"Your Excellency?" Xun You saw Cao Cao's surprised appearance and asked Cao Cao tentatively.

"Let's all take a look!" Cao Cao casually handed over the bamboo slip to Xun You and asked him to circulate it to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?"

"Lord, our army's grain and grass can only support more than a month, if there is no supply of grain and grass, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to cross north, and my subordinates think that it is better to repair the grain road as soon as possible, so that the grain and grass from Yanzhou can be transported to Chang'an as soon as possible. Then our army can be deployed again. Guo Jia stood up and arched his hand.

"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, and General Li Dian is ordered to lead troops to repair the grain road, Zihe, you send the people of your headquarters to assist Mancheng."

"No!"

"Lord, the Xiliang Army once tried to raid Tongguan, although the Xiliang Army failed, but I am afraid that the Xiliang Army's thief heart is not dead, and our army still needs to strengthen the defense of Tongguan." Lu Rui has already realized that Ma Chao is powerful, Ma Chao likes to take risks with soldiers like Cao Cao, and the possibility of another raid cannot be ruled out.

"According to extraordinary plans, send Yu Ban to strengthen the defense of Tongguan."

"No!"

"You all go down, this division is a little tired, and the matter of the Xiliang Army will wait for the arrival of the Yanzhou military rations, and then discuss it separately."

"Yes, sir!"

"Subordinates retire!"

On the north bank of Weishui, in the military village of the Xiliang Army.

"Silver has seen the lord!"

"General Cheng quickly invites him to get up, General Cheng has seized stability and made great contributions, so he will definitely be rewarded!"

"Thank you, lord!"

"Meng Qi, now that General Cheng has brought troops to reinforcements, what is Meng Qi's plan?"

"General Cheng, may I ask how many soldiers and horses did the general bring to Weishui?"

"General Ma, Yin has brought five thousand soldiers and horses from the headquarters. At the same time, there were 10,000 Qiang soldiers from the Qiang people. ”

"Horse play. Yang Qiu. The three generals of Chengyi will garrison in Anding with their headquarters of soldiers and horses, and after pacifying the army and people, they will go south to join our army. ”

"Hmmm! Father-in-law, I think that Cao's army is powerful, and Cao's army has many siege equipment, so our army is still stationed here to prevent Cao's army from going north, and it will not take half a year. Cao's army will definitely retreat. ”

"Oh? Please Meng Qi come carefully and solve my doubts for Brother Shou Cheng, "

"Father-in-law, the advantage of our army lies in the javelin cavalry and the big shield infantry of our army, the cavalry is the main attack, the infantry is the main defense, both offensive and defensive, but the disadvantage is that our army has fewer elites, compared to the Cao army, if it is a head-to-head confrontation, our army may be in danger of annihilation."

Meng Qi is right. Except for our headquarters, the Qiang soldiers and Hu cavalry are all loose people. It's just a bandit, and it can't be compared with Cao Jun's elite at all. After the Battle of Chang'an, Han Sui correctly realized the true combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army, the regular army could compete with the Cao army, but the mercenaries were a group of wastes with weapons, and they could not compete with the Cao army that had experienced a hundred battles at all.

"Father-in-law, since the overall strength of our army is inferior to the Cao army, then our army can only take advantage of the geographical advantage to defeat the Cao army."

"The main force of the Cao army is the Yanzhou army, Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, the so-called south ship and north horse, the Yanzhou army and our army are both part of the northern army, there is no regular naval army, Weishui is our army's natural danger to block the Cao army, as long as our army is stationed on the north bank of Weishui, relying on our army's javelin cavalry to defend the Cao army, if the Cao army wants to cross the north shore, it is difficult to climb to the sky."

"Meng Qi, is our army holding on to Cao's army like this?"

"Father-in-law, Chao just said, if you stick to the north bank of Weishui, within half a year, the Cao army will definitely retreat, and then our army can take the opportunity to recapture Chang'an and march into Tongguan, after obtaining Tongguan, the land in the middle of the pass will be in the hands of our army!"

"As long as our army holds out for half a year, Cao's army will retreat?"

"Exactly, father-in-law, Chang'an has experienced Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and the land of Sanfu is really a ghost town, and Cao Jun's military rations cannot be supplied in Chang'an, only grain can be transported from Yanzhou. Hangu Tongguan area, the road is rugged, Cao Jun can not transport a large amount of grain and grass, according to the estimate, less than half a year, Cao Jun will inevitably be short of grain and grass, then Cao Jun will retreat! ”

"Good! Meng Qi is really a high opinion, and the old man will stick to the north bank of Weishui according to Meng Qi's plan, and when Cao's army retreats, our army will counterattack the attack! ”

On the Chang'an Taishou Mansion, Lu Rui sat in the study and stretched his waist.

"It's finally done!" Lu Rui had just finished counting the grain and grass that had arrived in Chang'an, when Lu Rui threw down the carving knife, dragged his chin with his hand, and began to think about Cao Jun's situation.

Cao Jun's biggest weakness now is the lack of military rations, Cao Jun not only has to provide 100,000 army rations, but also provides tens of thousands of rations for the roast goose king, Yanzhou has just resumed production, the grain output is not much, and the military rations for more than 100,000 people may only last for half a year at most, if the Xiliang army cannot be defeated within half a year, the Cao army will only retreat.

"What is the way to defeat Ma Chao?" Lu Rui pressed his forehead with his hand and began to think.

Han Sui? Maarten? General Xiliang? Yan Xing? By the way, if Chen Shou's Three Kingdoms Chronicles is not wrong, maybe that is the weakness of the Xiliang Army, and this matter has to be asked to Yan Xing clearly!

"The last general will see Master Hou!"

"Yanming doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!"

"Master Xie!"

"Master Hou, I don't know if Master Hou will come to recruit the last general, what's the matter?"

"Yan Ming, I heard that Yan Ming has been in the Xiliang Army for a long time, and he followed Han Sui when he was young, Rui has something to ask Yan Ming."

"Hou Ye is polite, if Hou Ye has any doubts about Xiliang Army, he is willing to solve his doubts for Hou Ye!"

"In this case, Ben Hou Ye is not welcome, Ben Hou heard that Han Sui has eight strong generals, but some generals do not agree with Han Sui, I don't know if it is true?"

"Master Hou, Han Sui's eight strong generals are called Han Sui's subordinates, in fact, many of them are generals who dominate Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and they have military power in their hands, and their relationship with Han Sui is not a real leadership relationship."

"Yan Ming continues!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

"Cheng Yinnai has followed Han Sui's subordinates for the longest time, with 5,000 military horses under his command, and is the strongest general among Han Sui's eight strong generals."

"What Yanming means is that Cheng Yin is the most loyal to Han Sui?"

"Hou Ye is wise, in addition to Cheng Yin, Ma Play, Zhang Heng has also followed Han Sui for a long time, and they all respect Han Sui, and they are Han Sui's right-hand men in the south and north."

"And what about the rest of the generals?"

"Hou Ye, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and others were originally the generals of Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and since the beginning of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, they have begun to divide one side with the troops in their hands. nominally respectfully called Han Sui the lord, but in fact, he did not completely obey Han Sui's military orders, but only focused on his own interests and wanted to divide one side. ”

"Well, Ben Hou understands, Yanming, does Han Sui care about his only son?" On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao added Han Sui's official position in order to divide Ma Teng and Han Sui, and Han Sui also sent his son to Xu Capital as a hostage.

"Master Hou, Han Sui has been in Xiliang for a long time, he belongs to the Qianghua people, his son is cowardly and incompetent, and he is disliked by Sui, so he likes his daughter the most, which is the wife of the current Ma Chao."

"Thank you Yanming, this marquis knows." Lu Rui smiled, he might have found a way to deal with the Xiliang Army. (To be continued......)

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