Zhao Kuangyin was not in a hurry at first. After Cao Cao's forces were so beaten by Huo Qubing, they were simply unable to succeed. The longer the delay, the weaker Cao Cao would be, and he might even collapse without a fight.
Now, the biggest problem faced by both Lao Cao and Chi You is the problem of food and grass. Among the two, Lao Cao faces the most serious problems in this regard.
Even if Lao Cao used the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, after plundering all the food and grass for the people of Chen County, he abandoned Chen County and left these people alone to give to Zhao Kuangyin. However, how long can the food and grass of one county be sustained? It is only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.
In fact, although Zhao Kuangyin's situation is far better than that of Cao Cao and Chi You, the landlord's family also has no surplus food. While mobilizing so many troops to fight, and at the same time being thrown over by so many hungry people by Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin is also under great pressure at this time!
After Cao Cao plundered all the food and grass in Chen County, he directly gave up the territory and even the manpower of Chen County. So, after Zhao Kuangyin took over this county, he could not ignore the people of Chen County and let them fend for themselves. Bar?
However, at this time, the role of high political talent is reflected.
In troubled times, those famous generals have indeed made outstanding contributions, but the most hard-working and meritorious ones are the logistics and internal affairs talents.
Whether in the Han Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, Xiao He and Li Shanchang were regarded as the first heroes by Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. They were not talents such as Han Xin and Xu Da who led the troops in the war, nor were they Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Liu Bowen, Zhu Sheng and others who made suggestions. person.
After Liu Bang pacified the world, he divided the ministers among them, with Xiao Hegong as the highest, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Fou and occupied the major counties. The generals believed that they had experienced hundreds of battles and captured cities and territories, but Xiao He had never fought in a battle and had no military exploits. He only relied on pen and ink discussions, so the credit was greater than theirs, and they refused to accept it. Liu Bang compared the generals to meritorious hunting dogs and Xiao He to a meritorious man to persuade the generals.
In the early Ming Dynasty, six people were ennobled: Xu Da, Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu and Li Shanchang. Li Shanchang ranked first. He was compared to Xiao He in the edict and was highly praised.
Han Xin, Xu Da and others have outstanding achievements, and their achievements can be seen at a glance. However, the achievements of people like Xiao He and Li Shancheng are hidden invisibly and are not so easy to see on the surface. Saw it directly. But it is always the things that cannot be seen directly that are the most important.
If Xiao He had not silently provided logistics for Liu Bang during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, how could Liu Bang and Han Xin maintain hundreds of thousands of troops fighting in various battlefields?
Of course, it is impossible for them to lead troops like Han Xin to kill the enemy's effective forces and expand their territory. However, they are like gasoline for the engine. Without them, your car will not run!
In order to prepare a batch of grain and grass for Zhao Kuangyin, Yi Yin issued an ancient version of treasury bonds, collected grain and grass from all strata of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and issued certificates. In addition to the principal, there would be high interest repayment.
The common people didn't have enough food to spare, and Yi Yin didn't count on them. Yi Yin's real goals were still the two groups of aristocratic families and merchants.
Yi Yin's ancient version of the national debt is quite attractive. Not only does it earn interest, but it also helps Zhao Kuangyin at this time. There is also a favor behind it. Those who have a slightly longer-term vision are not interested in the interest, but rather in the debt of gratitude hidden in it.
Yiyin relied on issuing the ancient version of treasury bonds to guarantee Zhao Kuangyin's logistics for this battle.
Yi Yin was too powerful to help ensure logistics, and Zhao Kuangyin also gained enough confidence to drag out this battle. Facing Cao Cao who was seriously short of food, Zhao Kuangyin had no need to attack fiercely!
Although Lao Cao was driven crazy enough, just like Chi You who was forced to use minced meat as military rations, let alone Lao Cao, he had no psychological burden at all in this regard.
However, no matter how ruthless Lao Cao is, this method of collecting military rations is obviously treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. An occasional response is okay, but can these things be used as military rations for a long time?
If this method is used for a long time, Cao Cao's troops will eventually mutiny!
However, after a great victory, Guan Yu, instead of going east to further suppress Chi You, had a tendency to go west, wanting to plunder Cao Cao's interests. How could Zhao Kuangyin endure this?
He had long regarded Cao Cao as his own, and even Chi You was temporarily kept by Liu Bei and Dou Jiande. But now Liu Bei's forces are greedy and greedy, so how can Zhao Kuangyin not be anxious?
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin gave up his previous strategy of mainly attacking Chenliu. On the one hand, he attacked Chenliu fiercely. On the other hand, he took Shi Shouxin as the general and led Xie Ai, Xia Luqi, Zhang Mao, Wang Junke and other generals to divide 20,000 troops into Jiyin, and then move up. Dongjun, outflank Chen Liu.
Of course, outflanking Chen Liu was only one of the purposes. The most important purpose was to isolate Guan Yu's troops and prevent Guan Yu from really staring at Cao Cao's territory.
Liu Bei's Qing Han had just been established. Yuan, Zhu, and Zhao all expressed their congratulations and expressed their willingness to continue to gather under the banner of the Han to fight against the Jin army.
For the behemoth of the Jin army, as the weak side, they could only unite, and they could not do without the banner of righteousness as the Han Dynasty. As long as the banner of the big man is there, they will not say that they will achieve high points in terms of righteousness, but they can at least be half-assed and will not suffer in this regard.
And Liu Bei would definitely not be able to use his weapons against these people gathered under the banner of the Han Dynasty, especially when dealing with rebellious people such as Chi You.
Therefore, as long as the people on both sides are not confused and Zhao Kuangyin sends troops to block Guan Yu's path and shows a strong attitude, Guan Yu has no good solution.
However, the reality is simpler than Zhao Kuangyin thought!
Sun Bin is worthy of being a figure at the level of the Four Saints of Military Strategies. Although his god-level intelligence does not seem to be of much use in intrigues, when it comes to military campaigns, for others, it is a dimensionality-reducing blow.
A counter-intentional plan completely separated Cao Cao and Wang Mang.
However, Cao Cao holds Wang Mang's life and death in his hands. No matter how unhappy Ju Ba, Wang Feng and others are, they can only continue to obey Cao Cao's orders unwillingly.
The few cards in Wang Mang's hands are incomparable to Cao Cao's. He can't make a difference in Cao Cao's hands.
Then, under the advice of Zhao Pu and Sun Bin, Zhao Kuangyin once again tried to alienate the generals with a different surname from Cao.
And this hand completely pushed Cao Cao's forces into the abyss, and stabbed the already scarred Cao Cao forces hard.
(End of chapter)
