Chapter 65: Chen Gong's Clever Plan
When Cao Cao left Chen Liucheng, he was a little depressed.
After he learned that Zhang Guang was missing, he personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Chen Liucheng because he remembered Zhang Guang and risked being besieged and killed by Lu Bu.
As a result, what he didn't expect was that Zhang Guang turned his face and didn't recognize people in order to prevent his subordinates from falling into the chaos of war.
In the end, he prevaricated himself with "the secret of heaven cannot be revealed".
"Damn, hateful, damnable!"
After Cao Cao left the city, as the city gate behind the city closed, Cao Cao beat his chest and burst into tears.
"Lord, your body is important, for people like Zhang Guang, it's not worth it." Xiahou Yuan persuaded on the side.
The city gate that had just been closed was opened again, and Cao Cao, who heard the movement, turned around with a surprised face, could it be that Zhang Guang had figured it out and was willing to send troops to help me?
"General Cao, my eldest brother asked me to give this to you, I like General Cao to pay attention to his body, the Central Plains land, sooner or later it will be General Cao's."
Pang Tong rode out of the city and handed Cao Cao a large package.
Cao Cao opened it and saw that there were several bottles of ointment and powder.
"General Cao, this is what my eldest brother asked me to give to you, saying that General Cao can watch it whenever he wants."
Pang Tong handed Cao Cao another bag, turned around and went back to the city, closing the city gate.
"Xiahou Yuan, put the things away." Cao Cao threw the package and the bag to Xiahou Yuan.
"Lord, what should we do next?"
"Just wait here, behind him is Chen Liucheng, I don't believe that Lu Bu still dares to attack us, and when Cao Ren arrives in Puyang, we will go to meet him outside Puyang City."
"But, my lord, we have no food."
"Don't worry, we won't starve to death." Cao Cao looked back at Pang Tong, Zhao Zilong and others on the wall of Chenliu, and didn't believe that Zhang Guang would not give him food.
Cao Cao was not mistaken.
Three meals a day, Pang Tong and Dian Wei will take people out of the city on time.
Cao Cao looked at the list of food sent out in his hand, and said to Xiahou Yuan, "Did you find anything?"
"Zhang Guang is a person who can be more careful than us, and I can't see that Zhang Guang is so stingy." Xiahou Yuan scoffed.
"Xiahou Yuan, you underestimated Zhang Guang."
"Lord, with just a few food lists, why did I underestimate him again?" When Xiahou Yuan heard Cao Cao praise Zhang Guang, he was not convinced.
"With 30,000 people dining, did he Zhang Guang have any meals that were a moment earlier or a moment later?"
Xiahou Yuan seriously recalled the time when Pang Tong led people to deliver food in the past few days, and it seemed that it was indeed the same time every time.
"From this point, it can be seen that Zhang Guang is very rigorous in governing the soldiers." Cao Cao continued.
"Also, the food for each meal these days will not be extra than a single cent, but it will never make us hungry."
"Moreover, the combination of meat and vegetables at each meal is reasonable."
"Taken together, it can be seen that the Ninth Army is not only capable of combat, but also their logistics, all of them are capable people."
"If other armies suddenly almost doubled their personnel, there would definitely be no way to do it in such an orderly manner."
"Lord, don't brag about it, I only know that each of us can only eat seven points full of the things they sent, and the soldiers below are beginning to have opinions." Xiahou Yuan was full of complaints.
"Xiahou Yuan, do you say that Zhang Guang said about the natural disaster, will it be true? Has he started to calculate the amount of food he has stored? ”
"Lord, whether it's true or not, Cao Ren will be able to reach Puyang soon, as long as we can attack Puyang City within a month, it doesn't matter if there is a natural disaster or not."
Three days later, Cao Ren arrived outside Puyang City and surrounded Puyang City.
Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan also arrived at the same time.
"Zhang Miao, ungrateful things, get out of here, I'm going to kill you alive."
Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan appeared under the Puyang city wall at the same time, constantly scolding.
"Lu Bupifu, a slave with three surnames, came out to die."
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No matter how Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan scolded, no one answered on the city wall.
In Puyang City, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others were all there.
"Gongtai, why can't you go out of the city to fight? With the likes of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, I can take their heads in ten rounds. ”
Lu Bu sat on the upper seat, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, looking invincible, he is now the lord of Yanzhou, where do you still put Cao Jun in his eyes.
The beautiful and gentle Diao Chan fed Lu Bu with a wine glass in one hand and grapes in the other.
"Fengxian, let me ask you, do we have enough food?"
"Of course, the spring harvest of the entire Yanzhou is in my Puyang City, which is enough for us to eat for a year."
"In this case, Cao Cao ran out of grain because of the eastern attack on Xuzhou before, how long can they last?"
"Oh." No matter how stupid Lu Bu's head is, he can figure it out.
"Fengxian, these days, you just have to eat, drink and have fun in the city, and let Gao Shun and them honestly guard the city wall."
"I estimate that in a month at most, Cao Jun's food and salary will be exhausted."
"At that time, Cao Jun had to divide his troops and go to various places in the countryside to purchase grain for the summer harvest."
"At that time, it will be the time for Feng to go out first, and you will lead the army out of the city to fight against the Cao army every day."
"And Gao Shun's trapped camp took advantage of the chaos to go out of the city and attack the Cao army who went to buy grain."
"Gongtai, you are really a strange person, you can think of such a clever plan to set one ring after another, General Lu, I Zhang Miao respects you a cup, and I wish us a great defeat of the Cao army." Zhang Miao got up and stepped forward to toast with a wine cup.
"Haha, good, good, with the help of Gongtai and General Zhang Miao, what is Cao Cao afraid of?"
When Lu Bu and the others were eating and drinking in the city, Cao Cao was outside the city under the scorching summer sun, anxious.
It's been almost a month, no matter how they scold, Lu Bu and the others just don't go out of the city to fight.
The Puyang city wall was tall and strong, and the city gate was also extremely strong, and the Cao army launched many sieges, but there was no way to break the city.
"Big brother, we don't have much food." Cao Ren was also worried.
"How long will it last?"
"Five days at most."
"Calculate the time, the summer harvest should start in the next few days, arrange for Li Dian and Lejin, each with 5,000 people, to go to the nearby county to buy grain."
"Big brother, the county near here is garrisoned by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, although there are not many people, but Li Dian and Lejin, who have no food, are afraid that it will be difficult to capture."
"Then let them go to the villages outside the city to collect them one village at a time." Cao Cao said.
"That's all it can be." Cao Ren sighed and walked out of Cao Cao's tent.
Li Dian and Le Jin had just led the army to leave the Cao army's camp not long ago, and the Puyang City Gate suddenly opened.
Lu Bu and the eight great generals came out of the nest and fought with Cao Jun until dark, and then returned to the city.
"Lord, we ran outside for a day, and finally collected more than ten stones of grain, but on the way back, we met Gao Shun, and all the grain was burned by him."
"Chen Gong, I'm going to chop you up and make soup to drink."
Cao Cao naturally knew that with Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, he couldn't come up with such a method, and it must have been Chen Gong's idea for Lu Bu.
"Tomorrow, you will continue to buy grain, and at the same time, on the way back, arrange an ambush."
"Yes." Li Dian and Le Jin prepare to leave.
"Big brother, it's not good." Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan ran into the camp tent at the same time.
"What's wrong again?" Cao Cao only felt that his head was big.
"Locusts, all over Puyang, there are locusts everywhere, this year's summer harvest, I'm afraid it's going to end."
Cao Cao collapsed in his chair.
Zhang Guang, Zhang Guang, are you a deputy general, or a crow's mouth?
Cao Cao wanted to be alone and quietly, so he withdrew everyone.