Volume 5: Overlord of the Sea Chapter 589 This is Jia's final strange plot
In August of the eighth year of the Chu calendar, although the dispute between Hanzhong and Longyou was still going on, the attention of all parties was more focused on Bohai...
Except for the core ministers in the Chu court, the Chu people who had unlimited confidence in Chu, and the Chu school admirers from all over the country, the vast majority of people who paid attention to this matter "anticipated" this to be a landmark war that would reverse the balance of maritime power among the princes!
Cao Wei's strategy of allowing some aristocratic families to develop almost into clan-based aristocratic families greatly expanded the civilian power of Wei.
This time, Cao Wei claimed to have an army of 500,000. Even if we squeeze out the excess, there are still more than 200,000. There are hundreds of large warships and tens of thousands of Zou Ke and his ilk...
And now they are still waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out in Bohai Sea, because the Wei navy is approaching the important port of Chu in Donglai, forcing Chu to meet the enemy, so they have a lot of autonomy in choosing the sea area to start the war!
As for the former overlord Chu State, not only was it technologically caught up by Cao Wei, but it also lost nearly half of its elite troops due to previous ocean explorations.
The sun is setting...
At least that's how it looks to outsiders.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, the "last elite" of the Chu Navy, after encountering the Wei reconnaissance ship for the first time, ordered the other side to withdraw...
At this time, the "Clairvoyance" was no longer exclusive to the State of Chu. After all, there were no major technical difficulties, and the State of Wei had already been able to produce transparent glass.
However, when the naval scouts on the reconnaissance ship saw the warship in sight, they were so shocked that they were speechless!
The main battleships of Wei State are generally forty to sixty meters long. In this regard... the Chu State warships coming from the sea do not seem to have any advantages, and are even only half as long.
But the difference is that the warships of the Chu State in front of them are actually completely covered with a layer of steel!
And... at this time, it didn't raise the sail, but rushed straight over, obviously it had discovered them.
The reconnaissance ship immediately raised its sails to escape. If it hadn't been for God's help and the wind became stronger, it would have almost died at the hands of the Chu Navy!
In fact, the recent damage to the Wei army’s maritime reconnaissance ships was very serious, and only today did they finally obtain some "intelligence".
Sure enough, things were developing towards Guo Jia...or to be more precise, towards the "trouble" that Ma Jun had warned Guo Jia about.
The power technology used by the Chu State on river boats was indeed also applied to sea ships. While gaining stronger power, it also greatly increased the ship's carrying capacity.
This not only means that it can be equipped with thicker or even steel armor and carry more artillery, but also means that it can withstand stronger recoil - that is, it will have stronger firepower!
It was precisely because of this mobility and attack range that the Wei State saw that the Chu Army's reconnaissance ship did not return alive...
Even though what they saw were not the main ships of the Chu State, but torpedo boats and escort boats in the "small boat" category.
Guo Jia learned this on the second day of the Chinese New Year, and on the fourth day, the Wei army finally had a reconnaissance ship, which coincidentally bypassed the blockade of the outpost frigate and saw the Chu gunboat, which was no smaller than its own main ship. It found that it was also covered with iron sheets. Later, it was lucky enough to return because of the wind and waves and brought the news back.
Of course, the news was not actually accurate - gunboats were not made of iron!
On the sixth day, as the Chu navy "charged" forward towards the Wei navy, it seemed that if the Wei army did not retreat, a formal war would begin in a few days. Guo Jia could no longer bear it and once again launched his special strategy "Qi Zuo Gui Mou".
"My lord, Jia... has no choice but to break his promise! Let Wen Ruo worry about what happens next!" After writing the "memorial", Guo Jia, on the main ship, looked north at the horizon and muttered to himself.
Guo Jia knew that there was no way he could survive...
Originally, Guo Jia felt that his body could not last for five years. It was because over the years, Guo Jia's mastery of the "Yun Shu" had become three times stronger, and he could interpret it from two different perspectives, which weakened the suppression of Yun Shu on his lifespan a lot.
Guo Jia has even mastered a way to reverse the reduction in lifespan and increase his lifespan...
That is to use the influence of the fortune book on the fortune of the dynasty, and instead weaken the fortune of the dynasty to which one's own fortune is connected, in order to increase one's own longevity!
However, Guo Jia was not an immortal who practiced Taoism , but a strategist with ideals and ambitions. Therefore, he looked down upon this method. Even when his life was coming to an end, he never thought of "sacrificing" the fortune of Wei to increase his own lifespan.
And Guo Jia knew very well that after launching the "Qi Zuo Gui Mou" this time, he would not be able to resist...
In fact, Guo Jia had forcibly detonated his own mental power, allowing himself to hold on for the last seven days!
Relying on unreasonable arguments and specious reasoning, Guo Jia this time summed up the "Eighteen Wins and Eighteen Losses" between the Chu State and the Wei State!
At the same time, under Guo Jia's strategy, eighteen corresponding DeBuffs and Buffs were imposed between the Chu State and the Wei State.
Considering how powerful the State of Chu was, Guo Jia’s life span... was probably still a long way off!
If it was Guo Jia ten years ago, he would have died before it could take effect...
Now he was completely relying on the detonation of his mental strength to hold on. Since he was going to die anyway, he simply showed no restraint and tried his best to weaken the State of Chu.
And ten of them are completely aimed at the Chu Navy!
After Guo Jia's death, the effect of Qi Zuo Gui Mo was naturally eliminated, so these seven days were also the most critical time. Guo Jia had to strive for the greatest advantage for the Wei State.
Then Guo Jia called Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan and entrusted the funeral affairs to them. Because Guo Jia first launched the Qi Zuo Gui Mo before calling the two, the Xiahou brothers were already helpless even if they wanted to persuade them...
Of course, except for the two generals of the Xiahou family in the navy this time, no one else knew about Guo Jia's affairs, because Guo Jia was the commander-in-chief this time and he could not affect the morale of the army at this time.
Guo Jia specifically called Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to explain to them what the Wei navy should be like "after the war" after his death, no matter whether it was a big victory or a small victory... or even if they really lost to the Chu State.
Some previous intelligence had shaken Guo Jia's confidence in victory, otherwise he would not have launched the "Qi Zuo Gui Mo".
But now that he had launched the attack, Guo Jia would try his best to complete the task in one go...
Even though Guo Jia was theoretically the commander-in-chief and carried Cao Cao's seal, the most prestigious people in the army were still Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. As long as they did not cause trouble, it would be fine.
And because there were only seven days left, the Wei navy took the initiative to approach the Chu navy without hesitation!
On the eighth day of the eighth month, the Wei army's "civilian warships" came into contact with the Chu navy's leading torpedo boats...
The Battle of Bohai Sea has officially begun!
