Cao Cao was silent for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Wen Ruo said it is right. It is indeed because I don't think about it. Since that's the case, then we will continue to resist and believe that opportunities will always come."

However, it was easy to make up his mind, but it was really difficult to persevere. Soon there was a problem in front of him, that was the problem of food and grass. After half a month, the army's food and grass were in a hurry. At this time, Cao Cao instructed his military officer Wang Ha to secretly reduce the cost of the soldiers. As a result, Wang Ha was killed when the soldiers were angry and cheered up to calm the public's anger, which slightly alleviated the problem of food and grass.

However, this was only a little relieved, because the food and grass saved by sacrificing Wang Ha's life were not enough for the soldiers to spend three or five days, so the food and grass problem was still very serious.

At this moment, Cao Cao's general Shi Huan suddenly came to him and said that he had captured one of Yuan Jun's detailed works.

Cao Cao was very happy when he heard this and immediately ordered Shi Huan to come with the meticulous work. He wanted to find out the details of Yuan Shaojun through meticulous work.

As a result, after some inquiry, Cao Cao got good news, that is, Han Meng, the general of Yuan Shaojun, was about to escort forty trucks of grain and grass to the camp.

"This is a good opportunity, I must seize it!" After discussing with Xun Yu, Cao Cao decided to send Xiahou Yuan and Shi Huan to lead 5,000 troops to rob Han Meng's grain chariot, and take back the grain and grass for his own use. Of course, if he really can't get back, he would set fire to his grain chariot. I believe that as long as there is no food, Yuan Shao can only retreat for the time being.

After Xiahou Yuan and Shi Huan got the order, they immediately went to prepare. At night, they led the army out of the camp. Sure enough, they waited for Han Meng's food truck. Xiahou Yuan and Han Meng were overjoyed and immediately ordered the army to attack.

When Han Meng saw someone robbing food, he was not panicked and cheered up and fought with Shi Huan. He saw Shi Huan as an ordinary general and was not his opponent at all, but he did not expect that the other party's courage was no less than that of him.

What's even more tragic is that just when Han Meng was fighting with Shi Huan, Xiahou Yuan flew an arrow and shot him down. Then Han Meng was cut off by Shi Huan who was later caught up.

Because Han Meng was killed, the soldiers in Yuan Shao's camp had no intention of fighting anymore and fled in various ways. They could not escape, so they had no choice but to surrender.

In this battle, Xiahou Yuan not only killed Han Meng, a general in Yuan Shao's camp, successfully seized forty carts of food and supplies, but also recruited nearly a thousand surrendered soldiers. He was naturally in a good mood. At the same time, he praised Shi Huan's excellent martial arts skills and promised to recommend Shi Huan to Cao Cao after he returned.

When Xiahou Yuan returned to the camp, he naturally received warm welcome from Cao Cao. Cao Cao praised him strongly for his contribution and promoted him to become the general of the Western Expedition. Xiahou Yuan also recommended Shi Huan, the brave warrior, to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was also very happy and immediately appointed Shi Huan as General Yamen.

Shi Huan was originally just an ordinary lieutenant. After this battle, he was promoted to several levels and became the general of the Goal. Naturally, he was praised and envied by everyone.

For Cao Cao, although talent is indeed very important, the forty trucks of food and grass have really solved the urgent problem, which makes the army not hungry for at least half a month. However, Cao Cao also knew that this little food and grass alone was not enough to support the war, so he immediately wrote a letter and ordered people to send it to Sima Yi of Xudu.

Sima Yi was originally from Wen County, Hanoi. He was from the Hanoi gentry, and had extraordinary talents. He was recommended as Maocai when he was underage (i.e., Xiucai, who was renamed Maocai in order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu). Therefore, he had a high opinion of himself and believed that with his own talents, he could get a middle- and senior position under Liu He's account. However, he didn't expect that Liu He just met him, chatted for a few words, and asked him to go back and wait for the news. After that, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news again.

Sima Yi was very puzzled and quickly asked someone to inquire about the news, but learned that Liu He thought he was too young and needed to make arrangements in a few more years.

Sima Yi suddenly realized that Liu He didn't want to use him, because there were many young people like him under Liu He's account, but Liu He never said that he would wait for a few more years.

"Is it because Liu He knew my secret, so he didn't need me? But only I know my secret. The destiny in my dream said that the old god said in my dream. I didn't even talk about this matter, let alone tell others casually. But why is Liu He so afraid of me? Forget it, if there is no one here, there will be a place to keep people. I will go to Cao Cao now. I believe that with my wisdom and talent, I will soon make a name for myself."

Sima Yi then made up his mind to move his family to Xudu. When he met Cao Cao, Cao Cao was a little happy to see Sima Yi from the Hanoi clan. Later, after a conversation, he thought that Sima Yi was outstanding and naturally felt extremely happy in his heart. In order to express his trust, he immediately appointed Sima Yi as the Dongcao clerk and handed over the greatest power of the entire Sikong Mansion to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi did not let Cao Cao down and did his job very well. Cao Cao was very satisfied with this. This time he fought with Yuan Shao. In order to show his trust, he deliberately arranged for Xun Yu, who should have been guarding Xu Du, to fight with the army, and handed over the entire Xu Du to Sima Yi for management.

At this moment, Yuan Shao was furious, scolding Han Meng for being damned, but on the other hand, he urgently discussed countermeasures.

At this time, he saw Xu You, a belated counselor, smiled happily: "Lord, good news, good news, the officials just caught a memorial. According to the memorial explanation, although Cao Cao is still persisting now, there is no food or grass in the army, and he can only hold on for another ten days at most. This is good news. We only need to cut off his food route. Within half a month, Cao Cao's army will definitely be defeated without fighting."

Yuan Shao said in confusion when he heard this: "Cao Cao had just robbed our food and grass, and now he immediately said there was no food, and the messenger sent to ask for help was caught by us. What kind of coincidence should this be? Have you ever encountered such a coincidence? Anyway, I have never met it, so I concluded that this was Cao Aman's trick. Don't be fooled."

However, unexpectedly, the matter was so coincidental. At this moment, someone handed over a letter, which was written by Shen Pei, who was left behind in Yecheng, saying that Xu You's family was committing crimes in Yecheng, and the impact was very bad.

Yuan Shao was immediately furious and cursed at Xu You, saying that Xu You had no shame to give him advice. Xu You left with a shame, and was ridiculed by some people during this period.

Xu You was originally planning to commit suicide, but was stopped by his left and right, and suggested that he surrender to Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!