Liu Qi, the hegemon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162 Borrowing Food
Cao Cao led the army, after beheading Guo Si.

He swung his army to hide and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the city, but arrows rained down on the city and the city gate was closed, so he had no choice but to retreat first and wait for the next time to continue attacking the city.

I don't want to have too many losses, so that's the only way to go. Forcibly attacking the city will only increase unnecessary casualties.

Moreover, this time I just came here to test things out, I didn't expect that Guo Bang would lead the army out of the city, this is also an unexpected surprise, if I can take Chang'an City by the way, it will be an even more pleasant surprise.

city ​​wall.

Seeing Cao Jun retreating, Li Jue also reacted, and murmured: "What should I do, what should I do?"

He also didn't expect such a result. Guo Si's death in battle and the defeat of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses also made him wake up from his fantasy. Cao's 30 troops were not sheep, but tigers.

"Don't worry, general. Although Cao Jun has won a great victory this time, as long as we can't hold on, it will not be easy for Cao Jun to take Chang'an City!" Zhang Ji said.

"Yes, yes, that's right, not to mention that the emperor is still in our hands. Even in the end, he can exchange his life with Cao Cao!" Li Jue said happily, "I will ask General Zhang on the city wall. The imperial palace, guard the emperor, if it is the end, the emperor will be my bargaining chip for survival!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Ji ignored Zhang Ji, and hurriedly walked downstairs. He no longer had the idea of ​​defeating Cao Cao, but only thought about how to save his life. Having enjoyed the glory and wealth, he has never been in the west again. When it is cold, it is the mentality of the general.

Zhang Ji looked at Li Jue who was going away, his face was expressionless, but his eyes kept flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Ugh.
In the end, it seemed that everything disappeared under the vast sky with one sigh.

Cao Cao led the army and returned to the camp. He ordered to reward the army and held a banquet to celebrate.

In the main account.

Cao Cao gathered with his subordinates and generals to drink together.

The celebration banquet continued into the evening.

After the banquet was over, Cao Cao left his advisers Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, and Xun You to discuss matters.

Cao Cao looked at the three of them and said, "Although we won a big victory today, we didn't capture Chang'an City. Do you have a good strategy?"

"My lord, in today's battle, although General Xiahou beheaded Guo Bang, defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops, and made the enemy lose their morale, there are still some difficulties in capturing Chang'an City!" Xi Zhicai stood up and said.

"What the military adviser said is true. Although more than ten thousand enemies were killed in one battle, there are nearly 20 Xiliang troops in Chang'an City. A forced attack on the city will definitely consume too much.

heard.

Cao Cao didn't know the reason behind it. If he had forced the attack on the city without too much loss, he would have taken the opportunity to attack the city by force today. He could kill Guo Si and kill more than ten thousand enemies, although it was a blow to the morale of the enemy army.

However, after all, they were the heroic Xiliang iron cavalry, not an ordinary army. It would be a bit impossible for the Xiliang iron cavalry to be defeated like this.

"Wen Ruo, what's the situation of our army's food and grass?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and asked.

The current advisers under his command, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, etc., followed him to fight. However, the logistics and internal affairs were handed over to Xun Yu. Now he can achieve such achievements, and Xun Yu alone has taken a lot of credit.

"Returning to my lord, the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is relatively large. According to the current situation, it can only last for half a month at most. If you can't take Chang'an City in half a month, you can only withdraw the troops and leave!" Xun Yu reported the truth.

Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, and Xun You all frowned. Food and grass are the main material to support the army. If there is no food and grass, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it will be useless.

Now there is only half a month of food and grass left. If Li Jue and Zhang Ji don't go out of the city like Guo Bang and stick to the city, with an army of nearly 20, they want to stick to it for half a month. Not impossible.

"How do you think we should deal with it?" Cao Cao asked.

He didn't mean to blame Xun Yu, after all, Xun Yu had managed the logistics well. From Xuzhou to Chang'an, all the expenses of the 30 troops were handled by Xun Yu alone. Having food and grass to support the army for half a month can show that Xun Yu has tried his best.

"We can only strive to capture Chang'an City within half a month. As long as Chang'an City is captured, the matter of food and grass will be nothing to worry about!" Xi Zhicai said.

Xun Yu pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "My lord, just in case, I still need my lord to write a letter to borrow food!"

"Borrow food? Who do you ask?" Cao Cao was a little confused.

Xi Zhicai and Xun You also looked at Xun Yu.

"Returning to my lord, although I am confident that I will break through the city within half a month, everything must be well-arranged. The reason for borrowing food is to prevent sudden changes!" Xun Yu paused, and continued: "As for Borrowing food is nothing more than Jingzhou or Jizhou!"

Having said that, Xun Yu also stopped. He knew that Cao Cao would understand what he meant. Jizhou is a land of money and grain, and Jingzhou is also a land of wealth. It is the best place to borrow grain. Among them, the best and fastest The one who borrowed food and grass was Jingzhou.

But Xun Yu knew about the matter between Cao Cao and Liu Qi, so he didn't say it directly, but let Cao Cao make his own decision.

"I'm waiting for a second opinion!"

Xi Zhicai and Xun You also supported Xun Yu's idea. After all, no one can tell what changes will happen, but if there is food in hand, even if something happens, they will not panic.

Cao Cao became serious. It seemed that Xun Yu had given him two choices, but what he meant was that he wanted him to write to Jingzhou to borrow food.

If Liu Qi is willing to lend him the grain, within a few days, the grain and grass will be transported to Chang'an and handed over to him, but if he borrows grain from Jizhou, the time will be much slower. The easiest one, Jizhou is a bit difficult to say.

"Alas!" Cao Cao sighed, and said, "If so, I will write a letter in my own hand and send it to Jingzhou Liu.!"

However, Cao Cao's words were not finished yet.

A soldier came in from outside the tent.

"Report, at the gate of the camp, Chang'an Zhang Ji is begging to see the lord alone!" The soldiers knelt down and bowed.

Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, and Xun You were all stunned. They were still discussing the matter of borrowing food for the attack on Chang'an. Even Cao Cao was ready to agree to write a letter in his own hand and send someone to Jingzhou. But some people said that Zhang Ji came to ask for an interview, which made them unable to react at all.

"Let him in!" Cao Cao said.

Although I don't know why Zhang Ji came here, Zhang Ji dared to come alone at this time, so it explained a lot of things, and it won't be a big problem if we see each other.

He was also curious why Zhang Ji came here.

Xi Zhicai and the others also had the same idea, and did not mention the matter of borrowing food again, waiting for Zhang Ji's arrival.

　There's one more chapter, I'll add it later

　　Well, it should be like this for a while.
　　The reason, because something happened, I will recover after a while
　　
　
(End of this chapter)