Chapter 42 The process is gradually returning

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June is the end of summer, and autumn is about to begin.

Because the weather in Xuzhou has been very good in recent years, it can be said that the wind and rain are smooth, and the main planting in Xuzhou is the stem rice that matures relatively early, so although it has not really entered autumn at this time, most of the stem rice in the field has matured. It's just that now it is not the people of Xuzhou who are harvesting the stalks in the fields around Xuzhou, but groups of Cao soldiers who are like robbers, sending bags and truckloads of rice back to the camp.

Lu Ren was following Guo Jia's side at the moment, looking at Sergeant Cao with an expressionless face that was close to plunder. Seeing that there were golden rice stalks scattered everywhere on the ground, Lu Ren subconsciously bent down and picked up a few bunches and put them under his nose to smell them, and there was a faint fragrance of rice in his nose, and then tried to feed the rice stalks in his hand to the mount behind him, and the mount immediately licked the rice stalks in Lu Ren's hand into his mouth and then gnawed them.

Seeing this, Lu Ren sighed lightly, simply put the reins in his hand on the saddle, and let the mount go to nibble on the rice stalks on the ground at will, while he found a shade to sit down. Guo Jia smiled when he saw Lu Ren like this, and after letting go of the horse like Lu Ren, he also sat down under the shade of the tree, untied the wine bag and poured it himself before handing it to Lu Ren and said: "Yihao, you have always looked so preoccupied in the past few days, what are you thinking?" ”

"......" Lu Ren took the wine bag and looked at Guo Jia again, but the words that were all in his mouth were still swallowed back, and finally looked around, then he shook his head and said, "It's okay to talk to Lao Guo." I saw Cao Gong plundering grain like this, and the people of Xuzhou had all lost their hard work for a year. It's just that although I can't bear it in my heart, I also know that I can't say anything to Cao Gong to leave some food for the people, which will only make Cao Gong angry. ”

Guo Jia also shook his head, pointed at Lu Ren and said, "You kid is just too soft-hearted, and you can even say that you have some women's kindness." But luckily, you're pretty self-aware of what you can and can't do. It's just Yihao, are you too careful in dealing with people a lot of the time? You must know that in some cases, only by speaking boldly and doing boldly will there be a possibility of success, and blindly being too cautious will only become timid and achieve nothing in the end. ”

Lu Ren shrugged: "It's not a big mistake to be careful. Anyway, I'm not afraid of others saying that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, no matter what, my own life is the most important thing. ”

“…… I suddenly feel a little regretful that I became friends with you. ”

Lu Ren laughed dryly, and felt that it was better to pull the topic away, because Lu Ren also noticed that Guo Jia seemed to be using his own words at this time, but although he also wanted to say what he had been thinking, he always felt that it was really not the time to say it now, so it was better to talk about something else first: "Old Guo, Cao Gong is such a scattered army and plundering food, won't the troops be scattered?" And the siege? ”

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Do you really not understand or fake you don't understand?" ”

Lu Ren said half-honestly and half-dishonestly: "I really don't understand." Xuzhou is a good place, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan and others all covet Xuzhou, and they all have the ability to get involved. Cao Gong finally had such an opportunity, and now that he is also in the city, why not hurry up and fight it down quickly, causing a fait accompli? As time goes on, it is inevitable that something will happen. ”

Guo Jia said: "Could it be that you are thinking about this with a lot of worries these days?" ”

When Lu Ren saw Guo Jia asking, he was also happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, saving Guo Jia from playing his own words if he had nothing to do, so he nodded pretendically. However, after a little thought, I still felt that it would be better to add a few words to prove my posture: "Lao Guo, please do something." ”

Guo Jia said: "Say, I will help you if I can help." ”

Lu Ren said: "Mi Zhu took me in for a period of time before, and he was very good to me. In case it really comes to break the city, see if you can help me ask Cao Gong for a favor and protect the Mizhu family, and I can also repay Mizhu. ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "You really don't have to worry too much about this kind of thing, as long as he doesn't resist desperately when the city is broken, but surrenders obediently when it is almost over, and the lord can't really kill all the local celebrities and nobles in Xuzhou, which will only be detrimental to the lord's future governance of Xuzhou." If you want me to say, when necessary, you go to talk to Mi Zhu, as long as Mi Zhu is not a stupid person, you will understand what it means to know the times as a handsome person, and you can also return the favor to Mi Zhu by the way. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia suddenly looked at Lu Ren with interest, and asked with a smile: "Alas, by the way, since you were a guest at Mi Zhu's house at that time, have you ever seen Miss Mi Jia?" ”

Lu Ren didn't expect Guo Jia to suddenly ask this question, so he responded completely subconsciously: "I've seen it!" And he often accompanies her, helping her come up with ideas and settle accounts from time to time. ”

"Oh?" Guo Jia's eyebrows immediately danced: "I heard that Miss Mijia is a beauty, since you have been with her, is she a beauty?" ”

Lu Renxin said I haven't heard of you Guo Jia is also a guy, how can you talk about beauty and virtue? It's a bit like I was in my own time, drinking and talking about women with a group of fox friends and dog friends, and I didn't bother to care too much about it at the moment, so I responded stunned: "It's pretty good." If she dresses up well, she can be included in the women's ...... Oh oh oh, it can be included in the category of Xiuwaihui, but it's still a lot worse than the country and the city, the country and the sky. ”

He also almost said the "goddess" that modern silk otaku often say, but fortunately changed his mouth in time. After thinking about it again, he added: "But although she is only sixteen years old this year, she may be a bit utilitarian about things because she is a businessman." ”

Guo Jia rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Isn't this just right? Since the utilitarian heart is a bit heavy, then when you go to persuade Mi Zhu, I will make a proposal to the lord and let you marry Mi Zhen, so that there will be some staff in-laws. In order to appease the Xuzhou clan, the lord will definitely give you a formal appointment to an official position, and in turn, the Mizhu brothers and sisters will be willing to respond to this in-law ...... in order to protect the family."

"Fuck off!" Lu Ren almost didn't punch Guo Jiabang over: "Say business, talk about business!" Isn't this what I asked you just now? ”

Guo Jia laughed arrogantly for a while before saying, "Okay, let's get down to business." You're wondering why the lord didn't attack the city right away, right? It seems that you really don't know much about military affairs. You don't want to think about it, the lord sent troops in a hurry in the middle of the summer, and at that time, the military rations in Gunzhou were not collected, and there was not much grain in the treasury, so the lord's army was completely light and urgent, and the military rations had always been very tight. The previous capture of Pengcheng was a lot of additions from Pengcheng's treasury, but Pengcheng was not an important grain town in Xuzhou, and the autumn grain in Xuzhou had not been put into the warehouse at that time, and the quantity was not very large, at most, it could only be regarded as a few days of full food for the army led by the lord. ”

After pouring two sips of wine, Guo Jia continued: "Attacking the city is not an overnight thing, not to mention that Tancheng is the seat of Xuzhou, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the Danyang soldiers under Tao Qian are also good soldiers. Tao Qian's subordinates don't have any good generals, but the people under him still have the ability to stick to the city with enough soldiers and food. Moreover, Tao Qian has governed Xuzhou for many years, although there is nothing outstanding, but Xuzhou is stable and rich, and most of the people are attached to Tao Qian, and they will do their best to help each other when defending the city. A city like this is not something that can be taken down.

"When I have the opportunity, I will show you some war strategies, and you will find that all fortified cities basically take a lot of time to break. The lord's army did not have much food and grass, and at this time, he divided his troops and plundered grain, in fact, he was preparing for an all-out attack on the city. And when do you go to the front of the battle to see, it is not difficult to find that the head of Tancheng City is in order, and the soldiers and soldiers have no intention of panicking, obviously Tao Qian is ready to hold on, but it is the lord's army that is light and rapid all the way, whether it is the siege equipment or the craftsmen who accompany the army, they have not followed. Want to conquer such a fortified city without siege equipment? Do you really think that the siege can be filled with human lives? There are not many soldiers and horses under the command of the lord. ”

After saying this, Guo Jia glanced at Cao Bing, who was collecting and transporting grain, and frowned slightly: "And just like you just said, Xuzhou is a good place, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun and others have always coveted it, but they have never been able to find an excuse to send troops to attack." In contrast, if Xuzhou is in the hands of Tao Qian, Tao Qian is easier to solve when he has a chance, but if it falls into the hands of the lord, it is not so easy to fight, so they are very likely to send troops to aid Xu, and at that time, the lord only has one way to retreat, and cannot fight against these strong enemies. In the art of war, it is said that 'the first thing to think about defeat in battle' and 'the profit of the fighter first', the lord first looted enough things, in case it really came to the time when he had to retreat, the soldiers of this trip were not in vain, at least they also got back the capital, and did not put the lord's own belongings into it. ”

"I see, that's the case......" Lu Ren nodded abruptly. He has never fought, even if he is now in Cao Cao's army, in fact, he has never been on the battlefield once, so how can he understand these things? To put it mildly, he will talk about soldiers on paper, and these things will never be considered when playing strategy games, after all, games are games, and complex and changeable things in reality are not comparable to the routines in the game, not to mention that Lu Ren always has the modifier on when playing games.

Now that he has really come into contact with some things in this area, Lu Ren can only say that he seems to understand it at this time. And to be honest, this is Guo Jia deliberately teaching him, otherwise I really don't know what Lu Ren will become. It's just that in this way, Lu Ren grabbed his scalp again, and secretly thought in his heart: "Since Cao Cao wants to grab enough food, it will definitely be delayed until autumn." But in this way, wouldn't it be closer in time to the original historical process? Then what is the significance of my accident to advance Cao Cao's dispatch time? And is it useful for me to appear at this point in time? (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! )