Chen Mo and Cao Cao are also old rivals who know the roots, starting from Chen Mo's expansion of power to Heluo, putting aside the war, the calculations between the two sides have never stopped, Cao Cao snatched the Son of Heaven from Chen Moshu, and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so that Cao Cao had the capital to base himself on the Central Plains in the era of the two Yuan rivalries, and even the weak resisted the strong, and finally destroyed Yuan Shu step by step, and Yuan Shao failed to fully expand his power to the Central Plains.

And Chen Mo made Jia Xu secretly enter Suiyang, although it was not Chen Mo's intention to kill the king, but that time, it almost made Cao Cao recover, right or wrong in such a world is not too important, especially for people like them who have bloody hands on their hands.

This time to fight in Langya, Chen Mo and Cao Cao were quite cautious in deploying troops, both sides tried their own tests, but neither dared to do their best, the war between the two sides was endless, the real fire had already been played, but at the moment they were all pressed, both of them knew very well that this battle was not an overnight thing.

But neither Chen Mo nor Cao Cao thought that this battle had been fought for more than a year, from the beginning of the ninth year of the Han Dynasty Hou Yuan's surprise attack on Zhang He's camp and the breaking of the defense line of Jiwu Mountain, to Zhang He's defeat of Cao Hong, the two sides confronted each other, and then the two sides fought no less than 100 times in this Zhengrong Valley, until the summer of the tenth year of Han Zhu, the victory and defeat were not separated, but the troops on both sides suffered heavy losses.

And the loss of troops is only one of them, more important is the consumption of logistics grain and grass, Cao Cao only has Qingzhou, but to support the consumption of 100,000 troops, plus the plains, Linzi and other places to guard against Yusheng, Wuyi army expenditure, it is obviously not easy.

For Chen Mo, the ninth year of the Han Dynasty was a disaster year, and the Han Dynasty took the Central Plains in the eighth year, and since the autumn of the eighth year of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains disaster has not stopped, and the first nine years of the jaw have erupted in all directions.

Chen Mo not only has to support the army here, but the disaster situation in the Central Plains also needs to be managed, and the Central Plains cannot be allowed to go down, and there are a series of problems such as spring plowing and autumn harvest, and it was not until the second half of the year, after the autumn harvest, that the disaster began to ease.

This disaster is not a natural disaster, but a military disaster, the suffering brought about by last year's war, this year is really reflected, for the Central Plains disaster relief, the river. Almost all the grain stocks in the north and Guanzhong in the past few years have been used, although there has been no major chaos in the Central Plains, but it has also made Chen Mo's family funds saved in the past few years gone, and he has also taken the wealth of the entire Chen family and the Luoyang Manchu Dynasty for a year.

Although the Central Plains has eased up this year, but at this time, for the sake of the Central Plains, the people who have not experienced the war can recover their vitality, Chen Mo promised to pay a tax in three years, plus the grain owed by Guanzhong in the first two years must also be repaid, although Chen Mo now occupies a wide territory, but the current situation is that there are no soldiers, and there is no food.

If it weren't for the fact that Jiangdong had twists and turns in the position of heir because of Sun Ce's death, although in the end, in order to be able to fight against the Jiangdong court and suppress the Jiangdong clan, Sun Shao gave up the position of heir and fully supported Sun Quan to take over Sun Ce's position, making Jiangdong now mainly deal with internal affairs, Sun Quan is the new general of Jiangdong, and he has no prestige in the army and is unable to march north, and now Chen Mo will be in a more uncomfortable situation.

"I don't want to get the land of the three states in the Central Plains, but now I am blocked by a Qingzhou." In the camp of Zhengrong Valley, Chen Mo looked at the letterhead sent by Xu Shu helplessly, although he didn't say it explicitly, Chen Mo understood that there was a problem with the logistics and grass.

"The lord wants to withdraw his troops?" One of the strategists hesitated.

The house leaks and rains, this is the most troublesome thing, but life is like this, even if Chen Mo has always been very stable in doing things, this time he still failed to be fully prepared for going out of the Central Plains, or God can't really give you everything, no matter what, it will always give you some tribulations, so that you can't have a good time.

In fact, it can't be blamed on the sky, people in this world, no matter which position they are in, there will be thousands of threads that entangle you, if you want to take a step forward, there will inevitably be people who want to pull you back, Chen Mo wants to completely pacify the Central Plains, Cao Cao is naturally unwilling, in the Luoyang court, there will also be people who are unwilling, or for interests, or for righteousness, ordinary little things are okay, Chen Mo has absolute certainty and confidence to be able to calm these problems, but when you really encounter this kind of time that determines the general trend of the world, you want to wait for a day when everything is ready, You may not be able to wait for a lifetime.

Or there is no fighter, or just like now, the fighter plane has been seized, but many conditions in the rear are actually not perfect, the last step forward, the resistance is so great, not only from the enemy, but also from behind his back, and even Chen Mo has a war-weary mood in his heart at this moment, the words of this strategist do not only represent him personally, but the voice of everyone, including Chen Mo, including Cao Cao and even the soldiers on both sides.

I don't want to fight.

"If you retreat at this time, it will give Cao Cao a chance to recuperate, although Qingzhou is not big, but if you come next time, you will not only face Cao Cao, but also Jiangdong behind you." Chen Mo shook his head: "I know you all want to leave, this battle has been fought for a year, not only the army is tired of war, but the generals are also tired of war, and even I am tired of it, but ......"

As soon as the words turned, Chen Mo looked at the crowd: "This battle must be fought again, we are tired of war, Cao Jun is also in the same heart, now see who can hold on, if we can hold it to the end, then Qingzhou can be obtained, but if we withdraw at this time, it will fall short, and then I want to take Qingzhou, I can't do it in three or five years, the situation in the Central Plains has stabilized, starting next year, the situation will gradually get better, this year is the hardest year, I hope you can accompany me and Cao Cao to survive, than attrition, the longer this war drags on, the more unfavorable it is to Cao's army, this battle, Qingzhou must go down! ”

Chen Mo's difficulties are in the present, and Cao Cao's difficulties are in the future, only Qingzhou is a place, and it is obviously impossible to support this continuous consumption, and after Chen Mo passes this year, the taxes in the Central Plains will continue to increase next year as the people gradually settle down. The taxes sent from the north will be better next year, but it is still hard, if Cao Cao can support it until the year after tomorrow, then Chen Mo's supplies will gradually become rich. The grain and grass of the North and Central Plains were sent in a steady stream, and the recruits could also be put into the battlefield after three years of training, and the end of Cao Cao would be almost here by then.

So no matter how difficult it is now, you can't give up, maybe there is an element of gambling, but if you wait until Jiangdong recovers, Sun Quan sits firmly in the position of the lord of Jiangdong or Liu Ji overpowers Sun Quan and really takes charge of Jiangdong, Chen Mo wants to take Qingzhou again, three or five years, it is all optimistic.

Since Chen Mo has made a decision, everyone will not say much, there are some things that can be discussed, but this kind of matter about the next strategy, Chen Mo will make a decision, no one will object here, just exert force in this direction.

……

Just like Chen Mo said, Cao Cao is indeed exhausted now, not because of insufficient troops, but because he is tired, he is too tired to fight with his little brother, it is really not easy to take advantage of him, the two sides have been fighting for more than a year, hundreds of wars of all sizes, if it is all over, Cao Cao actually suffers some losses.

Not counting the problem of troops, just in terms of logistics, even if the war has been seriously damaged in the past year, the family funds he brought with him are somewhat unable to support it.

Although Qingzhou has not been warned, Qingzhou is not a large grain-producing state like Jizhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou, and if Qingzhou pays taxes alone, it cannot afford to support so many troops of Cao Cao.

Chen Mo was war-weary, but Cao Cao knew that if he continued to consume it, he was afraid that he would really be exhausted.

Moreover, Chen Mo had problems with local clans, and Cao Cao also faced contradictions between the local gentry in Qingzhou and the big clans he brought.

"Lord, Mr. Fengxiao is no longer good!" A guard hurried into the quiet tent.

When Cao Cao heard this, his face changed, and he hurriedly got up and ran to Guo Jia's camp with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and Xu Chu.

In fact, Guo Jia's body had problems at the beginning of the year, he often fainted suddenly, and coughing up blood became more and more frequent, even if he invited the best doctor from Qingzhou, he couldn't cure Guo Jia, and even some doctors directly gave Guo Jia a prediction that he would not survive this year, and was killed by Cao Cao in anger.

"Bonghyo!" Cao Cao rushed into Guo Jia's tent, looking at Guo Jia, whose face was like gold paper and his breath was dying, Cao Cao felt a pain in his heart, reached out and grabbed Guo Jia's hand, and barely squeezed out a little smile and said, "Is Feng Xiao okay?" ”

"Lord, do you think Jia is sick?" Guo Jia said helplessly.

"The healer said it was fine." Cao Cao shook his head and said.

"Jia Neng has lived to this day, and he has been counted as treating me well, and Jia also knows that these five stones are harmful, but he just can't let go." Guo Jia shook his head and sighed lightly: "It's just that I'm ashamed of the lord's love." ”

"Fengxiao, don't say that, have you ever remembered how high-spirited Fengxiao was when he came to my command, you and I work together, but the world can be leveled!" Cao Cao hurriedly said.

"Originally, Jia also thought that he would help the Lord to determine the world fairly." Guo Jia said with some regret: "It's a pity, the sky not only gave birth to Guo Fengxiao, but also gave birth to Chen Bodao, this person's decisiveness is not under the rule of the lord, strategizing, rare in the world, if there is no such person, at least Chen Mo has it now, it should be returned to the lord." ”

Cao Cao was silent when he heard this, if there was no Chen Mo, what would the world do? Maybe it's really as Guo Jia said, but there is no if in this world, Chen Mo really exists.

"Speaking of which, Jia and that Chen Mo also have the same friendship, he should call me a senior brother." Guo Jia said with a smile: "When he came to Yingchuan to invite me, I avoided it, but chose the lord, the lord, Jia never regretted it." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his nose was sour, he did have a mustard in this matter, but he didn't show it, it turned out that Guo Jiaquan knew.

"Now that Jia's time limit has come, I can no longer assist the lord, so I want to say something to the lord." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao seriously.

"Feng Xiao, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"The general trend of the world has come to this, Qingzhou is surrounded on three sides, there is no way out, even if this battle can be won, it is only a chance to delay defeat, if the lord is unwilling to surrender to Chen Mo, he should seek a way out as soon as possible." Guo Jia looked at Xun Yu and the others beside Cao Cao, and everyone retreated, leaving only Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was silent when he heard this, how could he not know, but the world is so big, Chen Mo has two-thirds of it, and the rest of Jiangdong and Liu Bei are not easy to get along with.

"If there are three points today, Chen Mo has already taken the second place, but it may not be that there is no time to rise again." Guo Jia said with a smile.

"What do you mean by Feng Xiao?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Guo Jiadao.

"Shudi!" After Guo Jia slowed down, he looked at Cao Cao and said: "There is a danger of mountains here, if the lord can get it, although he can't enter the Central Plains, but he can ensure that the Cao clan is undefeated. Just ......"

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this: "Just how? Bonghyo ......"

When he turned his head to look, he saw that Guo Jia had closed his eyes, and he had no strength to hold Cao Cao's hand.

"Fengxiao ......" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia's silent body, sadness rose from his heart, and he fell on the side of Guo Jia's couch a little weakly, crying loudly......