the five thousand most elite navy troops under Yu Jin's command were all killed under the attack of Jiangdong Army.
It is true that Jiangdong's army was defeated and fled, but the number of casualties was far less than that of Cao's army.
This is where Xiahou Dun is a little confused.
"Hahaha, Yuan Rang is worrying too much!"
Cao Cao chuckled a few times, without any trace of sadness for the dead and wounded soldiers.
"It's true that Lu Xun is the commander-in-chief, but he is too young to serve the masses! With Sun Quan's son's confidants in the army, Lu Xun will definitely not be able to cover the sky with one hand!"
"This attack takes advantage of our army's drill. Firstly, it is to show Sun Quan's son's confidants, and secondly, it is to let him fully understand the power of the iron chain warship!"
Without the iron chain warships, the five thousand naval officers and soldiers who had finally been trained with great difficulty would have been killed and injured, which was enough to make Cao Cao devastated.
Nowadays, with the iron chain warships, a series of problems such as whether they understand water properties, whether they can adapt to the bumps of the Yangtze River, etc. all disappear.
Even if the infantry without any training are put directly on the ship for combat, they can still show their super strength!
Five thousand people were killed or injured, so what?
Xiahou Dun nodded with some understanding.
"It turns out that I misunderstood Lu Xun!"
After this incident, Cao Junwenwu's sincerity towards Lu Xun skyrocketed again.
Cao Cao himself seemed a little convinced!
He knew very well what the defeat of Jiangdong Army meant to Sun Quan and Liu Bei!
"Everyone, just wait and see the good show! Sun Quan's good days are over!"
Cao Cao's smile grew thicker and thicker, and his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate everything!
