Chapter 45: The eldest prince has a plan
Cheng Yu's arrival, Cao Ang didn't expect it, so he hurriedly comforted Wen Ping and went to see him.
When he returned to the camp, Cheng Yu was already waiting, and Cao Ang also didn't know what Cao Cao had sent this person to do.
"General Cheng, what's the matter?"
When the Son of Heaven arrived in Xudu, Cao Cao sealed the process of Yu Shangshu, but it doesn't matter, Cao Cao gave Cheng Yu a lot of titles, and any official position in the court in this year is not valuable, isn't it all controlled by Cao Cao?
The army is still a good general, Cao Ang has not returned for ten years, who knows what Cao Cao has also sealed.
Cheng Yu smiled slightly and said: "The eldest prince doesn't have to be like this, just be casual, this trip is naturally because the prime minister wants to ask about the robbed grain and grass, and by the way, I came to see you." ”
"Oh...... Is the gentleman only here for the sake of food and grass? ”
"That's it, the eldest prince can also be when I haven't been here, but the prime minister wants to know."
How can you pretend that you haven't been here?
Cao Ang didn't quite understand, so he said: "I have blocked the news in the army about the robbery, but anyone who leaks it will be dealt with by military law!" ”
Cheng Yu nodded slightly: "Well, it should be so...... The eldest son, but this grain and grass must be available, how to solve it? ”
"Sir, aren't you embarrassed for me, you still have to ask the prime minister for grain and grass, and I'm not a god, even if the whole army starts plowing the fields and farming, it will have to be harvested next year."
No matter how much, Cao Ang complained first, anyway, this matter was not his mistake.
He didn't want this kind of thing to happen, and he had only just accepted the Jingzhou soldiers, and he had not conducted real exchange training, so Cao Ang should not be blamed for anything wrong.
"Eldest son, bring over another 100,000 people's grain and grass...... It's a bit difficult for a while. ”
"Sir, what do you mean by this, could it be that the prime minister means that he wants me back again?"
"No, the grain and grass are being raised, it just takes time, can you hold on here for twenty ...... Thirty days? ”
"On the thirtieth day, I am afraid that there will be no one in the camp anymore."
It's not that Cao Ang is rotten, the fact is that it is only enough for ten days of grain and grass, and it must be insisted on for twenty or thirty days?
What are you kidding, these people want to build a water village, and they do manual work, can they save it!
If 100,000 people lie motionless, it may be possible to save some food, but it will not be more than a month.
If people don't eat, they will have no strength, and horses will lose weight, and they will be able to fight when the time comes?
Cheng Yu frowned: "Did the eldest prince think of any way?" ”
"No, what can Sir do to teach me?"
This rhetorical question left Cheng Yu speechless, if you have the ability, you tell me how to come up with a way to feed 100,000 people immediately.
Unless it is a god who can immediately conjure grain and grass, it must be available in the world.
Now Cheng Yu of the late Han Dynasty is not unaware that the world is in chaos, there are hungry people everywhere, and there is a lot of food.
Seeing Cheng Yu's appearance, Cao Ang seemed to have guessed something.
"Is it because the prime minister doesn't want to quit the army, so I have to find a way?"
"Yes...... The eldest prince is really smart, and the prime minister's army is here, if he can't go further, he is really unwilling. ”
"It's true, as long as the army moves, it means that countless money and food will move first, and it will be a real loss if you don't make something."
"Is there really no way to do it?"
Cheng Yu was a little anxious, and if it went on like this, Cao Cao's idea of conquering Eastern Wu would be completely ruined.
Not to mention that the vanguard army was in turmoil, or if it was withdrawn again, just because the people here stopped building, Cao Cao's idea could no longer be realized.
Big projects, as long as a little card, the impact is huge.
It's like marching in a big army, where those in front pause, and those behind can pull out miles.
Cao Ang blinked: "Sir, there is a way, and the only one who has grain and grass now is Dongwu." ”
Cheng Yu was stunned: "What, eldest son, should you be ......?"
Just rely on the vanguard army to fight Soochow, what are you kidding, among these 100,000 people, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 regular troops that can really fight.
It is impossible for the boatmen to attack Soochow, and the people's combat strength is like that, powerful, but they have not been trained.
If this can defeat Eastern Wu, why does Cao Cao bring a large army.
"Yes, since Mr. asked me to find a way, then there must be a place where there is grain and grass to have a way, this is the territory of Dongwu, naturally they have grain and grass, if I don't want them, who else can I ask for?"
"That's so, but do you have enough troops, eldest prince?"
"It's not enough, sir, it's Soochow that fights, even if I bring a million troops, it's not enough."
Cao Ang is telling the truth, in history, it is known as a million army, didn't he fight it, and was burned back.
If you want to say yes, you have to be under the right command, and you have to have exquisite planning and tactics.
In fact, Cheng Yu also heard that there was something in Cao Ang's words, if he didn't know the bottom in his heart, he wouldn't speak like this.
So Cheng Yu smiled: "The eldest prince has a way to deal with it?" ”
"It's not like it, but I have to make a move, it's better than sitting still."
"That plan will be settled?"
"If you don't hurry back and wait and see, can you?"
"Oh, then I'll wait and see, anyway, the prime minister is not in a hurry to let me die."
Cao Cao is in a hurry, but Cheng Yu can send someone back to report it, and he doesn't need to go back in person.
When he came here, he was asked to follow Cao Ang, but Cao Cao didn't let him come up with ideas, in fact, no one had many ideas, and even if he did, he didn't dare to pat his chest and say that it worked.
At this moment, Jia Xu came in and came in with a book of military rations and grass.
"Childe, that's all that's left for the grain and grass now...... Cheng Shangshu, why are you here? ”
"Wenhe, I naturally came here for the matter of food and grass, what plan did you come up with?"
Jia Xu shook his head: "There is no strategy, now that I am the main bookkeeper, I only care about how to distribute it, as for how to get grain and grass, isn't this the prime minister's business?" ”
Cheng Yu was stunned, he asked Cao Ang just now, didn't he say that there was a way?
"Wenhe, General Zhonglang just said, you have thought of a strategy, why don't you say it?"
When Jia Xu heard Cheng Yu say this, he also glanced at Cao Ang, and said: "Then you have to ask General Zhonglang, I didn't tell you that I have a way, who said that you asked him to go, I can't manage such a big thing with a master bookkeeper." ”
"What, that's not what you're thinking?"
Of course, Cheng Yu knew Jia Xu's ability, and could think of schemes that they couldn't think of, and Cao Ang pointed out that he wanted him.
But didn't you ask him to come to help with ideas, why did he get into trouble, this kind of trivial thing was done by a great strategist?
Cheng Yu looked at Cao Ang again, Jia Xu didn't have any plans, can the eldest prince think of it?
Cao Ang smiled: "Look at what I do, if Mr. Zhongde doesn't believe it, let's do it soon, let's go, I'll take Mr. to see, and Mr. Wenhe will also go with him." ”
Looking at the posture, it is really Cao Ang's own method, but what is the method?
Cheng Yu was curious, what way could Cao Ang come up with, wouldn't it be to use these 100,000 people to fight directly......