Cao Miao's box of towels was also a pretty good reward.
In this era, there was no cotton. It was all linen or silk.
Use it to wash your face. Don't use too much effort.
The towel was very important.
The towel that Cao Miao had used earlier had already turned yellow.
Next, Cao Miao was going to expand his industrial base.
With money, they could recruit manpower and make those industries bigger.
Through this banquet, the name of distilled liquor would definitely spread quickly in all directions.
At that time, there would definitely be many people who wanted to buy it.
With more workers, Cao Miao would be able to train the 3,000 soldiers to improve their military capabilities.
After Cao Cao collected enough food, he began to crusade against Yuan Shu.
For this crusade, he would definitely stay behind and let Lu Bu and Liu Bei do the work.
Wasn't it good to sit back and watch the tigers fight?
Cao Cao left Xun Yu in Xuchang and personally led the army.
Cao Miao originally wanted to bring his soldiers to watch the show and see if there was a chance to make a move.
But after thinking about it, with Lu Bu leading the charge, why should he take the risk?
It was better to continue farming and developing first!
He estimated that when Cao Cao returned, the sweet potatoes would be harvested.
At that time, he could start to try large-scale farming on his own land.
With sweet potatoes, the Cao army's food problem would be greatly resolved.
Just as Cao Miao was farming and training his army, a piece of news suddenly reached Xuchang.
Seeing that Cao Cao was attacking Yuan Shu, Liu Biao took the opportunity to send Cai Mao and Wen Pin to attack Wancheng.
Wancheng was the land of Liu Biao and Jingzhou.
Furthermore, the Jing State's major clans, such as the Cai Clan, Kuai Clan, and so on, all had a large amount of interests in the Wan City area.
If Wan City was occupied by Cao Cao, Liu Biao's Jingzhou would be threatened and his interests would be damaged.
Previously, Zhang Xiu had occupied this place. It could be said to be a buffer between Liu Biao and Cao Cao.
But now that Zhang Xiu was killed by Cao Cao, Liu Biao felt a sense of urgency.
This time, while Cao Cao was attacking Yuan Shu, he was prepared to seize Wan City.
This way, his strength would be strengthened and consolidated, while Cao Cao's strength would be weakened.
Xun Yu was shocked when he heard the news.
He had never thought that the always conservative Liu Biao would take the initiative to attack Wan City.
Xun Yu was currently in Xuchang. Now that such a thing had happened, he had to react quickly.
Although Cao Cao's main purpose in attacking Yuan Shu was to let Lu Bu and Liu Bei act as the vanguard, he had also brought many generals and strategists with him as a precaution.
Right now, there weren't many generals who could go to support the completion of the mission.
Xiahou Yuan was currently in charge of Wan City.
Xiahou Yuan had Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Lu Qian under him.
Although their forces were not weak, they might not be able to stop Cai Mao's army.
Moreover, Cai Mao's family was a long-term aristocratic family in the Wancheng area and had many interests involved with the local aristocratic family.
Once these aristocrats helped, it would be difficult for Xiahou Yuan to hold on.
Currently, Cao Cao's main enemy was Yuan Shao from Hebei, so he still had to defend the north.
Xun Yu could not gather many troops.
In the end, Xun Yu thought about it and could only order Cao Ren to lead the army to support them, with Jia Xu as the military advisor.
Ever since Zhang Xiu was destroyed, Jia Xu had defected to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao also knew Jia Xu's ability, so he gave him the title of 'Official of the Five Senses'.
Jia Xu was extremely talented and intelligent, but he did things as he pleased, used vicious schemes, liked to come up with bad ideas, and did not care about the suffering of the people.
Therefore, later generations are called poisonous scholars.
However, after coming to Cao Cao's side, Jia Xu changed his usual style and started to keep a low profile.
When Cao Cao asked, he would come up with some strategies. When Cao Cao did not ask, he would not say a word.
It was a nine-to-five job, a good class, and a job that was worthy of his salary. He would not put in any more effort.
In reality, this Jia Xu was the truly smart person.
He knew that there were too many capable people in Cao Cao's camp. Moreover, Cao Cao was naturally suspicious. He was also an outsider. If he was too famous, it was very likely that he would be in trouble.
Yang Xiu was an example!
Therefore, Jia Xu lived to the age of seventy-seven before he died.
As a Shangshu Ling, Xun Yu was very clear about Jia Xu's strength. With him assisting Cao Hong, there should be no problem.
He would stay in Xuchang and send a letter to Cao Cao, telling him to come back as soon as possible.
However, just as Xun Yu asked Cao Hong to gather his troops, he suddenly received news that Yuan Tan was leading his troops and approaching White Horse.
Xun Yu was shocked. He never expected Yuan Shao to make a move at this time.
As such, Cao Cao could be said to be attacked from both sides.
Although the Central Plains that Cao Cao had conquered was extremely fertile, there was an extremely bad thing about it. It was a place where he could fight on all sides.
Strong enemies surrounded him from all directions.
This situation only eased after Cao Cao unified the north.
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