Chapter 941: Cao Cao's embarrassing situation
One Treasure Moon City
After nearly three months of Cao Cao's operation, it has recovered a certain amount of vitality here, however, it is still far worse than it was at the beginning, the population alone is not a short time to make up, Cao Cao is now like a little daughter-in-law caught in the middle of the anger, to the south is Dongping City, to the east is Xiaguang City that fell into the hands of Wu Yi, even if there are a large number of displaced people, it is impossible to go to Baoyue City, which seems to have no sense of security.
Also, resources are a big issue!
The negative impact of the population is not only that it is impossible to vigorously recruit soldiers, but also that many industries in the city cannot be recovered, Cao Cao has almost no foundation in his hands, he used to raise an army completely dependent on the supply of Zhenhai City, and the transactions with Hulu City secretly were also completely used to strengthen the army, therefore, his current life is very sad, it is no exaggeration to say, it is that he has eaten the last meal without the next meal, and he may be interrupted at any time.
The snow disaster gave him time to breathe, but it also cut off his chance to recuperate. Baoyue City is not a gourd city, its foundation can't resist natural disasters, and at the moment, those remaining populations are equivalent to becoming a drag on him. If you don't care about these civilians, then they will become homeless people in a few minutes to flee the famine, if you want to take care of it, what will he do? He couldn't even feed his army.
Cao Cao once again convened the civil and military affairs under his command at the City Lord's Mansion.
"My lord, the snow disaster will not last too long, at most at the beginning of the year, we must make a choice, it is impossible for the May Day side to withstand the pressure of Yunlin, if this scene wants to continue, then our army must pay a huge price, which will be extremely unfavorable to our army." Xiao He took the lead and said, he is now the number one planner under Cao Cao, that is, the mastermind, Baoyue City can look like it in such a short time, and it completely depends on his ability. In addition, Cao Cao also got his second strategist in Baoyue City, Xi Zhong, Xi Zhicai! This is Cao Cao's first mastermind in history, Guo Jia's good friend, but unfortunately, he died young, and in "The Prosperous Age", he was transferred to Boss Cao.
"What does the gentleman think our army should do now?" How could Cao Cao himself not be clear about the current embarrassing situation, he can be said to be the person most affected by the snow disaster in the entire south, originally his plan was to take Baoyue City, and then play a few months with Hulu City, at that time, he could also have a certain amount of strength in his hands, but a snow disaster smashed down, and Baoyue City became a chicken rib in his hands, it really responded to that sentence, people are not as good as heaven!
"To the north, you can only continue to go north! Or temporarily attach to Dongping City, request Dongping City to support supplies, and temporarily send troops to contain the army in Xiaguang City on May Day! ”
"It's hard to do both!" Xi Zhong stepped forward and said, he is not good at internal affairs, but even better at military affairs, and he sees these very clearly.
"If we are attached to Dongping City, Xiao Mingsheng will definitely let us give up Baoyue City, join forces with Li Jing, and continue to fight westward as soon as the snow disaster passes, Xiao Mingsheng can acquiesce in the affairs of Xiaguang City, and there must be something else that we don't know, that is to say, what is the relationship between May Day and Dongping City, let them go out to contain the army, there is not much hope."
Hearing this, Cao Cao directly vetoed this proposal in his heart, so what is the difference between this and his previous rule in Zhenhai City? No! It should be even worse! At least in Zhenhai City, he can still lead an army alone, and has the highest rights in the army, once he joins forces with Li Jing, then he will be directly subject to Li Jing, at that time, it will be impossible for him to make any small moves, his cronies are one less to die, even if it is to make up, it is no longer his strength.
"However, if we fight north, we will not have enough supplies at all, and once we suffer a big loss, it will collapse directly." Xiao He still prefers Dongping City, in his opinion, as long as Sun Bin is knocked out, Cao Cao can continue to live a small life of flying solo, but he needs to be patient for a while.
"Then sell the entire Baoyue City plus the population to May Day, and he will support us to go north, exchanging space for time!" Xi Zhong is quite decisive, and he should give up.
"Then talk to Wuyi first." Cao Cao finally decided that clinging to Dongping City was the worst outcome in his opinion, once it passed, his power was likely to be wiped out, this risk was too great, and now Dongping City was not as good as Zhenhai City.
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The light of the rising sun broke through the dark clouds above and shone in the gourd city, and after thirty-three days of snow, the first rays of sunlight finally ushered in. However, this is limited to the range of fifty miles around Hulu City, and it can be said that the city's weakened attribute to the natural disaster overshadows the effect of the natural disaster itself, that is to say, the clear Hulu City does not mean that this snow disaster has completely passed, and there is still light snow in the north, accompanied by heavy snowfall from time to time.
At this time, Wu Yi had already boarded the dock of Ghost Crab City to rest, and was ready to go to the caravan of the underground dark sea again, accompanied by the expired Undercurrent God Shui Dongliu. When Lu Buwei left four days ago, Wu Yi also gave a big gift, three full boxes of artworks, this thing the empress should like very much.
The caravan passed through the Dragon Turtle Clan and entered the underground dark sea.
"Have you found a location for the transit station in the dark sea?"
Transfer! This is also one of the purposes of Wu Yi's trip, there are a lot of resources in the dark river, but if you want to develop, a transfer station is indispensable, and having a transfer station in the dark river can also improve the connection between the east and the west seas, and the efficiency of traveling back and forth with the caravan.
"It's been chosen a long time ago, it's a large cryolite fragment, some areas are less than 100 meters deep, and it's not far from our shipping lane!" The escort general of the caravan is Zhou Zheping, who is a self-made general with talent and expertise, and his sailing speed is the fastest among the naval generals in the entire Hulucheng.
"Water God, help build a small underwater shielding barrier." This matter can only ask this teasing god to take action, Wu Yi originally got one hundred and ninety-two sea curtain beads in the mermaid clan, but unfortunately, the restrictions are too great.
Sea Curtain Beads (Special): Every eight can form a fixed small water-sheltering magic array, limited to 100 meters under water.
100 meters underwater, this is the limit, which is why the transfer station plan has dragged on for so long, and it is not easy to find a suitable location.
"Do you know how big the enchantment is up to twenty-four sets of sea curtain beads?" Shui Dongliu asked rhetorically.
"Huh?" Wu Yi really didn't know this.
"Three miles in a radius! This is the limit, such a small place, can you do it? ”
A radius of three miles? That's too small, isn't it? The transfer station is not only used to store the resources mined in the dark river, but also to store the goods. According to his plan, as long as the transit stations are together, then this caravan across the east and west seas can be split into two, and the goods that each of the two seas needs will be stored in the transit station, and they will be towed away when the time comes.
"Stupid! It is true that there are only twenty-four sets of sea curtain beads in the hands of the mermaid clan, but they can't continue to produce, so they are looking for them to buy them! ”
That's right!
Wu Yi smiled! This time he was really stupid, he didn't even think of the problems that the teaser could think of, as long as there were enough sea curtain beads, it would be able to support the range he needed.
"Thank you for the water god!"
"Humph! Without this God, it's really not easy for you to get something done! ”
! Looking at Shui Dongliu's triumphant look, Wu Yi only felt that a group of alpacas ran past in his heart.