Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 597 Wei Guo’s Response
In the eighth year of Chu Li, winter turned, the weather became cooler, and the war in the north inevitably gradually died down...

Especially for coastal operations, among the current large ports in the Bohai Sea, only Liaodong Port can survive the coldest winter. The others cannot normally enter and exit medium-sized or larger ships during the coldest month or more.

However, in the previous two and a half months, Lu Bu had also used the "cavalry attack on the sea" tactic, which made Wei pay a sufficient price.

The coastal workshops, which accounted for nearly [-]% of the output of Wei's workshops, were destroyed by Chu's strong ships and artillery...

Not only did it liberate a large number of slave workers who were enslaved by the evil Wei State, it also suppressed the arrogance of Wei's evil clans and suppressed Wei's war potential.

As for objectively speaking, these workshops did provide the people of Wei with working opportunities that were squeezed but still within the normal scope. In terms of production, they also improved the living standards of Wei people... which should obviously be considered later!

The limit Chu State could do was not wantonly plundering Wei people to go south or migrate to other areas controlled by Chu State, but since the war had already started, they would absolutely not show mercy to these workshops.

Originally, under the final arrangements and advice before Guo Jia's death, not only Xiahou Dun used his power to quickly mobilize troops for the first wave of defense, but Cao Cao also mobilized everything in Wei after learning of Guo Jia's last words. Mobilize) the power to cooperate.

Of course, there are other "rumors" - for example... Cao Cao fainted on the spot after learning Guo Jia's last words, or the news of the Bohai War. It was Xun Yu who gave the order, and some say it was Cao Zhi who gave the order. Ordered.

In short, from Lu Bu's perspective, Wei's response was very timely, but the follow-up was indeed a bit... uncoordinated!
With the navy's mobility advantage, even if they knew the tactics Lu Bu was going to use, they were still at Bohai Port today and arriving at Anton Port tomorrow... This kind of high-mobility attack still only required 3 people to defeat Wei. The coastal defenses were completely collapsed.

Since the movement speed of Wei's army is far slower than that of Chu's Hainan, it is equivalent to an opponent who has become a "shadow clone".

What's more, the Chu State's [-] attacking troops cannot be resisted by the [-] defenders. This means that the Wei State not only needs to use several times more troops to hold on, but also needs several more regions to prepare such a large number of troops. .

As for Wei Guo also transporting troops by sea?

You must know that in addition to Lu Bu's [-] attacking troops who used sea troop transports to sail quickly, there were also [-] Chu Kingdom's elite navy in the Bohai Sea. After the Bohai War, there was almost no damage.

Although part of it is to protect the troop transport, there is still a sufficient number of cruise ships!
Even if the Wei State still had ships, they would blow up every ship they came out...

Therefore, in just over two months, Wei's coastal areas were completely lost. Now Wei has also changed its thinking and begun to abandon coastal areas that are "unimportant" to itself in the sense of land warfare.

As for the destroyed workshops, the proportion of Wei Guoguan workshops is actually very low...

After all, the official workshops of the Wei State are basically concentrated in the production of military supplies, and there is no need to consider sales, and even have concealment and safety considerations, so they are not crowded with private workshops in the coastal areas.

Therefore, for the wave of offensives along the coast, in fact, for the Wei State, the court and the family were basically responsible for [-]% of the responsibility. Naturally... Cao Cao made the choice easily!

This is also the change that started to occur in Wei State half a month ago...

But at this time, there was more precise news in front of the white pattern.

"It seems that the rumors about Cao Cao's health should indeed be true... This seems to be the work of Cao Cao himself." Bai Tu couldn't help but nodded as he looked at the recent situation in Wei.

The good news is that Cao Cao seemed to be unable to govern a while ago. The bad news is... now he has recovered!

The "tentacles" of the Chu State's Catcher Guards are very developed, and there are many hidden secrets in Yecheng. However, this is more reflected in the timeliness of the news. For the core "insiders", the Catcher Guards cannot access them.

Cao Cao was unable to take charge of the board of directors before, and apparently also blocked the news...

Faced with Lu Bu's "trouble", Wei's reaction was divided into three stages. In the initial emergency stage, Wei's reaction was not unpleasant. Lu Bu and Zhang Liao gave up simply "making an attack in the east and attacking in the west" and directly invaded the capital of Wei. A very disrespectful tactic.

In the second stage, in Lu Bu's view, Wei was a bit stupid.

He actually had a few head-on confrontations with Lu Bu over the ports and workshops that were definitely not safe, but each time he was taught how to behave.

If we insist on talking about Wei's gains, it probably gave some workshops time to evacuate, but it is nothing compared to the losses of Wei's army.

Such a strategy full of humanistic care was evaluated by Lu Bu as "sluggish command".

Even if it is Chu State, if it wants to cover the evacuation of the people under such circumstances, it must travel lightly. In order to preserve more property, or even make a fortune from the war, Chu State will not provide unnecessary protection...

However, the stupid second stage of Wei State lasted for more than a month, and after that came the current third stage - only considering the advantages of land warfare, sticking to favorable and important areas!

It was after entering this stage that Lu Bu's offensive was contained.

According to Bai Tu's speculation, in the second stage, Cao Cao should have fallen ill and lost control of his court decision-making!
Whether it was Cao Zhi or Xun Yu who was in charge, Bai Tu had no way of guessing, but no matter who it was, they should have been affected by too many other than the battlefield at that time, otherwise there are so many generals in Wei, it is impossible not to see that this is very important. stupid.

It's a pity that Cao Cao has obviously returned to taking charge now, and the Wei State has become more capable again and is no longer affected by some "off-site" factors. This is indeed bad news for the Chu State.

In addition, what Bai Tu expected, after Cao Cao returned to the throne, the liquidation of the previous "off-site interference" did not happen...

Originally, Bai Tu hoped that the Wei State could cause chaos on its own first.

It seems that even Cao Cao can no longer liquidate without damage, so he has to tolerate some people after correcting the chaos!

In fact, Bai Tu’s guess was not wrong!

Indeed, in the second stage of Wei, Xun Yu was ordered to assist Cao Zhi in governing - because Cao Cao had a brief period of consciousness before his fall, Xun Yu was given considerable power.

However, even so, because Cao Zhi has already mingled with the vast number of powerful people, and if he really wants to give up the vast coastal areas, not only will he need a lot of courage, but he will also need a lot of authority...

It is often more difficult to order a direct retreat and give up than to order to hold on. After all, Xun Yu is not the King of Wei after all!
Cao Cao is now in a very depressed mood, not only because of his previous losses, but also because of his disappointment in Cao Zhi.

And... something will happen soon that will make him even more depressed!
Lu Bu and Zhang Liao obviously did not want to spend the winter in Wei State like this...

(End of this chapter)