Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 223
"Prime Minister, I believe that no matter how many soldiers Yuan Shao has, he is nothing to be afraid of. What is frightening is that he has innumerable provisions."

"I heard that Yuan Shao prepared more than 200 million stones of food and grass for this battle, but my lord only has [-] days' worth of food, so my lord must not delay!"

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Every time I go to war, I worry about food and grass, and this time it's the same. The war must end within fifteen days!"

"Also, my lord, according to reports from sentry cavalry, Liu Bei led thousands of troops around the Guandu area and came from the west towards Yuzhou."

Hearing Liu Bei's news, Cao Cao paused, stopped thinking about getting into the chariot, and said, "Liu Bei, the defeated general, is still not giving up, trying to take this opportunity to stab me from behind."

"His target must be Xuchang. He hopes to divert my attention and let me divide my troops to rescue."

"Fortunately, he doesn't have many troops under his command. Xun Yu, I will leave this matter to you. Pi'er has never been on the battlefield. You must help him complete the task of guarding Xuchang this time. This is also for him. I hope Liu Bei can train my son into a great weapon."

"I obey."

In the Jiangdong area, Sun Ce was playing the piano and drinking wine with Da Qiao in the courtyard of his mansion.

Sun Ce was in high spirits when he listened to the music. After hearing the servant whispering in his ear, he felt a little angry, but he knew Han Dang and would never disturb him at this time. He must have business to deal with.

After he sent Da Qiao back to the room, he went to the main room to discuss matters with Han.

Han Dang took out a secret letter from his pocket and showed it to Sun Ce. When Sun Ce saw it, he was very angry, kicked over the table in front of him, and shouted: "Xu Gong is so bold that he dared to collude with Cao Cao to murder me!" , I must tear his corpse into ten thousand pieces to relieve my hatred!"

"Cheng Pu, you immediately send someone to Xu Gong's mansion, and without any explanation, take him down and execute him."

"No." Han Dang took the order and prepared to leave.

After this order was issued, Sun Ce was always worried. He always felt that such an order would add some new hidden dangers to his future.

Suddenly, he thought of his father, Sun Jian, who died in a surprise attack by Liu Biao's remnants. This incident sounded a wake-up call in his heart, and he recalled Han Dang who had just left the house.

After Han Dang entered the room, he was puzzled. He didn't know why the lord asked him to come back in such a hurry. Could it be that there was some task for him to do.

Sun Ce thought for a while, and said, "Han Bo, I don't think this matter is easy to solve. If I don't handle it well, I may bring myself to death."

"Now, I hope that you, Uncle Han, will act secretly to find out who Xu Gong has close contacts with. After everyone has found out, we will catch all the fish in one go. We can't forget about my father. A painful lesson."

Hearing what Sun Ce said, Han Dang felt pained. He remembered how heroic and heroic Sun Jian was back then, but it was a pity that he didn't protect him well and let him be persecuted by traitors before he died!

Today, what the lord said made him deeply understand that the lord has grown up, and he has become more and more comprehensive in thinking about issues. In the future, he will definitely achieve great things for Jiangdong, and the old lord's wish will soon be realized.

He handed over the task assigned by Sun Ce, then exited the room, ready to carry it out immediately.

At this time, Liu Bei led the army to the border of Yuzhou. He still had a grudge against Lu Su's proposal in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

He knew in his heart that he was weak now, no matter whether Cao Cao or Sun Ce, he was no match for him, but he was very ambitious. On the surface, he talked about helping the Han Dynasty every day, but in fact he hoped to dominate the world.

So he was unwilling to live under the control of others, so he left Yuan Shao. He didn't expect that after leaving him, he would soon fall into the hands of Sun Ce and become a knife for him to check and balance Cao Cao.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's current enemy is Yuan Shao, and he has no time to take care of him, so Liu Bei can use this time to develop his own power and strive to compete with them as soon as possible!

The most urgent task is to lay down a piece of territory for yourself.

Liu Bei set this goal on Cao Cao's Xuchang City. Cao Cao sent all the elite to the battlefield in the Guandu area, and Xuchang City will definitely be very empty.

He even thought that Sun Ce in the south would definitely have the same idea as him, but his current advantage is that compared with Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army, the army he leads is closer to Xuchang City, and its military strength is also very convenient to deploy.

This is his only chance of survival. If Xuchang City falls into the hands of Sun Ce, or if he does not attack it, then he will be completely under the control of Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei turned around and asked Guan Yu where this place was.

Guan Yu went north from Mount Mangdang, but he also passed by this place, and said, "Brother, we have already left Bingzhou and arrived at the boundary of Yuzhou, which is less than fifty miles away from Xuchang City, Cao Cao's headquarters."

Liu Bei yelled in his heart, knowing that now was his chance, he immediately ordered the whole army to camp in place.

After the camp was set up, he selected [-] soldiers from Xuzhou who had fled with him, and asked them to dress up as villagers and sneak into Xuchang City to investigate the strength of the defenders in the city and where the food and grass were stored. And the number, and told them that everyone must return to the camp before dark.

After making these arrangements, he returned to his camp and waited for news from them.

On the frontal battlefield at this moment, Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army have all set up their positions, waiting for the drums of the two sides to fight.

The sun was scorching hot, the sun was high in the sky, and the soldiers were sweating profusely. At this moment, in the center of the battlefield, there was a sunshade that had just been built, and Cao Cao was sitting under it drinking fine wine.

Xu You and Yuan Shao had seen Cao Cao's gesture long before the three armies, and they were a little surprised and full of doubts, not knowing what Cao Cao meant.

At this time, Cao Cao's flag-bearer came to Yuan Shao and said loudly, "General Yuan, my prime minister invites you to have a drink."

After hearing this, Yuan Shao had a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't know what kind of bad water was in Cao Cao's belly. Xu You, who was beside him, stroked his beard and put on a thoughtful expression.

Yuan Shao thought for a while, then put the matter behind him. In front of the three armies, his troops were many times stronger than Cao Cao's, and he didn't take him seriously at all. He stood up, prepared to dismount, and went to fight Cao Cao drink together.

(End of this chapter)