We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

By then, the relationship between the clan members, other army officers and even the common people will be affected, which is not what everyone wants to see.

As Xiahou Dun remained silent, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became awkward.

Just when he was hesitating about what to say, Xi Zhi stood up and said loudly: "Wei Gong, General Xiahou cannot be entirely blamed for this matter. The reason why he said that in the first place was because we and other clan members would consider it again." Yes, there is still hope for things to turn around today."

"Whether it is a war in Qingzhou or a war in Jizhou, it will always be on the land of the Wei State. Even Leling, Bohai and other places will all belong to the Wei State."

"Although Xi Yu's army has a lot of advanced military equipment, in terms of number, it is far less than ours. In addition, the area under his jurisdiction is not as good as ours, and the population within the territory is less than one-tenth of ours. "

"Rather than a quick battle, in my humble opinion, I think a long-term war is more suitable. With our far superior numbers, we can completely engage in a war of attrition to consume the opponent's combat power and financial resources."

"······"

Xi Zhicai spoke logically and everyone listened attentively.

"Therefore, I think that if Xi Yu wants to fight, we will take it! The longer the war is delayed, the better it will be for us. Therefore, Mr. Wei, you don't need to be afraid at all now!"

After hearing what he said, Xiahou Dun's eyes lit up and he immediately said loudly: "Yes, the situation is still unclear at the moment. It is not yet known who will lose and who will win. He is trying to disturb the peace of the world with only a mere 300,000 troops. This is Obviously it’s impossible!”

"Here, this is the territory of Wei State. All the people in the world listen to your call, Duke Wei. Why should Xi Yu be afraid of you? Duke Wei, I promise you that Xi Yu's head will be sent to you one day." On top of the paperwork!”

It has to be said that Xi Zhicai's analysis is somewhat reasonable. It not only raised Xiahoudun's fighting spirit, but also gave Cao Pi some courage at this critical moment.

Even though the inexplicable feeling of fear deep in his heart was always with him, as time went by, he became more or less a game and got used to it.

Cao Pi is not brainless, he also understands the gap between himself and Xi Yu.

But so what? You have many talented generals, but you don’t have them on your own.

The most important thing is that he has many more available generals than his opponent, including ordinary soldiers.

It is said that in the camp of Cao's army, there are only a few who can be called good generals, as many as 500, and among them there are as many as 200 from clans, and among them there are leaders like Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun.

On the other hand, at Xi Yu's side, there are only a handful of people on the left and right who can really be called names.

"Wei Gong, based on this calculation, if a war really starts, our chances of winning are not impossible."

"Look, Xi Yu has only a few men who can lead troops in battle. Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong can be regarded as victorious generals, but who else is there? Although Zhang Liao can lead troops, but in the end Losing more and winning less is nothing to be afraid of.”

"As for our side, there are hundreds of people who can lead troops to fight alone, and each of them is an elite soldier. In terms of strength, they are not inferior to Huang Zhong and the others. Therefore, as long as we can plan the battlefield well and perform our duties, we can Able to strategize and achieve great victory!"

"If nothing else, at least let Xi Yu know what it means to have someone outside the circle, and let him taste the taste of failure!"

"These are still senior officers and soldiers in the army. When it comes to rising stars, we are not inferior to General Chu Zidan, who has just risen to the top of the army, and General Cao Zhang, who is extremely brave and powerful... ···These young generals are also formidable."

"Young and brave people are not afraid of any war, so my lord can rest assured that you are the greatest lord today!"

If everyone's words before had only given Cao Pi a little confidence, then Sima Yi's words made him completely relieved.

Within this large tent, Hua Xin, Chen Qun, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others were all left behind by their father. They were more than loyal to me, but lacked a bit of intimacy, and there was some distance between them when they got along with each other.

As for Zhong Yao, as Shangshu Ling, he would hardly get involved in any military and political issues. He would only follow him wholeheartedly and keep to himself. He was almost a transparent person.

Only Sima Yi truly understood Bing and was close to and trusted him.

He was the only one who mentioned the issue that Cao Pi cared about most - young people.

If an army wants to develop rapidly, it must have fresh blood that dares to fight and fight. Where does this fresh blood come from?

It’s young people.

He is a young man himself, so he loves to promote and reuse young people.

Therefore, in his army, young soldiers can now be regarded as the absolute backbone.

On Xi Yu's side, on the other hand, regardless of their qualifications, the army is a group of unruly people. The 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers who left before are the best example.

Xi Yu wanted those people to obey the order, but he was afraid that he was promised many benefits.

With such a pampered army, how could Xiyu win?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi inexplicably thought of an episode a few years ago.

At that time, he met several young people in Xuzhou. They claimed to be smart, but they were fooled. When he returned to Xuchang after going through all kinds of difficulties, he only had a few money left on him. It was really ridiculous.

Later, for some reason, my father found out about this, and he was really scolded.

He still remembers what his father said, you are a peer in everything, why can the other party fool you so much?

To this day, he wants to see again, which young man can fool him again?

"Then fight!"

Cao Pi made up his mind and shouted, "Where is Zidan?"

"The general is here!"

Cao Zhen walked out from the crowd of clan members with his head held high, and he solemnly saluted with clasped fists, his blazing eyes reflecting the passion in his heart.

As a son of the Cao family, he has become indestructible and extremely powerful during the years of continuous battles.

"Today I will make you the vanguard general. Later, you will follow Uncle Yuan Rang to lead the troops in Jizhou. Remember, Xi Yu's army must not set foot in Hejian County!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Snapped!"

Cao Zhen raised his fists fiercely, with a heroic spirit that was not afraid of death soaring into the sky. He said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, everyone. Not only will the general promise not to let those thieves step into the river, he will also call Xi Yu's men Those adopted sons know how powerful they are!"

"This son is eating the emperor's salary, but he doesn't care about the emperor's worries. He has received great kindness from my Cao family, but he doesn't want to repay the kindness. Instead, he repays kindness with hatred. He is really a villain!"

"Killing these ungrateful people is what I, Cao Zhen, should do!"

"Well said, such ambitious people should be killed!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"······"

In an instant, all the affected clan clans became furious and shouted impassionedly.

Even the Xiahou clan members were deeply inspired and immersed in this false and ridiculous atmosphere of enthusiasm.

At this moment, for everyone, regardless of whether it is true or false, as long as they have this excited heart, it is enough.

After all, the war is about to start and the morale of the army is unstable, so half of the battle will be lost first.

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The beginning of summer is approaching.

Before the sun could radiate its fiery passion, countless people were already rushing towards the battlefield.

A massive cavalry battle started from Hejian and Leling in Jizhou and went straight to the Bohai Plain.

Xi Yu did not choose to refuse to defend the city gate, but instead led his army to charge forward bravely.

He participated in three wars in a row and won all three battles. Not only did he seize endless iron resources, he also intimidated the enemy, scaring them so much that they did not dare to fight, and inadvertently blocked dozens of enemy attacks.

In addition, he also sent black cavalry to roam around each war zone, making each of the enemy's war zones separate and unable to cooperate with each other.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun had to divide his Tiger and Leopard Cavalry into two parts. In this way, the advantage of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was completely dissipated.

He didn't want to fight. Splitting the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry into two would mean that all the previously specified plans would be disrupted. However, if they were not separated, the enemy's Black Cavalry would have no enemies on the battlefield. It would be like being in a deserted place. The scene is ordinary, and those who look at it feel frightened.

However, because the troops were divided on the battlefield, he was destined to be defeated after committing a taboo among military strategists.

Although there were not many black cavalry, they were all blocking one hundred. Seeing that the tiger and leopard cavalry were divided into two, they quickly made adjustments, and some of them rushed forward to fight the enemy to the death.

The other part circled behind it like a ghost, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.

When the tiger and leopard knight turned around and wanted to fight to the death with the black knight in the rear, they were entangled by the black knight in front.

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On the other side, Cao Zhen was almost depressed to death.

Along the way, wherever he thought the terrain was dangerous and there might be an enemy ambush, there was not even a trace of a ghost.

However, on some spacious and flat roads, you will encounter surprise attacks from enemies from time to time.

This made Cao Zhen confused.

As a pioneer, he secretly led tens of thousands of people to various important roads and cities long before the war started.

He first dispersed these tens of thousands of people around every defense line, just to find Huang Xu, a young general in the enemy army.

It is said that this is the only young man in Xi Yu's army who can do anything. He has always wanted to have a head-on battle with the opponent, but unfortunately, he has never seen the opponent so far.

This made the tens of thousands of troops in his hands completely useless on the battlefield, so that as time went by, Hejian County's defense line was gradually weakened.

When some veterans realized this, their hearts skipped a beat, but there was nothing they could do about it.

At present, the armies of both sides are in a stalemate. The two sides are competing for endurance and testing the hearts of the people. No one dares to mobilize troops without authorization at this time.

After all, the current defensive problems in Jianhe County are only internally known, and the enemy forces are not yet known. However, once a large army is used to fill the vacancy, I am afraid that the enemy forces will swarm in.

But if left unchecked, in a long-term stalemate between the two sides, sooner or later one party will be unable to hold on, and it is very likely that he will be the first to lose.

Cao Chun and Cao Zhen, who realized the seriousness of the problem, were now extremely worried about their current situation.

On the other hand, Xi Yu's army was not exhausted from the beginning to the end.

The armies were in a stalemate, and the soldiers and horses of both sides were fighting. The competition was endurance, and the casualties between the two sides were almost the same.

But even so, Cao Zhen and Cao Chun didn't dare to trust them.

Seeing that the soldiers were beginning to show signs of physical exhaustion, the two men, who did not dare to continue swimming within the territory, immediately led the soldiers back to a relatively safer place.

The two came to the river and set up camps along the upper and lower reaches of the river. This place was not only convenient for the villain's armies to support each other in attacking and defending, but also convenient for getting water for cooking. It was considered an excellent place.

Both of them decided to take a good rest here first, and then take the initiative to attack after the enemy was exhausted, looking for small groups of enemy troops to encircle and suppress them one by one.

It was a good idea, but the two of them were young after all, and the camp they set up seemed well-organized, but in fact it was full of loopholes.

Because of the large number of people, the camp set up was quite wide. In addition, the two armies wanted to help each other, and there were tents interspersed with each other, which made it look dazzling.

To this day, this battle has been going on for some time.

From Wen'an in the north to Jing County in the south at the beginning, the entire territory of thousands of miles was mired in quagmire because of this battle.

The surrounding rural towns, large and small, are being snatched away by both sides.

It was also at this time that the advantages and disadvantages of both armies were fully revealed.

Let's talk about Cao Pi's side first. Because Jizhou is his home base, many armies dare not act rashly. On the one hand, they are on standby and waiting to rush to the battlefield at any time. On the other hand, they must pay attention to prevent Ma Teng and others from coming to cause trouble.

As for the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, there is no way to mobilize them at the moment. Not only that, the army located in the west of Jizhou must always pay attention to the trends. If something goes wrong in Bingzhou, they can go to support in time.

But as long as they have left, the battle in the east of Jizhou basically has nothing to do with them, and it is beyond their reach.

On the other hand, look at Xi Yu.

Behind him are Qingzhou and Xuzhou, his hometown. Not only are there no strong enemies behind him, but there are also two natural chasms in the Yellow River and Jishui as barriers to protect him.

Therefore, Xi Yu, who has no worries at all, not only pays attention to the war, but also pays attention to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

There is no other reason than to do business in these places.

In fact, before the war started, he had already ordered the fleet within the territory to set off for Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

After all, more than one Jizhou is in chaos right now.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei are also very busy right now.

In fact, the battle between them was far more fierce than that between Xi Yu and Cao Pi.

Several years of fighting and killing have long since exhausted both sides, and what is most lacking now is military supplies and food.

And Xi Yu brought exactly these two things. He knew very well that whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, as long as someone dared to sell quality goods and military supplies, they would definitely spend a lot of money to win them over.

This is what Xi Yu thought of as a good way to make a fortune.

There is no way, who makes Qingxuzhou and Xuzhou have a lot of food but not much else? The wasteland has long been spread all over the place.

However, once he did this business, Liu Bei and Sun Ce were surprised.

Aren't you having a heated fight with Cao Pi? Why did you even buy food and grass?

Does this mean he knows that defeat is certain and is ready to admit defeat? Or...is the grain output in Qingxu and Qingxu areas already astonishingly high?

It should be the latter, right?

After all, not only was Xiyu not stupid, he was also extremely smart.

If that's the case... can you afford all the food and fodder for my entire army?

The inexplicable idea made Liu Bei stunned for a moment. Although he found it incredible, he finally spoke.

After all, Xi Yu wanted to sell grain, and he just wanted a little more, so what could he do?

It’s okay if you don’t give it.

When they heard that it cost 300,000 dan, the merchants were a little hesitant at first, but after all, this was a big customer and a powerful owner, so they did not dare to offend him.

After all, if this matter is done well, future cooperation will be stable.

With the merchant's full agreement, Liu Bei seemed to be in a dream.

No way? Is there really so much food and grass in Qingxu?

What on earth is Xiyu going to do?

Is he really not worried about the front line being tight at all?

Or does he want to sell grain and use the money earned to continue developing domestic affairs?

Before he could figure it out, the merchants brought food and grass over one after another.

In just ten days, a total of 300,000 stones of grain and grass were neatly piled into Liu Bei's camp.

This time Liu Bei was completely stunned.

real or fake?

When can three hundred thousand shi of grain be taken out casually like wild flowers and weeds on the roadside?

Is it because poverty limits one's imagination, or is it because Yu Yu's wealth is too eye-catching?

Of course, the reason can only be the former.

After all, a mere 300,000 stones of food and grass is just water for Xi Yu at present.

Liu Bei can buy these grains, and Xi Yu is actually happy to buy them.

These grains have been accumulated in the warehouse for more than a year. If they are not sold, they will probably sprout and be discarded.

Although I don't care about this little food and grass, it's pretty good to be able to get rid of it and still get money.

Liu Bei didn't know what he was thinking.

At the moment, he is busy raising money to pay for food and fodder.

In order to pay off this debt, he mortgaged Nanjun and Jiangdong, and then he was able to send away a lot of merchants.

From today on, he will not dare to default on any shop related to Xiyu.

After this incident, I am afraid that if the world knows about it in the future, I will end up with a reputation of not paying my debts and be ridiculed by the world. The key is that I am afraid of offending Xi Yu.

In the past, he only thought that Xi Yu was a person, but after today, he was afraid that he would never be able to see through this person again, let alone look down upon him.

While fighting with others, you still don't forget to do business. This is really fucking outrageous.

Including those merchants who came from afar, not to mention ordinary people in their own territory, even some high-ranking generals did not dare to look at him when they saw him. On the contrary, they were quite grand.

Well, you are most angry when you ask me for money!

In all my years of living, I have never seen anyone from any state or county dare to be so arrogant!

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Cao Zhen looked at the lake in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he had deep doubts.

For some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be someone missing among the generals the opponent was fighting...

When it comes to the military generals in Xuzhou City, the most famous ones are the Huang family father and son. One is the later general Huang Zhong, and the other is his son Huang Xu.

It can be said that these two people have established the largest military family in Xuzhou.

At the moment when the army was cooking, Cao Zhen, who had just finished inspecting the camp, did not bring the marching commander or the chief secretary with him. Although there were no negotiable people around him, the faint uneasiness in his heart clearly told him that he should not stay here for a long time!