Cao De has been waiting in Liyang City for more than a month. The White Tiger Rider www.biquge.info with less than 6,000 people left in the pen & fun > pavilion was arranged by Cao De more than half a month ago to embark on the road back to Hanzhong.

The White Tiger Rider has suffered unprecedented heavy losses this time. The predecessor of the White Tiger Ride is the Ugly Bull Ride.

They had great feats, but they were almost wiped out in the first place! They need to rest. Fortunately, the main frame of the White Tiger Ride has not yet been completely paralyzed. Therefore, they need to replenish their troops immediately.

Originally, Cao De also wanted to arrange the Flying Wolf Army, which had less than 20,000 people left, to return to Liangzhou, but was rejected by Liu Bao.

Liu Bao's reason is very simple, although the first war is over, but the lord has more battles, you need the Flying Wolf Army! Moreover, the lord has just collected more than 200,000 surrendered troops, and the lord needs a strong army around him to protect him!

In the end, the Flying Wolves remained, but they were allowed to select soldiers from among the more than 200,000 surrendered Yuan troops.

In fact, the composition of Cao De's cavalry was very chaotic. Let's just say that the four cavalry of the Green Dragon Cavalry and the White Tiger Cavalry, among them are Han people, Qiang people, Yi people, Huns, and a small number of Xianbei people.

Therefore, there are some Han people in the Flying Wolf Army, and Cao De doesn't mind.

Taking advantage of this time, Cao De also used Yuan Shao's surrender to supplement the loss of the rest of the armies.

Cao De's choice of soldiers was also selective. The first element is those who have not started a family in Jizhou, that is, orphans. Such a soldier could follow Cao De back to Hanzhong after the war, and then take root in Hanzhong and become a part of Hanzhong.

As for the remaining soldiers, Cao De also dismissed many soldiers with flaws in physical fitness and moral character, even so, the surrendered army staying in Liyang still had to be 180,000.

At first glance, Cao De has an additional 180,000 troops, which is a gratifying thing, but Cao De's daily need to feed these people is also a major expense.

Therefore, Cao De sent the orphaned soldiers selected by Yuan Shao's army back to Hanzhong to enter the Construction Corps for further study.

And all this, Cao De used the war dividend institution that was established earlier.

This organization is actually very simple to say, before the start of each war, Cao De will reach out to the rich merchants in the organization to ask for money and food. The dividend interest rate is then specified according to a certain percentage.

If you pay more before the war, you will get more after the war is over. And some of these wealthy businessmen with relatively large shares will also undertake some tasks of transporting military supplies. In this way, Cao De only needs to lead the army to continue to march forward, and most of the logistics behind it are handed over to these rich merchants. However, Cao De did not hand over his lifeblood to them. Therefore, Cao De himself still needs to be responsible for half of the military transportation.

However, it would be nice to be able to save half the cost.

And the dividends received by the merchants had nothing to do with the soldiers. Thirty percent of each soldier's personal belongings seized on the battlefield need to be handed over. The remaining seven achievements are the soldier's own. And the thirty percent that was handed over was already enough for Cao De to pay the dividends.

However, Cao De still thought of a way. The personal seizures in the hands of each soldier were needed and could be transported back to Hanzhong by a team of wealthy merchants. And the shipping cost is only half of the goods sent.

And the wealthy businessmen who hauled a lot of money also needed to hire Cao De's army to escort them on the road. And the commission also needs to be paid by the merchant himself.

To sum up, sixty and a half of the financial assets captured by a soldier on the battlefield are personal finances, and the remaining thirty and a half have gone around for a long time, and nearly half of them still go into Cao De's pocket.

And these Yuan troops, who would sooner or later become Hanzhong, also happened to follow the caravan full of goods back to Hanzhong. However, even so, there were still 150,000 troops around Cao De who only ate food and did not work.

Fortunately, just when Cao De was a little impatient to wait, Xu Shu's battle report finally came.

However, the content of the battle report also surprised Cao De.

At present, the entire Shangjun has fallen into Xu Shu's hands, but all the cities in the entire Shangjun, including the Shangjun county, have not made any resistance.

Everything went as smoothly as Cao De's army returned to Hanzhong, without any hindrance. Cao De couldn't help but wonder what kind of trick Dong Zhuo was playing.

At this time, Guo Jia also heard that Xu Shu had a war report coming, so he hurried over.

After Guo Jia looked at the battle report, he was also stunned for a long time. After that, Guo Jiacai said slowly: "Could it be that Dong Zhuo is going to make a desperate bet?" ”

"Oh? Where does Feng Xiao say this? Cao De asked, tilting his head.

"According to the literature of the Han Dynasty ten years ago, the population of the entire state was not large. In the past ten years, the war in the state has not stopped, and last year's plague was the most affected state. Therefore, it is impossible for the population of the state to grow. Guo Jia paused for a moment and continued: "Dong Zhuo sent troops to Jizhou this time, but he gathered 50,000 troops. I'm afraid that these 50,000 troops have already emptied the vitality of the state. ”

What Guo Jia didn't know was that in fact, Dong Zhuo's hands were not only 50,000 troops, but 100,000!

"So, the cities in the state should be under-defended?" Cao De continued.

"I'm afraid that's exactly what happened!" Guo Jia said affirmatively.

"Could it be that Dong Zhuo is going to give up and join the state?" Taking the initiative to abandon the territory, Cao De didn't believe that Dong Zhuo would have such foresight.

"I'm afraid it's the same!" Although Guo Jia is not sure, he can deduce that this is the case. According to the analysis of the battle report sent by Xu Junshi, the population of Bingzhou is already ten rooms and seven empty. A state is a state. I'm afraid it's not as good as the lord's Hanzhong County. Bingzhou is a treasure to be developed for the lord, but for Dong Zhuo, I am afraid it is a burden. ”

After that, Guo Jia asked Cao Dedao rhetorically: "If the lord is Dong Zhuo, on the one hand, it is a merger with no resources, and on the other hand, it is Jizhou, which has a large population, what choice does the lord guild make?" ”

After hearing this, Cao De basically agreed with Guo Jia's opinion, "According to Fengxiao's opinion, if I want to eliminate Dong Zhuo and also ask Yuan Shu to fight, how should I choose?" ”

"My lord! What was the battle between the lord and Yuan Shao? In the end, it's just one person! Those who achieve great things are more important than powerful. The lord should personally lead the elite troops to the south, and send another general to lead the army westward. Compared with Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo is still more important than Yuan Shu. ”

"Well, Feng Xiao's words are very much in line with my wishes. So let's decide! ”

Half an hour later, in Cao De's temporary study, all the main personnel were gathered.

"Meet the Lord!"

"Everyone, please get up!" Since it is all the personnel, it must be Tian Feng, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Ran and others who have just surrendered.

"The army has been resting for more than a month in Liyang, I'm afraid you are also idle and panicking!"

"Haha......" Cao De's words immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"However, although I defeated Yuan Shao, you can't be careless. If I find that there are any people who underestimate the enemy and cause a tragic battle in Jibei, I will not spare it! "At present, the two hardest battles Cao De fought were the Battle of Jibei City and the Battle of Rescuing the White Tiger Cavalry.

And the most fundamental reason for these two battles is to underestimate the enemy. So the most taboo thing for Cao De now is to underestimate the enemy.