Xun You said slowly, "Lü Bu will retreat quickly if he knows that our army has no food. But what will he do when he knows that our army has a lot of food?"
Cao Hong's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands violently, "Young man Lu Bu will definitely find a way to seize these grains, or burn them directly, so that I can make you retreat."
Hearing these words, Xun You just smiled slightly, stopped talking, and silently stepped aside.
Cao Mengde was overjoyed when he heard these words, "Okay, in that case, send a message back immediately and prepare food to be sent as soon as possible."
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Changyi.
When Lu Bu heard the news from the spies, he couldn't help being surprised and hurriedly called for everyone to discuss it.
"Everyone, according to the spies' report, Cao Mengde's troops are already heading towards Juye. If there are no accidents, they should want to attack Juye."
Zhang Miao suddenly sneered, "It's really ridiculous. Cao Mengde has no food, but he still wants to attack Juye. I'm afraid that when the soldiers are completely out of food, they will be defeated."
Chen Gong nodded, "That's true. Cao Mengde has no food. Even if we raise food locally, the quantity is so huge, it may not be easy!"
After hearing what the two said, Lu Bu nodded, then turned to look at Xu Shu, "Mr. Yuanzhi, what do you think?"
Xu Shu frowned, "Cao's army has countless talented people. If they really run out of food, they will definitely dissuade Cao Mengde from retreating and then regroup and fight again."
At this point, Xu Shu's tone paused, his eyes full of doubts, "Since they are willing to attack Juye, it means they have already raised food.
The question is, where did they get the food? "
Zhang Miao asked tentatively, "Is it possible to plunder the surrounding villages and towns and then use them as military rations?"
Xu Shu shook his head, "Mr. Meng Zhuo, Yanzhou has been plundered by the Yellow Turban Army many times. Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, people in villages and towns starve to death every day. Under such circumstances, even if Cao Mengde robbed all the food, If we leave, I’m afraid it won’t be enough for the army!”
Chen Gong nodded, "Mr. Yuan Zhi is right. Since we came here, most of the people in the surrounding villages and towns have come to the city because they can't survive. Now there are not many people left in the villages. It’s really not easy to raise food!”
Xu Shu shook his head, "Mr. Gongtai, it's not that it's not easy, it's that it's impossible!
That's why I'm curious, where does Cao Mengde's food come from? "
Zhang Miao frowned, "Could it be that Cao Mengde still has some hidden food that we haven't discovered?"
Chen Gong shook his head, "Absolutely impossible. How could Cao Mengde expect that his camp would be attacked by a sneak attack?"
Xu Shu smiled wryly and waved his hand, "Although this thing is strange, the only thing that is certain is that Cao Mengde is now willing to attack Juye. He must have found a way to raise food, or at least he can hold on until he arrives from Puyang. Food collected from the land was shipped.
Therefore, Juye's defense must be careful, otherwise it will be really broken by Cao Mengde, which will be very detrimental to our army. "
Everyone naturally knew the meaning of Xu Shu's words. Now that Dingtao, Changyi, and Juye are three cities in a row, it is indeed very advantageous to have both offense and defense. However, once a city is lost, this situation will be broken.
Zhang Miao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Yuan Zhi. Juye has sufficient defense supplies. It may not be that easy for Cao Mengde to break through."
After hearing what everyone said, Lu Bu nodded, "Don't worry, Cao Mengde will never be able to break the city in a short time."
When Lu Bu said this, his eyes were full of confidence.
Because, after arriving in Yanzhou, he suddenly discovered another benefit of the portal.
Transport troops!
For example, Lu Bu is now in Changyi. Once something happens to Juye, he can send his soldiers and horses to the adventure world in Changyi. Then, he can single-handedly fight to Juye City. As long as he opens the portal, he can transport the soldiers inside. .
Although it sounds simple, the effect of this is undoubtedly quite powerful.
With this method, you don't even need to bring any food with you when you are marching. You only need to put the food in the adventure world. When it is used, you can open the portal and take the food out.
In this way, a large number of baggage vehicles can be saved, which can not only save the physical strength of the soldiers, but also increase the marching speed.
Although this move is very powerful, Lu Bu also has a lot of scruples and does not want too many people to know this secret, so for the time being, the only troops that can be transported out are the 300 guards battalion soldiers led by Wang Meng.
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During the sneak attack on Cao Jun's camp, although the soldiers of the guard camp led by Wang Meng were small in number, they were extremely powerful and even surpassed the soldiers trapped in the camp. It can be said that they are the most elite troops under Lu Bu's control.
After tasting the benefits, Lu Bu decided that after returning, he would select more people to enter the adventure world, equipped with the most elite armors and weapons, and they could appear anywhere at will.
However, now that the war is about to begin, Lu Bu has no way to do this.
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Xuzhou.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Liu Xuande stood on the city wall and frowned even more as he watched the waves of Huainan Army soldiers rushing over.
Jian Yong, who was standing behind him, looked at the soldiers on the wall and sighed in his heart.
The loss is too heavy!
The Huainan Army continued to launch attacks. Although they suffered a lot of losses, in comparison, there were few soldiers in the city and the losses were more serious.
Up to now, almost half of the former soldiers have fallen. Half of the remaining soldiers who defended the city are new recruits. Maybe two days ago, these people were ordinary people. Now they pick up stones. Fight with enemies.
Zhang Fei held a Zhangba snake spear in his hand and kept running on the city wall. If any Huainan Army soldiers rushed up, he would be driven off immediately.
The battle lasted until night, and then the Huainan Army ordered to withdraw its troops, and the city gained a brief peace.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw the enemy retreat, no one stood up and cheered loudly. They all slumped on the ground helplessly, breathing heavily.
Although the enemy retreated temporarily, as long as they did not break the city, they would attack again the next day.
There were many people looking at their fallen comrades and crying silently.
From time to time, low sounds of crying came from the city wall, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.
In the fierce fighting and nervous emotions, many soldiers were about to collapse.
More people, it is already clear that Xiapi City cannot be saved.
