The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214 Three Unscrupulous Methods

"Enemy attack!"

The Jingzhou water organization only had time to shout out this sentence before they couldn't even find any chance to fight back. Their warships were not equipped with cannons at all, not because they didn't want to.

The problem is that they haven't solved the recoil issue of artillery, although the answer is simple: just add a four-wheeled running gear to the artillery.

However, due to the limitations of the times, without the influence of external forces, it may take a long time for the Jingzhou Water Organization to understand this principle.

The Jingzhou naval forces, equipped only with ballistae, posed virtually no threat to ironclad warships, while the cannons on the Jiangdong ironclad warships never stopped firing. Although the accuracy of cannons in that era was not very high, it depended on what they were firing at.

At least it was more than enough to take down the warships in front of them. Moreover, Sun Quan had ordered them to advance two hundred meters before firing. The Jiangdong navy relied on the advantage of its ironclad warships and the fact that their steam power was not affected by the wind direction.

Jiangdong's warships rampaged through the Jingzhou Water Organization's fleet. An hour later, no Jingzhou Water Organization warships could be seen floating on the river anymore; all the warships were either sunk or sinking.

Afterwards, a small number of warships were close to the shore and managed to reach it in time. The people on board quickly jumped ashore and fled for their lives. A few other warships reacted quickly and raised white flags. Sun Quan ordered that their surrender be accepted.

The first battle between the Jingzhou naval organization and the Jiangdong fleet ended with zero casualties on the Jiangdong side. Of course, there were some casualties on the Jiangdong side, but they were very limited, only a few dozen, all caused by the firearms of the sailors on the Jingzhou warships during the infiltration.

Sun Quan didn't care about the surrendered warships at all, but he could accept the surrendered Jingzhou sailors. Jiangdong didn't have a large population, and wars were fought with money, talent, and technology.

Sun Quan understood this principle. Although the Jingzhou sailors had not been trained on ironclad warships, they were experienced sailors after all, which was much simpler than starting from scratch for the new recruits.

After receiving the surrendered Jingzhou naval soldiers and forcibly gathering the struggling Jingzhou sailors on the water, Sun Quan ordered his troops to return.

Although Sun Quan had just wiped out Liu Bei's naval forces, the blame would still fall on Liu Bei. At this time, Sun Quan was unaware that Liu Bei had also suffered a major defeat on land.

When Sun Quan found out later, he reportedly laughed for five minutes. Who told Liu Bei to use underhanded tactics against him? A real man should settle things fairly on the battlefield, not resort to such despicable means.

When Chen Er received news of Sun Quan's actions, it was already five hours after defeating Liu Bei. It was only after patrolling cavalry along the river discovered Jingzhou sailors on the Jiangdong navy's warships that the patrolling cavalry went upstream to investigate and found that the Jingzhou navy near Shiyang had already disappeared.

Upon receiving this news, Chen Er immediately ordered the entire organization to retreat. The objective of this operation had been achieved. With such heavy losses in Jingzhou, Chen Er believed that Liu Bei would have to pay a heavy price this time.

Moreover, the newly established alliance between Liu Bei and Liu Bei is very likely to be split up. Before the threat from Jingzhou is resolved, Liu Bei will not be able to continue expanding.

After Liu Biao of Jingzhou lost a large number of naval warships, the Jiang River basin might become dominated by Jiangdong, which was not in the interest of the area he was in charge of.

Chen Er decided to complete the formation of the Southern Organization District's navy as soon as possible, and to increase the number of ironclad warships in the Southern Organization District's navy from the planned ten to thirty, in order to maintain pressure on Jiangdong and ensure that the navy he had established had a certain advantage in the Jiang River basin.

On April 9th, the main force of the 15th Regiment led by Xiahou Dun joined forces with Chen Er, a little later than expected. However, given the poor transportation conditions in the south at that time, Chen Er did not blame Xiahou Dun, but instead encouraged him.

He also ordered the main force of the organization to move towards Shiyang. Of course, Chen Er did not intend to occupy Shiyang, at least not at the moment, as the Shiyang area was too remote.

The nearest county town is over 400 miles away. If war breaks out, this area will be directly isolated. Moreover, this region is close to the river, and at this time, the Jiangdong Navy, which is located upstream and downstream of the river, has already formed an organization.

Chen Er had personally witnessed Sun Quan leading an ironclad fleet. Before the navy of the Southern Organization District was fully organized, he would not allow his own team to put themselves in danger.

"Our current goal is singular: to sow discord among the various forces in the South and prevent them from uniting."

Just as Chen Er was actively sowing discord among the major powers in the south, a major news suddenly broke out in the long-quiet Luoyang court in the northwest.

Liu Xie is about to stir up trouble. The small court in Luoyang, which has been quiet for a long time, has almost been forgotten by the world. Everyone knows that the court in Luoyang is actually a puppet. This region, which is nominally still controlled by the emperor of the Han Empire, is actually controlled by Gongsun Zan.

Liu Xie and those who still harbored illusions about the Han Dynasty were naturally unwilling to remain puppets. They secretly accumulated strength and waited for an opportunity, which finally came to them.

Liu Xie, along with some ministers and the generals they had won over, secretly ambushed Gongsun Zan with three thousand musketeers. They then lured Gongsun Zan out of the city under the pretext of inviting him to a hunt.

On their way to the hunting grounds, they suddenly attacked Gongsun Zan, killing the once-heroic Gongsun Zan on the spot, along with some of his loyal followers.

Liu Xie quickly took control of Luoyang and the surrounding areas, and sent letters of appeal to Yuan Shao and Chen Er for help.

When Chen Er received this news, he was shocked. He never expected that Liu Xie in this world had succeeded. Gongsun Zan, the prince who held the emperor hostage to command the princes, had died so tragically, according to the intelligence department.

After Gongsun Zan was killed, he was dismembered by some people loyal to the Han Dynasty. This shows that the Han Dynasty still had many loyalists, most of whom were concentrated in Luoyang.

Thanks to numerous preferential policies, the vast majority of people in the district that they have reformed have absolute faith in the district government, or Chen Er, that they have reformed.

There may still be a few clans secretly harboring fantasies, but they are all aware of the organizational strength of the districts they govern, and only dare to think about it in their hearts.

"Immediately strengthen intelligence work in Luoyang. I need to know the most detailed account of the events, how much power Liu Xie can control at this time, and Yuan Shao's current movements."