Chapter 343

Looking at Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, and others, Lin Yang signaled!

Guo Jia sighed deeply and then looked at Lin Yang with burning eyes!

"My lord, now that Yanzhou and Yuzhou are both short of grain, among the thirteen provinces of the Great Han, there are only a few choices that can help them overcome the difficulties!" Guo Jia said, and Zhou Yu, who was to the side, also added!

"First, it is the noble clans of Yanzhou and Yuzhou; they have stored grain in their hands, which can help Cao Mengde and Yuan Gonglu solve the crisis!"

Zhou Yu said this and then couldn't help but shake his head!

Although the noble clans had grain and grass, they were too greedy!

Cao Mengde and Yuan Gonglu might not necessarily agree to the price they demanded!

Lin Yang, who was sitting in the seat of honor, was also extremely clear about the greed of the noble clans and nodded at this moment!

"As for the second, it is to purchase grain and grass from the direction of Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Xuzhou!" Guo Jia continued, stating the second method!

The Central Plains had a locust plague, but Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Xuzhou were not too seriously affected!

There must be grain here!

It's just that!

Purchasing grain and grass from these three places would definitely increase the price!

It was said that the price of grain in Guanzhong at this moment was already over one hundred thousand coins!

This was the price of grain in troubled times!

Ordinary people couldn't afford it!

Even a warlord might not necessarily be able to afford it!

"In this way, the third path left for Cao Mengde and Yuan Gonglu is: conquest!"

Zhou Yu spat out two words with a solemn tone!

In troubled times!

The neighbor stores grain, you store guns!

The neighbor is your granary!

When there is no grain, robbing is undoubtedly the best choice!

Just like Gongsun Zan robbing the commoners' grain, the chaotic battles between warlords were not necessarily not for grain and grass!

"If robbing grain and grass, there are still only three choices: Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Xuzhou!"

"It's just that Yuan Benchu of Jizhou has the Yellow River blocking the way, and the ferry crossings along the river are all controlled by him; it is not an easy task to attack!" Guo Jia said, pointing in the direction of Jingzhou. "As for Jingzhou, the waterways are developed, and since Yuan Gonglu has no navy, he would undoubtedly be defeated in battle!"

As Guo Jia spoke, he let his finger fall in the direction of Xuzhou and Yangzhou!

In an instant, everyone in the field couldn't help but fall silent!

"Xuzhou and Yangzhou are under the lord's governance. Although they have been affected to a certain extent this time, they still have abundant grain and grass!"

Cheng Yu glanced at Lin Yang and also spoke up at this moment!

"Now, the stored grain in the counties of Xuzhou is already piling up, and every household has surplus grain!"

"Zhongde still understated it; in another month, the autumn harvest will arrive!"

Guo Jia, who was to the side, reminded him!

Xuzhou today could be said to be the granary of the entire Great Han!

During the autumn harvest, the rice in those fields would be white, shiny rice!

After Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, Cheng Yu, and others analyzed it, the expression in Lin Yang's eyes also changed completely!

"Fengxiao, Gongjin, Zhongde, do you mean that Cao Mengde and Yuan Gonglu will join forces to attack Xuzhou?"

Lin Yang had not thought about this situation!

But in his view!

Cao Mengde and Yuan Gonglu would join forces?

"No, my lord, it will be at least two armies, Cao Mengde's and Yuan Gonglu's!"

Although there was no intelligence at all now, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, and others were very clear that Cao Mengde, Yuan Gonglu, and these people would definitely make this choice!

The reason was very simple!

They were too severely affected by the disaster this time!

Even if they borrowed grain from the noble clans and bought grain from Jizhou and Jingzhou!

It was still a drop in the bucket!

There were too many commoners under their rule!

The number of troops under their command was also too many!

Only a great battle could both plunder grain and grass!

And reduce the population!

Hearing the words of Guo Jia and the others, Lin Yang only felt his scalp go numb!

He was thinking of taking Qingzhou!

He hadn't thought that Cao Mengde and the others were staring at his granary!

At this moment, Lin Yang understood a little!

Why Cao Mengde wanted to attack Xuzhou in the fourth year of Chuping!

One of the reasons was inevitably the grain and grass of Xuzhou!

"My lord, this matter needs to be prepared for early!"

As a strategist, especially a high-ranking official under Lin Yang, Guo Jia's strategic vision was definitely there!

"Hmm, Fengxiao, Zhongde, you draft a detailed personnel arrangement and tell me tomorrow!"

Giving the order to the two, since there was danger, Lin Yang naturally had to take precautions!

As for Zhou Yu, Lin Yang had other arrangements!

And just as Lin Yang was doing this, on the other side, in Yanzhou

"My lord, whether borrowing grain from the noble clans or buying grain from Jizhou, neither can completely solve this matter!"

Cao Mengde, who was worried about grain and grass, went to find Xi Zhicai!

For this kind of thing, Cao Mengde really couldn't make up his mind for a moment!

"Oh? Then what good strategy does Zhicai have?" With his eyes shining, Cao Mengde looked at his military advisor!

"If my lord wants to solve the grain and grass problem, you can only attack this place." Xi Zhicai pointed down, landing directly on the location of Xuzhou!

"The Central Plains are suffering from the disaster, but Xuzhou has abundant grain and grass, and even the commoners have surplus grain in their homes!"

Xi Zhicai was very clear about the situation in Xuzhou; he had been eyeing Xuzhou for a long time!

"If my lord sends troops before the autumn harvest, one route goes south from Taishan Commandery to Donghai, and one route goes south from Lu State Commandery, heading straight for Peng Cheng!"

"With troops sent out on two routes, you can compete for the grain and grass of the two commanderies, which is enough to support the troops under your command!"

Xi Zhicai's strategy was very simple!

Xuzhou had abundant grain and grass, and could even produce a thousand jin per mu!

They only needed to occupy the grain and grass of one commandery or more to support the troops and commoners under their command!

"Lin Ziyuan has many troops under his command; we won't be so smooth, will we?"

Cao Mengde's gaze looked at Xi Zhicai!

Under Lin Ziyuan, the Xuzhou troops alone numbered nearly two hundred thousand!

If he sent out troops on two routes, it was very likely he would return empty-handed!

"That's right, so my lord needs to write a letter to Yuan Gonglu, asking him to send troops from Yuzhou to attack Xuzhou, and let Lu Bu of Pei State send troops to Peng Cheng Commandery to coordinate with my lord!"

Pointing to the Lu Bu troops stationed in Pei State, Yuzhou had suffered from the disaster, and Lu Bu and his group wouldn't have it easy either!

"The other route needs Yuan Gonglu to mobilize the troops of Jiujiang Commandery to attack Guangling City!"

"Finally, let the Sun Jian troops, who are attached to Yuan Gonglu, cross the river to cut off the Yangzhou troops!"

Xi Zhicai, in just a few sentences, had already arranged all the troops of Yuan Gonglu!

Cao Mengde listened to Xi Zhicai's arrangement, his eyes shining with brilliance!

If he and Yuan Gonglu sent troops together, then they could indeed suppress Lin Yang!

Without the supply of Yangzhou troops, the troops under Lin Yang wouldn't be many!

"It's just, what about this Qingzhou land?"

Glancing at the two commanderies of Qingzhou, that was where Lin Yang's great general Huang Hansheng was stationed!

The eighty thousand troops in the other party's hands were not to be trifled with!

Once he sent troops to Donghai Commandery and the other party came to support, he would be in trouble!