lcionline Chapter 311
Chapter 311
Xun Chen bowed without showing any sign of fear.
Being an envoy is Xun Chen's old specialty. He is very familiar with it. How could he make any mistakes or even show weakness?
"Haha, relieve my worries?"
"Are you joking, sir?"
"My brother Benchu sent you here, didn't he just want to relieve his own worries?"
Cao Cao chuckled, with a hint of contempt in his words.
Ever since Yuan Shao's Ye City was stolen, Cao Cao's awe of Yuan Shao has disappeared a lot.
After all, having your home robbed is such a degrading thing.
Look at me, Cao Mengde, my family is as stable as Mount Tai.
My brother Benchu really needs to learn from me how to stabilize the rear.
"Haha, my lord's worries can be solved with a snap of a finger."
"However, Cao Gong's worries require our Lord's help. Otherwise, it will be difficult to solve them alone."
Xun Chen stroked his beard and said with a chuckle.
"Then tell me, what do I have to worry about?"
"And how can I relieve my worries?"
Cao Cao sat upright, ready to listen carefully to the other party's opinions.
Boss Cao doesn’t know it now, but the answer will be found in his own poems in the future.
"My lord's worries are but minor scabies, nothing serious."
"My lord commands an army of one hundred thousand men; the mere thief Dong is nothing to worry about."
"But what Cao Gong is worried about is money and food."
"So, the only way to relieve worries is money and food!"
"My lord has no shortage of this item, but Lord Cao is desperately in need of it."
"Gong Cao put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Qingzhou and subdued hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou bandits."
"Without a large amount of money and food, how could Cao Gong support so many people?"
"But if Lord Cao is willing to help my lord to kill the traitor Dong, how can my lord sit idly by and watch his ally suffer?"
Xun Chen bowed and explained the situation of both parties in a relaxed manner.
After hearing Xun Chen's analysis, Cao Cao's face looked a little bad.
Isn't it just a mockery of Cao's poverty that he is saying?
But this statement hit the nail on the head, and he had no way to refute it.
At least in Cao Cao's view, although Dong had stolen Ye City, it was just a trick, and Yuan Shao would be able to take it back soon after he recovered.
"How much money and food can my brother Benchu provide?"
After a long while, Cao Cao asked with a sullen face.
"One hundred thousand stones."
Xun Chen crossed his fingers and replied loudly.
"Too little."
"My brother Benchu has a rich family and great wealth. Can you afford a mere 100,000 shi?"
Cao Cao's face darkened and he said unhappily.
"A lot."
"He is but a mere thief, Dong. If my lord had not been unwilling to expend too many troops and incur casualties, there would have been no need for us to join forces with Lord Cao to bring him down."
"My lord sent me here to discuss this matter with Lord Cao, out of consideration for our past friendship."
"Otherwise, the Black Mountain Army is said to have a million people. Wouldn't that be a greater help?"
Xun Chen waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Sir, you have a really sharp tongue."
"Go back and tell my brother Benchu that I will definitely help you with all my strength."
Cao Cao smiled bitterly, sighed, and bowed to Xun Chen.
"Then I'll take my leave now."
Xun Chen bowed and then left in a leisurely manner.
"Alas, what a pity! Such a great talent cannot be used by me, nor can it be killed by me."
"Why does the Xun family have to rely on Benchu?"
"If the Xun family assisted me...sigh."
Cao Cao put his hands in his sleeves and murmured with regret.
邺城
With the arrival of reinforcements, Dong's army was already at its peak condition.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang each led 3,000 elite soldiers. Although there were only 6,000 reinforcements in total, this was all the troops that Dong Yu could mobilize at the fastest speed.
The mobilization capacity in ancient times was very poor.
Unlike modern times, with transport planes and transport ships, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people can join the battlefield in just one or two hours.
This is why we often see in history books that a side that is obviously stronger often loses a war and the entire country is destroyed.
It’s not that there are no troops in the country, but it’s very difficult for you to gather them.
"Though the city is strong, it is of no use to us."
"Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu, you two, give orders to spread salt on the troughs of all the war horses over the next two days. Grind the salt as finely as possible."