"By the way......" Halfway through eating, Cao Cao suddenly remembered something, "Yan, you said that after the first lunar month, you will directly send troops to attack Zhang Xiu, how about it?" ”

Zhang Xiu sat in Nanyang, had 3,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, and subsequently recruited thousands of soldiers, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, and an army of 100,000. Such a guy is in our neighborhood, and it really has to be solved first......" Xun Yu thought about it, and felt that it was time to send troops.

Last year, he only used troops against Lu Bu, and the key point was that he didn't get any benefits. Nanyang is the land of Longxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at the same time communicates Sizhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou, which is an important hub and a place where soldiers must fight.

"Anyway, don't you care about the water army?" Wang Yong suddenly mentioned, "Gan Ning led the crowd to vote, but it turned out that he only set up a few water villages on the side of the Yellow River and built some boats......

"The cost of sailors is very high, the construction of ships is very expensive, and it is impossible to find so many soldiers who are proficient in water. From scratch, there is no way to become an army without a year or two......," Xun Yu complained directly.

If it weren't for Yuan Shao, there would not even be a need to form a naval army.

"It's not like that, as long as the naval army is complete, then it is completely possible to attack Guanzhong along the waterway, and at the same time it can attack the coastal areas of Qingzhou, Jizhou and Xuzhou. In the future, if you go south to attack the Jiangnan region, if you don't have a naval army, you will also be very passive. Wang Yong reminded.

Later, Cao Cao suffered from the lack of a naval army, so he could only incorporate the Jingzhou naval army, rush the army, and could not grab the land pass, so he could only set up a formation in the opposite Wulin, and finally it seemed that because of the snail, of course, it may also be malaria, and a large number of soldiers lost their combat effectiveness. In addition, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun couldn't be trusted, which led to the killing of the two, if they were replaced by their own water army, then there was still this concern?!

"Okay...... You also know that the finances of the imperial court are tight! Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao, who nodded, and then complained. Now that the lord has nodded, the formation of the water division cannot be neglected.

"Yuan Shao doesn't know that we have formed a sailor, so that Gan Ning can continue to be his Jinfan thief, loot along Liyang and other places, and hide in the water village after encountering the enemy, change his armor or something, and then turn back into my sergeant." Wang Yong proposed.

"Will this anger Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao was a little worried.

"Yuan Shao's mind is currently on Gongsun Zhan's side, and according to the intelligence, I am afraid that it will end soon. When the time comes, she will dominate Hebei, and if she wants to expand, she can only go south! So, it's okay to mess with her a little! Guo Jia thinks this plan is feasible.

"So be it! Let Gan Ning make a big fuss! "Cao Cao didn't mean to be sorry for his girlfriend at all, anyway, Jizhou is so rich, why don't you go and loot it?

Jizhou was not so rich originally, but who made the previous majesty a native of Jizhou Hejian. Naturally, he wanted to take care of Jizhou, so during his reign, Jizhou's trade routes were constantly corrected, and the finances were also biased here, and finally it became rich here.

Or it is simply a sudden rich, so many people began to superstitious about the immortality of gods and ghosts, so the Taiping Sect has a breeding ground, and everything has advantages and disadvantages, nothing more than that.

Nearly 12 years have passed since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and although there is still turmoil, more than ten years of recovery, coupled with the original heritage, have rapidly become rich again. Especially in the three prefectures of Hebei, the annual war horses and livestock trade in the areas close to the Hu people are not only the main source of wealth for Wanshiwu, but also the merchants who are attached to Wanshiwu naturally make a lot of money.

At the end of the day, the house is a business alliance in itself, not a monopoly.

"The matter of using soldiers ......" Cao Cao remembered, and the topic seemed a little crooked.

"In the past few days, my subordinates have been ready to finish their work before the end of the year. When the time comes, after the first month, you will be able to send troops immediately! Xun Yu knew that he was going to be busy again during this time.

"I'll help......" Guo Jia raised her hand, her work was relatively leisurely, there was only one military position of a military advisor sacrificing wine, and many times, there was basically no actual position.

"Of course, if I were alone, I would definitely be exhausted...... Fa Zheng and Chen Qun are also going to add to the burden! Xun Yu complained directly, and of course she didn't forget to calculate the two newcomers who had just become her deputy.

Needless to say, Chen Qun is very suitable for being a secretary, everything can be handled very well, Xun Yu even plans to train her to take over, at least help herself, and be responsible for the folding things; Fa Zheng is only on temporary loan, in fact, Cheng Yu values him more and plans to officially accept him as an apprentice, but unfortunately it is not a return to the ancient species, at most he can serve Cao Cao for twenty or thirty years in his position.

"I'm going to do it myself this time!" Cao Cao thought about it, and he had been in Xudu for a while, and his whole person seemed to be rusty.

"Lord, it's just such a thief, just send a general over, why bother to mobilize the people?" Wang Yong was "chuckled" in his heart, Cao Cao wants to personally conquer Zhang Xiu, is the battle of Wancheng going to appear?

In this battle, Cao Ang and Cao Anmin fell, Dian Wei fell, the guards were almost killed and wounded, and at the same time, several counties in Yingchuan fell into the hands of Zhang Xiu. So much so that by November, there was no time to regain lost territory.

".................." Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong and did not speak.

"The lord doesn't want to really pro-levy, but he can't help it. Our main force was on guard against Yuan Shu, Lü Bu and Yuan Shao, in other words, we could only go to attack Zhang Xiu. In fact, there are only 2,000 guards who really have combat effectiveness. Xun Yu reminded.

That is, Xu Chu brought the villagers over in advance to form the Tiger Guard, and at the same time incorporated some Runan Yellow Turbans, otherwise it is estimated that it will be five hundred. In history, Cao Cao entered Wancheng with an army of only 500 people, and then he was very passive.

Slowly, the situation is a lot better than in history, so is it okay not to worry so much? At least 2,000 people are around, no matter how you don't look at it, it will make Cao Ang have problems, and if Cao Ang doesn't have problems, then Cao Wei shouldn't have problems either...... Wait, in this case, will there still be Cao Wei?

Wang Yong looked at Cao Cao, and then at Liu Xie next to him, he felt that maybe Cao Wei would not appear. At least, I don't want to see that day come......

"When the time comes, write a fold, and I'll use it!" Liu Xie seemed to feel Wang Yong's gaze, perhaps misunderstood what he meant, so he added a sentence in a friendly manner. Originally, she directly handed over this matter to the courtiers below to discuss.

"Indeed, we still have to discuss it in the imperial court, and discuss it before the New Year!" Cao Cao also realized this.

"Okay, my lord, be careful!" Wang Yong couldn't say anything, and he couldn't explain the occurrence and process of the Battle of Wancheng.

"Have you forgotten...... You're going to go with the army too? Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong strangely.

"Uh...... The subordinates really forgot ......" Wang Yong was speechless, he seemed to really have the identity of a guard. Meow meow? So, it's possible that you're in danger?!

"What's upset?" Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong, his tone a little displeased.

"How dare your subordinates!" Wang Yong hurriedly replied, thinking: It's okay, at least many things can be avoided!

At the same time, I am also guessing, what is the situation of the Zou family, after all, Lao Cao is a woman, so it can't be that the Zou family is a man, right?!