Chapter 983

The two sides had a big war, and the losses were huge. Zhang Yu lost 68000 troops, 40000 of which were Fusang troops, and his own troops also lost more than 28000.

Cao Cao also had a hard time. About 60000 people died in the war.

Together, the two sides lost more than 100000 troops.

After Cao Cao went back, he made an inventory and found that he lost a lot.

Several counsellors gathered again, and then Xun you said, "this time Zhang Yu is quite determined to fight against us. We must be prepared. Maybe we will have a decisive battle with Zhang Yu here."

We can see a lot from this war.

Everyone thinks that Zhang Yu wants to fight with them, unless he completely wins Zhang Yu, he can fight for the city.

But Jia Xu is not.

"Lord, it's right that Zhang Yu will fight with us for this city. He won't give up easily, but his subordinates think that Zhang Yu will fight a protracted war of attrition with us and won't fight hard with us." Jia Xu said.

People have doubts, today's war, the two sides pay more than 100000 troops, is not a decisive battle.

There is no difference in the fight for Changshan County, but how the two sides fight is the problem.

Many people think that Zhang Yu will fight with them several times to decide the outcome.

But Jia Xu thinks that Zhang Yu wants to fight with them for a long time.

They all looked at Jia Xu, and then Cao Cao said, "please help Mr. Wenhe."

Jia Xu glanced at the crowd, then gave a salute with both hands, and said: "Zhang Yu consumed more than 60000 troops in this battle, and the logistics pressure suddenly became less heavy."

They were speechless and took a breath.

If it is true, Zhang Yu is tough enough. In order to relieve his logistic pressure, he will send the army out to fight a decisive battle.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "can we afford such a protracted war? How long will it last? "

In a protracted war, both sides have to fight for endurance.

After everyone's research, Cheng Yu said: "Zhang Yu's strategy is to drag us to death. If it's really a protracted war, our food and grass, soldiers and other resources have to be transported here from Yanzhou and other regions, which consumes a lot of money. At the same time, if we can't do it economically, we will be dragged down."

The two armies have almost the same distance and the same strength. Both sides have to transport food and soldiers. If it's a protracted war, it's really going to cost.

Strategically speaking, Zhang Yu has controlled the north of Jizhou, while Cao Cao controls the south of Jizhou. Changshan County is one of the important fulcrums. Zhang Yu occupies here. Once there is a war in other places, this is Cao Cao's rear. If Zhang Yu threatens him from here, it will make Cao Cao very uncomfortable.

For example, in Qingzhou, Xuzhou and even Jiangdong, if Cao Cao dares to step in and threaten Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu will send troops from here to attack the hinterland of Jizhou. Then Cao Cao will have to support from Yanzhou and other places, which is very uncomfortable.

Cao Cao has a headache. If Zhang Yu wants to fight a decisive battle, he will fight with him. If he loses, he will admit it.

But if Zhang Yu really wants to fight with him for a long time, he will suffer.

Is Zhang Yu really like this?

Zhang Yu really won't have a decisive battle with him now, because Zhang Yu has arranged 200000 Fusang troops to come here this time. How can he let his elite soldiers fight against Cao Cao? It's necessary to consume these Fusang troops.

So, Zhang Yu fought with them once, and next time it won't be so fast.

Two days later, Zhang Yu received a challenge from Cao Cao.

"Ha ha, who will fight with you? When my Fusang army comes, I will fight with you." Zhang Yu gently threw out the letter in his hand and fell into the brazier.

"Order, guard the barracks carefully and hang up the exemption card." Zhang Yu said.

Cao Cao naturally tried to find out what Zhang Yu's strategic intention was.

Zhang Yu hung up the exemption card, which made Cao Cao very uncomfortable.

Cao Cao didn't have so much money to fight a long-term war of attrition with Zhang Yu, and it was the battle of a large regiment.

If it's in Yanzhou or in the east of Jizhou, Cao Cao is not afraid. But in the west of Jizhou, both sides are far away from here.

In the next few days, Cao Cao repeatedly sent generals to provoke, but there was no result.

A few days later, Cao Cao was able to make sure that Zhang Yu wanted to fight a protracted war of attrition with him.

Zhang Yu also wondered why Cao Cao was so anxious to fight against himself.

After some analysis, Zhang Yu felt that there was a problem.

"Cao Cao, Cao Cao, you are afraid of it." After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yu thought that Cao Cao must be afraid of holding down his army here.

Zhang Yu immediately wrote a letter and quickly went back to inform the cabinet of his own consideration and asked them to cooperate.

This cooperation, of course, is to send more troops, at the same time to mobilize civil servants to deliver food and grass to them.

Zhang Yu has an economy, but Cao Cao doesn't. He has to spend a lot of money and food here, but Cao Cao can't afford it.

Why not?

Cao Cao could not afford to give up the city to Zhang Yu.

No way, Cao Cao ordered Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Jizhou cities to deliver grain and grass, and sent tens of thousands of troops to come.

At this time, the soldiers and horses who attacked Bingzhou had to stop.

We can't do without stopping. If we want to consume it for a long time, there will be no money or food to support the war in Bingzhou, unless we can win Bingzhou in one or two months and support it here.

But there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the yuan family, so it is impossible to make a quick decision.

This Cao Cao quite tangled.

"How to break the game?" Cao Cao said to several counsellors.

It's obvious that Cao Cao can't afford to consume it for a long time. He has been holding a meeting to study it.

There is no good way for several people to study together.

Xu you said: "mengde, our troops are all transferred to the west line. If we want to break the situation, we will attack Zhang Yu's territory in the east line or the middle of Jizhou, so that he can't send troops to support him. In addition, sun CE is to attack the Poyang Lake area, otherwise there is no good way. "

This Xu you was mocked by Zhang Yu before he asked Cao Cao to do Cao a lie, now Xu you dare not call it that way, called Cao Cao Meng De.

In order to attack the yuan family, Cao Cao mobilized 800000 troops to the west line. He had more than enough defense in the east line, but if he wanted to attack, there would be many loopholes immediately.

It's even more impossible for sun CE to attack Zhang Yu, because sun CE is going to attack Jingzhou.

Cao Cao's eyes were red, and then he said, "so, prepare with both hands. Zhongde, you can go to Yecheng immediately to raise food and grass in the south of Jizhou. If necessary, you can use extraordinary means."

"In addition, I will write back immediately and ask Wenruo and ang'er to make preparations."

Cao Cao said, rubbing his brows, and Zhang Yu here to fight a protracted war, he is very reluctant to see.

If Zhang Yu doesn't fight with him, he will be consumed slowly. His elite and strong generals are all concentrated here, which is obviously not a problem.

Cao Cao sent Zhang Yan and Xia Houdun back to guard other places, and it was not cost-effective for all his generals to be here.