"Ming Gong, something is wrong, it's a plan!"

After Gongsun Du appeased the family in Puyang and clarified the status of the Huang family, he decided to rest in Puyang for two days and wait for the news from Zhang Xiu's side to respond. However, without waiting for the news to arrive, Guo Jia received urgent news from another way and hurriedly went to Gongsun Du.

"What's going on?" Gongsun Du didn't panic at all, and took Puyang, which means that he really gained a firm foothold in Dongjun, and no matter how bad the rest of the roads were, there was still Puyang as a foundation, and it couldn't be bad.

"The danger of the White Horse was lifted, and General Gao and General Lu led their troops south again to attack Zhongmu."

Guo Jia did not delay, and immediately replied: "Along the way, I encountered several small-scale harassments by Cao Jun, but they all retreated with one blow. General Lu was provoked to be angry, and wanted to lead the army to attack Zhongmu first, General Gao was worried that Cao Jun was cheating, and did not agree that because Ming Gong had said before, he should command and dispatch, and General Gao was in charge, so General Lu could only press the restlessness in his heart. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia glanced at Gongsun Du, when he heard this arrangement before, he was still a little worried, afraid that Lu Bu would not stop Gao Shun's words, after all, in the past, the relationship between the two was master and servant, and now he wants to let the former master listen to the words of the former servant, this is ...... But it makes sense to look at it now.

So how did Gongsun Du see this? Guo Jia was puzzled!

"What's wrong?" Gongsun Du noticed his eyes and asked.

"Huh? It's just a little curious! ”

"Curious?"

Gongsun Du said in surprise, and then he understood, and said: "Have you changed, no matter what their former identity was, they are now colleagues, and the relationship should be better than the relationship with other colleagues, right?" Besides, Gao Shun's ability, Lu Bu can not know? Even if it was not clear once, it should be clear now. ”

Guo Jia suddenly said, "I see, I've been taught!" ”

Then, he continued: "I originally thought that I would be able to reach Zhongmu smoothly in this way, and then successfully take Zhongmu. However, when the two generals launched an offensive against Zhongmu, they found that the resistance of the Cao army was very fierce, and several strong attacks were repulsed, which formed a great contrast with the previous Yangwu, and it was simply not like the same Cao army. ”

"It can't be, can it?" Gongsun Du's face was incredulous.

"General Gao shouldn't be able to lie." Guo Jia didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say so.

Gongsun Du nodded and didn't say anything more.

In fact, since the defeat of Xuzhou, as long as a discerning person can understand that Cao Cao and Gongsun Du will fight sooner or later, and if there is no change, Cao Cao's defeat will only be a matter of time.

Therefore, Cao Cao allied with Sun Ce. But this is just one of the changes Cao Cao has made!

Better do it than wish it done!

With Cao Cao's character, he will never fail to understand that his own strength is fundamental, otherwise even if he stops Gongsun Du, it will be difficult to defeat him, and if he can't defeat him, how can he talk about recovering the world?

Therefore, Cao Cao strengthened his infiltration under Gongsun Du's rule, hoping to find a way to make armor and a method of training soldiers. Cao Cao has a clear understanding of the strength of the Ming army, and he knows that even if he has the same armor, his men will not be the opponents of the Ming army.

On the one hand, there are people who are secretly looking for people who are good at training, so that they can secretly train a strong team as a killer weapon. As for large-scale training or something, Cao Cao didn't think about it, not to mention that he couldn't hide it from Gongsun Du's eyes, just said that Cao Cao didn't have so much money in his hands, how to train?

In the past two years, Cao Cao has an army called Sky Fox, whose name means that they are good at hiding, but they have the courage of an ancient demon beast. This Heavenly Fox was divided into five batches, with a total of 12,000 people.

In fact, there were originally only three batches, a total of 6,000, but because of sweet potatoes and other things, there were two more batches, which were also 6,000.

"It doesn't matter if the army is in a bitter battle, just wait for the city-breaking equipment to be assembled, but it will be killed into the city. However, that night, the camp was attacked by a surprise attack, and it was a very large number of bed crossbows, and many soldiers were shot while still asleep, and then Cao's army attacked the camp, and General Gao and General Lu could not repel it after a long battle, so they had to retreat. ”

"Now I have retreated to Yangwu!"

"After counting, tens of thousands of people died, and more than 20,000 were injured, and most of them were seriously injured."

"So much loss?" Gongsun Du's face became gloomy, a momentary defeat was nothing, but with so many soldiers dead, it was different.

"Hmm!"

Guo Jia nodded, and said: "And listen to General Gao, if the injured soldiers can't get timely treatment, I'm afraid there will be more dead soldiers." ”

Gongsun Du immediately understood that Yangwu was new, and the military doctors who accompanied the army would inevitably not bring too many medicinal materials, and the suddenness of the defeat would not indicate how many medicinal materials there were, so that it would not be treated, so it was normal to die.

(By the way, in fact, in ancient wars, there were not so many soldiers who died directly in battle, and more often died of bloodshed or infection.) This is also the reason why penicillin has just come out and why it is more expensive than gold! Since he knew that he would die in the end, generally speaking, the slightly injured soldier would either be taken care of directly, or wait for him to bleed to death, anyway, he would never waste more manpower and material resources to fight for the pitifully low survival rate. Human life is like a mustard, and that's probably how it came about. ）

"The medicinal materials in Hanoi and other places have just been exhausted, and now they are urgently needed, I'm afraid it won't be good for a while."

Gongsun Du said worriedly: "Did Gao Shun say how long he could hold on?" ”

"Although the battle was sudden, the military doctor desperately asked to bring medicinal herbs, so it was enough for the time being." Guo Jia nodded and said, "And General Gao has already sent some of his soldiers out to pick medicinal herbs, and they should be able to hold out for five to eight days." ”

"This ...... It doesn't work out, does it? Even if we send a message back to Zhuo County now, or directly send a message to Jizhou to collect medicinal materials and send them over, I'm afraid it will take almost ten days to be enough! ”

Gongsun Du suddenly exclaimed: "Could it be that Cao Cao has long expected this?" ”

"Before the plague in White Horse City, since Cao Cao could know about the plague from the royal family, he must also know that there was a miracle doctor who could treat the plague under him, so his purpose was to consume a large amount of medicinal materials, so that our injured soldiers would not have time to get proper treatment?"

Guo Jia was also shocked and said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid we will be in trouble this time!" ”

"Moreover, if this happens to the other two roads, we will really be overstretched at that time, and just collecting medicinal herbs will not be able to complete it in a short time and a half. Coupled with the problem of transportation, the carriage was much slower than the cavalry. The most important thing is that Yanzhou and other places are not under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the speed of the march has to be greatly reduced, not to mention the carriage! ”

"Also, if Cao Cao sent troops to attack the team transporting medicinal herbs, then ......"

Speaking of this, Guo Jia looked at Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du also happened to look over, and both of them saw the horror in each other's eyes.

"Won't it?" Guo Jia swallowed his saliva and asked with difficulty.

"No!"

Gongsun Du affirmed: "Yes, it really will!" ”

"Now, immediately summon Xu Rong and Zhang Xiu and ask them to be more careful." After a pause, Gongsun Du said again, "In addition, let Huang Zhong ...... No, let Zilong go, let him lead the troops to support Gao Shun. ”

"Yes, Ming Gong."

Guo Jia responded, and then said: "Ming Gong, Puyang is the county of Dongjun no matter what, and there should still be a lot of medicinal materials in the city, do you want to collect some of them and send them over first?" ”

"Good!"

Gongsun Du's eyes lit up suddenly, but then he frowned again: "This is this large-scale collection of medicinal materials, if Cao Cao knows about it, wouldn't it be telling him that we are not strong enough medicinal materials?" What if he does it ahead of schedule? ”

Guo Jia thought for a while, shook his head and said: "This matter can't be hidden, and Jia feels that since Cao Cao has made a move, it is impossible to stop easily." ”

"Huh?" Gongsun Du frowned and thought for a while, and also agreed, "That's right, Cao Cao is such a person, okay, immediately collect the medicinal materials in the city, leave some of the emergency, and send the rest over, let Zhao Yun take it away, and let him be more careful." ”

"Yes, Ming Gong.".

After Guo Jia left, Gongsun Du's heart could no longer be quiet.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gongsun Du sent a handwritten letter to Zhuo County.