Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms Chapter 488: Persuade Xu Sheng to surrender (it's the end of the month again, ask for a monthly ticket!)
Chapter 488: Persuade Xu Sheng to surrender (it's the end of the month again, ask for a monthly ticket!)
It's impossible to fight, the weapon gap is too big.
The enemy's weapons can completely cover the Jiangdong Navy's fleet, 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 hundred warships lie across the Yangtze River, leaving very little room for maneuver for the Jiangdong navy.
I'm afraid that before I get close to them, most of my warships will be lost. How do I fight them? Just hit them.
It was precisely because he saw the gap between the enemy and ourselves that Zhou Yu made up his mind and ordered a retreat.
The retreat this time was not because he was afraid of Lu Yan and his new weapons, it just took time to study how to deal with them.
The Jiangdong Navy was frightened and did not dare to continue the attack. After hearing the order to retreat, it immediately turned around and ran away, never intending to look back.
When they attacked, they went against the current, which reduced their speed. When they turned around and fled, they went with the current, so they ran very fast.
Cao Jun's warship also opened its sails, stretched out its oars, and began to pursue them one after another.
Gan Ning's artillery continued to roar until almost half of the cannonballs in the warship were wasted, and then he stopped his pursuit.
Seeing the Jiangdong navy fleeing in embarrassment, Gan Ning couldn't help laughing and said: "It's so fun! It's so fun!"
The feeling of using technology to crush your opponents is so exciting!
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Zhou Yu retreated all the way towards Wuhu Port, and did not stop until he confirmed that the navy led by Gan Ning was not pursuing any more.
After counting, the Jiangdong Navy, which originally had more than 2,000 warships, now only has more than 1,500 ships left.
In that battle, nearly a quarter of the warships were directly lost. Such a tragic result almost made everyone cry.
Sun Quan's face was livid, so gloomy that he could scrape off two taels of ice slag; Zhou Yu changed his usual high-spirited look and stood at the bow of the ship slightly lost, with a blank 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-in-Chief, although we have lost many warships this time, the shipbuilding industry in Jiangdong is very developed, and we will be able to replace them in a few months."
But the problem is that what Sun Quan and Zhou Yu have in mind are not the lost warships.
Zhou Yu turned around, looked at Cheng Pu and said with a wry smile, "General Cheng, you are right..."
Sun Quan suddenly interjected: "But even if we can regain our strength, how can our warships fight against Cao's navy?"
Sun Quan's words shocked everyone, and there was a long silence afterwards.
"Yeah...the terrifying weapons of Cao Jun's navy are really terrifying."
"With such a powerful and long-range weapon, we have to pay a huge price if we want to get closer."
Zhou Yu finally concluded: "The emergence of Cao Jun's new warships and new weapons can be said to have changed the way of water warfare...With that kind of weapons, they don't need to get close to us at all. They can just keep their distance and attack our ships."
The whole team was sunk."
Zhou Yu's words made everyone feel powerless from the bottom of their hearts. Will they always live in the shadow of Cao Jun's navy from now on?
"Cao's army only posed a threat to our army with new weapons that we didn't understand." Sun Quan stood up at this time and said to everyone: "As long as we understand the weaknesses of those weapons, we can find ways to restrain them.
method. We can even try to make that new weapon..."
No one spoke, but Sun Quan's words still made them feel more relaxed.
Lu Su also stood up at this time and said: "What my lord is saying is that it is not scary if Cao Jun has new weapons. What is scary is that we are frightened 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 possible, we can also create comparable weapons!"
"Yes, my lord, the governor is right!"
Seeing that the confidence and morale of his soldiers were recovering, Sun Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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After defeating Jiangdong Navy, Cao Jun Navy put away its 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 imagined, Cao Jun's navy was full of confidence.
But Gan Ning and Su Fei were still very sober.
They knew that the reason why the Cao Navy was able to defeat the Jiangdong Navy so easily was that it took advantage of the opponent's lack of understanding of artillery, and the other was because the opponent did underestimate the enemy.
But in terms of real water warfare quality, the soldiers of Cao's navy are obviously still far behind, so they cannot be proud and must continue to hone their skills.
During the Battle of Chaisang, Gan Ning unexpectedly captured Jiangdong General Xu Sheng, which made Lu Yan feel a little unexpected joy.
Historically, Xu Sheng was awarded the title of "Great Strong" by the monarch. Throughout the Three Kingdoms period, only Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng were awarded this honor. This shows Xu Sheng's ability and importance to Soochow.
Although Xu Sheng is now highly valued by Sun Quan, he has not yet reached his peak, so Lu Yan came up with the idea of persuading Xu Sheng to surrender.
Lu Yan, led by Sima Yi, 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 neat and bright.
Xu Sheng put his hands behind his head and lay on the hard bed. When Lu Yan came in, he didn't get up and just lay there.
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 and looked at Xu Sheng lying on the bed with interest.
As far as Sima Yi knew, Lu Yan had the ability to recognize people that surpassed anyone in the world today. As long as the people he valued, whether they were scholars or generals, they were at least one of a thousand talents.
Lu Yan was able to personally come to 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 and pretended to sleep.
"You are only in your twenties now, right? Are you willing to sacrifice yourself at such a young age?"
Xu Sheng's body stiffened slightly. Nonsense, who would want to die young!
But something like surrendering might be a stain on a person's life if he doesn't do it well. The extremely disgraceful name of seeking glory from the Lord might stay with him for the rest of his life.
But Xu Sheng was really unwilling to die like this!
He had just started working as an official for a few years, and his career had just begun to have hope. If he died without realizing his ambition, he would not be willing to do so!
You know, Xu Sheng is only in his twenties!
Although Sun Quan was kind to him, it was not to the point where Xu Sheng had to die for Sun Quan.
Sima Yi saw Xu Sheng's subtle tremble, and he knew that this guy was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.