Ma Chao saw that the Zhen family agreed to this, and he was still very satisfied, after all, the purpose of coming to Wuji this time was achieved, and as long as Zhen Mi was sent to Chang'an, it would be over. If you get married, you have to wait a few years to get married, after all, your son is not very old now, only ten years old, and it is indeed not suitable for marriage.

After that, everyone in the Zhen family said a few more words to Ma Chao, and then Zhen Yan directly set up a banquet to entertain Ma Chao and Zhao Yun. He also knew that Zhao Yun was Ma Chao's brother-in-law, so they were actually a family.

Zhen Mi's family affairs have been decided, to be honest, for her, she actually has nothing to be happy about.

Anyway, women from big families like them are basically used for marriage. It's just that Ma Chao directly led 90,000 troops from Changshan to Wuji, which made Zhen Mi feel that he still attached great importance to his son's family affairs and to himself. As for his son, who is nearly ten years younger than herself, to be honest, Zhen Mi is not an ordinary woman after all, so in her eyes, this has nothing to do with it, no one dislikes anything, and she naturally doesn't care about this matter-

In Pingyang City, Cao Cao ordered Lejin to take the Yanzhou soldiers to attack temptingly, but the result was not what he thought.

Cao Cao found that the cohesion of the Jizhou army seemed to have increased, or in fact, it should be said that the morale of his army had improved. It stands to reason that they are short of food and grass, and they should have been demoralized, but the result is the opposite, so Cao Cao just can't doubt it.

In his big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao voiced his doubts. "Looking at the Jizhou Army's performance in defending the city today, is the problem of its army food and grass has been solved."

Xun You said: "What the lord said is good, but now that it looks like this, it can only be like this." ”

As a result, at this time, the fine work of the Yanzhou army came back from Yecheng and came to see his lord in the big tent. Yecheng doesn't have a city gate closed all the time now, and it hasn't been so tense yet. But it is indeed a very strict investigation, so the Yanzhou army has come back to report the latest news in Yecheng.

After listening to the situation reported by the detailed work, Cao Cao said: "Sure enough, it is the same situation as what you said. The problem of grain and grass for the Jizhou Army was actually temporarily solved! ”

Cao Cao also had to sigh, the big family, the powerful, the rich businessmen, these people you really can't underestimate.

And he was originally from a family, so he can have such appeal. If such a thing happened to him, even if he used hundreds of thousands of horses to put pressure on these people. But the effect is definitely not as good as the situation of his Yecheng. I can just let Haoqiang produce more grain and grass, as for those big families. I don't have a good relationship with myself. Although they won't take any food and grass, they probably won't take a lot, anyway, they must have some of their countermeasures.

Cao Cao really knows that a good background has an impact on the great cause. Of course, although he knew that his background was not as good as Yuan Shao's, he didn't feel much about this. Originally, he didn't have much affection for those big families. That's for sure. And in Cao Cao's eyes, if he can become like this today, to be honest, he is absolutely inseparable from them. As for Cao Cao, he was not from a big family. It's Haoqiang, so he naturally looks at Haoqiang much more pleasing to the eye than those people from big families-

Cao Cao waved his hand and asked the fine to retreat, and the fine left the big tent in farewell.

And the people really didn't hear anything from their lord's words. I don't know if I am happy or sorry or what, but everyone understands that according to common sense, some people may feel a little regretful when they encounter such a thing, after all, they obviously have an advantage, but they are gone. But his lord will never be like that, the more evenly matched the two sides, the more Cao Cao feels that this time is worth fighting. For him, if the opponent is too weak, it will be boring.

At this time, Cheng Yu said: "Lord, now that the detailed work has been confirmed, the Jizhou Army has indeed temporarily solved the problem of grain and grass. In this way, one of the advantages of our army is gone, and our army should enter Yecheng quickly! ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Now that the Jizhou Army has temporarily solved the problem of grain and grass, it is not a good thing for our army." In this way, the Jizhou army can go to war with our army with all its might, and there is no need to worry about anything for the time being. I'd rather fight them than before! What do you think? ”

"The lord is wise!"

Everyone spoke in unison, as a way to express their approval of the lord.

Cao Cao smiled, "Okay, everyone, attack Pingyang City with all your strength tomorrow!" ”

"No!"

Everyone was once again in unison, and everyone was extremely confident. If a Pingyang City can't be taken, then how can we talk about taking Yecheng in Wei County-

On the second day, Lejin continued to lead his troops to attack Pingyang City.

To say that the morale of the Jizhou soldiers with sufficient food and grass has indeed improved, but even so, they are still not the opponents of the Yanzhou soldiers. After all, in terms of combat power, it is not something that can be compensated for by these. Therefore, if you want to rely on Pingyang City to resist the attack of the Yanzhou soldiers, it will definitely not work. After all, Pingyang City is not a strong city in the world like Jinyang and Yecheng.

For Le Jin, it has been a long time since he has led troops to attack the city. After all, he had been confronting the Jizhou army in Guandu before, and after Liyang, he took it without attacking the city. So this time, he's enjoying it again. Le Jin really likes to lead troops to attack the city, and he is also very experienced, or Cao Cao can let him lead the troops.

However, the soldiers of the Jizhou army are indeed the ones whose morale has really improved a lot after the problem of no grain and grass, so it has added a lot of trouble to their side. Le Jin had such an idea at this time, but even so, he didn't think that the Jizhou army would be his opponent, except for the large number of people, what else could compare to his own soldiers. Anyway, it's not that Lejin is arrogant, it seems that there is really nothing, really.

The fierce attack of the Yanzhou soldiers was able to let the soldiers of the Jizhou army hold it. This also lies in the fact that they have no worries about food and grass, and secondly, they are well prepared and have arrived early, so they are just recuperating, waiting for the rabbits, and relying on the benefits of the city. Don't look at Pingyang City, it is indeed not the kind of strong city in the world, but no matter how you send it, it is not a city, so it is naturally convenient to increase your own defense.

So on the second day of the siege, the Yanzhou army still failed to take Pingyang City.

But Cao Cao was not in such a hurry, for him, breaking the city, it was just a matter of time. What I care about most now is how to win most of Jizhou's territory earlier, as well as Youzhou. However, at this time, Cao Cao did not discuss this with everyone, after all, even Pingyang City has not been taken yet. Besides, Cao Ren, Guo Huai, Zhang He, and they divided their troops and went to Anping Kingdom, and they can also make achievements along the way, so what they think, they can also let it go-

On the third day, Le Jin finally led his troops to break through Pingyang City. Immediately, the city gate was also breached, and the Yanzhou army rushed directly into Pingyang.

Cao Cao was still satisfied with his soldiers, after all, it was also in his expectation that he could take Pingyang City in three days.

After entering Pingyang, Cao Cao gathered everyone together again, only to hear him say to everyone: "Everyone, since we started the war between Guandu and the Jizhou army, we have always neglected an important matter! ”

When everyone heard this, they overlooked an important matter? What is this important matter? The people don't know, they can only continue to listen to their lord.

I only heard Cao Cao continue: "Everyone, we sent people to persuade Ma Mengqi in Chang'an to send troops, and the result is indeed right, and it is also beneficial to our army. Although the Liangzhou army has now entered Zhongshan, even if we don't go to them to cooperate, can it be said that they won't send troops? So today, we don't want to talk about the Liangzhou Army. Because it's in Hebei, there is still a team of people who should be our help, and they must not be allowed to gain for the Liangzhou army, I guess you remember, right? ”

When everyone heard this, especially Xun You and Cheng Yu, as soon as they heard what their lord said, the local people in Hebei must be famous, and there are a large number of them. As a result, they immediately thought of that person, yes, it could only be him, because apart from him, there were really no other qualified people in Hebei-

At the same time, Ma Chao, who was still in Wuji, also said similar words to his subordinates, "Everyone, we are in Hebei, but we can still borrow strength, but we have forgotten him!" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, his eyes lit up, "What the lord said, isn't it Zhang Yan of Montenegro?" (To be continued......)