"I can't live my life!" After returning to the barracks, Li Ming complained directly, "In the past, I hid the method of practicing Qi like a treasure, but now it's good, Vajra Gong is directly a yellow-level high-grade exercise, and I am embarrassed to say that the upper limit is a yellow-level lower-grade exercise!" ”

"Cao Cao is indeed breaking the rules, there are not many Xuan-level cheats in the first place, and he still has to pass on the yellow-level top-grade ones. In the end, wouldn't it be the starting point of forcing the generals to start with the Xuan-level exercises? Zhang Mo also agreed.

"He may have trained the soldiers of the Tiger and Par Cavalry as reserve officers, right?" Wang Yu was noncommittal, "Don't you know that if you really want the Xuan-level exercises to start, then in the future, senior officers, I'm afraid they all have to be from the gate valve!" The subordinates even suspected that letting the tiger and leopard ride to practice the yellow-level high-grade exercises was a conspiracy in itself. ”

"Lao Cao can't even see this!" Li Ming shook his head, "He's not a person who wants to be controlled by the family!" ”

"That can only show that he has to compromise with the family for some interests!" Guo Jia suddenly came forward and said, "For example, in terms of money and food, it may also be in terms of power. Yanzhou is the land of four wars, and Yuan Shao in the north is constantly expanding his sphere of influence, if he does not expand as soon as possible, then trapped in Yanzhou will become a dead end sooner or later! ”

"Then it's not surprising!" Wang Yu felt that this explanation was also reasonable, "Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time, avenging his father is naturally one thing, but the key is to covet Xuzhou, a grain-producing land, for a long time." It is impossible for him not to want Donghai County and Pei County, and Xiapi County and Guangling County are afraid that they will not be able to eat, but we have not yet attacked them. ”

"It is said that the agricultural technology on our side should have been stolen by them a long time ago, why can't the grain keep up?" Li Ming looked at the north with interest, which was where Yan County was located.

"I have to say that the lord is very lucky, in the wild land in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the land has not been developed, and because of the war, a large number of displaced people have flocked here, and the family can't grab it at all." Wang Yu looked at Li Ming angrily, "You know, the time and place are favorable, and without any of them, your new agricultural concept will not be able to be promoted at all." Especially when used as a fang and caravan to bind the families and allow you to cross the line. As for the princes elsewhere, they were not so lucky! ”

This is not a joke, not to mention the Central Plains region now, even if it is the Guanzhong region, the imperial court intends to promote new agricultural technology and new agricultural concepts, but the obstruction of the local family is very strong. Not to mention Hebei, people there don't like to eat rice with a little sweetness, they prefer thick pastries, which are of course better than corn.

Wheat cultivation began to be widespread in Hebei, and the cultivation of corn began to decrease. In fact, fools know that the varieties of wheat have not yet reached the best, and the yield cannot keep up with the corn that has been cultivated and matured, but this is just right, and the price of grain will increase a lot.

"A bunch of garbage who just want to sit and collect money!" Li Ming commented on those big families. In fact, everyone knows that the attention of the family is actually in the officialdom and the battlefield, they need a lot of time and resources to learn and train, and trade is risky, so they prefer to collect land rent, which is a more stable way to make money.

However, even Wang Yu had no way to refute Li Ming's words, after all, the latter had created a business myth in Yangzhou.

The two sides were in a stalemate for two days outside the county, and as a result, Cao Cao did not go out of the city for a day, which made Li Ming very strange, both sides lost a lot of soldiers, but it was not yet time to break the muscles and bones, or did Lao Cao feel sorry for his dead thousand tigers and leopards?

"Send someone to scold the city!" Wang Yu gave an order to the cronies around him, and naturally some people went up to scold, and whatever unpleasant words were shouted directly, but the city gate of Yan County was still closed, and Cao Cao had no intention of leaving the city anyway.

But then an arrow shot out, nearly killing the soldier. Fortunately, the Wang Clan's Praetorian Guards were already powerful, and they reacted the moment the arrow was fired, rolled and avoided it, but they looked a little embarrassed.

"Isn't that Xiahoudun? Where is Lao Cao?! Li Ming looked at the city and shouted over there. At this moment, the guard of Yan County is Xiahou Xuan, but he can't see any trace of Cao Cao, Li Ming can't help but be a little suspicious.

"Where is the lord, how do my subordinates know? Li Zhoumu, isn't it really good if you don't go back to Xiapi to see? I heard that Yuan Shu has been eyeing Peijun recently! Xiahoudun replied with a laugh.

"Did you receive any news from Yuan Shu? It is said that if he really Chen Bingpei, it is impossible for Wen Ji, who stayed in Xiapi, not to report it! Li Ming looked at Wang Yu, who shook his head.

"Could it be that Xiahou is blackmailing me? Having said that, doesn't this mean that Lao Cao is really no longer in Yan County?! Li Ming thought carefully about Xiahoudun's words, and finally reacted suddenly, "But the question is, where did Lao Cao go?" ”

Immediately recruited Jia Xu and directly ordered: "I need information on Yanzhou and Pei County during this time, how long is it the fastest?" ”

"If there is urgent information, then the subordinates will receive it in these two days. If I take the initiative to ask for information, it will take a day or two to send the order, and then they will sort it out and send it back, I'm afraid it will also take a day or two! Jia Xu replied.

At this time, a soldier hurried into the camp and handed a booklet to Jia Xu. The latter looked at it, but before he could finish it, another soldier entered the camp in a panic and handed him a note.

"It seems that there is no need to send it out, and the general situation is already understood by the subordinates." Jia Xu briefly looked at the information, which was written in ciphertext, so except for a few people, he couldn't understand the ghost drawing on it at all.

After speaking, he raised the note in his hand and said slowly: "Peijun sent back a message, Yuan Shu Chen Bing Peijun, maybe by the time we received this information, they had already captured several cities. ”

At the same time, he picked up the small notebook in his other hand and continued: "Cao Cao has withdrawn, leaving only a few troops in Xuzhou to consolidate his existing territory. The reason is that Zhang Miao betrayed him, and when he left Yanzhou, he led Lü Bu into Yanzhou, and pushed him to the position of Yanzhou pastor, and the entire territory of Chenliu County, Dongjun and some cities of Jiyin County have fallen into the hands of Lü Bu. Now Lu Bu has moved into Puyang County, the seat of the East County Administration, and is attacking Cao Cao's base camp Juancheng! ”

"Ha, it turns out that the nest was stolen?" Li Ming suddenly laughed, "Then should we take Donghai County?" ”

"Yuan Shu's army is very likely to attack Xiapi County, and besides, we don't have such a large resource reserve, so we can be allowed to eat such a large piece of benefits! Xiapi County and Guangling County are already our limit this year! Wang Yu solemnly admonished.

"This is whatever you want, after all, you are the general of Zhenbei, and I will leave all the military affairs here to you!" Li Ming said with a smile.

After a pause, he continued, "So now that we're doing it?" Go back and fight with Yuan Shu?! ”

"There's no need for that!" Guo Jia stepped forward, "Yuan Shu doesn't dare to fight us again in the short term, their purpose is only Peijun, we only need to send troops to station in Xiapi City to be on guard." At this stage, it is not convenient for our military rations to fight a protracted war, and the lord may be able to collect it when he sees it. ”

"It's okay, if you don't have enough fun fighting, you can cheapen Yuan Shu and Cao Cao!" Li Ming also knew the reason why he couldn't fight a protracted war, his old face turned red, and he directly gave the order to withdraw the troops.

The large army began to retreat, and Xiahoudun, who saw this, was also relieved. If Li Ming went crazy and launched an attack at this moment, he really couldn't hold Donghai County.