Sure enough, to follow Cao Cao, you have to learn to observe people's emotions, and you also need to be more discerning.
One cannot be more and one cannot be less.
If one more thing is known to Cao Cao, you will die without a burial place.
If one person is missing, they will die without a burial place.
There is no shortage of smart people around Cao Cao, but he lacks just enough smart people.
Look at the four great counselors around him, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Sima Yi, none of them are smart people.
It's so smart.
How can we avoid Cao Cao's plot this time?
The key is to hide lightly and not heavily, with just the right amount of heat and without leaving any traces.
This is difficult.
Guo Ming thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a proper way, and finally choked out a sentence.
"Brother, save me."
Yes, if he goes into battle, his life or death will be uncertain.
If the person beside him is Xu Zhu, Xiahou Dun, or even Cao Hong, he doesn't have to worry.
But if you have Liu Ergou by your side, you'll be in trouble.
Who is Liu Ergou? Yes, Guo Ming doesn’t know him either!
I thought there was only one way to go.
"Brother, save me." Guo Ming could only throw himself on Guo Jia and shout this.
Is it embarrassing? It's really embarrassing.
But this is not the first time that Guo Ming has acted coquettishly and cheated with Guo Jia since he was a child.
Guo Jia had no choice but to look at his incompetent brother and push him away with a stern look on his face.
If he really didn't want to save him, he wouldn't have left the show in the middle and come to him specifically.
"I'm here just to save you. Tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty will receive a letter from you, asking you to return to Xu Du Dingyou."
"Ding You?"
Don't let me do it? Very good!
Guo Ming felt like there was a knife dangling from the back of his neck from just now.
When Guo Jia said this, it was like taking the knife away from his neck.
"Do you think that if you go home to Ding You, you will really be idle? Stop thinking about it. You must remember to find a way to raise food and grass quickly."
"Once we raise it, the army can send me a month's worth of food and grass. Remember, you must personally escort it."
"Huh? Oh!"
Guo Ming hiccupped at first, but when he heard what Guo Jia said, he immediately understood.
This is to sell Cao Cao a favor.
"Brother, you are really good at calculating. How do you know that there is going to be a severe drought in Huaiyang?"
The reason why Cao Cao failed to conquer Yuan Shu was because he had no food and grass. Why is there no food and grass? Just because of three major droughts.
The last drought, before I could cross over, was the drought in Yanzhou, which interrupted the battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu.
It was also because of this drought that Cao Cao discovered a general, Xu Zhu, when he was attacking the Yellow Turban thieves.
It was from this battle that Lu Bu was no longer a problem.
Because later in the Yanzhou battle, Xu Zhu went up first and fought with Lu Bu for fifty rounds, then Dian Wei went up, and then Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong all went up, and Lü Bu escaped under the protection of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.
Yes, six to three times, no one was killed, they were just beaten away.
This was the first drought.
The second major drought occurred in the land within the pass. It was precisely because of this drought that Emperor Xian was able to escape from Yang Feng's hands, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to accept Xu Huang.
Now this third major drought is about to occur, which is when Cao Cao conquers Yuan Shu.
In this incident, Cao Cao asked the grain officer to change his position from a big one to a small one, and borrowed a human head to calm the sergeant's anger.
In the process of marching, I came up with a plan that there was a plum forest ahead, and I came to look at the plum trees to quench my thirst. It was all this time.
Guo Ming actually forgot these things, completely forgotten.
Guo Jia mentioned it before he remembered it.
The reason why Cao Cao's expedition ended in vain was because of lack of food!
However, Guo Jia looked at Guo Ming quite unexpectedly.
"Oh, you saw it too?"
"Just a casual guess, the first two droughts all came from the north, and now it's the south's turn."
Guo Jia sighed.
"You still have a business mind, but you can't guess accurately. That's what happened. The result of this year's water measurement will be a severe drought."
"But I can also speculate on some more things. The severe drought in the pass is what is happening right now. Where did General Xiahou go?"
"There is no water upstream. Do you plan to let water be available downstream? There will be a severe drought."
But why didn't you tell Cao Cao...forget it, only a fool wouldn't tell Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's crusade against Yuan Shu was nothing more than firing the first shot.
This is a political battle that is far greater than military.
As long as he can take the lead in weakening Yuan Shu's troops, then Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others will basically all attack.
Sun Jian died because of Yuan Shu, and the reason for his death was also because Yuan Shu instigated him to attack Liu Biao.
This was also the reason why Sun Ce left Yuan Shu in anger.
Therefore, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu are a deadlock.
Now that Sun Ce's troops are well-prepared, if there is another one who has righteousness first and is not the first shot, someone has already conquered Yuan Shu before, and now he only needs to grab a baton.
What's more, this man and Sun Ce are divided into north and south directions.
Presumably Sun Ce will not let go of Yuan Shu's territory in Yangzhou.
As for Lu Bu, he now controls Xuzhou, but Yuan Shu still has a title on the surface, "Gong of Xuzhou". As early as when Tao Qian was still alive, he and Yuan Shu were incompatible.
Although Lu Bu now controls Xuzhou, in the imperial court, the master of Xuzhou is still Yuan Shu. It would be strange if Lu Bu didn't hit him.
Cao Cao only needs to fire the first shot, then withdraw and wait for the three parties to weaken Yuan Shu.
After all, on Cao Cao's side, Yuan Shu's biggest crime was proclaiming himself emperor.
As long as the authority of Emperor Xian of Han is not weakened, neither Yuan Shu nor Cao Cao, one in Yanzhou and the other in Yangzhou, can hinder the other.
Therefore, Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shu must be this time, and the next step is the wheel battle that Yuan Shu himself has to face.
When he failed, Cao Cao took action again.
"I understand, thank you big brother." Guo Ming quickly bowed his head and thanked him.
After figuring out the whole relationship, Guo Ming also knew what to do.
Hurry back to Xudu to do two things.
The first thing is to collect some rice seeds along the way. As long as they are willing to sell them for five times or ten times the price, they can be sent to Zaozhuan quickly.
If he hadn't really traveled through time, he would have almost forgotten General Zaozhuan.
He is Cao Cao's specially appointed military general, who is specifically responsible for military camps.
Cao Cao had collected nearly one million gold thieves before, but in fact, only more than 200,000 were able to fight.
The remaining people are the family members of the more than 200,000 people.
Among these people, the infantry are the famous Qingzhou soldiers, and the cavalry are the famous Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. They are all people who are accustomed to fighting.
