As we all know, the tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Cao was the most elite cavalry in history, and was commanded by Cao Chun, because of its combat courage like that of tigers and leopards, so it was named the tiger and leopard cavalry.

At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry had just been formed, and there was not much time for training, and it was not enough to be called the first elite cavalry in the world, so Cao Cao ordered Cao Chun to bring most of the main forces of the tiger and leopard cavalry to the battlefield on the western front, and in Puyang City, only a small cavalry of 1,000 cavalry was left to help protect the city.

At this time, in Puyang City, the person in charge of political affairs was Cao Cao's mastermind Xun Yu, and the people in charge of military affairs were three clan generals of the Xiahou clan.

These three people are all the brothers of Xiahoudun, Xiahou Jie, Xiahou Lian, and Xiahou En (Xiahou En and Xiahou Lian are the same person in history, and they are slightly debugged here).

In Puyang City, in addition to the branch of the tiger and leopard cavalry, there are also thousands of infantry guarding, although the number is not very large, but there is no problem in defending the city.

On this day, Xun Yu was in Puyang's temporary residence to report to Liu Xieyu about the affairs of the state, and suddenly saw a Puyang servant, panicked in to report to the Son of Heaven and Xun Yu, saying that the pottery merchant's soldiers and horses were rushing to Puyang, with flags covering the sun, the speed was extremely fast, although its momentum was not large, but the momentum was quite fierce, and there were at least thousands of elite soldiers.

Xu ...... Xuzhou Army" Xun Yu, who was reporting to the Son of Heaven, widened his eyes and looked at the servant in some surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.

Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, didn't understand the specific reason, and he was only thirteen years old, so he didn't understand military affairs at all.

"Xun Qing, Cao Qing sent troops this time, didn't he just attack Xuzhou, why didn't Xuzhou come down, but let the other party's soldiers and horses force our Puyang"

Xun Yu came back to his senses from the initial surprise, sighed long, and sighed secretly in his heart.

As Cao Cao's henchman, Xun Yu naturally knew Cao Cao's real purpose of conquering Xuzhou, but he really couldn't imagine that with Cao Cao's resourceful layout, he accidentally let the potters take advantage of the loophole.

This omission is not insignificant, it seems that this Taiping prince is still much more hands-on than the rumored ones.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, although the minister doesn't know why the Xuzhou Army sent troops to my Puyang, but there are still thousands of soldiers and horses in the city at present, and there are three generals such as Xiahou Lian, which is enough to hold on, and Your Majesty can sit back and relax."

When Liu Xie heard this, he finally settled down, and he really didn't want to live a life of displacement.

"Xun Qing, although there are generals in the city at the moment, but after all, there are only a few thousand people, in case the Xuzhou army is very heavy, then this city will be dangerous, and now there are still many scholars in the city, it is better to let their monks help, or they can supplement the city guards."

"No!"

Before Liu Xie could finish speaking, Xun Yu immediately opened his mouth to stop it.

When Liu Xie heard this, he was very unhappy in his heart.

What do you mean, I didn't even have to wait for this to finish, and you interrupted me! Is this the attitude of a courtier, what's wrong with my plan, is it so useless?

Looking at Liu Xie's unconvinced look, Xun Yu's heart couldn't help but feel helpless.

The Son of Heaven did not know the purpose of Cao Gong's expedition.

Cao Gong's main person this time is the Yanzhou scholars, and now the scholars in Puyang City are under the close supervision of their own soldiers, just waiting for the western front to move, Xun Yu will represent Cao Cao to clean up the scholars in Puyang City.

Since the ultimate goal is to clean them up, how can they help defend the city?

But Xun Yu couldn't say this to the Son of Heaven.

He just helplessly gave a long salute to the Son of Heaven, and apologized: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, it is the ministers who have trespassed, but the servants in the palace of the scholars in the city, and they are just caretakers on weekdays, how can we kill the enemy in battle, but it is easy to affect our own morale, the ministers have thousands of soldiers and horses, and it is enough to protect the city, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." ”

Xun Yu is extremely respectful and polite to the Son of Heaven, no matter how precocious Liu Xie is, he is only thirteen years old after all, and in the next life, he has just graduated from primary school and promoted to the first year of junior high school, and he is a pure little kid with no concept of right and wrong.

The little kid raised his head arrogantly, and went to the back room with a twist, leaving Xun Yu with a big back.

After Liu Xie entered the inner room, Xun Yu immediately asked the attendant: "How many Xuzhou troops are coming to Puyang City?"

The attendant cautiously replied, "At least five thousand people." ”

"No less than 5,000 ......" Xun Yu touched his beard and said quietly for a while: "Fortunately, if there are only 5,000 people, with the number of soldiers and generals in the city, it is enough to deal with it. As long as we stick to Cao Gong'an and return from the big event, the thieves of the Tao family will not be able to escape from our palms. ”

The waiter swallowed lightly and said in a low voice: "Waiter, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple. ”

Xun Yu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

His attendant cautiously said to Xun Yu: "Although the Xuzhou army is coming to Puyang, according to the direction of their current march, it seems that they are not coming to the city, their goal is ...... It seems to be a wheat field cultivated in the east of Puyang. ”

"Wheat field!" Xun Yu was trembling all over, and he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

The attendant was startled when he saw that he was shaking slightly, and hurriedly ran over and stretched out his hand to help him.

Xun Yu froze down, and then suddenly said angrily: "Such a vicious strategy, needless to say, it must be Guo Fengxiao's plan for the pottery merchant!" ”

After Cao Cao collected millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Bao Xin, Liu Dai and other princes' armies and a part of the Xiliang generals, there was no shortage of troops, population, combat power, fierce generals, strategists and other aspects, but only one short leg has been difficult to solve.

That's his food problem.

The capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty was in Luoyang, located at the junction of the two main strategic plates in the north of Guanzhong and Guandong.

From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Central Plains region entered a period of great chaos.

For example, at this time it is the spring of the year when everything grows and crops begin to grow, but the Yanzhou area is due to the population loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the north and south or the melee road, and the land is barren in a large area.

Therefore, at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yanzhou's agricultural output was the most serious, the land was barren, and the reclamation lagged behind, especially the year before last, Sima Ju led a million Yellow Turbans to the south, and the place he passed was like locusts transiting, and it was as tragic as it was.

It is also at a loss who is in power here.

Based on these objective factors, Cao Cao's combat power in history is among the best among the princes, but he has been worrying about grain and grass for half his life.

Now Cao Cao has to offer advice and reclaim the military and civilian tuns in Yanzhou, and the grain and grass problem in Yanzhou has just been alleviated.

But even with the tuntian system, Cao Cao's grain and grass scheduling was very tight.

At present, Cao Cao's western expedition to the Western Liang generals, all the logistics supplies are handed over to Xun Yu, and the wheat field to be harvested in the east of Puyang is the most important supply of Cao's army on the western front.

Xun Yu was nervous all of a sudden.

The Xuzhou army's hand was so good that he had to lead his troops out of Puyang City and give up the advantage of the city. Fight them for the wheat field!