"Wen He's words, but send someone to cut off Yuan's army's grain route?" Cao Cao asked.

Since it is a war of attrition of grain and grass, the fight is whose grain and grass can last one more day.

Of course, in addition to ensuring that one's own grain and grass are abundant, cutting off the other party's grain supply line is also a way.

"But ......," Cao Cao muttered, "Yuan Shao's subordinates are not incompetent, how can they not know to protect the grain road closely?"

Naturally, they will send a large number of men and horses to protect the grain transportation, and if we have fewer people, we will not be able to rob the grain at all.

If there are too many people dispatched, isn't it just the plan of Yuan Jun to lure the snake out of the hole? ”

"What the lord said is very true," Jia Xu nodded, stroked his beard and said, "However, we didn't send people to grab food.

The lord only needs to send light cavalry to go, and if he finds the Yuan army's grain transportation team, immediately attack with rockets, and retreat immediately after the Yuan army's grain and grass are ignited.

It comes and goes like the wind like this, and the Yuan army mainly transports grain by infantry, so what can I do? ”

"That's a good idea," Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Although it is extremely dangerous, it is worth trying." ”

Send a light cavalry to go around the rear of the Yuan army, specially use rockets to burn the grain transported by the Yuan army from a distance, and run away when the burn is finished, which will inevitably cause difficulties in the supply of grain and grass for the Yuan army.

If the enemy's difficulty increases by one point, you will have a chance to win.

But after all, it is a deep battle behind enemy lines, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the siege of Yuan's army, and the task is extremely dangerous.

"I wonder who wants to go?" Cao Cao said

"The son-in-law is willing to lead a cavalry to go!" Before others could speak, Liu Ping stood up first.

In fact, it was not that Liu Ping was willing to do this, on the contrary, everyone knew the danger of fighting behind enemy lines.

But he really can't help it, Xu You can't count on it, and now he is the only one in Cao Ying's camp who knows that Yuan Jun's grain and grass are in Wuchao.

In other words, he is the only one who has mastered this victory and defeat.

Only he can deliver the most precise blow to Yuan Shao.

If he doesn't go, who will?

"You're going to lead the army?"

Liu Ping's initiative to ask for help, but Cao Cao was quite surprised, in Cao Cao's impression, although Liu Ping made countless meritorious contributions, but every time he passively accepted his orders, and then completed it very beautifully.

It's the first time to take the initiative to grab a task like this.

"Ping'er, you can't get on the horse to fight, I'll do this kind of physical work," Xiahou Yuan hurriedly said.

"Since it's mainly cavalry combat, I think I'm more suitable," Cao Chun also said.

"Don't talk about it, let's discuss this matter again," Cao Cao waved his hand at the people in the tent and said, "Let's get here first today, let's all disperse." ”

Many people didn't understand that it was clear that the lord was very interested in Jia Xu's strategy of robbing grain, so why didn't he talk about it in a blink of an eye.

This seems to be Cao's only chance to turn the tables.

Only wise people such as Guo Jiaxunyou understand that the lord is going to send his closest people to do this, so he naturally has to keep it absolutely secret.

After all, there are many people in front of him, who knows if there will be someone who will secretly communicate with Yuan's family.

Now that the Cao family is in extreme difficulty, there are many people who find a way to betray the Cao family's intelligence and leave a way back for themselves.

The civil and military began to flow out of the account.

"Ahem!"

At this time, Cao Cao covered his mouth and coughed lightly twice, glanced at Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, and Liu Ping, and motioned for the four of them to stay.

The four of them understood, and naturally dragged it out to the end.

After everyone left, Dian Wei Yifu checked the gate, guarded the tent, and then sent people to surround the big tent.

"This matter is confidential, the fewer people you know, the better," Cao Cao glanced at the four people in front of him.

Three are younger brothers and one is a son-in-law, which is already the closest person to him.

"Just now, I thought about it, Ping'er is indeed the most suitable person for this grain robbery.

There is no other reason, going deep behind enemy lines, relying not on the courage of the horseman, but on being bold and careful, using more wisdom than force, which no one can compare to Ping'er. ”

There was silence in the big tent, and Cao Hong and the other three were all silent.

If it is said that they charge into battle and kill the enemy, they are not afraid of others.

However, he took a detour to the rear of the enemy army to act at the opportunity, and made the most correct judgment according to the situation at any time, and it can even be said that he was facing a life-and-death choice all the time, and every choice could affect the survival of Cao's foundation.

At this point, the three of them together may not be able to compare to Liu Ping.

Seeing that everyone had no opinion, Cao Cao stood up, walked up to Liu Ping, patted his son-in-law on the shoulder and sighed: "How important this mission is, naturally I don't need to say more."

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to the life and death of my Cao family. ”

He paused, and then said: "You are my son-in-law, today our son-in-law is open and honest, I have always left you as a talent to assist Ang'er."

There are some things that I am ready to leave for Ang'er to reward you in the future.

Now that I have reached this step of the field, I will no longer keep it, as long as we can win this battle, I will give you ten thousand households when I go back, and you can nominate a marquis for any meritorious general under your command. ”

Liu Ping took a step back, and his father-in-law confessed to him.

He has made too many meritorious contributions, and if he is rewarded for every meritorious service, it will cause an embarrassing situation in the future where Cao Ang will not be rewarded after succeeding to the throne, so sometimes Cao Cao is deliberately suppressing his reward.

Anyway, after Cao Ang succeeds to the throne, with his relationship with Cao Ang, Cao Ang can reward everything.

But at this moment, if you are defeated by Yuan Jun, even the foundation of the Cao family will be gone, and what do you care about so much?

The Marquis of Wanhu is already the highest level of the title of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Shen, who was the founder of the country and the head of the Marquis, is only 10,600 households.

Of course, Liu Bang also asked Zhang Liang to "take 30,000 households by himself", but that is just casually saying, how can a wise man like Zhang Liang dare to ask for it?

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Liu Ping hurriedly bowed down to give a salute, the knighthoods of the imperial court in this era were all false, but the food given by his father-in-law was real, so many households supported him, and he was already at the peak of his life.

"Son-in-law dare not die?" Liu Ping said with confidence: "There is a son-in-law who leads the army to go, and it is guaranteed that Yuan Jun will not be able to transport a grain of grain." ”

"No, we only have ten days," Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It's not a secret, the grain and grass in our camp are only enough for ten days." ”

"Ten days?"

Cao Hong, Xia, Hou Yuan and others present let out a burst of exclamations at the same time.

They also expected that there might be a shortage of food and grass, but they never expected that it would be so urgent.

"It's the tenth day," Cao Cao nodded and said, "Therefore, Ping'er is going, cutting off the grain route of the Yuan army is secondary, and finding the place where the Yuan army is storing grain and burning the rest of the grain is the most important task."

Otherwise, Yuan Jun's grain would be enough to support ten days. ”

Only then did everyone understand that Cao Cao sent Liu Ping deep behind enemy lines, and the real purpose was not to cut off the grain road, but to burn Yuan Shao's granary.

"This ...... It's too difficult to do," Cao Hong muttered, "We don't know where Yuan Jun's grain is located." ”