Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 823 I am willing to go
"My lord, I am willing to go!" Xiahou Lan stood up.

Xiahou Yuan also stood up and said, "My lord, I am willing to go."

Xiahou Lan was Cao Ang's most trusted deputy general. Xiahou Yuan was Cao Ang's uncle and Xiahou Lan's elder. Both brothers asked Cao Cao for orders.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongye, Xuande, I'm going to trouble you this time. You must kill Yuan Shu and seize Jizhou."

"Yes!" Xiahou Lan and Xiahou Yuan obeyed the order.

Xiahou Lan and Xiahou Yuan each commanded a cavalry unit. Xiahou Lan personally commanded the central army, while Xiahou Yuan led the army to attack Yuan Shu's food and forage base.

Yuan Shu’s grain base was eight hundred miles away from Yecheng, which was not enough to stop the two men.

Cao Ang, with the remaining 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, quietly entered Yecheng from the south gate.

The three thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Ang were well-equipped and had strong combat effectiveness.

Cao Ang's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had experienced countless bloody tests and had extraordinary combat effectiveness.

After entering Yecheng, Cao Ang did not stop but headed straight towards Yuan Shu's granary.

Cao Ang led his cavalry around and made sure that Yuan Shu's granary was not guarded by any guards.

"Pass the order, sprint at full speed and break into Yuan Shu's granary!" Cao Ang ordered.

"Yes!" the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry roared in unison.

The three thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry instantly expanded at full speed and rushed madly towards Yuan Shu's granary.

"Anyone who dares to trespass into the granary will be killed without mercy!" The soldier in charge of the granary shouted hurriedly when he saw a large group of cavalry approaching.

But when he saw the face of the person who came clearly, he was so scared that his legs and feet went weak.

These cavalrymen are actually the personal soldiers of the King of Cavalry!
Although the cavalry under Yuan Shu were powerful, they were nothing compared to Cao Ang's personal soldiers.

The personal soldiers didn't waste any time, picked up the bows and arrows, pulled the bowstrings and shot and killed the Yuan army.

Cao Ang's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry broke into the granary with unstoppable force.

"Set fire to the granary and burn all the food here!" Cao Ang roared and commanded the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to slaughter crazily.

When the soldiers in the granary heard Cao Ang's order, they were all dumbfounded. They couldn't understand why the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry suddenly came here and set fire.

"Put out the fire, put out the fire!" The soldiers were in chaos, constantly beating the firewood.

Cao Ang's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had already destroyed all the houses around the granary.

The fire took advantage of the wind and burned more and more fiercely.

"Kill!" Cao Ang drew his sword and knocked down a soldier.

"My lord has ordered to kill all Yuan's troops and rob their food!" Cao Ang shouted.

"Kill!" The three thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry howled excitedly.

Yuan's army's resistance was in vain. In less than half an hour, the entire granary of Yuan's army turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"My lord, the granary has been burned down. The food of Yuan army must have been burned by our army!" Chen Lin reported to Cao Cao with a smile.

Cao Cao was delighted when he heard this: "Very good, Zilian, Xuande, Zhongde, you have performed a great service this time. After I pacify Yuan Shu, you will definitely receive a reward."

"Thank you, my lord!" Chen Lin and others smiled.

On the other side, Yuan Shao received the news.

"The granary caught fire? What happened?" Yuan Shao frowned.

Ju Shou was also surprised and said: "Yuan Shu's granary has stored food and grass for decades.

Now it's burned down all of a sudden, which is a huge loss."

"Yuan Shu's food and supplies should be fine." Feng Ji said weakly.

Ju Su glared at Feng Ji and said, "Yuan Shao, this matter is strange. We should send troops to investigate as soon as possible. If the grain and grass are really burned, we will suffer a great loss." Yuan Shao's face was gloomy. He didn't believe that Yuan Shu would be stupid enough to burn all the granaries. There must be a secret behind this.

But what could Yuan Shao do? Should he send troops to rescue them?
Yuan Shao didn't believe that Yuan Shu's troops were ambushing in the granary.

Even if Yuan Shu had an ambush, he didn't have many troops left.

If Yuan Shu fought to the death, Yuan Shao was really worried that he would suffer losses, so he would rather choose to wait and see.

"Bofu, what do you say?" Yuan Shao asked Cao Ang.

Cao Ang said without thinking: "Father, I think this matter is strange. We must act with caution. I suggest that we hold off for now."

Yuan Shao nodded: "In that case, let's see the situation first and then make a decision."

Ju Shou and Feng Ji both felt that Cao Ang's decision was correct.

"My lord, how do you think this matter should be explained?" Ju Su asked.

Yuan Shao snorted coldly and cursed: "Yuan Shu, you dare to deceive me. Once he falls into my hands, I will make him wish he were dead."

Ju Shou and Feng Ji sighed at the same time, Yuan Shu was really unlucky.

No matter Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, anyone with a little bit of intelligence would not be fooled easily. But Yuan Shu was unlucky, Cao Cao had just praised him.

Now Yuan Shu suffered huge losses, not only food and fodder, but even supplies were burned.

Yuan Shu's granary was near the east gate of Xuchang, which was the most important location. But now it was burned down by Cao Cao's cavalry. It was a complete loss of both the wife and the soldiers.

At this time, Yuan Shu was roaring angrily in the government office. He wished he could cut Cao Ang into pieces.

Yuan Shu was in a very bad mood. This time the food and grass was all his fortune, and now it was destroyed by Cao Ang.

"Damn it! Damn Cao Cao, I will never forgive you!" Yuan Shu was furious. He wished he could find Cao Cao immediately and tear him to pieces.

"My lord, you'd better calm down." Shen Pei comforted.

Yuan Shu took a few deep breaths and said slowly: "Zi Yang, do you have any good ideas?"

Shen Pei thought for a moment and said, "My lord, the only way now is to ask Liu Xie to mediate."

Yuan Shu shook his head after hearing this: "Impossible, Liu Xie must be eager to see me make a fool of myself, how could he possibly help me?"

Yuan Shu was too familiar with Liu Xie and knew what kind of person he was.

"My lord, now we can only ask Liu Xie to come forward." Shen Pei insisted.

Yuan Shu hesitated for a moment and said, "Zi Yang, you are right. Now I can only ask the emperor's uncle for help."

Cao Ang has a very high prestige in Jizhou. If Cao Ang is willing to come forward, he will definitely be able to suppress Cao Cao.

"Come here, gather the civil and military officials!" Yuan Shu gave the order.

Yuan Shu's order quickly spread throughout the Yuan Mansion, and civil and military officials rushed to the scene.

Yuan Shu sat at the head of the table and looked at the civil and military officials below: "Tonight I received news that the granaries in all the counties of Jizhou have been burned down, and now there is no food left."

Yuan Shu's words shocked all the civil and military officials.

"My lord! How can you be so cruel!" Tian Feng stood up in shock.

Tian Feng was an old minister of Yuan Shu, so his loyalty was beyond doubt.

"My lord, are you trying to rebel by doing this?" Guo Tu said even more excitedly.

Many civil and military officials expressed their intention to report to Cao Ang, asking him to severely punish Yuan Shu.

"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!" Yuan Shu roared.

(End of this chapter)