This news completely stunned Cao Cao. He was just ready to fight Luo Tianming, but Luo Tianming actually knocked down Xu Du. Did he fly over?

With Luo Tianming's strength in this plane, he can really do a short flight, but can he fly by himself, and can he take an army of 20,000 together?

In fact, this was Zhuge Liang's plan, 20,000 people were hidden early, and he was preparing to let this team hide behind Cao Cao. When the two armies were duel, they suddenly came out and attacked each other in front and back.

After Luo Tianming found out, he revised Zhuge Liang's plan and allowed the 20,000 people to march in secret, directly cutting off Cao Cao's retreat.

The place where Cao and Liu confront each other is not far from Xiangyang, Xinye and Nanyang are all behind Cao's army.

To cut off the Cao army's retreat, the first reaction of ordinary people is naturally Xinye, because Xinye is the only way for Cao army to move south.

Nanyang has no effect, it can be bypassed.

But Cao Cao is also a veteran of fighting for half his life. How could he not be prepared for the way out? He had already left a large army guard in Xinye.

But even Cao Cao did not expect that Luo Tianming was so bold that he went straight into Cao Cao's territory regardless of Xinye and defeated Xu Du, who everyone thought was safe!

Although Cao Cao moved the capital to Yecheng, Xu Du still assumed important responsibilities.

Especially after Liu Bei's rise, Xu Du, not far from Luoyang and Xinye, became the most important logistics base.

But it is precisely because this place was once the capital of Cao Cao and has never fallen. Even when Lu Bu took advantage of the crisis to sweep Yanzhou, it was safe and sound, so many people subconsciously thought that there would be no problem here.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not have many defenders in Xudu, and the guards were not very tight.

However, when Luo Tianming's divine weapon appeared outside the city like a descending from the sky, all the defenders of Xu Du were stunned. When they were busy preparing to defend the city, Luo Tianming had already committed suicide on the top of the city and easily seized the city gate.

The city gate opened, and 20,000 troops rushed in, and Xu Du fell into Luo Tianming's hands.

Xu is the logistics base of Cao's army. Once it falls, Cao's army's food and grass will become a big problem, and the food will be out of stock at most half a month.

Cao Cao did not dare to neglect and immediately responded.

He left behind 100,000 troops to continue confronting Liu Bei's army, and all the remaining troops returned to the rescue.

Not only did he want to take back Xu Du, he also wanted to capture and kill Luo Tianming!

In his mind, Luo Tianming is worth millions of troops. As long as he can kill him, even if he vomits Xinye and Luoyang, even Xu Du is given to Liu Bei, he will do whatever he wants!

But as soon as he set off, news came from behind again that after Luo Tianming captured Xudu, he did not leave much, but burned the granary, searched out the grain of various wealthy families and retreated, and his whereabouts were unknown.

How much grain reserves should be needed for the logistics base of a 500,000 army?

This was because Cao Cao spent all his family and borrowed a large amount of food and grass from the aristocratic family. He was burned by Luo Tianming in a fire!

Cao Cao spurted out blood at that time and almost turned a blind eye.

After finally being awakened, Cao Cao's heroic heart broke out. He no longer had to worry about the burning of food and grass, and began to dispatch troops and generals, with the first goal of killing Luo Tianming.

As for the issue of food and grass, didn’t the Cao army still occupy Luoyang, Nanyang and Xinye? Just plunder them from these three places!

Luoyang was the first place where Luo Tianming began to implement the new policy. Although it was implemented intermittently, the aristocratic families here were also hit hard. Those who could run away ran away, and those who couldn't run away were defeated and there was not much food storage.

Although Xinye is Liu Bei's old nest, it is actually a small town with not even a large population. Even if the land is scraped off three feet, it will not be able to scrape out much food.

The richest one is Nanyang, where there are many noble families. The new policy was not implemented smoothly here, and the aristocratic families still retain a large amount of wealth and food.

As a result, they became the biggest victims and were chased by Cao Cao's army. If they didn't take out the food, they would kill all your family!

At this time, Cao Cao didn't care about offending the aristocratic family anymore, and had to ensure that the army would not collapse due to food shortage.

Even if the family in Nanyang is very wealthy, it cannot supply the consumption of the 500,000 army, and it can only last for the army to last for another two months.

However, two months are enough. Luo Tianming only has 20,000 troops in his hands. Let’s see how he escaped from the sky under the siege of the 500,000 troops!

However, Luo Tianming's actions were again beyond Cao Cao's expectations. Luo Tianming did not attack Cao Cao's blockade line, but turned around and went north and rushed to the depths of Cao Cao's nest!

According to the understanding of people in this era, going deep into the enemy territory is similar to seeking death.

After all, if you don’t have the advantage of the place where you are unfamiliar, the right time, the right place, and the harmonious people, you can’t win?

But Luo Tianming is different. He comes from later generations, and there are many tactics behind enemy lines such as infiltration and interspersion.

On your own land, having a mass base is one way of fighting; on the enemy's land, there is another way of fighting.

In short, going deep behind enemy lines is not a place to die, it depends on whether you can play.

Luo Tian was obviously the kind of person who could play. He entered the enemy's hinterland. Not only was he not wiped out, but he was in a prosperous state and caused huge damage.

What made Cao Cao most sad was that Luo Tianming killed several of his capable subordinates, such as Cao Hong, Chen Qun, Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others.

Seeing Luo Tianming making his nest almost fall apart, Cao Cao could not only prevent Luo Tianming from escaping back, so he could only bring his army back.

As soon as the army retreated, the defense line was gone. Luo Tianming took the opportunity to return to Jingzhou and attacked Zhuge Liang from front to back, and successfully took it back to Luoyang, Nanyang, Xinye and other places.

As a result, Cao Cao returned in vain in his second southern expedition. Apart from offending the Nanyang family and causing trouble for his own nest, Cao Cao got nothing.

Similarly, Liu Bei did not get any benefits. Luoyang, Nanyang and Xinye were his own territory after all, and the sky was three feet tall and he was plundered by Cao Cao, which could be said to have suffered a considerable loss.

Afterwards, both sides stopped and began to accumulate the power of the next battle.

While accumulating strength, Liu Bei's new policy must also be implemented, especially those families that resisted, which need to be dealt with.

Luo Tianming has not forgotten that he was ambushed on the way to Jingzhou from Shuzhong. If Cao's army was able to transport thirty-six magical crossbows in, the aristocratic family must have done a lot of effort. If they were not found out, it would make people sleep uneasy.
Chapter completed!