Therefore, Yuan Shuliu five generals stuck to Shouchun, and he brought gold, silver and jewelry, and led the guards to cross the Huaishui to avoid disaster. There are many grievances in the hearts of the Shouchun defenders, but fortunately, these five people have done their best, and the army can be stable.

Sure enough, Cao Cao led 170,000 horses to attack from afar, the loss of grain and grass was huge, and Shouchun held the barrier, and could not attack for a long time, in the blink of an eye, it was already more than a month, seeing the drought in the counties, and the help could not be received, the army was going to run out of food, fortunately, he borrowed 100,000 soldiers from Sun Ce, so as to solve the urgent need.

After attacking for two more days, Guo Jia entered to see Cao Cao, and Cao Cao saw Guo Jiaxi and said:

"Feng Xiao came just in time, there must be a good way to break the enemy?"

Guo Jia laughed and said:

"Prime Minister, Guo Jia is here for this matter."

Cao Cao hurriedly got up and said:

"Please also give advice to filial piety."

Guo Jia smiled:

"Give Guo Jia six days, within six days, the enemy soldiers will be broken, but..."

Cao Cao said:

"Feng Xiao but it doesn't hurt to say, don't worry!"

Guo Jia sighed and said:

"But you need the prime minister to cooperate with two things."

Cao Cao said happily when he heard this:

"If you can break the city, don't say two, even if it is three or five, what's the matter?"

Hearing Cao Cao say this, Guo Jia said with a smile:

"In the first three days, the prime minister needs to demoralize and have the intention of retreating, and in the next three days, he needs the soldiers to move forward bravely and sacrifice their lives to attack the city, then the city will be broken."

Cao Cao was quite strange, but he knew that Guo Jia had always been scheming, so he said:

"What's so hard about that? Let it be you. ”

Guo Jia smiled:

"Don't think it's simple, the first three days, the morale is low but the soldiers must be forced to fight hard to attack the city, and the next three days will be morale like a rainbow, and have the courage to sacrifice life and forget death.

Hearing this, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said:

"Sir, don't worry, let Cao Cao think twice."

Guo Jia heard the words and left, Guo Jia just left, Cao Cao's grain officer Wang Yuan entered to see Cao Cao and said:

"Prime Minister, there are more soldiers and less food, what should I do?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he said:

"How much longer?"

Wang Ga complained:

"If Shouchun can't be captured within four days, the grain and grass will not be able to support it, and the prime minister can only withdraw his troops."

Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he thought about it bitterly, Wang Yuan saw that Cao Cao was silent, and urged again:

"Prime Minister."

Cao Cao raised his eyes to look at Wang Yuan, and said with a thought:

"Wang Yuan, how long have you been with me?"

Wang Yu didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking and smiled:

"From the time the prime minister raised the army, Wang Yuan took care of the grain for the prime minister."

Cao Cao nodded, thought for a moment and said:

"It's been so long, okay, let's solve this urgent need first, and we'll see it in a few days after the siege."

Wang Yuan has been with Cao Cao for a long time, of course, he knows that the two armies are fighting, if the food and salary are deducted, then the soldiers will inevitably complain, how can they move forward, how to attack Shouchun at that time? Sidewalk:

"If you do this, the brothers will definitely be resentful, what can you do then?"

Cao Cao smiled and said:

"I have my own plan, you just have to do it."

Wang Gao didn't dare to have any dissenting intentions, so he had to do so, making porridge every day to supply military supplies, the army was really resentful, and after attacking for three days, the soldiers were willing to step forward, and they were all retreating, and naturally they couldn't take Shouchun, but their grievances were heavier, which was exactly what Guo Jia said.

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly summoned Wang Gao in, looked at Wang Gao in a daze, and Wang Gao was furious at the bottom of his heart, Cao Cao said:

"Wang Yuan, you have been with me for so long, and you know that my Cao Cao has never begged anyone, today, I want to borrow something from you to calm the anger of the people, you, you will not be stingy, right?"

When Wang Yu heard this, a chill appeared in his heart, and he said in a daze:

"What does the prime minister want to borrow?"

Cao Cao got up and stepped forward:

"I want to borrow your head."

Wang Gao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pouring garlic and said:

"Wang Yuan is not guilty, and the prime minister spares his life! The prime minister spares his life! ”

Cao Cao walked up to Wang Yuan, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said with tears in his eyes:

"I also know that you are not guilty, it is really helpless to make this decision, you can rest assured, I will treat your family well."

After finishing his words, he shouted:

"Someone!"

There is no trace of affection between words.

The knife and axe man outside the tent shouted when he heard this:

"No!"

This sound frightened Wang Yuan's soul away, paralyzed on the ground, and looked straight at Cao Cao, but how could he have imagined that he would end up like this with all his heart for Cao Cao? Cao Cao's face was cold, and he shouted:

"Wang Yuan did Xiao Hu privately, stole official food, the crime is unforgivable, dragged out and beheaded!"

After a moment, he heard the muffled sound of a sharp weapon cutting into his body, and Cao Cao took a deep breath in the tent and slowly closed his eyes.

On the second day, Cao Ying came out of the list, and the morale really rose. At this time, three days had passed, and Cao Cao personally went out of the account and said:

"If you don't break the city within three days, you will be killed!"

After that, Cao Cao personally went to the city and supervised the troops to move soil and stones, and fill in the trenches. But the bow and arrows on the city are like rain, Cao Jun can't resist the enemy, dare not come forward, since someone is cowardly and defeated, Cao Cao holds the sword in his hand and kills two people, at the moment with arrows, personally dismount and fill the trench, all the troops see this, all bravely step forward and work together. On and off the city, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, the weapons rang out, countless wolf smoke rose to the sky, infinitely tragic and magnificent, in a moment, a wall of blood was built up and down the city wall, and the city was full of corpses, and the blood flowed into a river.

Five generals supervised the battle on all sides, but still could not stop the defeat, the city defenders gradually tired, by the Cao army to break through a few gaps, almost took advantage of the situation to attack the city, fortunately the five people took the lead, to defend the city, this battle from dawn to dawn, the two armies stalemate, only to retreat. That night, the five of them gathered in one place to discuss, and the bridge said:

"Could it be that Your Majesty really ......"

The other four people were silent, all silent, Yuan Shu had been surrounded by Sun Ce and led the army to attack on all sides, and it could be broken on the same day, and on the fourth day, the Cao army suddenly attacked Shouchun with chicken blood, and the five people naturally thought that Yuan Shu was dead, so the morale of the Cao army was strong.

On the fifth day, Cao Cao was leading the army to supervise the battle, Guo Jiaxin came to the front of the battle, whispered a few words in Cao Cao's ear, and then handed Cao Cao a brocade box, Cao Cao smiled weirdly, walked to the front of the battle and laughed, this laughter was straight through the shouting and killing sound to the city, only to hear Cao Cao hold his breath and concentrate on the city and shout:

"Listen to the defenders in the city, Yuan Shu has been killed by Sun Ce, and he has not surrendered?"

Saying that, he threw Yuan Shu's head towards the city, and the head fell before it reached the city, and the defenders of the city were shocked, but the head was covered with flesh and blood but could not distinguish the true from the false, but three days ago there were rumors that Yuan Shu was being attacked by Sun Ce from all sides in the city, and it was reasonable to be punished.

Cao's army was shocked under the city, the siege became more urgent, all the soldiers sacrificed their lives, the fighting spirit on the city was gone, they did not resist, and they were attacked into the city in a moment, and when they entered the city, the five people only resisted a little, and they were killed by the soldiers.

After Cao Cao entered Shouchun, he burned and plundered all forbidden things such as the pseudo-palace. Guo Jia saw it, and Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh when he saw Guo Jia:

"Sir's clever plan, Cao Cao admires!"

Then he discussed with everyone to cross the Huaishui River to pursue Yuan Shu, vowing to annihilate Yuan Shu in one fell swoop, and gathered all the strategists to discuss Yuan Liang's strategy together. Cao Cao gathered the crowd to discuss the good strategy of breaking Yuanshu, but listened to Xun Yu:

"This year's great famine, it is not appropriate to do this thing of laboring the people and hurting money, it is better to wait for next year's military food to be sufficient and then try to Yuan Shu."

Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly.

On the side, Guo Jia said again:

"Lord, Yuan Shu's luck is exhausted, and his life is short, but his limit has not yet arrived, and his life is not extinct, so it is not enough to be troubled. The lord can rest assured that stepping on Huainan is just around the corner, and there is no need to be in a hurry. ”

Xun Yu analyzed it from the military point of view, and Guo Jia analyzed it from the number of people's morale, one was insufficient armament and was unsustainable, and the other said that Yuan Shu's luck was exhausted and his life was short, Cao Cao saw that both of them did not agree to pursue Yuan Shu, so he had to give up.

At this time, someone reported that Zhang Xiu relied on Liu Biao, and led troops and horses to trouble the southern counties.

Cao Hong's ability is not good, although Zhang Xiu is a mortal, his martial arts are also immortal, and he is a few points better than Xiahoudun, not to mention that there is a top strategist Jia Xu who plans for him, how can Cao Hong resist, so the defeat is also reasonable.

Cao Cao was furious when he heard the battle table, Liu Biao really deceived people too much and helped Zhang Xiuxing's soldiers to invade our border, which is really unreasonable.

Guo Jia heard this:

"Lord, if you attack this Liu Biao, you will definitely lose, there is no chance of winning, Liu Biao's limit is approaching, why not wait for Liu Biao's days to be exhausted and then try Jiangxia?"

Xun Yu was even more reluctant to attack Liu Biao, and when he heard Guo Jia say this, he also said:

"What Feng Xiao said is true, the prime minister must not be rash."

Cao Cao said in a deep voice:

"Liu Biao, spare him for the time being, but Zhang Xiu has a grudge against me, this revenge is not avenged, how can I stand on the world, the generals don't need to say anything."

Immediately, Cao Cao's class returned to the dynasty and discussed the matter of Zhang Xiu, but he wanted to keep Liu Bei and Yu Xiaopei and Lu Bu as brothers and help each other.

When he was leaving, he saw that Liu Bei was quite subtle, and Cao Cao said:

"Xuande, do you know why I kept you in Xiaopei?"

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, shook his head, Cao Cao patted Liu Bei on the shoulder, and laughed:

"This is a plan to dig a pit and wait for the tiger, Lu Bu is arrogant and brave, and he is alone in one state and county, how can I rest assured?"

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded again and again as if he had suddenly realized.

Cao Cao said again:

"If you have something to discuss with Chen Deng's father and son, I will wait for foreign aid for you."

Liu Bei said yes again and again, and then Cao Cao led the army back to the division.