All things revive, warblers fly and grass grows.

As the spring plowing season begins in various parts of the Han Dynasty, the chill in the air is gradually cleared away.

In mid-March, after sending a letter to Xun Yu, Xi Yu led the supply camp to escort the first batch of grain and grass to Xuzhou smoothly.

Although Cao Cao was stationed in Xuzhou at this time, he did not rashly attack the remaining territory of Xuzhou.

War does not happen overnight.

Although Cao Cao successively captured half of Xuzhou in the previous campaign, this time the battle against Xuzhou was not as simple as last time.

It is impossible for the powerful Xuzhou family to regain their senses and let Cao Cao occupy the entire Xuzhou like this.

Although most people in Xuzhou did not have much resistance to Cao Cao.

But in the final analysis, today's world is still dominated by aristocratic families. Even the Han Dynasty has been deeply influenced by aristocratic families.

Now that Cao Cao is eager to conquer Xuzhou, after all, he has no choice but to do so.

If Cao Cao's army had not entered Xuzhou this time, the towns captured during the previous expedition to Xuzhou would have been taken back by the Xuzhou family in a short time.

Although on the surface the captured towns were already under the control of Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren and others.

But after all, Xuzhou's aristocratic families have been developing in Xuzhou for who knows how many years.

The wealthy local clans are complicated and complicated, and it is not something that Cao Ren and others can simply control.

There are countless things that go against the law.

Knowing that Cao Ren and others could not control these towns, Cao Cao was naturally a little anxious.

Today's big man is watching the trend of disintegration.

The princes from all over the world obviously valued the Han Dynasty, but in fact, these princes already knew what the situation was.

The current situation in the Han Dynasty is somewhat reminiscent of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period during the pre-Qin period.

The Han Dynasty, just like the Zhou royal family, only had a vague name left.

None of the princes along the way would take the current imperial court seriously.

Maybe when will another vassal state appear in this world that is as tyrannical as the Qin state in the pre-Qin period?

Only then will a new pattern emerge in this world.

The Han Dynasty has shown its decline, and no one among the princes from all over the world wants to imitate Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and build a more powerful country.

Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away!

The deer of the Han Dynasty is about to be lost!

Cao Cao was very anxious. After pacifying Yanzhou, he was no longer the young official on the streets of Luoyang.

Back then, when he was admonishing how to proceed in the general's palace, he was nothing more than a follower.

Yuan Shao is the fourth and third son of the family, so he can only follow him and be a green little brother.

Just because of his family background, Han Fu, who originally occupied Jizhou, gave up the huge Jizhou to Yuan Shao.

How amazing.

Of course, Cao Cao was able to reach this point because of his family background.

Without the support of his grandfather and the support of the Cao family, Cao Cao would not have reached this stage.

Now, he has pacified Yanzhou, if he can annex the entire Xuzhou in one go.

Even if he faces Yuan Shao by then, he will still have some confidence.

Inside the camp, while Cao Cao was planning his troops and generals, the thoughts in his mind began to take off.

Outside the camp, the herald sent the order, and Xi Yu took the baggage to the camp and successfully delivered the first batch of grain and grass.

"Fengyi is here?"

Hearing that Xi Yu had arrived with supplies, Cao Cao put aside the thoughts in his mind and got up and took Xi Zhicai with him out of the tent to welcome him.

"Brother!"

Xi Yu was a little surprised to see Cao Cao and his army stationed outside Dongping City.

At present, it is not that there are no towns in Xuzhou where Cao Cao's army can be stationed, but Cao Cao leads his troops to station outside the city.

It seems that Cao Cao is ready to launch his army to attack Xuzhou at any time.

Xi Yu looked at Cao Cao. He hadn't seen him for half a month, and now Cao Cao's face was obviously a little haggard.

In sight, the hair crown on Cao Cao's head was thrown somewhere, and a few hair strands were obviously thrown out from the bun he tied casually, making it a little messy.

The Xi Zhicai on the side doesn’t look any better.

He was half-covered in a Confucian shirt, and his eyes seemed to have not been opened.

Just looking at the situation in front of them, people who didn't know better would have thought that these two people were doing something shameful in the camp.

"What are you doing?"

Xi Yu walked slowly along the way, but he didn't expect that the two of them would become like this after not seeing each other for only half a month.

Xi Zhicai yawned: "There are too many things that Xuzhou has to deal with. If I had known earlier, I should have asked the lord to take Wen Ruo with me!"

Xi Zhicai thought that he was just accompanying the military advisor, and that he would be of use when the war started.

Who would have thought that soon after arriving in Xuzhou, all kinds of trivial things would pile up.

The small households in the Xuzhou towns under his command have a lot of things to deal with.

Cao Cao smiled and didn't explain much. When he saw Xi Yu coming, he reached out and patted Xi Yu on the shoulder.

After following Cao Cao into the camp, Xi Yu didn't say much.

During this trip, he was only responsible for escorting the grain and fodder. Now that the grain and fodder has arrived, what he should do is considered done.

As for how Cao Cao plans to attack Xuzhou, he doesn't need to worry about it.

Just as Xi Yu thought, now that Cao Cao wants to completely capture the entire Xuzhou, it is not something that can be solved in one or a few battles.

Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren have already led their troops to attack some towns in Xuzhou.

However, this attack did not achieve any results, and the Xuzhou defender could not hold on.

After half a month, Cao Jun did not capture Xuzhou towns as easily as last time.

After all, Liu Bei, Cao Bao and others cannot be underestimated.

The real war is not as simple as the last verbal agreement between Cao and Liu.

A simple battle between generals, and then whoever wins leads the army to rush past and kill them.

It's not that simple.

A real siege battle is all about fighting each other, and you still have to keep testing each other at the beginning.

If we really want to capture a town, I don’t know how many soldiers’ lives will be lost in the end.

Xi Yu sat in the camp and flipped through the news about Xuzhou.

In Xuzhou today, Tao Qian is seriously ill, and Liu Bei seems to be taking charge of Xuzhou.

Liu Bei and his three were originally poor, but now they have the support of some wealthy families in Xuzhou. There is no problem at all in holding on to Xuzhou and dragging Cao Cao along.

Perhaps for Liu Bei, guarding Xuzhou now is almost a battle of wealth that he has never fought before.

With the support of the Xuzhou family behind him, Liu Bei lacks nothing.

The same goes for Boss Cao. With the back support of the entire Yanzhou, he can naturally drag.

However, Liu Bei was willing to delay, but Cao Cao was naturally unwilling.

"Is Yanzhou okay?"

Cao Cao was busy handling official matters, so Xi Zhicai sat next to Xi Yu and asked casually.

What he asked was naturally what Xi Yu had said before.

Xi Zhicai still takes his brother's vows to heart to some extent.

"Nothing has happened yet!"

Xi Yu shook his head, then his face darkened and he nodded: "But I guess it won't be long!"

"Once the news that the war in Xuzhou is at a stalemate is reported back to Yanzhou, those people will not be able to sit still."

"How could those people miss this God-given opportunity?"

Xiyu chuckled. He knew what would happen, so he was prepared.

Once Cao Cao's war in Xuzhou reaches a stalemate and he is unable to advance or retreat, Chen Gong and others will naturally be unable to sit still.

At that time, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao led Lu Bu into Yanzhou, and the entire Yanzhou rebelled again.

For Cao Cao, it was a head-on blow.

"Be prepared!"
To be continued...