Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 151 My Strong Enemy
My name is Wang Hou, and I am the warehouse manager under Cao Sikong in charge of the storage of grain and fodder for one hundred thousand soldiers and horses.

I'm so panicked right now!
"Please make your choice!" Lord Cao Cao was looking down at him majestically.

If he was given another chance, he would never look at that again...

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Half a month ago, the army began to be short of food. The person in charge of food was Diannong Zhonglang General Ren Jun. Ren Jun was not to blame for this. The original expedition plan was to transport food to the front line from Yingchuan, Chenliu, and Liangjun at any time. , and in the original plan, the grain to be transported has already taken into account the grain harvested this year.

After all, Cao Sikong has been so promiscuous in the past two years, he is like a salty writer. It is impossible to save a manuscript. How can he save a manuscript for the next day?Don’t we just have to write the manuscript on that day?

However, starting this summer, Ren Jun discovered that the climate was wrong and there was too little rain. At the beginning, he just felt that the farming plan could not meet expectations and more taxes needed to be collected.

Unexpectedly, as the rain became less and less, it even entered drought mode after autumn. It was no longer possible to collect taxes, and the government even needed to open warehouses for relief!
As for transporting grain from further back, it not only takes a long time, but also causes greater losses...

Even... even if you want to collect grain from the people in Huainan in advance, it is no longer possible - the drought in Huainan is the most serious, and the "No Harvest" achievement has basically been scheduled in advance.

Ren Jun has been paying attention to the field situation in the three counties and reporting to Cao Cao from time to time. Cao Cao now has to face reality. Before the next batch of grain and grass from the rear is shipped, the army may blow up the camp or even mutiny due to lack of grain.

The military spirit of Cheng Ji's world is mainly composed of two parts. One is the mentality of the corps commander, the chief, and the uncle...these grassroots officers. If these real human minds change, naturally the Ji Zao soldiers under their command will also be coerced by them. The two are the military morale of Ji Zao's soldiers themselves - lack of food is one of the ways to quickly reduce military morale.

So Cao Cao called Wang Jie, a scapegoat in charge of the warehouse... Ren Jun was from a noble family and was one of the first nobles to take refuge in him, so he was not suitable to take the blame.

And the reason why it was Wang Jie, he had always suspected, was not only because of his position, but also because he took another look at Cao Sikong's boots when he was leaving the account that day!
Half a month ago, Cao Cao gave Wang Jie an order, that is, to replace big fights with small ones, and to reduce the military rations for the soldiers...

In this way, although the combat effectiveness will be weakened, it can still stay within the lower limit of the maintenance of Ji Zao soldiers for the time being. However, it is still inevitable that the corps commanders and chiefs in the army will begin to be dissatisfied, and the military morale of Ji Zao soldiers will gradually decline. .

However, Cao Cao relied on the Yellow Turbans to surrender his army. The army built as a backbone obviously had no ideals and ambitions, and military discipline was only so good. Encouraging them to overcome the difficulties together would only cause greater dissatisfaction.

So Cao Cao came up with a good idea, that is, half a month later, when discordant voices appeared in the army, Cao Cao called Wang E and gave him a multiple-choice question...

"Or lend me your head."

"Either take one hundred thousand dollars and go to Jiangdong!"

"If you can disappear for ten years and come back later, I will take care of your wife and children."

"If I hear news about you within ten years, you can only lend me the heads of your entire family!"

Facing the unreasonable Cao Sikong, Wang Jie fell to his knees and said, "Lord! I really didn't mean to look at your boots. I didn't see anything!"

Cao's army has now reached the outside of Shouchun City, entered the offensive mode, and has been stationed outside the city for a long time.

Therefore, as the commander-in-chief, Cao Cao's camp has been decorated very uniquely for a while, and you have to wear slippers when entering. However... after all, it is in a military camp, and there is no waiter who specializes in taking care of shoes.

As a result, Wang Jie discovered a "weird" scene half a month ago. After Wang Jie saw Cao Cao coming out, he happened to notice that Cao Cao's insoles were about to come out, so he went over to help and scolded him - huh?Why can't you fight back?

kindness?Are the Lord's boots solid?
kindness?The Lord's insole... is nearly a foot thick at the heel?

I want to be a dignified, seven-foot-tall man...

Wang Jie was sweating.

"Very good, it seems you want to lend me your head." Cao Cao said coldly.

"Wait... Lord! I choose the second option!" Wang Ye felt that it would be better to go to Jiangdong and remain anonymous for ten years than to kneel down now.

And... anyway, my wife is already about the same size as General Dian, so what is there to be afraid of?
At this time, Xu Chu also walked in and took Wang E out directly. Xu Chu would take care of other matters.

Xu Chu is also Cao Cao's deputy guard commander. His strength is second only to Dian Wei, but... like Dian Wei, he is an ordinary rich man, not good at using troops, and he also... can't learn!

Anyway, after today, the whole army will know that Wang Jie, who embezzled military rations, has been beheaded by the wise and decisive lord. The next batch of military rations is coming soon. As a bystander, everyone can welcome the new warehouse manager.

As for ten years later?

Even if Wang E comes out ten years later, who will remember or care about what happened today?
The reason why he chose Jiangdong was that Cao Cao felt that Jiangdong was the safest. After he swept across Huainan, he would make an alliance with Bai Gong, and then turn around and have a fight with his old friend Yuan Shao. If he loses, everything will be over. If he wins... he will just give up. The edict is to ask Duke Bai to surrender his land!
Maybe... ten years later, Jiangdong will be under his control, Cao Cao thought to himself as he looked down at Wang Xie who was kneeling.

Cao Cao is not very relieved that Wang Jie stays in Huainan, but going to Jiangdong... shouldn't be a problem, right?

After decisively killing "Wang Ge", the army under his command expressed that they were happy to hear the news and that their lord was wise, and continued to attack Shouchun with high morale. It seemed that the morale of the army had been restored again.

The only thing that made Cao Cao a little guilty was that he had already borrowed food from Liu Bei of the alliance, but the news he got was that Liu Bei had no food either...

Xun You, as the envoy, had doubted whether Liu Zhou Mu was deliberately not wanting to borrow food, but unexpectedly he discovered that Liu Bei's army had already begun to fight between big fights and small fights.

"Is this happening? In Gongda's opinion, how many more days can Liu Bei's army maintain its stability?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

In Cao Cao's view, Liu Bei should not be able to come up with such a brilliant idea. If the ally's army is in turmoil, should he...

"In a short time, there won't be any disturbances," Xun You said.

"What? Could it be that he also..."

"When I was in the army, I found that Liu Gong would personally patrol the camp every day, and would often shed tears to review himself with the soldiers. After that, the morale and morale of the army would be inexplicably improved." Xun You said.

Cao Cao: ? ? ?
"This should be a special strategy." Xun You said confidently.

"He is actually... my formidable enemy!"

　Dongdong: I want to go out for a wander, the remaining two chapters will be updated later...

　　Ps: Not only did I slap my lazy right hand, but I also cried for you - (╥╯^╰╥)嘤嘤嘤.

　　
　
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