Cao Cao came into contact with Liu Zhang back then, and saw traces of a teenager on him. But why is it that this person is doing things and being a person at two extremes? In short, there are too many things that Cao Cao can't figure out, but the thing in front of him is that he Cao Cao and Liu Bei were completely played by Liu Zhang, and Cao Cao, who calls himself a capable minister of the world and a hero in troubled times, has a stomachache?

Since Yuan Shao, he Cao Cao doesn't seem to have won a battle, and now with Liu Bei, they can only watch? Is it because Liu Zhang is a teenager who does not play cards according to common sense, or is he already old and rigid in thinking? People will always reflect on themselves after failure, and Cao Cao is also reflecting on himself. Liu Zhang may not have read the military books, so there is something strange about marching and fighting, but he has read too many military books......

"Fengxiao, Gongda... Do we have a way to defeat Liu Zhang? Cao Cao seemed to be asking them, but he was actually asking himself. As for Liu Bei on the side, that person didn't know how many times he had failed.

Guo Jia opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, and Xun Yu on the side was also silent. To be honest, he couldn't think of what to do, Liu Zhang lacked nothing, but they lacked a lot of things. Looking at the people who didn't speak, Cao Cao was also silent.

"Lord Yanzhou ......" Guo Jia said in a low voice, there is just no way to attack Liu Zhang in the situation, but if you defend, there should be many ways, right? They can also make traps, they can also fill Liu Zhang with a lot of trouble, and even finally negotiate with Liu Zhang and admit his dominance.

Cao Cao said weakly: "Let's return to Yanzhou in two days, and hand it over to Xuandejun here." "It doesn't matter whether Jizhou wants it or not, if you can't hold it, you will waste your troops. Cao Cao is Cao is Cao is there is some loss, but it is impossible for him to give up. As long as there is a slight opportunity, Cao Cao will definitely seek a chance to turn the tables.

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Ming Gong, don't you want Jizhou?" How can Liu Bei and He De hold Jizhou, Jizhou has become more and more powerful after losing Liu Zhang. If Ming Gong and we separate, we can only ...... in the future" Liu Bei still didn't want to give up, and only the three brothers left did not give up at that time.

Cao Cao paused and said: "Xuande just stay in the city, if Liu Zhang comes to attack Xuande, he will prepare to return to Youzhou, or bring troops to Yanzhou." We will be broken by Liu Zhang one by one when we disperse, but now that it is winter, there should be buffer time. Liu Zhang should not send troops in a big way, Xuande can lobby the Southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan troops to attack Liu Zhang, and after the Chinese New Year this year, we will all besiege Liu Zhang. "If they can't fight in technology, then they just need to fight for the number of people.

Liu Bei didn't prepare to say anything when he saw Cao Cao talking like this, Yanzhou was still important in Cao Cao's eyes. After discussing it now, Liu Bei has nothing to say. After all, it is impossible for two people to work together, Liu Bei knows this, and Cao Cao also knows it.

Liu Bei returned to his residence, and said that Jizhou was such a rich place, don't you want it? There has never been such a situation before, and Jizhou feels a little hot potato at the moment: "Cao Cao gave up Jizhou, and he is ready to go back to save Yanzhou." Sir, what should we do, we can't hold Jizhou at all. "More than half of the cavalry were killed by Cao Cao, and a small half of the infantry was also killed. Liu Zhang only lost some cavalry, and Liu Bei was a little dumbfounded by this situation.

Xu Shu sighed and said: "What Ming Gong said is right, let's go back and unite Wuhuan's Dun Dun, the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei and others, maybe we can take the opportunity to win some opportunities." As for Jizhou giving up, Liu Zhang will not go south in a short time if he has Jizhou. The man would always be quiet for a long time when he went to a place, which gave us a chance to breathe. ”

Liu Bei said helplessly: "It can only be like this, fortunately, the weather is getting colder and colder, even if there are cold clothes to pursue, it is still inconvenient." ”

Two days later, Cao Cao returned to Xuchang from Jizhou, and more than half of the cavalry who went out with him were killed. Originally, he thought that Liu Zhang would ambush him on the way back, but in fact, Liu Zhang didn't even come out of the camp. After returning to Xuchang, Xun Yu and Cao Pi came out to pick up Cao Cao.

Cao Cao has lost a little weight in the past few days, and his body has weakened a lot. Xun Yu saw Cao Cao get out of the car with a miserable face: "Lord, what's wrong?" Jizhou, have we been defeated? "It can be seen that a large number of infantry have entered the city, and it is reasonable that more than half of the casualties have been killed.

Cao Cao showed an expression that was more uncomfortable than crying: "Go into the city, right?" How's Yanzhou going? The only officials who came out to greet Cao Cao were his original people, and those officials of the imperial court seemed to want to make a clear break with him.

"The third prince Cao Zhang has already led the troops to garrison near Chenliu, but Zhou Yu defeated the prince for a while, and now the third prince is guarding the city, but those people are detouring to other places and just killing officials. Everywhere we went, our officials were almost dead. But they never plundered the people, so the people did not have so much resistance. He was a little surprised that none of the soldiers were harassing the people.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Tell Ziwen (Cao Zhang's character) to stick to it is meritorious, don't think about attacking." He is young, and he is definitely no match for the group of people under Liu Zhang. What happened to Zixiao (Cao Ren's character)? Thinking of the fire on all sides of his hometown, Cao Cao felt that one end was a bag, is it appropriate for Liu Zhang to massacre officials like this?

"Yunxian can only guard the door there, and it is impossible to even go out there. The whole Yanzhou area is on fire on all sides, the harvest of the previous year was not good, and the lord has mobilized again this year, and I am afraid that we will not have much grain and grass. Over the years, we have been fighting for many years, and this year we have been hit by a drought again, and even if we have potatoes, we will not have enough food and grass. Xun Yu has been very distressed because of internal affairs, and he has presided over internal affairs in Xuchang all these years.

Last year, Cao Cao transported a large amount of grain and grass to Jizhou was all snatched away by Liu Bei, and the grain and grass he had saved with great difficulty over the years were squandered by Cao Cao. Fortunately, there is no need to give so many officials in the DPRK and China, which more or less makes up for it. As for the Son of Heaven, he can barely survive.

"Grain and grass... Isn't it enough again? In the past six months, because of Liu Zhang's pressure, he rarely thought about the rest of the matter.

Xun Yu said with a wry smile: "If the lord is just a matter of grain and grass, it is still simple, because Liu Zhang's merchants have withdrawn from Yanzhou, Xuchang and other places, and at present, our merchants cannot sell a large number of goods. What's even more terrifying is that many of our people can't go out to work, which reduces a lot of income. ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a long time, and it seemed that his territory was not only a strategic problem, but also that there seemed to be many people inside who couldn't get by? If the merchant's goods can't be sold, then he won't have any money, and now he vaguely feels that Liu Zhang seems to have been calculating him for a long time?

"Do we have no money now, and we don't have much food and grass?" Cao Cao found a problem, he seemed to be unable to feed his army.

Xun Yu smiled bitterly and said: "That's not it, our businessmen can still go to Qingzhou and Wuhuan." It's just that Wuhuan has become bigger and bigger in recent years, and it seems to have a trend of going south. As long as Liu Zhang cuts off the road to Qingzhou, I'm afraid we will be sad. Now Liu Zhang's forces have slowly surrounded us, and we have become a battle of trapped beasts. "This is the situation that Xun Yu discovered, Liu Zhang in the south occupies all of them, and Liu Zhang in the north is already reaching out.

Cao Cao walked to the mansion and sat down and said, "Has Yanzhou become such a situation? In the past, we didn't have that kind of businessman in Yanzhou, but why is it now in this situation? ”

Xun Yu was really helpless: "Because the merchants there in Liu Zhang work and give a lot of money to the people, the harvest of the people's land in a year is not as good as going out to work for a few months." The land was bought by those families, and the people went to work, and now the merchants are gone, but the land of the people is gone. This time he was really helpless, Liu Zhang used a little routine.

Cao Cao's eyes widened: "The family has no taxes, and the people have no land to plant...... Is Liu Zhang going to play us to death? Cao Cao suddenly felt that the situation was not ordinarily bad, and he seemed to be about to finish?

Xun Yu smiled bitterly: "That's true, but we can't help it." If we forcibly claim the land, I am afraid that these families will immediately fall to Liu Zhang. At that time, we would have been defeated without beating us, and the destiny would belong to Liu Zhang. At this moment, Xun Yu suddenly felt that Liu Zhang's scheming was so deep, and he counted them from the beginning.

Cao Cao took a few deep breaths and said, "Wen Ruo, let's discuss what to do next......" Cao Cao was a little tired, he didn't have a good rest at all, he was tired these days.

This night, Cao Cao slept until dawn, and after recovering sufficient mental strength, Cao Cao recovered the domineering hero: "The family doesn't care about it for the time being, let the people open pits and wasteland to plant." As for the merchants, let them go to Qingzhou and Youzhou to trade. "It's okay at the moment.

"Zhong Kang asked the general to lead the team to clean up the small forces in Yanzhou, and it is important to ensure peace in Yanzhou. In addition, spies were sent to pay attention to Liu Zhang's movements, and as long as he moved troops, he must come to report. "It's almost the Chinese New Year, and the weather is getting colder. Cao Cao was sure that Liu Zhang would not be attacking, so it was time for him Cao Cao to sort out his thoughts.

Speaking of surrendering Cao Cao, it is not unbearable, he took refuge in Dong Zhuo and later took refuge in Yuan Shao, and he Cao Cao did it all. But since he became one person under ten thousand people, Cao Cao will not rely on anyone. But now Liu Zhang beat Cao Cao alive with a bag all over his head, and Cao Cao had to vote this time. Whether Liu Zhang will treat him well or not, there is no need to question this.

No matter what happened to Liu Bei, he Cao Cao had already begun to think about how to try his best to delay Liu Zhang. Liu Bei, an ally, can still be used, anyway, even if Liu Zhang can attack, he will fight Liu Bei first and fight himself, and he still has plenty of time.