The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 66 Xi Yu: I read a lot, you can't fool me

The next morning.

The wind in early winter was a bit cold, and Ganmei got up early in the morning to prepare meals.

That face was a little flushed from the cold, and even the corners of his eyes showed a trace of fatigue.

Xi Yu couldn't bear it.

Knowing that he was going to Xuzhou today, Gan Mei rushed to work overnight to finish the cloak, and hurriedly prepared meals for herself early in the morning.

Such a situation made Xi Yu extremely heart-warming.

"Alang, be careful here, I'll wait for you to come back!"

Bending slightly, watching Gan Mei help her fasten the dark cloak, Xi Yu rubbed her hair casually, and nodded with a smile.

"You, you, I don't lack a big cloak, why bother working overnight!"

In order to catch up with work, Xi Yu could clearly see a few needle holes in Gan Mei's hands.

There is no electricity in this era, and the oil lamps at night are slightly dim. Gan Mei insists on finishing the cloak, and Xi Yu naturally knows that it is the other party's wish.

"Okay, I stayed up all night, let's go to rest!"

"Don't send me off!"

Without saying anything more, Xi Yu gave some instructions softly, and then led Dian Wei out of the house.

At this time, Dian Wei was leading the horse outside.

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

Seeing Dian Wei in full armor, the corners of Xi Yu's mouth twitched involuntarily.

This guy, what are you doing with a weapon.

They were only in charge of transporting the grain, and Xi Yu went to Juancheng just to say hello to Cao Cao after transporting the grain.

Dian Wei not only brought his own double halberds, but also the tiger-headed golden spear, which made Xi Yu a little speechless.

It's just that this kung fu drama is not easy to dampen Dianwei's interest.

In short, since this guy wants to carry a weapon, let him carry it.

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

There is no one in Xuzhou who can stop Cao Cao.

After setting off from Juancheng, Xi Yu took Dian Wei around the mountain road, and in less than half a day, the two chased after the convoy that had been transporting grain.

Although the mountain road between Yanzhou and Xuzhou is a bit rough, it is not as steep as the mountain road in Zhongshu, and there is no problem in taking a unicycle.

There is no large army to transport food on the mountain road, and there are not many problems on the road. It originally took five days by land, but if you take the mountain road, the time is about the same.

When Xi Yu was escorting the food and grass, Cao Cao in Xuzhou was already looking forward to Xi Yu's presence.

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

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

He trusted Xi Yu extremely.

He had already received a letter from Xun Yu, saying that Xi Yu was leading the convoy on the mountain road, and the rations were already on the way.

Inside the big tent, flames raged.

Cao Cao looked at the reports of the capture of the town in the past two days, and his whole body was a little lost.

It seems that after hearing the news that Cao Jun is short of food, the movement in Xuzhou in recent days is quite obvious.

The Xuzhou army, who had been avoiding the battle, suddenly changed its appearance, and Xuzhou's horses outside the city could be seen all the time.

But what surprised Cao Cao was.

The news of the lack of food and grass in the army was spread by the Xuzhou army, and now the people in the towns he captured have already heard the news.

Two days ago, these people were still worried about whether Cao Jun would confiscate grain and grass.

But on the third day, the sound was much less.

What is even more surprising is that some common people naturally gave their own food and grass to Cao Jun's soldiers.

After hearing such news, the entire Cao Ying was a little surprised.

Cao Cao was even more emotional.

It has never been seen that the army forcibly confiscated the food and grass of the people, but where have I seen the people send the army food by themselves.

Such a situation is too rare.

Although there were very few people who sent food, this move seemed to cast a light on Cao Cao's heart.

Mencius once said that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least!
Until now, Cao Cao understood somewhat that ordinary people are the foundation of this world.

And the eyes of the common people are bright, and they distinguish between good and bad!
Just a policy of dividing the land has greatly changed the view of the people of Xuzhou today towards Cao Jun!
And this is Xi Yu's strategy!

At the same time, Xuzhou City.

After learning that Cao's army was short of food and grass, Tao Qian advocated preparing to conquer the lost ground.

He originally thought that after waiting for a few days, Cao Jun would naturally retreat on his own initiative.

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.

Naturally, Tao Qian couldn't bear such a situation.

If Xuzhou retreats like this, wouldn't it be admitted that these places are no longer Xuzhou's territory?
Taking advantage of the lack of food in Cao's army, Tao Qian ordered Sun Guan and Zangba to attack Cao's army.

Afterwards, Zangba and Xiahouyuan fought in the field. The battle was not decided, so both of them stopped fighting!

Xia Houyuan was a little helpless. Cao Jun's army food hadn't arrived yet, and it was already the limit to fight Xuzhou's soldiers. The morale of the army was not good, and he had nothing to do.

If he fell into a protracted battle, he might mutiny. In desperation, he had no choice but to retreat to the town and not get out.

On the other side, Cao Ren defended the city directly, never ordered to fight, and only waited for the arrival of food from the rear.

Although Zangba has military power, the soldiers under his command are still inferior to those under Xiahouyuan's command. Now that Xiahouyuan is guarding the city, it is not so easy for him to attack the city.

When Tao Qian ordered Zangba and Sun Guan to go out to fight, 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 short of food, but there was no sign of retreating. This approach really made him a little incomprehensible.

Cao Cao was stationed in the city, while Liu Bei led his troops and stationed ten miles outside Linyi City.

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

In Liu Jun's tent, Liu Bei is at the top, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sitting on the left and right.

"Brother, that bird Cao Cao is shrunk in the city like a tortoise, how can he fight?"

Zhang Fei muttered something when he opened his mouth, and then raised his eyebrows.

"How about I go out and call the battle?"

Zhang Fei couldn't bear it any longer. He thought that the war would start here, but Cao Cao, who was deeply on the offensive, couldn't stand it.

This is really surprising.

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

It's just that, my elder brother is benevolent, and the people in Linyi City are still Xuzhou people after all.

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

"Cao Cao's move is quite surprising. The horse came to report that Yanzhou's food roads are still cut off. Cao Jun must be short of food now, but!"

"But I heard that there is no news of Cao Jun's confiscation of grain in the city occupied by Cao Jun. What does Cao Cao think?"

Liu Bei couldn't understand Cao Jun's changes this time, and what made him even more puzzled was that people like Cao Cao let the army do nothing against the people of Xuzhou.

This is a bit unlike the Cao Cao he knew.

"Brother, there is nothing to worry about. Who knows what that bird Cao Cao is thinking? I don't know what bad idea that guy is holding back!"

"Or, just listen to my siege!"

Zhang Fei was a little bluffing, but Liu Bei just smiled at him.

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

Even though the town in front of me is now occupied by Cao Cao, its essence is still the town of Xuzhou after all.

Once the siege battle started, it would not be so easy to end.

"Let me 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 send it to Cao Jun's town.

In a short while, Liu Bei's letter was placed on Cao Cao's case.

"Liu Bei wrote me a letter?"

Knowing that the letter was sent by Liu Bei, Cao Cao frowned slightly.

This time Liu Bei was invited to help Tao Qian, Cao Cao naturally received the news, and there is no one in the world 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 couldn't help but see the two thick men behind him.

When the Eighteenth Route princes were begging for Dong, Guan Yu warmed the wine and killed Hua Xiong, which made Cao Cao's heart extremely hot.

It was also at that time that Cao Cao's enthusiasm for peerless generals arose.

Afterwards, there was Lu Bu occupying the Hulao Pass, like a god, and none of the generals could compete with him.

Although Lu Bu's name in the Three Great Wars was passed down to the world, it was Lu Bu who was more resounding among them.

This time Liu Bei's letter, Cao Cao has more or less understood its meaning.

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

[Brother Meng De, seeing a letter is like meeting you.

It's been a few years since I left Hulaoguan, and I'm very happy to learn that Brother Meng De has entered Yanzhou!
……

Previously, when he learned that Mrs. Cao was in danger, Bei was heartbroken at that time, but after learning that Mrs. Cao was safe, Bei was able to sleep peacefully.

When I first heard that Brother Mengde had launched an army to conquer Xuzhou, Bei knew that this was the righteousness of his father, so he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

After receiving a letter from Tao Shijun, the backup was sincere and deeply regretful. After thinking for a long time, he rushed to Xuzhou.

At that time, Brother Meng De captured several towns, and everyone in the world heard about his brother's filial piety, and Bei also heard that Brother Meng De had not committed any crimes against the people of Xuzhou, so he admired him even more.

This letter is to persuade Brother Meng De to make peace with Tao Shijun...

Brother, Liu Xuande. 】

After reading Liu Bei's letter, Cao Cao's expression did not change at all.

Liu Bei's words were pertinent, but he sent troops this time, so it was not as simple as avenging his father.

Now the world is in chaos, and princes from all over the world are attacking each other.

Doesn't 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 the best policy.

When Tao Qian joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Yanzhou, why did Liu Bei not mention it at all?

"Zhicai, what do you think?"

Casually handing Liu Bei's letter to Xi Zhicai next to him, Cao Cao pouted.

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

"It's nothing more than persuading the lord to retreat, Zhong has no opinion!"

Liu Bei first described his friendship with Cao Cao in the letter, but he didn't have any opinion on Xi Zhicai.

What is the relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Bei? After all, both of them are princes along the way.

Even Liu Bei, he is not a prince now.

Cao Cao doesn't care about the relationship between the other party and his peers, and he already thinks highly of Liu Bei.

Right now, the opponent obviously wanted to persuade Cao Cao to stop fighting.

But, can Cao Cao stop his troops?

No!

It is so simple to conquer Xuzhou with great fanfare.

In today's Han world, princes from all over the world are scrambling to strengthen their own strength.

Yuan Shao in the north is all about annexing Youzhou, and inside Youzhou, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu also want to draw a winner.

Yuan Shu in the south occupied Huainan, and now he has occupied Yangzhou, and his eyes fell on Jingzhou.

The emperor in Sili has lost power.

This time, the scene looks like Qin lost its deer, and the whole world pursues it.

Today, it is just Qin that has become Han.

At the beginning, Liu Bangneng, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, competed with the heroes and established the magnificent Han Dynasty.

Today's princes in the world don't want to be the next Liu Bang.

It's just that there is no one among the princes from all over the world who is the first to take the lead!
After all, the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but so what?

This time will not be too far away!

The princes from all over the world conquered and annexed each other, and what they understand is the reason.

If they all want to be a big man, then why do they bother fighting each other?
Why did the emperor of Han end up in such a state?

"My lord, do you want to reply?"

Glancing at Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai asked a casual question.

When the latter heard this, he reached for the letter and looked at it again, with disdain at the corner of his mouth.

"What letter?"

Cao Cao didn't hesitate, and casually threw the letterhead Liu Bei gave him into the stove in front of him.

For Liu Bei, Cao Cao is still very optimistic about him.

Over the years, he has known Liu Bei's trajectory to some extent. Although the other party is not as good as himself, it is still very few in the world who can catch his eyes.

Even Yuan Shao is not in his eyes, but Liu Bei is different.

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

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

The soldiers and horses on both sides were in a stalemate with each other.

Liu Bei thought that it would not be long before Cao Cao came, and he would retreat. Who knew, at this moment, he came to report that Cao's army's rations had arrived!
According to the stipulated time, Xi Yu used a wheelbarrow to smoothly deliver the grain and grass to Cao Jun's camp.

The continuous arrival of food and grass made Cao Jun's momentum crazily uplifted.

At the same time, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan also received the grain and grass delivered thereafter.

After receiving the food and grass, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan led the army again, and Cao Jun, who regained his momentum, went directly to the field and defeated Zangba and Sun Guan.

The entire Xuzhou battlefield, which was originally stalemate, changed instantly with the arrival of Cao Jun's rations.

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

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

Before, he was able to compete with Cao Cao who had no military supplies, but now that he knew that Cao Jun had enough supplies, he instantly understood that he had no chance of winning if he fought Cao Cao again.

"Damn Cao Cao, he has military rations again!"

On the way to withdraw the troops, Zhang Fei couldn't figure out how Cao Cao was so well-behaved that he had another army ration!

Obviously, the food road behind Cao Jun has been blocked. Could it be that his military food was transported from the sky?
Zhang Fei couldn't figure it out, and neither could Liu Bei.

The spies under him had already been sent out to inquire about the news, but there was no news at this time.

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

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

Within the Linyi Government Office.

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he learned that Liu Bei had withdrawn his troops immediately.

"Then Liu Xuande is really talented, and he runs really fast!"

Although Cao Cao was smiling, it wasn't a mockery. There was some recognition in the laughter.

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

People like Na Zangba and Sun Guan have learned the lesson of Cao Jun this time.

Xi Yu, who just arrived next to him, was more or less interested when Boss Cao talked about Liu Bei.

This time to conquer Xuzhou, Liu Bei really came.

Judging from Cao Cao's tone, he and Liu Bei seem to be very familiar.

As expected of being rivals for a lifetime, these two people have become familiar with each other since this time.

"Fengyi, it's really timely!"

Looking at Xi Yu in front of him, Cao Cao eagerly took the other's hand. After the two entered the main hall, Cao Cao felt a little emotional.

This conquest of Xuzhou, all signs are related to Xi Yu!
"Brother, why do you look at me like this?"

Seeing Cao Cao staring directly at him, Xi Yu was a little helpless.

Cao Cao laughed.

"Following righteousness, your strategy and theory will make our army conquer Xuzhou like an arm!"

"This change in our army makes me overjoyed, Erzhen is my Xiao Heye!"

Xiao He?

Hearing Cao Cao praise himself so much, the corner of Xi Yu's mouth twitched inadvertently.

If I remember correctly, Boss Cao has a way of complimenting people, such as my son Fang, my Xiao He, and my Chen Ping.

Anyway, with a good subordinate, Cao Cao compared him directly to the hero of the early Han Dynasty.

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

However, compared with Xiao He's words, if Xi Yu remembers correctly, Cao Cao's words were for Zhong Yao!
Why did it run on me?
However, such an evaluation can be regarded as extremely high.

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

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

Cao Cao was not polite at all, and his expression was extremely serious.

"In this world, Fengyi is the first one who can transport food on the mountain road!"

"What kind of wheelbarrow is this, this is the first time Cao has seen it, Feng Yi, this time the conquest of Xuzhou, you are the leader!"

???

Just transport some food and you will be successful!
Dian Wei next to him was a little dumbfounded, my husband, is this the first success?
Haven't they fought yet?

It's that simple!
In the main hall, Cao Cao's voice fell, and Yu Jin and others beside him agreed with it very much.

If the army food does not arrive this time, I am afraid that Cao Jun will have to retreat at that time.

What's more, it was precisely because of Xi Yu's previous policy of being gentle that the conquest of Xuzhou went so smoothly.

In addition to the matter of transporting the military rations this time, everyone naturally has no opinion on the opponent's first contribution.
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