Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141 Information Battlefield
Chen Gong's "Chi Chi" is not omnipotent. Its effect is "when reviewing the battle situation or general trend, there will be an additional extrapolation bonus for what has happened." Therefore, Chen Gong can kill Liu Yu and Yuan Shao before Gongsun Zan. After defeating Gongsun Zan, he accurately judged the overall trend.

However, like the "Wancheng Incident", the direct cause was Cao Cao's "good wife", which has nothing to do with the "general trend". Therefore, no matter how much "Chi Zhi" added to the calculation, Chen Gong could not have expected this kind of thing. matter……

It took more than ten days for Bai Tu to get the news - almost entirely through official channels of the Han Dynasty!
Cao Cao was attacked by Zhang Xiu in Wancheng. Although his armor was stolen, Su Wei Dianwei broke through before the battle. As if the devil came to the world, he killed Hu Che'er and hundreds of his guards. Even though he was seriously injured, he was still more than ten strong. Force Zhang Xiu back...

Dian Wei's "unexpected" breakthrough not only saved his own life, but also allowed Cao Cao's large army to evacuate safely. Xiahou Dun later led the army to respond.

However, even so, Cao Cao still suffered heavy losses that night. His nephew Cao Anmin and his eldest son Cao Ang were killed by the furious Zhang Xiu. Most of the former army stationed in Wancheng was lost, and the army's strength was also weakened, so he had to return to the court.

Although the information Bai Tu received did not go into detail, it is certain that this matter must have attracted a lot of criticism within Cao Cao's camp.

After all... the cause of this battle is really hard to look at.

Even in the court, Cao Cao's arrogance inevitably weakened. Yang Biao, who was interrogated by Man Chong, still did not confess any evidence of guilt after being tortured, so Cao Cao could only release him.

A group of courtiers also put pressure on Cao Cao, urging him to crusade against the rebels in Huainan.

In fact, these courtiers don't have much of an overall view, and they may not understand why Cao Cao wants to capture Wancheng so much. However, they are very skilled in party struggles, but they understand that as long as they stop Cao Cao from doing what he wants to do, they will not go wrong after all. of!
Zhang Xiu is now more wary of Cao Cao, and has shifted the focus of the garrison to Rangcheng behind Wancheng, closer to the heart of Nanyang County, using Wancheng as a mutually dependent outpost...

Moreover, out of his own interests, Cao Cao could not completely lose the dignity of the court and could only prepare to attack Yuan Shu.

Just like that...Cao Cao missed the best opportunity to easily regain Wancheng and establish a southern barrier!
"Dian Wei... is really not dead? A breakthrough..." Bai Tu muttered to himself as he looked at the belated news.

However, Bai Tu was not too concerned about Dian Wei. After all, Dian Wei was a typical warrior, and it was hard to even call him a fierce general - he might not even know how to arrange a camp!

The world of Castle Princess seems to be highly martial, but one thing that can never be denied is that personal bravery cannot compete with the army.

After Dian Wei broke through, he only killed hundreds of personal guards, but was unable to shake the army. Even Lu Bu did not dare to fall into the siege of the army.

The biggest feeling that this incident gave Bai Tu was that he had had enough of the extent of the news. After discussing the Wancheng incident with his staff, Lu Su, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Department, and Shi Chengong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, were left behind. …

That's right, it's the Minister of Personnel, Shi. Previously, due to Pan Zhang's involvement, Chen Gong's Department of Personnel was turned into a Chang Shi, but no new one was arranged. It can be said that the Chief of Staff acted on behalf of the department.

After Zhou Tai suppressed the bandits, his title of partial general was also raped, and now he became a captain.

However, both of them had their positions taken away and their salaries deducted, but their duties and powers remained unchanged. This served as a warning to others - even Bai Tu's confidants would be taken down if such a thing happened. If it were someone else... After masturbating, just wait for it to be idle!
"How are the preparations for the Wind Catcher?" Bai Tu asked directly.

Catching Wind Guard is the name of the intelligence agency that Bai Tu plans to establish. It is mainly responsible for transmitting intelligence from all over the world back as soon as possible. Chen Gong hopes that Catching Wind Guard can also contribute to the supervision of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

However, Bai Tu had specifically warned him not to pry into privacy, and could only focus on collecting first-hand public opinion. Secondly, the Fengwei only had the power to deliver news...

Bai Tu didn't want to raise a Jin Yiwei who would make everyone feel insecure. I believe that Chen Gong himself had a good idea, and Bai Tu had also told Chen Gong before that now he just asked the officials to recommend suitable candidates and put on airs. In the future, Chufengwei will not be a subordinate department of the Ministry of Officials.

"A hundred people have been preliminarily screened. Thirty of them are scouts drawn from the army, and the others are candidates recruited by the Naxian Hall. They are teaching encryption, decryption, and common sense in spying on information. In terms of domesticating pigeons... it remains to be seen." Chen Gong said.

Naturally, Bai Tu had already taught Chen Gong several common secret message methods, and specially started to tame pigeons, but the latter could not be accomplished overnight.

The use of pigeons to convey messages appeared in the Chinese civilization circle only in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. And it is not like inventing and making it after knowing the principles. Pigeons have to be domesticated from generation to generation before they can achieve home flight. !
It is not possible to take advantage of this characteristic immediately after catching the pigeon.

"The experimental communication line between Jinling and Qu'a has been built, and the effect is amazing! The location of other signal towers has basically been finalized, and priority will be given to covering the south bank of the Yangtze River... as well as the Wancheng area and Huainan area." Lu Su said proactively.

Lu Su also felt it was very novel... This "cousin" could always come up with something novel!

The so-called signal tower is naturally not a wireless signal tower, and the white picture cannot point out such high technology.

It is a kind of "signal tower" where a huge "Z"-shaped swing arm that can be twisted and rotated is placed on the top of the tower, and its rotation can be controlled through the winch in the tower.

Its communication principle is similar to that of a beacon tower. Signal towers that are connected one after another and can watch each other can transmit messages by swinging their arms, and the amount of information is much higher than that of the beacon tower. Through the predetermined "arm swing secret language" , can convey complex information, and with the pinyin in "Qie Yun", sentences can be conveyed directly.

During the Napieron period in France, this method of communication was very popular and was even used for public and commercial purposes. Later, with the emergence of the telegraph, it disappeared.

Now Baitu is laying signal towers in Jiangdong. Its biggest role is actually to transmit signals in difficult and dangerous places - after all, it relies on visual transmission and must be built at high places, but it is limited in flat areas.

Generally built on both sides of a river or between two mountains, it is undoubtedly the most obvious way to improve efficiency. As for plain areas... you can still use light cavalry to convey messages.

Of course, such a conspicuous signal tower can only transmit messages within Baitu's control, and cannot be built on the territory of other princes.

Therefore, Bai Tu decided to lay the ground in the northeastern part of the Yangtze River, that is, on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Chaisang, Jinling, and Qu'a, and then invade Huainan and build up the army step by step!
Because of the existence of Cheng Ji, the tasks of transmitting and receiving letters in the tower can be completed by Ji Zao soldiers. Not only is it more accurate, but it can also increase the speed of communication between Cheng Ji.

It used to take at least an hour or two to send messages between Jinling and Qu'a, but now... within one meal, we can chat with each other for three to five times!
And this is still between Jinling and Qu'a. The road is already very smooth. If it were replaced by Kuaiji, Yuzhang... those mountainous, forested and rugged areas, the communication efficiency would be significantly improved.

Lu Su was somewhat looking forward to it. When Bai Tutang took action to solve the problem of Shanyue, how much these signal towers would make those Shanyue who were hiding from east to west and making the officers and soldiers exhausted...

(End of this chapter)