Chapter 374: The War Resumes
After Cao Cao's development in the past two years, Yanzhou has shown a rare prosperity. This is mainly due to Cao Cao's imitation of Huo Yu's policy, Tuntian did bring Cao Cao good benefits, but Cao Cao did not deprive the Shida family of all the power like Huo Yu.
The autumn harvest is imminent, the people are working in the fields in twos and threes, and everyone's faces show a smug smile, although it is not as rich as Huo Yu's rule, but this year's harvest is enough for the family.
"Drive! Drive! "A group of fast horses galloped along the field path, and a discerning person could see what was happening.
"Alas, seeing that the autumn harvest is coming, there will be war again! Open your eyes! An old man stood in the field and yelled.
It was Cao's scouts who had just passed quickly, and such a desperate rush must have been caused by the urgency of the military situation.
"Daddy Wang, is there another war?" A middle-aged man hurriedly leaned over and asked.
"Eight hundred miles in the army is urgent, and the battle will definitely start again!"
", don't let people live!" The middle-aged man scolded.
If you want to say why Daddy Wang knows, it is only because he is a disabled person who has retired from the army. In the battle with the Youzhou Army back then, Father Wang picked up a life, thinking that he could escape the war by returning to his hometown, but who knew that this is the situation today.
"Baby! This battle will not be able to fight for a while and a half, and after the autumn harvest, they will set off for Youzhou, this place is not to stay! Father Wang turned to his youngest son and shouted.
There are not a few people who have such thoughts, and after being reminded by Father Wang, they all began to think about it in their hearts. Although Yanzhou is considered to be injured under the governance of General Cao, it is a heaven and an underground compared to Youzhou.
"Report! Yuan Shao gathered 70,000 troops and was ready to go! Just as Cao Cao was eating, a personal guard hurriedly entered the report.
"Abominable Yuan Benchu!" Hearing the report of the guards, Cao Cao threw away the chopsticks in his hand and scolded viciously.
"Is Yuan Benchu really stupid or fake stupid? Can't you see through such an obvious scheme? Cao Cao scolded while ordering someone to quickly invite Xun Yu to come to the discussion.
A good lunch was put in front of him like this, and he could no longer arouse Cao Cao's appetite. After hesitating, Cao Cao put down the dishes and chopsticks and turned around and went to the study.
In less than half a pillar of incense, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Cao Hong, Xiahoudun brothers and others came together, obviously they all got the news of Yuan Shao's army.
"See the lord!"
"Excuse me, it seems that it is not that the general is not full!" Cao Cao said casually.
Since the First Battle of Chang'an, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's strength has been greatly reduced, but Yuan Shao took the opportunity to occupy Yuzhou, which is still much better than his own Yanzhou.
Both the economy and population are more developed than Yanzhou. This time, Yuan Shao attacked with an army of 70,000 troops, which had already reached the limit, and it was obvious that he would not give up until he reached his goal.
Cao Cao, who originally pinned his hopes on Lu Bu, was going to be disappointed now. The last time Lu resisted Yuan was forced by the situation, and now that Lu Bu has developed and grown in Nanyang, he is no longer worried about Yuan Shao's threat, but has begun to think about how to conquer Jingzhou.
In addition, the equipment of Cao Cao's soldiers was far from that of Yuan's army. Whether it is weapons, or war armor, or war horses, military uniforms, etc., they all make Cao Cao's eyes red.
Fortunately, he has a tiger and leopard rider of 3,000 people under his hands, which is the elite raised by Cao by saving money. If it is about field warfare, the tiger and leopard cavalry is definitely not afraid of the Yuan army, but after all, the Yuan army has 70,000 people, and he is only more than 20,000 people, and the disparity in strength is irreparable.
In order to seize the jade seal of the country, Yuan Shao can be said to have made sufficient preparations, and he is afraid that this battle will not stop until the goal is achieved.
"Lord, Yuan Shao is here because of the jade seal of the country, it is better to hand over the jade seal to avoid the two families fighting again, and the people will suffer from the war again!" Xun Yu was the first to come out and admonish.
"Why didn't Ben Jiang want to, but how could Yuan Shao give up?" Cao Cao didn't even think about it before he spoke.
Seeing Cao Cao's answer, Xun Yu didn't say much, now that the Han no longer exists, this jade seal is a blessing and a curse.
"The soldiers are coming, and the water is coming! I'm afraid of Yuan Shao's eggs! Cao Hong was furious.
"If you want to fight, stand there!" Cao Cao got up with a gleam in his eyes and said.
For Xun Yu, the demise of the Liu royal family is something he dare not think, although everyone in the world is rumored that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao murdered the little emperor Liu Xie, but Xun Yu knows that this is Huo Yu's strategy, so although his heart is dead, Xun Yu still chooses to stay by Cao Cao's side.
"Lord, since you want to fight, then take the initiative to attack!" Xun Yu admonished again.
"Yuan Shao has exhausted his army of 70,000, needless to say, the lord only needs to send tigers and leopards to disturb his grain route, and it will definitely be broken!"
"Well, Wen Ruo's meaning is exactly what I want! Cao Hong listens to orders! ”
"The last general!"
"You led three thousand tigers and leopards to ride away from the main force of Yuan Shao's army and attack its grain route!"
"The last general commands!"
"The rest of the generals can prepare for battle!"
Blessing is unparalleled, disaster is not a single line, here Yuan Shao raised troops to attack Cao Cao, then Liu Biao didn't know what wind he smoked and ordered Cai Mao to raise troops.
Sun Ce, who had already occupied Yangzhou, seemed to have known that Liu Biao would attack Yanzhou early on, and led an army of 30,000 to attack Jiangxia. However, Liu Biao seems to have been prepared for a long time, and sent Liu Bei, whose reputation has recently plummeted, to fight Sun Ce.
However, what I never expected was that just when the war between the two sides was about to break out, Lu Bu, who was originally silent, suddenly raised troops to Jingzhou. Due to the withdrawal of troops, the defense of Xiangyang was relatively weak, and the situation was also very critical everywhere Lu Bu went, so Liu Biao had to urgently dispatch Liu Bei and Cai Mao to help.
Stealing chickens and rice, Liu Biao suffered the consequences, not only by Lu Bu's soldiers in the city, but also by Sun Ce who took the opportunity to seize Jiangxia. The armies of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have not yet been launched, and Jingzhou has already been turned into a pot of porridge.
"Xuande, Lu Bu is brave, how is it good?" Liu Biao looked at Liu Bei, who had returned from the dust, and asked with his hand in hand.
"Brother Anxin, Lu Bu has many cavalry, and he is not good at attacking cities, so he just needs to defend Xiangyang!" Liu Bei replied confidently.
"Yes, yes, what Brother Xuande said is extremely true, the city wall of Xiangyang is tall, as long as it is defended! Just defend!" Liu Bei's words finally made Liu Biao feel at ease.
In fact, there is no shortage of strategists under Liu Biao, but I don't know what means Liu Bei used to alienate Liu Biao from the two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.
In the Kuaijia Mansion in Xiangyang City, the two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue were discussing something in the study. Since Liu Bei came, Liu Biao suddenly began to alienate the two, coupled with Cai Mao fanning the flames on the side, so that the originally powerful Kuai family gradually began to break away from the inner circle of Jingzhou.
"Brother, Lu Bu is coming to attack, are we..."
"Nonsense, Liu Jingsheng is alienating the Kuai family, that is also better than Lu Bu!"
"Yes, my brother taught me a lesson!"
"Have you ever been in contact with Youzhou?"
"The person sent has already sent back, and the champion Hou didn't see it, but Youzhou agreed to our request!"
"That's it! Jingzhou can't afford to lose at the moment! ”