Just when the State of Wu appointed Lu Kang as the governor of Jingzhou and Ding Feng as the governor of Yangzhou, Cao Liang also made a new appointment in Hefei. Wang Jun was appointed as the governor of the navy and Sun Yi was appointed as the deputy governor of the navy, and planned to build the first navy in the history of the Wei army.

Since Cao Pi became emperor, the Wei State has never established a real navy or a truly large warship fleet.

It’s not that Wei State’s national strength is not allowed. The main reason is that the soldiers in the north are not used to water battles. Many people get seasick when they get on the boat, and they can’t guarantee their combat effectiveness at all. In order to unify the world, Cao Cao raised troops to the Red Cliff and was eventually defeated.

This was also the only time in Wei State to spy on the Yangtze River. For the long decades since then, although wars between Wei and Wu continued, they were only limited to Huainan and Jingzhou, and they could no longer drink horses from the Yangtze River.

After this great victory in Huainan, Cao Liang did not return to the court, but continued to move forward, seized the victory and rushed over to all places on the north bank of the Yangtze River, driving the Wu army back to the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, Cao Liang showed his true ambition, that is, to cross the river and swallow Wu, and unify the world.

The vast Yangtze River is the biggest obstacle for Henghuan to Cao Liang. As long as he breaks through the Yangtze River defense line of Wu, the rest will be smooth. With the combat effectiveness of the Wei army, it will not be difficult to sweep and sweep the entire Wu Kingdom.

But if you want to cross the Yangtze River, it is impossible to complete the task without a strong naval army as a guarantee, so the first thing Cao Liang had to prepare was to build a naval army.

Of course, this plan was not intended by Cao Liang, but had planned it long ago. Even after Cao Liang returned to Luoyang from Guanzhong, he had already considered this matter. Some surrendered generals from Wu, Sun Yi, Quan Duan, Quan Yi and others were all conquered by Cao Liang and followed the army to Huainan.

Although Wang Jun is Cao Liang's favorite candidate for the naval army, Wang Jun, a commander who is a bare commander, would not be able to do anything without ten years of accumulation and precipitation.

So Cao Liang thought of using the surrendered generals and soldiers from Wu to quickly form the navy of Wei, but Cao Liang had no ten years to wait.

In addition to Sun Yi being appointed as the deputy governor of the navy, many of the surrendered generals of the Wu Kingdom had their own duties, but most of them were deputy positions. The command power of the navy's various levels of the navy was still in the hands of generals of the Wei army.

The entire naval army was about 75,000, which was basically the same as the army corps. Among them, the Wei army drew about 50,000 troops, accounting for two-thirds, while the Wu army's surrendered troops used 25,000 troops, accounting for about one-third.

Such a force ratio can not only ensure that the Wei army occupy a dominant and control position in the navy, but also use the rich experience of the Wu army's surrendered troops to allow the Wei navy to form combat effectiveness in a relatively short period of time.

When choosing soldiers from Wei State, Cao Liang also used local personnel from Huainan as much as possible. After all, the water system here is developed, and most of the people in Huainan are familiar with the water nature. Compared with the landslides in the north, their ability to adapt to water wars is much stronger.

In order to build warships, Cao Liang specially recruited a large number of skilled craftsmen from all over the country and rushed to Huainan to build warships in Chaohu area.

Chaohu also became the base camp of the Wei Navy, and the navy's training was basically confirmed to be carried out here.

Wang Jun's original position as deputy governor of the Central Army was taken over by Zhang Tong. Wang Jun quickly became involved in a new role, presided over the construction of warships and recruited and selected naval generals, and was very busy.

This was obviously a new challenge for Wang Jun. He had worked in Hedong before, and he was a civilian official. At that time, Cao Liang recruited troops in Hedong and directly assigned him from many officials in Hedong to serve as the Changshui Captain.

This appointment made everyone feel deeply puzzled at that time, and even Wang Jun himself was a little surprised. After all, he had never led troops before. Cao Liang actually boldly handed over the first battalion of troops to him to command, and he was about to join the war to pacify the Huns.

But Wang Jun did not disappoint Cao Liang's expectations. He performed extremely well in the position of Changshui Captain, and made great achievements in military achievements. He became a rare general of the Bingzhou Army.

Later, Wang Jun was promoted to General Changshui and Deputy Governor of the Central Army. His abilities and levels were also recognized by the generals.

However, this time Cao Liang suddenly appointed Wang Jun as the navy general, which shocked everyone again. Everyone knew that Cao Liang had unique characteristics and unique eyesight. However, it was difficult for everyone to accept that Wang Jun, who was from the north and had never been exposed to navy warships, placed in the position of navy general, as the navy general, and everyone thought that Cao Liang's move was a bit hasty.

But Cao Liang did not agree, because he was a time traveler and had an extraordinary understanding. Even if the trajectory of history has changed completely, the abilities and levels of these meritorious figures in history will not change. Wang Jun was able to rank among the 64 generals in ancient and modern times with his meritorious destruction of Wu. Cao Liang had a clear understanding of this.

That's why Cao Liang went against the opposition. After only talking to Wang Jun simply once, he issued an order to appoint him as the governor of the navy.

As for Sun Yi, he was even more flattered. He originally led a thousand men to the Wei State just to escape Sun Jun's persecution. He thought that the rest of his life would be spent in surviving, but unexpectedly, Cao Liang entrusted him with an important task and made him the deputy governor of the navy, below one person and above ten thousand people.

Sun Yida, who regained military power, was excited and was also grateful to Cao Liang. It was because of Cao Liang's wise rule that he had the opportunity to be reborn.

Even though Sun Yi was excited, he also secretly vowed to do his best to help Wei build a naval army. With his current efforts, he missed this opportunity and would never have another chance.

Although Sun Yi was a member of the Sun clan and was born after Sun Ba, King Lu, after experiencing the bloody palace fighting in the Wu Kingdom, Sun Yi had no feelings for Wu Kingdom. If Cao Liang could pacify Wu Kingdom and unify the world, then Sun Yi would not have left any tears to the Sun Dynasty.

Sun Yi himself has been the general of the army, the governor of Xiakou, and the commander of the navy. He is familiar with the combat mode of the navy. With his joining, the establishment of the navy's navy will be much faster. Sun Yi told Cao Liang that it will first achieve results in half a year, and ensure that the navy will form combat effectiveness within one year. In two years, you will have the ability to cross the river to fight. Crossing the river and pacifying Wu will definitely not be just an unattainable dream.

Cao Liang was very satisfied. If it was true as Sun Yi said, the Wei army could cross the Yangtze River within two years, and Cao Liang's ambition to unify the world could be realized.
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