Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then his face became even more gloomy, but he didn't know that at this time Le Jin was already surrounded by Lu Bu's men in Fan County. If he hadn't had the responsibility to guard Fan County, he would have retreated long ago. When he received the news of Cao Cao's defeat, he would definitely
Will evacuate directly to Chenliu.
"There are less than fifty people left in the 63,000-strong army..." Cao Cao muttered to himself. These 63,000 people can be said to be all the food reserves of Nanyang, the richest country in the world, and he spent more than a year fighting with Yuan Shu.
The veterans who have been trained in successive battles can be said to be Cao Cao's trump card that has gathered all his hard work, and he does not want to lose them all in one fell swoop.
"Lord, if you run out of soldiers, you can recruit them again. If you run out of weapons and equipment, you can cast them again. As long as you return to Yanzhou, Wen Ruo will definitely handle these things." Cheng Yu moved Xun Yu out without hesitation. At this time, he also
Only Xun Yu can save the situation, the others have no hope at all.
"Let's go back to Yanzhou!" Cao Cao didn't say much. Cheng Yu didn't know the truth and thought there was still food in Nanyang. Cao Cao knew better.
[Alas, I don’t have two years of savings to have another fight with Liu Xuande this time. Nanyang is known as the richest place in the world, and it took all of it to train such a team of more than 70,000 people in one year.
troops, the world will never have such a good opportunity again.] Xun You thought with great bitterness in his heart that more than 60,000 veterans who had seen blood and were well-equipped with armor were just buried in the Xuzhou Plain.
[Wen Ruo is not invincible. A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. After ruining this wave of veterans, we will not be able to participate in any battles in the short term. Moreover, with the more than 10,000 veterans and more than 100,000 soldiers stationed in Yanzhou, we can't even defend Yanzhou.
It’s all a problem. Without years of training and more than five battles, it’s impossible to have so many veterans.】
Cao Cao took the lead, thinking painfully in his heart, among the more than 60,000 veterans who had seen blood, Xun Wenruo had recruited a full 100,000 new troops. During the battles with Yuan Shu, he could always fill the 100,000 with troops stationed in the field. Until now,
These more than 70,000 people barely survived!
Now except for 10,000 people who were given to Cao Ren to garrison Wancheng and 3,000 people who were given to Le Jin to garrison Fan County, the remaining 60,000 people were all destroyed in Liu Bei's hands.
[Even if there is a good harvest this year, the new army can only support it now. At the earliest, even if there is no loss of food and supplies, the first group of veterans who have barely completed training will not be available until April next year. 】
Thinking of this, Xun You felt a sense of despair. The number of veterans left in Yanzhou who could fight was only fifteen thousand at most. As for the one hundred thousand garrison troops, they were just a scary number. They probably even had auxiliary troops on the battlefield.
The level is not even high enough.
[If this year’s harvest is as good as last year’s, things will turn around. Otherwise, our army will have to train new soldiers and guard against Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei’s attack on Yanzhou, and food will not be available at all.]
Cao Cao looked at the sky bitterly and silently prayed for good weather this year. Otherwise, he would have to abandon most of Yanzhou and have no troops available. The troops on hand could not defend the entire Yanzhou mainland, or even defend Nanyang, Chen
Liu, Yingchuan, etc. all have their shortcomings.
[I hope my uncle can think of a solution. This is no longer a problem of the generals, but a real lack of troops, and there is no danger to defend Yanzhou.] Xun You thought about it for a while and finally could only
He gave up helplessly. Just as he said, there were no more soldiers. The entire Yanzhou was completely out of soldiers.
[It seems that the only way to get through this difficulty is to use the new army to defend the entire Yanzhou. It cannot be defended without 300,000 people. The food and grass required by the 300,000 new troops...]
Cao Cao's face was green and white. Even if he emptied the Hedong Wei family and Chenliu Wei family, it would be impossible to raise an army of 300,000. Thinking about it, he still had to train, buy new weapons and equipment, and maintain the weapons and equipment. Cao Cao
He understood deeply that it would be impossible for him to recover for more than a year.
[How did Liu Xuande manage to raise so many soldiers? His field soldiers have been training. How could he have so much food, popularize education, and greatly improve the welfare of his soldiers?] Xun You frowned.
, I didn’t pay attention before and didn’t notice it, but now I think about how Liu Bei managed to raise an army of 130,000.
Liu Bei was completely unaware of Xun You and Cao Cao's concerns. He was currently hosting a banquet to celebrate the victory. For Liu Bei, having killed Cao Cao, captured more than 40,000 Cao Cao troops, and had enough armor and weapons to arm more than 60,000 people was enough for Liu Bei.
A new army of more than 60,000 people with complete armor and weapons can be drawn out at any time.
Liu Bei is different from Cao Cao in that his field soldiers also spent a lot of food and grass on training.
Although the training intensity of the garrison soldiers will only reach half the level of regular soldiers, there are still hundreds of thousands of garrison soldiers after all.
As long as it is necessary, Yu Jin can directly select strong young adults from hundreds of thousands of field soldiers, conduct intensive training for more than a month, and then integrate more than 60,000 people into the former veteran regiment, and then
Organize all the soldiers under your rule.
The new legion, with two-thirds of the veterans as its backbone, will not reduce its combat effectiveness at all. In other words, Liu Bei can no longer worry about weapons, equipment and recruits this time, and can directly draw 60,000 people from the field soldiers to build a new legion.
Cao Cao successfully allowed Liu Bei to solve the next problem of regular army construction.
Tao Qian, who was lying on the hospital bed on the other side, listened to the information Chen Deng read and waved his hand to indicate that Chen Deng could leave.
By this time, Tao Qian had already taken many things lightly. Cao Cao must not have heard from him, and Liu Xuande really never thought about interfering in Xuzhou's affairs. He really couldn't stand Cao Cao's behavior.
Cao Cao worked hard.
[Oh, if I had known this day, why would I have stopped being human inside and out.] Lying on the hospital bed, Tao Qian already knew that he might not be able to survive much longer. [Fortunately, Liu Xuande is indeed a kind man. If I handed Xuzhou over to him, I would
The second son will be fine under his protection, that’s fine or fine.】
Tao Qian thought with some guilt that even when a person is about to die, his words are good. Tao Qian, who planned for his son, has now completely figured it out. What he wants now is nothing more than the future generations of his family, so why not just go with the flow and make things happen?
Xuzhou was given to Liu Bei. Since Liu Bei also didn't like those aristocratic families who regarded the people as pigs and dogs, there was no conflict between their ideas.
[Cao Bao, you are such a good Cao Bao. It is not a pity for you to die. Liu Xuande must not take action against your family if he wants to appease Xuzhou. So I will clean up the evils in Xuzhou for Liu Xuande first and let them go downstairs to accompany you!] Tao Qian's eyes flashed.
Han Guang, he has been restricting the family before, but he doesn't want to be pecked by geese all day long. How can he let these disasters continue to exist.
[Liu Xuande, that’s all I can help you. I hope you won’t be deceived by aristocratic families like me. There’s not much I, Tao Qian, can do for you before I die!] Tao Qian sat up, his whole body weak.
Incomparable, but his eyes are full of energy. The aristocratic family in Xuzhou has hindered him for many years, how can he be allowed to continue to create obstacles for his next term.
