Chapter 363 Attack on the Black Nest

Wancheng, when Ma Chao led 5,000 Liangzhou soldiers and horses to Wancheng, and when he saw the mountain-high grain and grass piled up outside Wancheng, Ma Chao had regretted that it took about ten days to Nanjingzhou.

Outside Wancheng, a pile of extremely high piles of grain and grass shocked Ma Chao. In addition, there were carriages transporting grain and grass gathering here, and there were nearly hundreds of carriages at the gate of Wancheng City, transporting trucks of grain and fodder outside the city into the city.

"Do you dare to ask General Ma from Liangzhou?" Just when Ma Chao and others didn't know where to start, Wu Xiong came over with several soldiers in Confucian robes.

"Exact, I don't know what you are?" If you are not familiar with this place, Ma Chao doesn't dare to be too big.

"Wu Xiong is specially responsible for the management of grain and fodder in Wancheng. The master promised to give 200,000 loads of grain and fodder to Liangzhou. It has been prepared. I don't know when the general will take it away?" With that, Wu Xiong pointed to dozens of piles of grain and grass not far away.

"This..." Ma Chao was stunned and turned his head to look at dozens of piles of grain and grass not far away. His heart was slightly depressed. Is this 200,000 loads of grain and grass? Not to mention that 5,000 people transported 200,000 loads of grain and grass back to Liangzhou, it was a little difficult to transport 50,000 loads of grain and grass to Liangzhou.

"These more than ten piles are 200,000 loads of grain and fodder in Liangzhou. Is General Ma going to take it away now?" Wu Xiong said with a smile, but anyone could see the gloating in his smile.

He has also heard of the matter of Liangzhou. Although he is not ashamed of Liangzhou's behavior, it has not been revealed. After the completion of the Wancheng granary, it must accommodate at least nearly 100,000 loads of grain and fodder, and the means are not less. Although the person in front of him is tired of him, it is also related to the grain storage of the Wancheng granary, and there must be no lack of it. Suddenly.

"I don't know if you can tolerate a few days and let these grains and weeds be stored here for a period of time?" Ma Chao said stiffly.

"Naturally, it can be stored in a few days, even a year or three years." Wu Xiong said that he didn't care at all.

"Real?" Ma Chao said in surprise.

"Of course it's serious, but if these 200,000 loads of grain and fodder are left here, it must be guarded and taken care of, and the cost is not small." Wu Xiong said with an embarrassed face.

"Haha, sir, please don't worry, I will never let you work in vain." Although he despised in his heart, Ma Chao said with a happy face.

"In this case, I won't be polite. Every time the general stores ten loads of grain and grass in my Jingzhou granary, he must pay a load of tax every year. I don't know how much grain and grass the general wants to store in my Jingzhou granary? And how many years does the general plan to keep it? Wu Xiong said with a serious face.

"Uh?"

Looking at Wu Xiong with a serious face, Ma Chao and others were stunned one by one, and then their faces changed. Ten dans of grain and fodder storage need to pay one liang of tax a year, and 200,000 dan storage of liang a year must pay 20,000 jiao tax. Such a high tax is obviously aimed at Liangzhou.

"Huh! Your Excellency, do you want to play with me? Pound's face was as gloomy as water, and his eyes looking at Wu Xiong were extremely bad.

"How dare you play tricks on the general? It's just that no one who specially explained this matter can't be changed. If the general is not far away, he can carry away all these 200,000 loads of grain and fodder, and will never stop it." Wu Xiong said with a straight face.

"In this case, let's store 150,000 loads of grain and grass here for a year, and I will transport the remaining 50,000 loads of grain and grass in three days." Ma Chao, who was beside him, said immediately.

"What?" Pound and others looked at Ma Chao in surprise. If 150,000 dra are stored for a year, is that 15,000 dras of tax?

"Haha, General Ma is still cheerful. General Ma can rest assured that he will prepare 50,000 of them for the general in three days." Wu Xiong laughed.

"In that case, thank you very much." Ma Chao arched his hand and left with Pound and others.

"Major General, this Jingzhou is obviously taking advantage of the fire to bully people too much. Why did the major general agree to their terms?" Pound frowned and looked at Ma Chao.

"Don't worry, even if you pay 15,000 bales of grain and fodder in a year, there are still 18,000 pens of grain and fodder in my Liangzhou. Since I know that this is Liu Qi's deliberate embarrassment, even if we can carry away these 200,000 pens of grain and fodder, Liu Qi will not let us leave easily. In this case, it's better to be cheaper for the time being. Liu Qi, when my Liangzhou army sweeps the world in the future, it is not too late to find Liu Qi's trouble. Ma Chao shook his head.

"The young general is wise." Pound and others suddenly appeared on their faces. No wonder the major general agreed to Jingzhou's request so easily.

At the same time, Wu Xiongzheng in Wancheng said something to a young general. It was Wang Yi, the leader of Feihuwei.

"Sir, is your trip going well?" Looking at Wu Xiong, who was full of smiles, Wang Yi was surprised.

"It's going well. Ma Chao actually agreed to the master's conditions without thinking about it. It's really a little confusing." Wu Xiong shook his head.

"Oh, but Ma Chao has other plans?" Wang Yi said with a little surprise.

"I don't think so. It seems that Ma Chao won't swallow this breath, but this is Jingzhou. It's the dragon's he, and he's lying there. These 200,000 loads of grain and fodder stored here can maintain the supply of grain and fodder in Jingzhou for ten months, which is not worth mentioning. Wu Xiong laughed.

"That's right. How is the construction of my husband's granary? I don't know if it has been started?" Wang Yi suddenly said.

"Haha, the granary is ready-made. There was a large granary in Wancheng before. It is just right to store these grains there first. After the new granary is built, it is not too late to move over." Wu Xiong smiled.

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Guandu, after receiving the letter from the mysterious man, Cao Cao immediately came to Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others to discuss the sneak attack on the black nest.

Wuchao is indeed a gathering place for the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops. All the grain and grass prepared by Yuan Shao's expedition can be collected here. If this place can be burned, Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops can break through without attack.

After receiving the letter from the mysterious man, Cao Cao also ordered people to secretly explore the situation of Wuchao. As the letter said, Wuchao was indeed Yuan Shao's place to store food. However, there are no less than 20,000 defenders in Wuchao alone, and Chunyu Qiong, a general under Yuan Shao's command, personally guarded it. It was really troublesome to sneak up on Wuchao.

Let's not say that Wuchao is a military heavy defense, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The 20,000 soldiers and horses in the black nest alone are not easy to deal with. Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have been suppressed by Yuan Shao these days, and their whereabouts are only watched by Yuan Shao's scouts. It is really difficult to hide Yuan Shao's eyes and ears to mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

For more than ten days, Cao Cao did not move at all, and even except Guo Jia and others, no one knew Cao Cao's plan. For more than ten days, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses' attack was still fierce, and the soldiers under Cao Cao's command could not raise their heads. In the process of fighting with Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, Cao Cao would deliberately leave some people in the dense forest outside the camp. For more than ten days, nearly 10,000 people had been unconsciously left in the camp by Cao Cao. In addition.

On this day, when Cao Cao's soldiers and horses returned to the camp, Cao Cao did not convene the generals under his command as usual, but convened Guo Jia and others alone. The big account was closed and no one knew how many people were discussing this in the big account.

In a dense forest more than ten miles away from the camp, stepping on the thick fallen leaves under his feet, Cao Cao's mind was strange. Cao Cao, who was originally discussing in the big tent, unexpectedly appeared here without knowing it from everyone. Next to Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, the general Cao Hong and others were all here.

These generals are the most trusted generals under Cao Cao's command. There is no mistake in this sneak attack on Wuchao, so Cao Cao did not dare to take risks and just found the generals in his own clan.

"Lord, why do I stay here?" General Cao Hong said first.

As soon as Cao Hong finished speaking, everyone turned their heads and looked at Cao Cao. Except for Xia Houyuan who vaguely guessed some clues, the others did not know anything about it.

"Wonderful talent, do you know why?" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xia Houyuan.

"It has something to do with the secret letter a few days ago." Xia Houyuan's eyes flashed and did not hide it. There was nothing to hide from Cao Cao's brothers here.

"Secret letter?" Everyone looked at Cao Cao with a little surprise. Several of them had heard of the secret letter, but didn't they say that the secret letter was just a joke of good people? But now looking at the reaction of Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan, there was something else hidden.

"Do you know what is said on the secret letter?" Cao Cao laughed.

"I don't know at the end." Xia Houyuan shook his head.

"I didn't say anything on the superstition paper. I just said one sentence. Yuan Shao's food and fodder are in the black nest." Cao Cao laughed.

"Does the master want to?" Several people immediately woke up. Cao Cao obviously wanted to sneak up on Wuchao.

"Yes, I just want to sneak attack Wuchao. What is stored in the Wuchao is the food and fodder of hundreds of thousands of Yuan Shao's troops. There are 20,000 Yuan Shao soldiers and horses stationed, and Chun Yu Qiong, the general under Yuan Shao's command, is stationed. In addition, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to attack, you must sneak attack." Cao Cao nodded.

"As early as the 10th day, Feng Xiao and I made a strategy to attack Wuchao. This matter is of great importance, so I won't wait for you to explain it until now." Looking at his brothers and brothers who had been fighting with him for many years, Cao Cao sighed.

"Ao is joking. This matter is related to the survival of our life and death, so we should do this." Cao Hong said with a smile.

Hearing Cao Hong call himself Ao, Cao Cao also smiled. In private, he still liked to be called his nickname, but only in private.

Cao Hong's voice suddenly pulled a lot of distance between several people. They immediately talked and laughed and asked Cao Cao about the plan for the battle.

"This sneak attack is of great importance. I will personally lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Wuchao. You will all go with me. Miaocai and I will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak attack Wuchao from two directions. We will definitely capture Wuchao before Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrive, and burn all the food and fodder in it."

Several people squatted on the ground, and Cao Cao pointed to the map in front of him.

"Aqian, I think this battle will be left to me, and you can stay in the camp and wait for the news." Cao Hong suddenly said.

"Yes, you stay in the camp to guard against Yuan Shao's sneak attack."

"Yes, once Yuan Shao finds out that we are attacking Wuchao, he will definitely send troops to attack the battalion."

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"I have entrusted everything to Feng filial piety. This battle is related to the success or failure of our life and death. I must participate in it." Cao Cao's voice was not loud, but he said it firmly.

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