At that time, the relationship between the clan relatives and other soldiers and even the common people will be affected, which is not what everyone wants.

With Xiahoudun's silence, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became awkward.

Just when he hesitated what to say, Xi Zhicai stood up and said in a loud voice: "Duke Wei, General Xiahou can't be blamed for this matter, the reason why he said that in the first place was also for the sake of our clan relatives Moreover, today's things still have a turnaround." ”

"Whether it is a war in Qingzhou or Jizhou, it is always on the land of Wei, even Leling, Bohai and other places are also under Wei."

"Although Xi Yu's army has a lot of advanced military equipment, in terms of the number of troops, it is far less than ours, and the territory under his jurisdiction is not as good as ours, and the population in the territory is not even one-tenth of ours."

"Compared with a quick battle, in my humble opinion, I think that a long-term war is more suitable, and we can completely fight a war of attrition with far more than their numbers, so as to consume the opponent's combat power and financial resources."

“······”

The drama was justified and said, and everyone listened very seriously.

"Therefore, I think that if you want to fight, let's take it! The longer the war drags on, the better it will be for us, yes, Duke Wei, you don't have to be afraid at all now! ”

After hearing what he said, Xiahoudun's eyes lit up, and he immediately said loudly: "That's right, the current situation is still unclear, who loses and who wins is not yet known, he wants to stir up the world with only 300,000 troops, this is obviously impossible!" ”

"Here, this is the territory of Wei, and the people of the world are listening to your call to Duke Wei, so why be afraid of it? Wei Gong, I promise you, he will definitely send the head of Xi Yu to your case one day! ”

I have to say that Xi Zhicai's analysis made some sense, which not only made Xiahoudun rise to war, but also gave Cao Pi some courage at this critical juncture.

Even if the inexplicable fear in his heart always accompanies him, but as time goes by, he is more or less used to the game.

Cao Pi is not a brainless person, and he also understands the gap between himself and Xi Yu.

But so what? You have a lot of talented generals, but you also have them.

The most important thing is that he has many more generals at his disposal than the other party, even ordinary soldiers.

It is said that in the Cao army camp, there are as many as 500 people who can be called good generals, of which there are as many as 200 from the clan of the clan, and among them, there are leaders like Cao Ren and Xiahoudun.

On the other hand, on the side of Xi Yu, there are only a few people who can really be called, and there are only a handful of them.

"Duke Wei, in this way, if we really start a war, our chances of winning are not impossible."

"Look, there are only a few people under Xi Yu who can lead troops to fight, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong can be regarded as victorious generals, but who else is there? Although Zhang Liao can lead the troops, he is not afraid of losing more or winning less. ”

"As for our side, there are hundreds of people who can lead troops to fight alone, and each of them is a good general, and in terms of strength, it is not inferior to Huang Zhong and the others, yes, as long as we can plan the battlefield well and perform our duties, we will be able to strategize and win a big victory!"

"Don't talk about it, at least let that Xi Yu know what it means to be someone outside the world, so that he can also taste failure!"

"These are still older soldiers in the army, if we talk about the new star, we are not inferior to the newly promoted army leader General Chu Zidan, and the brave and powerful General Cao Zhang······ These young generals are also terrifying. ”

"Young and brave, you will not be afraid of any war, you can rest assured that you are the greatest lord today!"

If everyone's words before only gave Cao Pi a little confidence, then Sima Yi's words made him completely put his mind down.

In this big tent, Hua Xin, Chen Qun, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others were all left by their fathers, and they were more than loyal to themselves, but they were a little less close, and they got along with each other, which was somewhat distant.

As for Zhong Xuan, as Shang Shuling, he will hardly participate in any military and political issues, he will only follow himself wholeheartedly, keep to himself, and be almost a transparent person.

Only Sima Yi can be regarded as an existence that truly understands the intimacy and trust of the soldiers.

He was the only one who mentioned the problem that Cao Pi cared about the most - young people.

If an army wants to develop rapidly, it must have fresh blood that dares to fight, dare to fight, and where does this fresh blood come from?

It's young people.

He is a young man himself, so he also likes to promote and reuse young people.

Therefore, in his army, young soldiers can now be regarded as the absolute backbone.

On the contrary, on the side of Xi Yu, whether they have qualifications or not, they are all unruly people, and the 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers who left before are the best examples.

Xi Yu wanted those people to obey the order, but I don't know how many benefits he promised.

With such a spoiled army, how can Xi Yu win?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi inexplicably thought of a small episode a few years ago.

At that time, he met a few young people in Xuzhou, who boasted that he was smart but was tricked, and when he returned to Xuchang after all difficulties, he only had a few pieces of money left, which was really ridiculous.

Later, somehow, this matter was found out by his father, and he was really scolded.

He still remembers what his father said, everything is the same generation, why can the other party fool you so far?

To this day, he wants to see again, what other young man can play himself around again?

"Then fight!"

Cao Pi, who had made up his mind, turned his heart sideways and shouted, "Where is Zidan?" ”

"The last general!"

Cao Zhen walked out of the group of clan relatives with his head held high, and saluted with a solemn expression, a pair of fiery eyes reflecting the blood in his heart.

As the son of the Cao family, in this year of continuous warfare, he has long been indestructible and extremely powerful.

"Today, you will be appointed as the forward general, and later follow Uncle Yuan Rang to lead the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, remember, don't let Xi Yu's army set foot in Hejian County!"

"The last general commands!"

"Smack!"

Cao Zhen clenched his fists violently, and he rushed straight into the sky with a heroic spirit that was not afraid of death, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the last general not only guarantees that he will not let those thieves step into the river for half a step, but also makes those righteous sons under Xi Yu know that they know how powerful!" ”

"This son eats the king's lu, but he doesn't think about the king's worries, and he has received the great kindness of my Cao family, but he doesn't think about repaying the favor, but he will take revenge, he is really a villain!"

"Killing such ungrateful people is what I should do!"

"Well said, such a wolf with ambition should be killed!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

“······”

Suddenly, all the clans and clans that were infected were indignant, and they shouted impassionedly.

Even the people of the Xiahou clan were deeply inspired and immersed in this false and ridiculous atmosphere.

At this moment, for everyone, whether true or not, it is enough to have this excited heart.

After all, the war was about to break out, and the army's morale was unstable, so half of the battle was lost.

······

The beginning of summer is approaching.

Before the sun could radiate its fiery passion, countless people were already rushing towards the battlefield.

A huge cavalry battle began from Hejian and Leling in Jizhou and went straight to the Bohai Plain.

Xi Yu did not choose to refuse to defend the city gate, but led the army to rush bravely.

He participated in three wars in a row, won all three battles, not only captured endless iron resources, but also deterred the enemy army, scared the other party to fight hard, and inadvertently blocked dozens of waves of enemy attacks.

In addition, he also sent black cavalry to roam around the perimeter of each war zone, so that each of the enemy's war zones was a separate camp and could not cooperate with each other.

Seeing this, Xiahoudun also had to divide his tiger and leopard ride into two parts, so that the advantage of the tiger and leopard ride completely dissipated.

He didn't want to fight, splitting the tiger and leopard cavalry into two would mean that all the plans specified before would be disrupted, but if he didn't divide them, the enemy's black cavalry would have no enemies on the battlefield, as if entering a no-man's land, and the people watching were terrified.

It's just that because he is a soldier on the battlefield, he is doomed to defeat if he commits a taboo.

Although the number of black horsemen was small, they each blocked a hundred, and when they saw that the tiger and leopard riders were divided into two, they quickly made adjustments, and some of them rushed forward to fight the enemy to the death.

The other part hunched behind him like a ghost, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.

When the tiger and leopard rider wanted to fight to the death with the black horse in the rear, he was entangled by the black horse in front.

······

On the other side, Cao Zhen was about to die of depression.

Along the way, wherever he thought that the terrain was dangerous, there was probably an enemy ambush, and there was not even a ghost shadow.

However, there are some wide and flat roadsides, and from time to time you will encounter surprise attacks from the enemy.

This made Cao Zhen puzzled.

As a pioneer, he secretly led tens of thousands of people to various arteries and cities long before the war began.

He first scattered these tens of thousands of people and scattered them around every defensive line, just to find the young general in the enemy army, Huang Xu.

It is rumored that there is this young man who can handle it in the army of Xi Yu, and he has always wanted to have a tough battle with the other party, but unfortunately, he has never seen the other party so far.

As a result, the tens of thousands of troops at his disposal were completely useless on the battlefield, so that over time, the defense line of Hejian County was gradually weakened.

When some veterans realized this, their hearts jumped violently, but they were powerless to go back.

At present, the armies of the two sides are in a state of stalemate, and the two sides are comparing endurance and testing people's hearts, and no one dares to transfer troops without authorization at this time.

After all, at present, the defense of Jianhe County is only known internally, and the enemy army is not yet known, but once a large army is used to fill the vacancy, I am afraid that the enemy army will swarm in.

But if left unchecked, under the long-term stalemate between the two sides, sooner or later one side will be the first to be unable to support it, and it is very likely that he will be the first to lose.

Cao Chun and Cao Zhen, who are aware of the seriousness of the problem, are now extremely worried about their recent situation.

On the other hand, the army of drama has not been exhausted from beginning to end.

The armies were holding each other, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides were fighting, and the comparison was endurance, and the casualties between each other were almost the same.

But even so, Cao Zhen and Cao Chun didn't dare to hold it up.

Seeing that the soldiers had begun to lose their physical strength, the two who did not dare to continue swimming in the territory immediately retreated to a relatively safe place with the soldiers.

The two of them came to the river and set up camp tents up and down the river, which was a good place for the wicked to attack and defend each other, and to fetch water for cooking.

Both of them had a good rest here, and after the enemy was sleepy and tired, they would take the initiative to attack and find a small group of enemy troops to encircle and suppress them one by one.

The idea is very good, but the two of them are young in the end, and the camp they set up seems to be in order, but in fact it is full of loopholes.

Because of the large number of people, the range of camps set up is also quite wide, and the two armies want to help each other, and there are tents interspersed with each other, which looks dazzling.

Today, this battle has been going on for some time.

From Wen'an in the north at the beginning, to Jingxian in the south now, tens of thousands of miles of territory have been mired in the quagmire because of this battle.

The surrounding large and small rural towns were snatched by both sides.

It was also at this time that the advantages and disadvantages of the armies of both sides were fully revealed.

Let's talk about Cao Pi's side first, because Jizhou is the old nest, so many armies dare not act rashly, on the one hand, they are waiting to go to the battlefield at any time, and on the other hand, they must pay attention to preventing Ma Teng and others from coming to make trouble.

As for the soldiers and horses in the state, there is no way to mobilize them at the moment, not only that, but the army located in the west of Jizhou must always pay attention to the movements, and if something goes wrong in the state, it can go to support in time.

But as long as they have left, the battle in the east of Jizhou basically has nothing to do with them, and the whip is beyond their reach.

On the other hand, Xi Yu is here.

Behind him are Qingzhou and Xuzhou, his old nest, not only is there no strong enemy behind him, but there are also two moats in the Yellow River and Jishui as a barrier to escort him.

Therefore, Xi Yu, who has no worries at all, not only pays attention to the war all day long, but also pays attention to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

There is no other reason than to do business in these places.

In fact, long before the start of the war, he had already let the fleet in the territory set off and rushed to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

After all, there is more than one Jizhou in chaos at the moment.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei are also busy at the moment.

Even, the battle between the two of them was far more fierce than that of Xi Yu and Cao Pilai.

Years of fighting and killing have long exhausted both sides, and what is most lacking at the moment is military supplies and food.

And what Xi Yu brought happened to be these two things, he knew very well that whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, as long as someone dared to sell quality and military supplies, they would definitely spend a lot of money to take it down.

This is a good way to make a fortune that Xi Yu thought of.

There's no way, who let Qingxuzhou and Xuzhou have more food than anything else, and the barren ones have long been all over the place.

However, as soon as he did this business, Liu Bei and Sun Ce were surprised.

Aren't you fighting with Cao Pi? How did you buy grain and grass?

Is this the end of the day knowing that defeat is set to admit defeat? Or is it ······ Is the grain yield in Qingxu and Xu already so high that it is jaw-dropping?

It's the latter, right?

After all, that drama is not only not stupid, but also very smart.

If that's the case······ Will you be able to cover all the food and grass of my entire army?

The inexplicable thought made Liu Bei stunned for a moment, although he felt incredible, but he finally opened his mouth.

After all, Xi Yu wants to sell food, but he just wants more, so what can he do?

It's okay not to give it.

When they heard that they wanted 300,000 stones, the merchants were still a little hesitant, but whether this was a big customer or a powerful lord, they didn't dare to offend after all.

After all, if this matter is done well, the future cooperation will be stable.

With the merchant's full of promises, Liu Bei was like a dream.

No way? Is there really so much grain and grass in Qingxu?

What exactly is Xi Yu going to do?

Is he really not worried about the tight front at all?

Or does he want to sell grain and use the money he earns to continue to develop his internal affairs?

Without waiting for him to understand, the merchants sent grain and grass one after another.

However, in just ten days, the entire 300,000 stones of grain and grass were neatly stacked in Liu Bei's camp.

Liu Bei was completely stunned at this time.

Really?

When will 300,000 stone of grain be like wild flowers and weeds on the side of the road, and you can take it out casually?

Is it poverty that limits one's imagination, or is the wealth of the drama too eye-catching?

Of course, the reason can only be the former.

After all, a mere 300,000 stone grains and grass is just a sprinkling of water for the current drama.

Liu Bei can buy these grains, and Xi Yu actually buys them happily.

These grains and grasses have been piled up in the warehouse for more than a year, and if they are not sold, they will sprout and be discarded.

Although I don't care about this bit of food and grass, it's good to be able to get rid of it and have money to get it.

Liu Bei didn't know what he was thinking.

Right now, he's busy raising money to pay for food and grass.

In order to pay off this account, he mortgaged Nanjun and Jiangdong, so that he could send a group of merchants.

From today on, he will not dare to be in arrears at all if he sees shops related to Xiyu.

After this incident, I am afraid that in the future, if the world knows about it, I will end up with a reputation of not paying off my debts and will be laughed at by the people of the world.

In the past, he just thought that the size of the drama was also a character, but after today, don't say that he looks down, I'm afraid that he will never be able to see through this person again.

While fighting with others, he still doesn't forget to do business, which is really fucking outrageous.

Including those merchants who came from afar, not to mention ordinary people in their own territory, even some high-ranking generals did not dare to look at each other when they saw them, but they were quite atmospheric.

Well, I was the most angry when I asked for money!

Lao Tzu has lived for so many years, and he has never seen anyone in any state or county dare to be so arrogant!

······

Cao Zhen looked at the lake in front of him, frowning, and had deep doubts.

For some reason, he always felt that the other party seemed to be missing someone among the generals in the battle······

To say that the military generals in Xuzhou City, the most famous are the Huang family father and son, one is the later general Huang Zhong, and the other is his son Huang Xu.

It can be said that these two people have supported the name of the largest military family in Xuzhou.

At present, when the army is cooking, Cao Zhen, who has just finished inspecting the camp, did not bring the marching Sima and the main book, although there is no one around him who can be discussed, but the faint uneasiness in his heart clearly tells himself that this place is not suitable for a long time!

(End of chapter)