This made Cao Zhen confused.

As a pioneer, he secretly led tens of thousands of people to various important roads and cities long before the war started.

He first dispersed these tens of thousands of people and dispersed them around every defensive line, just to find the young general in the enemy army—Huang Xu.

It is said that this is the only young man in Xi Yu's army who can do anything. He has always wanted to have a head-on battle with the opponent, but unfortunately, he has never seen the opponent so far.

This made the tens of thousands of troops in his hands completely useless on the battlefield, so that as time went by, Hejian County's defense line was gradually weakened.

When some veterans realized this, their hearts skipped a beat, but they were helpless.

At present, the armies of both sides are in a stalemate. The two sides are competing for endurance and testing the hearts of the people. No one dares to mobilize troops without authorization at this time.

After all, the current defensive problems in Jianhe County are only internally known, and the enemy forces are not yet known. However, once a large army is used to fill the vacancy, I am afraid that the enemy forces will swarm over.

But if left unchecked, in a long-term stalemate between the two sides, sooner or later one party will be unable to hold on, and it is very likely that he will be the first to lose.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Cao Chun and Cao Zhen are now extremely worried about their current situation.

On the other hand, Xi Yu's army was not exhausted from the beginning to the end.

The armies were in a stalemate, and the soldiers and horses of both sides were fighting. The competition was endurance, and the casualties between the two sides were almost the same.

But even so, Cao Zhen and Cao Chun didn't dare to trust them.

Seeing that the soldiers were beginning to show signs of exhaustion, the two men, who did not dare to continue swimming within the territory, immediately led the soldiers back to a relatively safer place.

The two came to the river and set up camps along the upper and lower reaches of the river. This place was not only convenient for the villain's armies to support each other in attacking and defending, but also convenient for getting water for cooking. It was considered an excellent place.

Both of them decided to take a good rest here first, and then take the initiative to attack after the enemy was exhausted, looking for small groups of enemy troops to encircle and suppress them one by one.

It's a good idea, but the two of them are young after all, and the camp they set up seems to be well-organized, but in fact it's full of loopholes.

Because of the large number of people, the area of ​​the camp set up was quite wide. In addition, the two armies wanted to help each other, and there were tents interspersed with each other, which made it look dazzling.

To this day, this battle has been going on for some time.

From Wen'an in the north to Jing County in the south at the beginning, the entire territory of thousands of miles has been mired in quagmire because of this battle.

The surrounding rural towns, large and small, are being snatched away by both sides.

It was also at this time that the advantages and disadvantages of both armies were fully revealed.

Let's talk about Cao Pi's side first. Because Jizhou is his home base, many of the troops dare not act rashly. On the one hand, they are on standby and waiting to rush to the battlefield at any time. On the other hand, they must pay attention to prevent Ma Teng and others from coming to cause trouble.

As for the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, there is no way to mobilize them at the moment. Not only that, the army located in the west of Jizhou must always pay attention to the trends, so that if something goes wrong in Bingzhou, they can go to support in time.

But as long as they have left, the battle to the east of Jizhou basically has nothing to do with them and is beyond their reach.

On the other hand, look at Xiyu.

Behind him are Qingzhou and Xuzhou, his hometown. Not only are there no strong enemies behind him, but there are also two natural chasms in the Yellow River and Jishui as barriers to protect him.

Therefore, Xi Yu, who has no worries at all, not only pays attention to the war, but also pays attention to Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

There is no other reason than to do business in these places.

In fact, before the war started, he had already ordered the fleet within the territory to set off for Youzhou, Hefei, Jiangdong and other places.

After all, more than one Jizhou is in chaos right now.

Sun Ce and Liu Bei are also very busy right now.

In fact, the battle between them was far more fierce than that between Xi Yu and Cao Pi.

Several years of fighting and killing have long since exhausted both sides, and what is most lacking now is military supplies and food.

Xi Yu brought exactly these two things. He knew very well that whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, as long as someone dared to sell quality goods and military supplies, they would definitely spend a lot of money to win them over.

This is what Xi Yu thought of as a good way to make a fortune.

There is no way, who makes Qingxuzhou and Xuzhou have a lot of food but not much else? The wasteland has long been spread all over the place.

However, once he did this business, Liu Bei and Sun Ce were surprised.

Aren't you having a heated fight with Cao Pi? Why did you even buy food and grass?

Is this because he knows that defeat is certain and is ready to admit defeat? Or is it that the grain production in Qingxu and Qingxu has already been astonishingly high?

It should be the latter, right?

After all, not only was Xiyu not stupid, he was also extremely smart.

If that's the case... can you afford all the food and fodder for my entire army?

The inexplicable idea made Liu Bei stunned for a moment. Although he found it incredible, he finally spoke.

After all, Xi Yu wants to sell grain, and he just wants a little more, so what can he do?

It's okay if you don't give it.

When they heard that it cost 300,000 dan, the merchants were a little hesitant at first, but after all, this was a big customer and a powerful owner, so they did not dare to offend him.

After all, if this matter is handled well, future cooperation will be stable.

With the merchant's full agreement, Liu Bei seemed to be in a dream.

No? Is there really so much food and grass in Qingxu and Qingxu?

What on earth is Xiyu going to do?

Is he really not worried about the tightness on the front line at all?

Or does he want to sell grain and use the money earned to continue developing domestic affairs?

Before he could figure it out, the merchants brought food and grass over one after another.

In just ten days, a total of three hundred thousand stones of food and grass were neatly stacked in Liu Bei's camp.

Liu Bei was completely stunned at this time.

Real or fake?

When will three hundred thousand shi of grain be taken out casually like wild flowers and weeds on the roadside?

Is it because poverty limits one's imagination, or is it because Yu Yu's exaggerated wealth is too eye-catching?

Of course, the reason can only be the former.

After all, a mere 300,000 stones of food and grass is just water for Xi Yu at present.

Liu Bei can buy these grains, and Xi Yu is actually happy to do so.

These grains have been accumulating in the warehouse for more than a year. If they are not sold, they will probably sprout and be discarded.

Although I don't care about this little food and grass, it's pretty good to be able to get rid of it and still get money.

Liu Bei didn't know what he was thinking.

Right now, he is busy raising money to pay for food and fodder.

In order to pay off this debt, he mortgaged Nanjun and Jiangdong, and then he was able to send away a lot of merchants.

From today on, he will not dare to default on any shop related to Xiyu.

After this incident, I am afraid that if the world knows about it in the future, I will end up with a reputation of not paying my debts and be ridiculed by the world. The key is that I am afraid of offending Xi Yu.

In the past, he just thought that Xi Yu was a person, but after today, he was afraid that he would never be able to see through this person again, let alone look down upon him.

While fighting with others, you still don't forget to do business. This is really fucking outrageous.

Including those merchants who came from afar, not to mention the ordinary people in their own territory, even some senior generals did not dare to look at him when they saw him. On the contrary, they were quite grand.

Well, you are most angry when you ask me for money!

In all my years of living, I have never seen anyone from any state dare to be so arrogant!

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Cao Zhen looked at the lake in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he had deep doubts.

For some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be someone missing among the generals the opponent was fighting against...

Speaking of the military generals in Xuzhou City, the most famous ones are the Huang family father and son, one is the later general Huang Zhong, and the other is his son Huang Xu.

It can be said that these two people have supported the name of the largest military family in Xuzhou.

At the moment when the army was cooking, Cao Zhen, who had just finished inspecting the camp, did not bring the marching commander or the chief secretary with him. Although there were no negotiable people around him, the faint uneasiness in his heart clearly told him that he should not stay here for a long time!
Chapter completed!