Winter arrives in Jizhou, which is the north, and in later generations, it is already necessary to wear cotton clothes in this season. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was cotton, but Cao Cao absolutely didn't have it, let alone any cotton clothes. They had to wear more clothes, and fur was something as valuable as a thing that ordinary soldiers could have. The cavalry galloped on their horses, and the cold wind penetrated into their clothes, and the cold was really sour.

Cao Cao, as a superior, did not feel that there was anything wrong. There were cotton clothes before, is this war different? There is no need to be so hypocritical at any time, but Liu Zhang's cavalry has already been dressed and set off again. The thick clothing ensured their vigorous combat effectiveness, and Cao Cao's cavalry seemed to be dying more and more?

"Lord, we can't fight like this!" Guo Jia came to see Cao Cao wrapped in a thick cloak, and his body became weaker and weaker. Originally, this period was the rhythm of Cao Cao's preparation to go north to conquer Wuhuan, but because of Liu Zhang, Guo Jiashao suffered a lot of crimes. But his body is still weak, and it is a little difficult to walk every day.

Cao Cao hurriedly motioned to his subordinates to help Guo Jia close to the stove: "How is Fengxiao's health?" What's wrong with that? Liu Zhang's cavalry was also killed every day, and we delayed his attack. Cao Cao was puzzled, he felt that everything was fine at the moment.

Guo Jia coughed for a long time before saying, "My lord, look at this..." Such thick clothes look bulky, but they also seem to be warm?

Cao Cao touched it for a while and said, "Liu Zhang's soldiers are all in this kind of clothes? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "I learned from the captain who came back that Liu Zhang's soldiers were all wearing this kind of clothes. Our cavalry has been scattered too much, and if Liu Zhang lays an ambush at night in advance, I am afraid that our soldiers will be wiped out as soon as they leave the city the next day. In the past few days, we have lost nearly a quarter of the cavalry, but we do not know where Liu Zhang is. If we continue to fight like this, we will have no cavalry. "Cao Cao's horses are not easy to come, and he doesn't have the whole Xiliang to serve him.

Cao Cao felt a chill in his heart and said: "This kind of clothing is very useful for Liu Zhang's soldiers, so it seems that our cavalry can't attack blindly." If it snows in winter, they will be in ambush and we will have a hard time coping with it. It's not good for soldiers to fight in the cold, but what do we do next? If we don't harass, Liu Zhang will come to attack. "Cao Cao is also very helpless.

Guo Jia coughed twice and said, "The lord can build a large camp outside the city, and all the cavalry will be placed outside. Once Liu Zhang attacks us, the cavalry can go straight to Liu Zhang's camp. As long as we burn the supplies, we can hold on. The cavalry is the key to this battle, and the lord cannot go on like this. ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a long time, but at this moment, there was a noise outside, and Xu Chu hurriedly rushed in: "Lord Liu Zhang seems to have three waves of soldiers heading to Xuchang, and the two teams of men and horses from Xuzhou killed many of our officials along the way, which means to go straight to Xuchang." They carried a lot of that kind of explosive stuff, and the cities along the way were easily broken by them. The Wenpin of Yunxian County launched attacks from time to time, and Zixiao couldn't do without it at all. At present, there are fires everywhere in the entire Yanzhou area. The third prince had already led his troops to the rescue near Chenliu, and Zhou Yu led his troops to slaughter our consul all the way. "This method is not ruthless, and just killing officials will paralyze the local area.

The news of the fire in the backyard finally reached Cao Cao, and Liu Bei had been listening to Cao Cao's bragging, but now it seems that Cao Cao's backyard is on fire? Hold on and can't laugh, and now you can't brag about it? But Cao Cao doesn't seem to be having a good time, although he is very cool, but he seems to be unlucky?

"How is it in Xuzhou? Is Chen Gong attacking Xuzhou again? "He really hates Chen Gong, that person seems to have been competing with him in Xuzhou all along.

Xu Chu hurriedly said: "Lejin and they retreated from Lujiang to Xuzhou, but at present, Xuzhou has been surrounded and suppressed by Chen Gong and Gao Shun's tens of thousands of horses. Xuzhou is only less than 40,000 people, if you go out of the city, it will inevitably be broken by Chen Palace. Relying on the city wall, it can still hold on, but there is no way to stop Zhou Yu from coming. ”

Liu Zhang could attack him from the sea, and he could attack him from Xuzhou. Cao Cao had too many places to defend, even if Liu Zhang didn't grab the city when he arrived here, he only had to kill all their officials, which made Cao Cao have no choice. There is no dominance without officials, but too many troops are needed to go to the rescue.

Cao Cao was silent, and here he was preparing for war with all his might. But in the face of his hometown on fire on all sides, how should he respond? He also wanted to go to Liu Zhang's place to light the fire like this, but he couldn't pass these passes at all, and it would be useless if there were fewer people who went, and if he went more, he would definitely be surrounded and suppressed. It seems that they have no way to deal with Liu Zhang in this way......

Liu Bei tried to say, "Does Duke Ming want to take the troops back?" Once Ming Gong led the troops back, presumably Zhou Yu and the others would inevitably retreat. But Jizhou will inevitably be lost, and then as long as Liu Zhang is resting for a year, we will surrender, right? Liu Bei suddenly found that he also had a little dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, anyway, Cao Cao was stronger than him and more ambitious than him. Now it is Cao Cao who is facing Liu Zhang head-on, and it is good that he, Liu Bei, is watching from the side as before.

Jizhou Liu Bei has already handed it over to Cao Cao, even Qingzhou Liu Bei doesn't plan to ask for it. At present, it seems that Liu Zhang is the biggest problem, and if Liu Zhang does not solve the so-called turf, it basically does not make much sense.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others on the side and asked, "Everyone... Do you have any comments? Cao Cao found that he didn't know what to do, whether to go to a decisive battle with Liu Zhang, or to go to Yanzhou to rescue?

Everyone was stunned, Guo Jia coughed and said: "The lord should have a decisive battle, at present, as long as there is a decisive battle, it is estimated that there will be no war in the next few months." However, the lord needs a good plan to trick Liu Zhang into sending troops, as long as Liu Zhang can be put on us, there will definitely be a chance. ”

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said: "Strategy, then Liu Zhang is not good for anything other than he loves gold and silver beauties." It's impossible to have such a thing as a beauty trick, can you tell Liu Zhang that there is a batch of gold there? Cao Cao thought it was funny, he used to look down on that kind of greedy and lustful person. But now he felt that the greed for money and lust seemed to be more difficult to exploit than the other shortcomings. For example, suspicious, Liu Zhang doesn't seem to have a suspicious personality.

Cheng Yu was silent for a long time and said, "The lord might as well try the bitter meat trick?" This may be the only thing that can be used, we go to someone here to tell Liu Zhang that we are going back to rescue Xuchang, and then leak our itinerary, will Liu Zhang suddenly ambush us? Cheng Yu felt that this could be used.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei's eyes on the side lit up, it seems that the bitter meat plan is really possible? For better or worse, this is probably the one most likely to succeed. Liu Zhang must have been tired of it for so many days, so this plan may succeed. Maybe he can really take the opportunity to fight with Liu Zhang for a while, and his hundreds of thousands of troops will fight Liu Zhang's 70,000 or 80,000 troops, then he will not be attacking in a few years.

If they have time, they can study those things, and maybe they can make progress? Cao Cao is already doing these things, if they also have that kind of weapon, there will really be a war in the future. Liu Bei's mind is active, and this strategy is very crucial. Xu Shu on the side seems to have something to say, but now is not the time.

"Who recommends the Bitter Meat Meter?" Cao Cao pondered it and seemed to be good.

Cheng Yu didn't think about it at all and said directly: "Qin Yilu, the former subordinate of Lu Bu, this person was captured and surrendered by the lord at the beginning, and now he is just a partial general. This person is strong in martial arts and has a good heart. "Cheng Yu's main value is that this person's wife was occupied by Cao Cao and obediently worked for Cao Cao......

Liu Zhang can only say that he has no temper for this kind of person, and he has done a good job, since Qin Yilu dedicated himself to his wife, he has really had a successful career and a smooth journey. was supposed to be killed by Zhang Fei, but now because of Liu Zhang's joining, he survived. has followed Cao Cao all the way to the present and has also achieved a partial general, can it be regarded as a breakthrough?

After hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's very good, go and summon General Qin quickly." Cao Cao is not afraid that he will not agree at all, his whole family is now in Xuchang, whether it is the original son or the current young family, he Cao Cao can threaten.

Soon Qin Yilu arrived, and Cao Cao told him about the plan just now. Then he looked at him with a gloomy face, which made Qin Yilu cry bitterly. It can be seen that as long as he doesn't agree, Cao Cao will definitely kill him. The war has reached this situation, and it has made the hero want to seize any possibility.

"By the command of the lord alone, the end will do everything." How do you want to keep your whole family, I sighed in my heart but had to agree. I don't know if Liu Zhang is willing to believe him, I heard that that person is a teenager and may be able to succeed?

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "This is very good, let's discuss how to act." "The first thing is to arrange for myself to go back, and this matter must be believed by Liu Zhang. In addition, there must be a good excuse for Qin Yilu to defect, which is very crucial. There are many people on the other side, and Cao Cao must have a backhand.

Li Ru's people are all human spirits, what if they see it? Cao Cao also has to consider this, anti-ambush under ambush? This time's strategy can be said to have a high success rate, whether it is Liu Zhang's raid on himself, or his counter-raid on Liu Zhang. In this case, it is simply impossible for Liu Zhang to carry something like a bulky earthen cannon. It was seeing this that Cao Cao felt that there was a great opportunity. If Liu Zhang can be defeated once a year ago, there may still be some opportunities for Cao Cao after the coming year.