Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 597 Raising Food! (seeking subscription)
The flames of war continued in the land of Hebei, and the three battlefields of Guandu, Puban, and Xuzhou all fought, and all places achieved certain results.

Puban blocked Li Tang's 15 troops, Guandu was a place where Hebei's army attacked like a rainbow, and Cao Jun's camp was even more towering.

Only the Qingzhou army broke through the pass and entered the land of Xuzhou. Nian Gengyao, the general of the Cao army, led the army to defend the city.

Time flies, and in the hot summer of July, Yecheng, Hebei ushered in a group of soldiers and horses holding the flag of Lu Zijing.

In the back hall of Prince Wu's Mansion, Lu Yu knelt silently on the cushion, and Yan looked at her son with pity in her eyes.

"Ying'er, don't blame your father, your father is also doing it for your own good."

It was a blow to Lu Ying that Lu Yu was demoted to the general of grain and grass transportation, but to her biological mother, it was a kind of peace of mind.

After all, far away from the flames of war on the front line, Yan looked at his son who was a little downcast, and comforted him: "Ying'er, do everything for yourself."

In order to divert the topic, Yan's face wore a far-fetched smile, and said with a smile: "It's good for Ying'er to come back and stay for a few more days this time."

"Mother needs food and grass on the front line, and she can't delay for a moment."

"Then when will we leave?" No matter what, Yan was still worried about her son, and Lu Ying had a smile on her face in order not to worry her mother.

"Mother, the food and grass have been loaded into the car, and we will leave tomorrow."

On the second day, Lu Ying led [-] soldiers escorting food and grass, and set off from Yecheng through Liyang to Wuchao, the logistics supply route.

It is precisely because the food and grass escorted by the three thousand soldiers in the rear is abnormally large. After all, this is the rear, and it is impossible for Cao Jun to bypass the front-line army.

On the road full of wind and dust, three thousand soldiers escorted food and grass on the road, and the wooden carts were pulled into a line, crawling on the road like a long snake.

"Young Master~Young Master~"

Pei Yuanqing yelled in surprise, and hurriedly rode his war horse to Lu Ying's body, with a joyful smile on his face, he said, "Young master, the king sent a letter to order the young master to sit in Wuchao."

amount~
Originally, she was looking forward to going to the front line, but she didn't expect that Pei Yuanqing's words would make Lu Yu shake her head, sigh and look at Pei Yuanqing in a funny way.

In Pei Yuanqing's mind, he finally didn't have to escort food and grass back and forth like this. Although Wuchao was also in the rear, they were still close to the front line.

After receiving the letter from Pei Yuanqing, Lu Ying didn't want to affect her morale because of her own reasons, she had a far-fetched smile on her face, but when she opened the letter, she became more and more frightened.

In the end, Lu Yu's eyes were filled with excitement. After closing the letter fiercely, Pei Yuanqing looked at him curiously, and couldn't help laughing.

"Soldiers, speed up the march."

haha~
Lu Yu's cheerful laughter made Pei Yuanqing puzzled, but the three thousand soldiers also smiled after seeing their young master happy.

The front line is tight, and Cao Jun may cut off the food road. I hope that the young master will arrive at Wuchao as soon as possible to keep the food supply for the three armies on the front line.

This was a letter from Guo Jia to him, and it also brought out the depressed Lu Ying.

Thinking carefully about the battle on the front line, this time Hebei is fighting on the third front, and the supply of food and grass has begun to be tight, not to mention Cao Jun, who is on the second front and also the battle situation in Xuzhou. The longer the time, the greater the changes in Xuzhou.

Thinking about it carefully, Lu Ying's excited face gradually dissipated, and there was a sense of stability in her eyes. If he were Cao Cao, he would probably have made his mind on Liangdao.

On the Guandu battlefield, after several months of attacking, the eight fronts of Cao Jun's camp were full of bumps and gaps.

The Hebei army no longer insisted on guarding these lines of defense, but began to withdraw troops. As long as your Cao army came to repair the camp, they would attack by force the next day.

One sentence is to lead Cao Jun to start a field battle with them. During this period of time, the siege equipment in the Hebei army can be said to have made Cao Jun see what fear is.

The rain of arrows and stones all over the sky, it can be said that the eight fronts were almost smashed by these engineering weapons.

However, the camp, which has also been attacked for several months, is full of boulders and pits everywhere, and there are countless broken siege equipment randomly discarded on the battlefield.

Cao Jun did not clean up, but instead used these obstacles on the battlefield to defend against the cavalry in Hebei.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Hebei army suffered [-] casualties through the storming during this period, and the Cao army also suffered more than [-] casualties.

In the hot summer of July, the two armies chose to take a break from the war, and the soldiers of the three armies rested.

In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao's brows had not been stretched in just a few months, and he was staring at the map with a sad face, and the generals in the tent were also used to it.

Li Cunxiao was even more silent and didn't say a word. He wanted to repay Cao Cao's great kindness and then chose to leave, but he hadn't accomplished an inch during this period of time.

"My lord, there is a shortage of food in the rear."

Xi Zhicai talked about Cao Cao's biggest headache. Xuzhou also wanted food, and Guandu also wanted food. The territory under his rule was so large that almost all the food was sent over.

However, seeing that the generals in the army were all in the tent, Cao Cao shook his head indifferently and said, "It's already the middle of July, and the grain and grass in the army are enough to last until the autumn harvest."

Xi Zhicai nodded dejectedly. He dare not say whether he can really last until the autumn harvest, and Cao Cao would not say so.

After another day of deliberation, there was no conclusion. When the generals dispersed and only Xi Zhicai was left in the tent, Cao Cao sat down on a chair wearily.

Rubbing his brows, Cao Cao sighed wearily and said, "How long can the food and grass in the army last?"

Xi Zhicai gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and sighed, "My lord, the food and grass in the army can last for more than a month at most, and this is when the Hebei army does not attack by force."

The amount of food and grass consumed is different when there is a war and when there is no war. During the war, all the soldiers of the three armies are fed. If there is no war, the soldiers of the three armies can only eat seven to eight percent full.

Even the soldiers in the rear could barely fill their stomachs, and they couldn't survive or starve to death.

"Xu Du can send the last batch of food at most. These are the food that Wen Ruo borrowed from the big families."

When Xi Zhicai said this, a look of admiration rose on his face. If Xun Yu didn't have this person, the army might have run out of food.

Borrowing food from local aristocratic families over and over again, and raising food from local tyrants, this is no longer a question of ability, but also a question of identity.

If it was Xi Zhicai, it would be impossible to get any food from these aristocratic families.

The raised food seems to be a lot, but you must know that the front line is full of food and drink for an army of 10,000+. The battle in Xuzhou is stalemate, and now you can only take care of yourself.

"Isn't the army in Hebei short of food?" Cao Cao couldn't help but said angrily. He sent out a lot of soldiers and horses from Lu Bu, and he didn't believe that there was no shortage under Lu Bu's rule.

After Xi Zhicai heard the words, he shook his head helplessly, "My lord, novel crops such as sweet potatoes and corn have long been popularized in the four prefectures of Hebei, and with the generosity of Hebei families, the scouts came to report to the rich and powerful families in Hebei to donate food enthusiastically, and got [-] grains." Rest."

Different people have different fates!Cao Cao really understood this sentence, and when he heard it, he almost yelled at him. Now he really wants to yell at the powerful family under his rule.

Look at the aristocratic and powerful families in Hebei who are more generous than the other. Lu Bu didn't say a word. Well, in the end, the family organized their own organization and began to donate food.

Although he was a little angry, Cao Cao knew clearly that someone was manipulating this matter.

But he can't do anything, because now people in the world don't think highly of Cao Cao, even the family officials under his rule.

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(End of this chapter)