At that time, if Yuan Shao is "helping", then Yanzhou, which has been beaten again, will directly become his Yuan Shao's!

Help now, maybe the situation is good, but you can only get one ally; After helping, maybe the situation is very bad and it is more difficult to fight, but it is Yuan Shao's own power that increases! Where to go, Yuan Shao has obviously made the best choice for him!

Even if Cao Cao didn't defeat Lu Bu and win the victory without the help of his Yuan Shao in the end, it would be no bad for Yuan Shao. What if you don't borrow soldiers and food? Does Cao Cao still dare to dissolve the alliance with him Yuan Shao?!

Anyway, the result is the same, since Cao Cao is destined to become an enemy in the future, then there is no need for Yuan Shao to deliberately build too deep a relationship with Cao Cao now, right?

As for Cao Cao's loss to Lu Bu, Yuan Shu in the south is Cao Cao's enemy, Tao Qian in the east is Cao Cao's enemy, Liu Biao in the southwest is at least half of Cao Cao's enemy, and now the imperial court and Li Dao Guo Yan in the west of Yanzhou also have a deep grudge with Cao Cao, so everyone looks at the world, except for him Yuan Shao, who else can Cao Cao go to?!

This is the source of Yuan Shao's confidence in making up his mind not to help Cao Cao at this time!

Sure enough, at the critical moment, outsiders can't rely on it, so they can only rely on themselves. Besides, I didn't really count on Yuan Shao. If you can come to reinforcements, it is naturally the best, if you can't come, then there is nothing to say. Cao Cao said.

"Yes." Guo Jia nodded, whether you help or not is someone else's own business, you can't force others, let alone resent others because others don't help.

What the? Alliances, you say? This so-called ally. Not to mention whether the relationship is stable or not, fundamentally speaking. It was also a non-aggression ally, not an offensive and defensive alliance. For example, Yuan Shao attacked Gongsun Zhan. When did you ask Cao Cao to help? Why do you let Yuan Shao help you all the time, but you Cao Cao never helps Yuan Shao?

Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Cao Cao, firstly, to prevent himself from being exposed to the enemy on his back, so that he could concentrate more on dealing with Gongsun Zhan; The second is to let Cao Cao help contain Tao Qian, so that he can deal with Gongsun Chan wholeheartedly.

Now that Xuzhou is disabled, it can't help Gongsun Zan in a short period of time, and the battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu in Yanzhou can't dare to provoke him Yuan Shao, so it is so. The purpose of Yuan Shao's alliance with Cao Cao was temporarily achieved in another way, so Yuan Shao started to take the opportunity to annex Cao Cao. There's no better opportunity than this.

"Then how long can we hold on to the grain and grass?" Guo Jia couldn't help asking.

"A month." Cao Cao said, "If Xun Yu is allowed to draw salary, it is estimated that he will be able to hold on for a while longer, but after that, we won't even be able to go back to Juancheng." I can only go out to find a place to forage for food on my own, and I will continue until the autumn harvest time. ”

Apparently. Cao Cao's so-called salary draw from the bottom of the kettle is to use all the future budget. Otherwise, even if they retired and returned to Juancheng, so many soldiers would still have to eat. Now if you fight for another month. Then I stopped fighting, and directly retreated back to Juancheng, where I could still have food. And if a month later. If you continue to fight, then you will return to Juancheng. There was no food for the soldiers.

Therefore, there is no way to return to Juancheng. You can only go outside, or hunt, or eat tree roots, in short, self-sufficient, and ensure your own food. This is really a crazy move, otherwise it wouldn't be called a salary draw. Of course, in addition to hunting and eating tree roots, there is a relatively easy way, and that is to rob others! Wasn't this how Cao Jun was self-sufficient in Xuzhou before!

Seriously, if it weren't for the self-sufficiency at that time, it is estimated that Cao Cao and the others would have already faced a food crisis when they rushed back to Yanzhou.

"So, now it's time to take a gamble? At this time, Lu Bu can't hold on, and it is impossible for us to storm Puyang City. Therefore, our only chance is that the other party's food and grass will be cut off before us! Guo Jia said.

"That's right, now Xizhai has already been taken by us, and the west and south of Puyang are all in the hands of our army, and Yanzhou can't transport grain to Lu Bu at all. So it's a long game, and whoever lasts until the end wins! Cao Cao said.

Protracted? Perhaps, but in Guo Jia's eyes, it is more of a battle of wills and a battle of psychology. Cao Cao didn't know the grain and grass balance on Lu Bu's side, and Lu Bu also didn't know the grain and grass balance on Cao Cao's side. Maybe Cao Cao felt that he couldn't hold on, and when he had no choice but to withdraw from the army, Lu Bu would only have one day of food left? And if Cao Cao wants to leave, at least he must have rations after leaving.

In addition, Lu Bu's side was also like this, he felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, and chose to surrender, but in the end he found that Cao Cao's side couldn't hold on either, as long as they could hold on for another day, Cao Cao would withdraw his troops, how much he would regret it at that time!

Of course, this is definitely not the most volitional test. If you really only think about the above problems, then as long as you grit your teeth and persevere, until you can't hold on any longer, whether you win or lose, at least you won't regret it, right?

But is that really the case? Haven't you ever thought about what everyone will eat after that when neither side can hold on any longer, no matter who wins or loses? There is no food on Lu Bu's side, and there is no food on Cao Cao's side, so it is estimated that most of the people will really starve to death by then!

Persistence is victory, but perseverance is a lose-lose situation. So Guo Jiacai said that this is a test of willpower. There are smart people like Chen Gong on Lu Bu's side, and it is impossible not to see such consequences.

The winner was divided in advance, and there was still food on both sides, so they were able to survive. But with the current situation, the winner and loser are divided in advance, that is, Cao Cao's victory, and Chen Gong will definitely not be able to accept this. Therefore, Chen Gong will inevitably persevere, at least to a certain extent.

Because there is an important point in this, that is, an important point that will make people have a fluke mentality! In fact, there is a premise for the two defeats in front, that is, the grain and grass on both sides are also similar. But what if there is a lot of difference between the grain and grass on the two sides? For example, Chen Gong can hold out for two months, but Cao Cao can only hold on for a month, so if he persists to the end, it is only Cao Cao's side to the end, Chen Gong's side has not yet reached the end, he can still live and will not starve to death, as long as there is a trace of such a possibility, Chen Gong will choose to insist. In the same way, Cao Cao thought the same!

Chen Gong has the initiative to surrender, Cao Cao has the initiative to retreat, and they are each holding a fluke mentality, they are unwilling to surrender on the one hand, and they are unwilling to withdraw on the other, and in the end, they may also step into the abyss of death together because of this.

"After another half a month, we pretended that there was not enough food and grass, our morale was shaken, and the morale of the soldiers was in turmoil. Maybe you can lure Chen Gong out because of this. Guo Jia opened his mouth and proposed.

"This can be a try, but Chen Gong is not as easy to deceive as Lu Bu. I think it's best to think of a way to get the information to Lu Bu's ears! Cao Cao couldn't help but say. (To be continued......)