Early the next morning.

The wind in early winter was a little cold, so Gan Mei got up early in the morning and cooked a meal.

His face was a little red from the cold, and there was a hint of fatigue in the corners of his eyes.

Xi Yu was a little unbearable.

Knowing that he was going to Xuzhou today, Gan Mei hurried to work overnight to prepare the big meal, and hurriedly helped him prepare a meal early in the morning.

This kind of situation makes Xi Yu extremely heartwarming.

"Ah Lang, be careful, I'll wait for you to come back!"

Slightly hunched over and watching Gan Mei help him tie up the dark coat, Xi Yu rubbed the other party's hair casually, and nodded with a smile.

"You, you, I don't lack a big one, why bother to work overnight!"

In order to rush to work, Xi Yu could clearly see that Ganmei had a few more needles on her hands.

In this era, there was no electricity, and the oil lamp at night was slightly dim, and Gan Mei was stubborn about finishing the big thing, and Xi Yu naturally knew that it was the other party's intention.

"Okay, stay up all night, hurry up and rest!"

"Don't send me anymore!"

didn't say anything more, Xi Yu whispered, and then took Dian Wei out of the house.

In this kung fu, Dian Wei was leading the horse outside.

The dark shadow hooves were still rubbing on the ground, and Dian Wei had three weapons tied behind him, two dark black halberds, and a golden tiger head and golden spear.

Seeing Dian Wei's fully armed appearance, the corners of Xi Yu's mouth couldn't help twitching.

This guy, what are you doing with weapons?

They were only responsible for transporting grain, but Xi Yu went to Juancheng after saying hello to Cao Cao after transporting grain.

Dian Wei, this guy, not only brought his own double halberd, but also the tiger head Zhan golden gun, which made Xi Yu a little speechless.

It's just that this kung fu drama is not good for Dian Wei's interest.

In short, since this guy is going to carry a weapon, let him bring it.

The battle of Xuzhou, in general, was very stable.

There is no one in the whole of Xuzhou who can stop Cao Cao.

After setting off from Juancheng, Xi Yu took Dian Wei to the mountain road, and in less than half a day, the two of them caught up with the previous convoy transporting grain.

Although the mountain road between Yanzhou and Xuzhou is a bit rugged, it is not as steep as the Shuzhong Mountain Road, and there is no problem with taking a unicycle.

There was no army to transport grain on the mountain road, and there were not many problems on the road, which originally took five days by land, but if you took the mountain road, the time was about the same.

When Xi Yu was escorting the grain and grass, Cao Cao, who was in Xuzhou, was already looking forward to Xi Yu's figure.

Three days have passed since I received the letter from Juancheng.

There were only three days left for the entire Cao Ying army to maintain military rations, and Cao Cao sat firmly in the military tent.

For Xi Yu, he has great trust.

He had already received a letter from Xun Yu, saying that Xi Yu was taking the transport team on a mountain road, and the military rations were already on the way.

Inside the tent, the flames were stirring.

Cao Cao looked at the report of the capture of the town in the past two days, and the whole person was a little distracted.

It seems that he learned the news of Cao's army's lack of food, and the movements of Xuzhou in recent days are quite obvious.

The Xuzhou army, which was originally somewhat evasive from the war, suddenly changed its style, and you can see the figure of Xuzhou's Tanma outside the city all the time.

And to Cao Cao's surprise.

Because the news of the army's lack of food and grass was publicized by the Xuzhou army, the people of the towns he captured now have already learned such news.

Two days ago, these people were worried that Cao Jun would not requisition grain and grass.

But by the third day, there had been much less of such a voice.

What's even more surprising is that some people naturally sent their own grain and grass to Sergeant Cao.

After learning such news, the entire Cao camp was a little surprised.

Cao Cao was even more emotional.

I have never seen the army forcibly requisitioning the people's grain and grass, and I have never seen the people send the army's food on their own.

Such a situation is too rare.

Although there were very few people who sent grain, this action seemed to have left a light on Cao Cao's heart.

Mencius once said that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light!

It was only at this moment that Cao Cao somewhat understood that the common people were the foundation of the world.

And the eyes of the people are bright, and they are light, good and bad!

Just a policy of dividing the fields has made the people of Xuzhou today have a great change in their opinion of Cao Jun!

And this is a joke strategy!

At the same time, Xuzhou City.

Since learning that Cao's army was short of food and grass, Tao Qian advocated preparing to subdue the lost land.

He originally thought that after waiting for a few days, Cao Jun would naturally take the initiative to retreat.

However, three days have passed, and Cao Jun has not pulled out the camp at all!

Today's Cao Cao seems to have regarded Dongguan County and half of Donghai County as his own territory.

In such a situation, Tao Qian naturally couldn't bear it.

If Xuzhou retreats like this, wouldn't it be recognized that these places will never be Xuzhou's territory again?

Taking advantage of the lack of food in the Cao army, Tao Qian ordered Sun Guan and Zangba to attack the Cao army.

Then the Tibetan tyrant fought in Xiahou Yuan in the wilderness, and the battle was not won or lost, and both of them quit!

Xiahou Yuan was a little helpless, at the moment, the Cao army's military rations had not arrived, and it was the limit to fight with the Xuzhou soldiers without winning or losing, and the morale of the army was not good, so he had nothing to do.

If he fell into a state of protracted war, he was afraid of a mutiny, and in desperation, he could only retreat to the town and not leave the city.

Cao Ren, on the other side, defended the city directly, never ordered to fight, and only waited for the grain and grass to arrive in the rear.

Although the Tibetan tyrant has force, the soldiers under his command are still not as good as the soldiers under Xiahou Yuan after all, and now Xiahou Yuan is defending the city, but it is not so easy for him to attack the city.

When Tao Qian ordered Zangba and Sun Guan to go on the expedition, Liu Bei, who was in Tancheng, also faced Cao Cao's main force with Tian Kai.

For Liu Bei, this time Cao Cao knew that the army was not well fed, but there was no sign of retreating, which really made him a little incomprehensible.

Cao Cao was stationed in the city, and Liu Bei led the army to be stationed ten miles outside Linyi City.

At this moment, the two armies waited and watched, and Liu Bei was not in a hurry to attack the city.

In Liu's military camp tent, Liu Bei was in the first place, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were sitting on the left and right.

"Big brother, that bird Cao Cao is shrinking in the city like a turtle, how can he fight this?"

Zhang Fei muttered as soon as he opened his mouth, and then raised his eyebrows.

"Why don't I go out and call for battle?"

Zhang Fei was already a little uncomfortable, he thought that he would be able to fight after the war started here, but who knew that Cao Cao, who was originally on the offensive, would not be able to hold out.

This was such a surprise.

Guan Yu didn't say anything, in his opinion, it was the right choice for Cao Cao to not be stationed now.

It's just that his eldest brother is benevolent and righteous, and the people in Linyi City are still the people of Xuzhou after all.

I'm afraid the eldest brother can't bear to attack the city directly.

"Cao Cao's move is quite surprising, visiting the Malay report, Yanzhou's grain road is still cut off, and Cao's army is bound to be short of food now, but!"

"But I heard that there was no news of Cao Jun's levy of grain in the city occupied by Cao Jun, what did Cao Cao think?"

Liu Bei was a little puzzled by Cao Jun's changes, and what made him even more puzzled was that people like Cao Cao actually let the army do nothing to the people of Xuzhou.

This is a bit unlike the Cao Cao he knows.

"Big brother, there is nothing to do, who knows what that bird Cao Cao is thinking? I don't know what bad idea that guy is holding back! ”

"Otherwise, listen to my siege!"

Zhang Fei was a little babbling, but Liu Bei on the side just smiled at him.

It was so easy to attack the city there, and as far as he knew, the two roads of Zangba and Sun Guan did not attack the city.

The town in front of you, even if it is now occupied by Cao Cao, is still the town of Xuzhou after all.

Siege battles, once started, are not so easy to end.

"I'll ask him what Cao Cao thinks!"

After thinking about it, Liu Bei still took the initiative to write a letter and handed it to the messenger to take the initiative to send it to Cao Jun Town.

In a short period of time, Liu Bei's letter was already placed on Cao Cao's case.

"Liu Bei sent me a letter?"

Knowing that it was a letter sent by Liu Bei, Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly.

This time Liu Bei was invited to help Tao Qian, Cao Cao naturally received the news, and the princes of the world had no one to help Tao Qian this time.

The only one who came was Liu Bei.

And this also made Cao Cao pay more attention to Liu Bei.

Thinking of Liu Bei, Cao Cao's mind couldn't help but think of the two stout men behind him.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Road were discussing Dong, Guan Yu's warm wine and slashing Huaxiong made Cao Cao's heart extremely hot.

It was also at that time that Cao Cao developed his enthusiasm for peerless generals.

Later, there was Lu Bu in the tiger prison, like a god, and none of the generals could compete with him.

Although Lu Bu is famous all over the world, it is Lu Buqi who is more resounding among them.

This time Liu Bei sent a letter, Cao Cao somewhat understood what it meant.

Flipping through the letterhead in front of him, Liu Bei's letter came into view.

[Brother Meng De, see the letter like meeting.

It has been several years since the Tiger Prison was closed, and I am very happy to learn that Brother Meng De has entered Yanzhou!

……

I learned that Mrs. Cao was in distress before, and my heart was like a knife at that time, and then I learned that the old lady was fine, so I was able to sleep peacefully.

When he first heard that Brother Meng De raised troops to conquer Xuzhou, he knew that this was his father's hatred, and he didn't want to meddle in this matter.

The reserve received a letter from Tao Envoy, whose words were sincere, deeply remorseful, and prepared for a long time, so he rushed to Xuzhou.

At that time, Brother Meng De captured several towns, and the world heard of his brother's filial piety, and he heard that Brother Meng De and the people of Xuzhou had committed no crime, and they admired it even more.

This letter is to persuade Brother Meng De and Yu Tao to make peace with the army......

Brother, Liu Xuande. 】

After reading Liu Bei's letter, Cao Cao's face did not change in the slightest.

Liu Bei's words are pertinent, but when he sent troops this time, it was as simple as avenging his father.

If there is chaos today, the princes of various places attack each other.

Didn't he, Liu Bei, know the truth?

Now that he has pacified Yanzhou, if he wants to continue to grow, the only way to conquer Xuzhou is to conquer it.

When Tao Qian and Yuan Shu attacked him Yanzhou before, why didn't Liu Bei mention it?

"Zhicai, what do you think?"

casually handed Liu Bei's letter to Xi Zhicai on the side, and Cao Cao pursed his lips.

The latter took the letter, glanced at it, and then chuckled softly.

"It's just to persuade the lord to withdraw from the army, Zhong has no opinion!"

Liu Bei first described his friendship with Cao Cao in the letter, and he had no opinion on Xi Zhicai.

What does Cao Cao and Liu Bei have to do with each other, in the final analysis, both of them are princes all the way at the moment.

Even he, Liu Bei, is not a prince now.

Cao Cao didn't care about the other party intersecting with his peers, and he was already worthy of Liu Bei.

At the moment, the other party obviously wanted to persuade Cao Cao to stop the army.

But, can Cao Cao stop the army?

No!

This time to conquer Xuzhou with great fanfare, where is it so simple.

In today's Han world, princes everywhere are scrambling to strengthen their strength.

Yuan Shao in the north is full of ambition to annex Youzhou, and inside Youzhou, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu also want to divide the winner.

Yuan Shu in the south occupies Huainan, and now occupies the land of Yangzhou, and his eyes fall on Jingzhou again.

The Son of Heaven, who is in the division, has lost power.

This scene has the appearance of Qin losing his deer and chasing it all over the world.

Now, it's just that Qin has become Han.

At the beginning, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, competed with the heroes and established the Huanghuang Han.

Today's princes in the world, who doesn't want to be the next Liu Bang in their hearts.

It's just that none of the current princes in the world are the first to take the lead!

After all, the 400 years of the Han Dynasty are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but so what?

It won't be too far off!

The princes of various places conquered and annexed each other, and this is the truth that is understood.

If they all think about the big man, then why do they fight each other?

Why did Han Tianzi end up like this?

"Lord, do you want to reply?"

Glancing at Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai asked casually.

When the latter heard this, he reached out and took the letterhead, and looked at it again, with some disdain at the corners of his mouth.

"What letter did you reply?"

Cao Cao did not hesitate, and casually threw the letterhead that Liu Bei gave him in the furnace in front of him.

For Liu Bei, Cao Cao is still extremely optimistic in his heart.

Over the years, he knows a little about Liu Bei's trajectory, although the other party is not as good as himself, but it is also one of the few people in the world who can enter his eyes.

Even Yuan Shao was not looked at by him, but Liu Bei was different.

Cao Cao ignored Liu Bei's letterhead and didn't even reply.

Liu Bei on the other side was not in a hurry at all.

The soldiers and horses on both sides were at a stalemate with each other like this.

Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao would withdraw from the army in a short time, who knows, at this time, Tanma reported that Cao's army's military rations had arrived!

According to the specified time, Xi Yu used a wheelbarrow to smoothly deliver grain and grass to Cao Jun's camp.

The arrival of the indecisive grain and grass made the momentum of Cao's army rise wildly.

At the same time, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan also received the grain and grass delivered later.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, who received the grain and grass, led the army again to the expedition, and the Cao army, which had recovered its momentum, directly defeated Zangba and Sun Guan in the field.

In the entire Xuzhou battlefield, the atmosphere that was originally stalemate changed instantly with the arrival of Cao's military rations.

It was learned that Cao's military rations had arrived.

Liu Bei immediately took the army and Tian Kai back to Tancheng.

He could still compete with Cao Cao, who had no military rations, before, but now that he learned that Cao's army had food and grass, he instantly understood that he had no chance of winning if he fought Cao Cao again.

"Cao Cao of the dog day, why do you have military rations again!"

During the withdrawal of the army, Zhang Fei couldn't figure out how Cao Cao could have military rations again!

Obviously, the grain routes in the rear of Cao's army have been blocked, could his military rations be transported from the sky?

Zhang Fei couldn't figure it out, and Liu Bei couldn't figure it out either.

His spies had already been sent out to find out the news, but there was no news yet.

But the news that Cao Jun has food is indeed true.

Fortunately, he retreated in time, but the other two Tibetan Ba and Sun Guan had already suffered a big defeat.

Within the Linyi Bureau.

After learning the news of Liu Bei's withdrawal for the first time, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing.

"Then Liu Xuande is really a talent, he runs really fast!"

Although Cao Cao was smiling, it was not a mockery, and there was a bit of recognition in this laughter.

Liu Bei can recognize his strength so quickly, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

Like the Tibetan tyrant, Sun Guan and the like, this time they have eaten Cao Jun's lesson.

Xi Yu, who had just arrived on the side, listened to Boss Cao talk about Liu Bei, and he was somewhat interested.

This time to conquer Xuzhou, Liu Bei really came.

Listening to Cao Cao's tone, he and Liu Bei seemed to be very familiar.

is worthy of being a lifelong rival, they have fought with each other for a lifetime, and these two people have been familiar with each other since this time.

"Fengyi, it's really timely!"

Looking at the drama in front of him, Cao Cao took each other's hands very eagerly, and after the two entered the main hall, Cao Cao felt a little emotional.

This expedition to Xuzhou, all kinds of signs are related to Xiyu!

"Why does my brother look at me like that?"

Seeing Cao Cao looking at himself directly, Xi Yu was a little helpless.

Cao Cao laughed.

"Fengyi, Er's strategy, so that our army to conquer Xuzhou, like an arm!"

"This change in our army makes me even more overjoyed, you really are my Xiao He Ye!"

Xiao He?

Hearing Cao Cao praise himself like this, the corners of Xi Yu's mouth twitched inadvertently.

If I remember correctly, Boss Cao praised people for having a set, what is my son's room, my Xiao He, and my Chen Ping.

Anyway, with a good decision, Cao Cao directly compared the other party to the Han Chu Junjie.

And in this case, most people are still extremely useful.

However, compared to Xiao He's words, if Xi Yu remembers correctly, Cao Cao's words were said to Zhong Xuan!

How did you run to yourself?

However, such an evaluation is also extremely high.

Xiao He, that is the first generation of prime ministers of the Han Dynasty.

"Brother is too famous!" Xi Yu smiled modestly.

Cao Cao was not polite at all, and his demeanor was extremely positive.

"In this world, you are still the first one who can transport grain on the mountain road!"

"What kind of wheelbarrow, Cao is the first time I have seen it, Fengyi, this time to conquer Xuzhou, you are the first to make the contribution!"

？？？

Just transport a grain and you're done!

Dian Wei on the side was a little dumbfounded, Mr. own, this is the first credit?

Haven't they been at war yet?

It's that simple!

In the main hall, Cao Cao's voice fell, and Yu Ban and others on the side also agreed very much.

If the military rations do not arrive this time, I am afraid that Cao's army will have to retreat at that time.

What's more, it is precisely because of the Huairou strategy specified by Xi Yu before that this expedition to Xuzhou went so smoothly.

In addition, in the matter of transporting military rations this time, if you want to talk about the other party's first merit, everyone naturally has no opinion.

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