The Three Kingdoms

Hearing this, Cao Cao raised his head slightly, and his eyes suddenly became serious. At this time, several people came together suddenly, which made him a little uneasy.

"Xuan!"

Cao Leng, the great eunuch standing beside Cao Cao, repeated Cao Cao's voice, and the sharp voice was transmitted like thunder.

It won't take a while.The three people outside the hall came hand in hand.

"My sons and ministers pay homage to Your Majesty!"

The three of them stood in front of Cao Cao's desk, bowed their heads in front of Cao Cao's tall body, and saluted respectfully.

"Be flat!"

Cao Cao raised his head, his eyes fell on the three of them, and his expression was a little strange: "The morning court has passed, and you will not return to the government office to handle official business. Now that we have come together, we must have something important to report!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you have read the memorandum reported by the Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago?" Prime Minister Xun Yu's face was as cold as ice water, he took a step forward and asked with his hands clasped.

"The memorial from the prime minister's mansion?"

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, he flipped through his book case, and found a few memorial books that were pressed underneath, and smiled a little bit embarrassingly.Said: "These days, I have been paying attention to the battle reports from northern Xinjiang, so I have neglected the affairs of the prime minister's mansion. Is it a big deal?"

What he has been paying attention to these days is the Northern Xinjiang campaign.

I put all my attention on the battle in Youzhou, so there was some delay in other matters.

"Look, Your Majesty!"

Xun Yu took out a memorial again from his long sleeves, and reported it: "I have neglected my duty. I failed to report this matter to His Majesty in time, and I failed to remind His Majesty to pay attention to it as soon as possible. I deserve death!" "

"What did I see that made you so nervous?"

Cao Cao's heart sank slightly, he squinted his eyes, and then spread out the memorials under the desk, reading one after another, his face became more and more ugly.

at last.When he saw the memorandum that Xun Yu had just presented, he was even more furious, his eyes were a little red: "Why are you reporting such a big matter now?"

Economic war, another economic war.

The sense of powerlessness of the economic war in Jizhou back then.It seemed to reappear in Cao Cao's mind again.

He would rather fight a bloody battle with Soochow with open swords and guns than fight with Soochow in an unfamiliar field without gunpowder.

After all, this aspect has always been Cao Wei's weakness.

Because they are not familiar with it, it is difficult for them to grasp the situation of the battle, and the odds of winning become relatively small.

"Father, after all, this matter happened in Yuzhou. The land of Yuzhou has always been peaceful, and there have been few battles. Even if Lu Bu and Tai Shici teamed up to attack Xudu, the casualties were not large, so we are a little relaxed. We only started to pay attention in the past few days. !"

Cao Ang said with a wry smile: "Furthermore, Soochow made the pre-war preparations more secretive this time, and even used the disputes in Runan to transfer Man Chong's governor, which made us unable to suppress this situation in the first place. Now their It has disrupted the market, and has drawn many powerful families in Yuzhou into it!"

During this period of time, the court's military affairs were focused on northern Xinjiang, while government affairs were focused on Guanzhong and Xiliang. The prime minister's office has been coming to straighten out Guanzhong and quell the chaos in Liangzhou. Who would have thought that Soochow would start this economic war in Yuzhou? .

Moreover, due to the belatedness of the Yuzhou governor's office, the battle had already erupted for more than ten days before the news arrived in Luoyang City.

One step is slow, step by step can not keep up.

That's why this situation is now happening.

"Chen Qun, you personally led the merchants to fight the battle of Jizhou back then. Although the defeat was a glorious one, but now Soochow's old tricks are being repeated, but you haven't noticed at all. I'm very disappointed!"

Cao Cao stared at Chen Qun coldly.

Chen Qun, a young minister whom he valued very much, was the courtier he trained for Cao Ang in the future, and he always reassured him, but this matter made him a little bit tense.

"Your Majesty, I have made a mistake, please punish me!"

Chen Qun knelt down and apologized.

"Don't talk to me about accepting the crime now, what I want is to solve the problem!"

Cao Cao knocked down the memorandum on the desk, glanced at several people, and said coldly: "Yuzhou is the granary of our Great Wei, comparable to the land in Guanzhong. More than half of the logistics for the Northern Xinjiang Campaign came from Yuzhou. The Xinjiang campaign has reached a critical point, so Yuzhou must not be chaotic!"

He did not expect that Soochow actually dealt them a heavy blow in Yuzhou at this time.

Sure enough, it was Sun Zhongmou who didn't suffer any disadvantages.

"Your Majesty, Man Chong has already controlled the situation to a certain extent. Although there is no transaction that can restore the market, we still have a chance to recover!" Xun Yu said.

"not necessarily!"

Cao Cao shook his head, his eyes were deep, and he said coldly: "I look at it horizontally and vertically. This is just the beginning. If Soochow intends to launch this economic war, they will definitely have a backup. It won't be like this. It simply allowed us to suppress their offensive, just like the battle of Jizhou back then, when we thought it was over, they counterattacked, causing heavy economic casualties in Yecheng, and making it impossible for us to move the capital!"

"It's possible!"

Hearing this, Cao Ang's face was solemn: "Father, my sons and ministers invite the battle and personally preside over this battle. We have geographical advantages, and we are not weak when it comes to the strength of merchants. Merchants in Jizhou and Yanzhou have developed rapidly in recent years. As long as we gather their strength, we will be able to fight, if we can leave Soochow's materials and funds behind, maybe we can make up for the loss of Yuzhou!"

"Are you confident?" Cao Cao looked at his eldest son and asked.

"My son, do your best!"

Cao Ang smiled wryly, fighting in what Soochow was best at, the confidence he had in his heart was false.

If it weren't for these years, he would have won over a lot of merchants.He didn't even have the courage to fight.

"Report, Your Majesty. Taiwei Guo Jia and Ghost Commander Guo Jia are asking to see you!"

At this moment, Dian Wei's loud voice rang out again outside the main hall.

"Xuan!"

Cao Cao frowned slightly, his eyes were a little cold, and everyone really came today.

"Xuan!"

The voice of the great eunuch Cao Leng was transmitted again.

"The minister Guo Jia Jia Xu sees His Majesty!"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu walked in hand in hand from the outside of the hall, and then bowed their heads to Cao Cao, but their complexions did not look very good, and there was some sadness between them.

"Feng Xiao. Is there something important to call to meet me?" Cao Cao asked in a harmonious voice.

"Your Majesty, this is a battle report from Qingzhou!" Guo Jia took a step forward and presented a battle report with both hands.

"Qingzhou?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and accepted the defeat.After looking at it, his eyes turned slightly cold: "It's started? Hehe, it turns out that the battle that Soochow has been preparing for is here. Unfortunately, they have been a step behind. If it broke out a month earlier, they can suppress our Youzhou if they don't listen." The attack is on!"

When they formulated the Youzhou strategy, they actually felt that Soochow should be prepared, but they didn't guess where Soochow's trump card was?