Chapter 865: Cao Cao Sends Troops

Zhang Liao is making a plan to stop Xuzhou's soldiers and horses, so that the war can be resolved as soon as possible.

"Attack Beihai with all our strength, and occupy Beihai before Xuzhou's troops arrive. After that, we can calmly mobilize our troops without being easily discovered." Zhang Liao decided.

Zhang Liao quickly assigned the task.

Donglai County is now the Shandong Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, without enemies, Zhang Liao didn't need to deploy too many troops.

The army of the Beihai Kingdom was almost withdrawn, and Zhang Liao occupied the Beihai Kingdom without much effort.

Another large county was occupied, and half of the entire Qingzhou was occupied by Zhang Yu's army, but it would take a lot of effort to win the entire Qingzhou.

Yuan Jun will resist, and with reinforcements, it is not so easy to take down Qingzhou.

Zhang Yu attacked Qingzhou, and Yuan Shaofang was naturally extremely nervous, but Cao Cao was also nervous with them.

As soon as Cao Cao heard that Zhang Yu was attacking, he couldn't sit still and summoned his advisers in Xuchang.

This time Cao Cao summoned his core advisers.

Cheng Yu, Xun You, Xun Yu, Xu You, Jia Xu, Man Pang and others, and Cao Ang was also there.

Cao Cao said worriedly: "Sure enough, Zhang Yu is hiding very deeply. He has already withdrawn all his soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, and started the war in Qingzhou."

Cao Cao asked: "If Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, it will be too great a threat to us. Should we send troops to snatch Qingzhou from Zhang Yu?"

Yanzhou is on the edge of Qingzhou and borders Qingzhou. If Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, then Yanzhou will be under his army.

After finally defeating a Yuan Shao, another Zhang Yu came, which made Cao Cao unbearable.

"Wen Ruo, Zhong De, can you gather a batch of food and grass? Our treasury is empty, but this battle has to be fought." Cao Cao asked.

Cao Cao fought such a big battle, winning is winning, and his strength has skyrocketed because his strength has skyrocketed, but his family is also exhausted.

There is no way to fight without money and food.

So what Cao Cao asked was not whether he should fight,

Can you fight, but ask if there is money and food.

Now the big steward of the entire force is Xun Yu, who is in charge of money and food.

Xun Yu shook his head and said, "My lord, don't fight anymore. With so many troops added, it's already difficult to maintain daily expenses. If it weren't for the overwhelming situation, I would ask my lord to go to those aristocratic families to borrow some money and food first. "

Cao Cao smiled wryly, his family was not well-off, so he couldn't even fight this battle.

The same is true in history, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, and accepted a group of surrendered troops from him, his strength greatly increased, but he still waited for a long time before attacking Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places.

The biggest reason is that there is no money and food.

Cao Cao felt extremely bitter in his heart, because such a powerful force was unable to move because of lack of money and food.

"Everyone, what can I do?" Cao Cao asked.

Jia Xu said: "My lord, you can first collect money and food for a few days and transport it to the front line, then ask Jiangdong to borrow a batch of food and grass, and then the lord will come forward to borrow some from other aristocratic families."

It has become a consensus that they must intervene in the battle of Qingzhou. No one doubts the importance of Qingzhou. If Qingzhou is occupied by Zhang Yu, they will have a headache.

At that time, we must guard against the direction of Jiangdong and the direction of Qingzhou.

The most important thing is that when Zhang Yu occupies Qingzhou, he can half surround Jizhou. It will be even more difficult for them to attack Jizhou.

Cao Cao had his worries. If Zhang Yu occupied Qingzhou and gained a firm foothold in Qingzhou, then he would be greatly affected if he wanted to attack Jizhou and Xuzhou, and he would even be unable to attack.

Zhang Yu can threaten his rear from Jiangdong or Qingzhou, making him feel like a light on his back.

The whole strategic situation is very unfavorable to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus some garrison troops, adding up to a million soldiers and horses.

"Ang'er, how is the tiger and leopard riding training going?" Cao Cao suddenly changed the subject and asked Cao Ang.

Cao Ang said bitterly: "Father, the heavy armor has not been finished yet, and half of the people have no armor. In addition, 50,000 horses were barely selected, but if you really want to go to the battlefield, you must have one man and two horses to exert their combat power. Come."

Cao Cao secretly sighed in his heart, after all, he still has no money.

He wanted to train a strong army, so he asked Cao Ang to form the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

But he also expanded his army very quickly, and the money and food could not keep up. The equipment for tiger and leopard cavalry was three times the price of other ordinary troops. He really couldn't afford the equipment.

This is not counting war horses. The war horses needed for tiger and leopard cavalry have to be carefully selected, which makes it even more difficult.

"Zhongde, you are going to Shouchun immediately to find Sun Ce, and you need to borrow food." Cao Cao finally decided.

Cao Cao decided to send Cao Ang to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Qingzhou and prevent Zhang Yu from taking Qingzhou.

This has a great impact on Cao Cao and is related to the overall strategy.

Cao Cao deployed elite soldiers and strong generals to Cao Ang, and of course the tiger and leopard cavalry were not suitable for attacking yet.

There will be Xu Chu, Zhang Jai, Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun and Zhang Xiu, so six powerful combat forces, this is definitely a luxurious configuration.

In addition, Jia Xu and Xun You accompanied and assisted Cao Ang to give him the best configuration.

Cao Cao has many generals, but the forces have been rectifying internally and need a lot of talents.

Among other things, it will take many senior generals to complete the rectification of hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops.

Cao Cao's actions were very fast, and after the arrangement was made, he would send troops three times. However, they carried very little food and grass, which was only enough for a few, which was forced out by Cao Cao.

Cao Ang sent troops from Yanzhou, which is a huge variable, so Qingzhou will be a three-party melee.

Zhang Yu, who was on the move, was also very surprised to hear the news.

Zhang Yu ordered to rest and then slow down.

This sudden change made Zhang Yu ponder.

"Zilong, we have brought hundreds of talents and family members from Jizhou with us. Now it seems that we must separate." Zhang Yu said.

With them, there is no way to fight.

"My lord, please take them back so that we can take charge of the overall situation later, and the subordinates will go down and hold Cao Jun down." Zhao Yun said.

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said, "Zilong, don't rush to attack, find a place to hide first, I will give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, and I will cut off Cao Jun's food supply if I have a chance."

Zhang Yu didn't know that Cao's army was short of food, but he also knew the reason for the lack of food.

With the food road cut off, Zhang Yu just wanted to hold back Cao Jun's pace, and didn't want them to make trouble.

Zhang Yu began to divide his troops, and he returned with 20,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Zhao Yun with 30,000 Qingqi.

After Zhang Yu divided the troops, Ju Shou and Tian Feng became interested. During the break, they found Zhang Yu and asked, "My lord divided the troops, what happened?"

"Cao Cao's 100,000 troops are coming." Zhang Yu said directly without hiding anything.

The two were curious, and after some analysis, they knew about Cao Cao's situation.

Ju Shou said: "Cao Cao is basically forced to send troops. If the prince controls Qingzhou, he can basically threaten Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou. At that time, Cao Cao will be restricted everywhere. It is no wonder that Cao Cao does not fight with the prince at this time."

(End of this chapter) The strongest system to control the Three Kingdoms