Chapter 381 The Eve of the Great War

"My lord, we have information about Luoyang." Xun Yu said without haste.

Cao Cao kept staring at the map in Qingzhou, raised his head when he heard Xun Yu's words, and asked with a smile, "Did Yu Qing return to his teacher?"

Xun Yu nodded: "After Liu Cheqi returned from conquering the Huns, he immediately dispatched troops and horses to Luoyang, and has already set up a banner at Hulao Pass. It seems that a battle with Xu He is inevitable."

Cao Ren who was on the side interjected, "I heard that Xu He swept Yanzhou, and his soldiers and horses are said to have millions of soldiers. Even if there are not millions of soldiers, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people, right?"

Xun Yu frowned solemnly: "That's right, Xu He started from Qingzhou, crossed Yanzhou, coerced the people to follow the thieves, and there are already hundreds of thousands of them. Liu Cheqi has always pursued the strategy of elite troops and simple policies, and the two states of Yongliang and Liangzhou are sparsely populated. However, Liu Cheqi may not have more than 50,000 soldiers and horses at his disposal."

Cao Ren shook his head: "With 50,000 against millions of people, even if you stick to it, the pressure will be huge. It's not easy to win."

Cheng Yu on the side said coldly: "Insufficient military strength is not the most important thing. Liu Cheqi led Liangzhou soldiers to fight in the south and north for years. I'm afraid there is not enough food and grass in the warehouse."

Cheng Yu attaches great importance to food and grass. In the history of Cao Cao's campaigns in the Central Plains, there was not enough food and grass. Cheng Yu once proposed the idea of ​​"human preserves" for Cao Cao, that is, to cut off the meat of the dead and use it as military food after pickling. Although it is very inhumane, But it did ease the pressure of Cao Jun's lack of military rations.

Xun Yu nodded, he was in charge of Cao Jun's intelligence exchange: "If the prediction is correct, Liu Cheqi can't solve the war with the Yellow Turban Bandits within three months, then he will have to wait until next year to continue his conquest."

"Next year? I'm afraid it will be even more difficult then." Cao Cao shook his head and sighed.

But Cao Ren clasped his fists and said, "Even if Liu Cheqi can't deal with the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Bandit, it won't be a problem to defend Guanzhong. Our army should think about defeating the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Bandit now."

Cao Cao nodded emphatically, that is indeed the case, after all, now that the yellow turban bandits are raging all over Qingzhou, the whole Qingzhou except Jinan can be said to be crumbling.

"Yu has a plan." Cheng Yu suddenly said.

Cao Cao smiled: "What's Zhongde's clever strategy, let's talk about it."

Cheng Yu got up and bowed to the civil and military soldiers in the two rows on the left and right. He had seen Liu Dai's stupidity at first, and the reason why he defected to Cao Cao instead of Liu Ye, who was in the sky, was because he was worried that he would not be able to get ahead in Liu Ye's army. After all, Xun You ruled the center, and Jia Xu's military counselors are all outstanding men of resourcefulness.

As for Cao Cao, the first is that the power is small, it is the rising period of power, and there is only one Xun Yu in charge of the secrets, even if he can't become the number one aide, he can still be the number two.

"White Horse General Gongsun Zan led Baima Yi to the south, traveling hundreds of miles a day, marching in a hurry. With Gongsun Zan's military ability, it should not be difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Bandits. The Yellow Turban Bandits in Qingzhou are already moving towards the North Sea. It must be a few days before the battle report came. .”

"Even if the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans fail, Gongsun Zan will not kill them all. His foundation is still in Youzhou. After plundering supplies, he must go north to compete with Liu Yu in Youzhou. And our army can go north to receive the defeated Qingzhou Yellow Turbans! "

Cheng Yu said to himself: "The husband is the most important thing in government, and he cares about the people. In the Shang and Zhou Muye battles, King Zhou assembled 700,000 troops, but he was defeated by King Wu, because he was unpopular. As long as the lord shows kindness and power, he subdues the Yellow Turban bandits in Qingzhou." Heart, do you still worry about the great cause?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed: "Good! All generals listen to my orders."

"No!" Cao Cao's generals responded in unison.

"Xiahoudun, you led five thousand soldiers and horses to succeed; Xiahou Yuan, you led three thousand soldiers and horses to quickly conquer Linji, and Cao Ren led five thousand soldiers and horses to the south of Linxian County. One yellow scarf thief!"

Yingchuan County.

There are many rich families in Yingchuan, so the style of writing is very prosperous, so both the rich and poor families in the local area have the opportunity to study, so many talents have emerged, such as Xun Yu and nephew Xun You are from the Xun family in Yingchuan.

There is a hut in the wilderness, and there is a sound of reciting in it.

Several miles away, two scholars came together, talking and laughing all the way.

"Feng Xiao, Brother Mou and Yuan Chang have come to see you, do you have any good wine?"

The two pushed the door open, and the sound of reciting poems and books stopped abruptly, and there was a burst of hearty laughter.

"Hahaha, brother Zhicai and brother Yuanchang came here uninvited, they really are full of glory, but it's a pity that they are too shy to entertain them without wine."

One came out of the thatched hut to meet him. He was handsome and handsome, but his figure was a little thin. It was Guo Jia.

And the two scholars who came together, one is Xi Zhicai, and the other is Zhong Yao.

When Zhong Yao saw Guo Jia's pale complexion, he was immediately dissatisfied and said, "Feng Xiao, have you taken Wu Shi San again?"

Guo Jia smiled: "Hey, please come in quickly, two brothers, and Jia sweeps the couch to welcome you."

Zhong Yao snorted: "Feng Xiao, I'm not talking about you for my brother. The five stones are scattered quickly, but they hurt your body. You'd better stop it as soon as possible. Don't even drink too much wine."

Guo Jia had a playful face, apparently not taking it seriously.

Xi Zhicai saw that the two were arguing as soon as they met, and hurriedly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, don't quarrel, let's go in first and talk about it, there is a big event in the world that I want to share with you two."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Could it be that Liu Che rode back to the south, and Hulaoguan set up a banner to fight Xu and millions of people to the death?"

Xi Zhicai nodded and was surprised, obviously knowing that Guo Jia also had his own channel.

"I heard that Xu He was the Yellow Turban Bandit Qingzhou Qushuai back then, and he was suppressed by Liu Cheqi. Unexpectedly, he would rise up again now. I think he will never forget the humiliation of the past. It is inevitable to fight Liu Cheqi again." Zhong Yao used to be an official in the capital, so he had quite a lot of channels in the court.

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Not only is the battle between the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Bandit and Liu Cheqi, the battle between the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Bandit and the White Horse General is imminent."

After finishing speaking, Xi Zhicai took out a silk book from his pocket, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, if Wen wrote a letter to XX, inviting XX to help, XX has already made plans."

Guo Jia's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Could it be that Mr. Cao is ready to attack?"

"Oh? What does Feng Xiao mean?" Zhong Yao was a little confused. He was different from Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia. Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia were good at planning and planning, while Zhong Yao was good at governing. However, the military strategy is his shortcoming.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "If Jia's expectations are correct, after Gongsun Zan defeated the Yellow Turban Bandits in the first battle, he would surely return to Youzhou quickly with the loot, and the defeated Yellow Turban Bandits scattered and fled in Qingzhou. Lu sent troops to blockade the territory of Qingzhou, and captured the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Bandits."

Xi Zhicai smiled: "Heroes see the same thing."