Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 596
Lu Bu's grand strategy was in line with this goal, but he encountered some "little troubles."

That is Wei State...not defenseless!
In fact, before his death, Guo Jia's last memorial to Xiahou Dun was entrusted to Cao Cao, as well as the entrustment to Xiahou Dun himself, which was about the "coming maritime attack."

When the Wei navy was being chased and bombed by the Chu navy, Guo Jia had already guessed that Chu would not let this opportunity go...

Therefore, what Lu Bu faced from the beginning was not the Wei army that was attacked by surprise or exhausted, but the land defense line that had been prepared.

When the news came back to Jinling, Bai Tu and other think-tanks felt regretful and at the same time very emotional... Guo Fengxiao, the ghost plotter, was worthy of being an unparalleled national scholar.

The Bohai War was indeed a disastrous defeat at his hands, but after all, Guo Jia had done everything he could, and the reason why he was still defeated... was because his basic strength was too different!
Before Guo Jia's death, he still set off a vital alarm for Wei Guo.

Although Lu Bu went there very quickly, at least by sea, it was faster than Wei's internal transport of troops. Now he has indeed captured Beiping City, which is the seat of Youbeiping, but the reinforcements from Yuyang and Liaoxi were very timely. , controlled the Chu army's scope of influence from Peiping to Tuyin Port, and did not play a "cutting" role.

In this regard, the instructions Jinling sent to Lu Bu were only general remarks such as "ensure safety", "not to carry out long-term attacks", and "don't get entangled in the established strategy".

After all, the "delay" is still too high to deliver news at sea. At this time, I still believe that Lu Bu's judgment on the front line is the most correct.

And Lu Bu has lived up to expectations. As a coach, he will not wait for news from behind, nor will he continue to hold on to the original strategy when the situation is different.

Unexpectedly, before the Wei State could react, they evacuated from Peiping first, and then... took advantage of maritime mobility to launch a "touch and go" guerrilla war along the coast of the Wei State.

Compared with the guerrillas behind enemy lines in later generations, Lu Bu's current approach is more like cavalry attack tactics.

Lu Bu didn't know much about naval warfare, but he had been "greedy" about cavalry attack tactics for a long time, and now he finally had a chance to relieve his greed.

The tactical level is different from the cavalry, but strategically it is close to the cavalry!

Moreover, transporting troops by sea is not only faster than the opponent, but also safer and more convenient...

Every time a city is attacked, the main task is to plunder the city's treasury, supplemented by blowing up the city walls. As an attacker, it is still difficult to blow up the city walls. When one's own side is in the city, it is not too difficult for the Chu State to demolish the walls. Simple.

And then there's the...major work of emancipating slaves.

The dense workshop areas in Chu State are basically distributed in various key development "prefectures", the largest of which is undoubtedly Jinling Prefecture.

Firstly, it is policy support, secondly, it is the center of the court, and thirdly... the location of Jinling itself makes transportation by water very convenient, not to mention that a rail-line Zhenqi train is now built.

To meet the needs of most workshops, it must be said that it is not cost-effective... that is that the land is expensive!
However, the situation in Wei is completely different. After all, the most "efficient" and "competitive" workshops in Wei are basically sweatshops that use slave labor.

The Wei court also wanted to face the situation. In theory, they "did not know" about this, and it was even less likely that they would give any policy preference. In other words, leaving it alone was the greatest preferential treatment.

Moreover, Wei Guo didn't build any roads himself, and the land transportation all depended on the foundation of the north itself, so most of the workshops were concentrated in the coastal areas!

On the one hand, it is because of transportation, and on the other hand, it is also because the "powerful people" behind these workshops are basically those supported by Wei State for maritime power, so the coast feels safer for them.

But now he has become Lu Bu's direct target...

If the workshop is really located inland and Lu Bu goes deep into it alone, it may not be cost-effective!
Regarding the enemy's workshops, Lu Bu behaved very principledly. He did not destroy them all, but... only destroyed the workshops where slave workers were found!
It’s just that so far, Lu Bu has not found anything in the Wei State. There are no workshops for slave labor. After all, the Wei State does not have the Eight Strategies to Found a Country, and it has specifically left a back door for the development of the family. How could someone specifically be in the Wei State and still Open a workshop that abides by the laws of Chu State?
On the contrary, some "criminal evidence" of domestic nobles was discovered...

Bai Tu was discussing the matter with Dian Ge at this time. When Jia Xu and others saw Bai Tu's expression, they knew that the king did not want to be kind this time!
"This is unreasonable! What do they want to do? The imperial court has repeatedly issued orders prohibiting cooperation with illegal workshops, especially those that employ slave labor, regardless of domestic or foreign... I see that they just want to rebel!" Bai Tu was so angry that he said, "Get up."

Jiang Wan, Yu Fan, and Chen Gong had immediately confirmed the weight of the "Jingzhou gentry", "Jiangdong gentry" and "foreign gentry" on the list...

In their view, these people have indeed gone too far - not to mention morally speaking, it is not unfair to call them "rebels" for their behavior of privately cooperating with enemy workshops or even starting their own.

In general, the number of people involved is quite large, but the proportion is not large.

Coupled with the attitude shown by Bai Tu... none of them meant to condone his advice.

After all, the State of Chu has restricted this kind of "impetuousness" since its early stages of development, and has always strictly guarded against profit-seeking behaviors that destroy all morality. Therefore, those who "make mistakes" nowadays are basically not very polite.

At most, there are bigger issues involved behind the scenes. For example, some of the "suspects" are branches of the great gentry clan...

Of course, Bai Tu doesn't think now that there is really any firm that is determined to test the bottom line. It is more that there is a "minority" within the noble clan who wants to "forge ahead".

The analysis Jiang Wan and Yu Fan gave to Bai Tu was exactly the same.

After all, those who can add the word "big" in front of the noble family usually don't do this to death. Even under the current behavior of the Wei court, the so-called clans are mostly the result of the transformation of wealthy families and... the split of aristocratic families.

Among those who can be regarded as aristocratic families, there are some people who, out of caution, morality or self-care considerations, "clearly" at least part of the core will not participate in it. Those who are more harmonious will also make obvious cuts, and those who are disharmonious will Even a bitter separation.

In Chu State, only a "few" participated.

Just to prevent possible leaks, all evidence lists are not only strictly verified, but also the convicted persons are investigated and dealt with strictly one by one for the crime of "illegal investment in non-performing assets of other countries."

In addition... Zhang Chunhua gave Bai Tu an idea in private.

It is impossible to be implicated, and the laws of Chu State have no basis for the existence of implicated people.

However, in the next few months, the state of Chu specially organized a batch of crackdowns from production safety to tax review, as "blatant" and "reasonable" as possible, especially for the "backstage" with no criminal evidence. strict!
Not only is it a warning, but it is also a powerful force to combat these crooked guys within the noble clan to the greatest extent possible.

In addition, after Lu Bu's "running attack" tactics started, even though Wei State was fully prepared, it began to feel a little tired of running for its life...

(End of this chapter)