On that day, Cao Cao's momentum was strong, and the problems he was most worried about had been solved. The remaining problems were no longer problems, so he was no longer as conservative as before when fighting. He fought with Barak outside Kandahar and fought hard.
Sheng Sheng forced Barak back.
The powerful offensive made Balak, who had not planned to fight out, decisively switch from defense to offense. That night, Cao Cao received even more exciting news.
"Did something big happen? Didn't Lu Ziming already fight in?" When Chen Gong came in, he saw Zhang Xiu, Xia Houyuan and others among them, and couldn't help but be surprised.
"New information has arrived, from Zhongda." Cao Cao said expressionlessly.
Chen Gong was stunned when he heard this, "Have Sima Zhongda's side been defeated? Well, even if they can't be defeated, they shouldn't be very deadly. They are still very strong, and the short-legged cavalry are not so easy to kill."
As he said this, he received the secret report from Cao Cao.
"Huh?" Chen Gong's voice suddenly raised an octave, "Are you kidding me?"
"Zhongda wouldn't joke about this." Cheng Yu retorted.
"It's not that I don't know, I'm just surprised!" Chen Gong said angrily, "Can the miracle state really defeat five times the third talent? According to our previous estimation, isn't it already the limit to withstand three times?
To be able to repel five times is too exaggerated, and the battle loss ratio is simply unbelievable."
"It is indeed unbelievable, but it is the fact. Although it is made up of many aspects, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry has indeed exceeded our estimates." Cao Cao nodded and said, "I have already sent a report to Duan Zhongming to the rear.
Please ask Chang'an to give you an official position and a posthumous title."
"Move troops from the rear." After reading the secret report, General Chen Gong directly attached the secret report to several cases and said with an extremely serious expression.
Cheng Yu glanced at Chen Gong. This was one of the rare times when he didn't quarrel with Chen Gong. In the past, no matter what the matter was, as long as Chen Gong spoke, Cheng Yu would definitely find fault, and similarly, as long as Cheng Yu spoke, Chen Gong would also
Stand up and find fault.
"All the water conservancy professionals have been transferred here. The irrigation area in Herat can be used as the rear area, and the forward base can be rebuilt here. Didn't the Sang family previously propose cutting off the Helmand River, rearranging the water network, and rebuilding the water network?"
Can we create countless fertile fields outside Kandahar? Let him come." Chen Gong directly suggested that they had many professionals, so it was time to get to work.
In fact, the Kandahar Irrigation District was built on the Helmand River in later generations. It was precisely because of cutting off the Helmand River and using the water network in a more scientific way that this place became a battleground between empires in later generations.
.
When Chen Xi sent the main force from the Central Plains to go abroad, he also gave him a lot of resources. He also arranged a few people who were proficient in water conservancy construction under Cao Cao's command. Of course, these few were roughly equivalent to industry experts, and the rest were all
He is a graduate student led by an expert, at the doctoral level.
When they competed with Beigui for the Leqistan Desert, water conservancy workers came here several times under the protection of soldiers. After several field visits, the Sang family in Luoyang, the Wang family in Lelang, and the Li family in Shuzhong basically
They all determined that the outskirts of Kandahar had the value of transformation.
Personnel from the three major water conservancy companies all gave design plans. Although the plans were slightly different due to personal personalities and academic biases, the people sent by the three companies all agreed that after the water network transformation, extensive grazing and extensive farming will be used in the outskirts of Kandahar.
This method can maintain a population of about 400,000. With intensive farming, this number can be doubled.
Of course, the middle-aged people of the Sang family think that if Cao Cao is willing to spend another amount of money to get a group of experimental fields from the Qu family, and conduct detailed research, he should be able to raise more. After all, the people of the Qu family are very good at farming.
Professional, of course, I am talking about the students of Qiaojia, not the Qu family. In the words of these people, it will take another generation for the Qu family to be qualified.
In short, this group of people solved the problem of Cao Cao's foothold when he attacked Kandahar. However, Cao Cao never thought that he could gain a foothold in Kandahar so quickly, so he sealed the research content of these three families. Now Xiliang Cavalry General Campil
The Imperial Guards were severely damaged, and the plan that was originally thought to take at least a year to be activated seems to be activated now.
"Deploy people to conduct on-site inspections, conduct precise measurements, and then bring engineering teams over to build permanent buildings here and occupy this place directly. Compared with the Herat side, which needs to cross the Lazistan Desert to gain a foothold here,
It is only a matter of time before we capture Kandahar." Chen Gong said very seriously, "Transfer Captain Zao and his group over."
"I also agree with this plan." Cheng Yu said slowly, "Even if the transfer may be dangerous, as long as we stand firm, we can almost reach the sky in one step."
Kandahar is actually not a difficult place for Cao Cao to defeat. In fact, not counting the 60,000 newly arrived shield guards in Herat, Cao Cao still has tens of thousands of elites there, but the distance between Herat and Kandahar is too far.
, plus there is still a desert in the middle.
It is precisely because of this painful terrain that Cao Cao can only mobilize part of his army. If there are too many troops, the logistical pressure will be unbearable. Although Cao Cao is the kind of person who dares to fight the opponent as long as he has one more day of food.
However, due to the lack of food supply, Cao Cao really had no confidence to fight.
Therefore, after the Sang family, Wang family, and Li family jointly guaranteed that an irrigation area could be built outside Kandahar, Cao Cao knew clearly that the first step in attacking Kandahar was to capture this area and then turn it into a grain-producing area.
Replenish food and fodder to attack Kandahar.
It's just that I have always been afraid of Kapil's five three-level talents before, and I was not sure where to stand, but now the opportunity seems to have come.
"We can actually talk to Balak." Chen Gong knew what Cao Cao was worried about, and he was worried too, but he had to take risks this time. If he didn't take risks, he might not be able to stand in this position again next year and produce grain by then.
One year, half a year to conquer, the fastest time to capture Kandahar is the next year, not to mention that there is Kabul behind it, and Khyber even behind it.
The troublesome terrain in Beigui is such a delay. Even if Cao Cao can win, it will take too much time. But now as long as we stand firm here, we can save at least a year.
"It is impossible for Balak to persuade him." Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It is impossible for a general who can be placed at the heart of Vesudeva I to betray him, and even if he betrays, he will not get anything."
"No, it's not about persuading or getting anything, but it's about making Kapil and the others suspicious." Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Kapil's position should be unstable after this battle, and Barak, to be honest
, as for us, there is nothing we can do about it. He is indeed quite good at defense, and the positions he chooses are all positions that are convenient for defense."
Cheng Yu nodded silently. He already understood what Chen Gong wanted to do, and their next behavior may just be a proof. If Kapil's position is unstable, he will inevitably pay attention to Barak, who has the greatest impact on his position.
"A divorce plan?" Cao Cao said with a thoughtful look on his face, "It doesn't hurt to give it a try."
"Please Mr. Cao, please lend me the seal of Princess Qinghe." Chen Gong looked at Cao Cao and said. Cao Cao was stunned and looked at Chen Gong with squinted eyes.
Cao Cao's eldest daughter, Cao Wan, who is the same mother as Cao Ang. When Liu Tong counted the number of people in the royal family, he found that it was too miserable, so he waved his hand and gave one to Cao Cao's eldest daughter and Sun Ce's sister.
The titles of princesses are now princesses. Cao Cao is the princess of Qinghe, and Sun Shangxiang is the princess of Le'an.
As for Liu Bei's eldest daughter being a princess, there is actually nothing to say about this. The number of royal relatives in the Han Dynasty was not enough. When Liu Tong issued titles, there were a lot of vacancies.
Besides, it is not like before that these titled princesses and princesses need to be given salary, fiefdom, food, etc., so what Liu Tong was given was actually an empty title.
Anyway, Liu Tong didn't believe that Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Liu Yu, and Liu Ai, the royal family with the surname Liu, would come to ask her for a salary just because she gave their daughter the title of princess.
As for Cao Cao and Sun Ce, that is even more impossible. Each one has the title of princess, and you can figure out the rest by yourselves. Of course, they will not get any salary or anything.
On the contrary, when Cao Cao and Sun Ce received the imperial edict, they were very happy and expressed that this was not the case. Then they accepted the imperial edict and gave Liu Tong more gifts during the Chinese New Year.
For this reason, some people who thought that their own family was very attractive but did not get the title of princess privately shouted that this was a high-end official-selling title. Yes, it was Yuan Shu. After seeing a group of people's daughters getting the title, he didn't.
Got it, very unhappy.
Liu Tong scoffed at this, "You two direct descendants of the Yuan family don't have any daughters, so what are you yelling about!"
Speaking of which, Chen Xi gave Liu Tong every year the funds to support the royal family, but Liu Tong put all of it into his own pocket without giving out a penny. During the New Year, he secretly asked other members of the royal family for lucky money, and openly accepted various gifts from the princes.
Based on observations over the past few years, except Si Niang and Han Xin, no one can really collect money from Liu Tong.
Naturally, Cao Cao didn't understand Chen Gong's plan to divorce him before, but with the words "Princess Qinghe's Seal", Cao Cao was not a fool, so how could he not understand it.
"Sikong can rest assured. It's just a loan. Balak can't even see anyone. This is just an excuse." Chen Gong shook his head and said. Cao Cao was obviously completely different from a few years ago. A few years ago, Cao Cao
I don't think about the personal relationships between these children at all.
"I was just thinking about how attractive the identity of the princess is to Bei Gui." Cao Cao stroked his prickly beard with a bit of curiosity, "Or maybe, Barak really knows how to do it.
