In spring, the cold has been half expelled in many places.

People have come out of the cold and are slowly becoming active again.

From Youzhou to Jiangdong, a large area, garrisons everywhere are training.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are training, and it is a very big operation.

This spring training is a signal, a signal that war is about to begin.

Cao Cao's troops and horses were also frequently mobilized.

Zhang Yu ended his entanglement with his family, and began to appear in the cabinet more often, he used to see Zhang Yu for three days, but now he must arrive every day.

Zhang Yu was stationed in Beiping, and his family members also took over and established his harem behind the city lord's mansion.

On this day, the cabinet members were all there, and Zhang Zhao and Fu Zhu also returned.

"Okay, everyone is here, Zibu will report the situation in Jiangdong first."

Zhang Zhao began to report to the cabinet and Zhang Yu, and he went to manage a mess of things in Jiangdong, which was relatively smooth, after all, he used to take care of a lot of things, and it was easy to get started.

Then there was a report on the work of the frustrated professor, and the frustrated professor also reported the situation in Xuzhou.

It is more difficult for Xuzhou to carry out the work, mainly because it was won later, and there are many defects in many staffing.

Then came Chen Gong's debriefing.

"Gongtai, your responsibility is particularly heavy, not only must the Beiping Academy in New Beiping start recruiting students normally within this year, but also this year's imperial examination cannot be delayed because of other things." Zhang Yu said to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong does have a lot of things, but he also has a lot of people under him, and he controls it from a strategic height and personally grasps the advancement of things.

In addition, Chen Gong intends to train his graduate students and let them be his assistants to help him grasp one aspect, so although Chen Gong is busy, he can promote various affairs.

"Lord, this time the examination room is divided into three places, Wangcheng in Jiangdong, Linzi City in Qingzhou, Xuzhou can choose one of these two places by yourself, both are relatively close, and Beiping City, so the pressure on the three places will not be so great, and the candidates can be diverted."

"The announcement has been sent out, and the students have been preparing for a few months."

"In addition, the time for the preliminary examination has also been arranged, and the time for the preliminary examination is once a month when the exam is held, so that different places can have time."

There were too many candidates last time, so this time Zhang Yu and they added a preliminary exam, and they could only take the formal exam after the initial exam.

It took Zhang Yu three days to solve all the other issues, and then Zhang Yu said: "Next, we will focus on discussing the next war. ”

"The army can already start moving, and the grain and grass must keep up." Zhang Yu said.

Guo Jia got up and reported: "My lord, we have prepared 500,000 people in the direction of Youzhou, plus 200,000 Fusang troops, whether it is to interfere with Cao Cao or attack Jizhou, there is no problem. ”

Guo Jia gave a detailed report on the army's preparations, as well as many plans, and where they can be drawn at a critical time.

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Okay, the resolution formed by the content of the meeting will be prepared separately immediately." ”

At the end of the five-day cabinet meeting, everyone received a lot of tasks, arranged and supervised by themselves, and the efficiency was very high.

Zhang Yu mainly grasped the army.

The four generals of the north, Dian Wei, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Liao, have already trained the army on the front line, and once the war starts, they can immediately rush to the battlefield.

Cao Cao felt that the pressure was particularly huge, and Zhang Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops were on the border, making it clear that he wanted to interfere with his actions at any time.

Cao Cao didn't seem to have much choice for a while.

Both sides are battling.

Cao Cao has also been paying attention to his own preparations, but he is a busy man, unlike Zhang Yu, there are seven capable people to form a cabinet, forming an efficient collective, Zhang Yu can free up time to take care of his group of wives and children.

I have to say that Zhang Yu's care is in place, this Zhen Mi, Xiao Qiao also have big bellies.

When Cao Cao was ready, he called in some of his advisors.

"Everything is ready, our goal this time is very clear, to defeat the Yuan family and occupy Jizhou." Cao Cao said.

In the past six months or so, Cao Cao has trained soldiers and horses, integrated hundreds of thousands of troops, and greatly increased his combat effectiveness.

"The army began to move, and after a month the offensive was launched, and it could not be delayed any longer."

Cao Cao really can't afford to drag it out, this Yuan family still has a state and a half, half Jizhou, and a state, give them time, they can equip hundreds of thousands of troops, and it will be difficult to do it then.

And with Zhang Yu there, it would be very troublesome not to solve the Yuan family.

"Lord, we have indeed been prepared, Zhang Yu may have noticed it, and we have already prepared, we must block Zhang Yu and take down the Yuan family at the same time, my subordinates suggested, send someone to defend Yecheng, and give up the place north of Jizhou to Zhang Yu, and we will act quickly from the south." Manpang suggested.

Cao Cao nodded, then glanced around and continued to ask, "Is there any specific way?" ”

Cheng Yu stood up and said: "Lord, we will advance in three directions, attacking from Shangdang County, Guangping County, and to the northwest, and this Shangdang County is divided into two troops and horses, and occupies other surrounding places respectively. ”

This is a very bold idea, this Shangdang County is already a place to merge states, and they attack Jizhou and Jizhou at the same time.

This required most of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses to go out.

This time, Cao Cao prepared an army of 850,000 troops.

He added up to more than 140 troops, as long as he defended in several directions, a whole piece of territory, and hundreds of thousands of troops were already very safe.

"Okay, immediately mobilize the army, mobilize the grain and grass, and transport the grain and grass to the front line first." Cao Cao said.

"In addition, order Cao Ren to tighten the defense, immediately strengthen the city defense, and hoard grain and grass, this Yecheng must be prepared according to the standard of being besieged for two years."

The siege will not be broken for two years, and how much grain and grass must be prepared.

But Cao Cao has to prepare like this, with Yecheng here, he can control a large area, and his actions can be guaranteed.

Cao Cao began to mobilize troops, horses, grain and grass, which could not be concealed from others, and the action was too big to conceal.

A few days later, Zhang Yu received the information and immediately convened a cabinet meeting.

"Cao Cao's target has been determined to be Jizhou, although there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jizhou, many of them have been recruited in the past six months, and some veterans have also been recruited in a hurry before, and their combat effectiveness is not strong."

"There are no famous generals in Jizhou, and there are no large number of veterans, and the quality is not high, so Cao Cao will definitely not be able to stop him."

"Our target is also Jizhou, of which the northern part of Anping County, Zhongshan County, and Changshan County are our targets, as for Yanmenguan County, depending on the specific situation, our army may not be enough to spread the shop so open."

Zhang Yu said his overall goal, and the rest was up to them to plan in detail.

Zhang Yu's army is not enough, and if you take these places, you will need a lot of troops to defend, I am afraid that Cao Cao and they also understand this, so they chose to attack and choose to divide Jizhou equally with Zhang Yu, anyway, in the end, they will occupy more places.

(End of chapter)