Chapter 17 Yanzhou was pacified
"Lord, for the current plan, we will march eastward and pursue the victory with all our strength. We will defeat the remaining Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop and pacify Yanzhou!"
Inside the big tent, Xi Zhicai raised his hands to give advice.
During this period, Xun Yu was handling government affairs in the rear, and most of the battles between Cao's army and the Yellow Turban were carried out by Zhicai, who was behind to designate military strategies.
As he spoke, all Cao Ying generals nodded in agreement.
Cao Cao laughed.
"Okay, what Zhicai said is right. There are too many changes in the world now, and we can't wait too long to pacify Yanzhou!"
"This time, let's fight and win!"
In this little half a year, Cao Jun and the Yellow Turbans fought repeatedly, with more victories than fewer defeats.
Nowadays, the morale of the entire Cao Army is at a high level, but on the Yellow Turban side, due to the autumn harvest and other reasons, the Yellow Turbans are completely at the end of their strength.
After the strategy was decided, Cao Cao planned to take the initiative to lead the army eastward. He and Xi Zhicai led a group of generals to pursue the Yellow Turbans.
In the next few days, Xiyu's life still didn't change much.
And Cao Cao also unknowingly gathered hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans during the Yellow Turban War in the past six months.
He only focused on annexing more than 300,000 Yellow Turbans in one go, but he ignored the most important point.
Until, more than ten days later, the news of Cao Jun's victory over the Yellow Turbans came back.
As we watched, the time turned from late autumn to cold winter, and with the consumption of 400,000 soldiers, food began to become less and less.
For more than a month, Cao Cao could hardly sleep.
Changyi, in Cao Cao's mansion.
He subconsciously glanced at the actor brothers beside him.
Cao Cao was even more worried.
In just a moment, Cao Cao understood that Xi Yu was asking him to go to Yuan Shao for food!
This matter is quite easy to handle.
That is food.
In fact, it would even bring him down.
Cao Cao just asked casually, not expecting Xi Yu to give him any good answer.
Of course, Yuan Shao would not do anything about giving food and grass for free. Perhaps only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao know what the dispute is.
In the back hall, Cao Cao, who was heating the stove, couldn't help but sigh.
It’s too late!
Of course, there cannot be any delay in spring planting.
Xun Yu sat in the rear and coordinated the provisions.
At this moment, Cao Cao already had 400,000 troops in Yanzhou.
Naturally, Cao Cao couldn't bear to part with these people.
"Back to my lord, our army's food and fodder can probably last until April next year!"
Cao Cao took a deep breath. Can he only hold on until April?
Even if planting is started in winter and spring, there will still be several months in between when the harvest comes and it will be too late.
Today's Jizhou is the number one state in the Han Dynasty. With this year's bumper harvest, there is no shortage of food in the entire Jizhou.
Now there were only the four of them in the entire back hall. As Cao Cao's chief advisor, Xi Yu was naturally present.
Nowadays, the world situation is changing, and if you are not careful, foreign enemies may attack.
After half a year of fighting, Cao Cao became rich in one fell swoop.
Late September.
As Cao Cao asked, Xun Yu, who was sitting next to him, raised his head.
"April!"
"Wen Ruo, how long can our army's current food and grass be supplied?"
However, an even more troublesome thing appeared in his mind right after.
While Xi Yu lowered his head to think, Cao Cao's eyes had already fallen on him.
Just like the historical situation, at the end of September, Cao Cao led the army to defeat the remaining main force of the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou in one fell swoop.
The current pacification of Yanzhou is only the first step of the plan, and the next step is to start development.
After this winter, if there is no source of food and grass, it may not take more than a year for the more than 300,000 Yellow Turbans to collapse.
"My lord, not only will Yanzhou have a good harvest this year, but also all over the Han Dynasty, as long as there is spring plowing, most of them will have a good harvest!"
Xi Yu didn't say anything. He knew that in history, Cao Cao often asked his eldest brother Yuan Shao for food and grass.
However, these official tasks are not many and are easy to deal with.
However, even if the autumn harvest is good today, the food and fodder to supply the 400,000 troops may not last long.
The whole Yanzhou has to eat not only the 400,000 troops, but also the families of these soldiers, etc. Naturally, the food and grass are consumed very quickly.
Jizhou?
Yuan Shao?
Xi Zhicai frowned, the lack of food was obvious.
"I heard that Jizhou also had a good harvest!"
After this battle, the entire Yanzhou was completely pacified.
At this time, naturally we cannot let the food and grass get out of the chain.
Immediately afterwards, in a short period of time, many people came to serve Cao Cao.
"Haha, Fengyi woke me up. I can ask Yuan Benchu ​​to borrow some food. I think he won't refuse."
In the past, the Yellow Turban Army could not afford to support the Yellow Turban Army. Even though he had cut some of the troops, there were still more than 300,000 soldiers today.
"Fengyi, do you have a plan in mind?"
Currently, Yuan Shao is in Jizhou, which is adjacent to Yanzhou.
As soon as Xi Yu spoke, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment.
As the depth of winter approaches, the weather is likely to snow soon.
Cao Cao's return with an army of 400,000 men was of course a happy event for Cao Cao.
food!
Even in the final battle, 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were gathered in one breath.
Xi Yu naturally stayed. As Cao Cao's boss, it was not until recently that he had some official duties to handle.
After several consecutive years of disaster, this year we have good weather.
What's more, at the moment, Yuan Shao has the Hebei Zhen family standing behind him, so he probably won't be short of food.
His relationship with Yuan Shao is still very good. His former governor of Dongjun was also appointed by Yuan Shao.
With more than 300,000 Yellow Turbans gathered, the entire Yanzhou soldiers' attitude toward Cao Cao also completely began to change.
But how can the training of soldiers be reduced?
This is something Xun Yu carefully condensed and compiled.
Cao Cao lived here, and in Yuan Shao's eyes, Cao Cao was still his younger brother.
However, when Xi Yu heard Cao Cao's question, he subconsciously responded.
Moreover, the situation Xun Yu calculated was that these soldiers had reduced their training!
"After that, I'm sending people to other states to buy some food. I think it won't be a big problem!"
After thinking about it, the depression accumulated in Cao Cao's heart was relieved a lot.
"Right now, it's time for winter and spring plowing. Do you have any good ideas for this?"
It will not be difficult to get grain from Yuan Shao to sustain next year's autumn harvest.
However, the next most important thing is the spring plowing. Once there is a problem with the spring plowing, the 400,000-strong army will become a devastating disaster.
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Chapter completed!