Merchant ships ride the wind and waves and sail on the vast sea.

In the late summer of June, there was already a hint of coolness in the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula. There was a black dragon flag on the ship, indicating that it was a merchant ship from the mainland. Generally speaking, in this sea area, Cao Wei had almost no opponents.

The one that can compete with it is the Jiangdong Navy. However, the Jiangdong Navy is better at fighting on rivers, and its combat effectiveness at sea is relatively weak...

This is also related to the direction of Jiangdong Navy's army building.

Sun Quan hoped to be in a corner of peace, with favorable geographical advantages in the southeast, and to rely on the great river and natural chasm to compete with Cao Cao. Therefore, after he took over Jiangdong, he vigorously promoted Xiao Kuailing's army-building policy to facilitate fighting on the great river.

This policy coincided with Zhou Yu's, and the two quickly reached an agreement.

This is also one of the reasons why the Jiangdong navy developed rapidly after Sun Quan took charge of Jiangdong. Due to changes in the policy of building the army, He Qi, who had early advocated the big ship policy, was put aside.

He Qi was left idle due to many factors.

Of course Sun Quan's attitude toward him was a factor, but Sun Quan's change in his army-building policy was also a factor.

Over the past ten years, the Jiangdong Navy has formed a powerful combat force on the river.

At least for now, the Jiangdong Navy is definitely in a dominant position and dominates the river. Although Cao Cao appointed Gan Ning as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, with Du Ji as his assistant, he stabilized the situation and contained the Jiangdong Navy.

But overall, Cao Wei's navy was still at a disadvantage and could only defend passively.

Maybe in a few years, three to five years? Or even longer, Cao Wei will be able to save the situation with his strong economic capabilities.

But for now, it is not enough to compete with Jiangdong Navy.

However, for every advantage there must be a disadvantage.

While Jiangdong Navy is promoting Xiaokuailing in all aspects, its control over the sea area is relatively weak.

When Cao Cao set up the Dongling Island navy on Dongling Island, he implemented the principle of equal emphasis on large and small.

Especially after Kan Ze, Jiang Wan, Zhang Song and others arrived in Guangling, combined with Cao Peng's suggestion, Kan Ze set the level of the ship. The giant building ship with 800 people was a "giant high-end" sea ship. The ship was divided into five categories.

The floor ship can accommodate a thousand people and is suitable for coastal navigation; the 500-passenger building ship is the 'Mengde class', which can be used for both military and commercial purposes; the 300-passenger building ship is the 'Jian'an class'

It is mainly suitable for use at sea and can also travel on large rivers. The Jian'an-class building ship is also the main equipment of the Dongting Lake Navy.

Under Jian'an, there were also ships suitable for 100 people and 50 people, respectively at Xijing and Dongdu levels.

In addition, there are ten people using stern boats and they are widely equipped.

Today, the navy in Dongting Lake is equipped with 80 Jian'an-class large-scale ships, 300 Xijing-class ships, and 800 Dongdu-class ships, with more than a thousand ships. On Dongling Island, they are equipped with a combination of them. There are ten giant ships in total.

Thirty Mengde-class ships... but the remaining third-class ships are relatively weak. But they are enough to allow the Dongling Island navy to dominate the coast.

It is for this reason that while Zhou Cang established a foothold on Dongling Island, he also strengthened patrols along the coast.

The waters of Liaodong Peninsula are far away from Dongling Island.

But overall, it's pretty safe.

"Brother, when can we get to Lone Bamboo City?"

On the ship, Cao Nian was very interested. He took a young man's hand and asked with interest.

The young man, who was probably in his early twenties, smiled and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. According to this speed, we will arrive at Lone Bamboo City tomorrow morning at the latest. If Your Majesty is tired, just go to sleep for a while and wait for the arrival soon.

At that time, I will wake up the Crown Prince. Then the Crown Prince will be able to reunite with the Protector!"

"Brother, what is daddy like?"

"He is very tall and very majestic."

"Have you met my brother and dad?"

There was a look of confusion on the young man's face, and after a while he whispered softly: "I have seen it before, but I'm not very familiar with it."

"That's it..."

Cao Nian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Cao Peng sent a letter asking to see Cao Nian.

Unfortunately, Lu Lan couldn't get away for the time being, so he had to send someone to take Cao Nian there when a merchant ship returned to western Liaoning. He was accompanied by about 300 people, all of whom were soldiers from the trapped camp who accompanied Lu's family overseas.

Of those who were trapped in the battle in the past, there are only about three hundred people alive now.

Although he is a bit older, his fighting ability is becoming more and more powerful.

It's just that these battles are rarely used on the battlefield. Gao Shun's policy of elite troops is no longer suitable for the current Lu Han State. Starting from the twelfth year of Jian'an, the Lu Han State learned from Cao Peng's policy in Hexi and began to implement it.

The government army system. As a result, the number of soldiers increased and the number of soldiers in the formation was gradually eliminated.

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However, for the Lu family, even though they were eliminated from the trap, they were still treated well.

This time Cao Nian went to see Cao Peng. Lu Lan thought about it and decided to go out into battle to protect Cao Nian's safety.

In addition to the more than three hundred people in the battle, there were also Prime Minister Lu Han and a man named Zhou Fu accompanying them.

This Zhou Fu is the Zhou Buyi who lost his memory when Lu Lan brought him from Xudu to Lu Han. However, Zhou Buyi’s name has long been abandoned and was renamed Zhou Fu, with the character Zhi. Zhou Fu’s

After several years of recovery, his memory still shows no signs of improvement. If we use the terminology of later generations to describe Zhou Fu's situation, it should be similar to forced amnesia. It is Zhou Fu himself who is unwilling to recall the past and deliberately

Avoidance. And as time goes by, this subconscious compulsion becomes more and more serious, and even he himself doesn't know it. But in other aspects, it seems normal.

Especially in terms of knowledge, Zhou Fu gradually recovered.

As Pu Yangkai's assistant, he gave many excellent suggestions and gained Lu Lan's trust.

Standing on the deck, Zhou Busuo looked at the sea.

He has no memory of the past at all. But he has a very deep memory of Cao Peng.

That's his brother!

But it felt like his brother seemed to have some scruples about him.

Zhou Fu didn't know what the reason was. Anyway, when he heard Cao Peng's name, he instinctively felt a kind of fear in his heart, or in other words, a kind of awe. Zhou Fu scratched his head and couldn't figure out what was going on.

The reason. Just as he was about to return to the cabin to rest, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "No, pirates!"

Pirate?

Zhou Fu shivered, and quickly ran to the edge of the ship's deck, looking up.

But I saw several dark shadows appearing on the horizon.

The speed is very fast, and it is quickly approaching uploading...

“Liaodong squid!”

When the sailors on the ship clearly saw the flag on the pirate ship, they couldn't help but cry out in panic. Zhou Fu's face suddenly became a little ugly. With a frown, he turned around and ordered: "Give the order, get ready for a confrontation."

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as pirates.

People uniformly use "pirates" to refer to those who rob families at sea. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, pirates have been banned many times. Because the sea is so vast, it is difficult to encircle and suppress them, and people, including the elites, have not created a "sea defense"

concept, so he was quite helpless towards the pirates.

There are generally two ways to deal with pirates.

Suppress and appease.

These are the two most commonly used strategies nowadays.

However, 'suppression' is more about luring the pirates from the sea to land and then encircling and suppressing them. This method worked at first. But as the pirates suffered more and more losses, they gradually changed from simply landing and plundering.

It transformed into plundering merchant ships at sea and selling the stolen goods through some channels on land.

This also makes it more difficult to eliminate the pirates.

Caressing is mostly for pirates who are willing to caress.

For example, Guan Cheng had some abilities, but later he had no choice but to become a pirate, so he was recruited by Cao Cao. In history, there are also Haixi pirates who were eliminated by Cao Peng in the early days. They were originally recruited by Chen Deng, but now they died.

After all, Cao Peng's appeasement could only be used as an auxiliary means and could not completely change the situation. Until the Daxi pattern was formed, Zhou Cang was entrusted by Cao Peng to strengthen maritime patrol. At the same time, because of the financial support to Lu's Han Dynasty, the sea market became more and more difficult.

After the prosperity of China, the concept of coastal defense gradually came into being. However, this kind of coastal defense is more of an unconscious behavior and has not really formed a concept.

The Dongling Island naval force was established, and although it improved some of the situation, it was mostly limited to the waters north and south of the river estuary and to the waters of Donglai County, which is what later generations called the Yellow Sea.

In the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula, Cao Wei's naval forces were still unable to take full account of the situation.

These 'Liaodong Cuttlefish' are a group of fierce bandits in the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Where did it come from?

Not well known...

But this group of ruthless bandits kills without blinking an eye, plunders goods, and robs people, often leaving no chickens or dogs behind.

There must be a backer behind him.

But no one knows his identity.

When Zhang Liao was stationed in Liaodong and was crossing the Liao Army, he also made a deliberate plan to kill these ruthless bandits. However, several attempts failed. Later, when the Bingzhou War broke out, he had to give up halfway.

Zhou Fu has also heard of Liaodong squid.

These pirates like the color black and even paint their ships black.
To be continued...