The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323 Before the Great War
In June 199 AD, Yuan Shao claimed to have [-] elite soldiers and more than [-] cavalry, and went straight to Xudu.

At this time, although Cao Cao roughly unified Henan, the number of soldiers who could accompany him in battle was only tens of thousands.

Compared with the two, Cao Cao's strength is absolutely at a disadvantage.In addition, many counselors on Cao Cao's side admired Yuan Shao's status as the fourth generation and third prince, and some of them even secretly contacted Yuan Shao by letter.

Since then, one of the three major battles of the Three Kingdoms: the Battle of Guandu kicked off.

If this battle follows the historical development, it will eventually determine the situation of Cao Cao's unification of the north, but because of the variable Dongfang Sheng now, it is difficult to say clearly.

Dongfang Sheng asked Lu Yi and Zhang Xi to stay together and guard the four counties of Liangzhou.

It's not that he doesn't want to swallow Liangzhou as a whole, just like Cao Cao's two southern expeditions gave up halfway. What restricted Cao Cao was his unstable rear, while what restricted Dongfang Sheng was his insufficient strength.

If Liu Biao had not been sent out in time to send troops this time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

As soon as Dongfang Sheng returned to Yizhou, he immediately sent Chen Zhong to collect intelligence, and at the same time started a large-scale conscription. This time, the loss of the army and air force must be replenished in time.

In addition, Dongfang Sheng also wants to train another cavalry, but it seems that he has no suitable trainees for the time being.

Just as Dongfang Sheng was hesitating, he saw a tall and burly figure walking by his door.

"Wait a moment!"

Dongfang Sheng shouted.

The figure stopped immediately, and then strode up to Dongfang Sheng and stood there without saying a word.

"What's your name? Are you willing to work for me?" Dongfang Sheng looked at the Qiang soldier who had fought with him before and ran out of Han Sui's camp.

"My name is Tuobahan, and I am willing to serve the Lord!" Men on the grassland obey the strong, so there is no shame in submitting to the strong for Tuobahan.

"Okay, I plan to ask you to train a light cavalry for me." Dongfang Sheng looked at Tuobahan and said, "After I enlist, you will choose the cavalry, and I will also purchase war horses according to your needs. If you If you need anything, just tell me, your light cavalry only obeys my orders."

"Here!"

Tuobahan lay down on the ground excitedly.

"You go back and have a good rest first, and prepare for military training after you have recovered your body." Dongfang Sheng said with a smile.

After Tuobahan left, Dongfang Sheng began to frown and think deeply.

This time, according to the news from the scout battalion, Cao Cao's situation is basically in a doomed situation. Not to mention Yuan Shao has 30 elites, his regular army has at least 1, more than 300 armor, and even has There are more than [-] heavy horse armors.

Moreover, Yuan Shao has a very good relationship with Wuhuan and Xianbei in the north, and his rear can be said to be extremely stable.

On the other hand, what about Cao Cao?The maximum number of troops is tens of thousands, with twenty large armors and less than ten horse armors.

Moreover, the places occupied by Cao Cao are basically war-prone areas, with sparse population, insufficient supply of troops, and subsequent efforts are very weak.

How could Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao?Dongfang Sheng analyzed it and thought.

Even though it is said in history that Cao Cao used his soldiers like a god and his soldiers were elite, and he was better than Yuan Shao in all aspects, but is this really the case?

Being in this world, Dongfang Sheng understands that Yuan Shao is by no means a mediocrity, otherwise how could he have unified the four prefectures in Hebei and defeated Gongsun Zan who has a white horse follower? If it weren't for Yuan Shao's three prodigal sons not to live up to expectations, it is estimated that Cao Cao would not be able to reap the benefits.

"Leopard, go invite Mr. Jia over here." Dongfang Sheng shouted to Dongfang Leopard who was already drooling from sleep.

"Ah, what did Big Brother ask me to do?" Dongfang Leopard wiped his saliva. Who would have thought that he slept on a paper book before, but his saliva flowed all over the book, and then the paper stuck to his face.

"Leopard, go wash your face, haha." Dongfang Sheng couldn't help laughing when he saw that half of Dongfang Leopard's face was covered with a piece of paper, "I told you to read and you fell asleep, and I won't let you sleep next time." Eat!"

Only then did Dongfang Leopard find the piece of paper on his face, and he tore it off, but the ink stains were already printed on his face, which made him very annoyed, Dongfang Leopard was better than others, at least he could read , but he just doesn't like reading very much, he gets sleepy when he reads a book, and falls asleep when he gets sleepy.

Half an hour later, Jia Xu followed Dongfang Leopard out of breath.

"Oh, Meng Ren, you silly brother said you had something urgent, and ran ahead after you finished speaking, which made me run over, exhausted." Jia Xu said out of breath.

Dongfang Leopard scratched his hair honestly and smirked, Dongfang Sheng rolled his eyes at him, Jia Xu also understood, kicked Dongfang Leopard on the buttocks and said: "I didn't expect you to be so caring. Yes, even the old man cheated?"

"I'm hungry and I'm going to eat first, brother." Dongfang Leopard went out with a smirk.

Dongfang Sheng got up quickly and pulled a stool for Jia Xu. As soon as Jia Xu sat down, he reached out and touched the teapot on Dongfang Sheng's table, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "Why didn't that bastard Zhuge Liang come? Meng Ren Ah, you have to pay attention to cultivating him, this kid is indeed a talent, but if he is not honed well, he will become a useless stone."

"Old man Jia, do you think I'm a stone?" Zhuge Liang's voice sounded very appropriately at the door.

"It's not big or small!" Jia Xu taught with a stern face on purpose.

Zhuge Liang flicked an object in his hand in front of Jia Xu, and Jia Xu immediately stood up with straight eyes: "When did you get such a good jade, you little bastard, let me see it!"

"You are still afraid that there are no good things, so go find Brother Dongfang. This time we went to Liangzhou, and he brought back a lot of good things!" Zhuge Liang sold Dongfang Sheng innocently.

Jia Xu turned around and looked at Dongfang Sheng with longing eyes. Gentlemen love jade, and jade is generally the favorite material for hanging ornaments worn by nobles and some literati. Naturally, Jia Xu cannot be exempt.

Dongfang Sheng smiled and took out two pieces from his bosom, one was verdant and moist, the other was moist and transparent, it was a fine jadeite and a first-class jade.

"Choose one you like." Dongfang Sheng stretched out his hands and said.

Whoosh!
Dongfang Sheng only felt a light touch in his hand, and the jadeite and jade disappeared at the same time.

Jia Xu directly stuffed the jadeite and jade into her arms and said, "Let's talk about business, Meng Ren, don't always care about those things outside of you."

Zhuge Liang and Dongfang Sheng rolled their eyes at the same time.

(End of this chapter)