Chapter 1955: Embarrassment in Youzhou, remaining problems
The threat from the hussar generals is too great, especially the cavalry.
As for the racecourses in the world, nine out of ten are already in the hands of the hussar general Fei Qian. What is left to Cao Cao is only the small patch of racecourse in Youzhou and the one in the north of Jizhou.
Therefore, there is no room for failure in Yuyang.
Yuyang was originally the seat of Youzhou. Under the governance of Liu Yu, it was originally very impressive and had the magnanimity of a large northern county. However, in just a few years, it took a sharp turn and became completely dilapidated.
Seeing everything in front of him, Cao Chun, who had rushed here after a long journey, couldn't believe his eyes.
The city wall still has traces of scorch and damage, which are said to have been left by Xianbei back then. Cao Chunzhen wanted to scold his mother, but of course he wanted to greet Yuan's mother. After so much time, the traces left by the fierce battle in Japan are still there...
Although repairs are now being resumed, where the city wall is broken, dense crowds of civilians are moving earth and stones to repair the gaps. In the moat, there are also people down in the moat, continuing to dig deep in the mud pond and planting wooden stakes again, but Cao Cao
Jundo didn't know if it would be possible to complete the repairs in time before the ice came.
"damn it……"
Cao Chun cursed in a low voice.
Jushou remained silent on the side.
All this should have been done a long time ago, but at that time Yuan Xi had no intention of staying in Youzhou for a long time, so he didn't have much desire to do these things. Every time Jushu suggested it, Yuan Xi said it would be done later, and kept putting it off again and again.
, that is, it has been postponed to the present moment.
Logically speaking, Jushou also did a good job. Just like the current construction site, there are hot pots and stoves set up at every interval, and a few men are there holding ladles and distributing hot ginger soup to those who go into the water. At every turn,
At the gate of the city, there are still bags of grain stacked up. Every citizen has done a round of work, so he comes here with chips to exchange for grain. Although it is not much, making porridge can still last for a day.
There is not much food and grass in Yuyang's granary? And Cao Chun came in a hurry? He did not bring a large amount, but now he uses this precious food and grass as "wage", in addition to wanting to repair the city walls and other city defenses as soon as possible
? There is also an obvious role? It is to stabilize people's hearts.
The cavalry brought by Cao Chun? Now three times a day? One hundred people at a time? All men and horses are wearing helmets and armor? They are patrolling around Yuyang. Under the sunlight, the armor on these cavalrymen shines dazzlingly, and the horseshoes are in formation.
Is it like beating a drum in people's hearts? It also seeks to have an uplifting effect.
Are there food? Are there soldiers? These originally panicked people in Yuyang gradually calmed down. After all, in this troubled world, aren't these two the greatest guarantees?
"How long can the food and grass in the city last?" Cao Chun asked in a very low voice.
Jushou also responded in a low voice: "There are probably more than a month..."
Cao Chun nodded, and then said: "After a few days, I'll tell you that the water is cold... I'll put it aside for the time being..." The water conservancy near Yuyang still needs to be repaired for the new spring.
A preparation, but now, the food and grass cannot sustain so much labor force, so we can only make a show, express an attitude, and then stop temporarily, and wait until the next year to relax a bit.
"I don't know when Duke Cao's food and supplies will be..." Jushou nodded and then asked. Although Jushou is now considered a member of the Cao family's camp because of Yuan Xi's relationship, he doesn't know if the habits of many years will change in a short time.
However, he still called Cao Cao Duke Cao.
Cao Chun looked into the distance, not paying attention to Jushou's details, "The grain and grass from Jizhou will arrive soon..."
Although Cao Chun said it with certainty, Cao Chun himself also knew that this so-called "no day" really didn't know the specific day...
Cao Chun was looking forward to, in addition to looking forward to food and grass, also looking forward to Cao Cao making a decision for him...
At this time, the problem of food and grass in Jizhou and Yuzhou was also a thorny issue.
Because of the fall of Yuan's banner in Jizhou, most of the soldiers were controlled by Cao Cao and taken away. There were not many soldiers left in Hebei, and in order to meet daily needs, some miscellaneous soldiers had to be added to fill the number.
The biggest task of these miscellaneous soldiers now is to transport the grain and grass from Jizhou. Most of them are transported to Yuzhou, and occasionally some are transported to other directions, such as Youzhou.
Cao Cao naturally attached great importance to Cao Chun, so soon after Cao Chun went north, he began to prepare food and grass support. However, the problem was that what Cao Cao wanted was what the people of Jizhou did not want.
Youzhou, Youzhou is doing the same shit as Jizhou?
Forget it if you give it to Yuzhou. After all, now that the emperor is in Yuzhou, it is equivalent to making up for the taxes that have not been paid in the past few years. But is Youzhou a ball?
Therefore, these soldiers who were originally from the Yuan family but are now from the Cao family are making very slow progress. Even four or five days after Cao Cao gave the order, there is still a gap of more than half before they are ready to set off. The undisciplined soldiers put on their felt hats and lay down in the sun.
Even the officers who manage these soldiers are lazy. They don't see anyone for most of the day, and they don't know where to hide and laze.
"Why should I give it to Youzhou? Doesn't this mean that we in Jizhou don't have to eat or drink?"
"When Yuan Gong was alive, the most he could do was to recruit and dispatch people, and he could only do three things. He would still care a little about the local people. Now that he has replaced Cao Gong, it is worse than not replacing him. He is forced and exploited, like drinking blood and eating flesh..."
"Be careful what you say, be careful what you say!"
"What is there to be cautious about? Look at Jizhou, who is not on tenterhooks? Who is not filled with righteous indignation? Mr. Cao said that everyone should be treated equally, but what is the result? Among the outstanding people in Jizhou now, how many are worthy of being in the imperial court?"
"This...hey..."
"I heard that after we finally prepared the money and food, after we transported it to Yuzhou, someone withheld it and passed it off as good quality. As a result, the court thought that the people in Jizhou were dissatisfied and deliberately used rotten rice and rotted wheat as military rations, and even wanted to investigate the involvement.
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"There is such a thing? This is simply ridiculous!"
"Isn't it true? The people of Yuzhou have always had a rift with us, but now they see how decadent we are, how can we easily let them go? This is to force us to go to a dead end!"
"Alas, if Mr. Yuan were here, he wouldn't be able to reach this point..."
Many things have to be lost before you know how to cherish them. The same is true for these Jizhou people. When Yuan Shao was alive, he was dissatisfied with this and that, and kept muttering about Yuan Shao's this and that. But now that he has become Cao Cao, these Jizhou people suddenly woke up.
, In fact, Yuan Shao is still very good, but it is a pity that there is no such store after passing this village. What is lost is gone and can never be looked back.
Scattered discussions will of course yield no results, except that everyone is full of complaints and their military morale becomes even more lax.
Naturally, Cao Cao couldn't hear these discussions.
At the moment, Cao Cao was alone in his room, looking at the wooden diagram representing Youyan's locality on the table, pondering carefully. Outside, there were several personal guards guarding the door, quietly not daring to disturb Cao Cao's thoughts.
This wooden map was probably made by Yuan Shao at some time, and it has been rubbed to the point of being patinated. It was obvious that Yuan Shao had been thinking about this map for a long time. Cao Cao's hands were on the wooden map, and he kept pointing.
Pointing, pondering for a long time, and finally sighing.
"The troops and horses are still insufficient..." Cao Cao sighed, "The hussars and horses are indeed the best among the best...especially the cavalry..."
After the battle with Fei Qian, Cao Cao's understanding of cavalry seemed to have improved to a higher level. I originally thought that his cavalry was already very good, but compared with Fei Qian's men, it seemed to be a little worse. Fei Qian's
The cavalry are more courageous, more aggressive, can travel farther, run faster, and seem to be able to sit and lie down on their horses all day long. They are even more barbaric than the barbarians.
Cao Cao originally thought it was just a little bit worse, but now he realized that his cavalry was a little bit worse here and a little bit worse there. The final result was that there was a big gap between him and Fei Qian's cavalry.
There is also the gap in equipment...
Those weapons and equipment are shining with cold light and will make people feel chilled under the sunlight.
Brother Hao's ability has made people helpless at all times and in all countries.
Sophisticated equipment and elite soldiers are almost unsolvable in the era of cold weapons.
And all of this has become an obstacle in front of Cao Cao.
Therefore Youzhou is very important, very important. It is not only the north gate of Jizhou, but also a training ground. Although it may not be possible to train a white horse Yiliang again like Gongsun Zan did, it will gradually allow his own cavalry to catch up with the hussars.
Those cavalry also need such an area to guarantee them.
But Youzhou is in a difficult situation and is very embarrassed. It is even poorer and worse than Cao Cao originally expected.
"Yuan Xi, Yuan Xianyi..." Cao Cao gritted his teeth. This is obviously Yuan Xi's fault, but now even if Yuan Xi is beheaded, it is impossible to immediately change the problem in Youzhou, not to mention that Yuan Xi is still useful.
Still can't kill him.
Therefore, Cao Cao could only wipe Yuan Xi's butt in person.
Cao Cao was hesitant about the information reported by Cao Chun, because he understood Cao Chun's thoughts on the newly discovered Zhao Yun's caravan. After all, Fei Qian's caravan was generally worth much, and Cao Cao also knew it well. If it was true,
If it can be done a few times, it can temporarily alleviate Youzhou's dilemma.
But Cao Cao felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this caravan, and it smelled like a conspiracy. Although this was not in line with the habits of Qiqi Feiqian, Cao Cao smelled this smell, so Cao Cao thought again and again, and then sent an emergency to Cao Chun.
The messenger asked Cao Chun to be patient for the time being and not to act rashly to avoid falling into a trap. He also said that he would ask Jizhou to try its best to divert grain and grass and transfer it to Youzhou to alleviate the shortage in Youzhou...
The transfer from Jizhou, Hebei to Youzhou is generally by land, but it also has to pass through three rivers, one is Zhangshui, one is Lushui, and one is Jumashui.
Many people in later generations only knew about the Battle of Jieqiao, but they did not know that there was also the Battle of Jumashui. After the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao sent Cui Juye to lead troops to besiege Gu'an. They could not attack for a long time and had to retreat when they ran out of food.
, but Gongsun Zan sent 30,000 men to pursue him, and defeated Yuan Shao's army at the Juma River, killing seven or eight thousand people. Afterwards, Gongsun Zan took advantage of the victory and pursued to the plains, and Liu Bei's plain order was established...
Of course, the victory of this giant horse water was also one of the reasons why Gongsun Zan later refused to fight in Yijing. After all, Yuan Shaojiu tasted the sweetness of chasing after Yuan Shaojiu after being unable to attack him. After that, he naturally felt that he could do it again, but he didn't.
Thinking that Yuan Shao had changed his posture.
Today, Juma Water.
The bridge is broken.
There was originally a stone bridge here, but it fell into disrepair and was broken.
On the river bank, dozens of civilians were working like ants, and the prototype of a pontoon bridge took some shape. Of course, it will obviously take a lot of time to take shape.
The messenger sent by Cao Cao to Youzhou was stuck here.
"Ship! Quickly maneuver the ship!" The messenger jumped off his horse and yelled on the river bank, sweating profusely, "Who is in charge?"
Some farmers nearby stopped what they were doing and looked at the messenger like dumb geese, motionless, while the farmers in the distance were still there, either beating wooden piles or ramming earth, shouting.
and knocking sounds one after another.
"Who's in charge?" the messenger continued to shout. When no one responded, he couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed a civilian husband, staring at his eyes, "Who's in charge?"
"What's going on in the river? What's going on in the river? What's being cooked?" The citizen trembled, "I don't understand anything..."
The messenger slowed down his tone, tried his best not to use the Yuzhou accent, and approached the tone here in Jizhou. He asked the citizen, who suddenly understood, and then pointed in a direction ahead.
The messenger immediately mounted his horse and hurried to the front, then looked around and found an official standing by the river supervising the work, "Send the boat quickly! Someone is going to cross the river!"
The official who urged the construction of the pontoon bridge looked sad and said, "Report to Shangguan, there are no boats here..."
The messenger didn't believe it, pointed at the officials and shouted: "How can there be no boats on such an important road? If you intend to hinder me, you will be charged with obstructing the military situation! Send the boat quickly and send me across the river!"
The officials bowed again and again and said, "Shangguan's words are wrong. How dare you interrupt me? There are really no ships... All the grain and grass that were transported before have been transferred away, and there is not even a single ship left..."
"Uh..." The messenger was stunned for a moment.
If it is said that an official deliberately did not divert the ships, it is natural that the official was obstructing the military situation. But if the ships were really diverted, then it was not within the scope of the official's ability, and of course it cannot be said to be the official's fault.
"Fishing boats! Fishing boats are also available! If there are fishermen around, you can find a fishing boat!" the messenger said loudly.
The official bent down so much that he almost touched the ground, "I'm telling you, sir, here... there is no human habitation for a hundred miles, why... where are the fishing boats..."
The continuous battles between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan not only wrinkled the sheets, but also destroyed the original ecology. The people in the war zone had long been either captured or died. How could they still survive in the wild and even build
Fishing boats come down the river to fish?
"Someone wants to cross the river!" The messenger had no choice but to grab the official, "Someone! Wants to! Cross the river!!"
The official trembled and said: "If Shangguan is anxious... why not... swim over?"
The messenger gritted his teeth, rolled his eyes a few times, and finally said viciously: "Where is the shallow water?"
Even in later generations, there are many people who are landlubbers and sink when they enter the water, not to mention the messengers who have lived in Yuzhou for a long time. However, there is a time limit for conveying military information. If the time is exceeded, the lighter will be punished, and the severer will be beheaded, so now it is also
I just swam in. Although the water level in the winter is lower, the water is also freezing cold in the winter...
Even if he could swim across, there would be no time to warm himself by the fire, change clothes, or find a place to repair. He had to continue on his way, and then with the cold wind blowing on horseback, his life was almost sealed.
Whether you can survive or not depends on whether God will give you face.
Wind-cold was almost a terminal disease in the Han Dynasty.
The messenger gritted his teeth, endured the fear of water in his heart, took off his outer robe, and then wrapped the bamboo tube inside the outer robe. There was no oilcloth, so he could only borrow the linen cloth sent by the officials and wrap it with another layer, and hung it on the
On the horse's neck, he stripped naked and got into the water, shivering in the cold wind.
The river water is cold.
Although the water flow was not very fast, it quickly took away the heat from the courier's body, causing him to tremble uncontrollably. After walking a few steps, his legs and feet suddenly swayed!
The messenger secretly screamed something bad, and quickly hugged the horse's neck, barely able to stabilize his body...
Although horses themselves also have the instinct to swim, war horses are only good runners after all. This swimming ability is very reluctant. When the messenger hugged him, his body tilted and he almost sank into the water!
Fortunately, the war horses struggled, and the river water in winter was low and the current was slow, so we were able to swim slowly to the other side without any danger.
The messenger hugged the horse's neck as much as possible and swam across the river with difficulty relying on the strength of the horse. However, when he just stood on the shore, he was faced with a gust of wind. He shivered all over and sneezed two or three times in a row.
, hurriedly went to take the bundle from the horse's neck, and when he was about to put on his coat, his face suddenly turned pale.
I don't know when, the baggage that was originally placed on the back of the horse's neck has turned in one direction and now is located under the horse's neck, and is dripping water...
The messenger hurriedly untied the baggage, and then panicked to see that not only the outer robes and other clothes were soaked in the baggage, but also the bamboo tube in the middle was wet. He quickly grabbed the bamboo tube and shook it twice, trying to remove it.
I shook off the water stained on the bamboo tube, but I didn't expect that the cold wind made my hands and feet stiff. In addition, there was water on the bamboo tube, so I couldn't hold it firmly, so I took it out and threw it to the ground with a click.
After two calls, he jumped into the river.
The messenger rushed forward and held him down with both hands.
Fortunately it was a bamboo tube, if it had been any other utensil it might have been broken.
Shivering, he put on the robe that was still damp even though he had tried his best to wring it out. Then he put the bamboo tube in his arms and gritted his teeth in the cold wind and continued to move forward hastily.
When he arrived in Yuyang, his spirits relaxed and the messenger fell into a coma.
While Yuyang soldiers were rescuing the messenger, they hurriedly delivered the bamboo tube to Cao Chun. Cao Chun picked up the bamboo tube and looked at it, and then he saw the sealing wax on the bamboo tube. Half of the bamboo tube was intact and stamped with a seal, but the sealing wax on the other half was cracked.
