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

After hearing Cao Cao's question, Jia Xu, who had no chance to speak, rushed to answer immediately.

"My lord, although dumplings are a bit troublesome to make, they can be eaten with pancakes. Wouldn't it be nice to have both soup and meat?"

I asked Zhuge Liang, what did you say to Jia Xu.

Cao Cao was a little displeased, but he didn't criticize Jia Xu, but naturally brought the topic back to Zhuge Liang.

"What does Kong Ming think?"

Jia Xu had already practiced being invincible and thick-skinned. Seeing Cao Cao ignoring her, not only did she not feel embarrassed, she didn't even blush, she just stood quietly and continued to wait for the next opportunity.

Only now did Zhuge Liang realize what Erpilian is, and he was so impressed by Jia Xu's performance.

"Returning to the Prime Minister, I have roughly the same opinion as Mr. Wen He. Although it is not suitable to make dumplings, we can increase the volume of a single dumpling, which can effectively reduce the operation."

"Well, this method is very good. Dian Wei! Tell the guards to order the Huotou camp of each army to prepare for it today, and tomorrow the whole army will eat dumplings."

Dian Wei responded, and left the camp to look for Secretary Lang to deliver the order.

As Cao Cao's secretary Lang spread the order, many people were confused, what dumplings?How to do it?
So in less than half an hour, all the Huotou Camps of Cao Jun sent people to the Huotou Camp of Cao Cao's Central Army to learn the dumplings that are said to be able to keep warm.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was not much food, and the staple food was mostly millet, usually supplemented with food such as noodles, so everyone was very excited about the emergence of a new food.

When those Huotou soldiers came to the Huotou Camp of the Chinese Army, everyone was attracted by the fragrance wafting around.

Then all the firehead soldiers in the Chinese army turned into Lao Li, and taught the firehead soldiers from all armies how to make dumplings.

Although it is not easy to make dumplings, they have been improved after Zhuge Liang's suggestion.

Now each dumpling is as big as a fist, and when distributed to soldiers in the future, there will probably be only three per person.

Although the food is less, there are both soup and meat, and it can be used as a staple food or a dish, which makes everyone very pleased.

Although there are many steps in making dumplings, there are traces to follow in every step, just changing the way of eating.

The main thing is to add medicinal materials to dumpling stuffing. I am afraid this is the earliest way of diet therapy.

After more than half an hour, the soldiers sent by the various armies had learned how to make dumplings, and they all went back to prepare for tomorrow's dumpling feast.

The soldiers outside the Huotou camp did not know the specifics, but some people inadvertently heard the news that there would be delicious food tomorrow.

Afterwards, the news of the mysterious delicacy spread like wildfire the next day, which made all the soldiers look forward to it, and even their morale increased a lot.

Cao Ying was in full swing preparing dumplings, but Yuan Shao's camp was gloomy.

This battle is a matter of life and death. Everyone is under a lot of pressure, and the weather is not beautiful. Continuous heavy snow makes the temperature drop very low.

Many soldiers in Yuan Shao's army had already suffered from chilblain, and they had to endure the rough rations because of the unbearable itching.

Many people in the army have already given birth to the idea of ​​​​retiring from the army, and even want to wait until the beginning of spring before resuming their weapons.

While eating hard pancakes and worrying about how to escape the winter war, Tan Ma brought back a piece of news that made Ju Yi despair.

"How about Cao Jun? Is it like us, too cold to fight?"

"Back to the general..."

Tan Ma's face was gray and defeated, and he stabilized his mind before continuing.

"Cao Junzhong is having a big banquet. I don't know what kind of food they are cooking. There are many big pots set up in every barracks. The soup in the pot is so shiny that I don't know how much meat is put in it."

"Moreover, because all the camps over there are cooking together, the temperature of the whole area has risen. Even when I was investigating, I felt warm."

Ju Yi's face was serious, and his heart was beating violently.

In his view, Cao Junzhong not only solved the problem of low temperature, but also solved the problem of low morale.

Compared with Yuan Shaojun's situation, this is a world of difference.

"Could it be that Cao Jun plans to retreat, so he dares to consume food and grass on such a large scale? Or Cao Jun's new food and grass have arrived?"

"We haven't detected the movement of Cao Jun's food and grass. Although we haven't been able to include all the intersections of Cao Jun into the scope of monitoring, if there is a large-scale grain and grass arriving, we will also find it."

Ju Yi couldn't figure out why he was eating and drinking in such a big way all of a sudden, could it be a trick to lure the enemy.

But with such an action, even if it is a sneak attack, it will not send a large army, the gain outweighs the loss.

Unable to think of the reason, Ju Yi immediately reported the news to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao laughed loudly after hearing this: "Ju Yi is too nervous. Cao Jun's grain transportation line is longer than our army's anyway, that is to say, their losses during the transportation of grain are much greater than ours. So our grain and grass must take up more Well, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"But Cao Jun is indeed eating and drinking, and the whole army is eating and drinking."

"Then let them eat it and see how long he can eat it."

Ju Yi hit a snag and had no choice but to salute and leave the tent.

On the way back to their camp, many people came to Ju Yi to check Cao Jun's movements and whether the camp was really filled with oil.

These news were originally confidential, but Ju Yi suddenly thought of Yuan Shao's negative attitude, so he inadvertently revealed that Cao Ying was eating and drinking.

Yuan Shaojun immediately exploded. Many soldiers were already dissatisfied with their daily meals, but now they were even more resentful when they heard the news that the enemy army was eating and drinking.

"Why Cao Jun is eating meat, but we can only eat cold and hard dry biscuits."

"That's right, my stomach hurts from everything I eat, and I can't sleep every night."

"Hey! Are you the one who keeps farting without sleeping at night?"

"Ahem, no, no, you heard wrong."

"Asshole, I can't even eat pancakes. People are eating meat. How can I fight this? I'll just retreat to Youzhou and wait for the spring."

Someone secretly recorded those who encouraged the withdrawal of the troops. Regardless of whether these people were spies or not, they confused the morale of the army.

The news that Cao Cao's army ate meat spread in the barracks, and the more it spread, the more outrageous it became.

"Do you know? Cao Ying is eating beef and mutton."

"Don't spread rumors, Cao Jun is eating beef and horse meat."

"Don't spread the word that Cao Jun has already killed the horse and started eating horse meat. We will withdraw soon."

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Soon the news reached Yuan Shao's ears.

"My lord, I heard that Cao Cao has withdrawn his army, and now there are suspicious soldiers in the camp."

Yuan Shao raised his head fiercely. He had only heard from Ju Yi not long ago that Cao Jun was eating meat. Good news came so soon.

"Is the news reliable?"

"This..." The visitor was a little hesitant, but he answered truthfully.

"I heard that, I don't know if it's true or not, and I don't know where it came from. It's just that everyone is talking, so I want to confirm with the lord so that I can make follow-up plans."

Yuan Shao's face darkened immediately, I was sheltering from the cold in the camp all day long, and you gave me the news, but now you come to me for the news, isn't it a bit outrageous.