Sun Ce stood on the shore, watching the two captured warships chasing each other and moving forward with all their might. The sound of war drums was about to strike, and the rhythm was clear. The sailors shouted horns under the command of the war drums and paddled hard. The two long rows of wooden oars were like centipede feet, causing waves of water to push the warships to accelerate forward.

At a rough look, the ship speed should have increased by about 30% compared to when it was captured before.

This is not a result of technology, but a result of training. After taking over the Jingzhou Navy, Kuai Qi was busy calling friends and talking a lot. Occasionally practicing the navy was also a way to go. The Jingzhou Navy has always been stationed in Xiakou, and even during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was no war in Xiakou. The Jingzhou Navy had no combat mission at all, and he played with Tian’s troops and was abandoned for a long time. Otherwise, he would not have been captured by Sun Ce in two warships at once.

However, Sun Ce did not intend to let these naval masters continue to be abandoned. He handed them over to Huang Zhong and asked him to hurry up and train. In order to ensure the training results, he also gave priority to ensuring the sailors' food. Of course, it is not easy to eat enough. Every day, the training ends with one game, the winners will be added, the losers will be reduced, and the loss will be left without food for two consecutive days.

Under Huang Zhong's coercion and inducement, these sailors used their strength to train desperately. After more than ten days, the effect was obvious, the rowing movements were neat and uniform, and the technical movements of the warships' advance, retreat and turn were more skillful, and they were already a bit elite.

Sun Ce transformed the warship. The Cai family had a blacksmith. He asked the blacksmith to build two corners of the collision and put them on the bow of the ship to hit the other side of the warship. Although these two corners of the collision are hidden below the waterline, they look inconspicuous. Once they hit the other side of the warship, it will be enough to allow a large amount of water-tight cabin to enter the water.

He originally wanted to install a stick, but unfortunately these two warships were medium-sized warships, with limited space and no large-scale combat equipment like a stick. Even so, Sun Ce did not give up and dismantled several six-stone crossbows from Caijia Manor and installed them. This kind of crossbow with a range of up to 300 steps is the best military sniper weapon of this era. If he could kill the opponent's commander before the battle, he would make a fortune.

"Can you go into battle?"

"You can take the fight at any time." Huang Zhong's voice was not loud, but he was full of confidence.

"Well, then the training in the past two days can reduce the intensity and maintain its state." Sun Ce was very satisfied. He watched the two warships hit the target ship almost at the same time, and the collision angle under the water hit the target first, almost capsizing the target ship. A big hole was cracked in the abdomen of the target ship, which was enough to make a bend over and drill through. The river water poured in, and the target ship slowly sank under the gaze of everyone.

"Retreat! Retreat!" A loud roar sounded on the warship, and a crisp sound of gongs rang together. The sailors took a few steps back.

"Enter! Go!" The war drums sounded again, and the warship rushed forward again, directly crushing the target ship to the bottom of the ship, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Good." Sun Ce was very satisfied. "How is the crossbowman training?"

Huang Zhong waved, and two hundred crossbowmen stood up, forty people holding crossbows, and one hundred and sixty people holding bows. These bows are not ordinary bows, but strong bows. Huang Zhong had first-class shooting skills, using three stone bows, with a range of 120 steps, which is nearly twice that of ordinary bows. These strong bowmen do not have his strength, and use one and a half stone bows, with a range of 80 steps, twenty steps further than ordinary bows. Although these small twenty steps are, they are likely to be the distance between life and death on the battlefield.

The medium-sized warship can only carry about a hundred soldiers, each ship is equipped with ten crossbowmen and forty strong archers. It has an advantage in long-range strike ability and can severely damage the opponent long before the two sides contact. Next, use the corner of the collision. If it is not done yet, the two sides will face each other in close combat, and fifty sword and shield hands are enough to gain an advantage.

These things were discussed by Sun Ce and Huang Zhong together. Sun Ce made suggestions and Huang Zhong was responsible for implementing them.

Sun Ce watched the drill of the crossbowmen and was very satisfied with their results. Huang Zhong's ability was enough to trust in less than ten days, and Sun Ce also had enough confidence in the subsequent war.

Using these people to deal with the Jingzhou Navy, which was seriously undertrained, even if there were only two warships, he was confident of cutting off the connection between Fancheng and Xiangyang. If he could win one or two warships in the battle, he would have a winning rate of more than 70% and he could fight in one battle.

Sun Fu walked over quickly, and Cai Ke pulled Huang Achu to stand far away. Seeing the warship moving forward and retreating freely in the water, he couldn't see it.

"Bo Fu, when will the war start?"

Sun Ce looked at him. "Didn't you say it long ago? It's limited to ten days."

Sun Fu scratched his head. "Ten days, that's ten days?"

"Of course, a gentleman's words are as good as a horse. Unless there is a new military order on Ahon's side, the war will definitely begin when the time comes."

"Then do you really want to kill more than 300 members of the Kuai family?"

Sun Ce looked at Sun Fu again, a little annoyed. It’s really okay to take care of the important things. Do you need to care about these things? "How are you doing? Han Sheng will help you when the time comes, and the task of guarding Caizhou will be on you."

Seeing that Sun Ce was unhappy, Sun Fu awkwardly avoided the topic. "You are ready, you train as you ask, and there is no delay at all."

"Guoyi, this is your first battle between you and me. Whether you fight well or not is directly related to whether you can have a chance to lead troops in the future. In addition, the Kuai family and the Cai family have already made enemies. If Kuai Yue run away, the sister-in-law's family will not have a good life in the future, and you will be implicated. You don't want to be worried all day long, so beware of Kuai Yue taking revenge, right?"

Sun Fu's face was thrust. If that were the case, Cai Ke would be able to strangle him to death without waiting for Kuai Yue to come.

"Then... can we not kill the Kuai family?"

Sun Ce was really angry and said angrily: "Are you pleading for the Kuai family or for the Cai family?"

Sun Fu licked his lips nervously, his eyes wandering.

"It's for both the Kuai family and the Cai family." Cai Ke kept listening with his ears on his back. Seeing that Sun Fu didn't dare to say anything, he had to go into battle himself and pulled Huang Achu over. "Cai family, you caused the Kuai family to make a grudge. You need the person who tied the bell to untie it. Shouldn't you think about it for us?"

Sun Ce frowned and stared at Cai Ke for a long time. His eyes finally fell on Huang Achu's face. Huang Achu was uneasy by him, so he hid behind Cai Ke and secretly looked at Sun Ce through Cai Ke's elbow.

"Miss Achu, did you encourage my sister-in-law to say this? She is a straightforward person and will never do such a thing as repaying kindness with grievances. Why did you learn to make trouble at a young age? This is not a good habit."

Huang Achu suddenly became anxious, poked his head out, and glared at Sun Ce. "You are the clever words! Do you dare to swear to heaven and encourage my aunt to humiliate Kuai Qi to separate the Cai and Kuai families to let you defeat each one?"

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