Xun Yu and Guo Jia, in front of Cao Cao, analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Chu's move to Wei from both the upright and deceitful aspects.
In general, this is undoubtedly good news for the Wei State - even if the Chu State wants to seize the east and attack the west, it is undeniable that it is now the stage of "claiming the east", which is better than directly intervening in Liaodong!
For now, although Chu State has not directly responded to Wei State, from the perspective of actions, it is to use the time that Wei State conquers Liaodong to capture Xichuan...
That is to say, both sides left the Han Dynasty aside and each stabilized their own "rear area" - because of the Yangtze River waterway, Xichuan should be regarded as the "rear area" of the Chu State to a certain extent.
Now Liu Zhang is just weak. If Hanzhong is lost, the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty will be united together, and they will have Xichuan, the upper reaches of Jingchu, and they will have Guanzhong, Longyou, and most of the Central Plains as their backing. It will be very difficult for the Chu State.
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That's why Chu State reacted so "violently" when the Han princes wanted to invade Hanzhong - this is the current analysis of Chu State's move by Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others.
As for the possibility of "attacking the east and attacking the west", it cannot be said that there is no possibility, but at least they have not seen what benefits it will bring to Chu if Hanzhong is allowed to be captured by the Han Dynasty and compete with Wei for Liaodong. The only thing to guard against should be Chu
The country may be "inflated" in a two-front war!
Cheng Yu and Man Chong also agreed with Xun Yu and Guo Jia's opinions. Man Chong mentioned a little more about the recent "disobedient" new wealthy families in the Wei State. They hoped that Cao Cao would allow him to start more "
"Somewhat ruthless"...
But at this moment, Ma Jun, who never spoke much on such occasions, suddenly said: "Wait a minute! Your Majesty, what exactly is the marble crossbow mentioned in the third message? If it is true
If the Chu army is fully covered, it is likely to have a great change in the Chu army's combat mode, and we have to guard against it!"
There is nothing surprising about Ma Jun's strategy. The reason why he appears here is usually just to find out if there are any important new inventions in the Skilled Craftsman Camp. Others may not be able to predict the impact it will have on strategy, so he is here.
Ask him to be present to remind you of this matter.
In addition, if for a certain strategy, the craftsman camp needs to be coordinated with large-scale production, or to develop something, you need to consult Ma Jun whether he can do it.
But this time Ma Jun couldn't help himself and asked a question that had nothing to do with Qiaojiang Camp, but related to Chu State's Ministry of Industry!
Indeed, among the new news from Chu State, the last of the three most important ones is the comprehensive start of training for the "Pinball Crossbow".
Suddenly spreading to the entire army to train a new weapon is naturally important news.
Theoretically, this is also a military secret in Chu State, but because it has been extended to the entire army, naturally it can no longer be kept secret. In fact, when it was promoted to the captain level before, basically all the princes had heard about it, but the news was very limited.
It's vague, but after it was promoted throughout the army, even the people of Chu now know something about it...
I just don’t understand what the “Qi Bullet Crossbow” is, but many people have vaguely heard some similar rumors.
Wei Guo, for example, got the news even two years ago.
Bai Tu didn't expect how long he could keep it secret, as long as the other party couldn't get the samples for the time being. Even if some were witnessed by spies, unless there was detailed data and evidence to support it, the information obtained by all the princes must be to a certain extent.
distortion!
After all, the spies at this time were very inefficient in transmitting messages to each other due to lack of communication means.
The princes of all parties also knew this, so they believed the spies' information at a discount.
Especially the evaluation of new weapons is not like where there is trouble, where there is rebellion, where there is attack...the "evaluation" itself is very flexible and very subjective.
For example, although there were spies in the Wei State, they described the "grand occasion" of collective training, but descriptions like thunderbolts, power punching through gold and stone, and taking the enemy's life a hundred steps away... When I arrived at Cao Cao's place, of course I just had to look at it.
good.
However, Ma Jun paid special attention to this matter through assembling the entire army and being sensitive to Chu's new ordnance...
"Deheng, don't be too nervous. Although there is no sample yet, judging from the description, it must be some kind of long-range military crossbow, and...it seems to only shoot knuckle-sized marbles? What's more, if this thing is really equipment
How can a sophisticated crossbow equip an entire army? And if it can equip an entire army, it should be nothing more than a cheap substitute for bows and arrows." Liu Ye persuaded Ma Jun nonchalantly.
"Ahem... Deheng is worried... Ahem, Jia has been worried before... But in fact, there are some small pieces of information in the intelligence... Ahem, Deheng may not have gotten it... This time he changed his clothes.
It does not involve middle-level officers. In terms of the military ranks of the Chu State, the generals at the school level basically still use the new version of the infuriating crossbow that was improved the year before last. Ahem, the crossbow has not been reloaded..." Guo Jiatom is still feeling a little uncomfortable.
said.
However, his complexion was better than before. After saying one sentence, he was able to breathe more fully.
As Guo Jia said, the reason why Chu State did not show much vigilance against this major change of equipment was actually because of the support of previous intelligence - although this new "crossbow" is very special, it is obviously just
Cheap stuff!
In terms of pure power, it is not as formidable as the Chu State's intimidating Zhenqi Crossbow, otherwise it would not be equipped only among Ji Zao soldiers.
But Ma Jun was very brave this time and directly refuted Guo Jia, the leader of Wei State: "No, military advisor, the Chu State's Zhenqi crossbow, when full of Zhenqi, exists entirely to snipe and kill generals.
, the latest infuriating crossbow, in
In terms of pure penetrating power, it is even comparable to a crossbow, which is naturally not comparable to ordinary ordnance, but if it is assembled by the entire army, even if it is only slightly stronger than the standard ordinary bow and arrow, it will be enough to bring about a qualitative change on the battlefield!"
As for the Chu State's Zhenqi Crossbow, if it can be assembled on a large scale...then other princes can also go to sleep.
"Well, we need to urge the secret agents on this matter. Even if we have to pay some losses, we must get the sample as soon as possible." Cao Cao interjected at this time.
It can also be regarded as the final determination of this matter - it is impossible to judge too much for the time being, let alone react. At least, we must know what is going on.
It's just that... what makes Ma Jun a little uneasy is that other people in Wei State are still very surprised by the great progress in equipment.
If he were to apply it to others, Ma Jun asked himself, what kind of equipment would make him give up swords, and would also require the Wei army to completely change their equipment with long spears, with the faint intention of using long-range weapons as their main weapons?
Thinking about it this way, Ma Jun became more and more uneasy, but he could not give any more warnings and could only wait anxiously for the samples to be sent as soon as possible!
As for the latest big news in Chu State, the last remaining thing is naturally that the Han River Weir has been officially completed. It has begun to dismantle the previous diversion project, fill in the previous diversion project, and start using the Han River Weir to store water and raise the water level...