Cao Cao finally made Liu Yu his lifelong enemy, and secretly had a strong murderous intent towards Liu Yu.

After slashing Qiao Rui and Ji Ling, and defeating Yuan Shu's 150,000 army, Yuan Shu no longer had the strength to stop the Cao Liu coalition army from coming to Shouchun City.

Huainan, Shouchun.

Hearing that Qiao Rui and Ji Ling were beheaded one after another, and the 150,000 army was defeated, Yuan Shu was so frightened that he sat down with a pale face.

Not only is it the bad news that the Cao and Liu coalition forces are about to march to Shouchun, but Nanyang County has also been attacked by Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu, and Nanyang County has been lost.

In the rear, Sun Ce sent troops to attack the two counties of Poyang and Yuzhang.

Enemies on all sides.

At this time, Yuan Shu finally knew that he regretted it, it turned out that the emperor was really not so easy to be, and he could be the emperor if he got the jade seal of the country.

"How is it good, how is it good?" Yuan Shu was helpless, and he was a little desperate.

Yang Hong is the chief strategist of Yuan Shu, and he is still very smart, he analyzed: "Your Majesty, Liu Biao only wants to recapture Nanyang and Nanjun that belong to Jingzhou, and after taking these two counties, he should temporarily stop the army." As long as His Majesty repelled the combined forces of Cao Cao and Liu Yu, and then turned his head and drove Sun Ce back to Jiangdong, he could protect most of the foundation. ”

Yuan Shu spread his hands and said, "But the question is how to repel the combined forces of Cao Cao and Liu Yu?" "Whether it is Yuan Shu or Yang Hong, they don't mention Liu Bei, because Liu Bei has only a few thousand people, and after Xuzhou is gone, he is not even a prince, Yuan Shu and Yang Hong directly think that adding a Liu Bei to Cao Cao and Liu Yu's combined army is an insult to them.

Liu Bei wanted to take the opportunity to brush his sense of existence in front of the world and increase his reputation, but he didn't expect that he was still completely blocked by Liu Yu Zhuanmei in front of him like the princes of the Nineteenth Road when he asked for Dong, which was also Liu Bei's tragedy.

Yang Hong thought about it and said: "Shouchun has been flooded in recent years, and everyone is short of food; The former lord conquered Lu Bu, and ordered Qiao Rui and Ji Ling to lead 150,000 troops to resist the Cao Liu coalition army, and the loss of grain and grass was huge. There is not much grain stored in the granary in the city of Shouchun this year, so it is better to keep all the grain in Shouchun and the army to defend Shouchun, and there is no need to fight with the Cao Liu coalition army who went out of the city; His Majesty first commanded the Lin army to cross the Huai River to the south, one to the south of the Huai River to eat, and the other temporarily avoided the edge of the Cao-Liu coalition army to exhaust the grain and grass of the Cao-Liu coalition army, and the Cao-Liu coalition army retreated. ”

"That's it." According to Yang Hong's strategy, Yuan Shu divided nearly 100,000 troops with Li Feng, Le Zhuo, Liang Gang, and Chen Ji, and held Shouchun City, while he and Yang Hong and other 'civil and military officials' led the remaining 30,000 imperial forest troops, took all the treasures of gold and jade with them, left Shouchun City, and temporarily avoided the south of the Huai River.

Cao Cao, Liu Yu, and Liu Bei each led troops to Shouchun City.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Bei originally had 6,000 soldiers and horses, but he captured more than 2,000 prisoners in the previous battle, and I believe that after this battle, as long as a little training, Liu Bei will have nearly 8,000 soldiers and horses.

Cao Cao and Liu Yu didn't care about Liu Bei's little soldiers and horses, so they didn't bother to care about him taking the opportunity to capture so many prisoners.

Looking at Shouchun City in front of him, Cao Cao's brows furrowed imperceptibly, Shouchun City was indeed as expected, the city was high and the river body, if you want to break Shouchun, you must go through a tragic siege battle.

Liu Yu was relaxed, he didn't plan to participate in the siege of the city.

"Brother Meng De, I am all cavalry, and I have no siege equipment, and this breakthrough of Shouchun depends on the elite soldiers under Brother Meng De." Liu Yu said seriously.

Cao Cao's face twitched slightly, but he smiled politely: "Attacking Shouchun will try not to use the cavalry under Brother Shimin, Brother Shimin will rest for a few days first, wait for me to capture Shouchun, and then drink wine with Brother Shimin in the city." ”

Immediately, Cao Cao ordered many large siege equipment such as siege engines and ladders to be pushed out.

Finally, Cao Cao gave an order, and thousands of soldiers began to rush towards Shouchun City with siege equipment, and the siege battle began.

Cao Cao is very confident, but it is one thing to have confidence, Yuan Shu left nearly 100,000 troops in Shouchun City, and Shouchun City was well defended, how could it be so easy to break.

Sure enough, Cao Cao failed to enter Shouchun City for more than 30 days.

Seeing that the grain and grass were gradually about to be exhausted, Cao Cao could only send people to Jiangdong to borrow 100,000 grains from Sun Ce, but more than 200,000 troops ate them, and there were many prisoners who could not be allowed to starve to death.

If you can't capture Shouchun, this battle against Yuan Shu's thieves will not be won, Liu Yu and Liu Bei are nothing, he, who claims to be the prime minister of the dynasty, is about to become a joke, so he will capture Shouchun City no matter what.

In order to alleviate the food shortage crisis, Cao Cao even found Liu Yu, confessed to Liu Yu that the grain and grass were about to run out, and explained to Liu Yu the necessity of capturing Shouchun, and asked Liu Yu if he had the ability to raise grain and grass to supply the army.

Liu Yu said: "Meng De also knows that Guanzhong is far away from here, even if I order to transfer grain from Guanzhong, it is far from quenching my thirst, and I have no choice." However, in order to alleviate Meng De's supply of grain and grass, from today on, Meng De only needs to provide half of the grain and grass for my Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, and I will solve the remaining half by myself. ”

In fact, Liu Yu sent troops to conquer Yuan Shu with Cao Cao this time, although Cao Cao guaranteed full power to supply grain and grass consumption, but of course Liu Yu did not bring any grain and grass, in fact, Liu Yu carried enough grain and grass for his 40,000 cavalry to eat for more than half a month.

Cao Cao also knew that it was not realistic to let Liu Yu raise grain, and Liu Yu could take the initiative to cut half of the grain and grass supply, which was already a favor for him, so he thanked him: "In this way, then thank you Brother Shimin for your understanding." ”

After Liu Yu left, Cao Cao's face was gloomy, if he didn't solve the problem of grain and grass, he had to quickly break through Shouchun, but he couldn't take it down for a month, how could he break the city quickly?

Cao Cao was thinking back and forth in the big tent, and suddenly his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed, and he called Wang Yuan, the grain manager.

Cao Cao said to Wang Yuan: "At present, there is no food and grass, you can use Xiao Hu to distribute the grain, and the right to save the momentary emergency." ”

Wang Gao worried: "What if the soldiers have grievances? ”

Cao Cao replied expressionlessly: "I have my own way, you can just do what I say." ”

Wang Yuan received the order, so he divided the grain with Xiaohu to reduce the consumption.

However, this also really caused the resentment of the soldiers, many soldiers are willing to stay in the army, the biggest reason is to eat food, this battlefield life and death, no one knows if they can live until tomorrow, this sudden deduction of military food, how to accept, almost caused a mutiny.

Cao Cao has always paid attention to the changes in the situation, and when Wang Yuan came to ask him for help, Cao Cao only summoned Wang Yuan to the secret room, and only said: "To calm the anger of the people, you have one thing, I hope you will not be stingy." ”

Wang Gao's heart was shocked and asked, "What does the prime minister want to use Wang Yuan?" ”

Cao Cao said expressionlessly: "I want to show your head to the public, only this can calm the anger of the people, and this will vibrate the hearts of the soldiers, boost morale, and break the Shouchun City." ”

Wang Gao was stupid, he looked at Cao Cao in horror and said, "Prime Minister, Wang Gao is not guilty." ”

Cao Cao said indifferently: "I know that you are not guilty, but if you don't kill you, the army's heart will change, and it will be difficult to break the Shouchun City." I promise you that when you die, your wife will be supported by me, and you will not worry. ”

Wang Yuan's face turned pale, knowing that the time of death had come, and it was useless to say anything, so he bowed and said nothing.

Cao Cao summoned the sword and axe to behead Wang Gao, and showed Wang Gao's head to the public.

Cao Cao said sharply: "Wang Yuan acted for no reason, stole official food, and beheaded according to military law." ”

Taking advantage of the morale of the soldiers who were angry first and then relieved, Cao Cao sternly ordered the generals of each battalion: "Break the Shouchun City within three days, and those who don't do their best will be killed!" ”

During the siege of the city, Cao Cao also personally went to the city to supervise the armies to carry soil and stones, fill in the trenches, and plug the trenches. The arrows on the city are like rain, there are two members of the general to avoid back, Cao Cao also slashed the sword under the city, and personally acted as a pawn to fill the pit.

Cao's army was greatly boosted, and the morale climbed to the peak, all the soldiers worked hard, desperately moving forward, and finally conquered the Shouchun city wall in one fell swoop, and entered the city, and the generals Li Feng, Chen Ji, Le Zhuo, and Liang Gang who stayed in the city were all captured.

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