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Chapter 255: Cao Cao's Troubles


But said Ever since Liu Qi divided his troops into two groups to attack Yizhou, many people have been paying attention.

After all, Liu Qi is a big boss and he is still attacking Yizhou, so how could he not pay attention.

Every move is a matter of concern to many people.

The land of Liangzhou After Han Sui had a life-and-death fight with Ma Teng, Cao Cao also led his army into Liangzhou and took the opportunity to seize Liangzhou.

By the time Han Sui and Ma Teng came to their senses, most of Liangzhou had fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

Together, they were no longer Cao Cao's opponents and were constantly being beaten back.

Moreover, Yuan Shao, who was in Jizhou, also led his troops into Bingzhou.

Under attack from both sides.

Han Sui and Ma Teng finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Han Sui betrayed Ma Teng again, invited him to the camp, killed him, and surrendered to Cao Cao.

The entire land of Liangzhou also fell into Cao Cao's hands.

Cao Cao did not stop there and continued to lead the army towards Bingzhou.

You must know that Han Sui and Ma Teng were fighting because of his plan to capture Liangzhou and Bingzhou in succession.

Now, Yuan Shao has come to steal the fruits of his victory and captured most of Bingzhou.

This is intolerable. at this time.

Cao Jun has reached the junction of Liangzhou and Bingzhou and is about to enter Bingzhou.

At a glance, the camp of hundreds of thousands of troops, with flags fluttering like a long dragon, is endless, covering the sky and the sun, it is so spectacular.

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Cao Cao looked at some documents and unconsciously rubbed his temples and frowned.

From the outside, he seemed to be relatively prosperous as he had hundreds of thousands of troops and captured the land of Liangzhou, but who knew that there were a lot of troubles waiting for him to deal with.

The daily expenses for such a huge army are astronomical, a huge amount.

Now, because Yuan Shao of Jizhou has captured most of the Bingzhou, if he wants to capture most of the Bingzhou from Yuan Shao, it is inevitable to go to war.

Once he goes to war, he will have to continue to consume manpower and financial resources.

These are all things that need to be considered. things.

"Alas" Cao Cao sighed, looking at the statistics, he felt very painful.

"Why does my lord sigh?"

I don't know when, someone has walked in.

Cao Cao looked up and saw that it was Xi Zhicai, his number one counselor.

He was not surprised.

You must know that there were many people guarding the camp.

Except for a few people who did not need to be notified, if the others wanted to come in, they had to do so.

Xu Chu will report it, and with his consent, Xu Zhu will let the person in.

Without saying anything, he handed the notice in his hand to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai took the notice and glanced at it, and he understood why Cao Cao sighed just now.

"Wen Ruo asked someone to report that the food and fodder he has collected for the army can only last for two months at most," Cao Cao said.

Hear the words.

Xi Zhicai also frowned.

If Yuan Shao hadn't seized most of Bingzhou's land, two months of food and grass would have been enough, but Then he said: "My lord, Yuan Shao has an army of 150,000.

As long as he is not careless, it will not be easy to drive him out of Bingzhou in two months.

It may only be enough for us to capture half of Bingzhou."

If the land is occupied, we can no longer continue the conquest.”

"How could I not know this, but the expenses of hundreds of thousands of troops during the conquest are indeed a huge amount.

If Wen Ruo hadn't turned around in Chang'an, he might not have even two months of food and grass, so he stopped here.

"Step" Cao Cao sighed.

Xi Zhicai also fell silent.

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In this aspect, he was indeed inferior to Xun Yu, and he also knew how terrifying the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops was.

But without food and grass, the army cannot continue the conquest.

It is impossible for the soldiers to fight hungry, which has no meaning at all except giving away their lives in vain.

For a moment, I didn’t know how to speak.

Cao Cao sighed inwardly when he saw Xi Zhicai's troubled expression.

The original plan was very perfect, but God's calculations were not as good as those of God.

Yuan Shao could more or less predict when he would send troops, so there would be no surprises.

But they miscalculated Ma Teng's strength, so it took a lot of time to truly win the land of Liangzhou.

Ma Teng is not very outstanding, nor does he have much ability, but he has a good son, a tiger named Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi.

Think of Ma Chao.

Cao Cao also had a look of praise in his eyes.

Although he almost died in Ma Chao's hands once, it could not stop him from praising Ma Chao.

He was indeed a great general.

Moreover, Ma Chao also has two lieutenants, Pang De and Ma Dai.

Ma Teng and Han Sui united to resist his army.

It was only with these three people that they were able to hold back his army for so long.

Otherwise, Ma Teng and Han Sui had already been captured by him early on, and Yuan Shao would not have had time to capture most of Bingzhou.

In the end, he would still have enough energy to subdue Bingzhou and hold it firmly in his hands.

What a pity It’s up to people to plan things, but it’s up to God to make things happen "We only have two months of food and grass, just two months.

There will be a solution by then," Cao Cao said calmly.

"promise" Xi Zhicai didn't have any way to solve such a problem.

Even Xun Yu tried his best and could only raise two months of food and grass, not to mention a layman like him.

Although there is another way, that is to collect it by force, but that will cause resentment among the people in Sili and Liangzhou, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

From now on, we can only take a step back and strive for the greatest benefit.

Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhicai and said, "Zhicai, I don't know why you came to see me."

Hear the words.

Xi Zhicai also remembered that he came to see Cao Cao because he had something to do.

He saw Cao Cao frowning and sighing before, so he asked about it.

After learning about the food and grass matter, he almost forgot about the business.

"Lord, this is a letter sent from Yizhou."

Xi Zhicai took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Cao Cao.

After knowing that Liu Qi used the excuse of annihilating Zhang Lu to divide his troops into Yizhou, Cao Cao also asked him to send many spies into Yizhou and always pay attention to the battle situation in Yizhou.

You can always pay attention to the movements of the Jingzhou Army.

A glint flashed in Cao Cao's eyes as he took the letter.

How could he not pay attention to Liu Qi's army plotting to seize Yizhou?

Even if he couldn't take action, he still had to know the situation.

After all, the territory Liu Qi controls is just below his territory, and it is impossible not to pay attention to it.

What's more, in his heart, Liu Qi is much more troublesome than Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Sun Quan and others.

Even if he has what he has now In terms of strength, I dare not say that I can 100% capture Jingzhou.

Otherwise, we would not send troops to Liangzhou, but to seize the land of Jingzhou.

A land of Jingzhou is better than taking both Liangzhou and Bingzhou, not to mention that most of the land of Bingzhou is still in Yuan Shao hands

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