Lu Bu snorted coldly: "Cao Cao is afraid that my army will pose a greater threat to him after getting these supplies. Could it be that Cao Cao thinks that he can stop our army's attack with such a small means."

The counselors present nodded. The reason why Lu Bu had been in a stalemate with Cao Cao in Xudu for several months was to cut off all hope of Cao Cao. To be fair, Cao Cao is indeed a big threat. If Cao Cao cannot be eradicated, there will be dangers in the future.

More trouble.

After Lu Su heard these words, no one was surprised at all. Cao Cao was a prince with strong strength and could pose a greater threat to Lu Bu. It was reasonable to take Cao Cao as the first target to defeat him.

It would be strange if Lu Bu let Cao Cao go.

Thinking of Cao Cao, Lu Su not only thought of Jiangdong, but the current situation in Jiangdong is not optimistic. After the defeat of the army, it is inevitable that young people will take the opportunity to stand up against Sun Quan, and more of them are some aristocratic families. They are in Jiangdong's army.

They put in a lot of effort during the battle, but they didn't expect that the Jiangdong Army would be defeated so easily by the Jizhou Army on the battlefield in Jizhou.

There are many aristocratic families in Jiangdong, and many of them have close ties with the aristocratic families under Cao Cao's rule.

Lu Bu is dealing with Cao Cao like this now, and it is very likely that he will take action against Jiangdong in the future. However, the Jin army has been fighting for too long and needs to recuperate. When the time is ripe, Jiangdong will face a greater crisis. By then, Jiangdong's family will

What kind of choice will he make? At this point, Lu Su is not sure. Even when aristocratic families face life and death crises, they often do things that are unimaginable to ordinary people, just like Xu Du's aristocratic family.

generally.

It is impossible for the families in Xudu not to know what would happen if they took refuge with Lu Bu, but when the Jin army attacked the city, they had the cooperation from the families in the city. They had to make such a choice, otherwise they would be

There will be more serious consequences.

Lu Bu's existence is to shake the authority of the family, but Lu Bu shakes the authority of the family in this way, so that the family does not have too much temper. This is using absolute strength to let the family understand who is the real overlord.

As long as Lu Bu becomes stronger, the aristocratic family will never get any benefits. This has been fully proven. There is no doubt that Lu Bu treats the aristocratic family cruelly.

But now, even though Lu Bu treated the aristocratic family cruelly, the aristocratic family had no choice but to come forward, because compared to the cruel encounter, they hoped that the family could continue at this time.

Looking at the billowing smoke behind him, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a trace of reluctance and a trace of joy. Lu Bu must have wanted to get these grain and grass supplies. Xudu, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, had a lot of grain and grass stored in it. Otherwise, how could he support Cao's army?

A longer fight.

In order to hoard this food and grass, Cao Cao also spent a lot of effort. Now that the city was breached, he had to burn it clean. It has to be said to be a kind of irony. After the army arrived in Yanzhou, it was just a matter of food and grass.

, it can make Cao Cao very anxious.

The war lasted for a long time. Not only the Jin army, but also the Cao army was under tremendous pressure. Especially when Dian Wei led the cavalry to wreak havoc in Yanzhou, Yanzhou suffered a lot of losses. However, it was Cao Cao who was the first to do such a thing.

After all, Lu Bu just imitated Cao Cao's tactics, and Cao Cao could only admit that he was unlucky.

Yanzhou put in a lot of effort to support Cao's army in the war. After Cao Cao led his army back to Yanzhou, the problem of food and fodder was enough to make Cao Cao uncomfortable.

However, after returning to Yanzhou, there will be hope for a comeback. If you stay in Xuducheng, you will have to wait for death.

"Prime Minister, now our army has left Xudu and should return to Yanzhou as quickly as possible." Cheng Yu said.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, turned to Xia Houyuan and said, "How many people do we have left in our army?"

"Let me tell you, Prime Minister, there are about eight thousand people." Xia Houyuan said.

Cao Cao's face was a little gloomy. There were 40,000 Cao's troops in the city before. The siege from the Jin army alone cost Cao Cao's army more than 30,000 people. Such a loss rate must be too fast.

However, Cao Cao also understood the thoughts of the army officers and men at this time. What they wanted to do most was probably to survive this battle.

"Eight thousand people?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly. Among the eight thousand people, there may be many who want to leave the army on the way. Besides, will the Jin army let Cao's army return to Yanzhou so easily? There must be all kinds of things on the way.

intercept.

"I hope that after returning to Yanzhou, there will still be such a large number of people." Cao Cao sighed.

When Xia Houyuan heard this, he felt a little sad in his heart. Cao Jun's strength was so tyrannical at the beginning, and Cao Jun's generals also had their eyes high. Unexpectedly, the battle with the Jin army would completely destroy the dignity of Cao Jun's officers and soldiers.

The Jin army showed terrifying strength to Cao Jun's soldiers. Compared with the Jin army's soldiers, Cao Jun's strength was still so weak that it was unbelievable.

In fact, the generals in the army did not expect that Cao Jun would be defeated so quickly and miserably in this battle. Even if Cao Jun and Jiangdong Army combined could not defeat the Jin Army, it would not be said that there would be such a big setback.

The damage was serious, putting Cao Jun in a more passive position.

The generals in the army naturally hope that their own army can win in the battle. This means that more generals can get rewards. The generals in the army often fight bloody battles not only to get more credit, but also to make their wives and children.

, is the dream wish of many generals.

Heroes emerge from troubled times, but the same troubled times can cause more people to die.

Xun You glanced at Cao Cao. He could understand Cao Cao's mood at this time. A defeat would not be easy for anyone.

Cao Cao laughed and said: "So what if the Jin army is strong? With the truth leading you, you will definitely be able to repel the Jin army and restore our army to its former strength."

From Cao Cao's laughter, the generals and counselors felt the open-mindedness. Even the commander-in-chief had such confidence. As Cao Cao's subordinates, why should they not have the confidence to rise again? You must know that Yanzhou is where Cao Cao made his fortune.

Cao Cao's prestige in Yanzhou is unparalleled. Even if the Jin army is strong, it will not be so simple after arriving in Yanzhou.

At the beginning, Cao Cao only had Yanzhou, but after successive battles, the strength of Cao Cao's army has been steadily improved. Victories one after another have made the soldiers in the army high in fighting spirit. Now that they are at a low ebb, they are still the invincible Cao's army.
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