Fei Cao Cao didn't have time to waste at this time, Yuan Shang had already received the news from this side at this time, as Chun Yuqiong said, he would definitely send troops and horses to rescue immediately, and it would be too late to leave when the time came.

When Yuan Shang heard that Juli was captured by Cao Cao's troops, from the big victory a few days ago to the current big defeat, Yuan Shang seemed to be in a dream. He didn't have time to figure out what was going on, so he hurriedly asked people to invite Tian Yu and the merchants to discuss countermeasures.

Tian Yu listened to the words of the soldier who asked for help, his face was also a little ugly, what he was most worried about still happened, the current situation, if the military rations in Juli were destroyed, then the grain in the Dongpingling City could only be used by the army for ten days, and by then Liu Bei's reinforcements had not arrived, and the Dongpingling Tomb would be self-defeating.

"Third prince, please hurry up and send troops to rescue Juli and General Chun Yuqiong!" Tian Yu hurriedly suggested.

Yuan Shang hesitated a little, "At this time, if Cao Cao has already captured Juli, then it will be useless for me to send a large army again!" ”

At this time, Tian Yu thought for a while and asked the soldier who asked for help: "When you came, had Juli been captured, and had the grain and grass been burned?" ”

The soldier hurriedly replied: "At that time, General Chun Yu was organizing the soldiers to resist, but the situation was very unfavorable, and it would probably not be long before it was captured. And the grain and grass, when the little one returned, was not yet burned. ”

Hearing this, Tian Yu seemed to think of something, and said solemnly: "Third son, that Juli is only dozens of miles away from Dongpingling, if Cao Cao really burns grain and grass, then the northeast direction must have been on fire, but when he came down, he didn't find any situation, and his subordinates speculated that it must be Cao Cao's army that lacked food, and he wanted all the grain and grass in Juli to be his own!" Lord, if you send troops at this time, even if you can't recapture the grain and grass, you will definitely have a great gain! ”

After listening to Tian Yu's speculation, Yuan Shang couldn't believe it, and asked rhetorically: "Where is there anyone who will take grain and grass with him when he raids the land of grain?" Then even if Cao Cao is short of food, he won't take such a risky move, right? At that time, if he is caught up by our army, not only will the grain and grass not be taken away, but even Cao Cao may be in danger. Cao Cao is now a frightened bird, and he will never take such a risky move. From what I know about Cao Cao, he must have set up an ambush in Juli to lure my army out of the city; Even Na Cao Zhang was already preparing to attack outside the city. As soon as our army went to Juli, he immediately waved his troops to attack the city, and then we were in a dilemma! ”

Yuan Shang's analysis also has some truth, but Tian Yu identified Cao Cao's actions, and he still insisted on his opinion, "Third prince, Cao Cao has been chased by Wu Ming's army, and there must be an urgent shortage of grain and grass in the army, so if I am Cao Cao, I will definitely find a way to find grain and grass, even if it is risky, it is worth it." Otherwise, once the army is short of food, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, and the soldiers will find their own way out, and Cao Cao will really have no day to turn over. Please don't hesitate to send an army to the rescue! ”

When Yuan Shang was hesitating, another spy came in from outside to report: "Third prince, a group of soldiers and horses, about thousands of people, was found outside the city, and it was moving towards Dongpingling!" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shang laughed and said, "Mr. Tian, you are wrong now!" I knew that Cao Cao would never be like this for the sake of food and grass. He used a strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain, how could I fall for him? Come on, give the order down, let the soldiers hurry up and prepare to defend the city! ”

"Third son, Cao Cao is scheming, this must be his suspicious plan!" Tian Yu was very anxious and said again.

"Tian Yu, how can you guarantee that this is a suspicious plan and not a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain? Marching and fighting, where there is a fixed routine! If Cao Cao is really for the rations of the soldiers, then give it to him! Otherwise, if according to Mr. Tian's statement, if the enemy really captures Dongpingling, and our army does not recapture the grain and grass, will I still have my life at that time? Hugh has to say more, if you really want to go, then I will give you at most 2,000 soldiers and horses, and I still need to defend the city with the rest of the soldiers! ”

"Two thousand is two thousand! Third son, I'll set off now, and I hope that the son will be careful in everything! ”

Yuan Shang didn't expect Tian Yu to be so persistent, and the matter had come to this point, so he had to let Tian Yu act alone. At this time, the handsome on the side also said: "Childe, the last general is willing to be with Mr. Tian!" ”

Yuan Shang nodded, "Those two be careful, if something is not good, come back quickly, I forgive you!" ”

Tian Yuhe led two thousand soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Juli together, the army traveled lightly, without any baggage, and it took more than an hour to come to Juli, at this time, except for the corpses everywhere and the smoke of gunpowder that did not disperse, there was nothing else, and there was no natural grain and grass left.

"Sure enough, Cao Cao's purpose is grain and grass! Recruit the general, we will chase down this road, we will inevitably encounter Cao Cao's grain transportation brigade, charge over, and we will definitely win a big victory! ”

Zhao nodded, "It's just that Cao Cao will inevitably be on guard, leaving behind the soldiers and horses, we only have two thousand troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed!" ”

Tian Yu sighed and said, "It's a pity that the third prince doesn't listen to me!" The matter has come to this, and we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven! ”

The two led their troops to chase for half an hour, and sure enough, they caught up with Cao Cao's army of transporting grain, Cao Cao saw that someone was chasing, and immediately asked Li Xin to take three thousand soldiers to block, a big battle, after most of the army was killed and wounded, Tian Yu had no choice but to issue an order to withdraw the army.

It wasn't until the next morning that Cao Cao transported all the grain from Juli to his camp, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xun You and said, "Gongda's plan has solved my urgent need!" Deserve to be worshiped by Cao Cao! ”

Xun You hurriedly helped Cao Cao up and said: "The lord doesn't have to be so polite, but last night was really thrilling, someone chased him out, it seems that Tian Yu saw through my strategy, but Yuan Shang didn't listen, otherwise our army would never be so easy to get grain and grass and go back!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, thinking of what happened last night, and now he still has some palpitations, and sighs again and again: "Who is this Tian Yu?" There is such a skill! ”

At this time, Cheng Yu arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, this Tian Yu is a native of Zhuo County, originally a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, and later when Gongsun Chan perished, Tian Yu returned to Yuan Shao. ”

Hearing that it was from Zhuo County, Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning, "It's actually the same villager as that Liu Bei?" ”

Cheng Yu continued: "Exactly! I heard that Liu Bei had an old acquaintance with him, but later Tian Yu had something at home and couldn't follow Liu Bei. Now that both of them are under Yuan Shao's account, it can be regarded as providence! ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then Liu Bei has always had great ambitions, how can he be a person who has lived under others for a long time?" I'm afraid that he Yuan Benchu will seek this world for others in the future! ”