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Chapter 970 Cao Cao's Means

Cao Cao is a hero and prefers to take the initiative.

Having been restrained by Zhang Yu many times, this time he planned to take the initiative and take the initiative.

Cao Cao studied the map and began to write and draw on the map.

After thinking about it all night, Cao Cao went to rest very late.

With mature ideas, Cao Cao called Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, and Man Pang.

"Now that our soldiers and horses are strong, we can concentrate our superior forces. I plan to continue to attack Jizhou and wipe out the Yuan family in Jizhou. Now Yuan's army has been recovering and recruiting soldiers and horses. We can't give them too much time, otherwise we will have to pay in the future." Big price."

Cao Cao's tone had already made up his mind. After the three counselors thought for a while, Man Pang said: "My lord, the Yuan's group has recovered a little after cultivation, and it can't be defeated quickly. If Zhang Yu is holding back at this time, There will be unexpected situations, and the subordinates think that Sun Ce must cooperate in Jiangdong."

Cao Cao thought for a while, and asked Sun Ce to cooperate, it was to give benefits, Sun Ce did not cooperate if he wanted the other party to cooperate.

"We can't help Sun Ce take back the Poyang Lake area. I'm afraid we may not be able to give them what they want," Cao Cao said.

Cheng Yu took the words and said: "My lord, it is impossible for Sun Ce to cooperate vigorously without giving us enough benefits. They may not want to see us develop. Maintaining a balance among the three parties is definitely what Sun Ce wants to see."

"But Sun Ce must have many problems internally. Why don't we send someone to talk about it? It will be autumn soon. We are not prepared enough, and we will not be able to fight until the beginning of spring next year."

Cao Cao nodded silently, playing with the teacup involuntarily.

He took a sip of tea silently and said: "Whether Sun Ce can cooperate or not, this battle will be fought. Our total territory is equivalent to three states, but Zhang Yuming only has four states, plus a large number of overseas Region, if we continue to develop, we will be left behind sooner or later.”

The contrast in power is obvious. Zhang Yu already has enough advantages on the territory.

Counting the territory, Zhang Yu's territory is already larger than them, the population is larger than them, and the talent is about to surpass them.

After all the calculations, if Zhang Yu's strength can be integrated, he will be far behind them in the future.

Seeing that Cao Cao has made such a big determination, they can only provide Cao Cao with a plan and advise Cao Cao.

Xun Yu said: "My lord, our current money and food can support the battle of 60 to [-] troops. Obviously, it is not enough. There is still half a year to prepare, and the autumn harvest is also going on, but there will be a big gap."

Xun Yu is a good hand in managing internal affairs, but he can't conjure up a lot of money and food out of thin air.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Cao Cao frowned, then asked.

Xun Yu said: "It's no longer suitable to raise money from aristocratic families, otherwise they will definitely ask the eldest son to give up cultivating civilian talents, and they will make things difficult. Instead, they can raise money from other sources."

Cao Cao was silent, drinking tea and waiting for Xun Yu's answer.

Xun Yu was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "The conventional method is to collect taxes in advance and collect next year's taxes in advance. This will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people, but it is still acceptable. The unconventional method is to take some people's property by force. property."

It is rare for Xun Yu to propose some unconventional methods, and it is obviously impossible to ask him to propose more excessive methods.

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao said: "It is a good idea to collect taxes in advance, but this will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the enemy. According to Zhang Yu's vigilance, he may guess our purpose. Is there a way to make Zhang Yu less concerned?"

Everyone is in trouble again, they have to prepare in advance, and they must collect money in advance, otherwise nothing can be done.

But if it is ahead of time, Zhang Yu and the Yuan family will make preparations in advance.

However, Cheng Yu said: "Nowadays, with the grand strategy, we can no longer deceive the opponent. No matter who it is, we can only deceive the opponent tactically. We prepare and increase our troops. This is a normal practice. As long as we can deceive the opponent tactically That's it."

"Even if it is the time to launch the attack, the strength of the troops, the scale, etc., it is enough for the enemy to make a wrong judgment. Therefore, my lord, we should make preparations now, without thinking about what Zhang Yu and the Yuan family will think."

Cheng Yu's analysis made Cao Cao suddenly enlightened, so he said, "Okay, Xun Yu, you should prepare immediately and collect taxes as soon as possible."

Zhang Yu was able to raise taxes because his own tax rate was not very high, and the land he controlled was rich, so the impact of tax increases was not very great.

However, Cao Cao and his colleagues' original tax rate was much higher, so they could not continue to increase taxes. Instead of increasing taxes, they resorted to collecting taxes in advance.

This approach will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people, but Cao Cao did not exercise any tyranny, and the occasional tax increase will not cause any trouble.

After Cao Cao decided, he asked Xun Yu to go down first to prepare.

After Xun Yu left, Cao Cao said: "Xun Yu is too upright and has many unconventional methods. What can you do?"

Man Pang said: "My lord, some half-hearted families can beat and beat and release rumors of liquidation, and some people will cooperate."

This is blackmail, with soldiers in hand, blackmailing a small number of families, it's nothing.

Cao Cao immediately agreed, and then Cao Cao said: "There is also a lot of wealth buried in the ground. Back then, Dong Zhuo dug up hundreds of millions of family assets. We might as well learn from it."

Cheng Yu and Man Pang looked at each other, then fell silent, Cao Cao wanted to rob the tomb.

If Zhang Yu knew, it wouldn't be a surprise. Cao Cao made the Mojin Captain, and sent troops to rob the tomb.

Cao Cao was already planning to fight a big war and needed a lot of money, so Cheng Yu and Man Pang didn't object. Anyway, Cao Cao didn't dare to steal their house, even Cao Cao, who had the owner now, wouldn't move.

Otherwise, digging up someone's ancestral grave, this family would not all have enmity with him, and would turn to the enemy one after another.

Cheng Yu also proposed to secretly find some well-connected families for loans, or even develop some cities and sell them to the families like Zhang Yu did.

After that, after they started the war, Cao Cao should attack the local aristocratic families, take away their wealth and make up for his own shortfall.

Cao Cao didn't dare to do this before, and now he can't care less. Anyway, he doesn't move the families that support him. Regarding other families, Cao Cao plans to change his strategy and attack them.

After discussing for a long time, Cao Cao let them go back.

Immediately, Cao Cao began a new round of preparations.

At first, when Zhang Yu received the news, he felt that it was very normal, because he was also doing such a thing himself.

He only increased tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but the training of the militia has been raised to a higher level, and the second-line defensive army has also been strengthened.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yu directly recruited 20 troops for this large-scale training of the Fusang army.

For this purpose, Zhang Yu directly reduced one-third of Queen Fuso's tribute and asked her to agree to recruit Fuso people.

(End of this chapter)