The letter written by Lin Mo still taught him how to deal with Yuan Shao, how could Cao Cao, who was already suspicious, believe that his former sworn enemy was willing to help him sincerely.

What's more, the past does not forget the teacher of the future, how Liu Bei was pitted by Lin Mo in Anfeng in the first place, he can remember it vividly.

Although he still couldn't see what evil intentions Lin Mo was hiding by doing this, he didn't dare to think that Lin Mo was a good person.

"Although our army has a thousand miles of border with Yuan Shao, if he wants to defeat us as quickly as possible, he can only go to Guandu, and then threaten Xuchang." After reading the letter, Guo Jia muttered, obviously, he agreed with Lin Mo's opinion.

"Is there any fraud here?" Cao Cao's eyes rolled twice, and he was always uneasy.

"No, it won't."

Guo Jia put the silk cloth back together, and said softly: "Yuan Shaoqiang, Cao Lu is weak, this is the basic situation, if any of us and Lu Bu are defeated, the other side will not escape the dilemma of cold lips and teeth, this truth Lin Mo will not understand."

As for the purpose of the letter"

Guo Jia sneered, a little self-deprecating and a little disdainful, "He looks down on the strategists under Sikong." ”

Cao Cao didn't answer, because he felt that Lin Mo's pattern was not so small, and he should be worried that he would be defeated several times, and Yuan Shao's army would collapse at the touch of a button, so he wrote such a letter.

Frankly speaking, the things mentioned in Lin Mo's letter have not been mentioned in the entire Xuchang City, including Guo Jia and Xun You.

"What does Bonghyo think?"

Guo Jia subconsciously groped around his waist, but did not find the close-fitting wine gourd, and looked a little lost, and then said slowly: "This matter seems to be harmless to us, if he miscalculates, he should run for nothing, but if he succeeds, I am afraid that the improvement of our army's morale will only work for Bijia's ten wins and ten defeats." ”

Cao Cao bowed his head in disdain, "Yes, this is the first battle." ”

Then, he hesitated a little.

Standing in his own position, of course, I hope that what Lin Mo said is correct, because this team has lost three consecutive times in Wancheng, Anfeng and Xiaoguan, and it needs a victory to wash away the decline.

Especially the other party is Yuan Shao, this northern army that intimidates the world, suffers a big loss in front of him, which is bound to make the soldiers no longer have a cowardly mood in the future.

But at the same time, another question to face is that if Lin Mo even calculates this, then is he a little too demonic, he is in Xuzhou, manipulating the two parties to fight against Yuan Shao, this stroke has a bit of the meaning of using the world as a chessboard.

Of course, if this is an ally, it is good, but after all, sooner or later it will be an opponent, Cao Cao sighed, forget it, I don't want to think about it, the enemy is still the same enemy.

"At the end of his letter, he mentioned that if the war is unfavorable, he can open the bag" Guo Jia glanced at the bag on the table, his eyes were intertwined with curiosity and war spirit, he really thought he was a prophet.

Guo Jia is a carefree and easy person, and he is rarely obsessed with anything, but An Feng missed the Xiaoguan battle after that, and now the alliance would have worked together for a long time, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to fight Lin Mo again, at least not in the short term.

But when he actually sent such a letter, Guo Jia felt that it was clearly a slap in the face.

Cao Cao was also a little ridiculous, picked up the bag and smelled it, the smell of angelica was still there, and he didn't see his lover returning.

This tip has also become the key to the unfavorable reversal of the war?

Cao Cao's hand twitched twice, and finally put the bag under his coat, and said with a smile: "Let's see if what this kid said is effective." Let Xu Chu and Dian Wei take the tiger and leopard to ride, what do you think? ”

Guo Jia lowered his head and thought for a while, then bowed his head and said, "As Lin Mo said, this matter will be done." ”

After receiving a positive answer, Cao Cao was completely relieved.

This matter is also embarrassing, in the past, the use of troops like this situation must have been to pull Xun You, Xun Yu and a group of them to discuss, after all, the tiger and leopard ride is the most elite part of his command, the trump card of the trump card.

The problem is, this method was given by Lin Mo, and this matter can't be spread out, otherwise where will the face of the great sage of Yingchuan be placed?

Xuzhou, Pengcheng, something strange happened recently.

In seven days, the government received letters from nine counties, including Dongguan, Langya, Xiapi, Jiujiang, Lujiang, and Peicheng, all of which praised Lin Mo's merits.

Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others all called this a strange thing, and even Lu Bu lamented that it was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing in his life for decades.

After all, since the Later Zhou Dynasty, through the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the common people have been struggling on the edge of food and clothing, and under the impetus of various taxes and land annexation, the common people and the imperial court are often on opposite sides.

For example, the Yellow Turban Rebellion that swept through the land of Bazhou has only been 15 years in the past, and there are often homeless riots in the middle, which are all blood-drenched proof.

Therefore, it is as strange as the sun coming out of the west to send letters to the people of the court.

The reason for urging the people to take the initiative to write the Book of All People this time is that the rice in the field is growing gratifying and full of grains, and the predictive harvest is only 30% more than last year.

You must know that in the years of using organic long-lasting fertilizer, the harvest in the field must be worse every year, which is caused by the influence of soil fertility and soil quality.

It was a surprise that the second year's harvest was higher than the previous year's, even though it was a newly reclaimed wasteland.

After a rough calculation, after removing all kinds of taxes, all the expenses of the family can be properly solved this year, and they can even have a certain amount of grain storage, which means that they have the ability to resist risks and will not be annexed by the family again.

The people knew in their hearts that all this was given by whom, it was Lin Mo, and the inorganic fertilizer he distributed made the counties appear so grand, but he didn't take a penny from such an artifact, and the people who had been forced by the officials and the family to be at a loss were a little at a loss.

From the quyuan plow, the keel waterwheel to the free fertilizer, the people are very simple, except for writing the book of the people to express their gratitude to Lin Mo, they don't know what else they can do.

"Looking at the whole world, except for you Lin Yunwen, except for us Xuzhou and Jianghuai, there is no such anecdote." Chen Gong looked at the Wanmin Book on the desk and was amazed.

The old father-in-law picked up a few Wanmin books and glanced at them, there were a few crooked words on them, he knew how difficult it was to do, in front of the people who were generally illiterate, a copy of such a Wanmin book was basically a township and a township elected people who could write to sign on it.

Naturally, it is impossible to really have 10,000 names, some have dozens of names on them, and some only have a dozen, but behind these names is the gratitude of hundreds of people.

"It is said that Liu Xuande is benevolent and righteous, can he be more benevolent and righteous than my virtuous son-in-law? Look, all look. ”

Lu Bu picked up a silk cloth and raised it in front of everyone, and said with a deep face: "This is called benevolence and righteousness." ”

No one in the hall could hear that Lu Bu was in Versailles, but there was one thing to say, this matter was indeed commendable, and everyone naturally wouldn't mind giving Lin Mo a few good words.

Moreover, this is indeed a thing to be happy about, the people's bumper harvest means that this year's taxes will be more than in previous years, and the pressure on the government treasury can be greatly relieved.

As civil ministers, they all have their own governance on hand, and as military generals, they also have their own military expenses, and at this time, they are all preparing to report next year's expenses higher with a small calculation.

If someone is unhappy, the families of Xu Yang and Yang are very dissatisfied with this, because they have not received fertilizer, and God knows how many serfs are kept in captivity in these people's homes, and it is impossible to give them away for nothing.

Lin Mo also sold them at a clear price, but of course they wouldn't take a look at it until the effect of the fertilizer was verified.

Now that the autumn harvest is coming, the effect is out, and these families are jumping to scold their mothers.

Isn't it a big joke that your own harvest can't compare to the common people?

Dissatisfied is dissatisfied, but Lin Mo has greeted them before, he doesn't buy it, and he can't complain about others, so he can only book next year's fertilizer resentfully, for fear of being sold out.

Looking at the Wanmin book piled up in the entire Taiwan case, Lin Mo scratched his head a little embarrassed, how can the people collect money next year if they are doing this, the fertilizer plan is a key part of strengthening the army, because this business is no longer like before to reach out to the family, but to the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, this is originally a mutually beneficial existence with the people, and there is no need to have a grudge in his heart, and even Lin Mo has planned how to spend the money.

It seems that if you want to find a way to compromise, you will be praised so high by the people, and you will be ruthless if you turn around.

"It looks like next year's taxes are going to be pushed down." Jia Xu saw Lin Mo's careful thoughts and said with a smile.

"That's a good idea." Lin Mo smiled, the fertilizer is still sold at the price, but the tax can be appropriately lowered, so that the money-making plan will not be delayed, and the people will not be affected too much.

Moreover, in the long run, this can even be regarded as a conspiracy, and the taxes collected by various states and counties to the people are generally not far apart, once the two states of Xu and Yang are lowered, it will be a great attraction for the people of other states and counties.

"Okay, okay, let this go in advance, it's not too late to go back and celebrate, I summoned you here today to discuss something important."

Lu Bu clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then the civil and military were separated, and then he said in a deep voice: "The autumn harvest is imminent, which also means that the big war with the north is not far away, Gongtai, let's talk about the situation." ”

"Whoa."

After Chen Gong clenched his fists, he stood up, turned to look at Wen Wu and said loudly: "It is reported that Yuan Shao has increased the number of troops to Qingzhou by 150,000, plus the original 50,000 troops in Yuan Tan's hands, and the soldiers and horses we are facing this time are no less than 200,000 people.

Although Xiaoguan lost nearly 10,000 people in the first battle, in the past six months or so, we have recruited 15,000 strong soldiers and horses in Pengcheng and Xiapi, and the total number of soldiers and horses on all sides is about 80,000, but this includes the garrisons of Xiaoguan, Peicheng, Lujiang, and Guangling.

Now that they have joined forces with Cao Cao, the garrisons of Xiaoguan and Peicheng can be mobilized, but the people of Lujiang and Guangling cannot move, and they must strictly prevent Sun Ce's sneak attack.

So, the last force we put into the war with the North was 65,000 men. ”

This time, it can be counted as a battle of life and death, so Lu Bu summoned everyone over.

Among them are Cheng Lian and Cao Xing who were stationed in Peicheng, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng in Jiujiang, Song Xian in Lujiang, Zhang Liao and Lu Su in Guangling, Chen Deng and Liu Ye in Anfeng, plus Wei Yue who finally recovered in Pengcheng, all the teams are all here.

Sixty-five thousand to two hundred thousand, this huge disparity is supposed to cause a lot of turmoil, and Lu Bu is even ready to appease and think of words to boost morale.

But

He seemed to be thinking too much.

"Wen Hou, in the past, the last general has always been ordered to garrison Peicheng, this time the crisis in the west is resolved, no matter what, the last general must be the vanguard!"

"There is also the last general, don't ask for a vanguard, it's enough to ask for a deputy general!" Cheng Lian and Cao Xing spoke one after another.

Shouchun, Lujiang, Guangling and even Anfeng and Xiaoguan in the back, they didn't have the opportunity to participate in so many battles, and they finally seized the opportunity and immediately seized the opportunity.

"Cheng Lian, let me come, I've been lying here for more than half a year, and I'm afraid I'll forget how to fight if I don't move my body anymore." In the face of Cheng Lian, Wei Yue had no worries.

When he followed Lu Bu to break Zhang Yan's tens of thousands of black mountain thieves in Jizhou, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue killed the enemy back-to-back, and the relationship was so deep that it was difficult for ordinary people.

Then, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng also opened their mouths to ask for war.

Lu Bu was a little confused, good guy, didn't you hear clearly the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us?

"Wen Hou, with my virtuous nephew, the brothers all know that military merits are easy to take." Zhang Liao, who was standing at the head of the generals, said with a smile.

He didn't open his mouth to ask for war, and he knew that there was no need for this, even if he did, Lu Bu would not agree, after all, Guangling was not something that ordinary people could sit in.

Everyone also laughed when they heard this, without the slightest sense of tension on the eve of the life-and-death battle.

In the few battles he has experienced, it seems that Lin Mo has never lost a shot, coupled with the high fighting spirit of the generals in front of him, this made Lu Bu feel a little fluttering in his heart, tilted his head to look at Lin Mo, and took out the posture of an elder and said earnestly: "Yunwen has some means, but he is still immature, and he still needs to be honed." ”

This kind of atmosphere made Lin Mo feel very uncomfortable, it was the 200,000 army in the north with 8,000 cavalry alone, the soldiers were well-equipped, and survival could become a reality in only a moment, if he dealt with it with such a mentality, he was afraid that he would end up with an arrogant army that would be defeated.

This army has been so smooth in the past two years, so smooth that they have forgotten that it is easy to die on the battlefield, and so smooth that they have forgotten the embarrassment of fleeing all the way from Guanzhong to Xuzhou a few years ago.

But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that they can't be completely blamed, starting from Yuan Shu, to Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, all the way to the big victory and flat push, and even later there was a situation where Zhang Liao rushed to 30,000 with 800 yuan.

From Lu Bu down, the whole battalion has an arrogant mentality.

In fact, not only Lin Mo, but Jia Xu, Chen Gong, and Lu Su all have this kind of worry, but they all choose not to speak tacitly, at this time, except for Lin Mo, who can listen to what they say.

(End of chapter)