Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1820 Competing for Food Road Eight

Huguan.

Amidst the wind and snow, camps stood erect one after another, the Dragon Banner of the Han Dynasty fluttered in the sky, and the Battle Banner of the King of Wei fluttered in the wind.

"This damn weather, I really want to freeze to death. We don't have cold clothes yet, how many people are so cold that they have sores all over their bodies!"

Cao Cao sat beside the brazier in the tent, holding his hands together, took a sip of sake, then took a bite of the hard and unpalatable bread, and said helplessly.

Chilblains in the cold winter can kill people.

Countless people die from it every year.

These days, there is no treasure such as cotton, and the demand for winter clothes is too great, and it is impossible to popularize them. Let alone them, even if the Ming court is rich, it cannot be popularized. Everyone has a winter coat, and the winter can only be supported by some special means. It's just in the past.

"My lord, we don't have enough cold clothes at the moment, but as long as we don't go to fight, we can still hold on if we set up a brazier in the camp, but if we want to march and fight, it will be a bit difficult!"

Guo Jia was wrapped in a thick leather jacket, and his hands were also placed on the fire plate to roast.

It was the warm atmosphere that made him a little angry, otherwise the whole person would look much paler.

He has been in poor health.

But for the sake of Cao Cao's hegemony, he went to the battlefield with his sick body several times and made suggestions. It was his loyalty that made Cao Cao, even if he was so suspicious of a person, he always had unreserved trust in him. .

"The key is that we want to stop, but they may not be willing!"

Cao Cao handed a copy of the military newspaper to Guo Jia: "Look, here comes the bargain hunter!"

"Ma Mengqi?"

Guo Jia glanced at it, and said with a sneer: "He is not convinced after losing, and wants to regain some advantages over our tiger and leopard riders!"

A group of cavalry came around from the north of Changzi City, headed straight to the eastern suburbs, and pulled out several of their tiger and leopard cavalry camps in succession, forcing the main force of the tiger and leopard cavalry to retreat more than [-] miles away.

"This fellow is not easy to deal with!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes: "It is said that the tiger father has no dogs. Ma Shoucheng has a tiger son like Ma Mengqi, but he can still have a dog like Ma Xiu. It is his fate. It's a pity that the tiger cub didn't fall into our house, but instead became our enemy!"

"Your Majesty wants Ma Shoucheng to deal with Ma Chao?"

Guo Jia glanced at Cao Cao.

"No!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "It's not that I feel sorry for him, Ma Shoucheng. Now that the position has been decided, it's a life-and-death battle. Could it be that Ma Chao can still let him go against him? I underestimate Ma Shoucheng, this Western Liang tiger is already old, and he is no longer a match for his young and powerful son, if he is put up there, he will undoubtedly die!"

"Then what does your majesty think?" Guo Jia asked.

"Let Lu Bu go!" Cao Cao said, "Except for Lu Bu, there are not many people in our court who can deal with Ma Chao in cavalry!"

"However, Lu Bu might not be willing to send troops in such a severe winter and twelfth lunar month!"

"I can't help him, just give the military order!" Cao Cao said: "Now that I have reached this point, I can't even care about myself, and I won't show mercy to anyone. In order to win, I will give everything!"

"Yes!"

Guo Jia nodded, and said, "I'll let someone pass the order, but the situation can be gentler. Lu Bu is a tiger and a donkey, he can't be forced, he has to obey!"

"I don't believe that the Ming army can handle this kind of weather. What is Mulongtu thinking at this time? Let Ma Chao and the cavalry come out for a stroll, must he ask for something?"

Cao Cao said.

"There is nothing we can do to stop the main force. Whether it's defense, tough battles, or confrontations in the suburbs, it's a lose-lose situation. He can't fight, and we can't fight, so we can't fight!"

Guo Jia thought for a while, then responded to Cao Cao, and said: "So based on this, he may want to take advantage of some local battles to regain some advantage. If we can push our tiger and leopard cavalry back, and the morale of the army will be disturbed, then in the future decisive battles At that time, they also have a lot of advantages!"

"It's that simple?" Cao Cao didn't believe it: "They must have paid a lot for this battle. Whether it's horses or soldiers, cavalry is not easy to train, and as far as I know, there are basically not many cavalry under his command. Why, why did a group of cavalry suddenly appear!"

"This night building has reported it!"

Guo Jia said: "It should be the cavalry of the northern spear king Zhang Xiu!"

"Zhang Boluan really has nothing to do with it. If you want me, it's better to fight for your life than to compromise!" Cao Cao said fiercely.

The grievances and grievances between Zhang Xiu and the Ming army can't be finished for days and nights, but such a person, in the end, turned out to be the surrendered Ming court.

This confuses him.

"He has nowhere to go!"

Guo Jia can understand Zhang Xiu: "It's easy to die these days, but it's too difficult to live. Even if Zhang Boluan is holding grudges, can he ignore the northern cavalry men who have followed him for many years under his command? He won't Yes, even if he endured it, even if he hated it, he should still surrender. In fact, the reason he wants to say is that Liu Xuande is useless. If Liu Xuande still has half a hope, he, Zhang Boluan, will not join the Ming army. To put it bluntly, it's not that there is no way out, Zhang Boluan will fight the Ming army to the end!"

"Did Gu Taigao look at Liu Xuande, or Gu Tai underestimated his Dragon Herding Picture!" Cao Cao pinched his temples, soothing the same stiff facial skin, and said solemnly: "Perhaps Gu's original judgment was wrong. I shouldn't have thought so much, and traveled all day and night, and fought first, but there was a little bit of thought to consume the main force of his Yan army, so I missed the best record, regret it!"

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be like this!"

Guo Jia smiled: "Time is fate, many things are beyond our control, how could we have thought that he, Liu Xuande, would lose so quickly!"

The Yan army was defeated so quickly that they didn't even have time to react. In addition, this year's Shangdang entered winter too quickly. When the time came together, they didn't even have time to attack.

This really doesn't blame Cao Cao's careful thinking.

From the standpoint of their Wei army, it is only natural to lose some of the main force of the Yan army. After all, they will dominate the world in the future.

This is the disadvantage of forming an alliance. Even if they are in harmony because of interests, they will eventually calculate each other. For example, Liu Bei, did he not calculate? If he put down the Xianbei cavalry from the beginning, he would not be defeated at all. Come on, it's not that you want to hide your hand.

"No matter what, it's the past, and I can't change it. The only thing I can do is to look forward!" Cao Cao is a generous person, and it is not his style to cling to the past, at most it is only for a while It's just a general feeling, and it's over. Compared with checking past mistakes, it's better to do things better and plan more carefully from now on.

"Is the tiger and leopard riding rewarding these days?"

Cao Cao asked.

"no!"

"Could it be that he is thinking too much?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes: "Does Mulongtu really want to fight me head-to-head in a decisive battle?"

"I don't think the king thinks too much, sometimes it's more important to be cautious!"

Guo Jia shook his head. He thought it was necessary for Cao Cao to be so paranoid: "Your Majesty, we suffered a loss once, so we can't suffer the second time!"

"Well, you're right, we'd rather be suspicious, but we've suffered a loss, so we can't suffer it again!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "So the tiger and leopard riders have to work harder. Keep searching and find out the hundreds of miles around the battlefield. I want to see if he has ambushes, especially their artillery!"

As long as he thought of the bronze cannon on the Huguan, he felt a wave of fear in his heart.

This kind of weapon that even he had to be afraid of caused some flaws in his invincible self-confidence. How could a flesh and blood body resist these horrifying lethal weapons?

"This kind of artillery is heavy and difficult to move. If it is ambushed, there is still a chance to find it. Before the decisive battle, I hope the tiger and leopard cavalry can find it!"

Guo Jia sighed: "Otherwise, I wouldn't feel at ease!"

The faces of both of them were very dignified. They both thought that the Ming army hid the artillery just to wait for their decisive battle and repeat the old trick to give them a burst of shelling.

That's why they've been restless, otherwise, even in the twelfth lunar month, before winter, they might attack regardless of everything.

"Any news on logistics?"

The topic of artillery was too heavy, so Cao Cao changed his voice to logistics.

The Ming army needed logistics, and so did he.

"It is more difficult to come from Jizhou, and the road is difficult to travel, so we have already tried to collect food and grass from Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou!"

Guo Jia replied.

Yanzhou and Xuzhou are still stable, and although Yuzhou is already a place of turmoil, many counties are still in the hands of the imperial court, and the Ming army has no spare power to go north because it is drawn by the Jiangdong army.

The grain and grass in the three states are about to pass through the Hulao Pass.

"Will there be a problem?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"No way!"

Guo Jia frowned: "At this time, the Ming army has no time to transport grain to the north by themselves. They don't have the energy to compete with us for the grain route!"

"You can't underestimate those people in the Ming army. None of them are fuel-efficient lamps. They might give us a fatal blow at any time. We can cut off their food supply, and they can also cut off our supply, so we still have to be careful! "

Cao Cao judges others by himself, so he has to be careful.

"I'll arrange it again!"

Guo Jia nodded, turned and left.

"and many more!"

Cao Cao stopped Guo Jia and asked, "Did the Ming army go northward with food and grass?"

"Still fighting!"

Guo Jia turned around and responded to Cao Cao: "Xiahouyuan has been receiving military reports. At present, they should still hope to transport grain from Hanoi to the north, and they have been mainly attacking Hanoi!"

"Where is the river east?"

"There is no news of Cao Xiu coming back, but I suspect that there may be some changes in the east, but even if there are some changes, the amount of grain and grass that can be transported north from the river is counted. I don't think they can send all the grain and grass from the east to the north! " Guo Jia said in a low voice.

"Let Jia Wenhe keep an eye on it. It's best to be able to stop their food and grass. If we can't stop them, we have to find a way to add some trouble to them!"

"it is good!"

Guo Jia turned and left.

Cao Cao was still heating the brazier, and while it was heating, he couldn't help but sigh: "Mulongtu, we'll meet soon, and when the time comes, it's up to whoever wins!"

There is no absolute certainty, but this battle must be fought. This is the only chance. If they miss this chance, they can only be devoured by Mu Jing's Ming army bit by bit.

The current situation is obvious. In the struggle for national power, the Han court has no spare power to fight against the Ming court.

The battle between Ming and Han ended in this battle.

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"Aqiu!"

Inside the gate of the eldest son city, in front of a bonfire, Mu Jing sneezed, rubbed his nose, and said angrily, "Who cares about me!"

"Your Majesty, there are not a few people who miss you!"

Xi Zhicai who was sitting next to him said gloatingly.

"Humph!"

Mu Jing snorted coldly: "Those who can miss me are the ones who are counted. One hundred percent is Cao Mengde. He likes to miss me the most!"

"Your Majesty, you are right, King Wei wants to eat you alive!"

Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"But his teeth are not hard enough!"

Mu Jing said confidently: "Let me take the blame for this cold winter, he just waits to be killed by me!"

"The key is that we can resist the past!"

Xi Zhicai fiddled with the rice cakes in his hand and said, "We're running out of food!"

"I know, you don't need to remind me!"

Mu Jing looked at the faint snow falling outside, and said: "I still believe in Xu Yuanzhi, I just hope he won't let me down!"

He absolutely believed in Xu Shu's ability, and he did not doubt Xu Shu's loyalty.

It's just a lot of things, it's up to people to make things happen, and maybe it's just some small accidents that can make all the plans blank.

So there really is a bit of providence.

The key point is that Xu Shu's luck has never been very good.

"Your Majesty really trusts Xu Yuanzhi so much?" Xi Zhicai frowned.

"Up to now, I don't trust Xu Shu, how could I still fight on my own!" Mu Jing shook his head, "I'll make a move now, I'm sure Cao Mengde will dare to pounce on me!"

"Right!"

Xi Zhicai sighed: "He's staring too closely!"

"No wonder his!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "Now is his only chance, he knows very well, without this chance, he will definitely lose!"

"Ma Chaobing, will it attract his attention?"

Xi Zhicai asked.

"meeting!"

Pastoral nod.

"Then you still let Ma Chao fight!"

"I just wanted to get him to pay attention, otherwise how can I get him to divert his attention!" Mu Jing smiled: "The cavalry is facing each other, it's still the cold winter, the snow and ice weather, some of them look good, he won't care !"

"Then our artillery army!"

"It's well hidden, it's just a matter of luck, if he can discover one or two camps, it's not impossible!" Mu Jing was very relaxed.

"If that's the case, aren't we all exposed!"

This is a blow at the strategic level.

"Exposure is not necessarily a bad thing. Besides, you don't even know how many artillery troops I have, so does he know?" Mu Jing's mouth curled into a playful smile.

"But if it's exposed, it always arouses suspicion!"

Xi Zhicai said with some sadness.

(End of this chapter)