Yang Yi was very satisfied with the current situation. The soldiers executed the order perfectly. The fleet quietly weighed anchor and slowly moved forward with the help of the current. After reaching a visual distance, it launched a surprise attack.
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It seemed that the Qingzhou Army was completely unprepared for the surprise attack. It was not until the Liaodong Navy advanced across the board that panicked figures were seen swaying around on the deck of the Qingzhou Navy. The situation was developing in an extremely favorable direction.
"Only discovered now? Huh, it's too late." A cold light flashed in Yang Yi's eyes.
The field of vision at sea is much further than that on land. In today's clear weather, the target can be found more than ten miles away. When the two sides approached each other in a battle-ready posture and Taishi Ci's flagship rushed forward alone, the two fleets
The distance was only four to five hundred feet, and Taishi Ci's flagship was at the forefront, less than eight hundred steps away from the Liaodong Navy.
Such a small distance is almost shoulder to shoulder on the sea. Yang Yi took the opportunity to delay and quietly drifted forward a few hundred steps.
The remaining distance, under the full sprint of the Liaodong Navy, could be crossed in half a stick of incense. In other words, Taishi Ci's flagship would not even have time to turn, and would be surrounded.
Unless the remaining eleven ships immediately abandon their leader and run away, there is no need to worry about any fish slipping through the net.
This battle is definitely won!
The other side was too careless, maybe it shouldn't be said that it was careless, but since the Qingzhou Army was established, it has been almost invincible and has not suffered any losses. And just after the great victory, it was somewhat contemptuous of its own side and felt that its side was not good enough.
Dare to take risks.
Unfortunately, there are no absolutes in this world.
The reasons he told Liu Yi were not all. In the final analysis, the initiative in taking hostages is still in the opponent's hands. As long as Wang Yu is determined to regain the situation, can he really win the fight?
Yang Yi thought further than this. His purpose was to severely damage the Qingzhou Navy.
Although Liaodong is located in a remote area and lacks information, Yang Yi is still very familiar with the situation in Youzhou. Wang Yu is also working on farming in Youzhou, digging canals and building roads. There seems to be news that he wants to build a new city.
...In short, the stall is very big.
In addition to Youzhou, the newly taken over territories by the Qingzhou Army include the three counties in northern Hebei that were originally under Gongsun Zan's jurisdiction, as well as the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan. Calculated in terms of land area, these places alone are equivalent to more than half of Jizhou.
With the addition of Youzhou, Qingzhou’s territory has almost doubled!
Such a large place has experienced years of war and is quite exhausted. Not only are several counties in northern Hebei unable to provide the large amount of resources needed to rebuild Youzhou, but Wang Yu is also required to provide money and food relief, which is equivalent to
Need to rebuild again.
These resources can only be transported from Qingzhou itself.
The so-called gift of food from thousands of miles away makes a scholar hungry. It is more than a thousand miles to transport money and food from Qingzhou to northern Hebei. No matter how rich Qingzhou is, it can only provide the materials needed for the new territory, and it is absolutely impossible to afford the transportation on the road.
Consumption!
Yang Yi calculated very clearly that three civilians were needed to transport a soldier for a thousand-mile expedition. Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized an army of 100,000 to attack the Huns in the north. Nearly 500,000 civilians were used! The situation is similar now. If Wang Yu
Rebuilding Youzhou requires one million hu of grain. When the transportation team sets off from Qingzhou, it needs to prepare more than 3 million hu of grain!
And Wang Yu's stall in Youzhou is so big, how much more than one million grains and grass are needed? And reconstruction requires not only grain, weapons, farm tools, and various living materials and tools, plus the counties in northern Hebei
, and what is needed for the expedition, the final statistics must be astronomical data.
If Wang Yu could come up with so much supplies at once, then Yang Yi could only say that the ancestors of the Han Dynasty were all idiots. They had been in business for hundreds of years and the wealth they accumulated was not as good as what Wang Yu had created in a few years.
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Yang Yi is not a person who belittles himself, but Qingzhou has recruited a lot of talents in recent years. Even if Wang Yu is not thoughtful, his staff will remind him in time. The reason why they spread the stall even though they know that the consumption is so high is nothing more than
Count on sea shipping.
Maritime transportation consumes less and is not slow. Although there are certain risks, even if the losses of shipwrecks are taken into account, the consumption is much smaller than that of land transportation.
It was precisely because of so many benefits that Yang Yi dared to take such a risk. His idea was to attack quickly and unexpectedly. He would first deal with Tai Shici, the navy commander, and then sweep all the way across. The Qingzhou navy was leaderless, and most of the ships acted as
The transport ship was not prepared for battle and dealt a heavy blow to the opponent.
By the time the Qingzhou Army came to their senses, the navy might have lost more than half of its troops.
The Qingzhou Navy was not established for a long time. It developed rapidly after Taishi Ci's eastward voyage. It only took a little more than a year. The number of ships could not exceed 400.
Although the Liaodong Navy is slightly weaker, with less than 200 ships, as long as the raid is successful, dozens or even hundreds of ships can be captured in terms of trophies. As the two sides enter and exit, the balance of strength will naturally reverse.
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Of course, the Qingzhou family has a great cause. Even if half of the navy is lost, it will take at most a year to recover. But during this period, it is the Liaodong navy that has the final say on the Bohai Sea.
As long as the sea route centered on Piaoyujin is blocked, it is a question whether the Qingzhou Army can continue to establish a foothold in Youzhou, let alone retaliate against Liaodong. With such a bargaining chip in hand, when negotiating again, are they still afraid of Qingzhou's overwhelming power?
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As for whether Qingzhou will give in and take revenge after regaining its strength, Yang Yi thinks there is nothing to worry about. As long as his plan succeeds, the Qingzhou Army's victory in Youzhou will be almost offset. This trip can basically be said to be
It is a waste of military power and a large amount of resources, but it fails to achieve strategic goals.
Although the heroes of the Central Plains are weaker than Qingzhou, the gap in strength is not as big as the disparity between Liaodong and Qingzhou. As one goes and the other goes up, the distance is evened, or even surpassed.
By then, Wang Yu will be overwhelmed by the threats from the heroes of the Central Plains. Where will he have time to compete with Liaodong? If the Central Plains becomes a stalemate, maybe this strange force in Liaodong will become a decisive force and affect the general trend of the world?
As long as this battle is won, it will bring at least two or thirty years of peace to Liaodong! With such a bright prospect, why not give it a try?
It's just that the mystery behind this cannot be explained to Liu Yi. The latter's character is calm at best, and timid at worst. Taking hostages and attacking the navy are two different concepts. The former method is also
There is room for change, and the latter option is to completely break up the relationship.
Yang Yi himself didn't care. He felt that as long as the plan went smoothly, Gongsun Du wouldn't care. But it would be much more troublesome to convince Liu Yi, so he had to directly deceive the other party and wait until the deal was done.
Adhering to this idea, when the Liaodong Navy rushed around Taishi Ci's flagship, Yang Yi did not immediately order a siege. Instead, he commanded the fleet to spread out the formation as much as possible, like a shark with a big mouth, trying to
It's like swallowing the Qingzhou Navy in one gulp.
This is his cleverness.
If Taishi Ci had been surrounded and killed from the beginning, the remaining eleven ships would have been unable to be saved, and the warriors might have broken their arms and ran away. Now that we have surrounded three towers, the enemy will be reluctant to break through, and there is a good chance that they will be captured in one fell swoop.
Seeing the Qingzhou Navy's bow swinging back and forth, Yang Yi suddenly felt elated. Both his intuition and experience told him that his plan was extremely successful, and the enemy's reaction was completely within his expectations.
, like a puppet on strings.
"Hahahahaha," he laughed triumphantly, pointed at Taishi Ci's flagship in the distance, and cursed loudly: "Shuzi, do you still dare to be as arrogant as before? A great victory? Don't you know that strength leads to humiliation, and prosperity leads to decline?
What? Today I want to let you know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world!"
In order to prevent Taishi Ci from using beheading tactics, Yang Yi's flagship fell far behind, with at least a dozen ships in between. Even if Taishi Ci had great abilities, he would not be able to capture the thief and capture the king, and of course he would not
You may have heard Yang Yi yelling and scolding.
Yang Yi himself didn't expect Tai Shi Ci to hear him. He just vented out the resentment and uneasiness accumulated since Wang Yu conveyed his intention to surrender to Gongsun Du through Liu Yi until now.
He was too far away and couldn't see Taishi Ci's face clearly, but he could imagine that the other party must be very angry now. He might even gnash his teeth and stamp his feet, with a ferocious look on his face as he wanted to fight for his life or something.
Yang Yi thought that he was very good at dealing with such a reckless man, just like a hunter catching a wild beast. As long as he was unable to use his strength, he would be angry to death.
"Oh, it's a pity that I can't defeat this person face to face. I have to say it's a pity." Thinking of the success, Yang Yi sighed again, winning unanimous praise from the guards on the left and right. Everyone thought that General Yang was a very good general.
Zhifeng, it was no surprise that he won this battle. Only Liu Yi frowned deeply and was deeply worried about the outcome of the battle.
If you want to capture hostages, you only need to surround the enemy's flagship, and then negotiate to persuade them to surrender. Yang Yi adopted a posture of surrounding three and one, which is obviously a big fight.
When he was still in Liaodong, Taishi Ci had a fiery temper. When he had the strength to fight, he would just surrender. Liu Yi was deeply worried about this.
Liu Yineng and Yang Yi could only reach a consensus on their guesses about Tai Shici's current condition. The other party was probably furious and furious now, and it would be impossible to fight this battle even if he didn't think about it.
Listening to the flood of flattery in his ears, Liu Yi also sighed secretly. Maybe he could win this battle through calculation and unintentional, but after having such a big hatred, even if he can survive the current disaster, he will still have to face Qingzhou in the future.
Or other forces that unified the Central Plains. With this erratic record, how will Liaodong deal with itself in the future? (To be continued...)