Chapter 1330

"Reporting to my lord, our army's vanguard has already reached a point more than ten li outside Qingyuan county city," a soldier walked into the tent and reported to Gu Yi.

"Hmm, good! Continue to send out the vanguard to investigate the specific situation of the county city. I want to know how many garrison troops they have and how much grain and fodder they have in reserve," Gu Yi instructed.

"Understood!"

The soldier acknowledged the order and turned to walk out.

Before long, another scout ran into the main tent in a hurry, knelt on the ground, and said: "Reporting to my lord, our vanguard has already arrived at a point more than ten li outside the county city. The grain and fodder reserves are also extremely abundant; there is enough grain to feed thirty thousand troops for three months."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yi could not help but reveal a gratified expression, secretly thinking: "It seems my guess was correct; we can indeed find a breakthrough point from the garrison troops of Qingyuan Commandery."

Gu Yi looked at the topographical map and said: "Although Qingyuan county city is not large, it is the central area of the entire Qingyuan Commandery. If we fight a war of attrition here with the garrison of Qingyuan Commandery, then even if we can hold on, I fear we will have to pay a heavy price."

Gu Yi could not help but knit his brows, thought of something, and said: "Pass the order down: tell the brothers on the front line to pay attention to safety and not be ambushed by the enemy."

"Understood!"

"Alright, you may withdraw!"

"Understood!"

"Pass the order down: the entire army is to speed up the march; at any cost, we must take Qingyuan county city in the shortest possible time!"

Cao Cao looked at the topographical map and could not help but secretly rejoice. Cao Cao thought in his heart: "Fortunately, Gu Yi said last night that he would give me a great gift."

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt his blood boiling and his heart surging.

Gu Yi, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and others were sitting in the main tent, discussing what to do next.

"My lord, the defenses of Qingyuan county city are relatively weak. If we can take advantage of the situation to attack Qingyuan county city, we should be able to capture the county city," Dian Wei said.

"Hmm, what Dian Wei says is correct," Zhao Yun echoed.

"My lord, if we take Qingyuan county city, we can smoothly control Yanzhou, and then we can attack Jizhou!" Zhang Liao said. ===== CHAPTER 1331 =====