Cao Cao camped in the city, waiting for Yuan Shu to counterattack.
"Lord, there is not much food and grass left now." Guo Jia said with cupped hands.
"Call the grain officer." Cao Cao ordered.
The grain and grass officer in charge of grain and grass soon joined the Chinese army.
"Recently there has been a shortage of food and grass, and the soldiers are not full of food and strength. What is the reason?" Cao Cao asked.
The grain officer knelt down and cried, "My lord, there is not much grain left. If I don't cut back, I may not be able to survive until today!"
"How much food is left?" Cao Cao asked indifferently.
"If you are frugal, you can still last for five days. If you are full after two meals, you may not be able to last for two days." The grain officer said again.
After hearing this, Cao Cao closed his eyes and calmed down.
"Okay, if you dare to deduct food and grass so that the soldiers don't have enough to eat, someone will drag him down and chop him down!"
"Hang his head separately to vent the hatred of the soldiers!" Cao Cao ordered decisively.
"Master, Master, it's really none of my business, Master..."
Before he finished speaking about grain and grass, he was dragged down and chopped down.
Cao Cao closed his eyes, and after hearing a scream, he turned to Xun Yu and said, "Put him down and go back and treat his family well."
Xun Yu raised his eyebrows, cupped his hands and said yes.
"clear."
Cao Cao had no choice but to send troops before the autumn harvest, which would have caused a shortage of food and grass.
But if we send troops after the autumn harvest, the day lilies will be cold.
Being in control of the situation, he knows exactly when is the best time to send troops.
Sending troops before the autumn harvest caught Yuan Shu by surprise, and since Yuan Shu's men had no food, it was easier to fight.
"Our actions are still too slow." Cao Cao shook his head, quite dissatisfied.
"Lord, our march is already very fast, but there are many cities here, which can easily cause obstacles." Guo Jia stood up and said.
"We still need to speed up the progress." Cao Cao said softly.
"Understood." Guo Jia nodded, and together with other counselors, went to formulate a strategy.
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Xuzhou!
Lu Bu's troops and horses have been mobilized, and Lu Bu also wore armor and walked out of the central hall.
Lu Bu looked at his soldiers and said, "Listen to my orders and follow me to regain Xuzhou and attack Chenliu!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison.
"kill!"
Lu Bu rode on the red rabbit horse and led his soldiers to steal the house.
The news that Lu Bu had stolen the house reached the prison. When Chen Gong heard about it, he was frightened.
"Lu Fengxian, you are a bastard! A common man! A reckless man!" Chen Gong yelled in prison.
"You common man, once Cao Ah Man comes back and forms a double-team with Yanzhou, besieging you from all sides, where will you run?"
Chen Gong was heartbroken in prison and cursed Lu Bu for his incompetence.
Lu Bu thought he was very smart and took advantage of Cao Cao's army to go out and steal Xuzhou and Yanzhou.
Xuzhou can be taken back, but Yanzhou is not that easy.
Cao Cao is not an incompetent person. He will definitely leave enough troops before sending troops to deal with Yuan Shao in the north and Lu Bu in the west.
When he comes back and attacks from the east of Xuzhou, forming a double-team with Yanzhou, where can Lu Bu go?
Unless Cao Cao is defeated, Lu Bu will be in danger.
Chen Gong knew that Lu Bu was stupid, but he didn't expect that he would be so stupid.
"Hey." Chen Gong sighed, secretly feeling sad.
Outside Shouchun Palace.
Zhou Sheng sat on the top of a tree, listening to the sound of the wind.
"Lü Bu stole the house and will occupy the entire Xuzhou within seven days." A light and sweet voice came from the wind. It belonged to the tomb guard of the Wind Lineage.
"I understand." Zhou Sheng said lightly.
He had expected this.
No, to be precise, I have seen it a long time ago.
That idiot Lu Bu wouldn't steal from anyone's house, but he stole from Cao Cao.
I wonder if Cao Cao has been eyeing Xuzhou for a long time?
"Sir, there are formations in all directions of Shouchun Palace, both underground and in the air. Once we get close, we will be discovered." The earth-line guardian who was hiding in the soil came out and said.
When Zhou Sheng heard this, he nodded slightly.
"I understand." Zhou Sheng looked at the brightly lit Shouchun Palace. It was Yuan Shu's last carnival moment.
"I'm going to Cao Mengde's place."
Cao Cao got down from the tree trunk and prepared to go to Cao's camp.
"I want to go too." Liuli stood up and said.
When Zhou Sheng heard this, he looked back at Liuli and said in a deep voice: "Don't you know the name of Thief Cao?"
When Liuli heard the word "cao thief", she immediately understood what Zhou Sheng meant.
"Then I won't go."
Zhou Sheng rose on the wind. Shouchun Palace is three hundred miles away from Cao Ying. It would take an ordinary person more than a month to walk there.
For Zhou Sheng, thirty seconds is up.
He landed outside the Chinese army tent in Cao Ying and was instantly stopped by a tall man with a thick beard, a sturdy back and a strong back.
"Who dares to break into the lord's army camp!" Xu Chu waved his sword to block Zhou Sheng.
"Go and tell Cao Mengde that Zhou Sheng wants to see you." Zhou Sheng said calmly.
When Xu Chu heard this, he signaled to his men with his eyes, while he stared at Zhou Sheng.
After his men went in to report, Cao Cao quickly walked out laughing.
"Hahahaha, I heard magpies chirping on the branches early this morning. I thought something good would happen, but I didn't expect you, sir, to come."
"Come on, come on, please come in!" Cao Cao walked up to Zhou Sheng, stretched out his hand and pulled Zhou Sheng to go in.
"Use the sword and disarm!" Xu Chu stopped Zhou Sheng.
Normally, no one approaching Cao Cao is allowed to wear a sword or armor.
During the war, generals with swords should stay ten steps away from Cao Cao, while civil servants should stay within ten steps.
Even a personal bodyguard like Xu Chu could only get five steps closer.
Without him, Cao Cao's suspicion would be too strong.
And Zhou Sheng is now very close to Cao Cao.
"Zhongkang, this gentleman is different. If he wants to kill me, no one can protect my head." Cao Cao patted Xu Chu on the shoulder and said, and then pulled Zhou Sheng into the Chinese army camp.
After Zhou Sheng entered, he looked at the counselors and soldiers around Cao Cao and nodded slightly.
Boss Cao’s group has begun to take shape.
"Fengxiao, this is Zhou Sheng, I mentioned it to you earlier." Cao Cao introduced Zhou Sheng to Guo Jia.
"Guo Fengxiao, I have met you sir." Guo Jia bowed his hands and saluted.
"You're welcome." Zhou Sheng returned the gesture.
Cao Cao took Zhou Sheng to sit on the main seat, but Zhou Sheng did not go and sat down below.
Zhou Sheng sat below, and Cao Cao did not dare to sit on the main seat, so Cao Cao simply sat on the ground, on the tiger skin carpet.
His respect for Zhou Sheng comes from his ignorance of Zhou Sheng's identity.
"Mr. Cao's arrival makes me feel honored." Cao Cao said with a smile.
"You're welcome." Zhou Sheng replied.
"I wonder what business you have here, sir?" Cao Cao asked.
He knew that there was definitely something wrong with Zhou Sheng coming here.
When Zhou Sheng heard this, he didn't give in and asked directly: "I came here just to ask Duke Cao when Shouchun will be conquered?"