Half a month later.

Liu Zhang still couldn't hold on after all, and Bashu's grain and grass were already in an emergency.

Under the persuasion of Fa Zheng and Zhang Song, Liu Zhang finally chose to let Cao Cao enter the city.

Of course, it wasn't that Liu Zhang wanted to surrender.

Instead, Cao Cao sent Jia Xu to inform Liu Zhang that as long as Cao Jun was allowed to settle in, he could keep Liu Zhang's position as the Taishou.

Not only that, but also gave the immortal grain seeds to Bashu.

This condition is too lucrative, and Liu Zhang has no reason to refuse.

During this time, Liu Zhang almost lost the hearts of the people.

There are already many people who are hungry and miserable, and they are far from living up to the standard of living they had before.

has lost the hearts of the people, no matter how tough Liu Zhang's repression methods are, he can't stop these voices of dissatisfaction.

In the barracks, due to the lack of military rations, the morale of the army is weakened, and it is far less high-pitched than before.

The most important thing is that Cao Jun actually eats a lot of fish and meat every day, and cooks hot pot under the city.

The rich fragrance almost took away the souls of the defenders.

The people of Bashu themselves like spicy, and they can't walk when they smell it.

If the Cao army gave up its garrison at this time and turned to attack, Bashu would still be conquered.

Now that he can not lose his position as Taishou and avoid fighting, this is undoubtedly a good thing for Liu Zhang.

However, Liu Zhang didn't expect that in fact, this position of Taishou was not important to Cao Cao at all.

Cao Cao had two conditions before that.

1. All the generals and strategists under his command were transferred to Cao Ying.

2. Hand over the talisman.

As long as these two conditions are present, it is sufficient.

is just a too shou position, and there is too much to keep the seal, Cao Cao didn't take it seriously at all.

This thing is just a false name, without a military talisman, just a puppet.

Moreover, even if he didn't do this, Cao Cao would have to find someone to be the Taishou himself, and it would be good to let Liu Zhang sit here.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao himself is the prime minister, and once Liu Zhang accepts that this is the position of Taishou given by the Son of Heaven, then he must follow Cao Cao's instructions.

The official is one level higher and crushes people to death.

Bashu was easily taken with almost no soldiers.

And Cao Cao has also obtained a lot of talents.

Fa Zheng and Zhang Song rightfully obtained the position of Gongcao.

In addition to the two, there are also Li Hui, Liu Ba, Huang Quan, Li Yan, and Yi, and these five people are also talented.

Li Hui is shrewd and eloquent, and according to the immortals, he once helped Liu Bei subdue Ma Chao.

Liu Ba is even more powerful, he once used the method of minting small money to unify prices and implement a public sale system, so that Liu Bei could quickly expand his military posture in Bashu when resources were scarce.

Li Yan was even more of an important minister designated by Gu in the White Emperor City.

Yi and Huang Quan are also talents and are very good at garrisoning.

There are so many talents, but any bolted dog can defend Bashu.

However, Liu Zhang really has no great talent, and he is very egotistical, which led to this failure.

Not only that, in addition to these ministers, there are also many military generals.

Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Wu Lan, etc., these generals were the mainstays of the late Shu Han dynasty in the mouth of the immortals.

It can be said that Bashu has never lacked talents, and there are many talents, and all of them are talented.

However, Liu Zhang knew that people didn't need it, so he insisted on going his own way, and finally made a wedding dress for Liu Bei.

Now that Cao Cao learned of this, he specially attacked Bashu and used the technique of attacking the heart, and the wedding dress naturally fell on Cao Cao's body.

Of course, these people were not convinced by Cao Cao in every way.

Just because of one point, Cao Cao slaughtered the city.

Of course, it is impossible for a few people to be stupid enough to say this, but they are still unwilling to help Cao Cao in their hearts.

But when Cao Cao took out the immortal grain and sent a large amount of supplies to Bashu, everyone finally wavered.

In fact, they are the same as Fazheng and Zhang Song, they just want to pursue the master.

Be sympathetic to the people, care for subordinates, and reuse talents.

This kind of thing is not considered to be the master, so what is?

Everyone understands that Cao Mengde knows his mistakes and corrects them but does not admit them, so he tacitly does not mention the matter of Xuzhou.

With the help of the Wenchen, Cao Cao soon penetrated his power deep into Bashu, and gradually pulled Bashu to the same level as other states and counties.

Although Bashu has fertile land and is not short of food, compared to the immortal food given by Lin Chuan, it is simply a small thing.

The highest output is 30,000 catties!

It's unthinkable.

Taking off Ba Shu, Cao Cao's goal naturally shifted to Xiliang.

In the entire north, only Xiliang has not yet been unified.

As for Nanfang, Cao Cao simply gave up first.

No matter how much Liu Bei and Sun Quan develop, they will not be able to develop to the level of Cao Ying today.

The increase in grain production by dozens of times is simply a qualitative leap.

However, Xiliang is not so easy to attack.

Although he even took Hanzhong and Bashu, Cao Cao also obtained a lot of materials and soldiers and horses.

But most of these soldiers and horses were southern soldiers, and they were not good at fighting in the north, just like when Cao Cao led his army to attack Chibi.

First of all, the soldiers couldn't stand this bitter cold weather.

Not only these soldiers, but even Cao Cao was a little unbearable.

Xiliang is not only cold, but also lofty mountains, which also limits the types of troops that can fight inside.

Only cavalry can walk on the ground in Xiliang.

The infantry was in Xiliang, and when they encountered the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, they would only be beaten, and there was no chance to resist at all.

Even if Cao Cao had already refined fine steel, there was still no way to face the cavalry.

At this point, the tiger and leopard need to ride out.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry expanded to 20,000 during this time, but it was not used to deal with Hanzhong and Bashu.

The soldiers of Hanzhong and Bashu were enough with infantry.

The cavalry consumes a lot of food and grass, and the equipment and armor also need to be maintained.

Although Cao Cao has food, he doesn't have much money now.

Moreover, most of the money has to be spent on mining and smelting steel, and military spending can be saved.

In order to target the attack on Xiliang, Cao Cao specially summoned all the strategists under his command to give advice.

Among them, including the talents who have just been recruited from Bashu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of Xiliang?"

Cao Cao got straight to the point, went straight to the topic, and said.

Fa Zheng took the lead in the ranks:

"Prime Minister, I think that we should go all out and go straight in."

"I heard that the prime minister has expanded the tiger and leopard cavalry to 20,000 people, and the armor and equipment of the 20,000 tiger and leopard riders have far exceeded the Xiliang iron cavalry."

"There are many tribes in Xiliang, not a county town, and many messages are difficult to convey, and there will be people who disobey."

"Now that Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui have just led troops to attack the prime minister, there will inevitably be many internal contradictions."

"Moreover, the two of them have just led the army back to Xiliang, and they can't rectify it."

"At this time, if you attack directly, you will definitely be caught off guard by Xiliang."

Hearing Fa Zheng's words, Cao Cao nodded slightly.

It is really advisable to treat Xiliang and use fast attack.