Lu Su knew that Zhou Yu's words were not alarmist.
Even regarding the unrest that might occur when Jiangdong was under tremendous pressure and failed to respond forcefully, Lu Su felt that Zhou Yu might have been putting it lightly.
Lu Su has the last to deal with these people, and he knows the thoughts of these people best. "They only care about family inheritance, and they don't care who comes to dominate the world!"
There are many gentry and gentry in Jiangdong, and they are also the ones who are best at adapting to the changing circumstances.
Just like when Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao's army, there were quite a few aristocratic families and even officials under Cao Cao's rule who were secretly colluding with Yuan Shao. Now it's just a matter of replacing Yuan Shao with Cao Cao and Cao Cao with Jiangdong. As for those aristocratic families
, they are actually similar at heart.
Lu Su hesitated and asked Zhou Yu, "Grand Governor, what do you mean..."
"Since Cao Cao wants to fight, then let him do what he wishes!" Zhou Yu said with a stern look in his eyes, "Jingzhou Navy is nothing more than a bunch of local chickens and war dogs! Since they dare to come, then I, Jiangdong, will swallow this big
It’s fish!”
After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Lu Su's childlike expression couldn't help but shrink!
He knew that once Zhou Yu made up his mind, it was basically a done deal and an unchangeable fact.
Lu Su should fully cooperate with Zhou Yu's decision.
To deal with Cao Jun, Jiangdong must not retreat. And the entire nine counties of Jiangdong are so big, where can they retreat to? We can't really retreat to Jiaozhou or Ryukyu Island that we just captured...
Lu Su bowed deeply to Zhou Yu, raised his hands and said: "Since the Governor has made up his mind, my subordinates must fully cooperate! Please give the order!"
Zhou Yu's expression was very serious, and he said to Lu Su, "Then I'll trouble Zijing to send an order: Order Lu Meng and Jiang Qin to lead three thousand naval troops to explore the strength of Cai Mao's navy first."
"Three...three thousand?" Lu Su's face froze when he heard this, and said: "Grand Governor, Cai Mao has a hundred thousand naval troops... Is three thousand naval troops too few?"
Lu Su was a little worried that his troops were too small. He only had 3,000 men to challenge others with 100,000... Wouldn't that be sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?
"Haha." Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu walked out of the tent with a chuckle and said to Lu Su, "Zijing, I think you were frightened by Lu Yan's navy! It's just a Jingzhou navy, but I, Zhou Yu, really
I didn’t take it seriously.”
After all, Zhou Yu did not force Lu Su to give the order.
He walked straight out of the tent, and then shouted loudly, "Send the order: My name is Lu Meng, and Jiang Qin will lead three thousand naval forces to explore the Jingzhou Navy's camp and the combat power of the Jingzhou Navy!"
"No!" When the messengers waiting outside the tent heard Zhou Yu's order, they immediately responded and then ran forward to convey the order.
As Zhou Yu's order was issued, the entire camp gradually began to boil like boiling water.
"Brothers, the Governor has ordered the use of troops against Cao's army!"
"Is the war finally going to begin? Brothers have been waiting for a long time!"
"Yes! We must avenge the last defeat!"
"Drink! Drink! Drink!"
.....
Lu Meng and Jiang Qin soon led three thousand navy troops to leave the water stronghold and disappeared in the middle of the river.
But in the navy camp, there are still many soldiers who are constantly carrying bows and arrows, equipment, dry food and other supplies to the ship.
For Cao's army, especially the army under Lu Yan.
Since the advent of explosives and cannons, the role of trebuchets, ballistas, etc. in the army has begun to decline in a straight line.
As weapons changed and were updated, some craftsmen with "confused" thoughts began to feel a sense of crisis in their hearts.
Since technology has gradually failed to keep up, their positions will eventually be replaced by others.
Although Zhuge Liang has been trying to make up for this problem, Jiangdong couldn't help it and began to recruit craftsmen, and the wages they paid were higher than those of generals.
Therefore, this group of craftsmen who could not keep up with the technology but had a lot of experience, and the other group of craftsmen who were not determined, had other ideas in their minds, and later secretly switched to Jiangdong directly.
In their words: "There is no other way. Although we don't want to go to Jiangdong, the money they gave us is too much!"
After all, it is human nature to pursue profits.
With this group of craftsmen, Sun Quan's workshop became impressive and presentable.
These craftsmen not only brought advanced technology to Jiangdong, but also brought advanced management concepts to Jiangdong.
This allowed knowledgeable people, including Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su, to finally understand why Cao Cao's strength grew so rapidly.
But what Sun Quan wanted most was undoubtedly artillery, but artillery was not what this group of craftsmen could bring him.
Whether it is hand-held repeating crossbows or more mysterious gunpowder and artillery, their secrets can only be accessed by core personnel. Therefore, this group of craftsmen who can no longer keep up with the rhythm naturally cannot provide more relevant help to Sun Quan.
Although artillery was still out of reach for Sun Quan, they still made great progress in equipment such as catapults and ballistae.
Moreover, with the help of this group of craftsmen and Jiangdong's shipbuilding masters, Jiangdong's shipyard even imitated a three-masted battleship.
Although the knock-off version of the three-masted battleship is not as good as the original version in terms of size and overall performance. But even if it is a knock-off, this kind of flexible and sturdy ship has once again raised the overall strength of the Jiangdong Navy to a new level.
Without artillery, they moved trebuchets and ballistae, which had much improved performance and range, onto the big ships.
Although it is not as good as the Han Navy equipped with artillery, but against the Jingzhou Navy, today's Jiangdong Navy is really more than enough!
Moreover, with the firepower of these large ship trebuchets and ballistae as cover, other small boats such as stern boats will have more space to charge and maneuver. They will also have more space to deal with the Han navy.
Lots of space and means.
All of this was done secretly by Sun Quan. Whether it was Cai Mao, Cao Cao or Lu Yan, they currently have no information at all.
Fortunately, it was only a short period of time for Sun Quan to launch the copycat plan. In the past few months, only ten copycat three-masted warships were built.
But given the capabilities of Kodong Shipyard, as long as they are given a few more months, they might actually be able to build dozens or hundreds of knock-off three-masted warships.
Lu Su stood in Commander Zhou Yu's tent, silently looking at the busy and steady soldiers in the camp.
He looked at the faces of these Jiangdong soldiers who wanted to take revenge on Cao Jun's navy, and he couldn't help but secretly praise them.
"Not afraid in the face of battle, not in chaos when encountering strong forces, you are truly worthy of being the elite brought out by the Grand Governor!"
At this moment, Lu Su had a lot of thoughts.
The scene of his previous defeat at the hands of Lu Yan's navy kept flashing through his mind.
"Sigh... if Cao Cao gives us another year... no, it only takes half a year! Maybe we can really go head-to-head with Lu Yan's navy."
Although Lu Su did not personally experience that battle, even through other people's reports, Lu Su could imagine the impact and shock caused by the Lu Yan Navy to the Jiangdong Navy at that time.
However, Lu Su did not think that the Han Dynasty Navy was invincible.
"Artillery is certainly powerful, but it is not without its flaws.
As long as the maneuverability is strong enough so that the artillery placed on both sides cannot be aimed, then the artillery on both sides of them are just decorations."