Chapter 134

The speaker was Xun Chen, who did not have much presence.

But for the mission to Cao Cao, Xun Chen was really the most suitable.

His biological younger brother, Xun Yu, served under Cao Cao and had already become the chief steward of the Cao camp.

(PS: There are two theories, the first is that Xun Yu is Xun Chen's older brother, the second is that Xun Yu is Xun Chen's younger brother; according to recent research, the possibility that Xun Yu is Xun Chen's younger brother is greater.)

Sending Xun Chen to Cao Cao to persuade him would naturally have a higher probability of success.

"This matter is handed to Yuruo."

"Make sure that guy Cao Aman knows the truth that when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold."

After arranging these two diplomatic missions, Yuan Shao's mood was much better than before.

Although Dong Zhuo was powerful, what he had to deal with was the entire Guandong aristocratic group.

Who wins and who loses is still unknown.

But at least in Yuan Shao's view, the foundation of the Guandong aristocratic group was far from what Dong Zhuo could compare with.

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Chang'an

West City Gate

Gu Yi led tens of thousands of troops back to Chang'an, which he had been away from for several months.

After a few months, Dong Zhuo seemed to look a bit older than before.

But his body was still healthy, and there were not many worries in the recent period.

As the saying goes, people are refreshed by happy events.

The western border of the Han territory had been completely occupied by Dong Zhuo's army.

Next, he only needed to face the Guandong warlords and the Guandong aristocratic group standing behind them.

After returning to Chang'an.

Gu Yi first spent some time with Dong Bai and several beautiful concubines.

Then he went to the Chancellor's Mansion to briefly describe his general experiences over the past few months to Dong Zhuo.

Hearing the news that Gu Yi wanted to build a navy, Dong Zhuo felt a little surprised.

As a warrior from the northwest, Old Dong was completely a landlubber.

He had never been to the south and had never seen the scene of a large-scale naval battle.

However, given his full confidence in his granddaughter's husband.

Old Dong handed the matter entirely to Gu Yi to arrange.

As for funding, Gu Yi could apply for whatever he wanted.

After annexing Yizhou and Hanzhong, Old Dong was richer than before.

Coupled with the large treasury left by Liu Hong selling offices and titles, as well as the large amount of money left by He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs.

Satisfying the funding needed to build a navy was simply not too easy.

However.

There was an urgent problem that was soon placed in front of Gu Yi.

…….

The north has always been the world of cavalry.

Except for the rushing Yellow River, there was no suitable venue for large-scale naval training.

However, if the navy is not trained in advance.

I am afraid that when the time comes to conquer the south, a great price will be paid.

Do you not see that even Cao Cao, who was as strong as before the Battle of Red Cliffs in history, was unable to move because he had no navy?

In order to successfully pacify the south.

After Cao Cao captured Yecheng in the ninth year of Jian'an (204 AD), he trained a "Xuanwu Pool Navy."

But the "Xuanwu Pool Navy" trained by Cao Cao was really too tasteless.

He ordered the soldiers to dig a large "Xuanwu Pool" in Yecheng and let the navy train in it.

This artificial lake had the appearance but could not simulate the speed of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

Therefore.

The navy that Cao Cao worked hard to train for three years, as soon as they arrived on the Yangtze River, collectively got seasick and lost all combat power.

Gu Yi did not want to repeat Cao Cao's failure in training the Xuanwu Pool Navy.

Therefore, where to set the venue for training the navy naturally became the top priority.

After thinking about it, Gu Yi decided to find Gan Ning and discuss where it would be most suitable to train the navy.

After discussion between the two, it was finally decided to set the naval base at the Ba River.

This was also a method with no other choice.

The Ba River was at least one of the tributaries of the Yangtze River and could be considered the most suitable place for training the navy within Dong Zhuo's territory.

Otherwise, if the navy were trained on the side of the Yellow River.

The rushing water would cause great trouble for the daily training of the naval soldiers.

However.

The generals under Dong Zhuo were all good at land warfare.

But when it came to naval warfare, they all got seasick.

The task of training the navy was heavy, and it would not work with only Gan Ning as a general.

Therefore.

Gu Yi decided to send scouts to the south.

He planned to poach those Jiangdong generals who had not yet entered office in later generations in advance.

As for the warships needed to build the navy.

Gu Yi planned to temporarily refer to Huang Zu's Jiangxia Navy and make improvements on this basis.

There was no way, before the Jiangdong Navy was born.

The Jiangxia Navy under Huang Zu was the only elite navy in the world!

In history, Huang Zu relied on this navy to hold Jiangxia for as long as seventeen years!

From Sun Jian to Sun Ce, and then to Sun Quan.

It was not until the year before the Battle of Red Cliffs, because Huang Zu unfortunately died in battle, that the battle between the three Sun family members and Huang Zu came to an end.

But even if Huang Zu died in battle,

The remaining Jiangxia Navy under his command could still hold the city.

They persisted until Liu Qi rushed from Xiangyang to Jiangxia to serve as the new Governor.

From this, it can be seen that the combat power of the Jiangxia Navy was really strong!

In this way, the matter of training the navy was settled.

Gan Ning took office in high spirits.

He became the first Naval Viceroy of Dong Zhuo's army!

At the same time, he was also the only naval general in Dong Zhuo's army so far.

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Meanwhile.

The generals of Dong Zhuo's army who returned with Gu Yi also had their official positions promoted.

Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and others finally became generals with heavy titles as they wished.

Although they were only the four towns, they were also real heavy titles.

Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Shun, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, and others also had their positions further promoted.

Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Zhang Xiu were promoted to General of the Household, and Huang Zhong and Gao Shun were officially enfeoffed as miscellaneous generals.

Pang De, because he joined the latest, was currently only a Captain.

But with his daring and fighting personality, I am afraid he will soon overtake others on a curve.

Others such as Yan Xing, Cheng Gongying, and others were also all rewarded.

As for Yan Yan, Pang Xi, and Wu Yi.