I thought that the pressure could be relieved by defense, but suddenly someone came to report, saying that Sun Ce had activated the warship and marched from the west, at this time Lu Bu was attacking the east with soldiers and horses, Liu Bei, Yuyi and others were attacking the south, and Cao Cao himself was attacking the north with 170,000 soldiers and horses, showing a situation of being besieged on all sides.

In Liu Bei's camp, everyone was discussing important matters, and Yuyi was sitting casually on the side, Liu Bei said: "You can't be careless about this attack on Yuan Shu!" ”

Yu Yi said with a smile: "Now that Yuan Shu is being attacked on all sides, it is impossible to escape, as long as we attack according to the original plan, Cao Cao will naturally decide other things." ”

Guan Yu said: "Although we are besieging everywhere, but there are forces such as Lu Bu and Sun Ce, I am afraid they will not really attack." ”

Yu Yi stood up, pointed to the map and said, "Do you know why Cao Cao suddenly decided to attack Yuan Shu this time?" ”

"Why?" Liu Bei asked.

"I think there are three reasons, one is that he openly proclaimed himself emperor, which caused public anger, the second is that there is a problem with his strategic direction, I heard that Shouchun is short of food, he actually beat Cao Cao's idea, and the third is that Sun Ce's side is actually worried about Yuan Shu's occupation of the jade seal, so he has always wanted to retaliate, this time it is just an excuse."

Yu Yi replied.

Liu Bei couldn't help nodding after hearing this, and said: "Sure enough, he has grown a lot, and he will be the strategist of our army in the future!" ”

Yu Yi thought to himself, if he had followed my advice earlier, he would not have taken so many detours, and now he has become a strategist, isn't he qualified before, in the final analysis, there is a problem with knowing people.

In Shouchun, Yuan Shu had already panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to convene everyone to discuss, everyone else was silent, only General Yang came out to speak, and said: "There has been a drought in Shouchun in the past few years, and people are short of food and clothing, and now they have mobilized soldiers and horses, so that the people are resentful, so when others come to attack, it is difficult for us to resist, for today's plan, we can only temporarily guard in Shouchun, and we can't go out to fight with each other, and when their food and grass are gone, there will be variables." His Majesty only needs to lead the Imperial Forest Army through Huainan, first, that place is very familiar, and secondly, it can avoid its edge. ”

Yuan Shu adopted this suggestion, and left Li Feng, Le Zhuo, Liang Gang, and Chen Ji to divide their troops into 100,000, and then packed up their things and left.

Although surrounded by four directions, but after all, Yuan Shu has been operating in Shouchun for many years, and its power is huge, and it is not possible to capture it immediately, Zhang Fei challenges under the city every day, but the other party just can't hold on, it's really a headache, so he went to Yuyi to ask for a solution.

Yu Yi said with a smile: "Cao Cao so many strategists have not come up with a good way, how can I come up with it alone, I think it's better to wait, we came from Yuzhou, and there are not many soldiers and horses, but Cao Cao is different, from Xudu, 170,000 mercenaries, these 170,000 mouths of food is a huge consumption, I think he wants to fight quickly." ”

Zhang Fei sighed: "It's boring, I'm still going to drink." ”

Yu Yi said: "You are not only fighting but drinking, and life is too boring, why don't I teach you strategy, what do you think?" ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he hurriedly walked far away without looking back. Yes, it is more difficult to ask a military general to learn strategy than to ascend to the sky.

Shouchun drought, other states and counties also have such a problem, Cao Cao in a few days after the attack, obviously feel that his food pressure is huge, grain transportation is too long, the army is sometimes short of food, he is anxious, every day to urge the army to go to the quick battle, but Li Feng and others closed the door, there is no other way, so he found someone to discuss, suggested to go to Sun Ce to borrow food.

Cao Cao complied, but after all, Sun Ce's productivity was limited, and the borrowed grain and rice of 100,000 Hu were swept away in a few days, and Cao Cao fell into depression again.

After knowing this situation, Wang Yuanren, a subordinate of Ren Jun, the grain manager, personally went to ask Cao and said, "Now that there are more soldiers and less food, what should I do?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Let's divide less, and save the needs of the moment." ”

Wang Yuan said: "In this way, the soldiers will definitely complain, what should I do?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head, in fact, he didn't have a good way, but in order to reassure him, he said: "I have a way, you don't care about it for now." ”

So according to the requirements, he used a small bowl to distribute food to everyone, and Cao Cao also sent people to the camp to inquire about some situations in private, and found that many soldiers complained very much, saying that the prime minister was deceiving everyone.

The whole thing was under Cao Cao's control, and he knew that the time had come, so he quietly called Wang Yuan over and said, "I want to borrow something from you to ease everyone's grievances, you must not be stingy." ”

He asked, "What does the prime minister want me to borrow?" ”

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm going to borrow your head, and then cut it off to show the public!" ”

When Wang Yuan heard this, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he said: "I tried my best to escort grain and grass for the prime minister, and there was no problem, the prime minister, I am not guilty, why do you want to kill me!" ”

Cao Cao made a very sad appearance and said: "Of course I know that you are not guilty, but if you don't kill you, my army will have different intentions, don't worry, after you die, I will help you raise your wife, you don't have to worry." ”

Wang Gao knew that this was Cao Cao's plan, and wanted to continue to defend himself and leave a way for himself to live, but Cao Cao had already called the knife and axe hand over, pulled out of the camp and hacked him to death with a knife, so he hung his head on a high place and made a public announcement: "Wang Gao deliberately deducted everyone's food from the prime minister and stole it from the guard, and he has been beheaded in accordance with military law!" ”

After the sergeant saw it, he understood the truth of the matter, and they dispersed one after another, and his resentment towards Cao Cao was much less.

On the second day, Cao Cao personally gave an order to the generals of each camp, which was a death order, "If the city of Shouchun cannot be broken within three days, then it must be dealt with in accordance with military law." ”

This matter quickly spread to Liu Bei, and everyone was convened to discuss.

Zhang Fei said: "I didn't expect that Cao Cao still had grain at this time, and the grain detention was done by the grain supervisor before." ”

Yu Yi said: "Third brother, what you see is the surface, in fact, Cao Cao is almost out of food, killing the grain official is just to cover people's eyes, and the matter of deducting food is his own will, but he has to be a bad person and a good person." ”

Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he sighed, "This is too treacherous." ”

Liu Bei said: "The fourth brother is right, Cao Cao has fully mobilized everyone's enthusiasm in this matter, it is to prepare for the siege of the city, not that the order has been issued, and if it cannot be conquered in three days, it will be beheaded." ”

Guan Yu said: "No matter how much, follow up, anyway, we are not rushing to the front!" ”

So Cao Cao personally went to the city and urged the soldiers to carry dirt and stones and fill in the ditches of the other side.