Soon, Yuan Shuzhen led his troops out, leaving Lu Junyi and Chen Jizhen to defend Shouchun City.

The scout hurriedly reported the news to Luo Gan, and Luo Gan immediately asked Guan Sheng, Yun Tianbiao, Zhu Tong, Yun Long, and Guan Ling to lead the troops to pursue Yuan Shu.

And Luo Gan himself met with Cao Cao at a time to discuss the attack on Shouchun City.

"General Cao, you and I are all for the sake of the court to exterminate the traitors. Yuan Shu has fled, and I will lead my men to pursue him. At this time, it is a good time to seize Shouchun City, and I hope that General Cao can quickly lead the army to attack the city. Luo Gan said to Cao Cao very seriously, all for the public and the people, all for the sake of supporting the court.

Cao Cao also wanted to attack the city and eliminate Yuan Shu, after all, there was not much food and grass in the army, and if he held on, it was estimated that he would not be able to bear it first. If Yuan Shu can't be eliminated and Yuan Shu suppressed, then how can the world see the imperial court, the authority of the imperial court will inevitably plummet again, and his Cao Cao's prestige will also decrease a lot.

"General Luo, it's really not a secret, our army is short of food and grass, and I hope that the general can help and lend me 100,000 pieces of grain and grass, and I will definitely thank you in the future." Cao Cao looked very embarrassed, cried to Luo Gan and begged for grain and grass.

If you borrow Jingzhou, you won't change it, this borrowed grain and grass will definitely not be repaid, in troubled times, the interests are more reliable, and the IOU of the covenant is unreliable.

In terms of grain and grass, Luo Gan is richer than Cao Cao's medicine, after all, the tuntian system has been started a long time ago, and the displaced people have been recruited. And Cao Cao was about to lose Yanzhou at the beginning, although he expanded a lot, but there were also a lot of wars, and the grain and grass were a little tight, not to mention the Jianghuai area, there was a drought and water villages, and there was no grain harvest in many places.

There was not so much food and grass to supply, and Cao Jun and Yuan Shujun were at war.

Although Luo Gan still has some grain and grass, but he can supplement his army, it is naturally impossible to give it to Cao Cao, not to mention that he originally monopolized Yuan Shu's territory when Cao Cao had no grain and grass.

Luo Gan put on a bitter gourd face, and said to Cao Cao in turn: "General Cao, in the past, I spent countless money and food in order to strangle the traitor Lu Bu, but now in order to support the big man, where did I give the last family fund." I also want the court to allocate some grain and grass to me, after all, it is for the court to fight, and this emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. ”

Cao Cao was choked, shook his head and said, "General Luo, you can't say that. The suffering of the imperial court is a time when our ministers share the sorrows of Your Majesty. As a local governor, the general should supply grain and grass to the imperial court, and now pay tribute and worship the Son of Heaven. ”

It seems that Cao Cao's grain and grass are really not very sufficient, and he is entangled with himself here, forget it, let's move eastward: "General, my Qingzhou is barren, Xuzhou has just been pacified, and the grain and grass are really insufficient." On the contrary, it was Sun Ce who occupied Jiangdong and was rich. can let Sun Ce contribute some grain and grass to the imperial court, and General Cao can solve it with Sun Ce. Back then, Sun Jian and you and I fought together against the traitor Dong Zhuo, and now he Sun Ce wants to be listed in the world with us, so how can he say something. ”

This is also true, Sun Ce now needs an identity identity, and with some canonization appointments from the imperial court, Cao Cao can be promoted to a knighthood in exchange for grain and grass.

Having said that, Cao Cao also knew that it was impossible to get grain and grass from Luo Gan, and then he really sent someone to find Sun Ce and borrow grain and grass with his title.

Luo Gan coughed, stretched out his hand and pointed at Shouchun City and said, "General Cao, Yuan Shu has left, and my army has already pursued and killed." But this Shouchun still has a large army stationed, if you can't take Shouchun down, unless you can cut off Yuan Shu, otherwise it will be a big threat to you and me. Only by taking Shouchun City can Yuan Shu be suppressed. Now Yuan Shu wants to fight a delaying war with us and consume our grain and grass. Therefore, I hope that General Cao will personally supervise the battle and attack Shouchun! ”

Cao Cao also agreed with Luo Gan's opinion, the situation was clear, and Cao Cao could also see that dragging it out would be beneficial to Yuan Shu: "I personally supervise the battle, and I will definitely take Shouchun, but our army is short of soldiers and horses, General Luo, do you see?" ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I asked Shi Wengong and other generals under my command to lead 10,000 troops to help General Cao, and you and I will work together to take Shouchun City. At that time, General Cao had the most credit, and it was not a problem to be the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Luo Gan said with a smile.

"Work together to destroy Yuan Shu! Haha~" Cao Cao and Luo Gan both laughed.

The two of them smiled brightly, but they didn't know how many murderous intentions were hidden in them, and what plans were behind them.

After Luo Gan went back, he ordered Shi Wengong, Bian Shen, Lin Chong and other generals to lead 10,000 troops to attack the city with Cao Cao, but he specially explained that he should be cautious and not be cannon fodder for Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao breaks Shouchun, try to capture Lu Junyi as much as possible, and it doesn't matter whether Shouchun is forcibly occupied or not.

Cao Cao returned to his camp and consulted with his advisers, some to deal with Yuan Shu, some to deal with Luo Gan, and what to do next.

Xun said to Cao Cao: "Duke Ming, this Luo Gan wolf's ambition is bound to plot against Yuan Shu's territory. And our current strength development, this Jiujiang is not what we need. Solve the problem of Yuan Shu first, and then attack Zhang Xiu to avoid many threats. Then in the area of Raiders Division and Yongzhou. In the end, he came to deal with Luo Gan. ”、

Cao Cao said: "But if Jiujiang is given to Luo Gan for nothing, it is always bad." ”

Cheng Yu said: "Duke Ming, the court is still weak, so there is no need to fight for the length of the moment. After eliminating Yuan Shu, we can let Luo Gan lead the Taishou of Danyang County and Sun Ce lead the Taishou of Jiujiang County. Let the two of them compete for Yuan Shu's territory. The Duke of Ming took the opportunity to solve Zhang Xiu and Si Li, and when Sun Ce and Luo Gan were defeated, the lord sent troops to attack Yanzhou and Xuzhou and eliminate Luo Gan. ”

Xun Zai offered a plan: "Duke Ming, you can let Yuan Shao be the governor of Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and encourage Yuan Shao to send troops to Qingzhou." Naturally, Na Luo Gan was too busy to take care of himself, and Yangzhou would be the lord sooner or later. ”

In the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes rose together, formed alliances with each other, and attacked each other, and the princes often had a lot of containment.

Although Cao Cao mastered the government and narrowed the princes to order the princes, the situation was not very good, and there was a lot of enemies around.

Zhang Xiu of Wancheng, with Liu Biao's support behind him, seriously threatens Dao Xudu. Yuan Shu's raids on Runan and Liang would also threaten Xudu. There are also remnants of the Liangzhou warlords in the Sili region, and it is also possible that they will attack Xudu.

The remaining Luo Gan and Yuan Shao also have a chance, and they are also likely to attack Cao Cao.

In the same way, other princes may also be conquered by other princes at any time, and no one is sure that they can deal with the princes one by one with peace of mind. You can only try to make trouble for the enemy and find a good opportunity to annex the territory you want to annex.