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

Chapter 264 The Poor Liu Bei, The Rich Xi Yu

At that time, the relationship between clan relatives, other soldiers and even the common people will be affected, which is not what everyone wants to see.

Following Xiahou Dun's silence, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly became awkward.

Just when he was hesitating what to say, Xi Zhicai stood up and said loudly: "Wei Gong, you can't blame General Xiahou for this matter, the reason why he said that at the beginning was also because of my clan's consideration for the future." Those who, today's matter has a turning point."

"Whether it is fighting in Qingzhou or Jizhou, it is always on the land of Wei State. Even Leling, Bohai and other places belong to Wei State."

"Although Xi Yu's army has a lot of advanced military equipment, in terms of the number of troops, it is far less than ours. In addition, the area under his jurisdiction is not as good as ours, and the population in the territory is even less than one-tenth of ours. "

"Compared to a quick battle, in my humble opinion, a long-term war is more suitable. With our numbers far exceeding theirs, we can definitely fight a war of attrition to consume the opponent's combat power and financial resources."

"..."

Xi Zhicai spoke with reason and evidence, and everyone listened very seriously.

"Therefore, I believe that if Xi Yu wants to fight, we will take it! The longer the war is delayed, the better for us, so, Wei Gong, you don't have to be afraid at all!"

After hearing his words, Xiahou Dun's eyes lit up, and he said loudly, "That's right, the current situation is unclear, who will win and who will win. It's obvious that he wants to disturb the world with only 30 troops. It's impossible!"

"Here, this is the territory of the State of Wei. All the people in the world listen to your call, Mr. Wei. Why are you afraid of mere Xi Yu? Mr. Wei, I promise you that I will send Xi Yu's head to you someday." Above the copybook!"

I have to say that Xi Zhicai's analysis made some sense. It not only raised Xiahou Dun's fighting spirit, but also gave Cao Pi some courage at this critical moment.

Even though the inexplicable sense of fear in his heart was always with him, as time went on, he got used to it more or less because of the game.

Cao Pi is not a brainless man, he also understands the gap between himself and Xi Yu.

But so what?You have many talented generals, but you also have some in your hands.

The most important thing is that you have much more generals than your opponent, even ordinary soldiers.

It is said that in Cao Jun's camp, there are as many as [-] people who can be called good generals, and as many as [-] of them come from clan clans. Among them are leaders like Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun.

On the other hand, on Xi Yu's side, there are only a handful of people who can really be called famous.

"Wei Gong, based on this calculation, if we really go to war, we have a good chance of winning."

"Look, there are only a few under Xi Yu who can lead troops to fight. Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong can be regarded as ever-victorious generals, but who else is there? Although Zhang Liao can lead troops, but in the end Losing more and winning less is nothing to be afraid of.”

"As for our side, there are hundreds of people who can lead troops to fight alone, and all of them are elite soldiers and good generals. In terms of strength, they are not inferior to Huang Zhong and the other three. Therefore, as long as we can plan the battlefield and perform our duties If you can strategize, you will win a big victory!"

"Not to mention anything else, at least let Xi Yu know what it means to be someone beyond others, let him also taste the taste of failure!"

"These are the older soldiers in the army. If we talk about the newcomers, we are not inferior to the newly promoted General Chu Zidan, the brave and powerful General Cao Zhang... "These major generals are also formidable young people."

"Young and brave people will not be afraid of any wars, so the master can rest assured that you are the biggest master today!"

If what everyone said before just gave Cao Pi a little confidence, then Sima Yi's words made him completely relieved.

In this big tent, Hua Xin, Chen Qun, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others were all left behind by their father at the time. They were more than loyal to him, but they lacked a bit of intimacy.

As for Zhong Yao, as a minister, he would hardly participate in any military and political issues. He just followed him wholeheartedly, kept his own law and order, and was almost a transparent person.

Only Sima Yi truly understands the existence of friendship and trust between soldiers and soldiers.

Only he mentioned the issue that Cao Pi cared most about-young people.

If an army wants to develop rapidly, it must have fresh blood that dares to fight, and where does this fresh blood come from?
Just young people.

He is a young man himself, so he loves to promote and reuse young people.

Therefore, in his army, young soldiers can now be regarded as the absolute backbone.

On Xi Yu's side, regardless of seniority or not, the army is full of rebellious people. The [-] Qingzhou soldiers who left before are the best example.

Xi Yu wanted those people to obey the order, fearing that he didn't know how many benefits he had promised.

With such a spoiled army, how can Xi Yu win?
Thinking of this, Cao Pi inexplicably thought of an episode a few years ago.

At that time, he met a few young people in Xuzhou, who claimed to be smart but were tricked around him. When he returned to Xuchang after going through all kinds of difficulties, he only had a few plants of money left on him, which was really ridiculous.

Later, somehow, my father found out about this matter, and he was really scolded.

He still remembers what his father said, everyone is of the same generation, why can the other party fool you so far?

Today, he wants to see again, is there any young man who can play himself around again?
"Then hit!"

Cao Pi made up his mind and shouted, "Where is Zidan?"

"The end is here!"

Cao Zhen walked out from among the clansmen with his head held high, clasped his fists in a solemn expression, and his fiery eyes reflected the blood in his heart.

As the son of the Cao family, he has long been indestructible and extremely powerful during these years of fighting.

"Today, you will be appointed as the vanguard general. Later, you will follow Uncle Yuan Rang to lead the army of Jizhou. Remember, you must not let Xi Yu's army set foot in Hejian County!"

"The last general takes orders!"

"Snapped!"

Cao Zhen clasped his fists violently, soaring to the sky with a heroic spirit that is not afraid of death, he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, the final general not only promises not to let those thieves step into the river, but also calls Xi Yu's subordinates." Those sons of mine know how powerful they are!"

"This son eats the king's salary, but he doesn't want to worry about the king. He has received great kindness from my Cao family, but he doesn't want to repay the favor. Instead, he will repay the favor with revenge. He is really a villain!"

"It is my duty, Cao Zhen, to kill such ungrateful people!"

"Well said, such ambitious people should be killed!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"..."

In an instant, all the clans and clans who were infected were furious, shouting impassionedly.

Even the members of the Xiahou clan were deeply encouraged and immersed in this false and ridiculous atmosphere of enthusiasm.

At this moment, for everyone, regardless of whether it is true or false, as long as there is this excited heart is enough.

After all, the war is about to start, and the morale of the army is unstable, so half of the battle will be lost first.

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Early summer is approaching.

Before the sun could radiate its blazing passion, countless people were already rushing towards the battlefield.

A massive cavalry battle started from Hejian and Leling in Jizhou and went straight to the Bohai Plain.

Xi Yu did not choose to refuse to guard the city gate, but instead led the army to charge forward bravely.

He participated in three wars in a row, and won all three battles. Not only did he seize endless iron resources, but he also deterred the enemy army, frightening them so much that they dared not go all out, and inadvertently blocked dozens of waves of enemy attacks.

In addition, he also sent black knights to roam around the various theaters, making each of the enemy's theaters separate and unable to cooperate with each other.

Seeing this, Xiahoudun had no choice but to divide his tiger and leopard cavalry into two parts. In this way, the advantage of the tiger and leopard cavalry was completely dissipated.

He didn't want to fight either. Dividing the tiger and leopard cavalry into two would mean that all the previously designated plans would be disrupted, but if they didn't, the enemy's black cavalry would have no enemies on the battlefield. The environment is so-so, and the people who watch it are terrified.

However, because the soldiers were divided on the battlefield, he was doomed to lose after committing the taboo of military strategists.

Although the number of black cavalry was not many, each of them used one to block a hundred. Seeing that the tiger and leopard cavalry were divided into two, they quickly made adjustments, and some of them rushed forward to fight the enemy desperately.

The other part circles behind like a ghost, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.

Waiting for the tiger and leopard rider to turn around and want to fight to the death with the black knight in the rear, but was entangled by the black knight in front.

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On the other side, Cao Zhen was almost depressed to death.

Along the way, wherever he thought the terrain was dangerous and the enemy might be ambushing, there was not even a ghost.

But there are some spacious and flat roadsides, from time to time encounter surprise attacks from the enemy.

This made Cao Zhen puzzled.

As a vanguard, he secretly led tens of thousands of people to the main roads and cities long before the war started.

He first dispersed the tens of thousands of people and scattered them around each line of defense, just to find the young general in the enemy army——Huang Xu.

It is rumored that Xi Yu's army is the only young man who can handle it. He has always wanted to have a head-to-head battle with the other party, but unfortunately, he has never seen the other party so far.

This made the tens of thousands of troops in his hands completely useless on the battlefield, so that as time went by, the defense line of Hejian County was gradually weakened.

When some veterans realized this, their hearts jumped suddenly, but they were powerless.

Right now, the armies of the two sides are in a stalemate. The two sides are comparing endurance and testing people's hearts. No one dares to deploy troops without authorization at this time.

After all, the current defensive problems in Jianhe County are only known internally, and the enemy army is not yet clear, but once a large army is used to fill the gap, the enemy army may swarm in.

But if you let it go, under the long-term stalemate between the two sides, sooner or later one side will be the first to fail, and you may be the first to lose.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Cao Chun and Cao Zhen are extremely worried about their current situation.

On the other hand, Xi Yu's army was exhausted from the beginning to the end.

The armies are stalemate, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides are fighting. The comparison is endurance, and the casualties between them are almost the same.

But even so, Cao Zhen and Cao Chun didn't dare to take it too seriously.

Seeing that the soldiers had begun to show signs of exhaustion, the two who did not dare to continue swimming in the territory immediately retreated to a relatively safer place with the soldiers.

The two came to the river and set up a tent along the river's up and down. This place is not only convenient for the villain's army to attack and support each other, but also convenient for fetching water for cooking. It is an excellent place.

Both of them decided to take a good rest here first, and then take the initiative to attack after the enemy was exhausted, looking for small groups of enemy troops to encircle and suppress them one by one.

The idea was good, but the two of them were young after all, and the camp they set up seemed to be in order, but it was actually full of loopholes.

Because of the large number of people, the range of the camp set up is also quite wide. In addition, the two armies want to watch and help each other, and there are tents interspersed with each other, which looks dazzling.

Even today, this battle has been going on for some time.

From Wen'an in the north at the beginning to Jing County in the south at the moment, the entire territory of thousands of miles has been mired in the quagmire because of this battle.

The surrounding villages and towns, large and small, were robbed by both sides, and it was a real joy.

It was also at this time that the strengths and weaknesses of the armies of both sides were fully revealed.

Let’s talk about Cao Pi’s side first, because Jizhou is the old nest, so many troops dare not act rashly. While waiting for orders to rush to the battlefield at any time, on the other hand, they must pay attention to preventing Ma Teng and others from coming to make trouble.

As for the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, there is no way to mobilize them right now. Not only that, the army located in the west of Jizhou has to keep an eye on the movement, so that if something goes wrong in Bingzhou, they can go to support in time.

But as long as they have left, the battle in the east of Jizhou basically has nothing to do with them.

On the other hand, Xi Yu's side.

Behind him are Qingzhou and Xuzhou, his lair. Not only is there no strong enemy behind him, but there are two natural moats of the Yellow River and Jishui as barriers to protect him.

Therefore, Xi Yu, who has no worries at all, not only pays attention to the war all day long, but also pays attention to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places all the time.

There is no other reason, but the business has been done in these places.

In fact, long before the war started, he had already sent the fleet in the territory to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

After all, there is more than one Jizhou in chaos right now.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei are also very busy right now.

Even, the battle between them was far more violent than that between Xi Yu and Cao Pi.

Years of fighting and hunting have already exhausted both sides, and what is most lacking right now is military supplies and food.

And what Xi Yu brought happened to be these two things. He knew very well that no matter whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, as long as someone dared to sell the quality and military supplies, they would definitely spend a lot of money to take it down.

This is what Xi Yu thought of as a good way to make a fortune.

There is no way, who will let Qingzhou and Xuzhou have a lot of food without much else, and the deserted areas have already spread all over the place.

However, once he started this business, Liu Bei and Sun Ce were surprised.

Aren't you fighting fiercely with Cao Pi?How come you bought food and grass?

Is this really knowing that the defeat is set and ready to admit defeat?Or... the grain output of Qingxu and Xuzhou has long been so high that it is jaw-dropping?

It should be the latter, right?

After all, Xi Yu is not only not stupid, but also extremely intelligent.

If that's the case...can you afford all the food and grass for my entire army?
The inexplicable idea made Liu Bei stunned for a moment. Although he found it incredible, he finally opened his mouth.

After all, it was Xi Yu who wanted to sell food, but he just asked for a little more, so what?

Just don't give it.

When they heard that they wanted 30 shi, the merchants hesitated at first, but whether this was a big customer or a powerful master, they did not dare to offend.

After all, if this matter is done well, the future cooperation will be stable.

With the merchant's full promise, Liu Bei seemed to be dreaming.

No way?Do Qingxu and Xuzhou really have so much food and grass?
What is Xi Yu going to do?
Is he really not worried about the tight front line at all?
Or does he want to use the money he earns from selling grain to continue developing his internal affairs?

Before he could figure it out, the merchants brought over the food one after another.

However, in just a dozen days, a total of 30 shi, grain, and grass were neatly stacked in Liu Bei's camp.

Now Liu Bei was completely stunned.

real or fake?

When will 30 shi of grain be taken out casually like wild flowers and weeds on the side of the road?
Is poverty limiting his imagination, or is Xi Yu's wealth too eye-catching?
Of course, the reason can only be the former.

After all, a mere 30 shi of grain and grass is nothing more than a sprinkling of water to the current Xi Yu.

Liu Bei was able to buy these grains, and Xi Yu was actually happy to buy them.

These grains and grasses have been piled up in the warehouse for more than a year. If they are not sold, they will probably germinate and be discarded.

Although I don't care about this bit of food and grass, it's pretty good to be able to get rid of it and still have money.

Liu Bei didn't know what he was thinking.

Right now, he is busy raising money to pay for food and grass.

In order to pay off the debt, he mortgaged both Nanjun and Jiangdong, which was enough to send away a group of businessmen.

From today onwards, whenever he saw any shops related to Xi Yu, he would not dare to default in the slightest.

After this incident, I'm afraid that if the world knows about it in the future, I will be ridiculed by the world for not paying back my debts. The most important thing is that I am afraid of offending Xi Yu.

In the past, he just thought that Xi Yu was a person regardless of his size, but after today, not to mention underestimating him, he was afraid that he would never see through this person again.

Fighting with others while not forgetting to do business, this is really fucking outrageous.

Including those merchants who came from afar, not to mention ordinary people in their own territory, even some high-ranking generals dare not look at him when they see him, but they are quite grand.

Well, you are the most aggressive when you ask me for money!

I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen anyone from a state or county dare to be so tyrannical!

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Cao Zhen looked at the lake in front of him, his brows were furrowed, and he had deep doubts.

For some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be someone missing in the opponent's generals...
As far as the military generals in Xuzhou City are concerned, the most famous ones are the Huang family father and son, one is the rear general Huang Zhong, and the other is his son Huang Xu.

It can be said that these two supported the name of the largest military family in Xuzhou.

Right now, when the army was cooking, Cao Zhen, who had just finished his tour of the camp, did not bring along the marching commander and chief secretary. Although there were no people around him who could be discussed, the faint uneasiness in his heart clearly told him that he should not stay here for a long time!

(End of this chapter)