Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then his face became even more gloomy, but he didn't know that at this time, Le Jin had been surrounded by Lu Bu's men in Fan County, if it weren't for the duty of guarding Fan County, he would have retreated a long time ago, and when he received the news of Cao Cao's defeat, he would definitely retreat directly to Chen Liu.

"There are less than 50 people left in the 63,000 army...... Cao Cao muttered to himself, these 63,000 people can be said to be all the grain he poured into Nanyang, the richest in the world, and it took more than a year to fight with Yuan Shu to train the veterans, it can be said that it is the hole card that gathers all Cao Cao's hard work, and he doesn't want to lose it all at once.

"Lord, if the soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again, and if the weapons and equipment are gone, they can be cast again, as long as they return to Yanzhou, Wen Ruo will definitely take care of these things." Cheng Yu moved Xun Yu out without hesitation, and at this time, only Xun Yu could save the scene, and the others had no hope at all.

"Let's go, go back to Yanzhou!" Cao Cao didn't have much to say, Cheng Yu didn't know the truth of the matter and thought that there was still food in Nanyang, but Cao Cao really knew it.

[Alas, this time without two years of savings, it is impossible to do it again with Liu Xuande, Nanyang is known as the richest place in the world, and it is possible to train such a force of more than 70,000 people in one year, and there is no such good opportunity in the world. Xun You thought extremely bitterly in his heart that more than 60,000 veterans who had seen blood and armor were buried in the Xuzhou Plain.

[Wen Ruo is not invincible, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and this wave of veterans has been buried, we have no way to participate in any battles in the short term, and there are more than 10,000 veterans and more than 100,000 Tuntian soldiers left in Yanzhou. Even the defense of Yanzhou was a problem, without years of training and more than five battles. It is simply impossible to have so many veterans anymore. 】

Cao Cao took the lead, and thought bitterly in his heart, more than 60,000 veterans who had seen blood, Xun Wenruo had recruited a full 100,000 new troops, and in the battles with Yuan Shu again and again, he used Tuntian soldiers to fill the number of 100,000 at any time, and now the more than 70,000 people who have barely survived!

Now except for 10,000 people handed over to Cao Ren to garrison Wancheng. 3,000 people were handed over to Le to enter Shoufan County, and the remaining 60,000 people were buried in Liu Bei's hands.

[Even if there is a bumper harvest this year, now it can only be carried by the new army. At the earliest, even if there is no shortage of soldiers' rations, the first batch of veterans who can barely be regarded as having completed their training will be available in April next year. 】

Thinking of this, Xun You had a feeling of despair, there were only fifteen thousand veterans left in Yanzhou who could fight. As for the Tuntian soldiers calculated in 100,000. That's just a terrifying number, and on the battlefield, they probably can't even reach the level of auxiliaries.

[If this year is as good as last year's harvest, things will still have a turnaround, otherwise, our army will have to train new recruits and guard against Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei to capture Yanzhou, and food will not be available at all. 】

Cao Cao looked at the sky bitterly. Silently pray for good weather this year, otherwise. He could only give up most of Yanzhou, there were no troops available, and the troops on hand could not defend the entire Yanzhou mainland at all, and even the defense of Nanyang, Chenliu, and Yingchuan was insufficient.

[I hope my uncle can think of a solution, this is no longer a general's problem, but there are really no soldiers available, and there is no danger to defend in the whole Yanzhou. Xun You thought about it before and after, and finally had to give up helplessly, as he said, there are no soldiers, and the entire Yanzhou is completely without soldiers.

[It seems that you can only sign the young and strong first, and find a way to get through this difficulty, but if you want to use the new army to defend the entire Yanzhou, you can't hold it without 300,000, and the grain and grass that the 300,000 new army wants ......]

Cao Cao's face was pale, even if the Hedong Wei family and Chen Liuwei's family were hollowed out, it would be impossible to raise an army of 300,000 people, and then think about it, he still had to train, he had to buy new weapons and equipment, and he had to warm up weapons and equipment, Cao Cao deeply understood that without more than a year, it was completely impossible for him to ease his breath.

[How did Liu Xuande manage to raise so many soldiers, his Tuntian soldiers have been training, how can he have so much food, and he has carried out universal education, and has greatly improved the welfare of non-commissioned soldiers. Xun You frowned, he hadn't noticed it before, but now he thinks about how Liu Bei's 130,000 army was raised.

Liu Bei didn't know Xun You and Cao Cao's concerns at all, he was now holding a banquet to celebrate the victory, for Liu Bei, beheaded Cao Cao, captured more than 40,000 Cao troops, and enough armor and weapons to arm more than 60,000 people, enough for Liu Bei to pull out a new army of more than 60,000 people and complete armor and weapons at any time.

It is said that Liu Bei is different from Cao Cao, and his Tuntian soldiers also spend a lot of grain and grass on training.

Although the training intensity of the Tuntian soldiers will reach half the level of regular soldiers, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of Tuntian soldiers.

As long as it is necessary, Yu Ban can directly select healthy young and middle-aged people from among the hundreds of thousands of tuntian soldiers, conduct intensive training for more than a month, and then organize more than 60,000 people into the previous veteran corps, and then organize all the soldiers under his control.

The new legion with two-thirds of the veteran as the backbone will not reduce the combat effectiveness at all, that is to say, Liu Bei can no longer care about weapons and equipment and the problem of recruits this time, and directly draw 60,000 people from the Tuntian soldiers to build a new legion, Cao Cao This guy successfully let Liu Bei solve the next regular army construction problem.

Tao Qian, who was already lying on the hospital bed on the other side, listened to the information that Chen Deng was reading, and waved his hand to signal that Chen Deng could leave.

At this time, Tao Qian had already taken many things very lightly, Cao Cao must not have gotten any news from him, and Liu Xuande really didn't want to interfere in Xuzhou's affairs, he really couldn't get used to Cao Cao's behavior and came to fight with Cao Cao.

[Alas, I knew today, why bother at the beginning, I was not a person inside and out. Tao Qian was lying on the hospital bed and already understood that he might not last long, [Fortunately, Liu Xuande is indeed benevolent, if Xuzhou is handed over to him, my second son will be safe and sound under his protection, so it's okay, it's good. 】

Tao Qian thought with some guilt, people are dying and their words are good, Tao Qian, who planned for his son, has now completely figured it out, he wants nothing else now, just for the descendants of his family, so why not push the boat to send Xuzhou to Liu Bei, since Liu Bei also does not like those families who regard the people as pigs and dogs, then there is no conflict between the concepts between them.

[Cao Bao, you are a Cao Leopard, it is not a pity for you to die, Liu Xuande must not make a move against your family if he wants to appease Xuzhou, then I will clean those scourges in Xuzhou for Liu Xuande first, and let them go down to accompany you! ] Tao Qian's eyes flashed with cold light, he had been restricting the family before, but he didn't want to hunt geese all day long, but was pecked by geese, how could he let these scourges continue to exist.

[Liu Xuande, that's all I can help you, I hope you don't be deceived by the family like me, there is not much that I Tao Qian can do for you before I die! ] Tao Qian sat up, the whole person was extremely weak, but his eyes were full of energy, the family in Xuzhou had restrained him for many years, how could they continue to add to his next appointment. (To be continued......)

PS: At the beginning of the year, I asked for a recommendation, and I asked for a ticket~