A few days later, Taishan County North.
Zang Ba, who is the eighth best general of the Wolf Cavalry, successfully received the first batch of grain and rice at the junction of Qingxu and Xuzhou, totaling 50,000 shi.
To show his sincerity in forming an alliance with Yuan Shao.
Gao Yi immediately dispatched 30,000 troops and horses, divided into three groups to attack Yuzhou, and clashed with Cao Cao again.
On the first route, Yuan Zuozong led 20,000 soldiers and horses to station troops outside Taiqiu City, forming a confrontation with Cao Jun, containing the main force of Cao Jun in Yuzhou and forcing it to be unable to divide its troops.
On the second route, Cheng Lian and Cao Xing led 5,000 Xuzhou troops in more than a hundred boats, plundering villages and water villages along the waterway, forcing young and middle-aged refugees to flee into Xu Pei territory.
On the third route, Gao Yi personally led five thousand wolf cavalry deep into the hinterland of Yuzhou, plundering and setting fire to the city, causing complete chaos in Cao Cao's rear.
Although most of the Xuzhou soldiers under Gao Yi had unkind intentions, they had no sense of guilt about invading Yuzhou's cities, driving out the refugees, and setting fire to the city.
The bandits can go, and so can I!
At that time, Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou on a large scale in order to avenge Cao Song.
Wherever Cao's army passed, there were almost no chickens or dogs left in the walls of the city. A large number of young and old died in the ruthless slaughter of Cao's army. Countless women were humiliated to death by Cao's army.
White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles!
Living in troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass!
In the Pengcheng area of Xuzhou, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were driven into the rivers and drowned by Cao's army like a herd of pigs and sheep. Just the corpses floating on the water blocked the river, making it impossible for the water to flow.
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In the end, after Gao Yi's massive invasion, Yuzhou, the rear area of Cao's army, was in a state of turmoil.
Tired of running for their lives, Cao's army began to gradually collapse and was temporarily unable to stop Gao Yi's troops. He had to adopt the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, holding on to the city and waiting for reinforcements.
Hundreds of thousands of Yuzhou people were forced to become homeless refugees and were driven into the Xupei area by Gaoyi's army, bringing a huge amount of cheap labor to the area.
But Gao Yi knew that although these hundreds of thousands of refugees were temporarily suppressed, if they were not handled well, sooner or later they would trigger civil unrest and become a huge hidden danger.
As a result, Gao Yi directly waved his hand and ordered all counties and counties to open porridge shops to relieve the people.
It is completely different from the disaster relief porridge of later generations that "can be inserted into with chopsticks without falling over".
The rice porridge cooked by the porridge shops set up in various counties is more like rice soup than rice porridge.
The soup is so thin that you can almost count the grains of rice in the bowl with your naked eyes.
Pair it with some wild vegetable leaves that can be found everywhere.
Two bowls of thin rice soup a day can, at most, guarantee that one will not starve to death for the time being.
This is not because the officials of various counties dare to deduct the food and salary for disaster relief, but because Gao Yi did it intentionally.
Now is the time of chaos in the late Han Dynasty. Food can be said to be the gold of troubled times. The army's food and salary are still slightly insufficient. How could Gao Yi easily waste a large amount of precious food on this.
As for some refugees who are complaining about not having enough to eat and want to eat thick food, this is not impossible.
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The refugees who managed to escape from Yuzhou all the way to the Xupei area were mostly young men and women, with few old, weak, women and children.
In order to have enough to eat, those young refugees were assigned to build city walls, build dikes, or reclaim wasteland.
For a time, the entire Xu Pei area was a lively and prosperous scene.
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Xudu, Yingchuan, Sikong Mansion.
Contrary to the bustling Xu Pei area, there was silence in Sikong Mansion at this time, and you could hear a needle drop.
Cao Cao subconsciously prepared to smooth his long beard under his forehead, but when he raised his hand halfway, he realized that his long beard was gone.
This high righteousness again!
It's not over yet, is it?
Cao Cao looked left and right at the group of advisors and generals sitting on both sides of the Cao family, and sighed quietly:
"Gao Yi, this thief, really deceives people too much. He burned down the city under my rule for no reason and robbed my people in Yuzhou."
"Now the main army of Taiqiu City is besieged by 20,000 enemy troops, and they are unable to send troops for rescue. I wonder if you have any good strategies to solve this crisis?"
Cheng Yu, who was sitting on the left side, saw that no one spoke, so he said: "Lord! Yu wants to impeach someone. A few days ago, General Cao Ren led 50,000 Yuzhou troops to rush to the aid of Taiqiu City. Why did he hide in the city and not dare to attack two people? Tens of thousands of enemies."
After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but look helpless. He took out a military report and ordered someone to pass it to Cheng Yu and others for circulation.
You don’t know if you don’t see it! Shocked at first sight!
On the day Cao Ren led his army to Taiqiu City, he set up his military formation and fought fiercely with the 20,000 enemy troops outside the city.
As a result, as soon as the battle broke out, 50,000 Yuzhou soldiers were killed like ants in a nest and scattered in panic.
If Cao Ren had not made a decisive decision and chose to take advantage of the cover of night to lead his army to escape into Taiqiu City, I am afraid that the entire army would have been wiped out by now.
In this military report, Cheng Yu discovered that the enemy general who led the army to besiege the city was actually a man he had never heard of.
The man called himself: Beiliang White Bear Yuan Zuozong!
Wait until all the advisers and generals have read the military report.
Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu, then at Guo Jia and others, and asked: "I have read the military report. What do you think? Or is it a good strategy?"
Cheng Yu was the first to speak: "Beiliang White Bear Yuan Zuozong! I have never heard of this name. He is probably a secretly hidden general under Gao Yi."
"Gao Yi originally occupied all the counties in Xuzhou. He only captured Pei State and had generals as the vanguard. It has become a trend and I am afraid it will be difficult to annihilate it in a short time."
"Yuan Shao of Hebei is besieging Yijing with his troops. It is estimated that they will be able to capture and kill Gongsun Zan within a few months. If the two of them join forces and lead troops to attack from two directions, our Central Plains will be in danger!"
After hearing Cheng Yu's analysis, Cao Cao felt that it made sense. "Zhongde, do you have any good ideas to resolve this crisis?"
"My lord, for the present plan, we can only appease Gao Yi in the name of the imperial court and grant him a high official, generous salary, and title seal."
"Okay! I, Sikong, ordered me to report to the emperor and grant Gao Yi the title of Mu of Xuzhou, the title of Marquis of Shouchun, the title of General of the Southern Expedition, and the commander-in-chief of Xu Yang to coordinate the troops and horses of the two states."
Cheng Yu and others' eyes lit up and they all praised:
"My lord, what a great plan to have two tigers competing for food!"
"Shouchun City is the home base of Yuan Shu in Huainan. Using this city as a fiefdom for Gao Yi will definitely arouse Yuan Shu's dissatisfaction, and Gao Yi is young and frivolous, and is likely to lead his army to attack Huainan."
At this time, Guo Jia, who was offering wine as the military advisor, had an idea and came up with another clever plan.
"Jia also has a plan to gradually disintegrate the enemy's army."
"While canonizing Gao Yi, one of his generals, Yuan Zuozong, can also be conferred as the governor of Xuzhou."
"According to the military newspaper, Yuan Zuozong seems to be only in his early twenties. How can such a young general who is good at conquering and fighting be willing to live under others for a long time?"
"If this person gets this reward, sooner or later there will be a gap between him and Gao Yi. At that time, the two of them will definitely turn against each other and even attack each other."
When the surrounding advisers and generals heard this, they were all in awe!
It was as if he had already seen the moment when the enemy army collapsed.
