Chapter 370: A Quest for Reality
Sun Qian left, and a group of Cao Cao's civil and military forces discussed.
"Fengxiao, how credible is it for Yuan Yao'er to say that he wants to form an alliance?" Guo Jia is recognized as the number one strategist in Cao Ying, so Cao Cao usually asks Guo Jia first about everything.
"Alliance?" Guo Jia took a sip of tea, the weather is already autumn, although the temperature in the south is higher than in the north, but the south is wet and cold.
Guo Jia's body is weak, and he needs to warm his body with hot water at this time.
"It's simply impossible to form an alliance!" Guo Jia immediately made up his own conclusion.
"Then Yuan Yao'er is Kuang me?" Cao Cao was also a little annoyed.
"This Yuan Yao'er, the alliance is fake, but this peace is true!" The other Xun Yu also saw it.
"Summation?" Cao Cao said.
"That's right, it's the sum!" Xun Yu nodded, Cao Cao didn't come to attack Huainan like this, he didn't want to fight to the death with that Yuan Yao, in order to be able to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.
And now that Cao Cao's task has been completed, he should be able to withdraw his troops.
Guo Jia also has this idea, everything is too much, since the goal has been achieved, then retire.
"How can Wen Ruo think like this!" Someone on the side objected.
This person is Cheng Yu, "Lord, in my opinion, this is obviously Yuan Yao's child, for fear that our army will see the truth, so he is training soldiers and horses on the edge of Yingshui, and at the same time going north to threaten, but he is afraid that the lord will be angry, so he sent Sun Qian to sue for peace, in order to find out the movement of our army!" ”
"But he, Yuan Yao, is a thousand calculations, but he miscalculated!" Cheng Yu became proud.
"What did you miscalculate?" An anxious military general on the side asked, these scribes just don't speak happily, and they always sell off.
"Lord, have you ever heard the conditions that Sun Qian said, one of which is to ask our army to return the three cities of Xia Cai, Ruyin, and Yingshang!" Cheng Yu walked in front of the person, pointed to the map and said.
"Now Cai Ruyin is on the three cities, if according to what Yuan Yao Xiao'er said, he will form an alliance with our army to attack Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will be defeated, and the lord will get Hebei, will the lord let this lying side allow others to sleep soundly?" got Hebei and became the overlord of the north, so Cao Cao must set his sights on the south in the next step.
Not to mention these three cities, even Huainan, Cao Cao will not allow a single soldier or horse that does not belong to him to exist.
"This second condition, that is, to borrow 50,000 troops from my army to help him Yuan Yao attack Jiangdong and control it across the river!" Cheng Yu still sneered, "Most of the northern soldiers in our army don't know the nature of water, and in Jiangdong, the Sun family has been operating for two generations, and it has long been another dragon on the Yangtze River, and if you want to attack Jiangdong, you must cross the river, with the Yangtze River, not to mention 50,000 landlubbers, even if it is 500,000, it is difficult to enter!" ”
Cheng Yu is right, Cao Cao's 800,000 army was also buried by this Yangtze River Heavenly Curse.
If you want to fight Jiangdong, you must use the water army, and only the water army can win Jiangdong, and Cao Cao has landlubbers in his hands, which is really out of touch.
"From this point on, it can be seen that this Yuan Yao child is full of lies, how can he form an alliance with our army!" Cheng Yu debunked the face of our Yuan Yaotong shoes.
"But this third article, lord, everyone, you see, that Sun Gan is already careful, but he still shows his feet, he Sun Gan wants my lord to send him grain and grass first!"
When Sun Qian came to negotiate, it was determined by grain and grass, as long as Cao Cao sent grain and grass to the other side of Yingshui, then he Yuan Yao would lead his soldiers and horses north, but Cao Cao would be the first to look forward.
Sun Qian said that this grain and grass is a deposit, but in fact, this is the real big head.
"Zhongde? Are you saying that there is no food and grass in Yuan Yao's army on the other side? Cao Cao grasped the crux of the matter.
"Even if there were, it wouldn't be much!" Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao.
"Mr. Zhongde, you said that this Yuan Yao child is all lies, what if this is also a lie?" Doubts have been raised.
"If he Yuan Yao has grain and grass, why doesn't he come to Yingshui!" Cheng Yu asked rhetorically, this Ruyin Ying, and Xia Cai Ke are all the original cities of Huainan, and now they have fallen into the hands of Cao Cao.
Could it be that this Yuan Yao is really willing in his heart? Cao Cao came to attack Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao had completely suffered it on behalf of others.
He didn't get the benefits from Yuan Shao, can he have no resentment.
"Lord, this Yuan Yao's main force has not been lost!" Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao, although Sun Gan described his army as miserable, but Cao Cao knew that this Yuan Yao Xiaoer really did not lose many soldiers and horses, and outside Xia Cai City, Yuan Yao Xiaoer was training, turning the original recruits, second-rate and third-rate troops, into veterans, and Cao Cao completely took his subordinates to brush up on his experience.
The only loss was Xia Caicheng, which was Tai Shici's Danyang soldiers.
Cao Cao listened to Cheng Yu's words, and after thinking about it carefully, they didn't find a trace of grain and grass from the city, whether it was Xia Cai, Yingshang or Ruyin.
Could it be that this Yuan Yao child is really out of food?
Although Guo Jia and Xun Yu were strange in their hearts, they couldn't find the words to refute Cheng Yu.
"So what do you mean?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu.
"Lord, our army doesn't need to move, just wait in this Yingshang City! When the time comes, that Yuan Yao child will definitely be self-defeating! Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao very complacently.
"If that Yuan Yao'er has food and grass, aren't we wasting our time here in vain?" A military general questioned.
Cheng Yu looked at the questioning person, "It's the autumn harvest now, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses are newly defeated, there is no military affairs in my territory for the time being, a moment earlier, and it is okay to go back later, but if my speculation is correct, then I am afraid that I can solve this Huainan stalk once and for all, and get the land of the 12 counties of Yangzhou Yuzhou, why not!" ”
Cao Cao's heart was moved.
"If the lord is still worried, then he only needs to send someone to send a thousand stones of grain and grass to deal with it, and go to the other side, so that he can naturally find out the reality of Yuan Yao'er!" Cheng Yu said.
What Cheng Yu said is right, anyway, they just need to wait here, if it is true, then they will make a lot of money, if it is fake, it is a big deal to leave when the time comes, and it will not be delayed at all.
"Good!" Cao Cao nodded, "Come on, what's the favor!" ”
"Prime Minister!" A young scribe walked up to Cao Cao.
"Boning, you are rigorous and more observant, this time I will send you a thousand stones of grain and grass to the other side of the Yingshui with me to explore the reality of Yuan Yao'er!"
"Whoa!"