I am the son of Cao thief, start the awakening of the tyrant system

After destroying Qiao Rui and incorporating his remnants, Cao Cao led the army to Shouchun City.

At the same time, Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others all pursued Yuan Shu's forces fiercely.

Yuan Shu saw that the enemy was outnumbered, and Cao Cao's army approached the city again, so he packed up his belongings and crossed the Huai River.

Li Feng, Le Jiu, Liang Gang, and Chen Ji were left behind with [-] troops to guard Shouchun.

However, Li Feng's four generals, seeing that Cao's army was powerful, did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and held up the card of avoiding battle.

In this way, the two armies resisted each other for more than several months.

There is a natural shortage of food and grass.

Cao Cao asked Cao Mao to be in charge of grain and grass dispatching. After he improved the new accounting method, numbers and assembly line operation method, he handed it over to Jia Xu to take care of it.

Now that there is a shortage of food, Jia Xu naturally found him.

"How long is the grain in the granary enough for our army?"

Cao Mao asked.

Jia Xu thought for a moment, then replied,
"Up to half a month!"

"Understood, you go down for now."

Cao Mao nodded.

When Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, when Cao Cao ordered the heroes to crusade against Yuan Shu, he did encounter the plight of lack of food.

It was at this time that the original Wang Hou was pushed out by Cao Cao as a scapegoat.

But Cao Cao will not be able to, let's use his own head to stabilize the morale of the army.

Thinking this way, Cao Mao headed towards Cao Cao's Chinese army camp.

Cao Cao is discussing military affairs with Liu Bei, Guo Jia and others.

Seeing Cao Mao come in, he couldn't help laughing,

"Maoer, what's the matter?"

Cao Mao reported the lack of food among the generals to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's eyebrows suddenly frowned.

Recently, there has been a severe drought, and harvests have been in short supply.

He had expected a shortage of food.

But I didn't expect it to come to this point.

The food and grass in the army is only enough for the army to last half a month.

"My lord, we must think of a way, otherwise, if there is a shortage of food, this battle will be impossible."

Xiahou Dun said softly.

Needless to say, Cao Cao naturally knew clearly.

No matter how strict military discipline is, it is impossible to expect soldiers to fight hungry.

"What advice do you have?"

Cao Cao asked.

"Let's borrow some food from other princes for the time being."

Guo Jia suggested.

Cao Cao shook his head,

"This is a palliative, not a cure."

"It's better to retreat..."

Xia Houyuan hesitated for a moment, then said softly.

"Yuan Shu has not yet been destroyed, how can he retreat?"

Cao Cao said displeased.

He sent troops this time to conquer the rebel Yuan Shu.

Now that the results of the battle have not been obtained, if he retreats here, what will the people of the world think of him?

When everyone was thinking hard about how to solve the food shortage crisis, Cao Cao looked casually at Cao Mao,

But he found that Cao Mao had a calm face and a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Maoer, seeing that you are so confident, what can you do?"

Cao Cao asked.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's eyes turned to Cao Mao.

"Yes, General Su Lie, what's your plan?"

"Tell me, let everyone listen."

If it was changed to before, everyone would definitely scoff at Cao Mao.

But after Cao Mao made many military exploits, everyone has regarded him as a savior.

"Of course there is a way."

Cao Mao smiled slightly, and pointed in the direction of Shouchun City outside the camp,

"Li Fengsi will be able to guard Shouchun for so long, all because of the sufficient food and grass in the city.

If Shouchun is captured, the food shortage crisis can be easily solved. "

When everyone heard this, their complexions suddenly became strange.

"If there is an opportunity to talk, of course we also want to capture Shouchun.

But the problem is that Shouchun City is impenetrable, how can it be taken? "

Xiahou Dun couldn't laugh or cry.

"That's right, Li Feng and the others stay behind closed doors. If they attack by force, they will only suffer heavy casualties."

Xia Houyuan said with lame eyebrows.

They had already attacked by force before, but lost a lot of troops, but they didn't even go up the city wall.

"Compassion does not command soldiers. In ancient times, there was no battle without casualties."

Cao Mao smiled indifferently,

"Compared to the low morale and unstable morale of the army due to lack of food and mutiny.

It is worthwhile to capture Shouchun with a few casualties. "

Cao Cao said softly,
"What's the plan, Maoer?"

"Father, you can borrow food from Sun Ce while ordering a fierce attack on Shouchun.

I am willing to personally supervise the army, if there is any slack, it will be dealt with by military law! "

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, nodded and said,

"good."

Since he had already agreed, but everyone couldn't say anything, and they took their orders and left.

The next day.

Under Shouchun City.

10,000+ Cao Jun launched a fierce attack on the city wall!
Cao Mao's face was like water, and he led Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry to station behind the army.

Shouchun is the place where Yuan Shu ascended the throne. After so many years of operation, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as impenetrable.

Around the city wall are deep ditches two feet deep and several feet wide.

After the suspension bridge goes up, Shouchun City becomes an isolated island.

If you want to win Shouchun City, the first step is to fill in the gully.

Ding Shuai and Wang Yan, the two assistant generals of Cao Jun, were in charge of moving sand and gravel.

The two commanded their soldiers to transport the bags of gravel into the ravine.

And the soldiers on the city wall were not idle.

Arrows and boulders were seen falling from the top of the city like raindrops.

Under such a dense offensive, the corpses of Cao Jun's soldiers were scattered all over the field, and I don't know how many people died!
Seeing the soldiers whose brains were smashed out, Ding Shuai and Wang Yan were terrified!

The two of them quickly withdrew from the front line and came to the rear.

"My lord! General! This battle is really impossible."

Before Cao Cao and the others could speak, Cao Mao, who closed his eyes and meditated, suddenly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Why did you two withdraw?"

The two of them felt the hairs in their hearts when he looked at them, and they only felt the invisible pressure, which made them unable to breathe.

They quickly argued,
"The attack on the city wall is too fierce. Most of our soldiers have been killed or injured."

A cold and bloodthirsty killing intent appeared on Cao Mao's face,
"Before the start of the war, I have issued a strict order that if you want to retreat, unless all your soldiers are killed in battle, you will be treated as a deserter!

The soldiers under the two of you have not all died in battle, but you retreated without authorization, what crime should you be? "

The two felt cold, and hurriedly said to Cao Cao,

"My lord, please forgive me!"

Seeing the blood and sweat on the faces of the two, Cao Cao couldn't bear it.

"General Su Lie..."

"Since the prime minister has let the last general oversee the army, he should give full power to the last general to dispose of.

If the last general can't attack Shouchun, it won't be too late. "

Cao Mao said calmly.

Cao Cao was speechless now.

"Come here, pull these two people down and behead them for public display!"

Cao Mao shouted sharply!

Liu Bei on the side couldn't bear it, and quickly said,

"Young Master Su Lie, these two have tried their best, but Yuan Shu's army..."

Cao Mao interrupted Liu Bei roughly, and sneered,

"This is our military, what does it have to do with you?"

Liu Bei was choked for a moment, and after a while, he smiled and said,
"I just can't bear it, I don't want to see the loss of the two generals in vain."

"What a benevolent Liu Xuande!"

Cao Mao looked up to the sky and laughed, and looked at Liu Bei with a sneer on his face, saying,
"Since you are so benevolent, why don't you send your own soldiers to attack the city?
In this case, I will naturally let them both go. "