Cao Hong sat in the woods, feeling a little sad. He never expected that he would end up in this situation by accident.
If he had known this, he would not have said anything to divide his troops, but it was too late!
"General, Zhang Junhou is back."
Cao Hong was refreshed and hurriedly stood up, "How was the harvest?"
Zhang Junhou was the person he sent out to search for food. He sent out a total of more than a dozen small teams like this to solve the food problem.
"Not much, just a few baskets of food."
Cao Hong said nothing, but his face was full of disappointment.
There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and only a few baskets of food are probably not enough for teeth.
Yu Jin walked over from the side with a worried look on his face, "General Cao, the spies are back to report that the enemy troops behind are getting closer and closer."
Cao Hong turned around and looked at the soldiers around him, sighing secretly in his heart. They all looked hungry and weak. If the enemy came after him, he would be defeated first without having to fight.
"We need to find more food as soon as possible!"
While saying this, Cao Hong felt helpless!
Yu Jin was stunned for a moment and asked tentatively, "General Cao, do you have any idea?"
Cao Hong said slowly, "There is a fort ten miles ahead. If we attack this place, we will definitely get a lot of food."
Hearing this, Yu Jin waved his hand hurriedly, "General Cao, you must not do this!"
The reason why Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou and attracted Lu Bu was because he killed Bian Rang, a famous scholar in Yanzhou, which caused panic among the Yanzhou nobles, so he teamed up with Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou
After this lesson, Cao Cao also understood that he could not offend the Yanzhou nobles, so he also issued an order not to attack the nobles easily.
After Cheng Yu arrived in Dong'a, he wanted to appease these nobles and prevent them from joining forces with Lu Bu.
The families who can own Wubao are all very famous in Yanzhou and have strong financial resources. Once a sneak attack on Wubao is made, the family will definitely be dissatisfied. No one knows what will happen then.
Cao Hong turned to look at Yu Jin and asked with a wry smile, "General Yu, if you don't do this, will you be able to get food?"
Having said this, Cao Hong sighed, "I don't want to do anything to them, but the people in the village have no food. What can we do? We can only act expediently."
Yu Jin frowned, "But what if the lord asks?"
Cao Hong waved his hand, "General Yu, I can't control much now. It's better to let the soldiers eat before they can rush back to Dong'a!
If the lord asks, I will bear the responsibility."
Since Cao Hong is willing to take responsibility, Yu Jin has nothing to say. After all, the difficulty lies here. Unless he is willing to let more than 10,000 troops disperse, he must find a way to solve the food problem.
Wubao.
Li Cai was lying on the soft couch, burping and enjoying the afternoon sunshine.
He is 58 years old, has gained some weight, and his bulging cheeks have turned his originally long face into a round shape.
The hundreds of miles nearby are almost all his fields. Although many people who farm the land have fled, it is not important. What is important is that there are still people who farm the land for him.
In order to resist the remnants of the Yellow Turbans outside, we spent a huge amount of money to build this fort.
For safety, Li Cai recruited hundreds of servants to look after his home and nursing home.
The preparations made by Li Cai were indeed effective. Although there were a few remnants of the Yellow Turban Army coming here, they were all blocked by the tall courtyard wall.
Although they had been besieged for a while, Li Cai was not worried because the warehouses in Wubao were already filled with food. Even if the siege lasted for a year, the food would still be popular.
The sun shone warmly on Li Cai's body, making him a little drowsy. He yawned, got into position, and was about to fall asleep when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside.
The sound of these footsteps was very loud, which immediately dispersed Li Cai's sleepiness and made him feel a little unhappy.
"Who is it? Who is walking there?"
A servant with a pale face hurried over and said hurriedly, "Master, it's bad, a large number of officers and soldiers are coming outside."
"What?"
Li Cai was surprised, "Who is he?"
"They seem to be Cao Jun's soldiers!"
Li Cai hurriedly stood up and said, "Come on, let's go take a look."
The two came to the edge of the city wall. Li Cai climbed up the ladder and looked outside. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Outside Wubao, a large number of Cao soldiers have gathered, and the darkness has surrounded the entire Wubao.
Li Cai turned to look at He Tie, the leader of the servants beside him, "What's going on? Why are they here?"
He Tie was so frightened that he shook his head hastily, "I don't know, they came suddenly and quickly surrounded the place."
At this moment, several war horses ran out from the camp outside, came to the front of the city wall, and said loudly.
"People inside, listen, we are passing by here and we are short of some food. I hope you can donate some."
When he heard that it was just about food, Li Cai felt relieved and responded loudly.
"It turns out it's about food. It's easy to say, I'm willing to donate."
Having said this, Li Cai thought about it and said, "I am willing to donate 100 dendrobium of grain, and I will send someone to deliver it to you."
Soon, Li asked someone to prepare the food and push it out on a cart.
But I never thought that as soon as I opened the door, Cao Jun soldiers from outside rushed in.
An hour later, Cao Hong left with the well-fed soldiers. Behind him, Wubao was already in flames.
Cao Hong was satisfied, and a red light appeared on his face, "I didn't expect that there would be so much food in the small Wubao. It seems that we don't have to worry about food for at least three days."
Yu Jin nodded, "In three days, we have arrived in Dong'a."
After saying this, Yu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In order to obtain more food, no one in Wubao was left behind, and everything was looted.
Cao Hong looked at Yu Jin's somewhat ugly face, smiled and comforted him, "General Yu, don't worry, there is no one in Wubao anymore. If we don't tell, this matter will not be known to others."
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Yu Jin nodded with a wry smile, "I hope so!"
While the two were talking, the spies who went to inquire about the news rushed back.
"General Qi, the pursuers behind us are very close to us. There are only about 30 miles left."
When he heard the news from the spies, Cao Hong was suddenly surprised and said hurriedly, "It's so close. Send the order quickly and let everyone hurry up."
Yu Jin suddenly said, "General Cao, since we already have food, why not stop and rest."
Cao Hong was stunned, "What if they catch up?"
Yu Jin suddenly sneered, "If they dare to catch up, then destroy them."
Cao Hong suddenly reacted, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Yes, we will destroy them this time."
Yu Jin nodded, "We already have more soldiers and horses than them, but now that they dare to chase us, they are throwing themselves into a trap.
It's better to let everyone rest where they are, wait until they come over, and defeat them in one fell swoop."
Cao Hong sneered, "Okay, let everyone rest where they are."
Since ancient times, there is a saying that is very true.
Fire cannot be contained in paper!
After Cao Hong led the army to leave, news began to spread around.
"Do you know that Cao Jun has destroyed the Li family and left no one behind?"
"It's so cruel. Go tell your master to be careful!"
In just one day, all the big families within a hundred miles radius received the news, and everyone was immediately in danger, fearing that Cao Jun would plunder them.
Cao Jun is so vicious that many people have already taken notice of him.
Should we invite Lu Bujun over and drive Cao Jun away?
……
While Cao Hong was waiting anxiously, the spies finally came back.
"General Qi, Lu Bu's army stopped 20 miles away from us."
"What?" Cao Hong couldn't help being surprised when he heard the news.
"Why don't they leave?"
"I don't know!"
Yu Jin frowned, "It seems they already know our situation."
Cao Hong snorted coldly, "Since they don't come, then we go find them?"
Yu Jin waved his hand hurriedly, "General Cao, I think it's better to forget it. Our army doesn't have much food. If they return to Cangting again, our army will be short of food again."
Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, in that case, let's let them go this time. Let's go back to Dong'a first."
That night, Cao Hong was resting in a forest when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the roadside. He was startled and hurriedly sent someone to investigate.
A quarter of an hour later, the soldier returned from the roadside with a few people.
Cao Hong was surprised when he saw the person coming, "Mr. Cheng, why is it you?"
It turned out that these people passing by the official road were none other than Cheng Yu who had a lucky escape.
Cheng Yu cupped his hands and said with a wry smile, "General Cao, I originally wanted to send you some food to help you, but who would have thought that I would encounter the Bingzhou cavalry, and as a result, all the food was taken away by them." Having said this, Cheng Yu sighed, "Even the 1,500 soldiers they brought were dispersed by them, and now there are only a dozen of us left."
Cao Hong angrily punched the tree next to him and roared, "Lu Bu, you and I are at odds with each other."
Yu Jin frowned and asked, "Mr. Cheng, where are the Bingzhou Cavalry now?"
Cheng Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't know."
Cao Hong sighed, "We'd better return to Dong'a first and then make long-term plans."
Cheng Yu nodded, "That's all we can do."
Early the next morning, everyone set off again, heading in the direction of Dong'a.
At the same time, Cao Hong received news from the spies again, and Lu Bujun, who was pursuing him, continued to pursue him.
Cao Hong saw that the food in his hand was getting less and less. Although he wanted to defeat the chasing enemies, he was worried about running out of food, so he could only ignore it and continue towards Dong'a.
It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the army arrived not far from Dong'a, but at this time, everyone also learned about the fall of Dong'a.
There is not much food that the army has snatched. Now that Dong'a has been lost again, everyone will soon fall into a state of food shortage again.
Cao Hong smiled bitterly, "What do you think we should do?"
Yu Jin now looked worried, "The city wall of Dong'a is strong. If our army wants to attack Chengcheng by force, it may not be an easy task."
Cheng Yu sighed, "General Cao, Fan County has been lost. It's too far to go to Juancheng. Now our army has no other choice. Only by attacking Dong'a can we have a chance of survival.
Lu Bu's army has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they are scattered everywhere. I believe that there will never be too many soldiers and horses stationed in Dong'a."
Cao Hong nodded, "In this case, our army chooses to attack by force."
The crowd came to the city wall and ordered soldiers to cut down trees and make simple ladders to attack the city.
Early the next morning, Cao Hong led his troops to battle and lined up outside the city wall. Following an order, countless Cao soldiers carried the prepared ladders and rushed towards the city wall of Dong'a.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Cao's army was in large numbers and rushed towards them like a huge wave, rolling crazily towards the city wall.
Gao Shun stood on the city wall, looking at the Cao Jun soldiers rushing over, with a natural look on his face, and suddenly shouted loudly.
"Brothers, the enemy is coming, what should we do?"
As the words fell, the soldiers standing on the city wall immediately shouted in unison.
"Kill!"
Soon, Cao Jun soldiers rushed into the attack range of the archers. With an order, countless arrows flew into the air. After reaching the top, they roared down again.
Whoosh!
"Ahhh!"
Gao Shun did not bring many soldiers and horses, and naturally there were not many archers. Cao Jun only suffered dozens of casualties and had already rushed to the edge of the city wall.
With a shout, the ladder carried by the soldiers was immediately erected high and heavily placed on the city wall.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
The first requirement for Gao Shun’s training is to be physically strong.
These soldiers who were trapped in the camp were all extremely strong. It took two people to lift a giant tree, but these soldiers could carry it to the edge of the city wall alone and smash it hard against the Cao soldiers who were rushing up.
"Smash me hard!"
"Ahhh!"
The battle between the two sides had just begun, and at a time when morale was at its peak, Cao Jun's soldiers all took the lead and rushed desperately toward the ladder.
Not to be outdone, the soldiers trapped in the camp kept throwing boulders and rolling logs from the top of the city. Suddenly, our Cao soldiers screamed in agony.
A spy came from a distance and hurried towards Cao Hong, who was watching the battle.
"General Qi, the Lu Bu army pursuing us is only 15 miles away from us."
Upon hearing the news, Cao Hong couldn't help but frown, and then snorted coldly, "If you dare to chase me, then don't go back."
Having said this, Cao Hong turned to look at Yu Jin and said loudly, "General Yu, you can lead 5,000 troops and go to meet the enemy."
Yu Jin hurriedly cupped his hands and hurriedly led his troops away.
Cheng Yu frowned and suddenly said, "General Cao, since there are pursuers behind us, why not stop attacking the city for now?"
After hearing this, Cao Hong sighed, "Mr. Cheng, we only have enough food for today. If we don't capture the city as soon as possible, we will have no food available tomorrow!"
Cheng Yu sighed secretly and said no more.
There is nothing we can do now, there is no food, we must attack the city!
Even if there are pursuers behind, we can only find a way to break through the city first, there is no second option.
Yu Jin led 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave the brigade, first sent several waves of spies to explore the road, and then led most of the soldiers and horses to rush back.