Wei Ba stayed in Liaosui for more than a month. In early September, he set sail and left Liaosui.
Yang Zuo, who had been huddled in Liao Sui City, breathed a sigh of relief. For more than a month, he could not sleep every day, fearing that Wei Ba would suddenly attack the city and capture the prince Gongsun Xiu. Now that Wei Ba is gone, Gongsun Xiu is safe and sound.
, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he began to worry about his younger brother Yang Zhen, who was guarding Yingzhou. Wei Ba came fiercely, and the battle at Bailang Mountain, although not large-scale, made the Wuhuan people tremble with fear, and they all attacked him.
To show their goodwill, Liaodong was also prepared and did not dare to take it lightly. In this case, wouldn't Yingzhou, which is separated by the sea, be lost?
Yang Zuo made a vague suggestion to Gongsun Xiu, whether to abandon Yingzhou or strengthen cooperation with the Wei army. Yang Zhen and his men alone might not be able to defend Yingzhou.
Gongsun Xiu was noncommittal. He knew that Yang Zuo was right to worry, but the issue he was concerned about now was not Yingzhou, but Liaodong.
Although Wei Ba had not fired an arrow in Liao Sui these days, he was not idle. The markets outside Liao Sui were his weapons. He used his military might to suppress the Yan army and block them in Liao Sui.
Suicheng City, and then traded with the Liaodong people and the Hu people under their noses. This kind of power of victory without a fight is more intimidating than being defeated in a battle.
Gongsun Xiu grew up in Liaodong. He knows the virtues of these barbarians. Seeing that Wei Ba is strong, they will turn to Wei Ba. For many years, they have been suppressed by the Gongsun family and dare not move. They will definitely be cruel now.
Take a bite back.
Gongsun Xiu immediately rushed back to Xiangping and reported to his father Gongsun Yuan. If there is no good countermeasure, the prospect of Liaodong is not good. Wei Ba does not attack Liaodong now because he is not strong enough. It is not that he is soft-hearted and waits to prepare him for work.
Once done, he will attack without hesitation.
If one has no long-term worries, there will always be immediate worries. There is a dark cloud gathering above Dayan's head, and they must be prepared to deal with it.
When Gongsun Xiu hurriedly returned to Xiangping, Wei Ba followed the Daliao River and returned to the sea, taking advantage of the increasingly strong north wind to travel south.
Guanqiu Jian became a prisoner. He only lost his freedom, but other treatment was not bad. The food, clothing and housing were similar to those of Feng Jin and others. When Wei Ba was free, he would invite him to chat and relieve his boredom.
When Wei Ba was busy, he would read in the cabin or wander around on the deck. Except for a few confidential places where he was not allowed to enter, Wei Ba did not really treat him as a prisoner.
However, Guanqiu Jian did not feel happy because of this, but became even more worried.
Everything he saw worried him. Wei Ba's warship was not only very large and had few opponents, but there were also thunderbolt chariots and serial ballista chariots on the deck. There were also some weapons that he didn't know how to use yet, and the ship was very fast.
, the operation is flexible. The more Guanqiu Jian looks at it, the more desperate he becomes. With such a warship, it is easy to defeat the Wu army across the Yangtze River. It is even easier to deal with the Qingxu Navy of the Wei army. Thanks to Tian Yu, Wang Ling did not send the Qingxu Navy to fight at sea, otherwise
I'm afraid Navy Commander Qingxu should also be removed from the list.
It wasn't just the battleships that worried him. The things Wei Ba did during his inspection of Liaodong made him even more uneasy. A gentleman will act when he sees an opportunity, and he will know it before it is too late. What he saw was the plot that Wei Ba was brewing, and the sword
Before it was unsheathed, its potential was already established, but it is not known whether the emperor of Luoyang was aware of the danger and whether he had made appropriate arrangements.
Guanqiu Jian thought about it, but he couldn't think of any proper arrangement. When he thought of this, he felt desperate. Is it true that as Wei Ba said, destiny is like this. Wei's kingdom has been exhausted. How can he eat it?
How to spit it out?
The anxiety over the past few days made Guanqiu Jian lose weight.
On this day, he was walking on the deck and saw Wei Ba and a young man beside him. The young man looked a little younger than Wei Ba, in his early twenties at most. But he and Wei Ba stood together
, chatting and laughing happily, and seemed very close to each other.
Guanqiu Jian suddenly realized that he had not seen Wei Ba's confidant Fa Miao for several days.
"Zhong Gong, you don't look good." Wei Ba said with a smile, "Is it because you're not used to eating, or is it because the boat is bumpy and you can't sleep well?"
Guanqiu Jian bowed and bowed: "No, I am worried about state affairs and can't sleep."
Wei Ba raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of joking in his eyes. "Is Zhong Gong going to be Su Wu?"
Guanqiu Jian replied: "If General wants to be Shanyu, I have no choice but to be Su Wu."
Wei Ba was startled, then he laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "Shihong, you are right, I still don't study enough, and I accidentally got caught."
The young man next to him looked at Guanqiu Jian with a hint of disdain: "General, why should you mind? This kind of person is not good at fighting, so he can only show off his words. If I remember correctly, he was originally looking for
Excerpts from chapters and sentences, and you must be lucky enough to recite words."
Guanqiu Jian's face darkened, and he was a little speechless. It was true that he was from a literary background, but he was not an academic who only knew how to read. He gained the emperor's trust because of his true talents and hard work. But he could not say these words.
, was captured alive by Wei Ba twice, how could he still have the dignity to say that he was capable?
"Haha, I forgot to introduce." Wei Ba laughed heartily: "This is Yu Si and Yu Shihong of Kuaiji, the son of Yu Zhongxiang, the master of Yi Xue. Zhong Gong, if you get bored in the future, you can talk to him about the Yi Xue passed down from his family.
It’s a great way to kill time.”
Guanqiu Jian was surprised. Yu Fan was a minister of the state of Wu. How could his son become a subordinate of Wei Ba? Could it be that the people of the state of Wu had really collapsed and been digested by the Shu Han? This is an inevitable trend, but this speed is also too fast.
Too fast. By the way, Yu Fan was not favored by Sun Quan. Now that they have another choice, it is understandable that they take the initiative to join Wei Ba.
"It turns out he is a famous scholar in the Book of Changes." Guanqiu Jian nodded thoughtfully. "He is indeed a man who understands the changing times."
"Well, to study the Yi, you have to understand the general trend and not be obsessed with it." Yu Si retorted: "Shijun and his son were also aware of current affairs back then, but now they are obsessed. In the final analysis, they still have not been able to truly understand the Yi."
Guanqiu Jian sneered and said nothing. There was nothing to argue about this kind of thing. He was a prisoner now and had no confidence to speak.
At this moment, a scholar in his thirties came over. He happened to hear Yu Si's words and couldn't help but laugh: "Shihong, are you fighting with others again?"
Yu Si laughed: "How could such a thing happen? It's just a matter of seeing a self-righteous stupid goose and not being happy. Brother Huiren, have you finished your task today?"
"Well, it has just been completed. Come and ask the general to take a look." The man walked up to Guanqiu Jian, looked him up and down, and said with a gentle smile: "At your feet is Guanqiu Zhonggong, who is hearing the news from Hedong?"
"Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Zhang Zhi of Wu County, whose cursive name is Huiren. I'm now working as a chief clerk next to the general." Zhang Zhi said with a smile: "I often hear the general talking about you. When I saw you today, you are indeed a hero among men, but you are a little thinner.
.They must be people from the Central Plains who are not used to the hardships of wandering on the sea."
Guanqiu Jian was so shocked that he subconsciously asked: "May I ask what the names of Zhang Huishu and his subordinates in Wu County are?"
"That's my brother." Zhang Zhi said with a smile: "It seems that my brother is indeed more famous than me. Even the heroes in the Central Plains know about it."
Guanqiu Jian's head buzzed, and he felt chills in his heart. People from the Zhang family of Wu County and the Yu family of Kuaiji appeared next to Wei Ba. He knew exactly what it meant. He didn't know Wei Ba either.
What methods were used to gain the support of the Jiangdong family so quickly? This speed far exceeded their expectations. The faster Wei Ba's strength grows, the more disadvantageous it will be to Wei and the shorter the time left for the emperor.
Could this be where Wei Ba’s confidence lies?
Zhang Zhi saw Guanqiu Jian's expression change and didn't say anything. He walked up to Wei Ba and handed over a roll of paper. "General, this is the result that Zhao Junqing just calculated. Based on this result, we compiled the map again, and
The original gap is indeed not small.”
Wei Ba took the drawing and nodded happily. The map in his hand is slightly similar to what he remembered. There is a big difference between the coastline in the Three Kingdoms era and the coastline two thousand years later, but the biggest difference is
It comes from the technology of drawing maps. Although the map drawing technology of the Han Dynasty was ahead of other civilizations at the same time, the accuracy of large-scale maps is still not flattering. The Bohai Bay on the map of the Han Dynasty does not show anything about the Bohai Bay of later generations.
appearance.
This is not only true for the maps of the Han Dynasty, but also for other maps. Even the European powers that dominated the world in later generations used maps in the Middle Ages that contained more imaginary elements than actual measurements. The achievements achieved by the maps of the Han Dynasty will be compared even a thousand years later.
In 2018, it will still be far behind the Europeans.
But Wei Ba was not satisfied with such a map. When fighting at sea, without an accurate map, he could not really stay away from the coastline. He himself knew a little about surveying and mapping technology, but he had too many things to do and could not teach them step by step.
Surveyors draw pictures. This problem was solved with the arrival of Yu Si and Zhang Zhi. They brought a master of mathematics: Zhao Shuang and Zhao Junqing.
Zhao Shuang is the master who first solved the proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. Some time ago, Sun Quan wanted to gather technical personnel to fight Wei Ba, and Zhao Shuang and Ge Heng were the key figures. However, they had not yet had time to make results.
, Sun Quan was forced to surrender by Wei Ba, Ge Heng was captured at the Yujian Shipyard, and Zhao Shuang happened to go home to visit relatives at that time and escaped.
This time, Zhang Zhi came to help Wei Ba under Zhang Wen's order. He not only brought Yu Si, but also Zhao Shuang. Zhao Shuang didn't care about official positions and was more interested in learning, so he naturally took up the task of map surveying.
Computational tasks.
With the addition of Zhao Shuang, the map drawing work was finally on the right track. The redrawn map was finally somewhat close to Wei Ba's impression.
Wei Ba was very proud and pointed the map in his hand at Guanqiu Jian: "Guanqiu Zhonggong, can you imagine that the map of Liaodong turned out to be like this?"
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PS: Thanks to book friends Jie Xi and Mr. Li for their 10,000-point reward.
Thanks to book friend Jie Xi for becoming the eighth alliance leader. Lao and Zhuang should have congratulated each other more, but I haven’t saved the manuscript for the past two days. Please allow me to wait for a while, and I will definitely not miss it. It is obvious to all that the level of Lao and Zhuang is secondary.