Chapter 1794
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Even so, Gan Ning's troops who were responsible for the delivery of the ships and long-range weapons were always on alert. Moreover, the number of troops dispatched was twice the number of ships and long-range weapons.
This time, Yang Rui sold 30 turreted ships, 90 warships, and long-range weapons to Liu Biao's forces. This number of ships accounted for 15% of Gan Ning's navy. This was the result of Gan Ning's navy continuously expanding.
This also meant that in order to complete the transaction with Liu Biao's navy, Yang Rui's navy had dispatched more than 60 turreted ships and 180 warships. This was almost 30% of Gan Ning's navy.
With such a large scale navy operation, the Sun family navy of Jiangdong quickly found their target. However, they did not care as much as they did during the first transaction. This was because whether it was Gan Ning's navy or the part of the navy used for the transaction, they were all Gan Ning's navy. There was not much difference.
Thus, this transaction was misunderstood by Gangdong's navy as Yang Rui's navy. They did not consider it as a transaction.
However, this was not surprising. In the Yangtze River, or even in the entire Three Kingdoms region, there were not many who would be able to make such a move. Who would be able to link such a military operation to a transaction?
As a result, the transaction was completed very smoothly. The situation that Yang Rui had initially anticipated did not occur at all, and there was no conflict at all.
It was only when Jingzhou's navy appeared at Sanjiangkou and contacted Yang Rui's navy that the Gangdong's Sun family navy realized something was wrong.
Even if there was something wrong, it did not attract the attention of the Gangdong's navy. It was only when Gan Ning's navy was about to return to Xuzhou's Yangtze River that a small scouting ship from Gangdong's navy discovered that the number of Gan Ning's navy had changed.
Even if this was the case, Gangdong's navy still thought that one-third of Gan Ning's navy was stranded in the Yangtze River and engaged in other missions.
It was not until ten days later that one-third of Gan Ning's navy returned to Sanjiangkou with the flag of Jingzhou's navy. Only then did the Gangdong's navy realize that the reason Gan Ning's navy was' patrolling 'the Yangtze River was for a transaction.
The navy's weapons were expanded by three times. Coupled with the original navy of Jingzhou, the power of Jingzhou's navy was greatly different.
After half a day of fighting and the next two to three days of cleaning, Liu Biao's navy managed to gain full control of Sanjiangkou. They also took back the docks in Dongting Lake and regained control of the upper reaches of Sanjiangkou.
The Gangdong's navy seemed to have woken up from a dream and was caught unprepared. Hanyang City and Wulin City above Sanjiangkou were once again isolated cities. Xiakou City was also seriously threatened by Jingzhou's navy. The docks outside Xiakou City were all burned down or controlled by Jingzhou's navy.
Compared to before, the Gangdong's navy not only suffered great losses but also had their foundation near Sanjiangkou removed. They were temporarily at a disadvantage in the struggle for control of the Yangtze River.
After the second battle at Sanjiangkou, Jiangdong's Sun Family had sent many envoys to Luoyang's Imperial City. They had gone back and forth several times, but the result of the negotiations was the same as the first battle at Sanjiangkou. There was no progress.
Another half a month passed. Under the urging of the Han imperial edict, Liu Biao launched an attack on Hanyang City and Wulin City from the land route. With the water route being cut off, the two isolated cities were in imminent danger. It was only a matter of time before they were lost.
Liu Biao and Sun Jian were old enemies. Although the imperial edict did not mention attacking outside of the two isolated cities, Liu Biao still sent his navy to continuously harass Gangdong's Xiakou City. This caused the Gangdong's Sun Jian to be unable to take care of both sides.
At this point, Yang Rui's plan for the proxy war was in full swing. It was progressing in the direction he wanted. He wanted to teach the Gangdong a lesson and create a war of attrition between Jingzhou and the Gangdong. At the same time, he wanted to weaken both sides. This was a good start.
From this, Yang Rui also experienced the convenience of Cao Cao holding the Son of Heaven to order his vassals. If there was no such relationship, even if Yang Rui's forces were strong, it would still be difficult to achieve the current situation.
Of course, Yang Rui was even more clear that if he wanted to use the convenience of holding the Son of Heaven to order his vassals, he still needed to rely on his own strength. Otherwise, even if the Han imperial family could not do anything to him, the other vassals would still feign civility and deal with him.
The proxy war in the Yangtze River was playing out. Within the region of the Three Kingdoms Civilization, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and a group of vassals who were defeated by Yang Rui and whose fate had changed were not willing to be left out.
Perhaps because they were influenced by Yang Rui's tyrannical surface warships and the long-range attack weapons, the aristocratic families in Jiao Province and the Land of Eight Jin also wanted to participate. They wanted to purchase a batch of long-range attack weapons. The reason they gave was to clean up the border barbarians of the Han Dynasty.
In this regard, Yang Rui only thought about it for a while before agreeing. He did not make things difficult for them like he did with the Gangdong's Sun family.
Although the aristocratic families gave a reason, Yang Rui was not naive enough to believe them. Who in the world did not know that Yang Rui had the advantage of long-range attack weapons? Who would not want to buy them in bulk?
In fact, Yang Rui was also very clear that the aristocratic families might be standing up for someone. This included the Gangdong's Sun family. Although the Sun family had some grudges with the aristocratic families, the war was always in the open.
Wars were fought both openly and secretly. Those who made a fortune didn't care where the weapons were used as long as they weren't pointed at themselves.
Of course, Yang Rui would not completely control it. In response to more and more potential arms orders, Yang Rui had already planned for a long time. A new batch of "export-oriented" weapons was already in production, which was just right for the aristocratic families' needs …
According to the information continuously collected by Yang Rui's Kongling Secret Ninja Tribe, as well as the information collected and integrated through channels such as merchants, although the two vassal forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were no longer powerful, they had established a foothold in the northwest and northeast respectively in the border regions of the Three Kingdoms Civilization.
Fortunately, these two vassals seemed to have learned their lesson. Perhaps they had the idea of hiding their identities like Zhang Rang, or perhaps they simply had no foundation to develop and grow. After the two vassal forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were able to protect themselves, they obediently stayed in one place and did not continue to show off.
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