Yangzhou, Huiji County, Shanyin City.

After Qin Song, the core personnel of the Huiji clan, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Huiji County were transferred by Yuan Yao, the Huiji clan also understood their situation very well, and began to fully cooperate with Lu Xun to integrate the forces of the Huiji County. After more than two months of running-in, Huiji County has stabilized again, all counties in the county have recognized Yuan Yao's rule, Lu Xun took advantage of the situation to eliminate some officials and local tycoons, and the people of Huiji County also have some good feelings about Yuan Yao's rule, coupled with Yuan Yao's righteous identity as Yangzhou pastor, most of the military people in Huiji County have accepted Yuan Shao's rule, and some people with ulterior motives dare not jump out at all.

The 15,000 new troops trained by Yuan Yao and Lu Xun and Yue Yun have also gradually taken shape, and these 15,000 soldiers and horses were originally sharp soldiers who had followed Sun Ce for many years, plus Yuan Yao's personal guards as supplements and officers, these fifteen thousand soldiers and horses were quickly formed under the coordination and reorganization of the pro-guard army. When Lu Xun cleared the Hao clan, he made the fifteen thousand soldiers and horses go through some more or less actual battles, and after breaking through the Hao clan fort, Yuan Yao gave all the captured money and food to these new troops, and the soldiers of the new army also had the least loyalty to Yuan Yao after receiving Yuan Yao's reward.

Most of the money and grain seized by Li Siye from Pingyu City were transported back to Anhui County, and after getting the replenishment of these money, grain and materials, Yuan Yao's army no longer had to worry about money and food, and had been ready to wait for the day again, just when Yuan Shao's army went south and Cao Cao led his army north to meet the battle, he would start a new round of war in Jiangdong!!

At the beginning of July, Yuan Shao's army went south again to attack Guandu, Cao Cao led Xu Du's soldiers and horses to Guandu to meet the battle, Cao Yuan's army had just moved not long ago, and Jinyiwei put the information of Cao Yuan's re-opening of the war on Yuan Yao's table.

Yuan Yao knew that this time was the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and this battle did not last at least a year or even years as the world expected!!

The battle of Guandu will only last for two or three months, so he Yuan Yao must also pacify Jiangdong and unify Yangzhou within these two or three months, only in this way can he keep up with Cao Cao's footsteps!!

If after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Yuan Yao had not pacified Jiangdong, then Cao Cao would definitely not give Yuan Yao the opportunity to unify Yangzhou and become his great enemy, Cao Cao would immediately lead the army south to support the Jiangdong Sun clan!!

Yuan Yao knew that the time of this battle was urgent, and after getting the information of Jinyiwei, he hurriedly brought Pang Tong and Lu Xun to discuss it, after Pang Tong and Lu Xun arrived, Yuan Yao handed over the information of Jinyiwei to the two of them to read it, and then said: "Cao Cao has led his army north to meet Yuan Shao, and our army must immediately start a battle to pacify Jiangdong, if when the results of Cao Yuan's war are divided, our army has not yet pacified Jiangdong, then we may never have the opportunity to Jiangdong together!" ”

After reading the information, Pang Tong bowed his hand and said: "The minister thinks that what the lord said is very true, my army has already been prepared, and all the soldiers are waiting for the battle to unify Jiangdong, and it is the right time to fight Jiangdong again!" Moreover, although the battle of Cao Yuan was a major battle involving nearly one million troops, in the opinion of the minister, this battle will definitely not last long to be able to decide the winner, and the lord must seize the current opportunity if he wants to pacify Jiangdong and unify Yangzhou! ”

Yue Yun heard Pang Tong's words and asked: "Sir, throughout the ages, the more troops invested, the longer the war will last, for example, the battle of Changping Qin and Zhao invested millions of troops, but this battle lasted for more than two years, why can Mr. conclude that the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will not last long?" ”

Pang Tong smiled and said: "During the Warring States Period, Qin and Zhao have been independent for hundreds of years, and the war between them is a national war, so the people in the country will do everything to support this war, so both Qin and Zhao have enough money and food to maintain this war; The battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is otherwise, since Qin unified the six countries, the world has been unified for hundreds of years, such as the Han Dynasty today, the war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is just a war of the princes, they can only use the treasury money and grain, they do not have enough money and food to maintain this war. ”

"Yuan Shao has Qingzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou in the entire north, Qingzhou and Jizhou are relatively rich, Yuan Shao's treasury is still sufficient in money and food, and the materials are complete, but it is precisely because of this that Yuan Shao used as many as 700,000 troops. If Yuan Shao wants to maintain such a mobilization of troops and horses, he needs a mountain of money and grain to supply, even if it is calculated with the money and grain of the entire north, Yuan Shao can only last for half a year at most, if it exceeds this time, Yuan Shao's army will definitely collapse without a fight! ”

"As for Cao Cao's Central Plains, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains has been repeatedly warned, first during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains was the main battlefield, after the war, the people fled, and the fields began to be barren; Later, the battle of the princes of the Eighteenth Road against Dong Zhuo took place, and the place where this battle took place was also in the Central Plains. Later, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang City, after this fire, the drunken and prosperous area of the Central Plains turned into a sea of fire, and most of the money and grain in the essence of the Central Plains were also brought to Chang'an, Guanzhong, by Dong Zhuo, and the Central Plains suffered a heavy blow again; Finally, there was a series of major battles after Cao Cao raised his army, the battle of Yanzhou with Lü Bu, the battle of Shouchun with the ancestor Yuan Gong, and the later battle of Xuzhou. ”。

"The Central Plains has been repeatedly hit hard, Cao Cao raised the army after the army is even more reckless, the Central Plains has no way to recuperate, although Cao Cao adopted the strategy of the military tun to solve part of the grain and grass problem, but the vitality of the Central Plains has still not recovered, even if there is a supplement from Xuzhou, I can still assert that Cao Cao's money and food prepared for this battle must be insufficient!!"

"Cao Cao dispatched a total of 150,000 troops in this battle, even if he tries to increase the collection of grain and grass, I am afraid it will be difficult to last for a long time, according to my estimate, Cao Cao can at most come up with money and food for three months to supply the army under his command, if this battle exceeds three months, Cao Cao will defeat himself without a fight!!"