Xu You's investment this time must be to demonstrate his value.
So he didn't beat around the bush, went straight to the topic, and asked: "Brother Meng De fought with Yuan Shao this time, and everyone came out.
This stalemate has been going on for four or five months. I wonder how much Brother Meng De has a chance of defeating this, and how much food and grass he still has?!"
Cao Cao thought that Xu You had indeed fallen into the trap and thought he had no food, so he replied: "Ziyuan is indeed very sharp, and he discovered Cao's pain point as soon as he came...
To be honest, although I am fully confident of defeating Yuan Shao, I do not have much food and grass.
At most, I can only support it for another half year!"
When Xu You heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched and he thought to himself: "Cao Aha, you are indeed so treacherous..."
Then, Xu Youpi asked with a smile: "Brother Meng De, you don't even tell me the truth. I'm afraid that's not good, right?"
Cao Cao chuckled, not feeling the embarrassment of having his lie exposed at all, and replied: "That's what I told others. To be honest with you, I actually only have one month's worth of food..."
Hearing this, Xu You suddenly sighed, "It's sad... I wanted Xu You to risk his life to surrender, but Brother Meng De refused to treat me sincerely... Farewell!"
When Cao Cao saw Xu You getting up to leave, he quickly got up and grabbed Xu You, smiling and saying: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious... I told you the truth, you must not reveal anything!"
Xu You sat down again and said, "You tell me, I, Xu You, will never reveal even a single word to anyone!"
Cao Cao pretended to be embarrassed and said: "In fact, I only have five days of rations!"
Xu You rolled his eyes at Cao Cao, did not continue to talk in circles, and said directly: "Cao Mengde! Where do you have five days of food?"
Cao Cao was so shocked that he waved his hands and said, "Hey! Keep your voice down, keep your voice down!!!"
Xu You ignored him and said again: "I intercepted the messenger you sent to Xuzhou to collect food. There is no food in your camp to cook tomorrow!"
After finishing speaking, Xu You looked at Cao Cao with a half-smile.
Cao Cao snickered in his heart, but with a worried look on his face, he said: "So you already know... Alas, Cao was worried about this day and night, and even couldn't sleep all night.
Look, I have white hair on my head..."
Xu You felt satisfied when he saw Cao Cao surrendering.
Seeing Cao Cao's sad face, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Brother Meng De, if I have a strategy that can defeat Yuan Shao, would you believe it?!"
"Here we come!" Cao Cao's heart thumped and he said to himself: "That glimmer of chance of victory that Mr. Lu said!!!"
Cao Cao's excitement came from the bottom of his heart. He knelt down directly on the cushion to Xu You and said, "Please Ziyuan teach me!"
Xu You nodded, helped Cao Cao up, and said: "A few days ago, when the grain and grass sent from Bingzhou to Guandu passed through Yanjin Ferry, it was burned to pieces by your troops. Did you get the news?"
Cao Cao: "?"
But a moment later, Cao Cao suddenly thought of Gan Ning, and said with great joy: "But what a good thing a group of cavalry did?"
When Xu You saw Cao Cao's admission, he was convinced. He continued: "That's right. Cao Ren led 10,000 people in a surprise attack. After being ambushed by the rear general Jiang Qi, he broke out."
"Cao Ren?" Cao Cao thought to himself, this boy is quite capable of causing trouble, not bad!
"After Cao Ren left, hundreds of cavalry took advantage of Jiang Qi's laxity to attack the camp. They also set fire to the nearly 100,000 stones of grain and grass that Yuan Jun had no time to carry across the Yellow River. However, Yuan Shao kept this news secret, so I'm afraid you
You haven’t received the exact news yet, right?”
"Yes, if Brother Ziyuan hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known that Yuan Shao had been burned..."
Xu You chuckled and continued: "One hundred thousand stones of food and grass is just dispensable to Yuan Shao. But I, Xu You, can give you one million stones of food and grass, Brother Mengde!"
Seeing that Cao Cao's eyes were wide open, Xu You seemed to be in disbelief, so he said bluntly: "Yuan Shao's grain and grass are all stored in Wuchao.
The new guard sent by Wuchao, Chunyu Qiong, was more than calm but not very clever.
Brother Meng De only needs to personally lead an elite cavalry force, kill them at night, burn all the food and grass, and Yuan's army will be in chaos!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Great, this is a rare opportunity. I will go there in person!"
Xu You asked again: "Brother Meng De, when do you plan to leave?"
"Without further ado, I'm leaving now!"
Cao Ao accepted Xu You's suggestion and immediately put on his armor and walked out of the camp.
Xu You followed Cao Cao out of the camp, but saw a green-robed scribe standing in front of them.
Xu You didn't know Lu Yan. When he saw Lu Yan blocking the way, he was worried for Cao Cao, so he shouted: "The Prime Minister has something important to do, brother, please don't block the way!"
Lu Yan glanced at Xu You, then looked at Cao Cao.
When Xu You saw that Lu Yan was ignoring him, he was about to get angry, but Cao Cao came to Lu Yan and greeted him with a smile: "Haha! Mr. Lu! Is the tiger skin I gave you still warm?"
Lu Yan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your kindness. I have been waiting for a long time!"
Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and then his face showed an ecstatic look and said: "Sir, you want to go too?!"
"This is the best time to defeat Yuan Shao, so I can't miss it!"
"Great! If you take action, even if it's a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, the King of Heaven and I, Cao Cao, won't look down upon you!"
Xu You stared blankly at Cao Cao, who was jumping up and down with joy, and finally guessed the identity of the blue-shirted scribe from their conversation.
Lu Changsheng, the pinnacle of civil and military affairs!
After Xu You guessed Lu Yan's identity, he hurriedly came to accuse him and said: "Xu You, a native of Nanyang, has met Lu Xiuqi! I was in a hurry just now, so please forgive Lu Xiuqi!"
"It doesn't matter!" Lu Yan showed a heart-warming smile and said: "If Duke Cao can defeat Yuan Shao, Brother Ziyuan will be the first to do it!"
"Don't you dare..." Xu You kept being modest, but his heart was already filled with joy.
Who is Lu Yan? If he can be recognized by him, this credit is already guaranteed! Of course, the premise is that Cao Cao really breaks through Wuchao and destroys Yuan Shao's food and grass.
Lu Yan led Cao Cao out of the camp.
On the way out of the camp, Lu Yan explained to Cao Cao: "Mr. Cao, I summoned the cavalry when I heard that Xu You was coming. Zilong, Ziheng, Wen Yuan and others must have been waiting for a long time!"
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Sir, I can rest assured! It is my honor, Mr. Cao, to fight side by side with you, sir!"
Lu Yan thought for a while and suddenly asked: "In that case, after this battle is over, can Mr. Cao give me a half-year vacation?"
"Let's discuss how to surprise Wuchao first..."
"...."
When we arrived at the gate of the camp, the cavalry were already standing neatly outside the camp.
Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu are also here.
Cao Cao looked at his close advisers and said, "Everyone, I will personally lead the army to Wuchao this time, and I will entrust everything in the camp to you!"
Guo Jia chuckled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, as long as we are here, Yuan Shao can't change the world!"
Cao Cao tilted his head slightly and said to Lu Yan: "Sir, without further ado, let's set off now!"
Lu Yan took out an article from his pocket and said, "Wait a minute, let me add a buff to the brothers first!"