Finally, the adjutant general added: "Lord Sima, the state of our soldiers is already extremely poor now, if we don't repair it as soon as possible, if we encounter a sneak attack from other enemy reinforcements on the way, our army is likely to collapse in an instant." ”

Xiahou Shang nodded when he heard this, he didn't fully trust the words of his two lieutenants at this time, he trusted his own judgment even more, so he personally led the guards to inspect the entire camp.

As a result, I don't know if I don't see it, and I am shocked when I see it.

The two lieutenant generals didn't know that Xiahou Shang had observed with his own eyes that the situation of the army he was leading now was even worse than what the two lieutenant generals had said before. Xiahou Shang was stunned to find that before, some soldiers who still admired him, but now when many people looked at him again, their eyes were already full of hatred, not only those heavy soldiers, but also those recruits who set off from Xudu with him.

Why is this happening?

First, Xiahou Shang only rode a horse, but he kept urging the soldiers who were running on two legs to desperately chase after the Jinhou Department.

So far, in addition to the deserters who were found and killed by the two adjutants, the number of soldiers who have been chasing and dying has exceeded fifty.

In this era, especially after Jin Jue crossed over, because of his influence, the situation of Cao Jun was far worse than that of the original Cao Army. It is because of the grain that although the tuntian system is very superior, the tuntian system implemented by Cao Cao in Yanzhou was destroyed by Lu Bu's army one after another, and Dongjun suffered a devastating blow, so that Cao's grain storage has always been in a very dangerous situation.

In addition, in the past two consecutive years, Cao Cao actually disregarded agricultural affairs and launched a big war against Xuzhou, but he did not obtain a grain or a single livestock in Xuzhou, which made Cao Jun's current grain reserves stretched and even more dangerous.

It can be said that Jin Hou's suggestion that Liu Bei's strategy of clearing the wilderness on his northern border succeeded in curbing the development of Cao's army, making it impossible for him to rely on food for the enemy in Xuzhou. This is also the reason why this time, Guan Yuhui did not hesitate to burn all the farmland in Pengchengguo and Peiguo. Because, he also understood that although this made Liu Beijun lose a lot of food, at the same time, it also greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of Cao's army in Xuzhou.

Because of this, Cao's army needs to rely on the rear to transport grain to the front line all the time, and transporting grain over long distances will not only consume a lot of labor, but the grain transportation team itself will also think of a certain amount of grain.

The reason why it was able to hold out was only because Cao's army waged war, which could not only consume a part of the population, but also plunder the grain reserves in the counties and counties that had not yet been occupied and controlled by Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

However, now, in the entire Yuzhou Thorn History Department, except for Runan County, which was divided by the three parties, the rest of the counties have been carved up by Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and it has become impossible for Cao Cao to repeat his old tricks. What's more, the large and small forces around him no longer have a target for him to send troops to plunder. Unless he can say that he will surrender Zhang Xiu at this time, and then send troops to attack Liu Biao, who is rich in Jingzhou among the princes of the world.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Cao army, especially those who are not the main battle troops, have always been in a state of insufficient food and clothing, how can the malnourished Cao soldiers catch up with the tuntian soldiers who have been specially trained by Jin Hou for long-distance running and fed with sufficient food?

Two consecutive battles of Xuzhou, Cao Cao always chose to send troops before the summer harvest, it is true that it will destroy the tuntian in Xuzhou, but, at the same time, he sent troops to draw away a large number of labor, and will also delay the grain harvest in some counties and counties of Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

Second, the baggage soldiers in Cao Hun's baggage army.

Without contrast, there is no harm.

When Hou Long supervised them, even if they were surrendered soldiers, when distributing food, Hou Long's meals for each surrendered soldier were also eighty percent of the Tuntian soldiers, after all, there was a difference between relatives and relatives, but there was no deduction in any link that was very common in Cao's army in the past.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult for officers to withhold the soldiers' salaries from the soldiers.

In this regard, it is necessary to look at the personal character of a military commander-in-chief.

Like Xiahoudun and Cao Ren in Cao's army, the middle and low-level generals under them did not dare to do this, but Cao Hong and Cao Yu's uncles and nephews inevitably had such a situation.

This may be the fundamental reason why Cao Cao has never let Cao Hong sit in the place, and has always taken Cao Hong by his side and followed him to conquer. Cao Cao knew that Cao Hong's uncle and nephew were greedy for money by nature and could not be alone.

It can be imagined what kind of character Cao Yu's son Cao Hun is.

It was from Cao Lan that Hou Long knew the situation of Cao Hun's department, so he gathered all the middle and low-level generals in Cao Hun's army together, and let the baggage soldiers take the initiative to nominate new generals, which avoided the situation of deducting soldiers' military rations at all levels.

The result?

Xiahou Shang appeared at the right time, he not only 'rescued' the baggage soldiers captured by the Jin Hou Ministry, but also rescued the middle and low-level generals in Cao Hun's army who had been held alone by Hou Long.

After that, it was a counteroffensive, and some of the temporary officers who had been elected by the baggage soldiers before were killed by these decent Cao army officers.

Does Xiahou Shang know about this?

Nature knows!

You must know that Xiahou Shang's army is also very strict, in his army, if it is not approved by him, even if Cao Hun is still alive now, he will not dare to kill any soldier without Xiahou Shang's order.

However, from the beginning to the present, Xiahou Shang has not realized the source of the anger in the hearts of the baggage soldiers.

In desperation, Xiahou Shang ordered the troops to repair on the spot and no longer chase the enemy.

However, the next day after Xiahou Shang's department repaired for a day, early in the morning, Xiahou Shang and the two lieutenant generals woke up one night and were stunned to find that the previous army of more than 7,000 people had actually run most of them overnight.

Not only did almost all the baggage soldiers in the army run away, but even the recruits who left Xu Capital with Xiahou Shang also ran more than two hundred.

Before they ran away, they not only killed the generals of the baggage battalion, but also took away more than seventy percent of the military rations of Xiahou Shangbu.

After Xiahou Shang found out, he hurriedly sent people to chase after him, but what shocked him even more was that the direction in which these baggage soldiers fled was actually chasing the direction of Liu Beijun's retreat that they had chased before.

(End of chapter)