The Strongest Overlord of the Three Kingdoms

"The warships in Yangzhou can be fully loaded with 500 people."

Having said that, Cao Cao understood a little bit.

52 large ships were damaged. If they were fully loaded, the Yangzhou Navy would lose at least 2 people!

And the army that conquered the Yamatai Kingdom totaled no more than 5 people...

This shows what?

More than half of the expeditionary force has been lost!

But in Yangzhou's battle report, this was concealed, so Dongyang King continued to send reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao was very happy!

But after a while, Cao Cao's face darkened again.

The Yangzhou army is more than one million, what is the loss of 2 people?

It's just a drop in the bucket, with Yangzhou's financial resources, it can be supplemented casually.

So, nothing to be happy about.

"My lord, you've only seen the surface of the matter." Sima Yi said bluntly.

"Please enlighten me!" Cao Cao said modestly.

Cao Cao has a problem, that is, when facing talents who are not his own, he likes to be courteous and corporal.

But when this talent became his subordinate, Cao Cao entered the stage of giving both grace and power.

Like Sima Yi, who can keep Cao Cao humble, he is already a very capable courtier.

Of course, this is also related to Cao Cao's preparations for "common adversity".After this period of time, they will have a bright future.

"The reason why the Yangzhou navy was severely damaged was not that the Yamatai army had the combat power to match it, but that Queen Himiko summoned a violent wind with the help of witchcraft and divine power."

"Ok?"

Cao Cao expressed his doubts, how could the so-called supernatural power exist... But when he thought of Zhang Jiao's various supernatural powers, Cao Cao maintained a skeptical attitude.

"My lord, just imagine, if it weren't for the help of the gods, how would the mere Yamatai kingdom sink 52 giant ships? In order to conceal this, the King of Dongyang only announced the casualties of 100 people..."

"Actually, regardless of whether Queen Himiko has divine power or not, we just need to be sure that Yamatai has enough strength to contain Yangzhou, and that's enough."

"Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so talented and bold. When he conquered the Dawan Kingdom, didn't he also suffer a loss?"

"Besides, Yamatai is a bloody country. Back then, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, a hundred thousand troops came across the sea and attacked Qingzhou."

"Presumably the Yamatai Kingdom can still recruit 20 troops to deal with the Yangzhou Army. If the King of Dongyang continues to increase his troops, it will explain the problem."

After the Ruo Rong incident, Sima Yi gained a lot and had a group of loyal and reliable spies.

But no matter how good these spies were, they only heard news about Yangzhou and knew nothing about overseas.

So some of the contents of these reports are Sima Yi's guesses.

There may be elements of exaggeration in it, but Sima Yi made up for it by "looking back and looking".

Everything needs facts to speak!

Cao Cao was very satisfied, and even had some unrealistic ideas.

If Yamatai can swallow the entire expeditionary force, then Yangzhou will definitely suffer!

Cao Cao also found the opportunity to continue to develop.

"Every move in Yangzhou must be monitored."

"My subordinate understands!"

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Sima Yi's attitude of neither arrogance nor impetuosity. This kind of man with a city mansion is very reassuring.

It's just that Sima Yi is too similar to him, Cao Cao doesn't like it a bit.

This is the only way to do it in extraordinary times.

In fact, Sima Yi dared not report many things because he couldn't do them.

For example, he found out that the supplies of the expeditionary force departed from Daifang County.

Daifang County is located on the Chao Peninsula, and no matter how capable Sima Yi is, he can't control it.

Moreover, it is not worth the effort to take Fangjun far away from the Central Plains and Cao Cao's territory.

Most of the energy, as well as the limited funds, were spent in Yangzhou.

No way, intelligence work is also very expensive.

"With the nature of King Dongyang, he will definitely not give up willingly. It would be great if he could give Yamatai a little support." Cao Cao said regretfully.

"My lord has a heart. I believe Queen Himiko will persevere after she finds out." Sima Yi said.

"Haha!" Cao Cao burst into laughter suddenly, and his mood improved a lot.

According to the current situation, it is impossible for Yangzhou to intervene in the affairs of the court.

"The top priority is to quell rebellions in various places and produce armaments."