Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As the news of Liu Bei's personal death spread in Xuzhou, it quickly triggered a series of chain reactions.

The Cao army, which had already captured Donghai County with great momentum and was preparing to continue southward to besiege Xia Pi City, suddenly changed its strategy and instead stayed in Donghai County to observe the situation and investigate the movements of Liu Bei's army.

The main camp of Cao’s army.

Cheng Yu walked out with a gloomy face.

It has been about a month and a half since Cao Cao dispatched his troops, and the battle line has stretched all the way from Qingzhou to Donghai County, a distance of a thousand miles.

Cao Cao's family was not wealthy, and they had limited livestock such as horses and donkey carts that could help with logistics and food supply, so everything depended on manpower.

The grain route was a thousand miles long, so only one-third of the grain sent from Qingzhou could actually reach Cao's camp, which put a huge pressure on Cao's logistics and food.

Under normal circumstances, if the war had reached this point, Cao's army should have turned to consolidating the territories of Langya and Donghai counties that they had already captured.

However, Cao Cao obviously had other plans, and he also learned that Liu Bei had already sent troops.

Cao Cao summoned Cheng Yu this time to ask him to raise military supplies on the spot to fight against Liu Bei.

But Tao Qian is not a stupid person.

The Langya Kingdom was caught off guard by Cao Cao, but Donghai County was the base of Xuzhou. In addition, Tao Qian was planning to exhaust Cao Cao's military supplies and force him to withdraw.

Therefore, all the grain that could be moved from the granaries in various cities in Donghai County had already been moved away by Tao Qian, and even those that could not be moved were ordered to be burned down.

As a result, after Cao Cao entered Donghai County, he was unstoppable and even defeated Tao Qian in a field battle, forcing Tao Qian to flee in embarrassment.

However, the food pressure on Cao's army did not ease, but instead increased further as the battle line lengthened.

Relying solely on the food supply routes in the rear was no longer able to meet the needs of Cao's army.

Right now, the only way for Cao's army to quickly and effectively collect a large amount of food is to imitate the Yellow Turban rebels and directly plunder, as well as... jerky.

That's why Cheng Yu, who received the order, had such a gloomy face and walked so hurriedly that he almost bumped into Xun You outside the tent.

The city was massacred, so looting was nothing to Cheng Yu.

Although it was just a matter of meat jerky, Cheng Yu had to find a way to do it carefully and properly.

The massacre in the city caused a lot of dissatisfaction and resentment not only in the outside world but also within Cao's army.

Once the matter of the meat jerky is leaked, it may lead to more serious consequences.

Therefore, Cheng Yu, who almost bumped into Xun You, bowed slightly to apologize, then left quickly without any intention of chatting with Xun You.

More importantly, in Cheng Yu's eyes, Xun You, who appears to be foolish, is just a relative of someone else.

If it weren't for the fact that Xun You's uncle Xun Yu was the true "chief steward" of Cao Cao's group, Cheng Yu, who was in a depressed mood, would not even have given Xun You an extra look.

Watching Cheng Yu leave, Xun You, with a foolish look on his face, seemed to be in a daze for a long time.

After a briefing, Xun You went into Cao Cao's tent to report some miscellaneous matters.

After Xun You left the big tent, he walked slowly with his head lowered inside Cao's camp. After turning around, he seemed to have walked to the corner outside Cheng Yu's tent unintentionally, and watched Cheng Yu lead a team out of the camp.

Xun You seemed to be in a daze for a while, his eyes were empty, and he walked into Xun Yu's tent while wandering around the camp.

At this moment, the documents in Xun Yu's account were almost piled up like a mountain, and Xun Yu was buried in them, constantly dealing with them.

And because Cao Cao had offended a large number of Qingzhou scholars, the number of minor officials in Cao Cao's group was slightly insufficient, and many trivial matters had to be handled by Xun Yu personally.

Since the financial situation in Qingzhou was not optimistic, Yangzhou paper, which was gradually becoming popular among other princes, had to be used sparingly in Cao Cao's group.

This meant that many documents were still on reusable bamboo slips, which further increased Xun Yu's burden.

After entering the tent, Xun You didn't say anything. He just stood there in a daze.

After Xun Yu finished dealing with some urgent matters at hand, he looked up and asked, "Gongda, is there anything wrong?"

"Meet uncle."

Xun You bowed and saluted.

When he looked up again, Xun You's seemingly foolish expression remained the same, but his empty eyes suddenly changed, appearing deep and wise, and his tone revealed unbearable anger, and he said.

"Hasn't Uncle ever smelled the lingering smell of blood in the documents?"

Xun Yu's faint smile slowly faded and he asked, "What does Gongda mean?"

"Why didn't you dissuade the lord from massacring the city?" Xun You asked.

"My lord is anxious to avenge his father's death, so it is useless to persuade him."

Xun Yu's tone was surprisingly calm, so calm that Xun You couldn't help laughing.

When Cao Cao ordered the massacre of the city, Xun Yu did speak out in opposition, but Xun You knew better that Xun Yu was merely going through the motions and was actually indifferent.

"There are only you and me here, uncle and nephew, why should uncle be so pretentious?"

Xun You asked angrily.

"As for the massacre of the city, your uncle may have deceived others by pretending to dissuade them. But are you going to say you don't know about the jerky in the army?"

"That butcher Cheng Yu has led his men out of the camp again. What is he doing there? Doesn't your uncle know?"

Xun Yu raised his eyelids with an indifferent expression, and remained calm in the face of Xun You's questioning.

How could Xun Yu not know about the meat jerky?

With Xun Yu's ability, he noticed that Cheng Yu was making jerky when he was still in Qingzhou.

Not deaf or blind, not worthy of being in charge.

Xun Yu knew about it, but he could only pretend not to know, and tacitly accepted that the meat jerky was game from the mountains and registered it and sent it to the granary.

Qingzhou had been in turmoil due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion for many years, and the bark of the trees had been stripped clean in many places. Where did all the game come from?
However, Xun Yu's calm demeanor made Xun You even angrier.

"Is this the hero my uncle chose? He is no different from a butcher!"

Seeing that Xun You was getting more and more excited, his voice was getting louder and louder.

Xun Yu said calmly, "Gongda's talent is no less than anyone else's. He looks foolish but is wise inside. He has the ability to plan everything out. But his temper is too hot-tempered and impatient."

"Uncle, there's no need to change the subject." Xun You still questioned angrily.

"Look, you're still anxious."

Xun Yu said.

This made the veins on Xun You's forehead twitch, but he also knew that if he continued like this, Xun Yu would not answer him at all.

After a long while, Xun You forced himself to calm down, returning to his usual dull and foolish appearance, staring straight at Xun Yu and asking.

"I really don't understand why my uncle wants to help Cao Cao."

After hearing this, Xun Yu paused for several breaths before answering, "There is no other person who can revive the Han Dynasty, and it must be Cao Mengde."

"Is uncle suffering from hysteria?" Xun You asked disrespectfully.

Xun Yu was not annoyed, and replied with a smile. "Gongda, who do you think is qualified to conquer the world in troubled times?" (End of this chapter)