"Your Highness, even combining the Chaotian Army and the Yanhuang Guard, we have only been able to select two thousand men who are skilled in the water and can adapt to life on boats," Chao Xun said. "As for the others, the moment they board a vessel they are overcome with violent retching and diarrhea, making even daily survival a struggle, let alone asking them to take part in combat."
"Alas, they are northerners after all and unaccustomed to the water," Chu Ying replied with a sigh. "To send them into naval warfare truly is asking too much of them."
Chao Xun nodded in agreement. "Yet Your Highness, the Nanzhao State is a labyrinth of interconnected waterways, and everyone who lives there is a master of the water. Once our brothers arrive in Nanzhao, land battles are one thing, but the moment we take to the water, I fear we shall be no match for them."
Chapter 457