Zhang Liao is making a plan to stop the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, so that the war can be resolved as soon as possible.

"Attack the Beihai Kingdom with all our might, and occupy all the Beihai Kingdom before the arrival of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, after which we can calmly mobilize the troops and horses, and it will not be easy to be discovered." Zhang Liao decided to say.

Zhang Liao quickly assigned the task.

Donglai County is now the Shandong Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, there are no enemies, and Zhang Liao does not need to arrange too many soldiers and horses.

The army of the Beihai Kingdom was also about to be withdrawn, and Zhang Liao occupied the Beihai Kingdom without much effort.

Another large county was occupied, and half of the entire Qingzhou was occupied by Zhang Yu's army, but it would take a lot of effort to take the entire Qingzhou.

The Yuan army will resist, and with reinforcements, it is not so easy to take Qingzhou.

Zhang Yu attacked Qingzhou, and Yuan Shaofang was naturally extremely nervous, but Cao Cao was nervous with them.

As soon as Cao Cao heard Zhang Yu's attack, he immediately couldn't sit still, and gathered his ministers in Xuchang.

This time, Cao Cao summoned his core advisers.

Cheng Yu, Xun You, Xun Yu, Xu You, Jia Xu, Man Pang and others, and Cao Ang are also there.

Cao Cao said worriedly: "This Zhang Yu is really hidden very deeply, in Jiangdong he has withdrawn all the soldiers and horses, and started a war in Qingzhou." ”

Cao Cao asked: "If Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, the threat to us is too great, should we send troops to rob Qingzhou with Zhang Yu." ”

Yanzhou is on the edge of Qingzhou, bordering Qingzhou, if Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, then Yanzhou will also be under his army.

finally defeated a Yuan Shao, and another Zhang Yu came, which made Cao Cao unbearable.

"Wen Ruo and Zhongde, can we gather a batch of grain and grass to come out, our treasury is empty, but this battle has to be fought." Cao Cao asked.

Cao Cao fought such a big battle, winning is winning, and his strength has skyrocketed, but his family has been exhausted.

There is no way to fight without money and food.

So Cao Cao asked not whether he should fight or whether he could fight, but whether he had money and food.

Now the big steward of the entire force is Xun Yu, and Xun Yu is in charge of money and food.

Xun Yu shook his head and said: "Lord, let alone fighting, adding so many troops, it is already difficult to maintain ordinary expenses, if it is not for the thousands of things now, the subordinates will ask the lord to find those families to borrow a little money and food first." ”

Cao Cao smiled bitterly, his family background is not thick, and this battle can't be fought.

Historically, too, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, and accepted a batch of his surrendered troops, and his strength increased greatly, but he still waited a long time before he began to attack Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places.

The biggest reason is that there is no money and food.

Cao Cao's heart was extremely bitter, and the huge force was unable to move because he had no money and food.

"Guys, what can I do?" Cao Cao asked.

Jia Xu said: "Lord, you can gather a few days of money and grain first, transport it to the front line, and then ask Jiangdong to borrow a batch of grain and grass, and then the lord will come forward to find other families to borrow a little first." ”

It has become a consensus that they must intervene in the battle of Qingzhou, and no one doubts the importance of Qingzhou, if Qingzhou is occupied by Zhang Yu, they will have a headache.

When the time comes, we must guard against the Jiangdong direction, and we must guard against the Qingzhou direction.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, and he can semi-surround Jizhou, and it will be even more difficult for them to attack Jizhou at that time.

Cao Cao had his worries, if Zhang Yu occupied Qingzhou and gained a firm foothold in Qingzhou, then he would be greatly affected if he wanted to attack Jizhou and Xuzhou, and he would not even be able to attack.

Zhang Yu could threaten his rear from Jiangdong or Qingzhou, and let him be on his back.

The entire strategic situation was very unfavorable to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus some garrison troops, adding up to one million soldiers and horses.

"Ang'er, how is the training of the tiger and leopard riding?" Cao Cao suddenly changed his mind and asked about Cao Anglai.

Cao Ang said with a bitter face: "Father, the heavy armor has not been built yet, half of the people have no armor, and the other war horses are barely selected 50,000, but if you really want to go to the battlefield, you must have one person and two horses to exert your combat power." ”

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, after all, he still has no money.

He wanted to train a strong army, so he asked Cao Ang to form the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

But he also expanded his army very quickly, the money and food could not keep up, and the equipment of the tiger and leopard cavalry was three times the price of other ordinary armies, and he really couldn't afford some equipment.

This is not counting the war horses, the war horses needed for the tiger and leopard riding must be carefully selected, which adds to the difficulty.

"Zhongde, you immediately send an envoy to Shouchun to find Sun Ce, you need to borrow grain." Cao Cao finally decided.

Cao Cao decided to send Cao Ang to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Qingzhou and prevent Zhang Yu from taking Qingzhou.

This had a great impact on Cao Cao and was related to the overall strategy.

Cao Cao allocated Cao Ang with elite soldiers, of course, the tiger and leopard cavalry is not suitable for attack now.

There will be Xu Chu, Zhang Jaw, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun plus Zhang Xiu, such six powerful combat powers, this is definitely a luxury configuration.

In addition, Jia Xu and Xun You accompanied him to assist, giving Cao Ang the best configuration.

Cao Cao had a lot of generals, but the internal forces had been reorganized, and a large number of talents were needed.

Not to mention anything else, the collection and surrender of hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops and the rectification also require many high-ranking generals to complete.

Cao Cao's movements were very fast, and he sent troops three days after the arrangement, but the grain and grass they carried were very small, only enough for a few days, and Cao Cao forced them out.

Cao Ang's dispatch of troops from Yanzhou is a huge variable, so Qingzhou will be a three-way scuffle.

Zhang Yu, who was on the move, was also very surprised when he got the news.

Zhang Yu ordered a rest, and then slowed down.

This sudden change made Zhang Yu think.

"Zilong, we have brought hundreds of talents and their families from Jizhou with the army, and now it seems that we must be separated." Zhang Yu said.

With them, there is no way to fight.

"Lord, please take them back, and then you can preside over the overall situation, and your subordinates will drag Cao Jun down." Zhao Yun said.

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said: "Zilong, don't be in a hurry to make a move, find a place to hide first, give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, and have the opportunity to cut off Cao Jun's grain route for me." ”

Zhang Yu didn't know that Cao Jun was short of food, but he also knew the truth of cutting off food.

cut off the grain channel, Zhang Yu just wanted to slow down Cao Jun's pace, and didn't want them to make trouble.

Zhang Yu began to divide his troops, and he returned with 20,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Zhao Yun with 30,000 light horses.

After Zhang Yu divided the troops, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were interested, and when they were resting, they found Zhang Yu and asked, "The prince divided the troops, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Cao Cao's 100,000 army is coming." Zhang Yu didn't hide it, and said directly.

The two were curious, and after some analysis, they knew about Cao Cao's situation.

Frustration said: "This Cao Cao is basically forced to send troops, if the prince controls Qingzhou, he can basically threaten Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and when the time comes, Cao Cao will be restricted everywhere, and it is strange that Cao Cao does not fight with the prince at this time." ”

(End of chapter)