Sure enough, it was them. The thought flashed through everyone's mind.
There were only two powers left in the world. If it wasn't Liu Bei's side, who else could it be?
"There's no need to mention those things." Cao Cao cut Cheng Yu off stiffly. "Does anyone have a way to respond?"
What Wang Xuan had done this time had affected Cao Cao far too severely. It was practically a devastating blow.
Everyone fell silent. As the saying went, even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice.
This year's summer harvest had either been moved away by the rebellious commoners or burned in a fire. Even if Cao Cao wanted to send troops to provide aid, it was impossible.
The grain was too scattered, spread across every inch of the lands under his rule. How could they save it?
There simply were not enough troops. The great clans had not failed to think of solutions. They had sent large forces to seize the grain, but by the time they arrived, the villages were empty and not a single grain of rice could be found. It had either been burned or buried.
Even if they wanted to dig three feet into the ground to search, they still needed a target. The old farmers had spent two months making their preparations. How could the grain be found just because they wanted to find it?
Sending troops out in scattered groups was even worse. They were ambushed and harassed all along the way, and before they reached their destinations, they were beaten apart one after another. Even the most loyal household retainers could not withstand twenty percent casualties, much less when even those retainers knew that things had gone terribly wrong.
The head family's sky was about to collapse. As the head