Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 589 The Skinny Camel

A son is better than a father. Cao Cao actually understood that with Cao Zhi’s temperament and the current situation in Wei, if Cao Zhi succeeded to the throne...

Cao Cao did not want to leave such a Wei State to Cao Zhi!

However, Cao Cao's headaches have become more and more serious in recent years...

Since the news came that "Emperor Han left Xudu", Cao Cao fell ill for the first time, and he fell ill several times a year, and became more and more frequent.

Cao Cao actually had 12 years left to live in history.

However, due to the White Rabbit Effect, Cao Cao became ill for the first time much earlier, and... Hua Tuo was still in Jinling!
Bai Tu and Hua Tuo were actually very welcome. Cao Cao went to Jinling to see a doctor, but Cao Cao himself didn't want to go, so there was nothing he could do.

Cao Cao knew that the current state of Wei was not suitable for Cao Zhi at all, but he had no better way.

Firstly, Cao Pi is far away in Jinling, and he hasn't seen him for many years, and he doesn't know whether he looks crooked or not. As for the other sons, whether they are legitimate or not, the key is that they are too young; secondly, making Cao Zhi the heir apparent really makes Wei The conflicts in the country have eased a lot, but this soothing method made Cao Cao very uneasy.

"Marquis An Wei...ha." When Cao Cao was alone, he thought of this section again and laughed in amusement.

He didn't act so angry outside, after all, Cao Pi was his son, and he would be unconvinced at this time, which was in line with Cao Cao's understanding of him.

In comparison, Chu State is much more harmonious now.

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For the official declaration of war by the Wei State, the Chu State has also made preparations. In terms of military deployment, the Palace Pavilion and the Privy Council have reached an agreement before.

Although there are disagreements at the court meeting, it is actually just a "minor matter."

Because of the Wei State's dispatch of troops, all the overseas students officially sent by the Wei State have been expelled...

However, there were differences among the Wei ministers regarding the follow-up treatment.

Some of them felt that they should be detained first and treated as prisoners, while the other felt that the Tathagata Envoy who studied abroad should be sent back.

Because the condition for foreign students to apply for the exam is to maintain cooperation with the Chu State. Now that the Wei State has broken the agreement first, the Chu State really has a reason to detain them.

In the end, it was Bai Tu who made the decision to send them back to the State of Wei. He also counted the students who wanted to leave in all universities, and then all of them were sent back by ship from the State of Chu.

At the same time, Wei students who have not left are required to sign a guarantee letter. If they contribute to Wei in the future before the end of the Chu-Wei War, once discovered, they will be punished for the crime of undermining the security of Chu.

According to Bai Tu, most of the Wei students who have not left yet do not have a deep background, otherwise they would have returned to China a few months in advance...

Besides, the techniques that Chu State really wants to keep secret will not be taught to them in the first place. It is better to leave a good impression. When the north is unified in the future, we will need this group of students who have accepted "Chu learning" to make the north return home faster. .

What's more, the "Enlightenment Department" already has undercover agents among these students!
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In June of the eighth year of the Chu Dynasty, the Wei State's forceful attack on Liaodong Port was blocked. The terrain of Liaodong Port was too easy to defend and difficult to attack. After blocking the mountain roads with barbed wire and trenches on land, the entire southern part of the peninsula was difficult to enter, and sea attacks also had to be faced. The artillery array on the cliff near the sea blocked the attack!

There are less than 2 people in the area, so Wei Guo mobilized five or six times as many troops, horses and boats, and it is difficult to gain anything...

The Wei army had no choice but to besiege the Liaodong Port instead of attacking it - after all, Liaodong now belonged to the Wei State, and the sea routes were completely blocked. No matter how much material savings they had, they would one day be used up.

Even the Wei State did not simply encircle the points to provide reinforcements. At the same time, they also attacked Donglai and entered Donglai East Port and Donglai West Port!
At this time, Liu Bei's main force had already gone to Longyou, preparing to join Ma Teng and Han Sui to plot Hanzhong, so he had little reaction to the naval battle that took place under his nose.

And what was gathered in the Bohai Sea was a super fleet including most of Wei's smuggler ships...

Although the ships are relatively old, although the quality of the sailors varies, and although... they may not completely obey the command, it cannot be ignored that there are more than fifty warships with more than 300 men, more than 20 warships with more than [-] men, and tens of thousands of small warships. The total number of sailors A terrifying scale of over [-]!
Eighty percent of them are "civilian fleets who love Wei".

At this time, in the central and northern part of the Bohai Sea, except for the blocked Liaodong Port, there is almost no Chu fleet. Only the southeastern part can still hold on for a while because of the existence of Donglai Port...

Donglai East Port and Donglai West Port do not have the same natural terrain as Liaodong Port. If they really have to resist, even if many basic service warships are already equipped with artillery, facing such a large number of Wei troops, they will still be able to resist. The egg carries the mountain.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Wei State deliberately made the gathering momentum so large and did not decide quickly. I am afraid that it was waiting for the support of the elite navy of the Chu State and then annihilating it. It was almost a conspiracy.

But the Chu State obviously does not want to give up the port of Donglai anymore, because that will mean that the Chu State completely withdraws from the Bohai Sea. After that, the ports of Zhouhu and even Danzhou will be under the direct threat of the Wei State!
As a "skinny camel", under the strong pressure of Wei State, Chu State dispatched the last [-] elite navy, including even [-] "Ocean Lost Dogs" who were exhausted physically and mentally...

The number of fleets is even more appalling. As the absolute main force of the Chu Navy, there are less than thirty ships that can be considered "big ships". Counting other small ships such as mine boats and escort boats, there are less than two hundred ships. , It’s simply too terrible to look at!
The Wei and Han Dynasties were even a little happy to learn that Chu's navy had dispatched troops tragically, especially the latter...

Firstly, I hope that both sides will lose. Secondly, if the Chu State gives up, maybe it will be able to relax in the future.

Wei Guo is also already making two plans for a narrow victory and a complete victory...

Needless to say, the narrow victory must be to digest the Bohai Sea first, and then the Chu State ports of Xu Tuzhou and Danzhou will not make Chu State too comfortable. I heard that there is a large amount of silver production there.

And if you win a big victory...

Although the chances are slim, you still have to dream a little!

If we really achieve a complete victory, we can completely consider taking over the East China Sea, completely destroying Chu's maritime combat capabilities, and at least... pushing Chu's maritime power back to Yizhou and Tiannan.

Of course, if this step is really reached, maybe Qihou's navy can't help but jump, and can't let Wei Guo specialize in beauty.

Bai Tu can probably understand the thoughts of the Wei State and the Han Dynasty, but...

Anyway, for the Chu State, a gunboat with a unit of one hundred tons can be considered a "big ship", and a mine boat and escort boat with a unit of ten tons can be considered a "small ship". As for the iron-clad wooden ships below...nothing. The necessary number is indeed not many.

Chu's trump card is indeed its [-] elite navy and less than [-] warships.

"If Wei can really win, I have no choice but to accept it and leave Bohai to them!" Bai Tu said seriously while looking at the sea map.

But other people in the palace ignored him...

(End of this chapter)