Han Xiang

Chapter 364 Cao's Bowl My Boat

"Ask who?" Long Xiang smiled mysteriously: "Can't Zijing guess?"

Lu Su stroked his beard and asked back: "Except for our people, only Wu Jing's opponent Xia Houyuan is left. You don't want to ask Cao Jun, do you?"

"Otherwise?" Long Xiang spread his hands.

"How do you ask? Grab Cao Jun's tongue?" Lu Su asked himself and answered, "Don't forget that most of your first batch of telescopes were taken away by Generals Lei and Tang, and Wu Jing's entire army was wiped out and lost cover. Sending scouts can easily be spotted by Cao Jun."

"Haha." Long Xiang patted Lu Su's arm and jokingly said, "Zijing's temper has become a little more anxious recently. Could it be that he is lonely guarding the new city? I believe that time will give us the answer, and Cao Jun's performance will also give us the answer."

Lu Su: "How to say?"

Long Xiang replied: "Cao Cao succeeded in calculating Wu Jing and wiped out [-] fresh troops in Jiangdong. If Lei Xu and Tang Ju failed, Cao Jun would surely fight steadily and consume Zhou Yu. If Cao Jun suddenly became irritable, it meant that their rations were tight. , need a quick victory to leave Huainan."

"It makes sense."

Seeing that Lu Su was sure, Long Xiang continued to add: "In fact, there is an easier way. Let the cavalry battalion go to Shaopi to investigate. Cao Jun has got so many warships, so he must find a place with wide and stable water to anchor. In the north, only Shaopi is the most suitable.”

Lu Su took it very seriously, he stroked his beard and looked at Long Xiang and nodded.

"I saw that Yun Qi is calm and composed, and looks like a prince. If Uncle Liu Huang can achieve great achievements in the future, you will be the pillar of the sky to help the Han Dynasty."

"Don't. There are so many capable people under Shijun's command, what kind of Optimus Prime am I?"

Long Xiang added something in his mind, why didn't he say Megatron?Then he added: "I already told you that we are our own people, so don't flatter each other. Even Zhang Liao withdrew yesterday. It seems that the danger in Hefei has been lifted. Zijing will have a drink with me tonight?"

"No need?"

Lu Su was taken aback for a moment, and quickly gave a reason: "Although Zhang Liao withdrew his troops, he can still go back and return. I'll go back to the new city and guard. Maybe I can pick up another Chen Wu?"

"What do you think Chen Wu is? You can pick it up casually?" Long Xiang hooked Lu Su's shoulder, smiled and walked towards the main hall: "It's okay to delay for one night? If you really can't, you can go back after dinner, otherwise today's banquet Wouldn't it be a waste of preparation?"

"That's right, Wu Jing left in a hurry."

Lu Su nodded in response, walked a few steps suddenly and then stopped.

"how?"

"You said that if Cao Cao knew that the grain ship was burned, would he be so angry that he couldn't eat?"

Long Xiang smiled casually: "Can't eat yet? The grain boats have been burned, so it's good to be able to eat. Let's leave them alone. Anyway, Hefei must eat better than him."

"Haha, that's right."

On the same night, before Cao Cao had his rice bowl in his hand, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun both came to report by chance.

Hearing Xiahou Yuan set up an ambush in the water, forcing Wu Jing to lead his troops to abandon the ship and escape, and the pursuit and killing made a lot of money, Cao Cao couldn't help showing complacency on his face. You also have to arrange it yourself.

Perfect, flawless.

Cao Cao thought it was sweet even when he chewed dry white rice because he was secretly happy, but Zhang Yun's bad news later made him startled from ear to ear.

"What did you say?"

"The final general suspects that Chen Wu colluded with Mei Cheng, not only attacked and burned our grain ship, but also burned the warship left by Wu Jing."

"What Wu Jing's warship? That's my ship! My ship!"

With a bang, Cao Cao shouted hysterically, and angrily put his rice bowl on the table.

Thinking of the lack of food for the next month, Cao Cao, in the fury of thunder, held the bowl with his left hand against the side of the table, and with the chopsticks in his right hand, he planed the rice into the bowl.

Xia Houyuan knew that Guo Jia was favored, and seeing that Cao Cao was angry at this time, he tilted his head and gave Guo Jia a wink, hoping that the other party could say something nice to him.

Guo Jia understood, cupped his hands and remonstrated: "Duke Ming must not get angry. Although those warships were unfortunately burned, Jiangdong actually lost 2 people. How many [-] can Sun Quan make up? This time will definitely hurt his vitality. The two generals should be held accountable for their deeds, and they should be rewarded for their meritorious service.”

"Um"

Cao Cao nodded slightly: "Remember all the merits and demerits for the time being, you go down to rest first, and I will make follow-up arrangements when all the people who besieged and suppressed Wu Jing come back."

"Yes."

Zhang Yun wanted to throw the blame on Mei Cheng, but seeing Xia Houyuan cupping his fists to say goodbye, he also backed out immediately.

Perhaps because of the bad news, the rice in Cao Cao's mouth suddenly tasted bad, and his thoughts were all about how to fight the follow-up war. After all, the rations of the frontline departments were only about ten days.

The burning of the two hundred warships in Jiangdong is trivial, and he can build them slowly in the future. The key is that the more than one thousand water cargo ships were destroyed, which is more than half of Cao Cao's waterway transportation capacity.

The rest of the cargo ships were distributed in various counties and counties, and it would take a certain amount of time to recruit them. It would be too costly to use civilians to transport them by land, and too many corvees would trigger rebellion, so the troops and rations in the rear could not be delivered to the front lines in a short time.

The war in Huainan must end within ten days.

Cao Cao put the rice bowl on the table. His stomach was empty just now, but he tried to chew but couldn't swallow it.

Looking at Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao and other military advisers, Cao Cao planned to discuss with everyone.

"Fengxiao, Wenhe, and Gongren, our grain ships were burned, and even if the battalions saved their rations, they could last until the end of June at most. However, Zhou Yu didn't get caught that day, and Wancheng was still under siege. , if it continues to consume, it will be detrimental to the army, what do you all talk about?"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu didn't answer, but looked at Dong Zhao at the same time.

Dong Zhao was the governor of Xuzhou who succeeded Che Zhou. Cao Cao summoned him to serve as a counselor on military affairs in name, but he actually wanted to know the current situation in Xuzhou.

At present, the rebellion in Donghai County has been put down, and Changba once again admitted his mistakes and repented, saying that he would obey Dong Zhao's management with his tail between his legs; Chen Deng continued to resist Zhou Yu in Dongcheng County, but he did not expect Zhou Yu to "abandon" Guangling to help Huainan.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu just looked at themselves, but Dong Zhao found that Cao Cao was also looking at him, so he quickly got up and explained: "The people's livelihood in Xuzhou is poor, the tax collected is not enough to make ends meet, and the cargo ship capacity is extremely limited, and I may not be able to support the Huainan battlefield for the time being."

"Gongren sat down to talk. If Xuzhou can't support, don't force it. Use the existing food to do the existing things. This battle will be fought until the end of June. Otherwise, Yuan Benchu ​​thought I was trapped in Huainan, and I was afraid that I would cross the river to invade."

Cao Cao waved his hand to signal Dong Zhao to sit down. It was he who killed the people in Xuzhou again and again, so he didn't blame Dong Zhao for his ineffective governance, and he never thought about asking for food from Xuzhou.

Dong Zhao sat down reassuringly, and cupped his hands and said, "Chen Yuanlong was ordered to send troops to Guangling. Maybe he didn't know that Zhou Yu had secretly arrived in Huainan. Why don't I go to Dongcheng tomorrow and urge him to increase his offensive in Guangling? Maybe I can put some pressure on Sun Quan and Zhou Yu?"

"Huh? It's doable." Cao Cao nodded in surprise, then looked at Guo Jia and Jia Xu: "What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)