As soon as Chen Gong's words spoke, everyone was shocked. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info himself has just come out of Puyang through the city, and it can be said that it is 108,000 miles away from Xuzhou. With this remnant army, how can you easily get to Xuzhou? However, Chen Gong ignored everyone's surprise and continued to speak: "Although we are defeated now, there are still 20,000 soldiers and horses, and although there is not much grain and grass, there is still the strength to fight. In addition, I still have confidants in the area of Dongwuyang and Yangping, and there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses, and 10,000 stones of grain and grass. Moreover, although Yuan Shao of Hebei controlled Jizhou, the Qinghe River and the plains to the east of Jizhou were quite unstable. The lord led his troops to break the city from this area and intercept the grain and grass, and there must be no problem. ”

"In that case, why not lead troops to occupy the plains, why do you have to go to Xuzhou? The road is far away, and there are many soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, so if you want to kill all the way, I'm afraid it's not easy. Hearing this, Lu Bu asked out loud, after all, it is definitely not an easy thing to go from Puyang, all the way through the state, and from Yanzhou to Xuzhou.

"Lord, I am waiting in Yanzhou, and we are still being attacked by Cao Cao. If he occupied Hebei, how could Yuan Shao let the lord occupy the plain? When the time comes, a great army will be raised! The plain is now outnumbered, and the grain and grass are not abundant, so if we have captured the plain, how much ability do we have to resist Yuan Shao's possible attack? Xuzhou is very different, although it was attacked by Cao Cao last year, but after all, only one Xiaopei was affected, and Xuzhou was still unharmed. Moreover, Tao Qian is old and weak, and Cao Mengde is eyeing him again, this is the time to employ people, if the lord goes, Tao Qian will gladly accept it, and when the time comes, he will inevitably rely on the lord as a western barrier to resist Cao Cao. In this way, we will not only have the opportunity to recuperate, but also encroach on the power of Xuzhou, occupy Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and then compete with Cao Cao. ”

"Well, that's a way to do that, too. It's just that I'm on the back of the two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and I'm on guard in every way. Then Tao Gongzu in Xuzhou, will he really let me wait to settle in Xuzhou? Even if I give up a city and a pool, how can I rest assured that I can recuperate? Lu Bu's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this.

"Lord, now it's not whether he Tao Qian is willing to let me wait to enter Xuzhou, but he has to let me wait to enter Xuzhou. If it weren't for a world-famous general like the lord, how could he become a barrier to his Xuzhou? As long as Tao Qian intends to let me and others resist Cao Cao, he will definitely be able to entrap the lord, even if the grain and grass materials are not enough, he will never be harsh. Moreover, Tao Qian is frail and sickly, and it is estimated that his life will be short, and his two sons will not be successful. As long as the lord can encircle the Xuzhou family, and wait for Tao Qian to die, the lord can annex Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and then compete with Cao Cao. ”

"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded when he heard this, and continued: "It's just that Xuzhou is far away, and Cao Jun is blocking the road, how can we easily get there?" ”

"Don't worry about this. What we are most lacking at this time is grain and grass, so we can first march to the Qinghe River and the plains to seize grain and grass. Then he led the army from Qingzhou to Xuzhou. That Qingzhou has been ravaged by the yellow turbans for many years, which shows that the combat power is low, and it will not pose a threat to the lord at all. Besides, there is a lot of grain and grass in the hands of the yellow scarf. At that time, the lord only needs to learn from Cao Cao and incorporate a few Yellow Turban people, which can increase his combat power. ”

"Well, in that case, listen to what the gentleman has to say." Lu Bu nodded and said, "Zang Ba." ”

"The end will be."

"You immediately led an army of 5,000 and thought it was the vanguard, and Cheng Lian and Cao Xing were your lieutenants. Kill and run to Jizhou, plunder grain and grass, there must be no mistake. "Wow!" After Zang Ba received the order, he immediately got up. After all, everyone is now on the bank of the Yellow River, and if they want to go to Hebei, they have to find a way to cross the river. As a striker, he is busy again!

By night, Cao Cao had received a report from the scouts that Lü Bu's army had crossed the Yellow River safely and was missing. Because of last night's fire, Puyang City is full of ruins, and the people are even more displaced, and it still takes time to completely pacify it. Fortunately, it is now the end of May and the weather is very warm, so there is no problem for the people whose houses have been destroyed to live in tents. In addition, Cao Cao's men had a lot of grain and grass, and most of the grain and grass that Lu Bu plundered in order to fight with him for a long time are now stored in the official warehouse. After all, Chen Gong and the others left in too much hurry last night, and they didn't care about transporting them away or burning the grain stored in the official warehouse.

I opened a warehouse today to release grain, which made the people in Puyang City settle down. What's more, he has ruled in Dongjun for a long time, and his foundation is especially strong, so the people naturally will not have any dissent. This year, I originally planned to take Xuzhou, and it seems that I have to hurry up. Otherwise, as soon as it is winter, it will be very expensive to want to conquer again. According to the road to hegemony formulated by Gao Ye, Xun Yu and Guo Jia, everything he is doing now is competing for time with Yuan Shao. He needed to settle on three states in the north and then go south. He also needs to take at least Yan, Yu, and Xu to have enough strength to fight Yuan Shao. Now Yuan Shao has fiercely suppressed Gongsun Chan in Youzhou, Gongsun Chan not only has to resist Yuan Shao's attack on the one hand, but also has to guard against Karasuma's attack on the other, but he is afraid that Yuan Shao will not be able to pacify Youzhou in a short time, so he also needs to hurry up and seize Xuzhou first.

Therefore, Cao Cao immediately ordered Manzhong to be the Taishou of Dongjun, and Cheng Yu to stay too guard for Chen, stabilize the place, appease the people, and most importantly, guard against Yuan Shao. The soldiers and horses brought by them were temporarily stationed on the spot to alleviate the problem of insufficient soldiers in the two places. As for the attack on Xuzhou, there are soldiers and horses under the Lu State, the Liang State and Zhao Yun and others who have already killed the county, and there are 30,000 of them, so there is no problem in thinking about it.

Just before he was about to set off, an urgent document from Zao Yi was sent to Cao Cao's desk who was still in Puyang City. I don't know if I don't look at it, but at a glance, Cao Cao almost jumped up from his seat and shouted: "God don't bless me!" "I looked at the next group of people inexplicably. After all, everyone has never seen Cao Cao still have this angry and corrupt appearance. Even Guo Jia woke up completely from a sleepy-eyed look. Speaking of which, Guo Jia can't be blamed, Cao Cao issued various orders last night, not only to appease people's hearts, but also to deploy troops and appoint officials, which was really busy. Fortunately, Guo Jia and Xun Yu helped him share a lot, and in the middle of the night, it was all completed. Cao Cao and Xun Yu went to sleep, but Guo Jia was not so lucky, but was called to the room by Gao Ye. Gao Ye scolded Guo Jia for this behavior that made Cao Cao put himself in danger.

In fact, Gao Ye just wanted to tell Guo Jia at the beginning not to do such a dangerous thing in the future. In the future, if there is a plan to lure the enemy, even if it is not the master, then you have to find a stand-in. Otherwise, Cao Cao really has three long and two short, and you kid still has a life? However, Guo Jia was obviously not so flustered, but had his own set of crooked reasoning, which made Gao Ye speechless. Especially the last sentence "Is the eldest brother so unconfident in the camp" completely ignited Gao Ye's anger, and the angry Gao Ye could only change from teaching to scolding. This made Guo Jia not sleep all night, and after scolding people, Gao Ye was refreshed, and Guo Jia, who hadn't slept all night, couldn't wait to fall on the bed immediately.

At this time, after listening to Cao Cao's words like scolding the street, he cheered up, although he didn't know what was going on, but it must not be a trivial matter that could make Cao Cao so angry. Even Gao Ye was confused for a while, and asked, "Lord, what happened?" ”

"Zao Yi and Ren Jun came to report, saying that there are signs of locust plagues in Yanzhou now. Therefore, I have come to ask me to allocate more manpower to him so that he can deal with the locust plague. ”

Gao Ye suddenly realized when he heard this. That's right, when I was waiting for the attack at the West Gate the day before yesterday, I was still thinking about how to reveal the locust plague to Cao Cao, but I didn't expect that after a big battle, I would have forgotten about this matter to the clouds. Fortunately, Zao Yi and the others did not eat dry rice, and they discovered the signs of the locust plague in time, otherwise even if they remembered it, it would not be easy to convince Cao Cao. After all, he is not a proficient farmer, even if he says it, Cao Cao must be able to believe it.

Now as soon as Zaoyi's words come out, Cao Cao can't help but believe it. Since Zao Yi served as the captain of the agricultural school, the harvest in Yanzhou has been obvious to all. In addition, there are still many peasant disciples under Zaoyi, and the dignified peasant family has been inherited for all these years, and it is impossible not to even find a catastrophe like the locust plague. If so, what is the difference between these peasant children and ordinary farmers? Therefore, as soon as Zaoyi's letter came, Cao Cao believed eighty percent. It's just that now that the war is resting, in addition to the soldiers and horses preparing for the eastward expedition to Xuzhou, where can anyone else be transferred to Zaoyi? If these people were to be sent to control the locust plague, they would not be able to go eastward on their own. If it is not adjusted, the locust plague will break out everywhere, and the losses under your own rule will be heavy, and the grain and grass will be urgent, and I am afraid that the turmoil will be even greater.

In fact, it was only for a moment, and Cao Cao had already figured out the joints. Now the crusade against Xuzhou is a small matter, but the response to the locust plague is a big matter. After all, Xuzhou will not fight this year, and he will still be there next year waiting for his own attack. However, the grain and grass have suffered a disaster this year, and it is a question whether the army can survive until next year without grain and grass under his own control. The lesser of two evils! It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao broke out "God will not bless me", after all, this year will be delayed for another year, and the gap between himself and Yuan Shao is afraid that it will widen a lot.

In October, the harvest of grain and grass in Yanzhou was finally completed, and even Cao Cao couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. Fortunately, Zaoyi responded in time, and he did not attack Xuzhou, although the locust plague in Yanzhou was everywhere, but under the hunting and killing of the army in the early stage, the harm caused was not very great. Although nearly 20% of the farmland is still eaten by locusts, the results are now the best compared to the lack of harvest.

Cao Cao, who finally shifted all the focus of his work to how to go east to Xuzhou, received an urgent report that he couldn't even think of. Yu Ban, who was stationed in Lu State, reported: "Last month, Lu Bu went to Xuzhou and took refuge with Tao Qian, and now he has been stationed in Xiaopei to prevent Yanzhou. Liu Bei of the Plains has also entered Xuzhou, and is now treated as a guest by Tao Qian, and is ordered to garrison Langya. Cao Cao read the war report, and even sighed that Xuzhou was difficult to attack. However, after seeing the battle report in the high night, I had only one thought: I had done so many things, but I didn't expect that in the end, I would return to the origin of history!