Chapter five hundred and eighty sixth Wei State responds
In the eighth year of Chu Li, winter turned, the weather got colder, 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, while the others cannot normally enter or 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 had caused Wei to pay a sufficient price.
The coastal workshops, which accounted for nearly 40% of the output of Wei's workshops, were destroyed by Chu's strong ships and artillery...
It not only liberated a large number of slave workers who were enslaved by the evil Wei State, but 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 most the Chu State can do is not to arbitrarily rob Wei people and move south or move to other areas controlled by the Chu State, but now that the war has begun, they will definitely not show mercy to these workshops.
Originally, under the final arrangements and advice before Guo Jia's death, not only did Xiahou Dun use his power to quickly mobilize troops to carry out the first wave of defense, but after Cao Cao learned of Guo Jia's last words, he also mobilized everyone in the Wei State (to be able to
Mobilize the power of) and 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.
Order.
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 would arrive at Anton Port tomorrow... This kind of high-mobility attack still only required 30,000 people to defeat Wei.
The coastal defenses were completely collapsed.
Since the movement speed of Wei's army is much slower than that of Chu's Hainan, it is equivalent to a "shadow clone" opponent.
What's more, the Chu State's 30,000 attacking troops cannot be defeated by the 30,000 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.
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As for Wei, it also used sea to transport troops?
You must know that in addition to Lu Bu's 30,000 attacking troops who used sea troop transports to sail quickly, there were also 30,000 Chu Kingdom's elite navy in the Bohai Sea. After the Bohai War, there was almost no damage.
Although some of them have to protect the troop transports, there are still a sufficient number of cruisers!
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 coastline was 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, Wei's official workshops were basically focused on the production of military supplies and did not need to consider sales. They even had concealment and safety considerations, so they were not crowded with private workshops in coastal areas.
Therefore, for the Wei State, a wave of offensives along the coast was basically a 20-80 responsibility for the court and the family. Naturally... Cao Cao made a 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 previous rumors that Cao Cao was ill are indeed true... This seems to be Cao Cao's own handiwork." Bai Tu looked at the recent situation in Wei and couldn't help but nodded.
The good news is that Cao Cao was indeed unable to govern a while ago, but the bad news is... now he has recovered again!
The "tentacles" of the Chu State's Wind-catching Guards are very developed, and there are many hidden secrets in Yecheng. However, this is more reflected in the timeliness of the news. As for the core "insiders", the Wind-catching 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.
This is a very disrespectful tactic.
In the second stage, in Lu Bu's opinion, Wei was a bit stupid.
He actually had a few head-on confrontations with Lu Bu over those ports and workshops that were definitely undefeated, but each time he was taught how to behave.
If we insist on talking about Wei's gain, it probably gave some workshops time to evacuate, but it is nothing compared to the loss of the Wei army.
Such a strategy full of humanistic care was evaluated by Lu Bu as "sluggish command".
Even if the Chu State wants to cover the evacuation of the people in this situation, it must travel lightly. In order to preserve more property, or even make a war fortune, the Chu State will not provide unnecessary protection...
However, Wei's stupid second phase lasted for more than a month, and then came the current third phase - only considering the geographical location of the land battle, sticking to the 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 the court's decision-making was somewhat out of control!
Whether it was Cao Zhi or Xun Yu who was in charge, Bai Tu had no way of guessing, but whoever it was must have been affected by too many influences outside the battlefield at that time. Otherwise, there were so many generals in the Wei State, and it was impossible not to see that this was very important.
stupid.
It is a pity that Cao Cao has now apparently returned to power, and the Wei State has become more capable and 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 appease 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 become one with many powerful people, and if he really wants to give up the vast coastal areas, it will not only require a lot of courage, but also 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 that will make him even more depressed is about to happen!
Lu Bu and Zhang Liao obviously didn't want to spend the winter in Wei State like this...