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The reason why Cao Cao and Liu Jing were very concerned about each other's healthy lifespan was that they had a bet between them, to see who died first, of course, it did not refer to the natural lifespan, but actually it was implicitly to whom destroyed whom.

Actually, this is meaningless. It’s just that when a person reaches a certain age, he will be as serious as a child. Especially Cao Cao, who knows that he doesn’t have many years of life, so he attaches great importance to the bet between him and Liu Jing.

"My dear nephew, you have led the two states of Jingyi, with a fertile land of thousands of miles, a population of tens of thousands, and have an imperial foundation. If you are willing, I can ask the emperor to appoint you as King of Chu or King of Shu, or even as King of Han. The court does not need taxes, you can appoint officials yourself, and the court will admit that this is actually a breaking ground and self-reliance. As long as you don't threaten the court and invade Guanzhong, I am sincere and hope that the nephew can consider my suggestions."

Cao Cao felt that he had shown his greatest sincerity, and almost no one could resist this temptation. He looked at Liu Jing with anticipation, hoping to see a touch of emotion in Liu Jing's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jing just smiled faintly, without any temptation, "Thank you for your good intentions, Liu Jing is the grandson of the great Han emperor. How can he not yearn for Chang'an? I am sure to win Chang'an. I want to persuade the Prime Minister to know the current affairs, withdraw his troops from Guanzhong, and save the lives of the soldiers. As for the title of king, I also want to persuade the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has added nine tins of Wei to Duke Wei. This is already a minister. Don't go forward anymore. One step forward is a deep abyss. The Prime Minister must consider the name behind him and consider the Sun."

Cao Cao's face changed drastically. Liu Jing was warning him not to be the king again. Cao Cao called Wei Gong only the first step. His ultimate goal was to be the king of Wei. Once a different surname became a king, it means that he was only a line away from the emperor. As long as Sun was strong, he could completely replace him. This is the reason why the king of a different surname has been a taboo in the dynasty since ancient times.

In the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin, Peng Yue and others became kings and were finally killed. Later, the brother of the Lu family was also named King of another surname and was killed again. How could Cao Cao not know these principles? He suddenly understood the reason why Liu Jing called himself the Han army, not targeting the court, but was already preventing him from replacing the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao's face turned red and white. Liu Jing had seen through his thoughts and left him speechless. After a while, he snorted heavily, turned around and went down to the military fort, ignoring Liu Jing.

Liu Jing couldn't help but sneer. He understood Cao Cao's thoughts. He tried his best to confer Duke Wei to himself, and he had to give him the title of Duke Chu first, but he added nine tins for himself. If Cao Cao won the battle in Guanzhong, then he would be sure to confer the title of King of Wei.

Seeing that Cao Cao had left, Liu Jing rode his horse back to the team and immediately ordered: "Turn around and return to Hanzhong."

More than a thousand people transferred the team and headed towards Hanzhong in a mighty manner

Cao Cao was exposed by Liu Jing and left in anger. After walking for more than ten miles, he gradually calmed down and couldn't help but smile at everyone: "Liu Jing was my enemy, and I actually expect him to say good things to me. Isn't this very strange? What else can I get angry with?"

After saying that, Cao Cao burst into laughter.

Zhong Yao stroked his beard and smiled, "The Prime Minister is right. When the enemy is in front of him, you should stay calm and rational. Liu Jing used the method of provoking generals. If he is inspired by his words, he may make an irrational decision, which just fulfills his intention."

Cao Cao nodded and turned around and asked Xun You, "It seems that Gongda's words have not been finished just now, what else is there?"

Xun You smiled slightly, "I mean, if Liu Jing decides to use troops from Qishan, I will have a series of plans to defeat the Han army."

At this time, Cao Cao no longer cared about Xun You calling Liu Jing's army Han army. He hurriedly asked: "What are the good strategies for Gongda?"

"This chain of strategies is called the military lure strategy and the other is called the surprise military strategy. We can take advantage of the weaknesses of the Han army and set up a trap."

Xun You whispered a few words in Cao Cao's ear, and Cao Cao narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Gongda is worthy of being a world's strategic plan, and this plan is indeed brilliant."

He smiled at Zhong Yao again and said, "I know that Yuan Chang has a lot of connections in Guanzhong and Longyou, so I'll ask you for this matter."

Zhong Yao quickly saluted, "I am willing to serve the Prime Minister."

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It gradually came late February. With the end of spring plowing, the General's Mansion of the Cavalry finally issued an order to recruit 150,000 civilians and 100,000 livestock to gather in Hanzhong, as well as Zitong County, Shu County, Guanghan County, Brazil County, Wenchuan County, Yinping County and other counties in Yizhou, to gather in Hanzhong to assist the army in transporting 100,000 stones of grain and various military supplies to Xiabian County, Wudu County.

At the same time, Liu Jing ordered Wu Yi to be the governor of Hanzhong County and led 20,000 troops to guard various dangerous roads in Hanzhong. Liu Jing personally led 80,000 troops to Wudu County. At this point, the Han army finally kicked off the north attack on Guanzhong.

The capital of Wudu County is Xiabian County, which is located in today's Chengxian area. It is also a wide valley between the Qinling Mountains in the north and the Daba Mountains in the south. It is one of the large basins in Hanzhong. It was later called the Chenghui Basin. It was called the Wudu Valley at the end of the Han Dynasty. It is a plateau basin about more than a mile long and dozens of miles wide. The land here is fertile and the water source is sufficient. It is also a large grain-producing area in Hanzhong, with tens of thousands of people living.

There are two main roads from Bashu to Longxi, one is Yinping Road to the west. Walking through Yinping County, crossing Minshan Mountains into Lintao area. This road is steep and difficult to walk. Later Red Army took this road on the Long March.

The other is Qishan Road. From Wudu County to Tianshui County, you can reach the Wei River directly. The avenue is spacious and flat, and you can even walk through cavalry. Although there are many passes in the Qishan area, it is much easier to walk compared to the six roads in Guanzhong.

Moreover, when he arrived in the area of ​​Ji County, Tianshui County, there were many roads to enter Guanzhong. After further consideration, Liu Jing finally decided to set the line to attack Guanzhong as Qishan Road.

In the middle of the month, Liu Jing led tens of thousands of main troops to Xiabian County, Wudu County. At this time, hundreds of thousands of civilians and livestock gathered in Xiabian County, and grain and various military supplies were piled up like mountains. There were even tens of thousands of barrels of turmeric oil transported from Xiangyang.

To the west of the county town is a camp that stretches for more than 20 miles, with nearly 10,000 large tents, and it is invisible at first sight. This is the base of more than 100,000 civilians and nearly 80,000 troops, but the materials and grain are stored in the city.

A large-scale war requires the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of civilians, who are mainly used to transport food and military supplies. Especially in the vast Hanzhong area, transporting food is difficult compared to the Central Plains and the South, and requires the mobilization of a large number of civilians and animal power.

For Hanzhong, the main purpose of transporting materials and supplies from the central city to the logistics base during the war was to transport grain and food from Nanzheng City to Xiabian County. The journey took at least half a month.

However, civil servants and livestock also need to consume a lot of food and grass. Even Chengdu, which is transported by the food and grass, is consumed by civil servants and livestock, as well as pensions and compensation for the dead of sick people, so the requisition of civil servants and livestock cannot generally last.

This is not to cherish the people, but to consume a lot of food and grass and cannot be maintained. Generally, the food and grass will be sent back to the destination, and the villagers will be sent home, leaving only 20,000 well-dressed villagers to continue transporting the food and grass.

So the war is about national strength. This is what it means. A large number of civilians and livestock must be requisitioned. The civilians must be responsible for their food. The requisition of livestock must be subsidized for money and grain. The logistics preparation is at least two months at a time. If the journey is closer, it will take one and a half months. The money and grain will be spent like water. More than 400,000 shi of grain were transported from Nanzheng, but in the end, the grain used for the army was only 100,000 shi, and the remaining 100,000 shi of grain and a large amount of forage were consumed by civilians and livestock.

This is also the reason why the Cao army was difficult to recover after the Battle of Chibi. The failure of the Jiangdong Army's western expedition and was unable to use troops within several years was also the same reason. The destruction of Shu Han in history was also closely related to the lack of national poverty caused by Zhuge Liang's failure in the north.

The Han army was able to fight on the north this time on a large scale based on the savings of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong for more than ten years.

That afternoon, Liu Jing, under the escort of the cavalry, urged his horse to enter the county town. Although most of the civilians and soldiers were stationed outside the city, the county town was already full of food, grass and supplies. Xiabian County is a Zhongxian County with nearly two thousand families in the city. Due to the war needs, most ordinary people were moved to Nanzheng City, turning this county town into a military city.

There were no civilians in the city, only a group of patrolling soldiers, patrolling the safety of food and supplies day and night. The war was about to begin, and this was the Han army's logistics base. All the food and supplies needed for combat were transported to the battlefield from here.

The logistics location of Wudu County was under the responsibility of Li Yan and Huo Jun. Li Yan and Huo Jun were punished for losing Zigui County. Li Yan was removed from the position of Nanjun and was renamed the governor of Wudu County. Huo Jun was also demoted to Sima of another department and became Zhao Yun's general, leading 5,000 troops to garrison in Wudu County.

This time the attack on Guanzhong, by chance, they got another chance. Li Yan was appointed as the captain of the Hou Army, in charge of the collection, storage and distribution of food, grass, weapons, and materials, while Huo Jun was appointed as the deputy captain of the Hou Army, in charge of the security of the logistics center.

Li Yan accompanied Liu Jing to inspect the preparations for materials. He pointed to a private house not far away and said, "There are shops along the street there, each with its own warehouses and spacious private houses, with several large number of private houses, which are connected into one. We can use these warehouses and private houses to store food and supplies, so we can build fifty less warehouses."

Liu Jing nodded and asked again: "Then how do you prevent the Cao army from sneaking in and setting fire to destroy it?"

"The main purpose of the government is to establish joint defense. First, there is no ordinary citizen in the city. Cao's army can only dress up as our army when entering the city. However, all soldiers in the city must form more than ten people and are not allowed to act alone. Those who act alone must arrest and punish immediately. In addition, soldiers must have a licensed pass and a command to enter the city. In this way, Cao's army can basically prevent the destruction of entering the city. In addition, fire cannot be seen in the city, and all the ignition items are confiscated. Even the soldiers in the city are transported in from outside the city for dinner."

Li Yan's various plans were indeed very strict. Liu Jing also found that the soldiers in the city were in teams of more than ten people, and there was no one alone. He couldn't help but praise Li Yan for a few words and walked into a large warehouse.

This is a huge grain warehouse, with the food inside it being six or seven meters high. A bag of grain weighs one stone. The grain bags are neatly placed, which looks quite spectacular. Liu Jing patted the grain bag and asked with a smile: "How much food is there?"

"Report to the provincial governor, this is our largest grain warehouse, which stores 12,000 stones of grain."

"How much food and supplies have been transported now," Liu Jing asked again.

Li Yan thought for a while and replied: "The military supplies are almost over, and the food and grass should be close to 70%. Each of the more than 100,000 civilians should be about the same. "

"Since that's the case, there is no need for so many civilians. We can start to repatriate them back to our hometowns, and livestock will be sent back to various counties and counties, so as to save food and grass as much as possible."

Li Yan quickly clasped his fists and said, "I understand, I will start to repatriate this afternoon."

At this moment, a personal soldier hurried to Liu Jing's ear and whispered to him. Liu Jing was stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but look surprised. Why are they here?
Chapter completed!