Three Kingdoms: Salted Fish's son-in-law was overheard by Cao Cao

Chapter 209 Ju Yi Offers a Picture, Yuan Shao Challenges
"This is the map I drew. Although it is rough, many key locations have been marked. Our army can occupy these places first, and when Cao's army arrives, we can fight more and win less."

Yuan Shao looked at the map, and hope gradually ignited in his heart. It seemed that he led the soldiers, besieged and ate Cao Cao little by little, and even drove him back to Yanzhou again.

"Okay! General Ju Yi is worthy of being a famous general in the world. With your map, I have the heart to fight against Cao Cao."

"Everyone, although our side has some disadvantages in this battle, they are all superficial numbers and meaningless."

"This time we adopted Ju Yi's strategy to divide Cao's army and defeat them one by one, so that even if we can't win, we can drag them here."

"Now Cao Jun has no granary in Jizhou, and the grain in Yecheng is only enough for tens of thousands of people. In this way, Cao Jun's grain transportation line will be greatly stretched, which will naturally increase the loss."

"As time goes by, the south will certainly not be able to bear such a large loss of food and grass, and Cao Jun will retreat."

As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, a burly general shouted.

"That's right, as long as we can win once or twice, the confidence of the soldiers will naturally increase, and then the fight will become smoother and smoother, and the Lord's vision will naturally be realized."

"My lord, let us regain Jizhou and restore the prosperity of the past!"

The generals Gao Xiang, Xia Zhao, and Lu Kuang probably approved of this strategy after seeing Ju Yi's map, so they also shouted.

"General Han is right, as long as we play well in the first few games, we will be able to get better and better."

"Recapture Jizhou and restore prosperity!"

"Return to Prosperity!"

"Dry!"

In the meeting hall, it gradually became noisy.

Even many people who are relatively stable on weekdays were excited by these people.

It was no longer as lifeless as it was at the beginning, and the two young masters of the Yuan family also shouted, causing Yuan Shao to sigh again and again...

Seeing the high-spirited deployment, Yuan Shao was full of energy, and even felt that his chest was not so stuffy. The boulder that had been suppressed in his heart began to loosen, and he became more confident in Cao Cao's first battle.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao issued an appeal to challenge Cao Cao, declaring that Cao Cao was an ungrateful and shameless person.

The last time you won by insidious means, you dared to come to Jizhou to play wild, this time you will definitely die in Youzhou.

Yuan Shao's proclamation was stern, but it also exposed his weakness. Because of this proclamation, Qinghe County immediately opened its doors and surrendered to Yuan Shao.

Qinghe is an important town in Jizhou, where the foundations of many aristocratic families are located, and the foundation of the Qinghe Cui family, which will become the largest aristocratic family in the north in the future, is here.

Many counties and counties in Jizhou looked at Qinghe, and now that Qinghe County fell to Cao Cao, many counties and counties began to panic and sent people to inquire.

Cao Cao did not stop these inquiries, but happily participated in the onlookers.

Qinghe County quickly sent these people away, and stopped seeing those who came later, which made more people panic.

Soon after, Hejian County also announced to take refuge in Cao Cao, and let out rumors that Yuan Shao's army was exhausted, and the new army accounted for more than [-]%.

The most important thing is that Yuan Shao has summoned all the troops to Youzhou, and he has given up on Jizhou.

After everyone got the information from Hejian, one county and two counties soon opened their doors and surrendered.

Cao Cao was accepted one by one, and made a list to calm the people. For those officials who surrendered to the counties, Cao Cao did not transfer them to other places at all, and they all continued to perform their duties in their original positions.

This made more people see hope. Of course, some people think that this is Cao Cao's conspiracy. After defeating Yuan Shao, he will definitely re-appoint officials.

However, those officials who surrendered did not mind this. After defeating Yuan Shao, those who did not surrender would definitely be liquidated. It is better to surrender as soon as possible than to be killed at that time.

By the time of deep winter, Cao Jun had already advanced to Jieqiao, which was also the location chosen by Yuan Shao's army for the decisive battle.

Ju Yi had earlier selected the boundary bridge as Yuan Shao's first battle location.

Not only are there continuous mountains here, but there are also river valleys all over this place, making it difficult for Cao Cao's army to use them all.

If you win this battle, you can continue to go deeper and defeat the scattered Cao Cao soldiers and horses one by one.

Even if you lose, you can pack up your soldiers and horses, relying on mountains and ravines, and start a small group of soldiers and horses to harass and harass Cao Jun.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's army came here early to survey the terrain, and finally selected a highland as his camp.

This highland is halfway up a mountain, and there is an open space more than ten miles ahead, which is the place where Yuan Shao left the camp for Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao arrived, he really followed Yuan Shao's plan and stationed in the open space, facing Yuan Shaojun across the boundary bridge.

There is a river behind Yuan Shaojun's mountain ridge, and it is precisely because of this river that Yuan Shaojun stationed here for the convenience of water.

On the other hand, after Cao Jun set up a camp in a low place, he could only go to a distant place to fetch water, which was very inconvenient.

Moreover, it is very cold, and often after the water is taken back, it freezes into solid ice overnight, and it has to be slowly melted before it can be used, which is even more worrying.

This problem has troubled Cao Jun for a long time. Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, it is almost impossible for the two armies to fight. The two sides can only wait for the sky to clear.

Several generals asked Cao Cao about the draft, and Cao Cao was annoyed by the question, so he called Han Ze and the others and decided to give them all the trouble.

Han Ze, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang entered Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao raised his hand to stop their salute, and then pointed to a wooden barrel.

There is an ice cube in the wooden barrel, and a lot of it has melted around it, but it is still not enough for a pot to drink.

At this time, the wooden barrel was still placed next to the charcoal fire, and the speed at which the ice cubes melted still made people feel painfully slow.

After watching for a while, the three discussed in low voices.

"Didn't my lord let us hug this ice cube to speed up the melting?"

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at Jia Xu, feeling sad that he had such an unreliable idea.

But Zhuge Liang didn't know why, so he had to look at Han Ze.

As a salted fish, Han Ze stared at the ice for a while and then suddenly said, "Why don't we have dumplings tonight."

Jia Xu……

Zhuge Liang...

Cao Cao was about to scold his mother in his heart. The three of you stood there and watched for a long time, and finally you just said this to me.

"Three, the melting speed of this ice cube is too busy, and now it has slowed down to the point where it affects the diet of the army, so I want to ask the three for advice."

Jia Xu scratched her head: "If you don't use a knife to chop it up, I think the smaller the ice cube, the faster it will be."

Zhuge Liang was also very confused. He also had a headache from the problem of drinking water these days, and finally had to put water in a small bucket and put it in the camp tent, which only slightly eased the difficulty of using water.

"My lord, I usually do what you do. I put the bucket in the tent. Although it reduces the heat in the tent, it can relieve the urgent need."