Cao Cao decided to develop the south, large-scale development.

It takes a lot of money.

First of all, people used to need to build houses, and most importantly, they needed all kinds of farm tools, and they also needed to plough cattle.

All manual reclamation is too inefficient.

It takes a lot of money.

Cao Cao was thinking about where the money would come from.

At this time, Cheng Yu stood up and said, "Lord, we can borrow money from Sun Ce and Liu Biao." ”

Everyone was stunned and asked the two of them to borrow money?

Xu You said: "We helped them block Zhang Ming's Bingfeng, theoretically they did rely on each other, and now there is no real harm to them, and they are afraid that they will not be able to borrow much money." ”

Everyone nodded, indeed.

"It's man-made, you have to try."

Cao Cao nodded, agreeing with Cheng Yu's proposal.

"Act first, let the army move, and then we'll ask them to borrow money."

Cao Cao first scraped together a sum of money and went to the south to reclaim a large area of wasteland.

At the same time, he plans to recruit displaced people and let the landless displaced people go with them to reclaim the land.

This is what Zhang Ming did before.

They didn't do it because it wasn't necessary, and the money was enough to spend.

Now, when their strength is weak, they remember to be displaced and to develop.

Recruiting displaced people is very expensive, first of all, you have to feed these people for a year, you have to give them farm tools and seeds, and you have to help build houses.

That's a huge drain.

Cao Cao couldn't afford it, but he was smart enough to directly send 30,000 troops to the garrison first, and then slowly absorb the displaced people after establishing the garrison points, so that the people could go over to farm.

At this time, Xun You stood up again.

"My lord, Zhang Ming has a large number of tea plantations in Yangzhou and other places, and now in the area under our control, it is better to occupy them directly."

Before, the relationship with Zhang Ming was sometimes hostile, sometimes cooperative, and Cao Cao didn't touch Zhang Ming's industries.

Tea is very popular now, and it can be turned into cash in large quantities.

Cao Cao hesitated, there must be benefits to confiscating these industries, and of course there will be great sequelae.

"Okay, then all these properties will be confiscated."

After careful consideration, Cao Cao decided to confiscate Zhang Ming's property.

There must be sequelae, Zhang Ming will retaliate, but both sides are already enemies of life and death, and now Cao Cao doesn't care about carrying this article more.

After Cao Cao decided, he asked Cheng Yu to implement it.

In this way, Cao Cao's large rear strategy also began.

Cao Cao sent two more envoys to find Liu Biao and Sun Ce respectively.

As for Liu Zhang, Cao Cao didn't plan to look for it.

The land of Shuchuan now thinks that it is very safe, and they do not have too much interaction with the outside.

Cao Cao also felt that there was no way to convince them.

Cao Cao's side is formulating his grand strategy.

And Zhang Ming began to prepare for the siege.

On the fourth day of his siege, he finally began to attack.

"Zilong, you and I will work together to select dozens of other young generals, each with elites, to concentrate on attacking one city wall, and the other three city walls are all feints, but if there is a chance, turn to the main attack."

This time, Zhang Ming plans to make a quick decision.

The state can't be delayed for too long, and if it drags on too long, Cao Cao will be given a chance.

"Okay, big brother."

Zhang Ming arranged the army.

He asked some of his soldiers to carry fastened bows and crossbows.

There were sword and shield soldiers in front, and there were sword and shield soldiers climbing up behind.

Get ready, start fighting.

"All the troops are attacking."

Zhang Ming gave the order, and the army began to attack the city.

The army rushed up, and the siege began.

Zhang Ming and Zhao Yun each commanded half of the battle of the city wall.

The soldiers rushed up and were ambushed below, and the enemy poked their heads out and was likely to be killed by the crossbows.

Concentrating superior forces, Zhang Ming carried out a frantic attack.

At one point, the soldiers went up to the city wall and fought the enemy above.

The enemy is under a lot of pressure.

Li Yi personally commanded and did not dare to leave for a moment.

In other directions of feints, the soldiers also rushed violently, as if they were about to rush to the head of the city.

Zhang Ming saw it in his eyes and did not have too many plans to change for the time being.

The crowd rushed to kill, and after fighting for a long time, the city wall was in danger.

Li Yi has a lot of pressure.

Zhang Ming: They were repelled again, and they had been repulsed several times.

This time, Zhang Ming reorganized the army, and then said to a few young generals: "This time, we will directly break through the enemy's defense line, and everyone will wear masks." ”

Zhang Ming suddenly asked people to distribute masks.

He said to dozens of special forces: "Your task is to drop smoke bombs on the top of the city. ”

It is necessary to send special forces because smoke bombs are only available to special forces.

Arrange it together.

The offensive begins, and a new round of the offensive begins.

With a high-density attack, Zhang Ming's army rushed forward, and the two sides fought fiercely.

"Special forces, play."

"Everybody ready."

When the special forces got up, they began to climb the ladder, and Zhang Ming shouted: "Rush up and open the city gate." ”

At this time, Zhang Ming and a few young generals led the soldiers to rush up.

Dozens of special forces climbed very fast, keeping their eyes on the top as they climbed, dodging the stones and rolling logs thrown from above.

If they can't dodge it, they'll jump straight down.

More than a dozen people climbed halfway up.

"Throw."

At this point, they took out smoke bombs and threw them on.

Threw one, then the second, and dozens of them in a row.

"Ahem, ahem."

"Ahem, ahem."

"Ahem."

"Something."

"Ah, how come I can't see."

The city was suddenly shrouded in smoke.

The special forces continued to fight and climbed to the top of the city.

The smoke is thick and there is a certain pungent taste.

The enemy army completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Zhang Ming and the others began to go up, and sure enough, they were only attacked sporadically.

The city was open and windy, and the smoke began to disperse in a few moments.

At this time, a vague figure could be seen, and the special forces found a good opportunity to kill it.

Kill dozens of people in the city, and the special forces organize and kill in one direction.

And Zhang Ming and the others quickly climbed up, and when they reached the top of the city, most of the smoke had dissipated, and many enemies were coughing and shedding tears.

Now, I can tell the difference between friend and foe.

"Kill."

Zhang Ming: They are wearing masks, in fact, they will also be affected, but they can reduce the impact, and it is easy to distinguish between friend and foe.

went to the city, Zhang Ming followed a few young generals and led people to kill them.

"Here's a troop and kill me."

At the head of the city, half of it was not attacked by smoke bombs.

Zhang Ming organized a group of soldiers and horses to kill over there.

When the smoke rose from the city, Li Yi was scared for no reason.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the enemy to come up.

Suddenly, an army rushed out of the smoke, led by Zhang Ming.

Li Yi sent people to fight and resist, but they were defeated with one blow, how could they be Zhang Ming's opponents.

was killed by Zhang Ming's army, and everything was over.

Li Yi stood there and watched for a long time.

The fighting continued, but gradually turned into slaughter.

"Stop, stop."

Li Yi suddenly stood up and shouted.

On their side, someone stopped, but Zhang Ming was still fighting.

Killing the enemy in front of him, Zhang Ming also ordered to stop the attack.

"General Li Yi, give the order to open the city gate, it doesn't make much sense to fight until now." Zhang Ming said to Li Yi on the opposite side with his weapon horizontally.