Every time Cao Cao went out to fight, he either won or was troubled by food and grass. After fighting for so long this time, he marched here again, food and grass began to have problems. Xun Yu's words made Cao Cao feel stuffy. The situation in Yanzhou was not good in recent years. Liu He would collect some food, and secondly, his productivity did not keep up. Again, the environment of this Little Ice Age had a great blow to food and grass. Whenever the dynasty declined, natural disasters and man-made disasters always accompanies them. Even if Liu He used many methods, it was only a little better. However, it was not enough to change the current situation. The overall national conditions could only be improved by the unification of the world.

This is something that needs to be done as a whole, and it cannot be changed by a certain place. So Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo has a way... how many days can the grain and grass last?"

Xun You thought for a while and said, "It's barely five days, but if you go deep into Changzhi to replenish food and grass, it's a problem. Once the war starts, it may not be enough. Lord, we might as well... lend some Yuan Shao's? If it doesn't work, we will guard this county, so that we will consume less, and we will be faster if we don't provide logistics." After thinking for a while, it seems that this is the only way.

Cao Cao thought about it: "Ask Yuan Shao to borrow some? It's not impossible..." According to Yuan Shao's opinion, he wanted to enter Changzhi, but not enough food and grass is also a problem.

Xun Yu nodded and said, "What about going on now? I will go out tomorrow..."

"Zhongde went there and said that we were short of food and grass. If we went deep into Changzhi, it would be difficult to achieve our goal." Cao Cao thought for a while and said again: "You only need to borrow his food and grass for ten days. If you think there is too much, he will not give it to you." Thinking that Liu He borrowed his food and Yuan Shao's food again, that person was probably very sensitive to food and grass.

Cheng Yu immediately went to Yuan Shao’s camp. Yuan Shao was having a meal at this moment. Not to mention that the food tonight was a bit fragrant. Cao Cao’s arrival greatly made Yuan Shao feel at ease: “The envoy of the lord Cao Cao is here…”

Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter? Please come in." He put down his chopsticks and sat in his seat and waited.

Not long after, Cheng Yu came in: "General Yuan, my lord, was too anxious to come here this time. The army had very insufficient food and supplies. Can you borrow ten days of food?" Seeing Yuan Shao suddenly become very serious from his relaxed look.

Of course, Yuan Shao was serious. Look at what Liu He did, and he borrowed so much food and grass from him. He would definitely not return it to him. Not to mention turning around and beating him, he was just a beating. Now Cao Cao is here to borrow food again, which made Yuan Shao instinctively feel that something was wrong?

"Borrow food and grass?" He said silent for a while, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Xu You, who was on the other hand, quickly reminded: "Lord... Cao Cao has a gunpowder bag, and he will exchange it for a ten-day food and grass."

Yuan Shao remembered this and said that Cao Cao didn't seem to give him anything? He was so embarrassed to ask himself for something. For a moment, Yuan Shao said that he was very unhappy: "I heard that Brother Meng De bought a gunpowder bag from Liu He, and this thing was so curious. I can't give this food for the past ten days in vain, so what if I exchange it for? You don't have to pay back the food in the future. Please go back and tell Cao Cao."

Cheng Yu sighed: "So... then General Yuan will wait." As he said that, he said goodbye and went back directly. He had no choice but to make decisions about this matter.

He went back immediately. Cao Cao in the military camp was a little surprised and immediately began to ponder. To be honest, he was unwilling to give it to Yuan Shao. After all, not only is this expensive thing, it is also a kind of advantage to master it.

"My lord's opponent is Liu He now, and the lord can't study this thing for a while. Why not give it to Yuan Shao, maybe Yuan Shao can study it. If he doesn't give it to him, the lord can not participate in Yuan Shao's side. I think even if it is researched, Yuan Shao will not be Liu He's opponent. At that time, he will definitely give it to the lord...the research results." Guo Jia's analysis seemed quite reasonable, let alone it.

Cao Cao immediately nodded and said, "Yes, Zhongde told Yuan Shao that we would hand over the food and exchange it for gunpowder bags tomorrow morning. We wouldn't have many gunpowder bags, only a few..." When he said this, Cao Cao was more or less at ease.

Cheng Yu walked again here. He ran several times this night, and finally decided on the matter. After a night passed, Cao Cao was ready here. Looking at the food and grass outside the military camp, Cao Cao expressed his satisfaction. After the exchange between the two sides, Cao Cao took the food and grass around Shexian and headed towards Changzhi.

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with the gunpowder bag. He was not afraid of Cao Cao cheating him. After all, they had to cooperate for a long time. He waved his hand to signal his subordinates to study it. Now he was excited to get this thing. Yuan Shao arranged it here. Looking at the people on the city tower in the distance, there should be not many cavalry here. They are indeed very powerful in the city, but coming out... they are looking for death.

Du Chang on the city tower had a serious face, and Chang Lin next to him was almost the same: "Cao Cao arrived yesterday. We had notified Governor Xianyufu, Ke Bienn and Bu Dugen. Now they should be coming soon, right? Yesterday we sent someone to Luoyang again, hoping to deal with it well. If Yuan Shao doesn't leave here, it will be difficult for us to move."

Originally, if Cao Cao had not come to support, Yuan Shao could only watch here and did not dare to go deep into Changzhi. Once Du Chang seized the retreat, Yuan Shao would have been dead, but now with Cao Cao, it would not be necessary. Instead, they were restrained by Yuan Shao with a large army, and they had no way to go for a while.

Chang Lin also said, "We can't leave, we don't have many cavalry. Even if there are firearms, they will inevitably be destroyed by Yuan Shao. I'm careless..." They thought they only had Yuan Shao, so there were not many cavalrymen, and a large number of supplies and soldiers were safe here. Changzhi was not very empty, but it was just some new recruits, which was not enough to face this situation.

The two of them stood on the city tower and watched, but they were very powerless. Although Changzhi had a certain guards and certain military strength and supplies, it was too little to face Cao Cao. Secondly, those workshops and the like were all outside. If Cao Cao had any thoughts, the losses would be huge.

Chang Lin's face was on one side: "We will break out tonight, and we will leave it to General Du to guard it. The lord will hand over Shangdang County to me. If this is lost, I will have the face to see my lord." When Chang Lin said this, his face turned a little red, not only in Shangdang County but also his family.

Du Chang's face stiffened: "Mr. Chang must not be allowed. If you want to leave the city, let General Mo go. After all, General Mo is very familiar with him. Even if he fights, even if there are only thousands of cavalry. Even if the Cao army is powerful, we will not fight, and we can harass them all the way. It will take at least three days from here to Changzhi. During this period, we will inevitably harass him so much that he is in a terror. But this place is left to Lord Chang..."

Chang Lin thought for a moment and said, "General Du's words are reasonable. Since you are so careful all the way. You don't need to fight head-on with the Cao army, just harass it. General Du followed his lord, and I think he did this a lot, right?" Du Chang must have known it when he fought against the Huns and Xianbei.

Chief Du immediately luggage and said, "It's not time to go here, so please let me know." After that, he turned around. Chang Lin had no problem with his work ability, but this was the first time he had fought this thing.

As soon as Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao away, he saw two thousand cavalry rushing out on the other side. This was not too much, only two thousand Yuan Shao did not pursue him. The main reason was that the opponent had a lot of firearms, and if the cavalry wanted to run away, they wouldn't catch up. Of course, only two thousand would not pose much threat to Cao Cao. At least Yuan Shao felt that the problem should not be big.

"No one is allowed to come out here anymore. Soldiers are arranged to investigate day and night. If they want to come out, they will arrange it immediately." Yuan Shao gave the order, and now he really has a chance.

Yuan Shao didn't just attack the city and just guarded the opponent here. On the other side, Cao Cao set out on the other side and found the cavalry behind Chang Chang. There was no such thing as rushing over. Seeing that the opponent seemed to be shooting with firearms, the soldiers immediately held up their shields to start defending. Cao Ren arranged for the rest of the people to prepare to get on the horse to meet the enemy, but who knew that the opponent suddenly stopped moving forward when he was close. Cao Cao was on the battlefield, and he watched them from afar and didn't move forward at all...

"This..." Cao Ren was a little bored for a moment. Should he go forward or continue on the road now? Seeing Cao Cao, he was a little confused. He arranged his cavalry to go forward, afraid that the other party would either shoot at them or shoot? If they dared to chase the other party, they would definitely run and fight. If the cavalry were left here to confront each other, others would definitely rush up.

Cao Cao's face turned pale: "There are only such a few cavalry... The two teams of cavalry were separated and they came forward to meet the enemy with shields and crossbows." As he said that, Cao Cao separated and went forward with shields. It was rare for these cavalry to hold shields, and it was particularly awkward to be slow. But they still charged, which made people angry that the other party ran away without turning around.
Chapter completed!