Wancheng, when Ma Chao led 5,000 Liangzhou troops to Wancheng and saw the mountains of food and grass piled up outside Wancheng, Ma Chao regretted that he had made things difficult for Jingzhou with a ten-day appointment.
Outside Wancheng, piles of extremely high grain and grass were shocked by Ma Chao. In addition, there were carriages transporting grain and grass constantly gathering here, and there were even more places at the gate of Wancheng.
Nearly hundreds of carriages transported trucks of food and supplies outside the city into the city.
"I dare to ask if it's General Ma from Liangzhou?" Just when Ma Chao and others didn't know where to start, Wu Xiong came over with a few personal soldiers in a Confucian robe.
"That's right, I wonder if sir?" Ma Chao didn't know much about this place, so he didn't dare to be too arrogant.
"Wu Xiong is responsible for managing the food and grass in Wancheng. The lord promised 200,000 dan of food and grass to Liangzhou is ready. I wonder when the general will take it away?" Wu Xiong pointed to the few not far away.
Ten piles of grain and grass roads.
"This..." Ma Chao was stunned, turned his head and looked at the dozens of piles of grain and grass not far away, his heart was slightly sank. This is 200,000 dan of grain and grass? Not to mention that 5,000 people transported 200,000 dan of grain and grass back to Liangzhou.
It seems a bit difficult to transport 50,000 dan of grain and grass to Liangzhou.
"These more than ten piles are 200,000 dan of food and grass from Liangzhou. General Ma is going to take it away now?" Wu Xiong said with a smile, but anyone could see the gloating in his smile.
He has also heard about Liangzhou. Although he is a little shameful to Liangzhou's actions, he has not revealed that after the completion of the Wancheng granary, he must accommodate at least nearly 100,000 dan of grain and grass, and he must not lose any scheming methods.
Although the person in front of him was annoyed, it was also related to the grain storage in Wancheng's granary and there was no negligence.
"I wonder if sir can be tolerant for a few days and let these grains be stored here for a while?" Ma Chao said with a tough forehead.
"Of course, it can be stored for a few days or a year or three years." Wu Xiong said indifferently.
"Take it seriously?" Ma Chao said in surprise.
"Of course, you should take it seriously, but if you stay here, someone must take care of the 200,000 dan of food and grass. The cost is quite large." Wu Xiong said with a embarrassed look.
"Haha, sir, please rest assured. I will never let silly work." Although I was despised, Ma Chao said with a look of joy.
"Since that's the case, I'm not polite. For every ten pounds of grain and grass stored in our Jingzhou granary, the general must pay one pound of tax every year. I wonder how much grain and grass the general will store in our Jingzhou granary?
How many years does the general plan to store it?" Wu Xiong said seriously.
"Well?"
Looking at Wu Xiong with a serious look, Ma Chao and others were stunned at first, but then they all changed their faces. Ten chunks of grain and grass need to be paid one chunk of tax a year, and two chunks of 200,000 chunks of food and grass must be paid two chunks of tax a year.
The tax of tens of thousands of dan is obviously aimed at Liangzhou.
"Hmph! Are you trying to play with me? Can't you wait?" Pang De's face turned gloomy and his eyes looked at Wu Xiong with extremely bad eyes.
"How dare you play tricks on the general? It's just that this matter was specially told by the governor of the state. No one can change it. If the general is not far away, he can transport all the 200,000 dan of food and grass, and he will never stop it." Wu Xiong looked serious and looked serious.
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"Since that's the case, then store 150,000 dan of grain here for one year. In three days, we will transport the remaining 50,000 dan of grain and grass away." Ma Chao said immediately.
"What?" Pang De and others looked at Ma Chao in surprise. 150,000 tents were stored for one year, which would be 15,000 tents of tax?
"Haha, General Ma is still ready to go. General Ma is relieved. In three days, he will prepare 50,000 of them for the general." Wu Xiong said with a smile.
"Since that's the case, I'll thank you." Ma Chao bowed and took Pang De and others away.
"Major General, Jingzhou is obviously taking advantage of the situation to bully people. Why did the Major General agree to their conditions?" Pang De frowned and looked at Ma Chao.
"Don't worry, even if you pay 15,000 dan of food and grass in a year, I still have 185,000 dan of food and grass in Liangzhou. Since I know that this is Liu Qi deliberately makes things difficult for him, even if we can do these two things
If 100,000 harbors of food and grass are transported away, Liu Qi will not let us leave easily. Since this is the case, it would be better to be cheap for the time being. Then Liu Qi, when our Liangzhou army swept the world in the future, it will not be too late to find Liu Qi's trouble."
Ma Chao shook his head and said.
"The Major General is wise." Pang De and others all showed a sudden look on their faces. No wonder the Major General agreed to Jingzhou's request so easily.
At the same time, Wu Xiong in Wancheng was talking to a young general, and he was the commander of the Flying Tiger Guard, Wang Yi.
"Sir, is this trip going smoothly?" Wang Yi was surprised to see Wu Xiong with a smile.
"It went smoothly. Ma Chao agreed to the lord's conditions without thinking. It was really hard to understand." Wu Xiong shook his head and said.
"Oh, but then Ma Chao has other plans?" Wang Yi said in surprise.
"I don't think it's like Ma Chao, it seems that he won't swallow this breath, but this is Jingzhou, which is the dragon, which is the tiger. The 200,000 dan of grain and grass has been stored here.
Being able to maintain the supply of food and grass in Jingzhou for ten months is not worth mentioning than this other ones." Wu Xiong said with a smile.
"This is, how has the construction of Mr.'s granary been built? I wonder if construction has started?" Wang Yi suddenly said.
"Haha, the granary is ready-made. There was a large granary in Wancheng before, and it was just right to store these grains and grass there first. After the new granary is built, it will not be too late to move it over." Wu Xiong smiled and said with a smile.
Guandu, after receiving the letter sent by the mysterious man, Cao Cao immediately asked Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others to discuss the incident of the sneak attack on Wuchao.
Wuchao is indeed a gathering place for Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops to collect all the food and grass prepared for Yuan Shao's expedition. If it can be burned down, Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops will be able to destroy it without attacking.
After receiving the letter sent by the mysterious man, Cao Cao also ordered people to secretly inquire about Wuchao's situation. As the letter paper said, Wuchao was indeed Yuan Shao's place to store grain. But Wuchao's defenders alone could not leave.
There are 20,000 yuan, and there are also Chunyu Qiong, a general under Yuan Shao, who is personally guarding it. It is really troublesome to attack Wuchao.
Not to mention that Wuchao is a military-intensive area that is very strict, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The 20,000 troops in Wuchao alone are not easy to deal with. Cao Cao's troops have been suppressed and beaten by Yuan Shao these days, and his whereabouts have been even more
The scouts under Yuan Shao only looked at it and it was really hard to hide it from Yuan Shao's eyes and ears if they wanted to mobilize more than 10,000 troops.
For more than ten days, Cao Cao did not move at all, and no one except Guo Jia and others knew Cao Cao's plans. During these ten days, Yuan Shao's troops were still fierce, suppressing the soldiers under Cao Cao's command.
I can't raise my head, and during the battle with Yuan Shao's troops, Cao Cao would deliberately leave some people in the dense forest outside the camp. In more than ten days, nearly 10,000 people had been ignorant by Cao Cao.
Stay outside the camp with conscious mind.
On this day, when Cao Cao's troops returned to the camp, Cao Cao did not summon all the generals under his command to discuss the matter as usual, but instead summoned Guo Jia and others to discuss the matter. The big tent was closed and no one knew how many people were in the big tent.
Discuss what to do.
Just in a dense forest more than ten miles outside the camp, stepping on the thick fallen leaves under your feet, Cao Cao was in a strange mind. Cao Cao, who was originally discussing affairs in the big tent, actually concealed it from everyone without knowing it.
Appearing here. Beside Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, and general Cao Hong and others were all here.
These generals are the most trusted generals under Cao Cao's command. This sneak attack on Wuchao will not allow any mistakes, so Cao Cao did not dare to take risks and only found the generals in his clan.
"Lord, why are we staying here?" General Cao Hong said first.
As soon as Cao Hong finished speaking, everyone turned their heads to look at Cao Cao. Among these people, except for Xiahou Yuan vaguely guessing some clues, the others were unaware of them.
"Miaocai, do you know the reason?" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xiahou Yuan.
"It should be related to the secret letter a few days ago." Xiahou Yuan's eyes flashed without hiding. All of them were Cao Cao's clan brothers and brothers. There was nothing to hide.
"Secret Letter?" Everyone looked at Cao Cao in surprise. They had heard of the secret letter, but didn't it say that the secret letter was just a joke for those who were good at it, but now I look at Cao Cao and
Xiahou Yuan’s reaction was a hidden secret.
"Then do you know what is said in the secret letter?" Cao Cao smiled.
"I won't know until the end." Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said.
"I said nothing on the superstitious paper, just said one sentence, Yuan Shao's food and grass are in Wuchao." Cao Cao smiled.
"Does the lord want to?" Several people immediately woke up. Cao Cao did this clearly because he wanted to attack Wuchao.
"Yes, I just want to attack Wuchao. The food and grass of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops were stored in Wuchao. There were 20,000 Yuan Shao's troops stationed, and there were also Chunyu Qiong, the general under Yuan Shao's command, and the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to defend.
If you want to attack, you must attack." Cao Cao nodded and said.
"As early as ten days ago, Fengxiao and I decided to attack Wuchao. This matter has a great relationship, so I have not explained it to you until now." Looking at my clan brother, clan brother, Cao Cao, who had been fighting with me for many years, was a little bit like that.
The sighing saying.
"A Man is joking. This matter is related to our life and death, so we should do this." Cao Hong said with a smile.
When Cao Hong called him Aman, Cao Cao also smiled. In private, he still liked someone to call him nicknames, but it was only in private.
Cao Hong's voice suddenly pulled the distance between the few people a lot. The few people immediately started to talk and laugh, and asked Cao Cao about the plan for the battle.
"This sneak attack is of great importance. I will personally lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Wuchao. You and I will go with me. Miaocai and I will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Wuchao from two directions. We must be in Yuan Shao
The reinforcements rushed to capture Wuchao before they arrived and burned all the food and grass in it."
Several people squatted on the ground, and Cao Cao pointed to the map in front of him.
"Among, I'll leave this battle to me. Just stay in the camp and wait for the news." Cao Hong said suddenly.
"Yes, stay in the camp to guard against Yuan Shao's sneak attack."
"Yes, once Yuan Shao finds out that we are attacking Wuchao, he will definitely send troops to attack the camp."
"I have entrusted all the matters in the camp to Fengxiao. This battle is related to our life and death, and I must participate." Cao Cao's voice was not loud, but he spoke firmly.
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