"Qingzhou and Yanzhou have been recuperating for many years, and it is the right thing to take out more money and grain. If you send another order, the state pastors of these two states can't make up food, so they will hang the seal! ”

"It's raining again? Jizhou is tired, but some money and grain can't be transported? Give an order, if the grain and grass do not arrive in Si Li within ten days, then let him come to see Ming Gong! ”

Xuchang, Shangshutai, and Xun Yu kept writing, and orders were sent to all states and counties.

He had received the battle report, Zhao Yan's troops were in a stalemate with the enemy at the mouth, and the vanguard of the main force of Cao's army suffered heavy losses.

The front line is tight, he sits in the rear, and the military expenditure exceeds 100 million yuan every day, which is extremely stressful.

Basically, every penny was broken in half and spent, and the savings of the entire North were being transported south.

In this way, a ban on alcohol was issued, and countless families came to him to cry, but they refused to provide money and food support.

On the other side, Yangzhou Thorn Shi Wenhui's letter for help came like snowflakes.

Reinforcements, reinforcements, even if a new reinforcement is gathered now, where can we go to get enough money and food for these reinforcements?

He sealed the last document with fire paint, handed it to his men to send out, and walked out of Shangshutai himself.

Jian'an's era number is as many years as he has been, and he has stayed in Shangshutai for as many years.

This Shang Shuling, he sat for thirteen years.

For thirteen years, Cao Cao has been fighting every year, and Xun Yu has been sitting in the rear, ensuring his logistics, painstakingly and conscientiously.

And now, this big war, before the official decisive battle, has already cost too much money and food.

In this battle, Cao Cao pressed almost all the family funds.

Xun Yu had a sad face and walked home.

He didn't need to take a carriage, his mansion was not far from Shangshutai, it was a mansion specially purchased for him by Cao Cao, and it was the closest to the center among the officials.

The official position is not the highest, but he has all the power in internal affairs, and his right to speak is only under Cao Cao in the north.

He walked through the long corridor of Shangshutai and looked back at the peaceful imperial city.

Thirteen years ago, he persuaded the public to welcome the Son of Heaven, abandoned Luoyang, and moved to the small city of Xuchang.

Thirteen years of construction, the city began to flourish. Giant businessmen, circulating endlessly, there is the atmosphere of Chang'an and Luoyang.

The second capital was overturned and destroyed in the war, and I rebuilt the capital of the Han Dynasty.

In order to protect this peace, no matter how difficult it is, it must be done.

At the end of the road, he had already made up his mind.

Only the money and food on the front line cannot be broken, even if Xu Du is squeezed out of juice with his own hands!

The knife must reach out to those families.

A snowflake fell on his head, and he reached out and it snowed.

The snowflakes were fluttering, and it was difficult to hide the sadness on his face.

It's snowing, the roads are impassable, and it will be more and more difficult to transport grain and troops further south.

He stood in the snow for a long time, and finally bowed bitterly to the south, and said solemnly: "Ming Gong, cherish!" ”

When he raised his head again, he saw two young girls coming up to him and saluting him.

One of them had a neat ball head, his mouth was pursed, and his face was unhappy. The other was proud, and when he saw Xun Yu, he was a little embarrassed, and he twisted his head for a long time before he said: "Lord Lingjun, the matter of the sand table last time was not right with Ah Jiu." Ah Jiu is here this time, it is my general, let us send you money! ”

A note with "Gou or Brother Personally Qi" flew from Jiangxia to Xiangyang, and then flew from Xiangyang to Beifu, and then transported all the way to Xudu, and finally passed to Xun Yu through Cao Ajiu's hand.

Seeing the crooked words "Gou Or", for a moment, the middle-aged scholar who was powerful in the world was stunned.

In the capital, snowflakes fall and melt.

……

"Buzz!"

In December of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Sili Prefecture ushered in the first snow of this winter.

And further south, on the Yangtze River battlefield, no one has time to care about the cold weather.

"Buzz!"

The sound of a loud horn resounded across the river, and Ling Tong, a general under Zhou Yu, led a fleet of ships to gallop on the river, aiming directly at Cao's army.

Huang Gai, Dong Xi, and Chen Wu, these generals, who were later called the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangbiao, pressed the formation in the rear.

Ling Tong stood proudly on the bow of the ship, and the new destruction of Huang Zu made him burst with confidence, staring at Cao Jun in front of him, his face was fearless.

The small soldiers under his command were different, they had just defeated Xiahou Yuan, and they also had a certain degree of confidence, but when they saw Cao Jun's momentum, they were still frightened.

Where is the other party's ship, it is simply a moving sea of sails!

Countless buildings and boats are lined up on the river, and the white sails are like the waves on the river, which can usually be called the stern of the big ship, but in this wave is only as small as ripples.

In front of that sea of ships as far as the eye could see, there was a huge indescribable warship.

The boat is in front of it, and it is only like a child.

"Boom!"

On the battleship, the giant drum beats.

Ling Tong held a long knife in his hand, his eyes were sharp, and he shouted loudly: "Sons, the Cao thieves look down on us and only send a ship to meet us, can we be afraid of them?" ”

All the soldiers gathered their hearts and said, "Don't be afraid!" ”

"Then let me take this ......"

With a "whoosh", a half-human-long arrow suddenly flew in, interrupting his words.

Ling Tong rolled quickly before he was shot by the arrow, and when he turned back, he saw that the arrow had sunk into the sail pole, and he was still trembling.

Immediately afterward, several more long arrows were fired.

Ling Tong's lieutenant saw it really and shouted: "There is a hard crossbow on the other side's ship!" ”

Only then did Ling Tong notice that there were many holes on the huge battleship, and the black holes were pointed directly at them.

At this time, they were still two arrows away from the enemy.

"Such a long range ......"

Combined with the arrow just fired, it was obvious that it was fired by a giant crossbow.

This kind of hard crossbow, because of its large size, they can't be installed in a small boat at all, and even if the building ship can be installed, it can only be loaded with one or two, and it can't play a role.

But this ship ......

It was another "whoosh" sound that broke through the air.

How many hard crossbows are there on the other party's ship?

Ling Tong took a cursory look, and in just these few rounds of shooting, his soldiers had lost more than ten people.

His soldiers, who have been engaged in water warfare for a long time, have certain defensive experience against water warfare weapons such as bows and arrows.

However, the arrows of this hard crossbow were far more than usual, and almost every time the arrow was fired, someone was injured or killed.

Ling Tong gritted his teeth and shouted, "Charge, charge!" ”

The sails were full, and the boat's rockers worked hard to slide the oars, and the fleet moved as fast as they could, and soon reached the land of a stone's throw away.

Ling Tong's fleet raised bows and arrows to fight back, but the opponent only had a big ship, and the hard crossbow was powerful, but the bow and arrow shooting surface was narrow.

This was supposed to be an opportunity for Ling Tong to counterattack, but all the soldiers on the other side hid in the bunker of the big ship and did not come out.

Ling Tong shot an arrow, but it could only hit the hull of the ship, and could not shoot anyone, and said indignantly: "Is this a turtle ship!" I'll wait for the jump gang to go up and see where you hide!" ”

His fleet soon made contact with the big ships, so he repeated the old trick, using the method of breaking the vanguard of Xiahou Yuan that day, the big ships blocked the opponent's ships, and the rest of the small boats approached from both sides.

"Boom!"

The drums of war sounded on the giant ship.

"Boom!"

Ling Tong's flagship collided with the big ship.

Something to his consternation happened.

His flagship was actually hit by a big ship and cracked!

Although this ship is not a building ship, it is made of fine wood keel, and it has been reinforced many times, and it has collided with ships before, and has never fallen downwind.

But this time......

He looked at the visible crack on his flagship, and looked back at the bow of the big ship in surprise, which was higher than him, reflecting a hint of coldness.

Immediately, he came to an almost outrageous conclusion.

His lieutenant also opened his mouth wide and said what he thought for him: "This big ship...... Iron in the bow? ”

What the hell is this?

Zhou Yu, who was watching the battle from afar, also saw this scene, although he didn't see the details clearly, he suddenly felt an unprecedented oppressive force.

That is the oppressive force that gathers the financial resources of the entire north and presses on the six counties.

It's the power of money.