Chapter 1280 Wei County Is in a Hurry

The next day, Cao Jun attacked Anyang City again, but returned without success, leaving only more than 2,000 corpses.

Anyang City stood still.

In Yecheng, Tian Yu and Murong Ping have reorganized and selected soldiers.

In accordance with Bai Xiaowen's request of "reducing the selection of soldiers by half", only 60,000 strong soldiers were selected and marched to Anyang one after another.

The remaining 60,000 unselected soldiers were not of high quality, but they were more than enough for farming and farming, and they could also be used as an external fence for Yecheng.

Here I want to say that psionic particles also have an impact on the maturity of food crops.

Just like the mutated beasts on the earth, one generation can be reproduced in a few months, the maturity period of food crops has also been shortened a lot, and it is slightly affected by the temperature. Even in the areas north of the Yangtze River, the crops do not need to go through the wintering period to turn green. Expect.

Taking wheat as an example, the wheat planted in the current month will start heading and filling in one month, and it will mature in one and a half months at most.

Some people may ask, farming is so easy, why is there still a shortage of military rations in the Three Kingdoms plane?

The reason is mainly three aspects.

First, the army of the three kingdoms in the spiritual world eats far more than the ordinary army, and one person can eat as much as the previous two or three people.

Second, the transportation of military rations in the Three Kingdoms plane is difficult, and the consumption on the road is also very large.

The third and most important reason: the ratio of the army to the total population has seriously exceeded the warning line!

Taking Yuan Shao as an example, let's first look at the total population during the separatist regime.

According to the records of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Cao Cao seized Jizhou, he checked the household registration and only had a population of more than 300,000. Even so, Cao Cao happily said to Cui Yan: "(Jizhou) can be called a big state."

Of course, in order to avoid taxation and corvee, there are a lot of people hiding in private, and there are factors such as aristocratic families and tribal tribes. The actual population is larger than the registered population. But no matter how full the calculations are, the total population of Jizhou is only a few hundred thousand.

The main area controlled by Yuan Shao is Jizhou. The other Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou are all only a corner of the land, and they are remote and sparsely populated. The total population will not exceed one million too much.

It is said in the Romance that Yuan Shao "has a crowd of millions and hundreds of thousands of armor",

Almost one out of three or four civilians was conscripted into the army. Excluding the women and children, that is to say, all the young and strong will join the army, even the old soldiers will not be spared.

And what about the Three Kingdoms plane in the spiritual world?

After Bai Xiaowen took control of the four prefectures, he checked the household registration, the total number of households was 180,000, and the total population was 970,000, which basically matched the novels and historical data.

Farming is not difficult, but the hard part is that no one is farming.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a shortage of military rations.

Now Bai Xiaowen ordered the old and weak soldiers to garrison the fields, which is tantamount to disarmament in disguise, and let 60,000 laborers go back to garrison the fields. In Jizhou today, there is a large area of ​​wasteland that can be reclaimed.

In addition, Xun Yu, as the leader of Jizhou, has the passive skill of reclaiming farmland at a rate of 30%; Ren Jun, as the general of Diannong, also has the skill of speeding up the reclaiming of farmland.

According to the characteristics of food crops in the spiritual world, one and a half months can start to enjoy the fruits of farming. Enough food and soldiers can sweep the world down.

However, the top priority is to defeat Cao Cao. Without defeating Cao Cao, the first main line of unification cannot be completed, let alone the follow-up.

Anyang City added 20,000 elite soldiers, and Dazhai in the west of the city added 30,000 elite soldiers; the last remaining 10,000 elite soldiers were taken to Wei County by Tian Yu and Murongping long ago.

On the third day, Cao Jun did not attack again, but sent a fierce general Xu Chu to fight (nuò) under the city. Bai Xiaowen stayed behind closed doors and took the opportunity to repair the arrow stacks on the city wall.

The same goes for day four.

At this time, the secret agents sent to the various states in Henan finally sent back the first batch of information.

Cao Cao borrowed 300,000 hu (about 5 million kilograms) of grain from Zhang Lu, and pledged the three auxiliary lands including Chang'an.

From the perspective of this transaction alone, it is definitely a big profit for Zhang Lu. The land of Sanfu has always been called "Guanzhong". It is the cornerstone of Emperor Qin's success as an emperor. It is also the first important place to be captured after the emperor Liu Bang left Sichuan.

However, Zhang Lu still suffered a blood loss and was tricked by Cao Cao.

At the same time, Cao Cao exchanged the land of Sansuke for the grain and horses of Ma Teng in Xiliang!

In this way, Cao Cao's military rations are enough to support 200,000 troops for at least a month, and temporarily ease the instability in the west, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Moreover, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was also attacked by Jiangdong Sun Ce after he failed to capture Xudu last time, and now half of the nine counties in Jingzhou belong to the Sun family; fortunately, Liu Bei Group assisted Liu Biao and saved Xiangyang. It is not yet known how to win or lose.

In this way, Cao Cao does not have to worry about problems in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Hanzhong, Xiliang and other places. Coupled with the borrowing of military rations, the army regained strength, and then the army was raised to attack Hebei.

Yuan's camp, Anyang senior military council.

Bai Xiaowen shook his head and sighed: "Zhang Lu and Ma Teng are too easy to be deceived. Cao Cao's strategy is not very clever, but these two people are short-sighted."

Dong Zhao said: "The lord of Zhang Lu's success, Ma Teng is a savage from the Western Qiang; he has no virtuous people to assist him. If Cao Cao uses this strategy of 'two tigers competing for food' on the lord, he will naturally bring shame on himself; But it’s no surprise that it’s successful when it’s used for Ma Teng and Zhang Lu.”

Tian Fengdao: "Cao Cao's army came to the city of Anyang, and only attacked for two days. Yesterday and today, only generals were sent to fight, but they didn't really come to attack the city. Could it be a fraud? Yang and Wei counties."

Before Tian Feng finished speaking, scouts came to report that Fanyang City had fallen the day before yesterday, and the 3,000 partial divisions led by Cao Xiong were advancing towards Wei County.

Dong Zhaodao: "My lord, Cao Xiong is Cao Cao's fourth son. Could it be that Cao Cao sent him a detour to attack Wei County? Doesn't it mean something? It is true that there is nothing to be afraid of, but if Cao Cao pretends to attack Anyang, he secretly mobilizes elite soldiers to support him. Cao Xiong, then Wei County is in danger."

All the counselors under his command felt that Cao Cao's move was suspicious, otherwise why would he stop fighting after attacking Anyang for two days?

In addition, Cao Xiong is Cao Cao's own son, and he only brought three thousand soldiers into the hinterland of Jizhou, which is not normal no matter how you look at it. Cao Cao will definitely send troops to support his son!

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and said, "There are three generals in Wei County, Tian Yu, Qiao Rui, and Murong Ping. They lead 10,000 elite soldiers to guard them, which is enough to protect themselves. As for the matter of Cao Cao sending troops to support, don't trust it, don't worry about it for the time being. Just Send more scouts to find out if Cao Cao has any plans to secretly deploy troops."

On the fifth day, the reconnaissance cavalry dispatched by Jia sent back a report.

Cao Cao secretly led troops, detoured to Fanyang, and went to support Cao Xiong!

Tian Feng and Dong Zhao were shocked when they heard the news, and urged Bai Xiaowen to lead troops to help Wei County. If the soldiers and horses in Anyang City don't understand, they can also send Zhang Yun or Gao Lan to lead the elite soldiers from Dazhai in the west of the city to rescue Wei County.