Chapter 737: Xuzhou Army
"Lord, remove one enemy camp, and Cao Cao will set up another one! It takes time and effort to attack the Cao army camp, and it will not be worth the loss!" Xu Shu said.
If the three camps of Cao's army cannot be removed at the same time, the losses to the Cao army will be very small. If Cao Cao dares to set up three camps like this, he is not afraid of the Wuling army breaking through one by one.
Fighting such a war of attrition is thankless for the Wuling Army!
"Does Yuan Zhi have other wonderful strategies?" Wu Shun asked.
When he couldn't figure it out, Wu Shun had to rely on his advisers, and Xu Shu never disappointed Wu Shun.
Therefore, after Xu Shu did not agree with the attack on Cao's camp, Wu Shun instinctively believed that Xu Shu had good ideas.
"Shu thought that he should attack Xuzhou army now!" Xu Shu said.
"Attack Liu Bei?"
Wu Shun was a little confused. Although Liu Bei had 50,000 troops here, Wu Shun really didn't take it seriously. Among Liu Bei's army, Wu Shun only cared about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The elite Wuling Army, except for the Zhuque Legion, Xuanwu Legion, and Qilin Legion, are all here.
Wu Shun now has two thousand White Tiger Camp, two thousand Personal Guard Camp, two thousand Qilin Cavalry, two thousand White Tiger Legion, fifty thousand Green Dragon Cavalry, twenty thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry, twenty thousand Canglang Legion, twenty thousand Canglang Legion, and 110,000 people.
Now that the Wuling Army and the Cao Army are confronting each other, Liu Bei has never stood up.
Therefore, Wu Shu was so surprised that Xu Shu said he wanted to attack Liu Bei. In Wu Shun's subconscious, as long as he dealt with Cao's army, the Xuzhou army would just go by the way.
Without Cao Cao in front of him, Liu Bei had no intention of confronting Wuling Army head-on.
"Lord, although the Xuzhou army is weak, it is at least Cao Cao's allied army." Xu Shu reminded.
"To destroy Liu Bei to attack the morale of Cao's army?" Wu Shun asked.
"That's right!" Xu Shu replied.
"But the three camps of Cao's army stood there. Even if Liu Bei was defeated, our army would not be able to go around and attack Xudu."
Wu Shun's thinking was still above the three camps set up by Cao Cao, and he always felt that he had to pull out these three points first.
"Lord, Cao Cao confronts our 110,000 army. The young and strong people in the country are seriously recruited. In addition, the situation is now severe, and the military rations of Cao's army are in urgent need!" Xu Shu said.
Yanzhou is different from Yizhou. In recent years, wars have continued, people have been displaced and the population is small.
After years of war, the Cao army replenished its troops and recruited many young and strong people, resulting in insufficient labor in the fields and barren fields. This made the Cao army's military rations lose their guarantee!
In Yizhou, after Wu Shun took over, refugees have been pouring in. With Yizhou's policies to benefit the people, more and more refugees have been.
At the same time, Yizhou encourages the reclaiming of wasteland and infrastructure to ensure annual harvests, so that the people can have enough food and clothing, and leave surplus food.
Wu Shun fought eastward and westward, and went southward to northward, and the grain stored in Yizhou could support him. It was not enough, so he paid some money to buy it. The people heard that it was supporting the Wuling Army in the war, so they might be willing to donate.
When fighting, what you fight is logistics and what you fight is population!
Wu Shun was very foresighted in this regard and gathered away refugees early.
"Yuan Zhi, since Cao Cao was short of food, he shouldn't have beaten Liu Bei."
Xu Shu said that Cao's army was in urgent need of food, and Wu Shun was even more reluctant to attack Liu Bei. Why? Because Liu Bei's 50,000 troops were here, they ate Cao Cao's food.
"Lord, maybe you don't know that the military rations of Xuzhou soldiers were transported from Xuzhou." Xu Shu said with a wry smile.
If it weren't for the information found by the scout, he wouldn't be willing to believe it.
"What happened?"
Wu Shun was shocked. He didn't expect Cao Cao to be so ill! He asked others to help with the war and did not provide food and supplies.
"It's hard for Liu Bei to do this." Wu Shun was very moved for Liu Bei.
"Liu Bei had to pass the Cao army checkpoint to transport grain by himself, so he would have to be detained a lot of it." Xu Shu speculated maliciously.
"Then let's help Liu Bei and fight him to Xuzhou?" Wu Shun suddenly realized that he was helping to send troops to defeat others.
"I guess Liu Bei will thank his lord," said Xu Shu.
"Hahaha, the military advisor is right. Our Wuling Army will take them home to avoid the birdy aura of Cao's army."
After Zhang Xiong finished speaking, the generals laughed very happily.
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Cao Cao would not do Liu Bei's food and grass, but it is not ruled out that the soldiers under his command will not do it. This is the reason why the little devil is difficult to deal with.
In order to unite the front, Liu Bei probably chose to be tolerant.
"Brother, Cao's army was too much, and he actually detained five vehicles of military rations!"
Zhang Fei was very angry at the Xuzhou military camp.
The news that the Wuling Army heard was true, and some of the military rations of the Xuzhou Army would be detained from time to time.
"Cao Cao is so careless, it's better not to fight this battle!" Guan Yu, who was standing beside him, was not in a good mood.
Whose military rations are detained and will be in a better mood?
"Second brother, third brother, wait for me to explain to Mr. Cao." Liu Bei said.
The soldiers of Cao's army were becoming more and more rude. This time, they directly deducted five chariots of military rations, and Liu Bei felt a little angry.
"Brother, if Cao Cao doesn't care, let's go back!" Zhang Fei said.
I sent troops to help fight the Wuling Army. I didn’t fight much, but I consumed a lot of food.
"Sister me, please rest assured, wait for me to go to Cao camp." After Liu Bei said that, he took Guan Yu to find Cao Cao.
He brought his own food and grass to help Cao Cao, but he was not here to get angry.
At this time, in Cao's camp, Cao Cao was discussing the situation in Jingzhou with Guo Jia. The two brothers Liu Bei suddenly visited and interrupted their conversation.
"Is there something important to come here?" Cao Cao asked.
"Prime Minister, our army is short of food, so I beg the Prime Minister to allocate some food and grass." Liu Bei bowed and said.
"Oh, since that's the case, Xuande can send someone to write food and grass emergency." Cao Cao did not doubt that he was there. When he heard that the Xuzhou army was short of food, he immediately agreed to transfer the transfer.
"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Liu Bei thanked him and left. He knew that the people around Cao Cao could hear what he meant.
Sure enough, after Liu Bei left, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia: "What does Liu Bei mean when he worships filial piety?"
"Lord, I'm afraid the soldiers of our army have done some disgraceful things in private, such as robbing Liu Bei's food and grass..." Guo Jia said.
He knew that Xuzhou soldiers were self-sufficient. If the problem was with him, Liu Bei would definitely not come to Cao Cao.
"Investigate and punish severely!" Cao Cao ordered!
"The lord is wise!" Guo Jia said.
"Lord, if Liu Bei wants to sincerely fight against the Wuling Army with our army, the military rations of the Xuzhou Army should be supplied by our army." Xun You said.
He read Liu Bei's application very carefully just now. He clearly blamed Cao Cao for his lack of strictness.
"Gongda, our military food and food are in urgent need, don't you know..." Cao Cao was also helpless.
It is almost impossible to piece together the military rations of one's own army, and it is also impossible to provide 50,000 Xuzhou troops with supplies.
"Lord, Gongda's words are reasonable. If there is not enough military rations, you can get rid of the robbery!" Guo Jia said.
Chapter completed!