Ye Zhao didn't know how long Liu Bei could last, so after he decided to help, he rushed to Dongjun with eight hundred miles. At the same time, he transferred a large number of grass to Hangu Pass. As long as Cao Cao nodded, the food and grass would be transported directly from Hangu Pass to Luoyang to hand over to Cao Cao's men.

The Luoyang area is now in a power vacuum zone. Ye Zhao and Cao Cao did not rashly occupy it. Once Dong Zhuo moved the capital and the fire continued, nothing left in Luoyang. No matter who took Luoyang, he wanted to rebuild the city, he would inevitably invest a lot of manpower and material resources. Cao Cao was in a tight position. Now he didn't even have enough military rations to support a war, let alone rebuilding Luoyang.

Shortly after Ye Zhao took over Guanzhong, he now wants to use troops to Hetao again. Later, Xiliang needs to be developed. Although he has money, he cannot be used randomly. Now the resources accumulated in Shuzhong will be used for the construction of the western region in the future, so he has no intention of rebuilding Luoyang for the time being.

On the other hand, Luoyang is also a relaxation zone between the two families. Neither Ye Zhao nor Cao Cao are willing to meet with each other too early. The development routes of both sides actually did not conflict in the early stages, and there was no need to engage in some indifferent fights. Therefore, Luoyang is now the tacit understanding between both sides and will not cross this line. If someone crossed, it means that the unwritten tacit understanding between both sides has been broken.

"Lord, how can Ye Zhao be so kind?" Cheng Yu frowned at Cao Cao.

"Good intention?" Cao Cao laughed and said, "That guy is a good deed who can't get up early without any profit. How could he be kind? He was afraid that Liu Xuande would not be able to hold on. If Liu Bei was defeated and Yuan Shao occupied Youzhou, our army would face Yuan Shao alone. If even we were defeated, Yuan Shao would be half of the country. Therefore, this guy definitely did not want us to lose in this battle, or he would not want us to lose too quickly. At least before he pacified Hetao and Xiliang, he would not want us to fail."

"In this way, is it true that we will give food this time?" Cheng Yu said with a gaze.

"It's true. Liu Bei's side is probably worse than us. If we don't have this batch of food and grass emergency, even if we can defeat Zhang He, we will be dragged to death by food and grass." Cao Cao nodded and said.

"So..." Cheng Yu's eyes lit up: "Why not ask for more to relieve the danger of our military food and grass?"

"Don't think too much. With Xiuming's cleverness, this batch of food and grass is probably calculated accurately. Don't think that he took the initiative to send it, but it's impossible to get a single pill." Cao Cao shook his head and said, "I'd better think about how to defeat the enemy. If I continue to waste this way, I'm afraid that Xiuming will take the lead."

Cheng Yu nodded and said no more.

Cao Cao was decisive and would not hesitate once he made a decision. He immediately ordered someone to notify Mi Zhu of Xuzhou to open all the granaries in Xuzhou, and transport them all to Youzhou to support Liu Bei by sea. At the same time, he met the messenger sent by Ye Zhao again on the same day. He agreed to Ye Zhao's request. On the same day, he packed the official seals of the Liangzhou Governor and the Western Regions Protectorate's Office for the envoy to bring them back. At the same time, Cao Ren led his troops to Luoyang to receive the food and grass.

It takes a certain risk to transport food and grass from Xuzhou to Youzhou. The shipbuilding technology of this period actually did not meet the standards for going to sea. The so-called seaships are just larger building ships, and they are just sailing along the coastal areas. Once they encounter strong winds and waves, they will definitely suffer losses.

From Xuzhou to Youzhou, there are more than 2,000 miles of road. This is a risk that you can directly cross the Bohai Sea without detour. Even if the boat is faster and can sail day and night, it will take nearly a month to reach these two thousand miles.

But if you want to avoid strong winds and waves for a month at sea, it is really God's blessing.

Perhaps Liu Bei's fate should not be over. Although Mi Zhu's ship encountered storms, there was no danger. He sent the food and grass to Youzhou without any danger.

At this time, Liu Bei was really at a dead end. The 30,000 troops brought by people eating and chewing horses was enough to make his hair white. When Mi Zhu personally arrived at Yongnu with his fleet, Liu Bei almost cried when he learned that Cao Cao had sent food.

Cao Cao's family has a great business and uses grain everywhere. These grains and grass are not enough for Cao Cao, but Liu Bei now has less than 30,000 people. These grains and grasses are not as simple as urgent matters for Liu Bei, and they are enough to support him until the autumn harvest. At that time, the harvest of new grains and grasses will be enough for him to fight the war until next year. However, if Zhang He cannot be defeated before the spring of next year, Liu Bei will have to consider running away. At that time, he will really be unable to support him.

This time Mi Zhu took the fortune and sailed from the coast of Xuzhou to here. He did not encounter much storm, but the next time may not be the case, and he cannot expect Cao Cao to always support him.

When Liu Bei learned that this batch of food and grass was sent to Ye Zhao for support in the name of Guan Yu, he felt complicated. After years of hard work, Liu Bei's ability and favors are no longer comparable to those in the past. He knew very well what this meant, but now this batch of food and grass can indeed save lives, so he didn't care about so much.

"Lord!" Just as Liu Bei was feeling a lot of emotion, the counselor Yan Rou moved his mind and looked at Liu Bei and said, "This is the opportunity given by God to break the enemy!"

"What do you mean?" Liu Bei looked at Yan Rou in confusion.

"Then Zhang He knew that our army had no food, so he was better than our army in these days, but he kept avoiding fighting, just waiting for our army to lose food!" Yan Rou looked at Liu Bei and smiled and said, "If we continue to defend Yongnu to the death, then Zhang He would continue to delay. If our army withdraws at this time, Zhang He would think that our army had no food and had no food to retreat. Why not use the plan and pretend to withdraw the army, lead Zhang He to attack, set up another ambush, and ambush halfway, you will definitely be able to defeat Zhang He. Take this opportunity to seize his baggage, and our army will no longer have any worries about food and grass, and we can attack Hejian with the flow!"

"What a wonderful thing!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at Mi Zhu and said, "Sir, come from afar, I want to let the sir rest for a few days, but the big ship docked here, and it is inevitable that it will be suspicious over time. Therefore, I ask sir..."

"Don't worry, Duke Xuande, I can also help Duke Xuande with his armies and use a boat to transport a group of troops to Wen'an and Dongpingshu areas, and cut off Zhang He's retreat!" Mi Zhu said with a smile.

"It is really a blessing to be able to get Zi Zhong's help!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed to Mi Zhu and said, "In this way, I will bother Zi Zhong!"

"Duke Xuande cannot do this!" Mi Zhu hurriedly gave in and helped Liu Bei up and said, "Now Duke Xuande and Duke Cao are allied, and you and my family should work together."

On that day, Liu Bei ordered Chen Dao to take three thousand soldiers and horses to leave with Mi Zhu. It was not that Liu Bei was stingy, but that he now had few soldiers and horses, and he defeated Zhang He in front of his battle, and it was not enough to have few people. It would be great to cut off Zhang He's rear 3,000 troops.

Everything was ready. Liu Bei ordered people to secretly hide the food and grass sent by Mi Zhu, and first let the soldiers in the army have a full meal, and then drove the camp overnight to Yi County.

The next morning, Zhang He learned that Liu Bei had withdrawn his troops and couldn't help but laugh: "Liu Xuande has no food. This is an opportunity to break the enemy. All the generals ordered their troops and horses to follow me to chase and kill Liu Bei!"

Zhang He was also steady enough. With the advantage of military strength, he still refused to fight Liu Bei. He kept consuming Liu Bei and wanted to defeat Liu Bei at the lowest cost. He did not expect that Cao Cao's support would be sent when Liu Bei was at the end of his journey. According to normal calculations, it was very reasonable for Liu Bei to retreat at this time. Therefore, after Zhang He confirmed that the information was true, he immediately raised an army to pursue him. As long as he won this battle, even if Liu Bei's power was over, Youzhou would be all over, and Yuan Shao would no longer have any worries. Zhang He would also make further progress with his merits and become a famous general in the world.

Zhang He thought so and did the same.

After finding out that Yongnu had no troops, only 500 people were left to occupy Yongnu, leading his army to continue chasing Yixian, preparing to fight to decide Liu Bei.

Just halfway through the chase, when passing by a forest, dense clusters of arrows suddenly shot out of the forest. At the same time, Zhang Fei led a soldier and came back, laughing loudly and said, "Zhang He is a little thief, who is trapped, and he will not get off his horse and surrender!"

At the same time, Tian Yu and Liu Bei each led a group of troops to attack from both sides, forming Zhang He's troops into three sections. Although Zhang He had many troops, he suddenly attacked him. He didn't know how many people there were in the enemy. Although Zhang He and other generals knew that Liu Bei's troops were only half of them, in this case, ordinary soldiers could not care about so many. After being cut off by Liu Bei and Tian Yu, they began to be in chaos.

"Don't panic, there are not many soldiers in the bandits, and the soldiers will follow me to kill!" Zhang He may not be as brave as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but he has a good military management style. At least the soldiers around him did not get into chaos because of this. Seeing that the rear was cut off, he did not rush to turn back to rescue. Instead, he led his troops to kill Zhang Fei, wanting to defeat Zhang Fei first, and then turn around and collect the troops and take Liu Bei to clear him.

"Good come!" Zhang Fei laughed when he saw this, and swung the snake spear. Many soldiers in Jizhou around him felt their chests suffocated, but Zhang Fei had already led his troops to kill him.

Although Zhang He was good at governing the army, the soldiers of Youzhou were strong soldiers guarding the border, and they were all extremely brave. In addition, with a fierce man like Zhang Fei, he was full of morale and rushed into the Jizhou army like a sharp knife, and he instantly tore a big hole open.

Zhang He and Zhang Fei faced each other's own family. Zhang He's skill in a long spear was not bad, but he was one level worse than Zhang Fei's top generals. After only ten rounds, he knew he would be defeated and quickly avoided it. However, his retreat didn't matter, but it greatly affected the fighting spirit of the Jizhou Army.

I was already panicked, and at this moment, seeing the general running back, the mentality of barely supporting him completely collapsed with Zhang He's retreat, and he began to defeat him. Seeing this, Zhang Fei shouted excitedly and chased him continuously. The Jizhou army, which was already killed by Liu Bei and Tian Yu, turned around and ran away when he saw Zhang He retreating. In the end, the pursuit was fierce, but in the end, he was chased and chopped by the Youzhou army.

After running for a whole day and a night, he was able to get rid of Liu Bei's pursuers. Only 50,000 troops, and many of them were separated along the way. Now there are only more than 8,000 people left by his side. Seeing that he finally ran back to Dongpingshu, he was about to conquer the defeated soldiers and was entangled with Liu Bei. Who would have thought that Dongpingshu had been defeated by Chen Dao? Zhang He had to take a detour and run again when he saw that he had led the remaining troops to retreat to the success of his life, and he was slightly relieved. However, the eleven counties in Hejian were taken away by Liu Bei for so many counties. The army's supplies were also robbed by Liu Bei before. Although there were not many, it was enough to solve Liu Bei's urgent needs. Many soldiers in Jizhou surrendered to Liu Bei when they saw that they had no hope of escaping.
Chapter completed!