On the surface, the hearts of Huainan people calmed down, and Yuan Yao seemed to be calm and calm, and everything was under control, but in fact, in private, Yuan Yao was also crazy. From time to time, I guess the reason why Cao Cao sent troops this time.

"Could it be that Cao Cao knows that I am the old Yuan next door." Yuan Yao thought of this reason, no, no, although Lao Cao always snubbed his ladies, but there are still people who have sex once or twice a month, Lao Cao himself is also a good breeding master, otherwise there would not be a bunch of Xiao Cao coming out.

"Could it be that one of my subordinates dug up the ancestral grave of the old Cao family." Yuan Yao imitated Cao Cao's opening up of the golden lieutenant in history, and Yuan Yao also recruited a group of soldiers and horses to dig up people's ancestral graves.

Among Huainan, except for those who greeted each other, it was miserable.

It's not right, Lao Cao's hometown was originally from Xuzhou, even if he digs it, he can't dig anywhere.

"Because of Xiahou Chun." Although Cao Cao cared about the safety of his little brother, they had already negotiated the conditions before, and as soon as the gold, grain and grass were in place, Tong Su would not be bullied.

Although Yuan Yao is a little shameless, a little cunning, a little thicker-skinned, a little more obscene, plus a little narcissistic, and the others don't have much shortcomings, this trustworthy can still be done.

Cao Cao doesn't need to be so popular, he is not afraid that Yuan Yaotong's shoes will click Xiahou Chun on a whim.

"Could it be that I am too handsome, Lao Cao is envious and jealous, and he came to take revenge." This is the only reason Yuan Yao can think of a reliable reason.

"Well, it must be so," Yuan Yao nodded solemnly.

"Uh," Tian Feng and the others on the side, full of black lines, felt for the first time that it was really reliable to take refuge in such a lord.

Xu Shu was also laughing dryly on the side, so he was not embarrassed.

"Pull it down," Tian Feng could bear it, and Xu Shu couldn't help it, but our Huang Yi children's shoes couldn't help it.

"Brother Yao, your sister told me that she looks like her mother-in-law, and you look like your father-in-law," Huang Yi told Yuan Yao this fact without hesitation.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment, it should have been a son like a father and a daughter like a mother, if it weren't like a genetic mutation, it would be the old Wang family next door.

"Ugly," Huang Yi said the truth in everyone's hearts.

One by one, the image of Huang Yi suddenly became taller in his heart, a real brave man, who dares to tell the truth head-on.

Yuan Yao's originally narcissistic smile suddenly stiffened on his face.

"Brother-in-law," Yuan Yao turned his head and looked at Huang Yi with a smile.

Huang Yi chuckled in his heart, generally speaking, Yuan Yao would not call himself a brother-in-law, once he called his brother-in-law, then there was only one possibility.

"Brother Yao, don't say anything, I'll get out, I'll get out," said Huang Yi and ran out of the hall directly, at that speed, Bolt cried to death in the toilet.

With such a small episode, the frozen atmosphere in the hall seemed to be eased a little.

"Everyone, is this Cao Cao crazy," Yuan Yao said as he looked at the strategists who could hold it in his hands below.

"Although I don't have many cities in Huainan, I also have 50,000 armor, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Wu Anguo, Chen Zhi, Zhang Xun, Tai Shici in my hands, which one is not a strong general in the army, even my cheap father-in-law Lu Bu also surrendered with Gao Shun Zhang Liao, his Cao Cao's strength is stronger than mine, is he really sure to swallow me Huainan in one bite." Yuan Yao complained.

It's not that Yuan Yao's wife sells melons, but that he, Yuan Yao, is no longer the puppet emperor who only had a mere Jiang Ting.

Now Yuan Yao, Cao Cao wants to take Huainan, and it is impossible to take Huainan without a year and a half. Isn't he Cao Cao afraid that he will be delayed in Huainan for too long, and finally be recuperated by Yuan Shao'an and turned over.

"Lord," Xu Shu, as the first strategist beside Yuan Yao, stepped forward and comforted Yuan Yao, "Lord, it's not that Cao Cao is crazy, no matter how capable he Cao Cao is, he also knows that it is difficult to help me in the whole territory of Huainan," Xu Shu is also one with Huainan, and he was beaten by Lao Cao like this and slapped Yuan Yao's face, and he Xu Shu couldn't help it.

"I'm afraid he came here like this to make an example of chickens and monkeys," Xu Shu said his thoughts.

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys."

"That's right," Tian Feng over there also spoke, "Lord, my army is much worse than Yuan Shao, but it is not a soft persimmon, he Cao Cao wants to pinch it, now, Cao Cao is just about to reap the benefits from Hebei, how can there be a full-scale war on two fronts, "Don't talk about ten Cao Cao, even Yuan Shao can't afford to fight on both sides, so he only entered the Central Plains after solving Gongsun Zhan."

"This Cao Cao, he wants to stand up for power, he waved his army south, not to fight to the death with my Huainan, but to hit our army hard, so that my army has been difficult to enter other places in recent years.

This can repay the resentment in Cao Cao's heart, and this can also warn the ghosts and ghosts around here. Tian Feng could see at a glance the intentions of Cao Cao's army.

Tian Feng glanced at Yuan Yao a lot, and almost told him that Lao Cao was going to slaughter your chicken for those monkeys to see.

Whether it's a chicken or a monkey, it's not a good name.

"Well," Yuan Yao really had a headache, a good person couldn't do it, and he was treated as a chicken. "This old Cao," Cao Cao's abacus is really good, beat Yuan Yao first, and then clean up Yuan Shao.

"You have a plan." This Tian Feng and the others have already calculated Cao Cao's plan, and they must already have a way, what does a strategist do, some people say that he is making suggestions, some people say that he is correcting the law, only Yuan Yao uses two words to describe it, that is, it is used to be lazy.

There are so many sparkling strategists of the Three Kingdoms, do you still need to use your pig brain?

"I'll just hold on to the city," Sun Qian also spoke.

His Sun Qian's ability is good, but it is much worse than Tian Feng and the others.

Yuan Yao set his eyes on which side of the Esun Qian.

Sun Gan saw Liu Mang staring at him, and immediately puffed up his chest, "Lord, this Cao Cao's army is coming, it must be trying to find the main force of our army, although our army has many soldiers and horses, but in fact, the elite is not as good as Cao Cao." Once the war starts, even if it wins, it is also disastrous, and then unable to forge ahead, since he Cao Cao wants to find a decisive battle with our army, just avoid the edge, Cao Cao's army is coming, although it is close to Xuzhou, but tens of thousands of troops are also uncomfortable, and Yuan Shao war, Cao Cao can be regarded as about to use up years of savings, now, can come out of the war, that is, part of the grain and grass harvested in the autumn of this year, these grains and grass, Cao Cao also has to keep a part of the defense against Yuan Shao, can really be used in my Huainan, but there are very few, yes, Our army only needs to avoid the edge of Cao's army, the army is stationed in Xia Cai, sticks to the city, and the walls are clear, Cao Cao will inevitably run out of grain and grass and return, and the siege of Huainan can also be lifted,"

Sun Gan's words, that can be regarded as an out-of-level performance, Cao Cao wants to fight quickly and hit Yuan Yao hard, and he doesn't want to fight to the death with Yuan Yao. It is impossible to bring much grain and grass, and if he brings too much, he will have no food on the northern front.

Since you want to make a quick decision, I have to play procrastination tricks for you, and it is a while to hold on.

"Be a turtle with a shrunken head." Yuan Yao was a little depressed, you said that you just pretended to be a grandson when you were in Jiangting before, but now you have finally laid a foundation, he Yuan Yao said this and defeated Liu Bei, the person who was surrendered to Lu Bu, now I see Cao Cao like a grandson again, it is really unpleasant.

"My Huainan army, can't I wrestle with him Cao Cao." Yuan Yao still wanted to fight.

"Lord, it's true that you can wrestle with Cao Cao, but not at this moment," he said.

"The terrain of Huainan is flat, there is no danger to defend, if it is a field battle, my army is not as good as Cao's army, and Cao Cao's main force is still there, if it is a death battle, what can the lord do even if he wins Cao Cao?"

"Mr. Frustration, you also said that the land of Huainan is a flat river, if Cao Cao invades my hinterland, what will I do,"

"Then we can only clear the wilderness, let the people enter the city, and all the cities will close the city gates, hold on, and wait for Cao Cao's grain and grass to run out,"

"Yes." Yuan Yao frowned, "Can I let all the people enter Huainan City?" ”

"No," Xu Shu was the first person to join Yuan Yao's army, and naturally knew the size of Yuan Yao's territory, and the people that could be accommodated in a city were limited, and it was impossible for the whole army to enter.

"No," Yuan Yao refused without even thinking about it.

"Lord, now is not the time for a woman's kindness," Tian Feng dissuaded Yuan Yao, he thought that Yuan Yao was worried about the safety of those people, after all, Lao Cao's reputation outside is not good, slaughtering the city, but slaughtering several.

He didn't know that Yuan Yao was worried about his own money and food.

What is he Yuan Yao compared to those ordinary people. He is Huang Shiren, those ordinary people are Yang Bailao, although Yuan Yao has lowered taxes, but how to say that it is also a landlord's old wealth.

Do you think Huang Shiren will make Yang Bailao give up paying off his debts? It's obviously impossible.

Now as soon as the people enter the city, they will inevitably reduce production, and with the reduced production, his Yuan Yao's money will become lower, and if he has less money, he will have to give these ordinary people rations to eat, which will be even more of a loss.

You can't do this loss-making business.

"Lord, it's enough to endure it for a while," Tian Feng was still over there to dissuade Yuan Yao, Xu Shu was born in a poor family, and his heart was moved by Yuan Yao, such a lord for the common people is really a blessing for the people of the world.

Even Sun Gan was also moved, he Sun Qian was also born in a famous family, studied under the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, and followed Liu Bei because of Liu Bei's ideal of supporting the Han family and helping the people, but Liu Bei has always said more and done less, while our Majesty Yuan Yao is real.

If everyone knew what Yuan Yao was thinking, I was afraid that Yuan Yao's heart would be gone.

"For a while," Yuan Yao was calculating, how much money he was going to lose, he was distressed, this was all white money.

Looking at Yuan Yao's tangled expression, he thought that Yuan Yao was feeling uncomfortable for the people.

"Lord, have you forgotten the cavalry in our hands?" Xu Shu suddenly said to Yuan Yao.

"Yes. What do you mean. Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment.

"We not only have General Gan Ning leading the robbery camp cavalry, but also the Bingzhou wolf cavalry under the command of Gao Shun," Xu Shu continued, "If that Cao Cao really kills in my Huainan area, then don't blame us for breaking into the hinterland of Yanzhou and settling accounts with him Cao Cao,"

"Yes," Yuan Yao's eyes lit up suddenly.

The people's eating and drinking will make Yuan Yao lose money, but he also Yuan Yao also has the ability to make money, that is, to break into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Don't shoot a gun, sneak into the village, fight well, rob, rely on these two cavalry, you will definitely be able to sweep around, this time it's not a big drop of silver.

After the robbery, you Lao Cao still can't have an opinion, who asked you to hit me first, report it back.

"Mr. Tian Feng still has high opinions." Yuan Yao looked at Tian Feng over there, this Xu Shu has come up with an idea of buying and selling without capital, what about you, give a little more.

"Lord, we are the same as Mr. Sun Qian, and we intend to defend the city, but this city cannot defend the Xia Cai area alone, our army should be garrisoned layer by layer, Ruyin, Xia Cai, Yingshang, layer by layer.

The two generals Lu Mian and Bao Long held on to Yingshang, Gao Shun led the soldiers and horses of the trapping camp to block Ruyin City, and then the Danyang army of General Tai Shici resisted Cao Cao's main force, stationed in Xia Cai, and flanked Zhang Liao's Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Gan Ning led the robbery camp cavalry to take care of each other. Under layers of sniping, we can ensure that the hinterland of Huainan will not be poured into by Cao Cao's army,"

Tian Feng's meaning is to set up a position with Lao Cao on the border of Huainan, so that Lao Cao's several important places that want to attack Huainan have been blocked, and the wolf cavalry and robbery battalion in Bingzhou are protected on the side to ensure the safety of the hinterland of Huainan.

"Divide the troops and garrison." Everyone looked at Tian Feng and Fu Zhu.

Originally, the soldiers and horses did not have Cao Cao's elite, and if the troops were divided and garrisoned, it would really give Cao Cao the possibility of breaking through.

"Hehe, it's just to throw such a bait, then Cao Cao will be here willingly," Tian Feng smiled, he wanted to do this on purpose.

"General Tai Shi Ci holds the elite of my Danyang Army in his hands, don't have more, it is still possible to hold on for more than a month," Tian Feng had already estimated Tai Shi Ci's ability.

Tai Shi Ci can hold on for more than a month, then the three cities are nearly two months, Lao Cao must have this time, and he is willing to fight like this, and spend two months to hit Yuan Yao hard, why not.

"As long as Cao Cao is willing to stay and break each one, then our chance will come," Tian Feng continued, "My lord, you can ask General Tai Shici for help, and then mobilize General Zhang Xun's army back to Huainan, this news must be known by Cao Cao,"

"If Cao Cao knew that I had entered Qingzhou's soldiers and horses to help, he would be helpless." Tian Feng asked everyone rhetorically.

Everyone didn't have to think about it, Cao Cao would inevitably surround the point and send reinforcements, besiege Tai Shi Ci, and use Tai Shi Ci as a bait to attack the reinforcements first.

"When the time comes, Cao Cao will inevitably divide his troops and go north, and this is our opportunity," Tian Feng said.

"Even if Cao Cao divides his troops to the north, it will be difficult for my army to fight a decisive battle with Cao Cao," this is not Yuan Yao's ambition to destroy his prestige, it is real, his Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses are not as good as Cao Cao's.

"No, no, fight Cao Cao." How is this possible, what we want is to avoid the edge.

"Cao Cao's soldiers and horses going north must be fast and capable," Tian Feng said here, and Yuan Yao didn't know that he was a fool.

"Tiger and leopard ride. , Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses. "The most mobile in Lao Cao's hands are these two soldiers and horses.

"Wait for these two soldiers and horses to be transferred, then this Huainan is the world of our army's robbery and cavalry camp and the wolf riding of Bingzhou," Tian Fengyan was full of confidence, which made people have to be convinced.

What kind of person is Tian Feng, this old man, but he almost killed Lao Cao's existence, even if Lao Cao has Guo Jiana, if Yuan Shao listened to Tian Feng's strategy, Cao Cao would not have known where he died.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Yao trusted Tian Feng very much, and immediately adopted Tian Feng's strategy.

Let the Danyang soldiers enter Xia Cai under the leadership of Tai Shici. Gao Shun's trapping camp on the side and Bao Rong's soldiers and horses are also in place.

At the same time, Yuan Yao also sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news, but he did not go to the main force of Cao Jun to inquire, but went deep into the vicinity of Xuzhou, not knowing what kind of news he was finding.

Ten days later, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses finally buckled to the gate of Huainan and went down to Cai.

Within thirty miles of Xia Cai, they set up camp.

Cao Cao's army of 50,000 falsely claimed to be 100,000 soldiers and horses, but in addition to the 10,000 to cover the grain and grass, there were more than 40,000 other soldiers and horses.

Even if it is just this 40,000 army, if Yuan Yao can't think about it for a while, and wants to fight against Lao Cao, it will be the rhythm of beating Yuan Yao, tiger and leopard riding, rushing to the camp, and the Qingzhou army, it is really a lot of main forces.

The strength of these soldiers and horses is above Huainan, plus they have just won the battle against Yuan Shao, and their morale is strong, in their opinion, even your uncle Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, was beaten by me to Baotou Shuchuan, you are such a small minion, why don't you go out of the city and surrender quickly.

Even these soldiers and horses have many soldiers and horses who have participated in the siege of Yuan Yao's cheap father Yuan Shu.

I've beaten your father, and I'm afraid of you.

Cao Cao was still a little moral, and he didn't directly declare a war, he sent a messenger to send a letter to Xia Cai, and Tai Shi Ci hurriedly sent the letter to Huainan in Xia Cai.

What was written on the letter was to ask Yuan Yao to teach Xiahou Chun, and they wanted to exchange hostages.

They have already brought this Xiahou Chun's chips.

Just outside the city.

Cao Cao thought that Yuan Yao would not agree, because these grain and grass materials, even if they were given to Yuan Yao, Cao Cao would not watch him leave from Xia Cai, the tiger and leopard ride is ready to go, if you dare to transport it, I will dare to rob.

And if he enters Xia Cai City, isn't it still in the hands of his Cao Cao. As long as Xia Cai is laid, these grains and grass materials will be in his hands.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Yao agreed to release Xiahou Chun as long as those materials were sent to Xia Cai City.

Of course, Cao Cao laughed, and immediately asked people to send grain and grass materials to the outside of Xia Cai City, Tai Shi Ci also sent someone to respond, Cao Cao has no intention of attacking the city like this, if this is the case, even if Xia Cai arrives, I am afraid that Xiahou Chun's life will not be guaranteed.

Cao Cao thought that these supplies were just going from one hand to another, and there was no loss at all, so he laughed at Yuan Yao for being a fool.

Yuan Yao, who was also in Huainan, also looked at the letter and laughed Cao Cao is a fool, Yuan Yao's original idea was to consume Cao Cao's grain and grass, you don't have much grain and grass, and you gave me another batch, so it will be even less.

Yuan Yaodu had already given an order to Tai Shici, and once the city couldn't stand it, he would immediately destroy that batch of supplies.

Cao Cao had a lot of scouts, and Cao Cao visited them all over the place.

"What do you say. There is no one in this hundred miles. Cao Cao frowned and said as he listened to the news from the scouts below. This is Huainan, although Yuan Shu made ten rooms and nine empty, but I have to say that his precious son is still very capable, so that Huainan is once again full of people, but now the scout says that there is no one in this radius.

"Back to the Prime Minister, there are a lot of villages in this square area, but they are uninhabited, as if they have just left," this scout saw a lot of villages, and some of the things that were dried were not collected.

"Where's the horses?" Cao Cao continued to ask.

"There's no sign of the army," the scout continued.

"Is this a dead city?" Cao Cao said suspiciously, "Revisit,"

"Yes," the scout nodded and left, Cao Cao's expanded search, even with Ruyin and Yingshang, and then there was no news.

"Ruyin, it's all like this on the chin,"

"This Yuan Yao traitor is really shrewd, knowing that my army is transferred, the new grain is not full, the old grain is insufficient, and there is Yuan Shao in the north, it is impossible to be full of grain and grass, and he wants to take advantage of the weakness of my army's lack of grain and grass, so as to avoid the edge," Guo Jia saw at a glance the plans of these soldiers and horses.

Sticking to the city and clearing the wilderness, this is to fight an offensive and defensive battle with him Cao Cao.

"Storm. "Cao Cao is a little disliked, no one will want to go to the siege to play, that thing is a thief and consumes people."

"Tempted," Cao Cao set the tone, and the army immediately prepared, and five thousand soldiers and horses took the lead in attacking the city.

After fighting for a few hours, Cao Cao Mingjin retreated.

From today's temptation, Cao Cao came to the result that there were not many soldiers and horses in Xia Cai.

Yingshang Ruyin, Cao Cao also divided his troops, but the news he also brought back was the same as Xia Cai, and there were not many soldiers and horses.

If you go again, you can't enter the hinterland of Huainan, because once the army goes deeper, the same Huainan soldiers and horses can attack Xuzhou, and he Cao Cao doesn't want to play with Huainan to change territory.

"Haha," Cao Cao suddenly laughed, "I originally thought that this Yuan Highway ancestral tomb smoked and gave birth to a good son, but I didn't expect that like his father, he was a little childish and a woman," Siege is trouble, but it also depends on what city it is facing.

If it is a strong and tall city, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, then he Cao Cao doesn't even want to think about it, turn around and leave, stupid.

The art of war has clouds, ten are to surround it, five are to attack it, and multiple is to fight. One is broken under Cai, I will fill you with tens of thousands of horses, this is not stupid.

Then he Cao Cao will inevitably give up Xia Cai and directly attack the hinterland of Huainan, and I will fight other cities.

Now, there are not many soldiers and horses in this Xia Cai Ying's upper Ruyin, relying on the soldiers and horses in his Cao Cao's hands, it will not take many days, and if it is slow, it will definitely be able to take it, so what are you waiting for, eat it one by one.

He Cao Cao didn't expect to destroy Huainan, but he divided and swallowed them one by one, knocking out the cities of Huainan and destroying his soldiers and horses, why not do it.

"Protect the hinterland," Guo Jia saw the meaning of Yuan Yao's army, such a triangular formation was to protect the hinterland of Huainan from attack.

If his Cao army had a plan to destroy Yuan Yao, then this formation was the best choice.

The three cities are each other's horns, which can consume Cao Cao's time and ensure that his losses are minimal.

But he Cao Cao just slapped you twice and left, he didn't want to kill you Yuan Yao, he just told you, boy, be honest, otherwise you will be slapped to death.

In this way, Yuan Yaoke will suffer heavy losses.

"I want to see, that Yuan Yao Xiao'er knows, after these three cities are breached, what kind of expression is haha, pass on my military order, and the whole army will attack the city,"