Cao Cao sat in the county guard's mansion and had a headache, and the Dongguan county guard gave him a strong wall and a salary.

In this way, it is a huge loss to conquer this county.

Of course, it has received nearly 80,000 people, which is not a small gain.

But now that there is not a grain left of the grain, these 80,000 people are 80,000 mouths, and we can't watch so many people starve to death.

It is the middle of winter, and it will be at least ten months until next year's autumn harvest.

The grain and grass he obtained from the Yanzhou Tuntian was already very difficult to feed his army, and it was impossible to take out so much surplus grain to feed 80,000 people for ten months.

Unless the city gate is opened, the people are allowed to become homeless, and let them find their own way to survive, so as to ensure that the people of Dongguan County will run away, wouldn't it be a loss for Cao Cao?

The princes of this era, everyone understands the truth that the people are the source of soldiers, and the people are the guarantee of grain and grass.

If there are no people, what is the point of taking an empty city?

Cao Cao sat in the county guard's mansion at a loss, and this Dongguan guard really gave him a big problem.

Maybe this is the last move of the Dongguan guard to serve the lord before he dies.

The thief threw such a big burden over, even if he could take it, he would inevitably exhaust his grain and grass in Yanzhou, and he would not have the strength to attack Xuzhou again.

What's more, his grain and grass in Yanzhou are simply not enough to feed so many people.

Cao Cao didn't speak, and his generals didn't dare to say more, and the scene was quiet and depressing.

"Big brother, I have a plan," at this time, Xiahou Yuan next to him stood up and hugged his fists.

"Oh? Tell me," Cao Cao was expressionless.

He knew that this brother-in-law was brave and fierce, but he neglected to use stratagems, and it was quite surprising to hear that this man actually had a plan.

"It's a pity for me to use the grain and grass that Yanzhou has painstakingly accumulated to feed the people of Dongguan County, but if we let them escape, it will be a pity," Xiahou Yuan said: "It's better to select all the people and drive away all the people who are over half a hundred years old and the children with hanging hair, then the people here can be at least halved, so that we can extract some of the grain and grass, and maybe we can last until next autumn's harvest." ”

I have to say that although Xiahou Yuan's idea is contrary to the principles of heaven, it is the simplest and most practical method.

If all those who have no ability to cultivate are driven away, leaving only the young and strong to supply rations, the pressure on grain will be halved in an instant, but next year's harvest will not be reduced at all.

But of course Cao Cao couldn't do that.

"Okay, okay, you sit down quickly," Cao Cao waved his hand and said impatiently: "If you don't have an idea, don't talk nonsense."

Can you do such things that are against heaven and reason, and against human ethics?

Only drive out the elderly and drooping children, they are dead.

In this way, the 40,000 young people who have lost their parents and children will not hate me to the bone and rebel at any time? ”

Although Cao Cao in history did the massacre of Xuzhou, it was based on the fact that his father was killed by Tao Qian, and he avenged his father, so he implicated the hatred on the innocent people.

But now that his father is enjoying the joy of family at home, he has no hatred or hatred for the people of Xuzhou, how can he do such a lack of morality to forcibly drive away other people's parents and children?

In fact, Cao Cao treats the people very well, as a prince of the heroic side, how can he not know the truth that those who win the hearts of the people win the world?

Xiahou Yuan was about to continue to distinguish, but Cheng Yu stood up and retorted: "General Xiahou's plan is not feasible, the dynasty rules the world with filial piety, if it really does this, it will inevitably spread in all directions."

In this way, in the future, if our army captures any city, the people in the city will be desperate and go all out to help the defenders defend the city, and we will be shooting ourselves in the foot."

Xiahou Yuan didn't say much stupidly, and at this time, a school captain came to report: "Envoy Jun, now that the people in the city are watching from the streets, what should we do?" ”

The city they broke through this morning, when the Dongguan guards had already burned the grain, now it is getting dark, and the people in the city have not eaten for a day, so they have gradually gathered on the streets.

"Let's get the military rations first," Cao Cao's tone was quite helpless.

He paused and said: "Order Yanzhou, let Ang'er bring another batch of grain and grass over for emergency purposes, I will wait here to recuperate for three days, and then quickly return to the army to pacify the wealthy families in various counties of Yanzhou." ”

At this time, it was inopportune for Cao Cao to continue to attack Xuzhou.

Previously, Tao Qian had no generals under him, and his subordinates were like clouds, so he could naturally attack with confidence.

But now that the Xuzhou Assassin has been replaced by Liu Bei, the second general Guan Zhang under his command is not inferior to any of his famous generals, and even surpasses it, so he has to think in the long run.

Although the role of military generals in this era is not as obvious as in the romance, it is not completely useless.

A general who dares to shoot horizontally and is not afraid to fight the enemy generals alone, the morale of the sergeants under his command is immeasurable.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are such generals, and their bravery was seen by him when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo.

Now that Guan Zhang and Zhang are stationed in Pengcheng at the same time, it is not so easy to capture.

What's more, his first task at this time was to rush back to re-pacify Yanzhou and stabilize the rear.

Although he was in a hurry to return to the army, this time the siege had been on the city for so long, and the sergeants were already tired, and they might not be able to continue fighting without recuperating for a few days.

"No!"

The lieutenant had just gone out, Cao Ren hurriedly walked in with a letter in his hand, and said hurriedly: "Big brother, something is wrong, I just received a letter from Cao Chun, Ang'er and Ping'er led two thousand troops and horses out of the city to pacify the rebels."

According to the letter, there are still more than 13,000 rebels. ”

It turned out that Cao Chun waited for Cao Ang and Liu Ping to lead the army, and the more he thought about it, the more he didn't like it, so he hurried back to the Assassin's Mansion to report.

When Cao Song and Mrs. Ding heard that Cao Ang and Liu Ping had taken such a risk, they were immediately anxious, but although the two were elders, they were not military positions after all, so they could not give Cao Ang a military order and order him to withdraw the army.

So Cao Chun hurriedly retired the book and sent it to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao could take care of his son and nephew by himself.

"What?"

Cao Cao was shocked, and involuntarily stood up: "Ang'er Ping'er led two thousand people to attack thirteen thousand rebels, aren't these two guys crazy?" ”

He had heard that although the rebels were a rabble, their combat strength was not weak at all, and even everyone could be ten with one.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible for 20,000 rebels to attack the city of 10,000 defenders, and it would have almost been captured.

What's more, when it comes to field warfare, although Cao Ang is also very brave, he is far from being a first-class general.

As for Liu Ping, he is even weaker, so two people leading troops to attack the rebels, isn't this going to die?

If you have the skills, why don't you take the initiative to attack the rebels as soon as they come?

At that time, there were 20,000 rebels and 10,000 defenders, and the gap was not that big.

"Order, Ling Ang'er and Ping'er hurriedly lead the army back to defend the city," Cao Cao's anger did not subside, and he took two steps back and forth: "I don't need to repair it, hurry back to the army, otherwise these two guys may not make some trouble." ”

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