"Since Wen Ruo is so worried about the safety of Yanzhou, it's better to stay with Cheng Yu." Cao Cao said coldly.

Everyone could see that Cao Cao didn't want them to go out with the army.

Seeing Cao Cao's attitude, no one dared to dissuade him anymore.

At this time, Guo Jia walked out from Cao Cao's side, Cao Cao looked at him coldly, and asked, "What, Guo Jia, do you have something to say?" ”

Guo Jia said, "Yes, my lord. ”

"Feng Xiao has only one sentence, that is, please leave Liu Ziyang behind when you go on the expedition."

Hearing Guo Jia's words, everyone was surprised, originally everyone thought that Guo Jia stood up to persuade Cao Cao to quit the army, because in such a situation, there are only Xun Yu, Xiahoudun and Guo Jia who can listen to Cao Cao's words, but Xiahoudun is Cao Cao's clansman, Cao Song's death made Xiahoudun also very angry, his position is the same as Cao Cao's, that is, to avenge Cao Song, so now only Guo Jia is the only one who can stand up and persuade Cao Cao.

didn't expect this Guo Jia to stand up, but he only said something inconsequential, which was not disappointing.

Everyone can't help but feel that this Guo Jia is also a wise person to protect himself.

Among these people, the most anxious is Liu Ye, he knows that Cao Cao is gone, Yanzhou must be more auspicious, Guo Jia, as Cao Cao's chief strategist, how can he be afraid at such a time, and not fight for reason?

Liu Ye was so angry and anxious, he simply let it go, even if he would be punished, he would be admonished to death!

Mao Jue, who sensed that something was wrong with Liu Ye, grabbed him in time and winked at him vigorously, signaling him not to be impulsive.

Liu Ye was angry, and finally resisted the urge to go up and admonish.

"Whatever you want." Cao Cao said lightly to Guo Jia.

"Yuan Rang, how is the training of the Qingzhou Army?" Suddenly, Cao Cao asked Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun replied: "They already have combat effectiveness, but their military discipline is still very worrisome. ”

The Qingzhou Army they are talking about is the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party that were recently Zhao'an, and although they are remnant parties, their numbers are very staggering, amounting to one million, and most of these people are the families of the Yellow Turban Army, and there are only 200,000 or 300,000 young people who can really become an army.

In the past, these people, taking advantage of the prestige of the Yellow Turban Army, took advantage of the chaos in the world, and robbed the states and counties everywhere, as the war continued, the number of displaced people became more and more numerous, in order to survive, these displaced people have joined this team, and over time, their number has become huge to the point of being very terrifying.

This group of people did not have a clear goal, as long as there was food to eat, they went wherever they went, and wherever they passed, they were like locusts crossing the border, and no grass growed.

Later, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, these displaced people under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army were also attacked by the official army, although they were numerous, but they were all ordinary people who had not received military training, and in front of the well-trained regular army, they often suffered heavy casualties.

But even without the attack of the official army, the life of this group of people is becoming more and more difficult, because they are too numerous, and the food is becoming more and more scarce, and finally go to a county, and want to break through the city as before, and sack it, but every city after the war is no longer what it used to be, not only the city is high and deep, but the soldiers who defend the city are also experienced in a hundred battles, which is completely different from the chaotic era at the beginning, they have neither siege weapons, nor organizational discipline, but only rely on the number of people, Headless charge, when the city gate drawbridge was raised, the deep trench and moat became an insurmountable chasm in front of them, even if these people were forced by hunger to jump down and fill the trench and moat with human lives, and when they finally reached the city, the high walls and heavy city gates became their insurmountable barriers.

Without ladders and crashes, no matter how many people there are, they can only scream under the city, at this time, the soldiers defending the city only need to close their eyes and shoot arrows downward, they can unilaterally slaughter this group of helpless rebels.

The siege was hopeless, the casualties were heavy, and in the end they could only leave in disarray, because there was no food, as long as they stayed for one more day, there would be patches of hungry people falling, and they had no choice but to find another way, as long as it was something to eat, even if it was grass roots, tree bark, and soil, they would swallow it hungry, and even more, among the hungry people, the phenomenon of cannibalism was very common.

Unable to survive in Qingzhou, they could only continue to advance, and before they knew it, they had reached the border of Yanzhou, and the soldiers guarding the border found their traces and quickly reported them to Cao Cao.

When Guo Jia heard the news and consulted with Xun Yu, he proposed to Cao Cao to accept this group of hungry people.

At first, when everyone heard that Guo Jia and Xun Yu wanted to accept them, they all unanimously objected, because this group of people was a scourge everywhere, and Qingzhou became devastated and miserable because of them.

But Guo Jia and Xun Yu still tried their best to overcome public opinion, and finally persuaded Cao Cao with a reasonable and effective solution.

That Cao Cao was indeed a witty, resolute, and resolute person, and once he made up his mind, he immediately implemented this plan.

When Cao Cao led the army in front of this group of hungry people, they were already on the verge of collapse, so when Cao Cao sent them the conditions to recruit them, these people did not hesitate to agree.

So, Cao Cao and his army led the remaining nearly a million hungry people back to Yanzhou, and they accepted these million hungry people in Yanzhou alone.

The appearance of these people greatly enriched the population of Yanzhou, but also brought great pressure, because they were all uneducated and unskilled vagrants, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many talented people under Cao Cao's command, rashly introducing them would undoubtedly set themselves on fire, which is why everyone opposed them.